Archive: NBA's Nash gets his kicks with MLS

MVNsoccer posted 2/10/2008 from www.usatoday.com [flag]

by Jane Havsy, (Parsippany, NJ) Daily Record --- reprinted in USA Today --- EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ — Amado Guevara recognized the newcomer in the Red Bull New York locker room almost immediately. --- The Honduran midfielder just didn't believe Steve Nash was really there. --- The Phoenix Suns guard, who grew up playing soccer, trained with the Major League Soccer team on Thursday morning... [link]

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There is a very interesting 8-minute video on this story. It's not embedable, but I posted the YouTube link and backstory on BallHype, here - http://ballhype.com/story/video_red_bulls_insider_feature_steve_nash_and_2/

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Steve Nash Wants to Buy Spurs
Published 10/31/2007 by rcade at SportsFilter
No, not those Spurs -- Tottenham Hotspur in the Premiership. "I'd like to be an owner," he told the New York Times. "It's something I could do for the rest of my life after my little window of popularity dies." Nash, who played soccer in Canada as a youth and has a brother with Football Association experience, is a lifelong fan of the team like his London-born father. ...

Archive: NBA's Nash gets his kicks with MLS
Published 2/10/2008 by Mr. Adventure at MLS Expansion And Development
... in Manhattan with his wife, Alejandra, and their twin daughters during the offseason, is looking forward to it. He attended three early-round World Cup matches in Germany, as well as the semifinals and Italy's victory over France in the championship match. Nash wouldn't mind subbing into the Barcelona match himself. "I don't care what my coaches say," he said. "If they ask me to play, I'm playing." ( http://www.usatoday.com/sports/basketball/nba/suns/2006-08-10-nash-red-bulls_x.htm ...

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