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ESPNsoccernet - MLS - Galarcep: Young talent on the rise in MLS
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As the best players in Major League Soccer converge on Toronto for Thursday's All-Star Game, there is a growing generation of young standouts developing in MLS that figures to keep the league stocked with talent even as some of its best make moves abroad. It is tough to argue against the fact that Europe-bound Jozy Altidore and Brad Guzan were two of the best young players in MLS, but there ...

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Soccer By Ives:  Morning Ticker: A look at the next generation of MLS All-Stars and Robinho out of Olympics

du Nord:  Insider Feelings News

Hillcrest Road:  News and Notes

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Morning Ticker: A look at the next generation of MLS All-Stars and Robinho out of Olympics
Soccer By Ives — ... Good morning folks. I'm heading to Toronto this morning but I wanted to give you folks something to read before I headed north. For those of you who hadn't seen it, here is my ESPN.com story on the league's next generation of all-stars. I wasn't able to get a proper roundup together since I'm traveling this morning, but here is one of the early day's big stories: 'Injury' forces Robinho out of Olympics Just when you thought the battle between clubs and countries over the Olympics was over ...

Insider Feelings News
du Nord — Landon Donovan declares that wants to play in England, and his agent confirms it is true. See MLS Rumor section. ~and~ Freddy Adu has been loaned to Monaco by Benfica. See Americans In Europe section. ~and~ My team, the Minnesota Thunder, have dismissed coach Amos Magee late today. He will be replaced by assistant Don Gramenz. See USL First Division section for more. MLS Scoreboard Week 18 Matches & Scores: -Wed Jul 23 - POSTPONED YET AGAIN DC v Houston - 6:30pm central on Direct Kick Venue: RFK Stadium, Washington ...

News and Notes
Hillcrest Road — Several Wizards have been included in stories in the last couple of days that we haven't yet linked up. First, Chance Myers and Roger Espinoza were touted as two of "tomorrow's All-Stars" by Ives Galarcep at ESPNSoccernet.com. Read it. (Chance was also featured in the picture.) Next, Davy Arnaud got some love from Port Arthur, home of West Texas A&M, where Davy terrorized opponents for three collegiate seasons. Read it. Also, Jimmy Conrad's chat transcript is posted at ESPN.com. Check it out. Finally, intern Libby comes through again. This time, a fellow named Benton Smith of the Tonganoxie Mirror ventured to CAB to ...

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