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MLS: About that Tipping Point…
Published 2/4/2008 by Jeff at Center Holds It
Yahoo! Sports’ Martin Rogers wrote an interesting piece about the mini-exodus of American players leaving for foreign fields…Scandinavia, in particular.  His piece mainly reports on the semi-perverse euphoria among league honchos, who view where Major League Soccer (MLS) is today as as much as they could hope for.  The conclusion to ...

Cherish The Mental Image News
Published 2/4/2008 by brucio at du Nord
The big question facing the USA in the Mexico match on Wednesday is, who is going to play right back? Drew Moor? Really? There isn't even any cover on the roster. ~and~ Did Michael Bradley score AGAIN for Heerenveen? Why, yes he did, giving him 12 league goals. See details below. ~and~ Frederic Kanoute of Sevilla & Mali has been named the African Footballer Of The Year. Awesome! But today controversy erupted as Didier Drogba came forward to say that he was told he would receive the award but only if he would leave the African Cup of Nations tournament and come to the awards ceremony in Lome, ...

Another Beckham Effect? Europe Snatches Up MLS Players
Published 2/8/2008 by Laurie at The Offside
Another Beckham Effect? Europe Snatches Up MLS Players By: Laurie | February 8th, 2008 This video shows highlights from the UK show “David Beckham’s Soccer USA.” At about the four minute mark you’ll see DC United’s former keeper, Troy Perkins , save a Beckham free kick in last summer’s SuperLiga semifinal (after being schooled by Beckham earlier in the game.) Troy Perkins is now playing for Vålerenga IF in Norway. Coincidence? Perhaps not. MLS players were snatched up by European teams in record numbers during the January transfer window, especially by the smaller leagues like the ones in Scandinavia. Or in Austria, which grabbed Houston strikers Joseph ...