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It has been nearly four long years since an Eastern Conference team won the MLS Cup. If this season's trend continues, the drought might end. Eastern teams are manhandling their Western Conference counterparts to the tune of a 14-4-2 record entering Week 8. A prime example of just how poorly the West has fared occurred last week when its teams went 0-3 against Eastern opponents. Just how bad ... [link]

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West is tanking; apparently, so is Chivas
Published 5/15/2008 at Soccer y Fútbol
... is Chivas Good morning, folks! Apologies for not posting Wednesday afternoon. I was at the NCAA Division II National Championships Festival in Memorial Park covering some action. If you get a chance, I suggest you make it over there. You can watch tennis, golf, softball and have a blast. For free! On to soccer: The Western Conference, home to the Dynamo, is really struggling this season. Why the East has dominated West teams 14-4-2 this year. The West stinks. Plain and simple. Here's a piece on it in today's Chronicle. If they keep it up, we might just see an Eastern ...

Holiday For Free (With Some Tax) News
Published 5/15/2008 by brucio (noreply@blogger.com) at du Nord
... be here this summer. I am curious as to how they pull this off now that they finished 3rd in La Liga and have to go through the Champions League qualifying rounds. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ American Soccer News ponders what the strength of the league will be in 4 years when Beckham is done. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ US Soccer with audio of the Referee Review for Week 7. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Bernardo Fallas of the Houston Chronicle looks at the imbalance of quality between the Eastern & Western Conferences. ~ ~ ~ ...

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