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In NYC: Barca play 5-on-5 to fight malaria
In NYC: Barca play 5-on-5 to fight malaria
(shown here: Carles Puyol) Barcelona stars team up with kids for "Kick it to Malaria" campaign --- MLSNet.com: Sebastian Palomino and Maxi Ojeda have a pretty good story to share with friends. --- On the same field where they play week in and week out for Downtown United, a youth soccer team based in the Chelsea section of Manhattan, the entire FC Barcelona team played in small-sided games.
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A Big One ! BARCA and RBNY clash at the Meadowlands
San Diego MLS Project —   Barca circus comes to town...           (PIC: Thierry Henry sings ..er SIGNS -  for the kids, with uberfan/soccer investor Steve Nash looking on...) Almost 40,000 showed up to the Meadowlands for a Wednesday night international friendly between FC Barcelona and the local MLS team New York Red Bulls.   Although this was half of their weekend crowd the last time the 2 teams met here (in August 2006), it was a good showing... Photo Credit: Rich Schultz- Soccer United Marketing / ...

TrueLife MashUp: Barca circus comes to town...
San Diego eXtreme Sports Coalition — Barca circus comes to town...           (PIC: Thierry Henry sings ..er SIGNS -  for the kids, with uberfan/soccer investor Steve Nash looking on...) Almost 40,000 showed up to the Meadowlands for a Wednesday night international friendly between FC Barcelona and the local MLS team New York Red Bulls.   Although this was half of their weekend crowd the last time the 2 teams met here (in August 2006), it was a good showing... Photo Credit: Rich Schultz- Soccer United Marketing / ...

In NYC: Barca circus comes to town
MLS Expansion And Development —   Barca circus comes to town...           (PIC: Thierry Henry sings ..er SIGNS -  for the kids, with uberfan/soccer investor Steve Nash looking on...) Almost 40,000 showed up to the Meadowlands for a Wednesday night ...

More Features (and Steve Nash!) — FC BARCELONA v RBNY @ Giants Stadium
The World's Beautiful Game — I wasn’t able to attend last night’s friendly in New York or any of the several days of activites that accompanied that match between Barca and the Red Bulls (but I did watch the 6-2 goalfest on ESPN).  There are some great features from blogs and mainstream writers who were there, so in addition to the previous post with the official match report and video highlights, I d’ like to share some of these other words and pictures with you here… MLS Expansion and Development Blog has a great photo by Rich Schultz, featuring Steve Nash as he watched Thierry Henry signing autographs.  As you may know, the two-time NBA MVP is part of ...

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