goal.com - 11/19/2008
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Nearly two years after signing with Major League Soccer, David Beckham will finally have a say in an MLS Cup. No, Becks won’t be on the field at the Home Depot Center on Sunday. As you probably know, he has yet to suit up for a playoff game, let alone the league championship match. But that ...
goal.blogs.nytimes.com - 11/19/2008
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Major League Soccer Commissioner Don Garber spoke with
The New York Times during the week leading up...
to the league championship game.
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Q&A: M.L.S. Commissioner Don Garber
redbulls.theoffside.com - 11/19/2008
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November 19 --- The Offside: ESC will be
alive and kicking, along with Raging Bull Nation, and...
the rest of the RB supporters. --- Will I be one of the people heading out there ? --- Well, I will have an update on that one...
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MLS CUP FINAL Preview: All the Bull
signonsandiego.com - 11/23/2008
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CARSON – First they fired Bruce Arena, the
most successful American soccer coach in history. Then forward...
Jozy Altidore, the league's best young player, was sold to Spain's Villarreal. Then midfielder Claudio Reyna, their most experienced player, ...
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SignOnSanDiego.com > Sports -- Red Bulls defying odds ...
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Juan Pablo Angel is the Jackie Robinson of DP's
The Offside Rules —
Since the inception of the Designated Player Rule there have been eight men to hold such a title. This Sunday Juan Pablo Angel will be the first to participate in MLS Cup. I hope he wins but if he doesn't I'm going to buy him this ribbon to mark the occasion. Goal.com's Pat Walsh studied the whole DP situation and came back with this piece today. Basically New York has come up trumps in the DP stakes thanks to JPA's scoring and leadership. Not bad at all considering he's not got the name recognition of Blanco or Beckham nor is he surrounded by the same ...
Hitting The Notes Just A Little Off Sounds Right News
du Nord —
... article on a man who has been with Red Bull/MetroStars all 13 miserable seasons, and now get a little reward - their Spanish speaking radio broadcaster Ernesto Motta. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Brian Lewis of the NY Post on his blog Extra Time talks about the Bulls miracle defense. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ George Vecsey of the New York Times on the Bulls 13 years of futility. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Pat Walsh of Goal.com with an article on the Designated Player rule, and the success of Juan Pablo Angel. ~ ~ ~ ~ ...
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