MLS Could Lead US Down Path Traveled by England

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English Football suffered an embarrassing home defeat to a good Croatia side Wednesday night. While I believe Croatia is as good if not better than England at the moment, losing to the Croats at Wembley when they have already qualified for the Euro 2008 finals and the Three Lions had everything to play for is unacceptable from the perspective of those of us who believe International ... [link]

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Published 11/23/2007 by admin at Booked For Dissent
... Over at Major League Soccer Talk, Kartik looks at yesterday’s failure of the England team and its potential consequences for the growth of soccer in the US.  He called the loss to Croatia as “unacceptable from the perspective of those of us who believe International Football and the growth of the game here in the US need a strong England side fighting for trophies and honors.” ...

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