3rddegree.net - 10/29/2009
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I went out to training yesterday, but there was so much news to put on the site I held off doing this report till today. It was a touch on the cold side starting out training, but by the end of the session it was beautiful. It's a long session today and the players seem in a positive frame of ...
redbulls.theoffside.com - 10/26/2009
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redbulls.theoffside.com —
Alrighty ladies and gents, while some may be
writing about postseason plans with passionate pride, I will...
be doing my darndest to keep things interesting around here till March of 2010. And when a team isn’t in the playoffs (holla TFC, and San Jose!), the front office has to do the same. ...
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Red Bulls Give Team Awards – And So Do I
soccerbyives.net - 10/28/2009
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soccerbyives.net —
Of all the decisions to be made on
head coaching positions in Major League Soccer this off-season,...
perhaps none is being watched more carefully than the New York Red Bulls' decision on whether to keep Richie Williams as head coach. Hiring Williams would seem like a no-brainer for a club ...
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Will the Red Bulls hire Richie Williams?
pitchinvasion.net - 10/28/2009
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pitchinvasion.net —
No surprise there, then: in a tanking economy
where even the nation’s most popular league, the NFL,...
has had trouble selling tickets and Major League Baseball’s attendance fell 6.9% , it’s not a shock to learn that as ...
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MLS Attendance in Decline: The Old and the New Diverge
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No Short Corners —
... let's check in on the U.S. U-17's prep for today's World Cup clash with Malawi. #5 - There is actually a con man working in American soccer circles. I will start working on the screenplay as soon as I finish this post. And I shall call the anti-hero "Jack Warner". Yes. #6 - Good ol' Buzz at 3rd Degree has a pair of interesting posts: the effort to re-sign impending free agent Dax McCarty and his unmatched Practice Observations revealing that local product Lee Nguyen is tearing it up in training with the club. #7 - Back with another one-two ...
INCOMING: Lee Nguyen to MLS?
Major League Soccer (MLS) Rumors - For the time between the games —
... According to the inimititable Buzz Carrick over at the 3rd Degree (click here for the original article and all the details), 23 year old former US National team pool midfielder/forward is training with FC Dallas. ...
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