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So I Went to that Steve Nash/Claudio Reyna Thing...
So I Went to that Steve Nash/Claudio Reyna Thing...
I never thought I would see Soloman Kalou score off a Jason Kidd assist, but I did today. I never thought I would see Jozy Altidore play in New York again, but I did today. Sh*t, I never thought I would see Claudio Reyna score in New York, but I did today. That's the kind of fantasy world Steve Nash & Claudio Reyna's "Showdown in Chinatown" was. With the likes of Reyna, Kalou, Altidore, ...
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Reyna-Nash Charity Event A Big Hit
WVHooligan - Soccer Blog — ... write ups will sum it up the best. SF from The Offside Rules and the wonder Ives from SBI. They were there, so they had a better experience than I did from my home reading about it. ...

Love To Love You News
du Nord — ... Jozy Altidore, Robbie Fowler, Rob Jones, Steve McManaman, Solomon Kalou, Gregg Berhalter, Giovanni Savarese, Gavin "You're Shite! ... So I've heard." Harris (aka Alessandro Nivola)! Baron Davis, Leandro Barbosa, Jason Kidd, Raja Bell! Here is some coverage of the event: -Adam Spangler of This Is American Soccer - a cool photo essay! -Ronald Blum of the Associated Press (thanks to Joe for this one) -New York Times -Jen Chang of Soccernet. -Shawn Francis from The Offside Rules - with some fantastic video clips. ~ ~ ...

Marc Stein on his time in the Soccer Spotlight
ESPN.com - TrueHoop — ... One more example: As soon as Vlade Divac heard about the game, he reached out to Nash to propose a European version at a major venue. But Nash and Reyna are likewise tempted to keep it in the playground to preserve an atmosphere that The Offside Rules blog so aptly described as a "FIFA Street [video game] come to life.” ...

Steve Nash - 2009 Showdown In Chinatown
TheOriginalWinger.com — Spotted over on our boy Shaun’s TheOffsideRules, Steve Nash is once again taking it to the best players Internationally for a great cause, his Football-For-Good / Athletes For Africa. “A $5 donation and earn a chance to win an all expenses paid trip to the ‘Showdown in Chinatown’, a soccer match between some of the worlds top ...

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