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Sources: Opara staying in school
Sources: Opara staying in school
Photo by ISIphotos.com Ike Opara was widely-regarded as the best defender, and one of the best players available in the 2009 MLS Draft, but only if he actually entered the draft. It is looking more and more like Opara ...
MLS:  2009 New Year’s Resolutions
MLS: 2009 New Year’s Resolutions
soccerticketsonline.com — It’s a tradition to begin the new year by making resolutions that you would like to fulfill in the following twelve months. --- We usually don’t manage to keep these resolutions, but we make them anyway so we have something to aspire to achieve... (more) MLS: 2009 New Year’s Resolutions
The Official Site of U.S. Soccer - Men's National Team
The Official Site of U.S. Soccer - Men's National Team
ussoccer.com — CHICAGO (December 30, 2008) U.S. Men s National Team head coach Bob Bradley has named 25 players to the training camp roster that will begin workouts Jan. 4 at U.S. Soccer's National Training Center at The Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif. The ... (more) The Official Site of U.S. Soccer - Men's National Team
The Humongously Big and Fiendishly Difficult 2008-in-Review Weekend Quiz
The Humongously Big and Fiendishly Difficult 2008-in-Review Weekend Quiz
theoffside.com — Remember a couple of weeks ago, when I gave you a jersey quiz that was way too easy, and afterwards I promised you something much bigger and better when the holidays were over and all my relatives had gone home? This is that quiz. (Even though ... (more) The Humongously Big and Fiendishly Difficult ...
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Sounders FC will not draft Ike Opara
The Beautiful Game — Opara -- the Wake Forest defender in the black uniform -- will apparently stay in college. He was projected to be among the top players taken and could've filled a spot in the Sounders backline which hasn't been addressed heavily. Not like I really know anything about college prospects. I figured some of you might like to know. Oh, and Seattle also hired a goalkeepers coach. Whoo!

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