soccerbyives.net - 12/22/2008
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Good evening folks. If you are like me (and are digging out of an East Coast snow storm) you might be sitting at home after some snow shoveling wishing there was some MLS news to read. While it is a slow time of year, with plenty of team officials (and journalists) going in vacation, there ...
sportbusiness.com - 12/22/2008
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sportbusiness.com —
International sports media company, MP & Silva, signed
a long-term, broad partnership with Major League Soccer (MLS),...
North America’s top-flight professional soccer league. As part of the agreement, MP & Silva acquires the exclusive television rights ...
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MP & Silva strikes MLS deal
soccerlens.com - 12/16/2008
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soccerlens.com —
As the level of professional soccer in the
US improves and financial interest increases, there’s good reason...
to revisit the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) rules that restrict student soccer players from developing as fully as their ...
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US College Soccer At The Crossroads
soccernet.espn.go.com - 12/19/2008
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soccernet.espn.go.com —
Editor's note: This is the first in a
series of previews for the 2009 MLS SuperDraft. The...
2009 MLS SuperDraft, to be held Jan. 15 in St. Louis, might have proved to be the class of the goalkeeper, if it weren't the class of the forward. It also ...
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ESPNsoccernet - MLS - Carrick: Rating the goalkeeper ...
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Weekend Poll: Bring back Van Den Bergh!
New York Red Bulls —
... As Ives so eloquently detailed, Van Den Bergh’s salary was partially paid for by the KC Wizards since the time he was traded over in 2006. If the Bulls are to re-sign Van Den Bergh, they must pay the full salary, which would equal to roughly a 110k hit on the salary cap. With the cap as constrictive as it is, a 100k salary cap investment can be the difference between a quality player and a risky one. On the other side of the coin, no one was more the leader of this team in 2008 than Dave Van Den Bergh. And no one is more highly deserving of a ...
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Yahoo! Sports - MLS News 12/22/2008
Robert Warzycha (vahr-ZEE'-hah) is the new coach of the MLS champion Columbus Crew. Warzycha was an assistant with the Crew the past six seasons. The 45-year-old takes over for Sigi (ZIH'-gee) Schmid, who led Columbus to the championship last month. ...
