insidemnsoccer.com - 12/3/2008
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A recap of rumors and events affecting the USL USL AGM’s Over the last several months there have been rumblings concerning USL that reached a fevered pitch leading up to the USL AGMs which took place November 21-23. For those of you who are proudly not uber USL geeks, but do have a general ...
youtube.com - 12/7/2008
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youtube.com —
(from US Soccer) This weekend in Lancaster, CA,
at the Development Academy Winter Showcase, Nike is conducting
a series of focus groups centered around the testing of new products. --- These include balls, shoes, socks and shinguards...
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Video: USMNT Development Academy's "NIKE Focus Group"
youtube.com - 12/7/2008
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youtube.com —
(4:37) Official highlights: The under-17 national teams met
as part of the NIKE friendlies series held at
the Lancaster (CA) National Soccer Center, concurrent with the Development Academy's Winter Showcase of club teams. --- This and other u-17 NIKE friendles are shown live on Fox Soccer Channel.
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Video: USA v BRAZIL (NIKE u-17 friendly series)
18yards.com - 12/10/2008
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18yards.com —
I quite like this one. Ronaldo leaves his
undershirt behind and silly antics ensue. Big fan of
the nike compression under tops actually. Seems to help pull the sweat away to keep you fairly cool as well as offering a little support too.
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New Ronaldo Nike ad
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Fly Right Past The Stop News
du Nord —
... Our friend Brian Quarstad at Inside Minnesota Soccer has Part 1 of his offseason look into the USL, which seems to be in near constant flux over the years. So keeping up is a helluva job. ...
Footy Ketchup
CSRN - AMERICAN SOCCER SPOT —
... I will wait until the final MLS Schedule is released before commenting completely, but I am troubled that the league has scheduled a full slate of games the same weekend as a US qualifier. Now not only does this create logistic and scheduling problems for players, but MLS TV ratings already poor I assume are even poorer when competing with US National Team games.
My friend Brian Quarstad has penned an outstanding piece on the current issues facing the USL. Check it out here.
Thursday Backpasses: Nose Rags
Unprofessional Foul —
... is never coming back (at least for a month or so) [BBC] LB thought it would be nice to let us know a League Two player is retiring [BBC] League One players have some fun in the shower [Mirror] Dinamo Zagreb fans are assholes [101 Great Goals] HS girls teams accuse each other of racist taunts. The AD's quote is priceless [WHEC] And, finally: A two part look from Inside Minnesota Soccer at the state of USL [part 1] [part 2]
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