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Video:  2009 MLS SuperDraft - "Extra Time"  (January 20 episode)
Video: 2009 MLS SuperDraft - "Extra Time" (January 20 episode)
(6:29) MLSNet.com: In the first 2009 webisode of the exclusive series, co-hosts Shep Mesing and Greg Lalas give their respective takes on MLS SuperDraft results. --- They look at some of the new players; one draftee makes a big impression even though he was picked at the end of the fourth round...
2009 MLS SuperDraft tracker (January 15)
2009 MLS SuperDraft tracker (January 15)
web.mlsnet.com — (from MLSNet.com) Follow the progress of all 60 players chosen in the 2009 MLS SuperDraft, taking place... during the NSCAA convention in St. Louis. --- The 4 rounds of picks commence Thursday at 2 pm ET; TV coverage on ESPN and Fox Sports Networks. --- Details here on all players as they are chosen. (more) 2009 MLS SuperDraft tracker (January 15)
Video:  2009 MLS SuperDraft - GALAXY chooses Omar Gonzalez  (Maryland - NCAA College Cup Champions)
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Video: 2009 MLS SuperDraft - GALAXY chooses Omar Gonzalez (Maryland - NCAA College Cup Champions)
youtube.com — January 15 --- ESPN: Excerpt from the live 2009 MLS SuperDraft coverage; Named the most outstanding player... of the 2008 NCAA tournament, the University of Maryland's Omar Gonzalez is chosen by the LA Galaxy. --- The defender from 2008's NCAA College Cup champion squad was the Number 3 overall pick. (more) Video: 2009 MLS SuperDraft - GALAXY chooses Omar ...
2009 MLS SuperDraft: 5 Predictions
soccercityfc.com — Here are five from the crystal ball. Let's check back next fall and see how right or... wrong we were. (more) 2009 MLS SuperDraft: 5 Predictions
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VIDEO - "Extra Time" (January 20 episode)
San Diego MLS Project — VIDEO - "Extra Time" (Episode 1) --- In the first 2009 webisode of the exclusive series, co-hosts Shep Mesing and Greg Lalas give their respective takes on MLS SuperDraft results. They look at some of the new players; one draftee makes a big impression even though he was picked at the end of the fourth round... WATCH HERE

The Best MLS Draft Speech Ever
Soccer By Ives — If you didn't happen to be one of the few people still in the ballroom at the St. Louis Convention Center when the fourth and final round of the 2009 MLS Draft wound down, you probably missed your chance to see one of the best speeches delivered in MLS draft history (or at the very least, the best draft speech this year). The speech was delivered by Campbell University midfielder Richard Jata, the last undrafted player left in the ballroom. The Chicago Fire selected him with the 58th pick in the draft, the third to last pick. Rather than just take his Fire scarf and go home, Jata took to the podium and delivered a heartfelt speech that the people still in ...

MLS Extra Time
There Is Only One Sinnacle — A nice little recap on last weeks draft.

Best Draft Speech Ever
Hillcrest Road — Head to about the 4 minute mark and watch as Richard Jata of Campbell University delivers his speech at the MLS SuperDraft. Jata was on hand for the draft but ended up sliding all the way down to pick 58, second from the last pick. He still got up and spoke. And it was hilarious--and kinda touching too. He speaks at about the 4 minute mark if you don't want to watch all of Extra Time. ...

Saturday - US MNT vs Sweden - Will Jewsbury Be Capped?
Springfield MO Soccer — The US Men’s team is only a few days away from their first game of 2009. Sweden visits for a game Saturday evening at the Home Depot Center. It’s being broadcast live on Fox Soccer Channel at 7:30 pm CST. As is my habit, I’ll be at Coester’s Saturday to enjoy the game, I invite you to come out and join me in cheering on the US and the possibility of local boy Jack Jewsbury earning his first cap. Soccer By Ives has come out with his “Who Should Start” article and quite frankly, our boy isn’t on his list. In fact, there’s been a dearth of news when ...

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The Los Angeles Galaxy acquired midfielder Dema Kovalenko from Real Salt Lake on Tuesday for allocation money and a conditional draft pick in the 2011 MLS SuperDraft. Kovalenko had one goal and two assists in 22 regular-season games for Real Salt Lake ...
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Major League Soccer and ESPN are moving games from a regular Thursday night time slot to different days of the week in hopes of boosting ratings. The average audience on ESPN2 decreased 12 percent from 288,800 viewers in 2007 to 253,000 in 2008. The ...