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Team Focus: The MLS All-Star Team

by Graham Ruthven at Friday, Jul 19 2013 17:00
Team Focus: The MLS All-Star Team The premise of an All-Star game has traditionally been rebuffed by the European game. From a competitive standpoint it’s difficult to argue its worth. Gathering a group of players who have never trained together in the middle of the regular season for a friendly match against an illustrious Eu...
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Team Focus: Have FC Dallas Been Found Out?

by Graham Ruthven at Friday, Jul 12 2013 16:46
Team Focus: Have FC Dallas Been Found Out? Not so long ago FC Dallas were one of the frontrunners for the MLS Supporters’ Shield. As recently as May they sat atop the Western Conference. Now, having failed to win any of their last six games, they're slumped three points off pace-setters the Portland Timbers.So what has gone wrong for S...
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Player Focus: Is Klinsmann or Schmid Right About Johnson and Evans?

by Graham Ruthven at Friday, Jul 5 2013 16:50
Player Focus: Is Klinsmann or Schmid Right About Johnson and Evans? When Jurgen Klinsmann announced his squad for the upcoming Gold Cup campaign the Seattle Sounders were given a reprieve.Having been without two of their best, most consistent performers for the best part of a month due to a round of international friendlies and World Cup qualifiers, Eddie Johnson an...
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Team Focus: Portland Timbers And The Caleb Porter Effect

by Graham Ruthven at Friday, Jun 28 2013 17:03
Team Focus: Portland Timbers And The Caleb Porter Effect Such is the appetite for football in Portland, the moniker ‘Soccer City USA’ is a common expression in the Pacific Northwest. However, since making their MLS debut four years ago, the Portland Timbers have yet to match the city’s desire for the sport with results on the field, unti...
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Player Focus: The Best MLS Registas

by Graham Ruthven at Friday, Jun 21 2013 14:37
Player Focus: The Best MLS Registas Goals are football’s purest currency, making strikers the sport’s most valuable commodity. But a shift in the way certain players are appreciated has also signified a change in the value attached to them. Now, more so than ever, the midfielder is king.But perhaps the most revered brand o...
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Player Focus: Does McInerney Warrant Place in the US National Team?

by Graham Ruthven at Friday, Jun 14 2013 16:48
Player Focus: Does McInerney Warrant Place in the US National Team? For Jurgen Klinsmann and the US national team the past two weeks have made the route to the World Cup appear a little less treacherous. Qualification wins over Jamaica and Panama, as well as a friendly win over Germany, has put the US top of the pile at the halfway point of the CONCACAF Hexagonal.Bu...
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Player Focus: Agudelo's Impact at New England Revolution

by Graham Ruthven at Thursday, Jun 6 2013 17:20
Player Focus: Agudelo's Impact at New England Revolution When Juan Agudelo was traded to the New England Revolution from Chivas USA last month coach Jay Heaps knew they were getting one of America’s brightest young attacking prospects.Since his breakthrough season with the New York Red Bulls two years ago Agudelo has been anointed as the USA’s...
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