Feb
17

Looking at 2010: LA Galaxy

Looking at 2010: LA Galaxy

We’re a little over half way home in our look at each Major League Soccer club this winter. So far we’ve hammered out Chicago, Colorado, Chivas, Columbus, DC, Dallas, Houston, Kansas City, and Philadelphia in out preseason look ins. So far this winter the LA Galaxy have had a similar offseason that we expected them…[continue reading]

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Feb
17

KC Stadium Updates


I love that KC is doing some fairly frequent updates on their new stadium through videos. And a side note after yesterday’s post about the capacity of the stadium going down to 16,500 I have been told a few times today that number did not include stadium suites. I figured as much when I mentioned…[continue reading]

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Feb
17

League Hires Veteran Journalists


For months now we’ve discussed Major League Soccer taking a big step with their web sites by taking things away from the current MLB-run system to their own set up. Today they’ve announced the hiring of a pair of veteran soccer journalists Greg Lalas and Johan Freeman. Lalas will step in as editor in chief…[continue reading]

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Feb
16

UEFA Champions League Previews

UEFA Champions League Previews

By Geoff Reid FC Porto vs Arsenal from Estadio do Drago, Porto Back in 2004, these two clubs were flying with some of the best seasons in their history. Porto, under a guidance of a certain Jose Mourinho won the UEFA Cup in 2003, followed in 2004 by winning the Champions League beating AS Monaco…[continue reading]

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Feb
16

KC Stadium Capacity Going Down Again?


Mike from the always solid KC Wizards blog Down the Byline has some interesting and upsetting news about the new Wizards stadium capacity possibly being lowered yet again. Why is it upsetting? Well if you’re a Wizards fan it has to be troubling to hear the stadium has gone from 20,000 when the first stadium…[continue reading]

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Feb
16

FC Dallas Downs SMU 4-0


Just another preseason exhibition match for FC Dallas and another solid performance by the club. Today they downed local school SMU 4-0 behind another strong showing from David Ferreira. Dallas used a mix of starters and trialist today including Duke Hashimoto, who scored his first preseason goal in the 61st minute after joining FCD training…[continue reading]

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Feb
16

Possible World Cup Tune Ups For US


World Cup tune up matches are always important. Some including myself said the US Men’s National team took things a bit too lightly before the 2006 World Cup when they played matches against Venezuela, Morocco, and Latvia. It looks like this time around the tune ups could be a lot harder…or better depending on how…[continue reading]

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Feb
15

Dallas-Tulsa Highlights


I had meant to get this up yesterday but I’ll admit I got side tracked and it didn’t happen. Anyways below are the highlights from Saturday’s exhibition between FC Dallas and the University of Tulsa. FC Dallas routed Tulsa 7-1 in this one as David Ferreira and Atiba Harris scored two goals apiece while Brek…[continue reading]

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Feb
15

UEFA Champions League Preview


By Geoff Reid It’s that time of year again for Europe’s top clubs as the Champions League comes round again after a winter break. This year’s last 16 match-ups has some intriguing story lines with some players and managers going against their former clubs, and some real david vs goliath clashes ahead. This has the…[continue reading]

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Feb
15

Looking at 2010: Kansas City Wizards

Looking at 2010: Kansas City Wizards

We’re continuing on today with our look at each Major League Soccer club’s pre-season outlook of what players they have on board and where they need to go next before the new season kicks off. So far we’ve covered nearly half of the league with Chicago, Colorado, Chivas, Columbus, DC, Dallas, Houston and Philadelphia all…[continue reading]

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