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MLS Preview: Forwards

This is the last part of my preview for the MLS season as I look at the top forwards in the league. At forward is probably where the MLS still lacks true quality and most are used as target players

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MLS Preview: Midfielders

Here is the third part of my preview for the upcoming MLS season where I will take a closer look at the midfielders in the league. In the offseason, MLS lost some big talents in midfield as Stuart Holden and

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MLS Preview: Defenders

This is the second part of my positional preview of the MLS season. The MLS season is filled with strong center backs and those players dominated my list of the best defenders. There are a couple of MLS defenders that

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MLS Preview: Goalkeepers

The MLS season starts Thursday and with the games coming up I figured it was time to do a preview. The season was in danger of not starting on time heading into this weekend due to a possible player strike.

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Toluca 3, Columbus 2: Close But Not Quite There

The Columbus Crew were so close to advancing to the semifinals of the CONCACAF Champions League, but in the end they came up short against Toluca who had an inspired performance by Zinha. Toluca had the better of play throughout

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CONCACAF Champions League: Quarterfinals 2nd Leg Predictions

Most of the Mexican teams were able to get results that set them in a good position to advance. However, I was expecting more dominating performances by the Mexican teams in these games. The only exception is UNAM who were

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CONCACAF Champions League: Quarterfinals 1st Leg Predictions

UEFA Champions League is not the only Champions League going on right now. The knockout round of the CONCACAF Champions League gets started this week. This competition still has some room to grow as so far it has been an

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A Look At Landon Donovan’s Everton Loan Spell

This past weekend, Landon Donovan had what will likely be his final Everton performance in front of the home crowd before returning to MLS. He gave them a solid performance to remember. Donovan came into the game in the 70th

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Weekly Watch-List: Merseyside vs. Manchester

After an exciting run of games in European competition, the domestic schedule provides some exciting games for this weekend. Two of the better match-ups features a battle between the city of Manchester and the city of Liverpool. There are no

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Bradley Calls Up 23 For El Salvador Friendly

Bob Bradley named a 23 man training camp for the upcoming friendly against El Salvador on February 24th in Tampa Bay. The squad is composed of only MLS players as the Scandinavian players in the January camp have returned for

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