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Morning News: Los Angeles gets 3 Brazilians on loan, Real Madrid considering Maicon

Los Angeles has signed three players on loan from Sao Paulo. Alex, 21 year old left-sided player, Juninho, a 20 year old central midfielder, and Leonardo, a 21 year old central defender will join the Galaxy for the upcoming season.

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Europe or MLS? and Round 18 I Know The Score

The Major League Soccer offseason is in full swing. There are plenty of rumors flying around while the some players have to make a decision about whether to stay in Major League Soccer or test themselves to Europe. The majority

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News Of The Day: United States announce Netherlands friendly, Landon Donovan signs new MLS contract, Fulham advance in Europa League

The long rumored friendly between the United States and Netherlands has been confirmed by US Soccer. The game will be in Amsterdam on March 3rd, which is the only FIFA international date between now and the end of the season.

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News Of The Day: Holden offered large MLS contract, Galaxy player announcement on Wednesday, US Schedules Honduras Friendly

Stuart Holden who is out of contract with MLS at the end of the year is apparently being offered a 10 fold increase in wages to stay with MLS and the Houston Dynamo. Holden has been receiving interest from Scotland

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Virginia wins NCAA Men's Soccer Championship

Akron were unable to complete the perfect season as they fell 3-2 on penalty kicks to University of Virginia. The two had played 110 minutes of scoreless soccer to reach that point. Neither team challenged the keepers with difficult shots,

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NCAA College Soccer Semifinals

I admit that I do not watch much college soccer. With the MLS draft coming, it seemed worthwhile to have a look at these top teams. The national semifinals were dominated by the ACC as North Carolina, Wake Forest, and

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Landon Donovan and Gameweek 16 I Know The Score

The big news of the week is that Landon Donovan looks set to join Everton on loan in January. The Los Angeles Galaxy have released a statement that denies the deal is done and says that there are multiple teams

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News Of The Day: Eddie Johnson leaving Fulham, Luis Suarez to Chelsea, Michael Essien out for a month, Sol Campbell interested in Man United

The transfer window is approaching so it seems it is about time for the rumors to start coming out of the woodwork. On a more low key but American transfer note, Fulham have announced they are looking to sell Eddie

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MLS Expansion Draft

The expansion draft is on Wednesday and I decided I would weigh in on who I would take. In general, I would focus on young talent to build the team around. The rosters and squads are listed here. I went

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My Thoughts On The Los Angeles Galaxy-Real Salt Lake Game

This was certainly an entertaining game. It was played with a great spirit as both teams tried to attack when possible. Real Salt Lake held the majority of the possession throughout the game, but Los Angeles were very dangerous on

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