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Major League Soccer: Eastern Conference Preview

Here is a quick look at the teams in the Eastern Conference focusing on players to watch for each team. I tried to have one old player who needs to step up this season and a newcomer to watch for

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CONCACAF Champions League: Quarterfinal Second Leg Preview

The second leg of the quarterfinals for the CONCACAF Champions League take place this week. It was an interesting first set of games as the Mexican teams seemed to go all out for it. None of the ties are settled

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Major League Soccer: New Playoff Format Announced

The new format for the MLS Cup Playoffs were announced. There will now be 10 teams heading to the playoffs. The top three teams from each conference will be automatically entered with the next four teams entering as a wild

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CONCACAF Champions League: Salt Lake Earn Draw Despite Being Down A Man

The first leg of the match-up between two MLS sides in the CONCACAF Champions League started tonight. Salt Lake earned a 0-0 draw in Columbus despite spending the second half down a man when Tony Beltran was ejected. Nat Borchers

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CONCACAF Champions League: Quarterfinal First Leg Preview

The CONCACAF Champions League returns with the quarterfinals this week with two MLS teams squaring off as well as two intra-Mexican battles. Here is a look at the four quarterfinal first legs this week.

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MLS Supplemental Draft

Major League soccer had the supplemental draft which is another three rounds for the teams. There were a couple quality players left including Daniel Keat from Dartmouth who many had pegged going in the late first or early second round.

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2011 MLS SuperDraft: A Closer Look

The MLS Draft today and there were a couple of shocks starting at the top with Omar Salgado after everyone was sure Darlington Nagbe or Perry Kitchen would be the first pick of the draft. I decided to tak a

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Major League Soccer Offensive And Defensive Effectiveness

Here is the last set of statistics I have calculated for the 2010 MLS season. I did not have the possession statistics so I just assumed 50% possession for all of the games. Based on the stats, Real Salt Lake

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MLS Super Draft Preview

The MLS Super Draft takes place tomorrow (Thursday) starting at noon. For those interested, it is being shown on ESPN3, or I presume at least the first round. Instead of giving my own preview, which would simply be an aggregation

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Landon Donovan Is NOT Going On Loan

Landon Donovan and the Los Angeles Galaxy announced that Donovan will not be going on loan at Everton or another other club in Europe. It ends the past couple weeks of selection and based on the delay, it seemed he

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