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One of the things that intrigues me most about the USMNT as we get ready to watch it play a pair of friendlies against two top 10 nations is that we have no clear notion what are our expectations should for this year's World Cup. There's
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Last time we checked on the collective bargaining situation with the USL and its players, the two sides were locked in a tug-of-war that showed no signs of reaching a resolution. Despite the previous agreement ending all the way back on December 31 and the new USL Championship
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Some quick thoughts on MLS's week in the Concacaf Champions Cup. MLS: Good enough to beat Mexican sides at home, sometimes by convincing scorelines, but not good enough to make those wins stand up in the second leg in Mexico. It's a tale as old as
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Subscribe to Soccer Eagle I'm a soccer guy. Ever since I took the first steps towards a soccer media career with my first blog post in 2008, soccer has been at the center of my sports experience. But before I was a soccer guy, I was a baseball
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Welcome to the Tuesday edition of Soccer Eagle. Before we get this flight underway, I'd like to ask you to help me spread the word by sharing the newsletter anywhere you can, anyway you can. Word-of-mouth is the best way for the newsletter to grow. Thanks!
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Today's Soccer Eagle is going to take a quick look at the biggest MLS story of the week, engage in a bit of attitude adjustment, and look ahead the Week 4 of the still-young top-flight American soccer season. And. Here. We. Go. Orland City and Oscar
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I cannot emphasize this point enough: United's quest to mine for new fans in Baltimore feels quixotic when Baltimore sports fans' prime directive (other than root for Baltimore if possible) is never to support teams from DC.
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I'm a sucker for pointing at the big, seemingly symbolic moments re: American soccer's growth. Intellectually I understand that big moments come and go and whatever the initial rise a big moment might cause, it's never quite as massive as we imagine it will
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Following MLS Week 2, when it's entirely too early to draw any conclusions about anything and few, if any, of the narratives emerging will still hold by the time we get to the fall and the sorting of clubs into playoff qualifiers and sad sack outfits that might
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Guess who's back to try again. LaLiga will ‘try again’ to play league game in U.S., says TebasThe Spanish soccer league wants to resurrect plans to stage a regular-season game in the United States.ESPNAssociated Press "We celebrate Halloween, which we never celebrated 20 years
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On a whim, for no other reason than I want to push myself to write about soccer on a regular basis again, Soccer Eagle is back on a Tuesday with a handful of observations from the opening weekend of Major League Soccer. I've been writing a lot about
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Last week, after Matt Doyle's mlssoccer.com exit and the agonizing examination of the American soccer media scene that transpired for fans and journos alike, I half-joked that I should just turn Soccer Eagle into a soccer media newsletter[1]. I say "half-joked" because