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They're banking on Adu
by Sandra McKee (Preview | Baltimore Sun - April 2)
The grass on the practice field just off Oklahoma Avenue is richly green, English green. In fact, with a heavy sky dominating the gray, misty morning a couple of days before Major League Soccer begins its regular season, the unfolding scene looks more suited to a London suburb, where soccer is life, than the field just across the street from RFK Stadium. more details | go to article

U.S. Attitudes Shift As Soccer Gains Foothold
by Jeff Seidel (Analysis | Baltimore Sun - May 30)
American youth soccer coaches once took as gospel the word of foreign-born coaches, whom they thought "naturally" knew more about the game because of its popularity in England, Spain, Brazil - wherever. But many in the United States now wonder whether that is still a valid belief. more details | go to article

Leffler Turns Hate To Love
by Ed Waldman (Profile/Interview | Baltimore Sun - December 7)
Bob Leffler started his career in marketing working for the most hated man in Baltimore. Today, more than 20 years later, he has moved on to working for the most hated man in England. As Tampa Bay Buccaneers owner Malcolm Glazer continues his quest to gain controlling interest in the most well-known soccer team in the world - England's Manchester United - he has again called on Leffler's marketing firm in Baltimore to run interference. more details | go to article

Dello-Russo's Step Back Helps UM Stay Up
by Glenn P. Graham (Profile/Interview | Baltimore Sun - December 10)
Call Maryland's Michael Dello-Russo highly skilled, versatile, a team player and so on when it comes to his work on the soccer field for the Terrapins. But a central defender? That one, says the Wilde Lake graduate, took a little getting used to this season. more details | go to article

UM Returns St. John's Favor, Gets Back To Final 4
by Glenn P. Graham (Result | Baltimore Sun - December 5)
With a second-half goal from sophomore midfielder A.J. Godbolt and a collectively strong effort for 90 minutes, the Maryland men's soccer team scored a 1-0 win over St. John's in yesterday's NCAA tournament quarterfinals, earning the third-seeded Terrapins their third straight trip to the College Cup. more details | go to article

Finding The Fan Foothold
by Bonnie DeSimone (Analysis | Baltimore Sun - November 30)
Over the course of eight years bookended by Olympic gold medals in Athens, Ga., and Athens, Greece, the most important question facing the U.S. women's soccer team was usually "What's next?" That question has been replaced by "What now?" more details | go to article

For Chastain, It's Now About The Book
by Bonnie DeSimone (Profile/Interview | Baltimore Sun - November 30)
Brandi Chastain's teammates called her "Hollywood" long before she ripped off her jersey to celebrate her 1999 World Cup-winning goal and kicked her own marketing potential into a new gear. Initially, the cheerfully self-promoting Chastain was ambivalent about the attention generated by a gesture she insists was unpremeditated. more details | go to article

Terps Fall In 2nd Overtime Of College Cup Semis, 3-2
by Scott Clipp (Result | Baltimore Sun - December 11)
The Maryland men's soccer team has ended its previous two seasons with a pair of bitter one-goal defeats in the national semifinals. Last night was perhaps an even more agonizing loss. With 48 seconds remaining in the second overtime, Indiana midfielder Danny O'Rourke sent a cross to the right post. A streaking John Michael Hayden headed the ball past Terps senior goalkeeper Noah Palmer to give Indiana a 3-2 overtime win in the College Cup semifinals at Home Depot Center. more details | go to article

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Ex-Dulaney Star Rush Takes Cue From Lalas, Signs To Play In Italy
by Glenn P. Graham (Profile/Interview | Baltimore Sun - January 19)
Early last week, Sean Rush was in Italy, his palms sweating. And the hard part was already out of the way for the 19-year-old former Dulaney High soccer standout. Invited to try out with the Italian club FBC Treviso, a Serie B team, Rush got in one training session and then played in an intrasquad match in which he scored the only goal, bending in a shot from 18 yards with his left foot. more details | go to article

U.S. Federation, Union Try Again On Contract
by Sandra McKee (Article | Baltimore Sun - January 20)
When Fernando Clavijo first became associated with the U.S. national team in 1990, the year it qualified for its first World Cup in 40 years, money was not the point. "There was no money," said Clavijo, now the coach of Major League Soccer's Colorado Rapids. "The federation had no money." more details | go to article

Steamers' Doran Plays Long Ball
by Sandra McKee (Article | Baltimore Sun - February 5)
Blast coach Tim Wittman played in Kansas City last week because his team was desperate for bodies in this injury-filled season. It isn't something he wants to do. Only necessity pulls Wittman from the bench. "I couldn't walk for three days after that," he said. "My stamina is there. My mind is there. My heart is there. But I can't do it. I don't know how Daryl Doran does." more details | go to article

Work Cut Out For U.S. Men In Mexico
by Chris Cowles (Preview | Baltimore Sun - March 27)
There's never a dull moment when the United States and Mexico meet in men's soccer, and today - in the 50th encounter between the teams - another chapter will be added to what is becoming one of the sport's greatest rivalries. more details | go to article

Blast Romps; Cabral Is Lost
by Jeff Seidel (Result | Baltimore Sun - December 31)
Blast coach Tim Wittman can be tough to please, but even he liked how his team played in last night's 8-2 win over the Philadelphia KiXX at 1st Mariner Arena. more details | go to article

Fair Or Not, Soccer Player Accused Of Foul Play
by No Author Listed (Analysis | Baltimore Sun - December 31)
Mr. Flip always has a warm welcome for a half-baked conspiracy theory, so he's here to tell you that a TV station accuses German soccer star Lothar Matthaus of manipulating this month's World Cup draw to make things tougher on Italy. more details | go to article

A Roller-Coaster Start
by Gary Lambrecht (Analysis | Baltimore Sun - January 13)
With the Blast one-third of the way through the regular season, coach Tim Wittman sees a mixed bag as he reviews his team's performance. more details | go to article