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Ching, Kljestan Lead US Over El Salvador 2-1
by (Result | NBC - February 24)
Brian Ching is worried a possible Major League Soccer strike could hurt the chance of U.S.-based players to make the World Cup roster. more details | go to article
Adu's Cup Quest Comes Home
by (Profile/Interview | NBC - July 7)
Freddy Adu spent his formative professional years at RFK, playing an MLS game there for the first time on April 3, 2004 at the age of 14 and suiting up for D.C. United home contests for three seasons. Decades from now Adu, 20, will be a relic in his own right as one of the more compelling soccer stories in American history. more details | go to article
U.S. Run Won't Change Our Minds About Soccer
by (Commentary | NBC - June 28)
Despite how much its fanatics argue, sport will never be big in this country. more details | go to article
Mexico Beats U.S. 2-1 In Cup Qualifier
by (Result | NBC - March 27)
or all the American talk about how this game was going to be different, the United States stumbled in Mexico once again. Jared Borgetti and Antonio Naelson scored in a four-minute span midway through the first half, and the Mexicans dominated the U.S. team 2-1 in a World Cup qualifier Sunday. more details | go to article
U.S. Soccer Federation Rejects Pushing Back Deadline, Asks Players To Agree To Binding Arbitration
by (Article | NBC - January 6)
Coach Bruce Arena's proposal to push back the deadline in the U.S. Soccer Federation's labor dispute was disavowed by management, which asked the union Wednesday to accept binding arbitration for a new contract. advertisement The USSF is threatening to use untested players on Feb. 9 at Trinidad and Tobago in the opener of the final round of World Cup qualifying unless a collective bargaining agreement is reached by Feb. 1. more details | go to article
Huh? Utah MLS Team Named Real Salt Lake
by (Profile/Interview | NBC - October 10)
Utah’s Major League Soccer expansion team will be called ReAL (pronounced RAY’-al) Salt Lake, hoping it enjoys the success of a European club with a similar name. Owner Dave Checketts said Saturday the Utah team has a relationship with Real Madrid, but no official affiliation. more details | go to article
Los Angeles Scores As Best Place For Sports Teams
by (Analysis | NBC - October 4)
Los Angeles and Phoenix may be separated by just 375 miles, but they are light-years apart in terms of sports economics. Los Angeles is the nation’s most appealing site for an expansion or relocated team, says a new study by American City Business Journals. The No. 1 ranking is based specifically on Los Angeles’ ability to support a new franchise in the National Football League. more details | go to article
Iraqi Soccer Team On Mission Of Hope At Games
by (Result | NBC - August 13)
For Iraq’s soccer players, the Olympics are not about rubbing shoulders with some of the best players in the world or even the lure of Greek gold. They are an opportunity to restore pride and bring some crumbs of comfort and hope to the people of their war-ravaged country. more details | go to article
Coach: U.S. Women’s Team At Competitive Disadvantage
by (Preview | NBC - August 12)
The U.S. women’s soccer team could lose its best scorer for an important game because of the Olympic tournament’s quirky rules, and the coach wants something done about it. “We’re at a competitive disadvantage,” coach April Heinrichs said following her team’s opening game, a 3-0 victory over Greece. more details | go to article
Last Hurrah For Hamm, U.S. Women’s Soccer
by (Commentary | NBC - August 8)
Even before the Opening Ceremony at the Athens Olympics, the fabled U.S. women’s soccer stars kick off their long goodbye on Wednesday in a preliminary round match against Greece on the island of Crete. We keep hearing this will be the finale for America’s golden generation, finally, and we believe them this time. more details | go to article
Houston Poised To Score MLS Team
by (Article | NBC - July 31)
Just two weeks before launching the football preseason against the Dallas Cowboys, the Houston Texans are staging a second front with a continued foray into high-profile soccer. Reliant Stadium from July 29 through Aug. 1 was scheduled to showcase international pro soccer matches that could underscore Houston's status as a likely future home for a Major League Soccer franchise. more details | go to article
MLS Expanding To Salt Lake City, L.A.
by (Analysis | NBC - July 13)
Major League Soccer will announce Wednesday that it will award expansion franchises to Salt Lake City and Los Angeles next season, SportsTicker has learned. Various team and league unidentified sources have said MLS will make its first expansion since 1998, when it added teams in Chicago and Miami. more details | go to article
Long-Shot Odds Could Bring San Jose's Soccer Team To S.A.
by (Analysis | NBC - June 19)
What may be the easiest path for San Antonio to gain entry into Major League Soccer (MLS) may not be the way the league would like to add the Alamo City to its ranks. That's the latest word from MLS headquarters as officials prepare to make the trip to San Antonio for a World Cup qualifying match between Mexico and Dominica scheduled for June 19 in the Alamodome. more details | go to article
1994 World Cup Coverage Changed
by (Article | NBC - June 12)
ABC and ESPN were faced with a dilemma heading into the 1994 World Cup. Their solution changed the way soccer is televised in this country — and the way many other sports are broadcast. FIFA, soccer’s international governing body, did not want TV commercials interrupting the telecasts. Elsewhere in the world, it was standard procedure to present continuous play, but that was unheard of for sports in the United States. more details | go to article
Mayor Spikes Plan For Luring Pro Soccer Team Here By 2005
by (Article | NBC - May 15)
San Antonio Mayor Garza's hopes of bringing an expansion Major League Soccer (MLS) franchise to the Alamodome for the 2005 season appear dead. Now, Garza says the goal is to get an MLS team into the dome in 2006. At the same time, leaders of one of the grass-roots groups that has supported Garza's MLS efforts -- the nonprofit San Antonio Metropolitan Youth Soccer Institute (SAMYS) -- say San Antonio is losing out on huge amateur tournaments and millions of dollars in economic impact because of the "critical condition" of San Antonio's soccer facilities infrastructure. more details | go to article
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