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If MLS exhibition's a hit, others possible
by Jeff Legwold (Preview | Tennessean - March 10)
Just as every soccer match begins with one tap of the ball, local organizers hope next month's Super Clasico at The Coliseum leads to something more. The L.A. Galaxy, the 2002 Major League Soccer champion, and UAG Club de Football Tecos, a team from Guadalajara in the Mexican League's first division, will play April 20 in The Coliseum. more details | go to article

MLS champ Galaxy sets April exhibition
by Jeff Legwold (Preview | Tennessean - March 9)
The Titans pulled a playoff miracle there, Rev. Billy Graham stood at the pulpit there and each summer a who's who of country music plays inside The Coliseum. Next month the nation's top level of professional soccer will be added to the list. more details | go to article

Much Adu about nothing best description of soccer
by Joe Biddle (Preview | Tennessean - April 3)
Freddy Adu is 14 years old, cross his heart and hope to die. He looks older. He sounds more like a Young Republican. Freddy Adu is a professional athlete, having signed a contract that will pay him $500,000 smackers a year. That's a lot of Clearasil. more details | go to article

Nashville soccer game exciting to Jones
by Paul Kuharsky (Profile/Interview | Tennessean - April 13)
Cobi Jones has played more games for the United States national team than any player in the history of soccer. So the midfielder with the Los Angeles Galaxy of Major League Soccer is very familiar with the landscape of the sport in America. more details | go to article

Soccer Arrives At Coliseum
by Paul Kuharsky (Preview | Tennessean - April 20)
For tonight, the crossbars on the Coliseum goal posts connect at the top, not the bottom. Built with soccer in mind, the facility finally plays host to its first match tonight at 7 when the Los Angeles Galaxy of Major League Soccer takes on Mexican club team UAG Tecos from Guadalajara. more details | go to article

Soccer Scoring With The Fans
by Paul Kuharsky (Result | Tennessean - April 21)
Soccer cynics may look at the attendance (11,198) and the score (1-1) of the Coliseum's first soccer match last night and bring up all their usual complaints. But Chip Hellmann, co-owner of Soccer World, which sponsored the Super Classico, wants to hear nothing of it after a tightly contested draw between the L.A. Galaxy of Major League Soccer and Mexico's Tecos de UAG. more details | go to article

Exhibition Draws Soccer Moms, Lifelong Fans
by Holly Edwards (Analysis | Tennessean - April 21)
Soccer moms and dads trailed by kids in sports jerseys, entire local soccer league teams and Hispanics who've played the game since their toddler days in Mexico were among the thousands in the stands last night for Nashville's first professional soccer match held at The Coliseum. more details | go to article

U.S. Women’s Soccer Team To Play At Coliseum
by Paul Kuharsky (Preview | Tennessean - April 27)
Red, white and blue soccer will be part of Nashville's Fourth of July weekend as the U.S. Women's National Team will play Canada at the Coliseum in preparation for the Summer Olympic Games in Greece. more details | go to article

Nashville Must Sell Its Soccer Future
by Paul Kuharsky (Article | Tennessean - June 27)
The tickets are too expensive. It will be too hot. Your in-laws will be in town for the holiday weekend. It won't be hard to find an excuse to be busy on Saturday night. But if you are a soccer person in any way, shape or form and you'll be in town, you almost have an obligation to be at the Coliseum for the U.S. Women's Soccer Team's Olympic prep match against Canada. more details | go to article

Chastain Redresses Her Revealing Issue
by David Climer (Profile/Interview | Tennessean - July 3)
You're talking to Brandi Chastain and it's all about her foot (injured), the weather (rainy), the quality of the U.S. Women's Soccer Team (exceptional) and concerns about security at the Athens Olympics (mixed). more details | go to article

Shin Guards Off, Fashion Forward
by Jeanne Reisel (Article | Tennessean - July 5)
U.S. Women's Soccer Team stars like Mia Hamm and Brandi Chastain have attracted lots of attention to their game. On Friday a Franklin merchant who met the athletes on a plane managed to attract them to Main Street. more details | go to article

U.S. Women's Soccer Team Courting The South
by John Glennon (Preview | Tennessean - July 1)
Every time she asks for sweet tea or lets her accent get a little too syrupy, Catherine "Cat" Reddick is reminded of her status on the U.S. women's soccer team. The Birmingham, Ala., native is one of just four Southern-born women on the 20-player squad that will play Canada at the Coliseum on Saturday, a fact her teammates don't let her forget. more details | go to article

Chastain Will Rest Foot, Aim For Athens
by John Glennon (Preview | Tennessean - July 2)
Defender Brandi Chastain, who scored the game-winning penalty kick when the United States won the 1999 Women's World Cup, will miss tomorrow's game against Canada with a bone bruise on her right foot. Chastain suffered the injury training with the U.S. team in California. more details | go to article

U.S. Women Close In On Goal
by John Glennon (Result | Tennessean - July 4)
In its first performance in the Athens of the South, the U.S. women's national soccer team took another positive step toward Athens, Greece. The U.S. used a late goal by Heather Mitts to knock off Canada 1-0 in front of 9,110 spectators at the Coliseum, improving to 3-0-1 in a string of exhibition games that will lead up to the Olympics next month. more details | go to article

All-Star Ring On Fire
by Chip Cirillo (Profile/Interview | Tennessean - July 27)
Henry Ring was starting to have his doubts. After three seasons with the Chicago Fire in Major League Soccer, the goalkeeper had very little playing time to show for it. He was scheduled for shoulder surgery in October. He was about to enter the final season of a four-year contract. more details | go to article

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