Ranking MLS’s Top 20 Players by Martin Rogers (Profile/Interview | Yahoo - February 13) There are still six weeks to go before the start of the Major League Soccer season, but already we are sticking our necks out by unveiling the inaugural Yahoo! Sports 20 – our list of who we believe to be the best 20 players in North America’s top league.more details | go to article
Gazidis Pitches 'Game First' by No Author Listed (Profile/Interview | US National Soccer Players Association - March 17) Major League Soccer deputy commissioner Ivan Gazidis met with the media on Monday to discuss the upcoming 2008 MLS season. Gazidis said that expansion and infrastructure is strong, but the main concern is raising the level of play, an MLS initiative called 'Game First.'more details | go to article
As '08 Opens Up, MLS Future Looks Promising by James Edward (Profile/Interview | Deseret Morning News - March 19) Major League Soccer deputy commissioner Ivan Gazidis adamantly declared during a conference call with the media Tuesday that MLS is in a very healthy position heading into the 2008 season. Based on the happenings of the 2007 season — highlighted by the David Beckham signing — not to mention the great strides of this past offseason, Gazidis' remark hardly seems like a case of tooting one's own horn.more details | go to article
M.L.S.’s Future Will Include More Foreign Players by Jack Bell (Profile/Interview | New York Times - March 19) As Major League Soccer expands to 15 teams next year (Seattle), then to 16 teams in 2010 (Philadelphia), and with more expansion expected, the league plans to search for more foreign players to fill out its rosters.more details | go to article
Who Will Be The Best In The West? by Ridge Mahoney (Profile/Interview | Soccer America - March 27) Only three Western Conference teams qualified for the playoffs last year and only one made it through the first round, but again it was Houston that went all the way and repeated as MLS Cup champion. Soccer America's Ridge Mahoney previews and predicts the Western Conference.more details | go to article
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