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by Ridge Mahoney
[TELEVISION WATCH] Another English broadcaster has been picked to be the face and voice of soccer on an American network. NBC Sports Group, which begins a three-year commitment to MLS and U.S. Soccer programming next year, has named Arlo White -- the voice of the Seattle Sounders -- to head ...
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by Ridge Mahoney
[MLS SPOTLIGHT] Veteran midfielder Daniel Hernandez is moving into the coaching ranks, gradually. FC Dallas announced Wednesday Hernandez, 35, had signed a three-year contract that will add assistant coaching duties to his repertoire.
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by Ridge Mahoney
[MLS TRANSACTIONS] Two seasons after being plucked off the San Jose roster in an Expansion Draft, midfielder Shea Salinas is rejoining the San Jose Earthquakes.
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by Soccer America
"Ten years from now we need to have at least 50 Landon Donovan-caliber American players in the league. We also need to have multiple players better than Donovan competing in MLS. With a country of 300 million-plus people, you would hope that could happen.”-- MLS executive vice president Dan Courtemanche. ...
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by Paul Kennedy
[MLS RE-ENTRY DRAFTS] Major League Soccer announced the list of 69 players eligible for selection in the 2011 Re-Entry Drafts. The process was introduced last year as part of the process to give players with a number of years of service more options to sign with other clubs if their ...
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by Paul Kennedy
[GALAXY TOUR] The Los Angeles Galaxy beat an Indonesia selection, 1-0, on a Robbie Keane goal to kick off its 2011 Asia Pacific Tour Wednesday night in Jakarta. The friendly drew about 20,000 fans at the 80,000-seat Gelora Bung Karno Stadium.
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by Paul Kennedy
[NIKE INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLIES] Playing its first international match on home soil since the beginning of its new cycle, the U.S. under-17 national team played to a 2-2 tie with France in its opening match of the Nike International Friendlies in Lakewood Ranch, Fla. The USA got an excellent opening goal ...
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by Paul Kennedy
[AMERICANS ABROAD] None of the three Americans in action Wednesday in the Europa League won, but Steve Cherundolo's Hannover 96 clinched a berth in the knockout stage despite its 2-0 loss at Standard Liege. For more on Americans abroad ...
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by Ridge Mahoney
[AMERICANS ABROAD] New York Red Bulls striker Juan Agudelo, who just finished a training stint with German club VfB Stuttgart, revealed on his Twitter account that he's headed for Liverpool.
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