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The Ben Millers helped American soccer move West

November 30, 2020 by Clemente Lisi

The Ben Millers helped American soccer move West

By Clemente Lisi – NEW YORK, NY (Nov 30, 2020) US Soccer Players – Given how many soccer clubs have come and gone over the history of the sport in the United States, it's easy to focus on the most memorable. A handful of clubs can dominate an era. The further back you go, the easier it is to summarize a decade or two of American soccer history with names like Bethlehem Steel or the Fall River . . .

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Filed Under: Club Guide, Featured, Soccer News, Top Posts Tagged With: us open cup

How good were the 2000 Kansas City Wizards?

June 16, 2020 by J Hutcherson

How good were the 2000 Kansas City Wizards?

By J Hutcherson (June 16, 2020) US Soccer Players - Major League Soccer decided early on that its version of parity would make them the league of no dynasties. To their single-entity way of thinking, this was a good thing. No dynasties meant no dominant teams defining their new league. They were wrong. DC United was the first MLS dynasty and the LA Galaxy was right there with them. Chicago emerged . . .

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Filed Under: Club Guide, Featured, MLS, Soccer News, Top Posts Tagged With: sporting kansas city

How good was Manchester United in 1998-99?

June 2, 2020 by J Hutcherson

How good was Manchester United in 1998-99?

By J Hutcherson (June 2, 2020) US Soccer Players - On May 26, 1999, Manchester United scored twice in stoppage time to win the Champions League. It's a classic moment in large part because so many people around the world saw it live. Manchester United goalkeeper Peter Schmeichel running up the field to join the United attack. Bayern Munich trying to shake off that equalizer only to see United set . . .

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Filed Under: Club Guide, Featured, Top Posts Tagged With: premier league, uefa champions league

How good was Borussia Dortmund in 1996-97?

May 26, 2020 by J Hutcherson

How good was Borussia Dortmund in 1996-97?

By J Hutcherson (May 26, 2020) US Soccer Players - In 1996-97 Borussia Dortmund became the unlikely champions of Europe. At the time, the Champions League was still a new format to answer an old question. Who was the best team in Europe? That now required a group stage. Dortmund took full advantage, shining the light on a club that wasn't as well known outside of Germany and becoming the first . . .

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Filed Under: Americans Abroad, Club Guide, Featured, Soccer News, Top Posts Tagged With: bundesliga

How good was the ’01 Miami Fusion?

May 19, 2020 by J Hutcherson

How good was the ’01 Miami Fusion?

By J Hutcherson (May 19, 2020) US Soccer Players - Back in 2001, the Miami Fusion entered the MLS playoffs with momentum. They were the Supporters' Shield winners, tied on points with fellow class of '98 expansion club Chicago. Though there were rumors that the league was in financial trouble and potentially considering contraction, Miami wasn't at the top of that list. They were a team looking to . . .

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How good was the ’84 Toronto Blizzard?

May 12, 2020 by J Hutcherson

How good was the ’84 Toronto Blizzard?

By J Hutcherson (May 12, 2020) US Soccer Players - In 1984 the North American Soccer League barely had the cash in hand to try to buy time. The league's survival was the overarching issue. A last gasp gambit to revitalize the league by having the United States host the 1986 World Cup failed the previous summer. With no answer for the flagging interest in the league except to spend money they . . .

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How good was the ’81 Chicago Sting?

May 5, 2020 by J Hutcherson

How good was the ’81 Chicago Sting?

By J Hutcherson (May 5, 2020) US Soccer Players - The 1981 season was pivotal in the story of the original North American Soccer League. After rampant expansion in the back half of the 1970s, the league began to shed teams. The new normal for the upstart NASL was trying to preserve what it had rather than adding more. The 1980 season was the last at 24 teams. They would start 1981 with 21 teams . . .

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How good was the ’98 Chicago Fire?

April 28, 2020 by J Hutcherson

How good was the ’98 Chicago Fire?

By J Hutcherson (Apr 28, 2020) US Soccer Players - As ESPN's The Last Dance makes clear, the biggest story in Chicago sports in the summer of 1998 was the Chicago Bulls. They won the final NBA championship of the Michael Jordan era amid the kind of turmoil that justifies a multipart documentary series. What could an expansion MLS team do that same summer to have any kind of relevance? Well, the . . .

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Filed Under: Club Guide, Featured, MLS, Soccer News, Top Posts Tagged With: chicago fire

How good were the ’83 Tulsa Roughnecks?

April 21, 2020 by J Hutcherson

How good were the ’83 Tulsa Roughnecks?

By J Hutcherson (Apr 21, 2020) US Soccer Players - In what were the dying days of the original North American Soccer League, a champion emerged that was uniquely NASL. The Tulsa Roughnecks won the 1983 Soccer Bowl, a shock result for a small market team in a free-spending league. Playing in the weakest of three divisions without the financial support necessary to make up the difference, Tulsa . . .

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How good was Aston Villa in 1981-82?

April 14, 2020 by J Hutcherson

How good was Aston Villa in 1981-82?

By J Hutcherson (Apr 14, 2020) US Soccer Players - English clubs put together a run of European champions from 1976-77 through 1981-82, and it was the last one that was the biggest surprise. Aston Villa entered the tournament after finishing four points ahead of Ipswich Town with Arsenal, West Brom, and Liverpool rounding out the top five in 1980-81. They would finish 11th in 1981-82. A team that . . .

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Filed Under: Club Guide, Featured, Soccer News, Top Posts Tagged With: premier league, uefa champions league

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The winding road back to the Olympics

The winding road back to the Olympics

By Charles Boehm

The USMNT U-23s now know that the Olympic qualifying tournament is set to start in March with another set of issues for building a squad.

The importance of the link to MLS

The importance of the link to MLS

By Jason Davis

Though some MLS fans may downplay a European star looking to Major League Soccer later in his career, it remains important on and off the field.

England’s FA announces a plan

England’s FA announces a plan

By J Hutcherson

By J Hutcherson (Jan 12, 2021) US Soccer Players – England’s Football Association unveiled Time for Change, its new strategic plan, and there’s no need to tag it with spoilers. They’d very much like to do all the things the bigger associations and federations around the world stress as priorities. That includes winning. Under the […]

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