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Following a remarkable victory over Italy and a debacle in Nashville during Olympic qualifying,  the US Men will once again take the field May 26th, starting a round of friendlies and leading into the first World Cup  Qualifier of 2012.  US Mens National Team head coach Jurgen Klinsmann is about a month away from naming his May camp roster for the Yanks.  The end of most of the European seasons, and a series of FIFA dates…
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One of those rare teams in professional sports that plays better on the road than at home (see Flyers, Philadelphia), Chivas USA welcomes the surging, flying, soaring, hot-as-a-pistol Philadelphia Union to the Home Depot Center. Pointless at home and undefeated on the road, they might fare better if they called it the Away Depot Center.  But really, what is the deal with this airplane food? Armed with three new points and enough confidence to pick up…
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  WHAT SCORING PROBLEM? Clint Dempsey is the man.  If there was ever a doubt of this, Deuce’s 2011-12 campaign with Fullham has to put it to rest.  With 22 goals in all competitions, and a good chance of netting twenty in league play,  Clint has shattered records for club and country.  His recent goals put him past Michael Bradley’s 16 for Heerenveen in 2007, and into sole possession of the highest scoring season by…
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The blind squirrels have found their nut.  By upholding the high defensive standards that have come to be their most reliable asset, the Union was able to sneak away from PPL Park with 3 points by way of a single penalty kick. While it’s fantastic to see the that the Union defense is decidedly back on track, and the Union’s movement and possession were much improved, and it’s just plum wonderful to put a “W”…
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As listless as the Union attack has been in their first three matches of the year, their youth served up four goals against the New England reserves Monday morning in the first match of the MLS Reserve season.  The children of the Revolution managed to put two past a jury-rigged backline and backup keeper Chase Harrison. The Union came out in something approximating a 3-5-2, with Ray Gaddis & Cristhian Hernandez on the outside of…
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  Nothing happened. For all the attempts of journalists and bloggers alike to extract a narrative from the day’s cagey and inconsequential action, the clash produced nothing that would inspire a Union fan, or disappoint one.  The restored back line, topped off by MacMath’s continued competence, revived faith in a defense that never should have faltered in the first place.  The offense was as impotent as we’ve grown used to this season.  No surprise there,…
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So apparently even if you don’t get any points in the first three games, you still get to play the rest of the games. Time to repay MLS’s faith and grab some points! Danny’s back! Seba’s back! One of them is playing for us! This is the one, people! The Whitecraps So the Vancouver Birdshits roll into town as some sort of freewheeling, Euro-magic, offensive creativity factory. Unfortunately for them, they’ll be a bit shorthanded….
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There’s a moment in most sports films where the plucky underdogs, having overcome the odds and hung in with their dominant,  vaguely oppressive opponents, come up with a miracle play to win the big game, the music plays and everyone goes home happy.  Americans love this story.  Saturday we got to live the flip side. All credit to the Canadians, who banked some of their top talent against El Salvador in order to roll out…
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Addicts will tell you that no one can start on the path to redemption until they hit bottom.  In the latest installment of the embattled Union’s descent into the depths of the Eastern Conference, the Chicago Fire put a fine point on the realization that’s now dawning across the Delaware Valley- that the salad days are gone.  We probably have more heartache to endure before things get better.  Let’s not fret about it too much….
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The Junior Nats will take the field Saturday night in Nashville, three points in their pocket and looking for more.  A victory would all but lock up a first place finish in group A, and there’s no reason to expect anything but another clear victory for the US over the boys from the Great White North. Junior Yanks versus America’s beanie LP Field, Nashville, Tennessee 7 PM ET TV:  Universal Sports Network, MUN2 (English, no…
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