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Another week, another news round up. The skies are clear, the temperatures are falling along with the Red Bulls hope of making the playoffs, while the Fire seems to be burning bright. It’s the best time of the year for MLS, so why are the growing pains of the league still swirling in the media? We apparently don’t or shouldn’t want Eriksson; Landon talks for the first time since returning from his most recent jaunt to Germany; homeless doesn’t mean unskilled, and Barca has a sponsor, kind of. if you think I’ve missed something or anytime for that matter you read or see a story that heeds inclusions into The Barometer, send it my way.
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Looking for a reason to deny the sloppy seconds of the English National Team. Jen Chang has a few:
Eriksson not the ideal candidate [Soccernet]
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Homeless World Cup gets underway in South Africa this weekend. Follow all the action – and by action, I mean to point out that wins and losses are of least importance.
http://www.homelessworldcup.org/
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Landon Donovan going back to Europe… not bloody likely… at least not back to Germany.
Life’s a beach, says top U.S. striker Donovan [Reuters via Yahoo]
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This really has nothing to do with American soccer, except to say that Red Bull would do well to follow the lead of FC Barcelona, who this week gave the worldwide soccer community another reason to chase their success (what is Chelsea’s excuse for this one?). After more than 100 years of sponsor-less jerseys, they’ve come to terms with UNICEF, The United Nations Children’s Fund. The team joins the venerable relief agency with $1.9 million in yearly support for humanitarian projects.
Barcelona rejoices at UNICEF shirt deal [International Herald Tribune]
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More opinions on the growing pains of MLS. Will the players take a stand against the league? And if so, is that biting the hand that feeds you, or standing up for what is right?
McGeehan: Loosening the Reigns [ussoccerplayers.com]
Kyle
on Sep 28th, 2006 - 11:18am
I’m going to have to agree with the dempsey/mls article. American’s interests have been peeked by soccer and the world cup, and the MLS needs to start looking at the strangle hold they have on salaries.
At some point, they are going to have to take a big risk and if it isn’t the owners, it will be the players who force it. It is at that point we will find out the viability of a US soccer league. Americans have never been satisfied with 2nd best and the disgust with the US national team this past summer confirms this. They sure as hell aren’t going to tolerate it in the MLS. The country wants stars.
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