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MLS Expansion Draft

Portland and Vancouver made their selections in the expansion draft. Neither team went for the big name players likely due to their high salaries as the teams looked to stock on younger and cheaper talent. Here are the draftees. Portland:

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My Projection Of The MLS Expansion Draft

The MLS Expansion Draft is tomorrow as Vancouver and Portland will be building up some of their teams. Often times, there is not much talent in the expansion draft, but this draft does feature a number of big name players

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MLS Expansion Draftees Announced

With two MLS joining, there will be another expansion draft, but this time teams will be able to lose two players instead of the usual one player where there was only one team in the expansion draft. The list of

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My Reaction To MLS Competitive Changes For 2011

During this past week leading up to the MLS Cup, the commissioner Don Garber made a number of intriguing announcements about the upcoming season. Here are some of the big points he made as well as my reaction to them.

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Colorado 2, FC Dallas 1: Colorado Win First MLS Title

Colorado fought back from a 1-0 halftime deficit to win the MLS Cup 2-1 in extra time. FC Dallas fell behind in the first half when David Ferriera connected with a cross from Marvin Chavez. Colorado fought back well in

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Major League Soccer: MLS Cup Final Preview

It has all come down to this. FC Dallas and Colorado will square off in Toronto tonight for the MLS Cup. The game kicks off at 8:30 pm EST and will be shown on ESPN2 ESPN. There are no big

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FC Dallas 3, Los Angeles 0: First Goal Opens Door To Rout

The final is set as Colorado will face FC Dallas next weekend in Toronto for the MLS Cup. FC Dallas were impressive getting there after a 3-0 defeat of Los Angeles at Home Depot Center. FC Dallas won with a

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Colorado 1, San Jose 0: Kimura Goal Sends Colorado To Final

Colorado advanced over San Jose to reach the MLS Cup finals. Kosuke Kimura got the winner right before halftime as a cross of his bounced into the net. Omar Cummings may have gotten a touch, but it was judged to

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Major League Soccer: FC Dallas vs. Los Angeles Preview

This should be a good match-up. These teams both feature plenty of strength and midfield as well as two clinical strikers with Edson Buddle and Jeff Cunningham. Whoever wins this match will advance to play Colorado next weekend in the

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Major League Soccer: Colorado vs. San Jose Preview

This is obviously a strange match-up for the Eastern Conference final as Colorado hosts San Jose. These teams both feature a good strikers with golden boot winner Chris Wondolowski on San Jose while Colorado have one of the league’s best

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