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News Of The Day: United States announce Netherlands friendly, Landon Donovan signs new MLS contract, Fulham advance in Europa League

The long rumored friendly between the United States and Netherlands has been confirmed by US Soccer. The game will be in Amsterdam on March 3rd, which is the only FIFA international date between now and the end of the season.

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News Of The Day: Holden offered large MLS contract, Galaxy player announcement on Wednesday, US Schedules Honduras Friendly

Stuart Holden who is out of contract with MLS at the end of the year is apparently being offered a 10 fold increase in wages to stay with MLS and the Houston Dynamo. Holden has been receiving interest from Scotland

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Landon Donovan and Gameweek 16 I Know The Score

The big news of the week is that Landon Donovan looks set to join Everton on loan in January. The Los Angeles Galaxy have released a statement that denies the deal is done and says that there are multiple teams

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MLS, Barcelona-Real Madrid Preview, And I Know The Score

While I find it hard to really root against any team in MLS, I do take a little joy that Los Angeles was not able to win the MLS Cup. As a past fan of the original San Jose franchise,

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MLS Expansion Draft

The expansion draft is on Wednesday and I decided I would weigh in on who I would take. In general, I would focus on young talent to build the team around. The rosters and squads are listed here. I went

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MLS Cup Preview and I Know The Score

The final game of the MLS season is finally here. The league did not have the dream match up of Chicago vs. Los Angeles but they feature probably the hottest team in the league Real Salt Lake against the team

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MLS Playoff Conference Finals Preview

The conference finals are set and based on what we saw last week weekend, the atmosphere at both games should be amazing. The first round was mostly as expected except for the upset of the Columbus Crew by Real Salt

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MLS Playoff Round 1 Second Legs Preview

The second legs should be fairly interesting. None of the ties are decided from the first leg so all teams will have everything to play for. Again this time, I will try to focus on the matchups before making the

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MLS Playoff Round 1 First Legs Preview

After a fairly exciting weekend, the first round matchups are set and they should all be good. The first round will probably have upsets especially since the first round gives no advantage to the higher seeded teams. The most exciting

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MLS Regular Season Wrap-up

The regular season is over and now it’s time to wrap up the season. Some silverware that has already been won is the Supporter’s Shield won by the Columbus Crew and US Open Cup won by Seattle Sounders FC. Both

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