(NOTE: Because the week got off the a god-awful start – and because I further handicapped this young week by drowning it in beer – I have to forgo posting the feature I advertised this morning, “MLS Week #___: Let the Record Show.” I’ll get this stuff down shortly…promise. I lieu of that one, I’ll [...]
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The idea behind this is pretty simple: whether you’ve seen the game in question or not, results provoke a gut-level reaction. It can be a “wow,” a “meh,” or even an “I told you, you twit,” but there’s always something. That’s what comes below: a kind of “say the first thing that pops [...]
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BIGSOCCER: 10 Bright Spots of Week 3
1. Kyle Beckerman
Someone pinch this guy. Two goals, one a possible goal of the week, against a revamped D.C. United squad that looked helpless at the machinations of a fluid RSL attack. Beckerman was overwhelmingly the reason for that. He won balls in the midfield, showed near-perfect passing abilities, [...]
Filed under: MLS, Major League Soccer | Tagged: Arturo Alvarez, Bouna Coundoul, Jon Busch, Kyle Beckerman, Landon Donovan, Maurice Edu, Nick LaBrocca, Robbie Rogers, Shea Salinas, Tony Caig | 1 Comment »
