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Topic: 1996 MLS Inaugural Player Draft


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In the News (Fri 25 Dec 09)

  
  United Soccer Leagues (USL)
The personification of the Columbus Crew and one of the league's signature players, McBride is a seven-time MLS All-Star, who earned All-Star MVP honors in 1998.
He won the 1998 MasterCard Goal of the Year award and was the first player taken in the 1996 Inaugural MLS Draft.
He was a two-time All-America selection, a Hermann Award Finalist and runner-up for the Missouri Athletic Club Player of the Year as a senior in 1993.
www.uslsoccer.com /aboutusl/uslhalloffame/54000.html   (402 words)

  
 United Soccer Leagues (USL)
Players voted into the USL Hall of Fame were Marcelo Balboa, Julie Foudy and Manny Lagos, joining six Builders, four 10+ Clubs and six individuals representing the original six teams of USL in the first edition of the President’s Selection, one of two changes to the voting system.
Balboa is the first player to be inducted into the USL Hall of Fame whose playing experience in the USL First Division occurred prior to the merger with USL in 1997.
An All-Star in the first three seasons of the league with the Albuquerque Outlaws, Famiglietta was the Defensive Player of the Year twice and was a member of the SISL All-Star team that toured the former Soviet Union in 1990.
www.uslsoccer.com /aboutusl/uslhalloffame/175709.html   (1783 words)

  
 SEVEN BIG EAST MEN'S SOCCER PLAYERS SELECTED IN THE 2007 MLS SUPERDRAFT :: Six different BIG EAST teams represented in ...
Eric Puls and Paul Young were taken in the inaugural MLS Draft in 1996 with the 112th and 121st picks, respectively, and Chris Aloisi was taken by Los Angeles with the 57th overall choice in 2004.
Former Rutgers men's soccer player Nick LaBrocca was drafted by the Colorado Rapids of Major League Soccer as the ninth pick in the third round, and the 35th overall pick.
Labrocca becomes the fifth RU player in six years to be drafted by a MLS team, joining former Rutgers standouts Chris Karcz, Josh Gros, Guy Abrahamson, and Dennis Ludwig.
www.bigeast.org /sports/m-soccer/spec-rel/011507aab.html   (1026 words)

  
 Indiana Soccer Camp
He was selected by the Crew in the inaugural MLS Draft.
After his final season as a player in 2002, he moved to the front office where he served as an assistant general manager to Jim Smith.
As a player at Indiana, Yeagley competed in two College Cups and helped the team to a 75-9-5 record over four seasons.
www.insoccercamp.com /staff/yeagley_todd.php   (583 words)

  
 North Carolina Soccer Hall of Fame
Professional: Eddie was drafted by Major League Soccer’s Washington, D.C. United in the first round (2nd overall) of the first college draft of the MLS and scored the game-winning goal in overtime to give United the inaugural MLS Cup title over the LA Galaxy.
Fall 1996 saw him successfully attend classes at UNC while playing with D.C. United and the U.S. National team, commuting to and from Chapel Hill and Washington, D.C. High School: At Southwest Guilford High School, Eddie played four years of soccer, three years of football as a place kicker and one year of baseball.
His favorite player is Pele and he is interested in pursuing a career as a lawyer.
www.ncsoccerhalloffame.com /epope2.htm   (794 words)

  
 Soccer365
For all the skills of this fine group, however, none appears ready to succeed Brian McBride as a strong airborne force.
In three outings with the MNT, Twellman is yet to exhibit the flair-in-the-air that carried him to the top of the scoring table in MLS 2002.
More than a year before meeting on the pitch in the 2002 MLS campaign, McBride and Twellman nearly almost crossed paths in February of 2001.
www.deepbrook.com /writing/soccer365/2003_02_mcbride_air_apparent.htm   (273 words)

  
 USA Women's Soccer
A WUSA All-Star in 2003, she broked her tibia in June and was sidelined for five weeks during the National Team's build-up to the 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup.
Selected in the second round of the 2001 Inaugural WUSA Draft by the Philadelphia Charge.
Served as a ESPN/ESPN2 sideline reporter for NCAA football and MLS telecasts in 2005 and was a studio analyst for ABC/ESPN/ESPN2 during the 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup.
www.ooosasoccer.com /player/mitts_heather.html   (282 words)

  
 == Columbus Sports Network == Local. Sports. Now.
As a player, Burgess was a college standout.
As a player, Washington led the nation in scoring in collegiate soccer in 1988 and 1990, and finished his career at Radford University in 1992 as the second leading scorer in NCAA history.
Providing play-by-play coverage for the Clippers on CSN is Wayne Harer, a former professional baseball player for the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox organizations.
www.columbussports.net   (960 words)

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