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	Major League Soccer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Major League Soccer (MLS) is the top soccer league in the United States in the American Soccer Pyramid.
		MLS was formed on December 17, 1993, in fulfillment of U.S. Soccer's promise to FIFA to establish a "Division One" professional football (soccer) league in exchange for the staging of the FIFA World Cup USA 1994 in the United States.
		After the 2005 season, the San Jose franchise was relocated to Houston (with all records, and the team name, logo, and colors held by the league to be used a possible expansion team in San Jose).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Major_League_Soccer (4241 words)

	Major League Soccer Preview 2005 :: Soccerphile
		However, US soccer fans have adamantly demanded the game that the rest of the world plays and at least MLS have responded by ditching 'Americanisms' such as a down-counting clock, pervasive announcers and the dreadful 35-yard line shootout to decide tied matches, which it inflicted on the public at the league's inception back in 1996.
		There are still the play-offs however to decide the league champions although the addition of two more sides this year gives them more credibility, with now four instead of only two teams facing elimination after the 32-game regular season finishes.
		By then the majority of teams will be playing in purpose-built 20,000-30,000 seat homes from which they will be earning income, instead of paying often exorbitant rents as tenants to NFL landlords.
	www.soccerphile.com /soccerphile/us-soccer/mls-preview05.html (1200 words)

	CBC Sports: Major League Soccer on its way to Toronto
		Earlier this month, league commissioner Don Garber gave MLSE an Oct. 31 deadline to finalize plans for the construction of a new stadium or it would give an expansion club to another city.
		With the stadium deal approved, Major League Soccer looks set to rubber stamp Toronto's application for a franchise when the league's board of governors meets on Nov. 12 to vote on whether to admit as many as two new teams for the 2007 season.
		Major League Soccer was formed in 1993 in fulfillment of U.S. Soccer's promise to FIFA, soccer's world governing body, to establish a top professional league in exchange for the staging of the 1994 World Cup in the United States.
	www.cbc.ca /story/sports/national/2005/10/28/Sports/mls_toronto051029.html?ref=rss (580 words)

	CBC Sports Online: Major League Soccer coming to Toronto
		Major League Soccer is the top professional soccer league in the United States.
		On Nov. 12, the league's board of governors is scheduled to meet and vote on whether to admit as many as two new teams for the 2007 season.
		Unlike other pro sports leagues, MLS is organized as a "single-entity" organization, meaning the league (and not the individual teams) contracts directly with the players.
	www.cbc.ca /sports/indepth/mls_toronto (1167 words)

	Christian Science Monitor Blog \| We're Just Fans Archive November, 2005 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		This could be a joint project of Major League Baseball, the Red Sox, the city of Boston, the National Trust for Historic Preservation, and perhaps the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum.
		Expanding on this second point, invite all the major baseball organizations to locate branch offices at this ballpark museum so that all the important entities in the game would be under one roof, including the sport’s national governing body and all the youth leagues, for example.
		Last Sunday, just after the New England Revolution had advanced to the Major League Soccer championship match over the Chicago Fire, that team's midfielder, Jesse Marsch, was asked his thoughts about the upcoming battle for the MLS Cup between the Revs and the L.A. Galaxy.
	blogs.csmonitor.com /just_fans/2005/11 (6525 words)

	United Soccer Leagues (USL)
		With the loss of 2003 All-League defender and team captain Danny Jackson for the year on the second day of training camp to an ACL tear, Graham stepped up to help lead the Sounders to the third best defensive performance on the year with 25 goals allowed.
		The rookie defender had a standout season for the Battery as the club continued its rebuilding phase, proving to be a versatile player that also saw action up top for the club at forward.
		The six-time All-League honoree continues to excel in the USL First Division, finishing seventh in points (21) and fifth in goals (9) to lead the team in both categories.
	www.uslsoccer.com /home/109128.html (806 words)

	Only A Game : Feature : Major League Soccer Rules
		The World Series concludes an overlong season and is often played in weather in which pitchers can't feel the ball and batters secretly hope they'll miss, since making contact with the ball will hurt.
		Major League Soccer's championship is played in weather perfect for soccer.
		Major League Soccer's players have come from an even wider variety of places, because they don't have to be nine feet tall to make a roster.
	www.onlyagame.org /features/2005/11/soccerrules.asp (337 words)

	The Sports Network - Major League Soccer (MLS)
		One team was ensured the return of a teenage soccer prodigy, while another team ensured the future of its head coach.
		After a 2004 season where he was only one of two D.C. United players to see time in every match, Adu sat out during much of the 2005 season, starting in only 16 games.
		Despite a dismal 2005 season for Mathis, Colorado management still went ahead with the trade for the midfielder.
	www.sportsnetwork.com /?c=sportsnetwork&page=soc-mls/news/ahn3996909.htm (488 words)

	United Soccer Leagues (USL)
		Dustin is a team captain for the 2005 season.
		He was drafted in 2002 by the Major League Soccer LA Galaxy, before coming to the Eagles for the 2004 season.
		DiNunzio is a graduate of the University of New Hampshire.
	www.uslsoccer.com /home/96342.html (894 words)

	MLS lures new investors - The Washington Times: Sports (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		And with season after season going by without an infusion of new investors, soccer fans knew a sudden change of heart or corporate strategy from Anschutz would mean the beginning of the end of MLS.
		The moves are nothing short of remarkable for a league that in the last three years admitted to more than $250 million in operating losses, folded two troubled franchises and is still struggling to establish a solid television foothold.
		That fan base will never rival the NFL or Major League Baseball, but it is there and, despite a 6 percent drop in regular-season attendance this year, a further drastic fall is not likely.
	www.washtimes.com /sports/20031130-123930-8095r.htm (851 words)

	Major League Soccer Awards Utah Expansion Team For 2005
		Utah's professional sports landscape changed forever today, with the historic announcement by Major League Soccer (MLS) Commissioner Don Garber that Salt Lake City is home to the nine-year old League’s 12th team, becoming the second major league organization in state history.
		MLS continues to forge ahead on the League’s plan to add two additional cities for the 2006 season, bringing the League’s size to 14 teams for what will be its eleventh campaign.
		Boasting a significant soccer fan base already, Utah has the highest per-capita participation in organized soccer (estimated at more than 200,000 players), a rapidly growing Hispanic and Latino population, as well as a significant Eastern European population.
	www.soccerhall.org /news/MLSUtahAnnouncement_7142004.htm (1170 words)

	PRESS RELEASE Major League Soccer Rewards Designated Drivers With Trips to MLS Cup(TM) 2005 or 2006 Sierra Mist MLS ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		In a promotion coordinated by TEAM Coalition and Major League Soccer, fans who pledge to be designated drivers at any match enter a drawing to be selected as that club's designated driver for the season.
		One designated driver for the season from a Club that does not compete in MLS Cup™ 2005 will be chosen at random to attend the 2006 Sierra Mist MLS All-Star Game.
		Headquartered in New York City, Major League Soccer is the top-flight professional soccer league in the United States and features many stars from the U.S. and around the world.
	www.marketwire.com /mw/release_html_b1?release_id=85194 (592 words)

	Major League Soccer : 2006 MLS season preview
		The Los Angeles Galaxy claimed their second championship last season despite the fact that they limped into the playoffs as the last seed in the Western Conference.
		The San Jose Earthquakes moved to Houston in December and the new Major League Soccer franchise is called Houston Dynamo.
		The Earthquakes drew the league's lowest average crowd, 12,526, during the 2005 regular season.
	www.betinf.com /prev_mls.htm (711 words)

	Boston.com / Sports / Soccer / MLS beginning new season with new names (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		But, to soccer fans, it's a warm familiar look -- another sign the adolescent league has stopped trying to Americanize the beautiful game and is more determined than ever to march in step with the rest of the world as it begins its 10th season Saturday.
		MLS has been evolving its game toward the world standard since 2000, when the league ditched the dreaded sudden-death shootout and the backward-running clock -- two failed gimmicks that were supposed to attract the typical American sports fan and instead alienated soccer purists.
		Meanwhile, the league continues to hinge its financial future on new, soccer-only stadiums that put teams in a position to break even -- and perhaps turn a profit.
	www.boston.com /sports/soccer/articles/2005/03/29/msl_beginning_new_season_with_new_names?mode=PF (1019 words)

	Major League Soccer Sweepstakes \| MLS \| Contest \| Soccer \| MLS All-Star Game \| Freddy Adu \| Eddie Gavin \| Jose Burciaga ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Major League Soccer is starting its 10th season with MLS First Kick on April 2, 2005.
		With two new teams and a new look for the Sierra Mist MLS All-Star Game, the 2005 Major League Soccer season should be the best ever.
		To mark the kickoff of the 2005 Major League Soccer season, Kidzworld and MLS are giving away five super soccer prize packs.
	www.kidzworld.com /contests/mls2005 (115 words)

	Major League Soccer - America's Un-American Sports League By David Plotz
		Professional soccer, a sport whose American history is an unbroken record of choking failure, has, at long last, found a happy home here.
		Soccer has always been perceived as vaguely un-American: It's too low-scoring, there's too much cooperation, the players are too small and too Euro, it looks bad on television.
		MLS may not feature world-class soccer, but its "toque toque" style of play, which requires lots of short, accurate passes, is more elegant and entertaining than the kick-and-run game many Americans are accustomed to.
	www.slate.com /id/1858 (1306 words)

	Mississippi Youth Soccer
		The non-profit organization was established in 1995 and is comprised of 1500 coed soccer players from throughout South Madison County.
		In addition to the MLS action, the women’s soccer teams from the University of Mississippi and the University of Southern Mississippi will compete at 4:30 pm and will also be available for signings at their game’s conclusion.
		The Fire won the MLS Cup in its inaugural season in 1998 and is a three-time Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Champion, capturing the title in 1998, 2000 and 2003.
	www.mysams.org /news030305.htm (582 words)

	FOX Sports - USA - A Decade of Major League Soccer, Part 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Adidas' $150m deal far eclipsed any other sponsor's interest in the league and was a shot in the arm to both the leagues' nascent development system and its credibility.
		MLS general managers across the league say it is easier to work with the league office than in the past regarding acquiring talent, but that the league office still resists transparency and retains Byzantine procedures and labels.
		In other major leagues, the GM picks players; hires and fires coaches; hires scouts and manages a development program; and deals with ownership and league officials as a firewall for managers and players.
	msn.foxsports.com /soccer/story/5091982?CMP=OTC-K9B140813162&ATT=2737 (1368 words)

	Major League Soccer Camps - The official camp and clinic program of Major League Soccer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Thanks to the fine folks at Kraft, MLS Camps’ 2005 camp programs promise to deliver the value of nutrition, the unbeatable benefits of physical activity, and…as always…fun soccer activities that educate and stimulate players of all ages and abilities.
		The grand-prize is the ultimate soccer fantasy, the chance to attend a Major League Soccer Camp with a friend.
		MLS Camps is the official camp and clinic of Major League Soccer.
	www.mlscamps.com /news.shtml (4015 words)

	Seton Hall (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		After an impressive run in the BIG EAST Championship and a fourth consecutive bid to the NCAA Tournament, the Seton Hall men’s soccer team enters the 2005 season poised to build on its recent success and add a new chapter to the program’s history.
		By signing a professional contract and forfeiting his final year of eligibility, Kljestan leaves as one of the most decorated men’s soccer players in SHU history and is now eligible for selection in the 2006 MLS SuperDraft to be held in Philadelphia, Pa., on Friday, Jan. 20.
		Kljestan was also a member of the U.S. Under-20 National Team that participated at the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship in Holland last summer and has made 22 appearances with the team after being called into the national team camp in 2004.
	www.shupirates.com /sports/msoccer/release.asp?RELEASE_ID=2976 (2157 words)

	Men's Soccer Release - PortlandPilots.com
		Miguel moved to the attacking midfield position before his junior season after spending his first two years on The Bluff as a defender.
		The supplemental draft was added in 2005 to help MLS teams fill out rosters that were expanded to 28 players.
		The 2006 MLS season will begin on April 1, with all 12 teams in action on the opening weekend.
	www.portlandpilots.com /sports/msoccer/release.asp?release_id=3452 (326 words)

	Letter to Major League Soccer
		Garber has stated that his goal for the League is to be the number one sport in the United States.
		The season could run throughout the same months as 2004, but there would be open dates for the USMNT matches and the U.S. Open Cup.
		A lot of soccer fans within the U.S. still support foreign clubs and don't think the quality of MLS is as good as other leagues around the world.
	www.soccerloop.com /headliners/major.league.soccer (1655 words)

	Major League Soccer 2005 \| MLS \| Teams \| Players \| Freddy Adu \| Champion \| Team \| Football \| DC United (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		There will be several MLS stars to keep an eye on this year, including a couple of players who will be making their Major League Soccer debuts.
		Guevara led the MLS in points and assists in 2004 and the creative playmaker from Honduras is expected to do much the same in 2005.
		Landon Donovan - After failing to make an impact with Bayer Leverkusen of the German League, the US soccer star will be returning to Major League Soccer and will want to prove he's a world-class player.
	www.kidzworld.com /site/p5479.htm (437 words)

	Major Soccer League: Real Salt Lake sends Mathis to Rapids for Cunningham.
		Starting all 27 games he played, Mathis, 29, had three goals and four assists in 2005, giving him MLS career regular-season totals of 51 goals, 42 assists and 136 starts in 159 games played.
		Once considered the up-and-coming star of the United States men, Mathis appeared twice and scored one goal for the U.S. in 2005, but was not seen after the 1-0 victory over Honduras March 19.
		Real Salt Lake continues to retool a team that went 5-22-5 in its inaugural 2005 season with the latest in a string of transactions.
	www.soccertimes.com /mls/2005/dec12.htm (544 words)

	Player Bio: John Kerr :: Men's Soccer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Kerr enters the 2005 season with a six-year record of 49-40-9, including winning seasons in each of the last four years.
		He won the Hermann Trophy as college soccer's player of the year while leading Duke to the 1986 NCAA championship and, in 1998 and 1999, served as player/coach for the Boston Bulldogs of the professional A-League.
		He won a Major Soccer League title as a member of the San Diego Sockers in 1991-92.
	gocrimson.cstv.com /sports/m-soccer/mtt/kerr_john00.html (468 words)

	Sounders Notebook: Major League Soccer looking closely at Seattle
		In the next three weeks, Major League Soccer will announce the 12th team for the 2005 season.
		One of the primary factors in the decision process, according to MLS senior director of communications Trey Fitzgerald, is a first-class stadium immediately with a foreseeable soccer specific stadium.
		The city's Pro Soccer League team, the Utah Blitzz, has been fairly nomadic over the past five years, playing in five different venues.
	seattlepi.nwsource.com /othersports/179321_sound24.html (654 words)

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