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Different angle for a TSG preview here. Today, we publish a discussion with Sporting KC assistant coach John Pascarella. Pascarella is responsible for much of the technical preparation and tactical work for the Livestronglies. He and head coach Peter Vermes played club ball together and KC front office media man Josh Wisenhunt comments Pascarella is [...]

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Neil Blackmon reminds that the “BPL” returns to action this weekend. “Can’t See Nothing In Front of Me, Can’t See Nothing Coming Up Behind, I make my way through this darkness, I can’t feel nothing but this chain that binds me…” -        Bruce Springsteen, The Rising Two and a half years ago, at a cozy [...]

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By John Nyen Friedrich Engel, Georg Cantor, Grete Hermann, and Jurgen Klinsmann are related in a very odd way. Of course they are all German. However, this would miss the implicit point hidden in the Klinsmann way. That is that they are all German mathematicians. There have been arguments written back and forth over the [...]

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— Can’t shake it. Just can’t shake it. The US Men’s team came under fire after Friday’s loss to France for its inability to create attacking chances and it’s failure to scintillate under new manager Jurgen Klinsmann. For a brief moment now, with a 3-2 victory on the road in Slovenia, the nervous fidgeting  that [...]

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James Grossi gets us back into the swing of things by rewinding and pressing play on what happened in this year’s MLS playoffs and the lead-up. The first twelve matches of the 2011 MLS playoffs have been played; one remains to determine who will take the honours as Champions. There have been some great matches [...]

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Retribution? Probably not. Improvement? Needed. One overwhelming positive. Captain Carlos Bocanegra with his 100th cap as the United States tangles with Slovenia today. Starting line-ups shortly.

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