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From Major League Soccer:

2009 MLS Expansion Draft Rules

Senior Roster
* Teams may protect 11 players between their Senior and their Developmental Roster.
* If the Player’s contract expires at the end of 2009, he will still be considered part of the Team’s Senior Roster.
* If a Team protects a player, it is not obligated to exercise the player’s option. It may renegotiate a new budget number for the player as in previous years.
* If a player retires, he will not be a part of the Senior Roster, but his Team will lose its...

Virginia kept playing until Wake Forest imploded in the penalty kick shootout

NC State scored in the seventh minute and held on against Boston College

Final is at 1pm ET on Sunday

Press Release from the United Soccer Leagues:

USL Statement regarding USL First Division

TAMPA, FL – United Soccer Leagues issued the following statement regarding the USL First Division in response to the announcement of an application before the United States Soccer Federation for a new Division II Men’s Outdoor Professional League submitted, in part, by former USL-1 franchises.

Statement:

United Soccer Leagues, founded in 1986, continues to be the only organization with Division II and III Men’s Outdoor Professional Leagues sanctioned...

Press Release:

OWNERS OF PROFESSIONAL SOCCER TEAMS IN ATLANTA, CAROLINA, MIAMI, MINNESOTA, MONTREAL, ST. LOUIS AND VANCOUVER FORM NEW PRO SOCCER LEAGUE TO BEGIN PLAY IN 2010



Nov. 10, 2009 – The owners of the Atlanta Silverbacks, Carolina Railhawks, Miami FC, Minnesota Thunder, Montreal Impact and Vancouver Whitecaps, formerly of USL-1, together with St. Louis Soccer United today announced that they have formed a new professional soccer league to play in the United States and Canada beginning in April 2010.



The team...

National Soccer Hall of Fame Press Release:

ONEONTA, NY (November 9, 2009) – The National Soccer Hall of Fame and Museum distributed the 2010 Player Ballot today to all voters. The ballot features 24 retired national team and professional players who all have contributed to the growth of soccer in the United States. Among the players on the ballot are three FIFA Women’s World Cup winners who helped launch the Women’s United Soccer Association in 2001, and ten men who have played in the FIFA World Cups of 1990, 1994, 1998 or 2002. Five players on the ballot had international careers...

National Soccer Hall of Fame Press Release:

ONEONTA, NY (November 2, 2009) – Two FIFA Women’s World Cup champions, two men from the 1990 FIFA World Cup squad, five North American Soccer League alumni, and a 7-time winner of the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup in the 1920s and 1930s are featured on the Election 2010 Veteran Player Ballot the National Soccer Hall of Fame and Museum announced today. The eleven finalists are:

Desmond Armstrong – 81 caps with the U.S. National Team, including the 1990 FIFA World Cup

George Best – A Northern Ireland international,...

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Here's a page that lists the English Language subscribers for the closed circuit broadcast of next weekend's big game:
http://copatvonline.com/

There's also contact info for establishments interested in finding out how to get the game.


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Here's a list of the standard Spanish Language establishments that carry closed circuit games. Please note that this is not a list of subscribers to the USA/Honduras game, just a list of places that typically get these games. Please verify ahead of time:
http://www.circuitocerrado.tv/locales.html...

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