News: Tue 11/17/09

soccermaul · 17 Nov 2009, 04:19 AM

Garber's goal: keeping MLS labor peace
Yahoo! Sports

The Beckham Experience
LBPOST.com

The Commissioner praises Sounders FC
Seattle Times

Final-bound Beckham left out of MLS All-Star team
Yahoo! Eurosport

Casey on MLS all-pro team
Denver Post

MLS week starts with praise for pairing
The Olympian

FREE PRESS STAFF WRITERS
Detroit Free Press

Reis leads a very strong pack of keepers
Soccer America

Long grind wears down Dynamo, again
Soccer America

Becks sure spat saved LA Galaxy's season
Metro

RSL arrives, just in time
Salt Lake Tribune

Shalrie Joseph on MLS Best XI
Boston Herald

MLS: From chaos to Cup
Salt Lake Tribune

Your morning briefing...
Yahoo! Eurosport

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Doublespeak of the day comes from David Beckham, who claims his high-profile falling-out with Landon Donovan helped bring the LA Galaxy squad closer.
The club's two highest-profile players had a public slanging match over Beckham's apparent refusal to "bust his ass" for the club, with Donovan claiming the Englishman was "not a leader, not a captain" and "not a good team-mate".
Despite (or because of) the row, Galaxy have had their best season of the Beckham era, reaching the MLS championship game.
Beckham claimed: "There's nothing wrong with a bit of controversy in a club. It brings players and teams together and it's done that."
Come again? Is Beckham genuinely suggesting Donovan's seething resentment towards him is a good thing?
Presumably, if the pair enjoyed a relationship of Ant and Dec-style symbiosis, the surfeit of goodwill and stability at the club would have made a play-off place impossible.
Early Doors will admit it doesn't watch much Major League Soccer - in fact, nobody does - but it would bet Galaxy's resurgence has more to do with Bruce Arena's installation as manager than the blood feud between Beckham and Donovan.
And as if to prove ED's point, Becks has been left out of the All-Star team. They care about this sort of thing in the US.

Tickets in demand for Cup
Salt Lake Tribune

Silverdome sale price disappoints
The Detroit News

MLS surprised Whitecaps will be homeless
Vancouver Sun

CLEATS · 17 Nov 2009, 07:33 AM

Beckham not an Allstar

were women not allowed to vote.

The ''writer'' of the Yahoo Eurosport article is a major douchebag.

Knave · 17 Nov 2009, 02:10 PM

From Ives's latest rundown on the coaching carousel:

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Martin Vasquez remains the coach most often mentioned as a replacement, but now rumors are circulating that Chivas USA is considering former LA Galaxy head coach (and 2005 MLS Cup-winning head coach) Steve Sampson.

To me the big news here isn't that Chivas might hire Sampson (though I do find that disappointing), but the fact that Vasquez, who assisted in MLS for 4 years before going to Bayern Munich (from which he is now departed), might be available to other MLS teams.

soccermaul · 17 Nov 2009, 03:08 PM

Stars have aligned in this Galaxy
Daily Breeze

Dome sells for less than a home
Marketplace

Nine RI high school girls suspended after brawl
FOXSports

This story made the headlines on local channel 7 ABC Sports.NY, where soccer gets mentioned may be every four years if lucky.

MLS coaching dominoes will fall
SI.com

Thornton Scores Hat Trick, Donovan Adds to Galaxy Tally
LAist

Welcome to the Weekly Best, a look at the best in sports, pop culture and
ESPN

Playing for First-Ever MLS Cup Title
Real Salt Lake - The Official Site

Sounders' co-owner Allen treated for lymphoma
FOXSports

Garber confident about labor negotiations
ESPN

Is This The USA World Cup Jersey From Nike? Photo
Major League Soccer Talk

Goal: With Beckham in Final, No M.L.S. Regrets
The New York Times

What Section 8 Means To Me
Section 8 Chicago

tex0313 · 17 Nov 2009, 03:36 PM

http://sportsbusinessjournal.com/ind...rticleID=64094

anyone have access to this article?

Crazy_Yank · 17 Nov 2009, 03:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Knave

From Ives's latest rundown on the coaching carousel:

To me the big news here isn't that Chivas might hire Sampson (though I do find that disappointing), but the fact that Vasquez, who assisted in MLS for 4 years before going to Bayern Munich (from which he is now departed), might be available to other MLS teams.

Wow, Steve Sampson is a complete moronic, douche bag, idiotic, loser, no nothing piece of garbage. And those are his good points. Why on earth would anyone hire a moron like Steve Sampson? That said I hope it happens. That would be some great comedy for next season.

Knave · 17 Nov 2009, 04:00 PM

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Originally Posted by tex0313

http://sportsbusinessjournal.com/ind...rticleID=64094

anyone have access to this article?

Google does.

Good trick to know.

Etienne_72772 · 17 Nov 2009, 05:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Crazy_Yank

Wow, Steve Sampson is a complete moronic, douche bag, idiotic, loser, no nothing piece of garbage. And those are his good points. Why on earth would anyone hire a moron like Steve Sampson? That said I hope it happens. That would be some great comedy for next season.

But he speaks fluent Spanish!