Armchair Midfielder

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Who’s UP?

NY/NJ MetroStars

IN: Bob Bradley; Jaime Moreno, Eddie Pope.
IN LIMBO: Daniel Garnero, Mario Alberto Rosas, Dillon Sheppard, Andy Williams, Richie Williams.
OUT: Octavio Zambrano; Marcelo Balboa, Rodrigo Faria, Ross Paule, Mike Petke, Tab Ramos.

Besides D.C., the most improved team in 2003 should be the MetroStars. There are a few reasons, but all you really need are two words: Bob Bradley. He built a powerhouse Chicago Fire team from scratch and they won right out of the gate (MLS Cup ’98, anyone?). Now his challenge is bigger, having to rescue the Metros from the mediocrity that they’ve wallowed in for the franchise’s entire history, but it can be done. With the likes of a healthy, rejuvenated pair of forwards in Mathis and Moreno, one of the league’s top keepers in Tim Howard, MNT vets Eddie Pope and Richie Williams clogging the middle, as well as a host of foreign internationals (Garnero, Rosas or Sheppard) who could make the all-important impact in the midfield, the Metros look to have a fighting chance in 2003, and that’s all the chance Bradley needs.
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