Offside Remarks
OFFSIDE REMARKS: To Terry Jones, thanks for the laughs and memories
RIP, Terry Jones.
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OFFSIDE REMARKS: So, who are the dozen local soccer personalities to watch in 2020?
So, who are the area soccer personalities we should watch in 2020?
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OFFSIDE REMARKS: One crazy night in Marseille for Esse Baharmast and an American journalist at the 1998 World Cup
Congratulations to Esse Baharmast for winning the Werner Fricker Builders’ Award.
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OFFSIDE REMARKS: 8 days that shook the NY/NJ soccer world
Has there ever been eight days in the offseason that has been packed with so much soccer news, some earth-shattering news, in the New York metropolitan area?
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OFFSIDE REMARKS: Caligiuri looks back at the goal that changed the course of American soccer history
If Paul Caligiuri hadn’t scored “The Goal” 30 years ago today, I probably wouldn’t be writing this column, or perhaps any soccer column, for that matter. And Caligiuri wouldn’t have enjoyed a nice, long professional soccer career here and abroad.
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OFFSIDE REMARKS: Some brotherly love reminds a writer of what a small world it truly is
After 34 exhausting days of covering the USA at the Women’s World Cup, it was time to go home. It was a rewarding yet, tiring experience, watching the Americans play seven games, mostly in the north part of France, except for the final week in Lyon.
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OFFSIDE REMARKS: Getting ready for my personal MLS Cup No. 24
The rain was incessant.
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OFFSIDE REMARKS: So far, so very good on those MLS single-elimination playoff games
Over the past several years, Major League Soccer has been the pin cushion for much criticism and complaints from fans, supporters and media.
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OFFSIDE REMARKS: Tim Howard, an appreciation
In 1997, I heard about this 18-year-old goalkeeping prodigy.
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OFFSIDE REMARKS: When a sportswriter’s passion for football (not futbol) wanes
I just can’t believe it has been five years, five years from the day when my interest in football — started to wane.
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OFFSIDE REMARKS: A tale of two teams: NYCFC is up and the Red Bulls are down
Here we are entering the final five weeks of the Major League Soccer season, a time in which teams gear up for the stretch run to either secure a playoff berth or perhaps home-field advantage in the postseason.
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