Offside Remarks
OFFSIDE REMARKS: 3 MLS owners vie for Super Bowl glory
Which Major League Soccer owner will be the king of the hill?
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OFFSIDE REMARKS: Plenty of problems for the U.S. women, but no need to panic, it’s still early
Saturday’s 3-1 loss to France certainly wasn’t the end of the world or the Women’s World Cup for the U.S. women’s national side, but the result should serve as a wake-up call for what lies ahead this June and July.
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OFFSIDE REMARKS: One Dome Arena memory stands out, back in the day with the Zeniths and Phil Jackson
With the Rochester Lancers putting the finishing touches on their debut weekend (this Friday and Saturday) at the Dome Arena in Henrietta, N.Y., memories have been flying back to me when I covered the Rochester Zeniths way back in the day.
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OFFSIDE REMARKS: A silver lining to a silver-anniversary visit to the Jets locker room
It was a long, hard cold journey on the Long Island Railroad returning from Jamaica, N.Y. that late December afternoon in 1968.
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OFFSIDE REMARKS: Sigi Schmid, an appreciation
In sports, we tend to grade coaches by wins and losses, championships and other accomplishments.
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OFFSIDE REMARKS: 18 years ago, this writer wrote about the importance of the MLS being a springboard for young players to go to Europe
After dispatching Kuwait to reach the quarterfinals for the first time in Olympic history earlier this week, several American men’s soccer players credited Major League Soccer for allowing the players to develop so they could compete in what is essentially an under-23 tournament.
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OFFSIDE REMARKS: Some soccer games (ahem) for last-minute holiday gift shoppers
It’s that time of the year again trying to figure out what to give you favorite soccer fan for Christmas, Chanukah or Kwanza (Ok, Chanukah has passed, but you never know for the future).
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OFFSIDE REMARKS: Getting ready for my personal MLS Cup No. 23
The rain was incessant.
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OFFSIDE REMARKS: Peter Collins, an appreciation
During our short stay on this planet, we meet people who do things to better our lives in ways we cannot imagine.
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OFFSIDE REMARKS: The Red Bulls not using their high-pressure tactics to open the game was mind-boggling
One of the worst playoff tactical moves in the Red Bulls’ sorry 23-year history of failure and disappointment in the MLS Cup Playoffs just may have cost them an opportunity to reach and host MLS Cup.
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OFFSIDE REMARKS: When one person’s passion for football (not futbol) wanes
Today is Thanksgiving Day, a day for being thankful, stuffing ourselves with a boatload of food, even turkey, and watching football games.
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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” 29 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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