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Best New York Red Bulls' Players of All Time. Top Story - February 2018.
Based in Harrison, New Jersey, New York Red Bulls are an American professional soccer club. The club competes as a member of the Eastern Conference of Major League Soccer, and they're known to be among the Major League Soccer's most valuable teams. Established in October 1994, they started playing in the league’s inaugural season in 1996 as the New York/New Jersey MetroStars. Then in 2006, the team was sold off to Red Bull GmbH and was re-branded as part of the company’s global network of soccer clubs. The Red Bulls also own one of the best MLS soccer stadiums ever.
By C.C. Curtis8 years ago in Cleats
Oldest Players in Major League Soccer History
We wouldn't readily look up to the oldest athlete on the team, but they are easily the best role models we may ever get a chance to meet off the pitch, field, or court—wherever your athletics may reside. As for football, or more commonly referred to as soccer, history seamlessly weaves into the fabric of the sport itself, more so than most (besides maybe baseball). This entails that footballers, the players who sidestep and dribble across the pitch in protection of the soccer ball, have somewhat of an airy freedom for their preferred stay within the MLS. From across the ages, the men listed as follows have been as much portraying the value of the sport itself as they have been protecting it.
By Gerald Oppugne8 years ago in Cleats
Premier League Stars That Have Played for Both Manchester United and Chelsea
There are so many sports players out there who've switched teams through multiple reasons. This can literally happen in any sport. From basketball to football, baseball, and hockey, so many players have traded in their jerseys for a new look to their reputation. Reasons for switching can be the coach was too difficult to handle, the players had poor communication with others, and then there's money involved. It's true. Other teams can offer much more pay in order to get that player on their team.
By George Nekilan8 years ago in Cleats
Greatest Premier League Defenders of All Time
Truly memorable names, like that of Arsene Wenger and Steve Bruce, will be written into history as some of the most powerhouse defenders ever to take on the Premier League. The following identities, whether by way of propagating the biggest Premier League upsets of 2017, or simply through a long historical edifice like those of Bruce and Wenger, have pushed the bounds in strategic defensive play and, ultimately, have altered the game itself. There's only so much a defender can do in the heat of the moment, but these are the players that truly test their own skills and that of the players' around them, as well.
By Gerald Oppugne8 years ago in Cleats
Major League Soccer's Most Valuable Teams. Top Story - February 2018.
What does it take for a MLS squad to become deemed most valuable? A lot, and then some. Major League Soccer has no shortage of valued teams, and with a variety of places to choose from, whether it be LA, or Seattle, the MVT of the MLS is far more complex than you might think. Forbes even released their own theories as to the most valuable teams of 2017, and still the question continuously seems to stump us all as we draw nearer to this year's Cup. Here's a complete list of Major League Soccer teams for newcomers to follow along with.
By Johnson Bernard8 years ago in Cleats
The History of FIFA Corruption
Disregarding the players and incredible fanbase for one second; all you're left with realistically is a multi-billion dollar corporation that heads the scheduling, maintenance, televising and governing body controlling one of the most profound and highly regarded sports organizations in the history of athletic entertainment. FIFA heartbreakingly went from first being an unrivaled televised athletics business and sports program, and devolved into a melting pot of improper tactics, bribery, negative transactions, and a multiplicity of corrupt ideals spanning a long line of history, which many have tried to ignore, or have gone to great lengths in disregarding. It's rather hampering on the beauty of soccer, as a sport, as is any scandal involving an intermingling of both business and policy. Sadly, FIFA is not new to scandalous behavior.
By Johnson Bernard8 years ago in Cleats
10 Players Manchester United Should Have Signed Instead of.... Top Story - February 2018.
The recruitment at Manchester United at times hasn't been good enough, and the wrong players have been brought in too often. In 2018 however, the squad is strong, as Jose Mourinho's puts his vision for a United team together. But it could have been much simpler for Mourinho if United's executives and previous managers hadn't made such questionable decisions when other available players were out there.This list will put together ten players Manchester United should have bought when they opted for someone else.To keep it in the realm of possibility, each potential transfer I mention has either been linked to United or that player was transferred around the same time United bought an alternative.
By Joshua William8 years ago in Cleats
