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Hoping (dreaming?) Of Soccer As National Pastime
New York Times: DON Garber became the commissioner of Major League Soccer in August 1999, after the league lost $250 million over its first five seasons and shrank by two teams to 10. At the time, it appeared to be the latest failure of a soccer league in North America.

U.S. Women To Open 2008 Schedule Against Canada at Four Nations Tournament in Foshan, China
U.S. head coach Pia Sundhage has called 27 players to a six-day training camp at The Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif., that will run from Jan. 3-8, 2008 in the USA’s first action of the new year.

All I Want For Christmas…With the U.S. Women’s National Team
CHICAGO (December 23, 2007) - It’s the time of the year Santa has opened all his letters, made his list, and is preparing for his yearly jaunt through the skies. The U.S. WNT players, however, are gearing up to get a big 2008 started during the first few days of January. First, though, comes the holidays, and several WNT players shared with ussoccer.com what they wanted for Christmas.

A Cloudy Forecast for UMass’s Survival Turned Out to Be Wrong
The men’s soccer team at the University of Massachusetts is two victories away from a national championship, 16 years after it was supposed to be dismantled.

Revs Are Left Reeling After Cup Loss
Major League Soccer: WASHINGTON — Every time the New England Revolution reach the MLS Cup Final, expectations rise, hope renews and memories fade.