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Back In The Bright Lights, Pt2
by Adam Spangler (Profile/Interview | This is American Soccer - July 15)
If there was ever a sheen on David Beckham for the American soccer fan with a Y chromosome, if he was initially given a pass, if anybody believed anything he said, well, that patina is gone. more details | go to article

Back In The Bright Lights, Pt1
by Adam Spangler (Profile/Interview | This is American Soccer - July 13)
Grant Wahl discusses his new book, The Beckham Experiment, out now from Crown. Why do book reviews have to be summaries of the book? I never got that. more details | go to article

The Game Don't Care
by Adam Spangler (Profile/Interview | This is American Soccer - September 8)
Ron Isley croons from the stereo of the Audi A6 Quattro Clint Dempsey purchased from sports agency-mate Ryan Nelson. “You fool one day you’re here and then you’re gone.” But before the beat drops, before UGK’s Pimp C and Bun B have a chance to trade verses about making the most of the Texas youth they were dealt, before we’re even out of the parking lot of Dempsey’s apartment, we’re out of the car. Part 1 of a 5 part profile of Clint Dempsey. more details | go to article

The First Boy Scout (London Calling)
by Adam Spangler (Profile/Interview | This is American Soccer - September 13)
A few weeks ago - if you didn’t know before – we were all reintroduced to a certain American soccer player when reporter Steven Sandor of Sun Media noted an Arsenal scout in the press box at a recent Toronto FC game. The report alluded to said scout’s apparent interest in Chivas USA Goal Keeper Brad Guzan, and the article quickly forgets about the scout (which he lead the piece with??) and meanders on about American goal keepers abroad. That Arsenal scout is Danny Karbassiyoon, the youngest American player to score a goal in English club competition (a game-winner for Arsenal, assisted by Cesc Fabregas, in the 90th minute of a Carling Cup game no less), and one of the more unfortunate injury stories of recent American soccer history. more details | go to article

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