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U.S. In Familiar Territory
by John Jeansonne (Profile/Interview | Newsday - December 10)
Friday's 2006 World Cup draw placed the United States in a first-round group strikingly similar to what the Americans faced at the beginning of their modern soccer awakening almost 16 years ago. more details | go to article

All-American Game
by John Jeansonne (Result | Newsday - August 12)
Flags will be waved plenty tomorrow at the Athens Opening Ceremonies. But here last night, in the first official competition of the 2004 Summer Games, Greece's national women's soccer team reminded that another Olympic theme somehow exists side-by-side with nationalism: sports solidarity. more details | go to article

Mia & Company Hoping For A Final Golden Moment
by John Jeansonne (Profile/Interview | Newsday - August 8)
Preparing for her valedictory, graduating with highest honors from the school of international soccer, Mia Hamm offers those who will come after her an idealistic outlook on the world of competition. "When I'm across the field from a player on another team, I want to win," said Hamm, stating the obvious. more details | go to article

Adu, 14, launches career amid hype
by John Jeansonne (Profile/Interview | Newsday - April 4)
Freddy Adu was the center of attention yesterday the way a great ship, about to be launched, is the center of attention. A large, excited crowd came for the figurative breaking of a champagne bottle across the 14-year-old Adu's bow, and now the grand soccer journey can begin. more details | go to article

At 17, Gaven is an old pro
by John Jeansonne (Preview | Newsday - April 1)
One could say that Eddie Gaven is the old kid on the block. He is last year's youngest player in Major League Soccer, last year's polished product of the U.S. Soccer federation's youth academy in Bradenton, Fla., last year's under-17 national team grad-turned-pro. All the things Freddy Adu is now, minus Adu's unprecedented individual heroics and surrounding ballyhoo. more details | go to article

Get Ready for Freddy
by John Jeansonne (Preview | Newsday - April 1)
Here comes Freddy Adu. Child prodigy, goodwill ambassador, beacon of hope for an immigrant sport. Still only 14 years old but already signed by Nike, already in the same sentence with Pele, already rich (and quickly becoming famous) in an endeavor historically light on familiar U.S. names. more details | go to article

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