Recent New York Sun Articles
MLS Wraps Up Disjointed Season
by Paul Gardner (Commentary | New York Sun - November 9)
Incoherent is the appropriate word, I believe, to describe the 2004 MLS season. The climax to a disjointed year arrives this weekend at the Home Depot stadium in Carson, Calif., where D.C. United take on the Kansas City Wizards in the championship game. more details | go to article

MLS Cup Fails To Inspire Passion
by Paul Gardner (Commentary | New York Sun - November 16)
MLS Cup 2004, you might think, ended up a close game: The scoreboard read D.C. United 3, Kansas City Wizards 2 when the final whistle blew. You could even argue that the scoreboard should have read 2-2 at 90 minutes, because D.C.'s second goal was a touch controversial. But the soccer - virtually all of it - was played by United. more details | go to article

Labor Dispute Imperils U.S. Team
by Paul Gardner (Analysis | New York Sun - January 18)
What I should be writing about are the relative soccer strengths of the USA and Trinidad and Tobago as the two teams prepare for their meeting on February 9 in Port-of-Spain, a qualifying game for the 2006 World Cup in Germany. Apologies: I can't do that. Because only one national team - T&T - is doing any preparing. more details | go to article

How FIFA Revived American Soccer
by Paul Gardner (Commentary | New York Sun - February 15)
FIFA's decision to grant the U.S. the rights to stage the 1994 World Cup did not go down well in traditional soccer circles. Why should a country with little soccer tradition - it didn't even have a pro league, for Pete's sake! - be awarded the sport's biggest event? Why should the U.S., which had only qualified for one World Cup in the past 44 years, be the beneficiary of the automatic qualification that hosting the tournament entailed? more details | go to article

The Great American Soccer Experiment
by Paul Gardner (Commentary | New York Sun - April 12)
The Great American Soccer Experiment is now two games old. CD Chivas-USA, the Mexican-owned, Mexican-flavored, and Mexican-styled MLS franchise, has lost a home game to D.C. United, and tied a road game against the San Jose Earthquakes. more details | go to article

Two Late Goals Propel Barcelona To Champions League Glory
by Paul Gardner (Article | New York Sun - May 18)
Barcelona, champions of Europe! Its 2-1 win over Arsenal in the 51st European club final, played in Paris yesterday, came in a tense, emotional, fascinating, nervous, dramatic game. Not a great game, though - it never became the super classic final that we'd been waiting for, the red-hot clash of two mighty attacking teams, the long-awaited head-to-head meeting of two of the world greatest players, Arsenal's Thierry Henry and Barcelona's Ronaldinho. more details | go to article

Interim Coach Bradley Is Gulati's Likely Choice
by Paul Gardner (Analysis | New York Sun - May 8)
Time's up, Mr. Gulati! more details | go to article

Bradley Must Bolster Arena's Model For Success
by Paul Gardner (Analysis | New York Sun - June 26)
As usual, the U.S. played its home game against Mexico in front of a stadium packed with Mexican supporters. And, also as usual, the U.S. came away with a win. more details | go to article

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Adu Shows Spark That U.S. Team Needs
by Paul Gardner (Commentary | New York Sun - July 11)
As was expected, America's participation in the Copa America, the South American championship, was not a success. Accepting an invitation to compete as a guest team, the Americans sent to Venezuela what was very much a B squad and lost all three of its games. more details | go to article

Europe Tempts The Young
by Paul Gardner (Analysis | New York Sun - August 7)
After 3 1/2 seasons, Freddy Adu, who was with Major League Soccer's Real Salt Lake team, has departed to Portugal, where he has joined the Lisbon club Benfica. more details | go to article

Latin American Flair Will Boost MLS Popularity
by Paul Gardner (Commentary | New York Sun - September 11)
Major League Soccer has a selling job to do, not merely with its players, or even its teams , but with the sport itself. It has to convince substantial numbers of Americans that soccer is attractive, interesting, and exciting enough to take a place alongside baseball, football, and basketball. It's a tricky assignment, because soccer is a notoriously fickle activity that comes in many forms, from sparkling to downright boring. more details | go to article

Win Against Nigeria Is Crucial For Men's Soccer Hopes
by Sam Stern (Preview | New York Sun - August 12)
The U.S. men's soccer team squares off against Nigeria tomorrow at Beijing's Workers Stadium, and the game is crucial for both countries. more details | go to article

Popular New York Sun Articles
Europe Tempts The Young
by Paul Gardner (Analysis | New York Sun - August 7)
After 3 1/2 seasons, Freddy Adu, who was with Major League Soccer's Real Salt Lake team, has departed to Portugal, where he has joined the Lisbon club Benfica. more details | go to article


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