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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

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

Undermanned Stars Get Boost From Magee
by Solange Reyner (Result | Newsday - June 20)
Mike Magee scored on a header off a cross by Gilberto Flores in the final minute of regulation to give the depleted MetroStars a 2-1 victory over the Los Angeles Galaxy yesterday in an MLS game at Giants Stadium. more details | go to article

Harrison Approves $160 Million Stadium Deal With MetroStars
by Jeffrey Gold (Article | Newsday - July 1)
The MetroStars hope to start their 2006 season at a stadium that would be built in Harrison, assuming that Hudson County officials agree to back a financing plan that would leave the small town responsible for $130 million in debt, town officials said Thursday. more details | go to article

Wolyniec, Rey Boost Reunion
by Solange Reyner (Result | Newsday - July 14)
The last time the MetroStars played the Rough Riders, Bob Bradley wasn't coaching, Jim Rooney wasn't on the team and Chris Armas was playing with the Chicago Fire. Last night, all three were at Mitchel Athletic Complex in Uniondale, involved in a friendly match between the MLS team, and the semi-pro team based on Long Island. more details | go to article

Bradley Goes For 100th
by Marshall Lubin (Preview | Newsday - July 15)
Bob Bradley spent five seasons coaching the Chicago Fire before taking over the reins of the MetroStars. When the teams meet Saturday in Chicago, Bradley could reach a milestone against his old team. more details | go to article

A.C. Milan, Manchester United Provide Taste Of Europe
by Mark La Monica (Result | Newsday - August 1)
Parking lots filled early with people, jerseys, beer and barbecues. All the familiar scents of a football game, and in any other country, it would have been. But on this day, the field at Giants Stadium was a pitch. The sport was still football, though not to most of the 74,511 fans watching Europe's Yankees, Manchester United, contest the Italian champions, AC Milan, in a Champions World Series exhibition soccer match yesterday. more details | go to article

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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

Sweeping Victory For MetroStars
by Solange Reyner (Result | Newsday - August 9)
John Wolyniec, Amado Guevara and Eddie Gaven each scored goals yesterday as the MetroStars shutout the Los Angeles Galaxy, 3-0, in a battle of MLS conference leaders at Giants Stadium. 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

Guevara MLS Leading Soccer
by Marshall Lubin (Profile/Interview | Newsday - August 12)
Amado Guevara of the MetroStars leads Major League Soccer in scoring and shares the wealth with his teammates. He is tied for league highs in goals (10) and assists (8) for his MLS-leading 28 points. more details | go to article

Metros Focused On MLS Cup
by Marshall Lubin (Analysis | Newsday - August 19)
There is one goal in the eyes of the MetroStars - winning the MLS Cup. As the playoffs near, the team is playing its best soccer of the year. A 6-2 loss to D.C. United July 3 capped a three-game losing streak that may have been the season's low point. The MetroStars bounced back and have gone 4-1-1 since. more details | go to article

Costly Point: Guevara Is Out And Vaca Is Down
by Solange Reyner (Result | Newsday - August 30)
Last night's game against the Columbus Crew didn't prove much as far as the MetroStars are concerned, but it did set a tone for the remaining seven games left in their season - two of which are against the Crew, who lag the Metros by only two points atop the MLS Eastern Conference. more details | go to article

MetroStars 3, Revolution 2
by Victoria Sun (Result | Newsday - September 12)
New England Revolution forward Pat Noonan's career seems tailor-made to torment the MetroStars. The second-year player not only scored the Revolution's first goal last night at Giants Stadium, he did it quickly. Noonan's goal in the fifth minute was the fastest goal scored against the MetroStars this season. more details | go to article