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Look Me In The Eye And Tell Me That You're Satisfied
by Brad Paton (Analysis | Offsides Magazine - December 15)
Actually, there probably are a few people who were indeed satisfied with Indiana's 3-2 penalty kick victory over UC-Santa Barbara in Sunday afternoon's NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship: Indiana fans and relatives, mostly. Unfortunately, I would bet the vast majority of American Soccer fans weren't. more details | go to article

US/Jamaica II Final Eleven
by Jeff Hill (Analysis | Offsides Magazine - November 21)
The US prepares for the Hexagonal round of World Cup Qualifying with a 1-1 draw that turns out the lights on the soccer party in the land of Ja. more details | go to article

A Last Dance with 2004
by Brad Paton (Analysis | Offsides Magazine - January 5)
Take two steps then pause, two steps then pause, and repeat for a couple minutes with some reasonable approximation of a 3/4 rhythm and you are probably waltzing. Do it over the course of 12 months, with little rhythm, and you will have an idea what it was like being an American soccer fan in the year 2004. more details | go to article

Final Eleven: US vs. El Salvador at Foxboro, Ma, Sept. 4, 2004
by Jeff Hill (Analysis | Offsides Magazine - September 4)
It wasn’t all that pretty, but the US Men’s National Team managed to follow the 3-points-at-home formula, putting two (should have been at least four) goals past a clearly out-classed El Salvador on Saturday in Foxboro, Mass. Jeff Hill breaks the game into a Final Eleven bite-sized chunks for your easy consumption. more details | go to article

Debating Donovan
by Brad Paton (Commentary | Offsides Magazine - April 28)
Mike Waldner of the Carson Daily Breeze un-surprisingly struck a nerve with his readers in an article criticizing Landon Donovan for returning from Germany to play for the Los Angeles Galaxy. Waldner certainly wasn't the only soccer journalist to express such sentiments, but he is the only one I know of so far to attempt to engage in a debate with those readers on the issue. I am one of those readers whom he quoted in his debate, my portion described pretty accurately as an "e-lecture", and in the interests of sportsmanship, and keeping things in context, my letter in full and un-edited is presented here. more details | go to article

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