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ASN Morning Read: Give That Man Another Assist
Sorry New York Red Bulls, you got in the way of the freight train that is the Los Angeles Galaxy and Landon Donovan; an American center back is no longer in the starting XI; Julie Foudy gets righteous.
BY
Noah Davis
Posted
September 29, 2014
7:50 AM
Landon Donovan had a goal and three assists in the Los Angeles Galaxy's blowout win, tying Steve Ralston's Major League Soccer record at 137. He has four games to break the mark.
And also this:
While we're talking Galaxy, should Robbie Rogers be the next left back for the United States? No, but Robbie Keane thinks so: “I'm sure if Mr. [Jurgen] Klinsmann was a very, very good manager and watching the games, there's no question [Rogers] should certainly be in the [US national team] squads. I don't know when the next game is, but he certainly should be looked at because he's been brilliant. That's how much he's been on, if I'm touting that he should be in the national team.”
John Anthony Brooks benched.
Julie Foudy on the growing (ha!) turfgate controversy: vIf, as Sepp Blatter contends, "the future of football is feminine," then WHY would you want to play your premiere women's event—the best marketing tool we have for the women's game—on a surface that will not highlight the best of the game? There is a higher incidence of injury on turf and the ball is more difficult to control, forcing players to approach the game in a different way. The Women's World Cup gives FIFA a chance, once every four years, to showcase the growth of women's soccer. It gives FIFA a highly visible opportunity to encourage countries around the globe to also support their women's programs. It gives FIFA the forum to show countries the potential of women's soccer if only you support it.
And then there is this:
