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ASN Morning Read: Look at All the People

Major League Soccer nears a milestone; Mix Diskerud goes into recovery for a few days; the United States women's team is on the right road but we wonder how far along they actually are.
BY Noah Davis Posted
October 22, 2014
8:04 AM
  • Today in fans: Major League Soccer is set to break its record for average attendance set in 2012. With one week left in the 2014 regular season, MLS is averaging 19,039 fans a game, marking the first time it has topped the 19,000-a-game mark. A record eight teams are averaging more than 20,000 fans a game, and at least five teams will break single-season average attendance records.

  • Jurgen Klinsmann will lead the Americans into battle against Colombia in London on November 14. Or, at least, that's what the South American side announced. Given the recent run of reports and then retracted reports, who knows.

  • Here's a happy stat about the women's team:
  • Here's a less positive note: Still, it feels like the U.S. has underachieved so far in this tournament. On Monday night, the U.S. looked disjointed in the attack for most of the first half and struggled from a combination of bad touches, poor service, and missed chances. It also feels like this team is still in transition two years after former coach Pia Sundhage left. Since then, the federation has hired and fired one coach, Tom Sermanni—who looked to shake things up by broadening the player pool and implementing a more possession-oriented style—and has moved on to current head coach Jill Ellis.

  • A short story in four tweets:

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