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ASN Morning Read: Oh Hey There, MLS Playoffs

Major League Soccer opens up its playoff run with an exciting, if not perfect, game that ended with controversy and the rare post-whistle red card; FIFA executives continue to say silly things; photos!
BY Noah Davis Posted
October 30, 2014
8:18 AM
  • FC Dallas defeated the Vancouver Whitecaps in the first Major League Soccer playoff game. (Read Brian Sciaretta's take, please.) FC Dallas supporters aside, everybody was up in arms about a late-match penalty that probably should not have been called—but the ball did hit a hand in the box so...? Dallas moves on to play the Seattle Sounders on Sunday. The New York Red Bulls and Sports Kansas City battle tonight. Highlights from Thursday evening in Frisco:
  • Greg Vanney, truthsayer:
  • FIFA will do everything it can to make the Women's World Cup like super nice, yo except install real grass. The organization would also like to take sole credit for improving the quality of women's soccer all over the world. "More and more [women’s] players are becoming recognized as professional athletes and, nowadays, can make their living out of football. This is thanks to the FIFA Women’s World Cup and its global prominence," FIFA Secretary-General Jérôme Valcke said.

  • If you click here you will find many, many photos of Landon Donovan as a young child.

  • In conclusion:

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