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David Beckham's decision to leave Real Madrid, one of the world's most famous and best-endowed soccer teams, to join the L.A. Galaxy will be counted as a major coup for Major League Soccer in the U.S. But it also confirms the sense that the U.S. is a particularly well-greened pasture at the margins of the soccer-playing world...
...play, but its profile in the American mainstream. Beckham, together with his wife Victoria (a.k.a. Posh Spice) have between them graced the covers of more fashion magazines than anyone can remember. Their arrival in L.A., a natural home for the perennially bronzed and beautiful couple, gives Major League Soccer its first crossover celebrity, whose very presence in America is likely to give a significant bump to interest in and attendance at its games. Nor will Beckham be alone among waning stars in crossing the Atlantic: His deal was made possible by change in MLS rules to allow each team...
Much like the 2006 Harvard men’s soccer team, freshman sensation André Akpan rose to unsurpassed—and perhaps unexpected—heights. Yesterday, the decorated forward from Grand Prairie, Texas, who was named Ivy League Rookie of the Year in the fall after leading the league in point-scoring, made the final roster cut for the U.S. Under-20 National Team. Akpan was one of 20 players, including nine professionals, pared down from an initial list of 70 by veteran U-20 Coach Thomas Rongen, himself a native of the Netherlands. The squad will compete...
Kate Markgraf, assistant coach for the Harvard women’s soccer team, will travel to Carson, Calif. from January 11-15 to take part in training camp for the U.S Women’s National team. This weekend’s training camp will give head coach Greg Ryan a chance to evaluate the 28 players he has invited to Carson before whittling his roster down to 20 players. Those 20 will then travel to Gungzhou, China, to play in the Four Nations Tournament. The United States, ranked second internationally, will kick off tournament play on January 26 against...
...campaign was one of the best in the history of the Harvard men’s soccer team, which continues to reap the dividends of an Ivy League championship season. On Thursday, captain and two-time Ivy League Player of the Year Charles Altchek went to Florida for the Adidas Major League Soccer (MLS) Player Combine. During the holiday break, Ivy League Rookie of the Year André Akpan stayed on as one of 21 players training for the U.S. Under-20 National Team, from which one more player will be cut before the Jan. 17-21 CONCACAF qualifying tournament...