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		<title>The Saved and the Doomed: Does MLS Need This?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 May 2012 05:27:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Black</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The final games of the European soccer season unfold this week. Ecstasy prevails as winning teams ascend to the higher divisions, while desperation plays out at league bottoms as trapdoors open and teams vanish to the lower class. No such system exists in Major League Soccer.]]></description>
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		<title>Is the Golden Era of Youth Academies Over?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 04:16:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chaz Bing</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The bottomless pocketbooks of the big clubs have diffused the importance of the soccer academies, says writer Chaz Bing, but they are still needed to train the next generation of players.]]></description>
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		<title>MLS Roundup: Henry Injury Overshadows NY Victory</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 14:53:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>theheadermag</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[New York Red Bulls]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thierry Henry may miss up to a month of action after the Red Bulls forward pulled up with a right hamstring injury during the Red Bulls 1-0 victory over New England.]]></description>
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		<title>Mounting Israeli Soccer Violence Reflects Fading Hope in Peace</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 00:10:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James M. Dorsey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Israel]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A stalled Israeli-Palestinian peace process and increased racism in Israeli soccer both signal that hope for a lasting solution in the region is fading, says writer James Dorsey.]]></description>
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		<title>Now and Then: Down at the Lane</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 15:58:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Walshe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Life-long Spurs fan Mark Walshe returns to White Hart Lane and finds that soccer culture in England has changed for the better.]]></description>
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		<title>Spain&#8217;s Crisis Creates Opportunity for Al Jazeera</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Apr 2012 17:52:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James M. Dorsey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A refusal by Spanish television stations to bid at current rates for rights to broadcast next season’s top league Spanish soccer matches creates an opportunity for Al Jazeera to push into Europe and become the world’s premier global broadcaster, says writer James Dorsey.]]></description>
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		<title>The Plot to Stop Messi Grows Thicker</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2012 03:01:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Luke James</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sir Luke Jimmy James is back. Lost for awhile looking for a bandage in the Valley of the Soccer Gods, our noble explorer of impeccable credential sent us his latest slice of life in the Valley of the Soccer Gods. ]]></description>
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		<title>Captain Klinsmann on the Amazon Bound</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Apr 2012 14:23:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Black</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Even though it was the U-23 squad coached by Caleb Porter that failed to qualify for the Olympics, the focus turned to Jurgen Klinsmann and his vision for the future, says The Header's Alan Black]]></description>
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		<title>Soccer&#8217;s Parity Problem</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2012 00:39:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chaz Bing</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[UK Soccer]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The top ten European clubs make up only 12% of the competing teams, yet have won 65 of the 80 possible titles over the last two decades, says writer Chaz Bing.]]></description>
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		<title>Interview: MLS Commissioner Don Garber</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Mar 2012 21:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Black</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Header's Alan Black sat down with MLS Commissioner Don Garber for a chat about the future of American soccer.]]></description>
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