A little primer in the lore of numbers and why the matter
The world of soccer fandom is divided into two groups (ok so it’s a lot more than two groups, but bear with me) those who think uniform numbers are important and those that do not. This piece is not a judgment one way or another about which way you should fall, I just happen to be a person who thinks the history and tradition of numbers matter. If you fall into the don’t care school then this article is probably not going to do much for you.
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December 31st, 2008 .
By: Buzz Carrick
At first pass the midfield class this year looks weak, but that’s a bit of a misconception. While it’s not a flashy group of attacking talent, there are some good defensive mids available and some outside flankers with potential. So much of the pure attacking talent has been picked out previously by MLS underclassman signings and players going overseas that it’s hard to find pure ballers here.
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December 26th, 2008 .
By: Buzz Carrick
While the defensive position isn’t on the surface as deep as previous years, there still is some talent to be had. MLS team’s tend to spend big money at forward and midfield, which means defense is perhaps the easiest spot to make a MLS squad. MLS teams will be looking for bargains who can turn into starters.
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The MLS list of potential senior target for pre-Draft signing.
December 21st, 2008 .
By: Buzz Carrick
You may have noticed that I got my hands on the initial Generation adidas interest list and updated the 2009 Generation adidas tracking with it. But what I didn’t mention at the time is that said Generation adidas list also has a small selection of seniors MLS sent to coaches to gauge direct signing interest.
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December 19th, 2008 .
By: Buzz Carrick
We get a lot of photos sent to us over a season, some of which are from pros who like the site, a couple are from FCD and are used with permission, but most of them are by dedicated fans of FC Dallas and 3rd Degree. As sort of a fun recap to the year I put togehter a bucn of fun ones to share in a little slideshow. I hope you enjoy.
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December 18th, 2008 .
By: Buzz Carrick
Welcome to the first preliminary rankings of the 2009 off season. This is the first of a series of SuperDraft prospect rankings that will be appearing leading up the MLS Combine. These are preliminary rankings so they can and will changes as I get feedback from various people and view some of these players myself at the MLS Combine.
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December 16th, 2008 .
By: Buzz Carrick
Each winter at 3rd Degree we do a fair amount of content in preparation for the nest season of Major League Soccer. From previewing the off season plan, to scouting of College players for the SuperDraft, to in person MLS Combine coverage, and finally our draft day chat room. I’m fairly confident that we do good work on those projects. Part of that process is to evaluate what I got right and what I got wrong. So here’s ten things good and bad form our coverage of last off season.
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December 15th, 2008 .
By: Buzz Carrick
Great final, two very good teams and a good college game on offer. Sure I wanted to see Wake/Maryland, but this matchup is a good one. While not the lock pro talent of Wake, both these teams have a ton of young talent that will end in MLS sooner rather than later. Some of it as soon as this year. What a great goal to win it as well, nice build up and a terrific finish.
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