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Rhett Berstein Found

January 12th, 2009 . By: Buzz Carrick

He pulled his hamstring in Friday’s prep training session for the combine.

MLS Combine Report Day Two

Moving Day

January 11th, 2009 . By: Buzz Carrick

Day Two is kinda like Saturday at the Masters. Players stock can rise and fall dramatically. Generally speaking the team play is better on the second day than on the first and that’s true this year as well, but we also see individual players come up and down.

MLS Combine

January 11th, 2009 . By: Buzz Carrick

Ah the sweet smell of grass and fear. Jobs are on the line, players are getting tense, and coaches are enjoying the sun. There’s nothing like the MLS Combine. Hope you enjoy our coverage.

Make Over

January 11th, 2009 . By: Buzz Carrick

You may notice a little tweak of the site this week. We’re rolling it out with the MLS Combine.

MLS Combine Report Day One

First Impressions.

January 10th, 2009 . By: Buzz Carrick

Welcome my friends to one of my favorite events of the year, the MLS Combine. As usual on Day One I am going attempt my totally unscientific method of not looking at anyone’s name and only writing down numbers and my thoughts on them. As I give you an evaluation of each player today I will at the end list his name. The idea being to have some objectivity.

Combine Report

January 10th, 2009 . By: Buzz Carrick

Looking for the Day One Combine report?

Sinovic Back to School

January 9th, 2009 . By: Buzz Carrick

He’s out of the combine.

120 Fahrenheit: Slamming the Combine

The new national media pastime.

January 9th, 2009 . By: Buzz Carrick

It’s become quite the thing these days apparently to slam the MLS Combine and say it’s useless. (Funny how it it seem the combine is most frequently slammed by people that don’t go to it?) The latest to do so today is Steven Goff.

FC Dallas Confirms Spring Schedule

Training Begins January 21st.

January 8th, 2009 . By: Buzz Carrick

FC Dallas has confirmed the spring schedule we reported a couple weeks ago. Domestic players report January 16th, internationally based players Jan 19, and full training begins on January 21st.

MLS Combine Time

January 8th, 2009 . By: Buzz Carrick

It’s one of our favorite times of the year: the MLS Combine.  This will be our 5th year covering the combine, this year from Ft Lauderdale, Florida again. The first set of games is on Saturday so be sure and check back for our blow by blow coverage.

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