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One of the toughest parts of the Fantasy Pro game is deciding how and when to alter your team when the injury bug bites. And it always bites. It would be virtually impossible to go the entire season without any of your first-choice players picking up...
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Here's a challenge for you: Without looking, name the top goal-scorer for the Western Conference leading Colorado Rapids (3-3-0), a team that has scored 10 times in six games. Cue the Jeopardy music. A logical guess would be midfielder Christian Gomez,...
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It's probably the oldest sports cliché around: Defense wins championships. And there is some truth to it, but not necessarily in the fantasy sports world. Here, points win championships. And who earns the points? Playmakers, that's who. But who is a "playmaker"...
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We wanted to take this week to expand upon Landon Donovan's incredible first month of the season (one of the best in recent memory by MLS standards) and how he has lifted our fantasy team to the top of its league, but that's the other guy's column . Our...
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Usually by this point in the season there is at least one rookie who has grabbed some attention, one player that people are starting to take notice of, one player that gets the early jump on the Rookie of the Year race. But not so in 2008. It seems that...
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We hate to break this to you, but it's time that someone said something: You're not as smart as you think you are. Come to think of it, neither are we. What are we talking about? Picking winners from MLS games, of course! In case you have not heard, the...
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The economy sucks. The market is down, unemployment is up, and the dollar is so weak that developmental players in MLS are moving into training ground locker rooms in order to avoid paying rent. And with tax day behind us now, what better time to examine...
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We've decided that it would be best not to dwell on last week's results and just look ahead to this week's upcoming matches. We'd like to blame the unusual weekend weather -- 44 degrees in Kansas City on Saturday, 89 degrees in Carson, Calif. on Sunday...
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After some cautionary words in last week's blog about which players aren't worth the green , I'll flip the tables this week and give you the one player per club that is likely to give you the best bang for your buck. You know what I mean, Eliot Spitzer...
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The MLS season is only two weeks old, but there is a bit of a trend developing. Have you noticed it yet? It has nothing to do with the Kansas City Wizards ' fast start, Cuauhtemoc Blanco 's brilliance or Jon Busch 's return to prominence between the posts....
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As stated right here in last week's entry, first impressions in fantasy soccer don't mean all that much. But that's not going to stop us from having them, is it? So in the spirit of "do as I say, not as I do," here's the one player on each team that if...
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The first weekend of the MLS season is officially in the books and it's safe to say that it has not exactly turned out the way some may have expected. If you were fortunate enough to make it through the first five matches with one predicted victory intact...
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The short answer to the above question is: something, but not everything. After one weekend of MLS action, you've had a chance to ingest and digest quite a lot of soccer information and we're here to help you sort through it all. However, we're also here...
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With less than a week remaining, everyone is starting to have First Kick jitters. Hope springs eternal for players, coaches, management and especially fans. Real Salt Lake has the same exact record as two-time defending champions Houston Dynamo right...
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We’re less than a week away from the start of the 2008 Major League Soccer season, and as the action nears commencement on Saturday, things in the fantasy ranks are already running hot. Don’t put it off any longer ; if you haven’t done so already, now...
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Step right up! Step right up! Test your hand at a one-of-a-kind game that involves a little bit of knowledge and a whole lot of luck. The name of the game is Survivor Pro and it's real easy to play -- but a little bit tougher to master. Here's all that...
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At long last, the start of the 2008 MLS campaign is nearly upon us. What does that mean for all of us American soccer lovers? It means it’s almost time to see yet another new coach in the Big Apple . It means it’s almost time to see how the latest influx...
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Training camp is underway for the 14 MLS teams with the start of the 2008 MLS season lurking right around the corner (First Kick is the weekend of March 29-30). You'll certainly recognize the team names, but many of the rosters and coaches have changed...
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Cocky. That's what we were. We committed the cardinal Survivor sin last week: Never pick a team that is playing in a rivalry match. So, in taking FC Dallas to win last week -- yep, you guessed it -- the "Survivor Experts" have now been eliminated from...
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Yes, we realize that we slacked in getting a Survivor column posted last week. You probably won't believe it but we actually picked Kansas City to beat Columbus at Arrowhead Stadium (thank you very much, Eddie Johnson and Scott Sealy for allowing us to...
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On Friday, Major League Soccer issued a press release announcing the creation of the Newcomer of the Year Award . While we'll have to wait until MLS Cup to see who actually wins the award, we figured we could take a look at this award from a fantasy soccer...
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When it comes to playing Survivor , everyone is going to have his or her own personal strategy. Some people will say that you only pick home teams. Others will say that you never pick a team in a rivalry game no matter how well or poorly the two teams...
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While it is stating the obvious by saying that the players brought into MLS this season to occupy designated player slots (read: high-priced talent not counting against the salary cap) are top-notch talent, it wasn't necessarily a given that they would...
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OK, folks. The game begins next week with 7 MLS matches (one on Thursday, four Saturday and two on Sunday) and all you have to do is pick a winner. Who will it be? Well, whatever you decide, you'd better hope that team wins because that's your only way...
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If the Los Angeles Galaxy want to make a run for the playoffs (and our guess would be that's the goal given the amount of talent -- Donovan, Xavier, Pavon, Cannon and some guy named Beckham -- they've assembled), they had better start by getting positive...
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