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In the 2000s, soccer mattered in the United States and the United States mattered in soccer. The national team advanced to the quarterfinals of the 2002 World Cup and defeated top-ranked Spain last summer. MLS survived and grew. The world’s most famous player, David Beckham, signed with the league in 2007. He sold some jerseys, posed for photos and eventually played a little ball. Americans joined European clubs in increasing numbers, and fans in English stadiums sang the names of Claudio Reyna, Brian McBride, Brad Friedel and Clint Dempsey with fervor while new facilities were built back home.
On Wednesday, FanHouse listed the things we’d like to forget from the past 10 years in American soccer. Today, we’ll celebrate the best of a historic decade.
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Today on the Internet: Listen to what happened. The other day I found a best man speech on the Internet that was pretty funny…then, the very next day, I saw a different person give the exact same best man speech at a wedding.
Fri, Jan 1, 2010
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