Some Soccer News for Feb 3, 2016

It's Day 34 of 2016.


So how did LA Galaxy add 3 big name European veterans again this season without cracking the MLS salary cap? By Kevin Baxter of the LA Times.
-Nigel de Jong is the latest to join the Galaxy. (A lot of people despise this guy.) Also by Baxter.

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Is Chicago Fire starting to get a defense together? "They still have a long way to go." - Alice Cooper. By Paul Kennedy of Soccer America.

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32 days until the MLS season begins.

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With just a short time to make an impression at Chelsea Matt Miazga has done enough to be included in their 22 player roster for the Champions League knock out rounds. That is pretty interesting.

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Ale Bedoya scored for Nantes AGAIN! His 3rd in 4 games. Impressive. This was in league play, and it turned out to be the winning goal as they beat Gazelec Ajaccio 3-1. He also assisted on the first goal.
-The whole team is surging as well, climbing up to 6th place with today's win.

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Lee Nguyen is doing himself proud in January camp according to the coach. From US Soccer.

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How in the world is Leicester City still at the top of the Premier League? By Paul Wilson of the Guardian.
-Us geniuses all figured they would have faded away by now. Fantastic.
-On Sat morning Leicester goes to 2nd place Manchester City in a monumental game. 6:45am CT on NBC Sports.

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Mexico is by far the most popular soccer team in the United States, and with that as the lure Fox has bought the English language rights to show all their games in 2016. By Richard Sandomir of the New York Times.

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The Canadian Premier Soccer League is starting to take form. By Steve Milton of the Hamilton Spectator. Thanks to Northern Pitch for the link.

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Fort Lauderdale Strikers are making a push toward something bigger in many ways. By Ryan Tomlich of SBI.

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Next for the USMNT: Fri Feb 5
USA v Canada - 9:15pm CT on FS1.



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