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The University Daily Kansan
Thursday, September 3, 1998
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Commentary
It's hard work to be a soccer fan in the United States.
With the exception of the World Cup, when you could just turn on the television and watch soccer, finding games can be a chore.
If you think it's hard to find games
Following soccer not easy
on television,
try finding
news in the
mainstream
printmedia.
with the exception of the University Daily Kansan, which has graciously allowed me to write about soccer once a week, news is hard to
come by, especially for those interested in the game abroad.
Sam Pierron
So, without further adieu, allow me to introduce some great resources for keeping up with the world's game.
www.sams-army.com the site for Sam's Army, the U.S. national team's premier supporters group. This page is a central meeting place for all sites related to U.S. Soccer and a link to a number of useful international sites.
www.soccert.com: a kind of central clearing house for all soccer shown on U.S. TV in one way or another. Searching can be done by station, by country or by time. There's no better place to find this information. In fact, there's no other place.
www.kc-scooter.org; the home page for fans of the Kansas City Wizards, our local entry in Major League
If it's soccer magazines you're looking for, Borders, 700 New Hampshire St., and Hastings, 1900 W. 23rd St., both carry a small selection. Hastings caters to the English Premier-sthip crowd by carrying both four Four Two and the outstanding Total Football, in addition to its cousin Total Sport.
Soccer. Also, check out www.kewizards.com for Wizards' schedule and roster info.
www.sportserver.com/soccer:
The Nando Times, an online newspaper,
has a wonderful soccer news section at this address. If it happens in
the world of soccer, you can read
about it here, from the J-League to
MLS to Serie A to the Spanish
Primera.
They also have two magazines from the United States, the excellent and the inexpensive *Matchday* and *Soccer*, a kids magazine.
At Borders, the selection seems to vary from month to month, but on the shelves now are Onze Mondial, the "world" version of the French magazine, and the venerable World Soccer.
While Onze seems to be geared toward teens, that's my level of French, so it works for me.
World Soccer is the most complete print source for scores and standings on the planet, but it's hard to justify spending $5 on a magazine for a few interviews because all of those scores and standings are available online.
So, now that you know where you can get information, here's my first look at the leagues you'll be reading about.
MLS. Although they will make it to the final yet again, two-time champions D.C. United will lose their crown
United's back four, with the exception of Eddie Pope, lack speed, and L.A. speedsters Cobi Jones and Welton prey on slower wing defenders (in this case, United's Jeff Agoos and Carey Talley or Geoff Aunger).
to the L.A. Galaxy, which will be playing in front of an 80,000-plus home crowd at the Rose Bowl.
Our hometown Kansas City Wizards seem likely to go out in the first round of the playoffs.
English Premiership: Defending champions Arsenal (London) should be able to hold on to their crown. Their defensive organization, led by captain Tony Adams, and their attack, spearheaded by Dutch international Dennis Bergkamp, are strong enough to withstand a full English season in addition to a Champions' League run.
Manchester spent $17million to buy Jaap Stam from PSV Eindhoven (Netherlands), a world-record fee for a defender.
Not to be outdone, Chelsea managed to pick up their own world-class central defender, Frenchman Marcel Desailly, from AC Milan (Italy).
If you have questions, comments,
etc., don't hesitate to e-mail me at
pknfrew@falcon.co.ukans.edu,
and your comment or question just might
go in the next column.
However, neither Chelsea nor Manchester will show the cohesion and efficiency of Arsenal, which will keep the title in North London.
Next time, previews of the Italian Serie A, the German Bundesliga and more.
Pierron is an Olathe senior in political science.
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