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May 31st, 2006 | By: Daryl | 7 Comments »

Sports Illustrated is stepping up it’s World Cup coverage, with DMB and Landon Donovan pointing at you from the cover. It features two decent articles:

“Where in the World?” traces the roots of the current US team back to the 1999 U-17 team that gathered in Brandenton, Florida. Four of that team, DMB, Donovan, Onyewu and Beasley are on the 2006 World Cup roster, making the US the World Cup nation with the most graduates from one youth team.

“Beasley Switching Sides?” isn’t about DMB playing for Mexico, it’s about Arena’s willingness to use players in multiple positions, and Beasley’s feelings about playing on the right flank. “When you’re on the left, you’re kind of more comfortable, I guess,” he admits. “But at the same time I like to cut into my left. I’m a lefty. I don’t use my right foot that often, and people know that.”

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By Cajun Nick | May 31st, 2006 at 8:13 pm

Very nice stuff from SI.

Grant Wahl does a good job.

Thanks for the link, Daryl.

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By Mark | May 31st, 2006 at 8:53 pm

Good stuff. Wish we could see that kind of insight from ESPN. But alas, the “World-wide leader in Sports” isn’t yet aware of the world-wide most popular sport.

By Razzle | May 31st, 2006 at 10:02 pm

Mark – Actually I bought the ESPN magazine from a local airport stand this very morning.

You can check out the cover by clicking here or going to this URL:
http://insider.espn.go.com/insider/magazine/index

Its got 15 solid pages of coverage dedicated to ‘futbol’. The articles themselves IMO arent that great but lots of coverage nonetheless.

Cajun – I gotta say … I really like Grant Wahl. His online article on SI that we discussed on this USA blog a while ago was the single best article I’ve read related to US soccer.

I doubt that you guys havent read it already but here is the link again:
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/writers/grant_wahl/04/27/arena/index.html

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By Travis | June 1st, 2006 at 8:15 am

Thanks for the links daryl.

I too read the ESPN the Magazine WC stuff at an airport over the weekend. It’s interesting that they put DMB on the cover instead of Donovan; at least they were thinking for themselves there. The writing was somewhat intelligent (if only Dave O’Brien had an equivalent level of knowledge). But there wasn’t much in there, if anything, that we don’t already know. So save your money on that one, guys.

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By Mirarchi | June 1st, 2006 at 9:11 am

Great stuff from SI! I really like Wahl and always enjoy reading his stuff. I remember a few years ago he was travelling (maybe in Minnesota) and hoping to find a place where he could watch a US game that was being televised. So he posted on bigsoccer and was invited into a fan’s house for a viewing party. As I recall, he mentioned it in one of his online pieces.

He does have one factual error in his article on the 1999 U17s, where he states that their fourth place finish was the highest a US men’s team has ever placed. He’s overlooking the 2000 Olympics, where we won a bronze medal. Does anyone know if there’s a way of emailing him just to let him know about the error?

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By Razzle | June 1st, 2006 at 3:24 pm

Mirarchi – theres a form at this URL that you can fill out: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/writers/grant_wahl/05/31/beasley.us/index.html
Its the sports illulstrated mail bag for soccer.

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By Mirarchi | June 2nd, 2006 at 2:25 pm

Thanks, Razzle.