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		<title>Atlanta soccer weekend, June 19-20</title>
		<link>http://www.atlantasoccernews.net/2010/06/21/atlanta-soccer-weekend-june-19-20/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 20:35:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wendy Parker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[• The Atlanta Beat scored its first victory in Women&#8217;s Professional Soccer Saturday but even more impressively did so without its full contingent of players that has been enhanced since the folding of St. Louis Athletica.
The Beat doesn&#8217;t have much time to enjoy its victory, however, as it plays host to Philadelphia Wednesday. Kickoff is at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Soccer and the Falcons stadium proposal</title>
		<link>http://www.atlantasoccernews.net/2010/05/20/soccer-and-the-falcons-stadium-proposal/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2010 18:34:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wendy Parker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Arthur Blank&#8217;s stated preference for a downtown outdoor stadium for the Atlanta Falcons &#8212; without a retractable roof that he says is too costly &#8212; is catching some flak for more than just that reason, and not just from the folks at the Georgia Dome who risk losing their primary tenant.
As my former AJC colleague Tony [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MLS set to expand to Montreal</title>
		<link>http://www.atlantasoccernews.net/2010/05/06/mls-set-to-expand-to-montreal/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 May 2010 23:03:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wendy Parker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Major League Soccer isn&#8217;t giving any specifics, but there&#8217;s a press conference slated for Friday (we hear it&#8217;s in Montreal) for a &#8220;major announcement&#8221; (we hear it&#8217;s about expanding into Montreal for the 2012 season).
This is not unexpected news, nor is it a surprise that MLS commissioner Don Garber keeps saying Atlanta is on his [...]]]></description>
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		<title>First MLS goal for Jack McInerney</title>
		<link>http://www.atlantasoccernews.net/2010/05/04/first-mls-goal-for-jack-mcinerney/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 May 2010 14:19:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wendy Parker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The expansion Philadelphia Union have gotten off to an understandably slow start thus far in Major League Soccer. But former Cobb FC standout Jack McInerney has looked good in spite of his team&#8217;s struggles.
Over the weekend he became the eighth player in MLS history to score a goal before his 18th birthday in Philly&#8217;s 3-1 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s Atlanta Derby Day!</title>
		<link>http://www.atlantasoccernews.net/2010/05/01/its-atlanta-derby-day/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 May 2010 16:07:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wendy Parker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You don&#8217;t have to get all gussied up, or wear a fancy hat, or gulp down mint juleps &#8212; unless you want to &#8212; but there&#8217;s a little game down at Badgett Park in College Park Saturday featuring two Atlanta sides that might get your Derby juices flowing.
Okay, it&#8217;s only a exhibition, but Atlanta FC [...]]]></description>
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		<title>No Atlanta team USL/NASL league in 2010</title>
		<link>http://www.atlantasoccernews.net/2010/01/07/no-atlanta-team-uslnasl-league-in-2010/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 20:41:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wendy Parker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Soccer Federation announced on Thursday that the warring factions of the United Soccer Leagues and the breakaway North American Soccer League will field a joint Division II league in 2010, under the federation&#8217;s auspices.
But there will not be a team on the field from Atlanta.
The 12-team, two-division league will be comprised of six [...]]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. Soccer won&#8217;t sanction NASL or USL</title>
		<link>http://www.atlantasoccernews.net/2009/12/30/u-s-soccer-wont-sanction-nasl-or-usl/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2009 22:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wendy Parker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you were hoping the end of the year would bring with it a resolution to the feuding between the United Soccer Leagues and the breakaway North American Soccer League, think again.
The U.S. Soccer Federation on Wednesday said it was refusing to sanction either second division league for the 2010 season, and ordered both to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>While the fate of the USL/NASL lingers . . .</title>
		<link>http://www.atlantasoccernews.net/2009/12/17/while-the-fate-of-the-uslnasl-lingers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 15:52:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wendy Parker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s an update on the United Soccer Leagues/North American Soccer League dispute that is reportedly being refereed shortly by the U.S. Soccer Federation. It runs down the teams involved in the breakaway NASL alliance that is seeking sanctioning authority. However, the Atlanta Silverbacks, who helped strike the match that led to this point, do not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Silverbacks not among teams sued by USL</title>
		<link>http://www.atlantasoccernews.net/2009/12/09/silverbacks-not-among-teams-sued-by-usl/</link>
		<comments>http://www.atlantasoccernews.net/2009/12/09/silverbacks-not-among-teams-sued-by-usl/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 21:36:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wendy Parker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve refrained from posting here on the continuing battle between the United Soccer Leagues and the newly-formed North American Soccer League until the frantic, twisted scenario sorted itself out a little bit.
Instead, the scrap over the future of minor league soccer in North America reached full boil on Wednesday, with the news that the USL [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Atlanta&#8217;s three amigos at MLS Cup</title>
		<link>http://www.atlantasoccernews.net/2009/11/22/atlantas-three-amigos-at-mls-cup/</link>
		<comments>http://www.atlantasoccernews.net/2009/11/22/atlantas-three-amigos-at-mls-cup/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:24:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wendy Parker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Three people I know are luxuriating right now in the all-soccer waters in Seattle, site of Sunday&#8217;s MLS Cup between the Los Angeles Galaxy and Real Salt Lake, thanks to an all-expenses-paid promotion courtesy of various league sponsors.
Jason Longshore of Soccer in the Streets and Colin and Chris Martz, former colleagues at the Atlanta J-C [...]]]></description>
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