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BALLOTELLI LINKED WITH MLS FOOTBALL

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Italian football prodigal son, Mario Balotelli is being linked with a move across the Atlantic.

After spending the first phase of their expansion, targeting retired players from European football, the MLS football franchise have now seemed to be going for players that are still very much active and have a couple of years in their belts.


Mario Balotelli, currently playing in the French league remains one of the best forwards in world soccer yet his antics has made it impossible for him to enjoy football at the best clubs Europe has to offer.
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Robinson Makes Debut for USA in loss against Mexico

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Miles Robinson was finally able to make his debut for the US national team after coming up as a substitute in the game against Mexico. Even though the US ended up losing 3-0 at the MetLife stadium, Robinson was extremely happy that his chance had finally come. The rivalry between the USA and Mexico is extremely intense and the Atlanta United defender was able to witness this rivalry from close quarters. Robinson claims that the perspective of the rivalry has changed quite remarkably ever since he stepped onto the pitch and witnessed it in person.

Robinson has been going through a strong season with Atlanta. Despite having a difficult start under Frank de Boer, the club have been able to make a lot of strides in the recent weeks. As the second placed team in the Eastern conference, there is a huge amount of respect on Atlanta. A large part of the success achieved by Atlanta under Frank de Boer over the last few months is down to Robinson, who was able to come on as a substitute for Walker Zimmerman, who picked up an injury. Seattle’s Jordan Morris has also been able to make an impact for the US national team.
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St. Louis will have 28 Teams

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On the 20th of August, it has been confirmed by MLS (Major League Soccer) that they have awarded an expansion franchise to St. Louis that will increase the top football league of North America to 28 teams. Don Garber, the MLS Commissioner made the announcement next to the ownership group of the club, including Carolyn Kindle Betz, Jim Kavanaugh, and the Taylor family.

Along with Betz and Taylor family other six female members are part of the group. In the history of MLS history St. Louis has become the first club of female majority and also one of types in professional sports. In the year 2022, the club will start MLS play in a new stadium.

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MLS Anticipates Bright Future Ahead, Says Garber

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The Major League Soccer that was once recoiled from by the entire international football group is now back after years of struggle to securing respect. They have done this with the help of fresh stadium projects that are providing it with popularity at a steady pace.

MLS was established in 1996 and had a rocky start ever since. Back then the League faced problems of mismanagement and consequently lost all their investors and money. At that time, the North American arena of sports was majorly dominated by supporters of American football, baseball and, basketball. However, the MSL has emerged after all struggles and has reached its first ever record of an average of more than 22,000 fans as an audience for each game last season.
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Frank De Boer Blames Fatigue For Draw with Philadelphia

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Frank de Boer witnessed Atlanta United continue the winless start to the season after a 1-1 draw against Philadelphia Union during the weekend. This was yet another disappointing result for a team that was expected to struggle just a few months after winning the MLS Cup. This is down to the departure of Gerardo Martino, who has been an influential manager in the MLS since Atlanta came in as the new franchise a couple of years ago. Atlanta started the campaign with a 2-0 away defeat against DC United. This was followed by more setbacks in the CONCACAF Champions League with the team losing against Monterrey with the 3-1 aggregate score.

The home matches against Cincinnati and Philadelphia Union were seen as a major help for the team to get the first victory out of the way. Yet, this has not been the case with Atlanta drawing both matches 1-1. Josef Martinez provided the lead against Cincinnati before Atlanta conceded late on in the match. The game against Philadelphia witnessed the visitors taking the lead through Brenden Aaronson just after half-time before Ezequiel Barco was able to equalise a few minutes later. Atlanta may have kept more than 60% of the ball but they ended up having only one shot on target in this match.
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