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Hey Everyone,
Sorry for the past couple weeks. We started up our spring season here at Stockton and I have been dealing with work and schoolwork too. Anyways, on April 15th MLS had some big news. They signed U.S midfielder Benny Feilhaber from a Danish club where he made 54 appearances in 2 and half years. This is a young man who I personally enjoy watching play but I feel that he hasn't grabbed a hold of his opportunities as well as I thought he would. After a successful 2005 U-20 world-cup and 2 seasons at UCLA Benny signed with Hamburg of Germany. He only made about 5 senior appearances before moving on the regulation battlers Derby County where he only made 10. 15 appearances in 4 years is not enough soccer. However, I love what is happening to many of these young U.S players. Many of them are realizing that the BIG clubs might not be the best fight. They can be successful in other leagues like Denmark, Belgium, Scotland, Sweden, Greece and Portugal or in lower level divisions. This gets them regular playing time and may even bring here confidence back. Also, I like how many are coming back to the U.S to play in the MLS and I thinking at the moment the MLS is flourishing with young talent, competitive games, and exciting future. Players are realizing the changes the MLS is making to make the league better and give younger players an opportunity to stay home. In the past 6 months I can think of 4 players who have made the move back to America. Jay Demerit (Vancouver), Hunter Freeman (Houston), Charlie Davies (D.C. United), and Benny. New England Revolution picked up his services in this years allocation draft after Chivas USA and Philly passed up on him. To me this is exactly what the Revs needed and frankly wanted. There are youthful team who has a great future ahead of them where they will be able to compete for MLS Cups. Matt Reis in goal, Darius Barnes, Kevin Alston, and A.J Soares in the back and Sharlie Joseph and now Benny in the midfield this is a core group of guys you can build around for now and the future. I think that this puts the Revs back on the map and puts them right in the thick of things in the eastern conference. I think this move for Benny benefits: MLS, Benny, and the Revs. Makes the eastern conference that much more competitive with Redbulls, the resurgence of D.C and this acquisition I can only hope more struggling U.S internationals (Freddy, Jozy, etc.) follow Davies and Benny in coming home. We can't look for just internationals to make MLS relevant, we need our own to market MLS to the American people and to the world.