Learners’ Podcast 10

Number 10! On this show the MLS and Bogey teams. Here is this week's show with the League Cup and some English for Football. Download the worksheets with answers here. The MLS By Damon Brewster (February 2nd, 2007) Worksheet General The MLS stands for Major League Soccer. This league replaced the North American Soccer League. This league started in the late 1960s but was not successful and stopped in 1984. The MLS started in 1993. Recently, David Beckham agreed to move to LA Galaxy: one of the MLS teams. Listening for detail Fill in the blank spaces with the correct word. After David Beckham a€¦a€¦a€¦a€¦a€¦a€¦a€¦a€¦a€¦. he was moving to the MLS in America, the languagecaster team thought it was time to see take a look at the MLS in America and see what it was all about. So, I a€¦a€¦a€¦a€¦a€¦a€¦a€¦a€¦a€¦. to the MLS homepage and found that the main news there was that Italy had beaten France in the World Cup, so it was straight to Wikipedia. There I a€¦a€¦a€¦a€¦a€¦a€¦a€¦a€¦a€¦. the basics are that the MLS, or Major League Soccer, has two conferences (or leagues), in the East and in the West. In the East there will be 7 teams from the 2007 season: theya€™ve a€¦a€¦a€¦a€¦a€¦a€¦a€¦a€¦a€¦. one team, Toronto FC from Canada. In the west there are six teams. In the east leta€™s have a a€¦a€¦a€¦a€¦a€¦a€¦a€¦a€¦a€¦. and see what teams wea€™ve got. Wea€™ve got Chicago Fire, Columbus Crew, D.C. United, Kansas City Wizards a€“ they sound cool -, New England Revolution, Red Bull New York a€“ and Ia€™m not sure if they are sponsored by the drink Red Bull at all a€“ and Toronto. So, only two teams in that league have a€¦a€¦a€¦a€¦a€¦a€¦a€¦a€¦a€¦. -sounding names. In the west wea€™ve got: Chivas USA, Colorado Rapids, FC Dallas, Houston Dynamo, they are the reigning MLS cup holders. And I believe the cup holders are the kind of official a€¦a€¦a€¦a€¦a€¦a€¦a€¦a€¦a€¦. of the league. Therea€™s also Real Salt Lake and LA Galaxy of course. Now, Chivas USA and LA Galaxy a€¦a€¦a€¦a€¦a€¦a€¦a€¦a€¦a€¦. the same stadium, the Home Depot Centre. Thata€™s an interesting name, but ita€™s got to be better than playing at the Pizza Hut Park where Dallas play. Listening for understanding 1. Where do Deportiva Guadalajara play? 2. Who mainly supports Chivas USA? 3. What does a€œAdiós soccer. A¡El futbol está aquí!a€ mean? 4. When did Chivas USA join the MLS? 5. Which club does Steve Nicol manage? 6. Does he think the level of the MLS is the same as the English Premier League? 7. Who lost to an MLS All-Star team in a pre-season tour of the USA? You can get the answers and transcripts by downloading the worksheets from www.languagecaster.com