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    Beckerman gets defensive

    By Marc Connolly
    ESPN.com

    Thursday, July 3, 2003

    During Kyle Beckerman's rookie year in 2000, he got a scolding from Miami Fusion teammate Jim Rooney during a scrimmage for not getting back on defense. Rooney, a workhorse on that talented Ray Hudson-coached squad, could bite his tongue when he saw the same work rate out of midfield veterans Preki and Ian Bishop, but not from a fresh-faced 18-year-old. So he let him have it. It was one of the first of many lessons in Beckerman's professional career. One could even say that it was the precurs ...

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