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    Spector impressed by United way

    By Marc Connolly
    ESPN Soccernet.com

    Thursday, March 4, 2004

    Editor's note: ESPN Soccernet.com writer Marc Connolly spent five days in England last week visiting American players who are part of the growing U.S. contingent who play professionally for top-notch clubs on both the first-team and reserve sides. Jonathan Spector quickly found out what the environment was like around Manchester United when he was a 16-year-old on trial. It was October of 2002, and the Arlington Heights, Ill., native sat there alone in the locker room after training with one of ...

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