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    A man apart

    By Greg Lalas
    Striker Magazine

    Tuesday, June 7, 2005

    Here's a bit of advice: Don't ask Real Salt Lake and U.S. national team striker Clint Mathis to keep his mouth shut. Don't ask him to hold his tongue after a referee blows a call. Don't ask him to go easy on the rookies at practice. Don't ask him to apologize for once famously showing up his coach after scoring a goal off the bench. Not that Clint would listen to you anyway, but the reality is that the 28-year-old native of Conyers, Georgia, simply isn't going to do any of those things. Clint i ...

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