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Revolution's Nicol wins coach of the year award: 10/17/02 (470 words) |
 | This year, Nicol moved from assistant coach to interim head coach when Fernando Clavijo was fired on May 23 with a 2-4-1 record. |
 | He was a player coach for the Boston Bulldogs of the A League from 1999 to 2001 and joined Clavijo's staff last Jan. 10. |
 | Voting for the coaching award was completed before the playoffs. |
| Major League Soccer at AllExperts (2216 words) |
 | The quality of play in MLS has improved since the league was founded in 1996 and the success of the United States national team in the, reaching the quarterfinals for the first time since 1930, has been partly attributed to the experience gained by playing in MLS. |
 | MLS was formed on December 17, 1993, in fulfillment of U.S. Soccer's promise to FIFA to establish a "Division One" professional football league in exchange for the staging of the FIFA World Cup USA 1994 in the United States. |
 | MLS is expected to expand by two new teams by the 2007 season, with one of those teams most likely being in Houston. |