On Saturday, Shanahan suspended Torres for 25 games and he'll miss what's otherwise been a postseason packed with high-level play and upsets.
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"We are pleased to be associated with this major move by MLS to increase its presence in the New York market and to enhance the opportunity for New York soccer fans to enjoy high-level play in their own city, " Yankees managing general partner Hal Steinbrenner said in a statement.
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They are technically very good because they are fit and have a high skill level - watch them play and you will see how it's done.
Our job is to get him to play at a high level on a consistent basis.
"If you play on the high level always, all the time in the match, I think that's really exhausting, " Brands said.
There is no known precedent in the four major team sports for a player of Rodriguez's age and stature overcoming surgeries on both hips to play at a high level.
They are playing at a high level indeed, and they dress and play the part.
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He has got people like Pavel Pogrebnyak and Andrei Arshavin, who both showed with Uefa Cup-winning side Zenit St Petersburg that they are quality players who can play to a very high level.
"If I get healthy, I know I can play this game at a high level, " Woods said.
"I had to watch my class go on and receive scholarships and play collegiate football on a high level, " he said.
State schools do not play enough competitive sport at a high level, it has been warned.
Athletes that still play at a competitive level after high school are really participants in the entertainment business.
"I retire today not because I don't feel I can go out there and still play the game at a very high level, " Merriman wrote.
"We kind of teased the city of New York a little bit because now everybody expects us to play at this level, this high level, " Anthony said.
"It means a lot to play for England and it's privilege and honour to represent them at such a high level, " Fourie told BBC Radio Leeds.
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