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Guardian
Looking at the best performances of the English Premier League's opening day, Paul Doyle pinpoints Hull City's Brazilian striker Geovanni, who scored in the newly promoted team's 2-1 victory over Fulham. Spurned by Manchester City, where he was rarely used by previous manager Sven Goran Eriksson, Geovanni could turn out ...
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Goal.com
Injury has dogged the career of U.S. national team defender Cory Gibbs, 28, but at the weekend he finally made his comeback to competitive soccer by making his debut for the Colorado Rapids in a 2-1 win over the Kansas City Wizards. He told Greg Lalas that all he wants ...
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Columbus Dispatch
The Columbus Crew entered "unfamiliar territory" after weekend play and its home win over FC Dallas, writes Shawn Mitchell, topping both the eastern and the overall rankings. But Coach Sigi Schmid is not thinking about titles yet, he just wants to make the playoffs. "I'm not all that focused on ...
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Toronto Sun
A verbal fight has broken out between the men and the women in Canadian soccer, writes Gareth Wheeler. When TV color commentator Jason de Vos questioned the kick and rush tactics of women's team coach Even Pellerud in the Olympic quarterfinal loss to the U.S. last week, Canadian women's team ...
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SI.com
Jonah Freedman spotted the New England Revolution's Khano Smith throwing a bottle of Gatorade at two San Jose fans after Saturday's 4-0 defeat.
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Reuters
Former teammate Xavi says that Ronaldinho's partying lifestyle cost him his place at Barcelona.
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Yanks Abroad
Neven Subotic (Dortmund), Matt Taylor (Koblenz) and Grover Gibson (Ahlen) all scored in German first and second division action at the weekend.
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