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by Soccer America
Montreal Impact coach John Limniatis explained his team's incredible 2-1 Concacaf Champions League away victory at Olimpia of Honduras with simple words. He said the win, which came in the middle of a seven-game stretch in 15 days, was a result of industry and self-belief. This is in stark contrast ...
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You may have lost count of the newspaper and internet columns hailing the arrival of English striker Darren Huckerby as the reason for San Jose's turnaround this season. But Huckerby wasn't coach Frank Yallop's only signing. Midfielder Arturo Alvarez, who played for Yallop in the Quakes' earlier MLS incarnation, has ...
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The tell-all memoir of David Davies, the former executive director of the English Football Association, continues to leak its pre-publication scoops to the U.K. media. The latest revelation is that the FA was offered the chance to buy votes while bidding for the 2006 World Cup. The call to ...
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In other alleged bribery news, Zenit St .Petersburg has denied allegations that it paid Bayern Munich to throw last season's UEFA Cup semifinal. Spanish newspapers El Pais and ABC reported that a leading Spanish judge has heard a taped telephone conversation in which Russian criminal Gennadios Petrov claimed to have ...
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Austin Kelley hopes that the still nameless L.A. team set to compete in Women's Professional Soccer next year will pull out all the stops to sign Brazilian Marta, after winning the somewhat flimsy right to try and negotiate a deal with the player in the league's 'international draft' last week. ...
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"I know for a fact [Newcastle owner] Mike [Ashley] is talking to eight consortiums about [buying] the club," says Newcastle's interim manager Joe Kinnear.
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"It's difficult to avoid the conclusion that the only thing preventing Celtic and their ilk winning more often on their travels are simple human frailties: insecurity and fear." Barry Glendenning searches for clues to solve the mystery of Glasgow Celtic's terrible Champions League road form.
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"I've been listening to and have been enjoying their latest effort, Men's Needs, Women's Needs, Whatever, so I'll throw them on the list as the last record I've purchased." Guest blogger and Kansas City defender Jimmy Conrad is a fan of U.K. band The Cribs, from the glorious town of ...
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