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San Jose Mercury News
San Jose revived its relaunch year in midseason when it made a number of new signings, but two of those players -- Trinidad & Tobago forward Scott Sealy, 27, and veteran Brazilian midfielder Francisco Lima -- look set to leave, reports Elliott Almond. Sealy, who is out of contract at ...
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L.A. Times
Two-time Olympic gold medalist Shannon Boxx likes the look and the name of the Los Angeles Sol that she'll be playing for when Women's Professional Soccer kicks off next spring. "It's very exciting to finally say that we have a league," the midfielder told Grahame L Jones. "I think we ...
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Guardian
While Inter Milan's 0-0 tie at Fiorentina Wednesday was hardly a disaster, writes Richard Aikman, Inter coach Jose Mourinho faces a problem after his team's second successive goalless draw because "over the last three years Inter supporters have got used to winning. Mourinho's arrival was expected to hail a new ...
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Associated Press/Reuters
The Asian Football Confederation has cut Jordan, Syria and Kuwait from its list of nations eligible to enter clubs in the remodeled Asian Champions League in 2009 because they did not submit full documentation. Meanwhile, the United Arab Emirates is bidding to have the AFC's headquarters, currently in Malaysia, moved ...
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Goal.com
The first leg of the African Champions League final takes place Sunday, with Egypt's Al Ahly hosting Coton Sport of Cameroon. Al Ahly has already taken the title a record five times, a feat matched only by compatriots El Zamalek, while Coton Sport is making its first appearance in the ...
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Goal.com
"I think SuperLiga is a fantastic tournament. Maybe because we had a lot of home games during that stretch, and our fans and the stadium are so excellent. I like playing those top Mexican teams and I think the format is excellent. The atmosphere, and the buildup to the games, ...
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USA Today
"He's just a warrior. You almost never worried. He would get hurt, and you just knew some way he would find his way back and be better and stronger than ever." Landon Donovan, among others, in another eulogy of Brian McBride. When he retires we get to read them all ...
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Washington Post
"D.C. United's dreary season ended last night with two red cards and crippling defensive breakdowns, with sufficient effort but insufficient execution and, on a chilly evening before a sparse crowd at RFK Stadium, with yet another defeat. In other words, it was like so many of its previous 46 matches ...
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Sky Sports Online
Hold the front page -- David Beckham's lawyers have landed in Italy and AC Milan has "confirmed that talks regarding a proposed loan deal for David Beckham will begin on Thursday." There's no mention of any L.A. Galaxy representatives.
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Daily Mail
Tottenham Hotspur refuses to let small matters like $24 million of debt and a lack of local infrastructure prevent it from announcing plans to build a new 60,000-seater stadium close to its current ground, White Hart Lane.
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