"We've won four championship. We had the best record in the league last season, and we look in very good shape for this year. And soccer is growing exponentially." -- Will Chang, a co-owner of baseball's San Francisco Giants on why he bought into D.C. United, which he described as ...
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By Mike Woitalla Executive Editor Let's get this straight -- the Houston Dynamo is aiming for its fourth MLS crown this season. The record books might not indicate that, because the first two titles, in 2001 and 2003, came when the team was the San Jose Earthquakes, whose feats MLS ...
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The managers of English clubs Manchester United and Chelsea both remained upbeat after their clubs producing disappointing results in the first legs of their UEFA Champions League quarterfinal series. Goals by Rodrigo Taddei and Mirko Vucinic gave Roma a 2-1 win over Premier League leader Manchester United, which played the ...
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The first of three new MLS game telecasts begins Saturday when Fox Soccer Channel debuts "MLS Saturday on FSC," MLS's first-ever three-hour programming block, with live coverage of Chivas USA-Toronto FC beginning at 10 pm ET from the Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif. FSC will produce a live ...
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Southern California youth powerhouse Arsenal FC's bid to reach the semifinals of the 2007 Dallas Cup's Super Group ended when it fell to English club Chelsea, 5-1, on Wednesday. Arsenal, the three-time US Youth Soccer national champion, had beaten Japanese club Takigawa Dai-Ni, 3-1, and Mexico's Guadalajara, 2-0, to set ...
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Brazilian Pedro Ribeiro Lima, considered the oldest active professional player in the world at the age of 58, scored the first goal of his career when he converted a penalty for Perilima, the club he owns, in its 5-1 loss to Campinese last week in the Paraibano state championship. Perilima, ...
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