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by Paul Kennedy
[BRADLEY AUDIO] Evoking the 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team and the 2006 Italy World Cup team, Bob Bradley set about expressing what he considers important as a coach on his first day with the tag of interim U.S. men's national team coach removed. Speaking to reporters at a press conference ...
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by Soccer America
"Smiling sometimes is important. I haven't thrown out any great jokes, but every now and then I may try." -- U.S. men's national team coach Bob Bradley, who has been criticized in the past for not smiling enough.
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by Ridge Mahoney
When he came off the field last Saturday as a raucous crowd celebrated Toronto FC's first goal and first victory, captain Jim Brennan said he and his teammates wanted opponents "to be intimidated" when they played at BMO Field. Whether or not defending champion Houston (2-3-1) was intimidated when it ...
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by Ridge Mahoney
[TV PREVIEW] Let's hope the Brimstone Cup rivalry livens up the ESPN2 national telecast more than the Rocky Mountain Séance between Colorado and Real Salt Lake, a 1-1 tie with no cautions and just about as much passion, did last week. Chances are, it will. Both FC Dallas-Chicago meetings last ...
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by Soccer America
MLS club Chivas USA has signed a jersey sponsorship deal with Comex Group, Mexico's leading paint company. As part of the multiyear, multimillion-dollar agreement, Chivas USA's jerseys will be emblazoned with the Comex logo, while Comex's Frazee Paint brand becomes Chivas USA's first ever presenting sponsor.
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by Soccer America
Four Americans ranked in the final Actim Index of the 2006-07 English Premier League season : No. 16 Marcus Hahnemann (Reading), No. 21 Tim Howard (Everton), No. 33 Brad Friedel (Blackburn) and No. 79 Brian McBride (Fulham).
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by Soccer America
Jose Mourinho, the pugnacious Chelsea manager, was arrested four days before the Blues' FA Cup final against Manchester United, on charges of obstructing police. The incident took place after Mourinho rushed home from Chelsea's team awards banquet after his wife, Tami, called, saying an animal health official and two police ...
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by Soccer America
Goalkeeper Andres Palop was the hero as Sevilla became only the second team to win back-to-back UEAF Cup trophies. Palop saved three penalties in the shootout to give Sevilla a 3-1 victory over Spanish rival Espanyol in a shootout after their game ended in a 2-2 tie at Glasgow's Hampden ...
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by Soccer America
[MAKING A LIST] A day after U.S. Soccer confirmed Bob Bradley as men's national team coach, Canada Soccer Association followed its lead and has called a press conference for Thursday in Toronto to announce the appointment of under-20 national team coach Dale Mitchell as men's national team coach.
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by Soccer America
[PDL RESULTS] The Carolina Dynamo extended its unbeaten run in PDL regular-season action to 19 games with a 3-0 win over Nashville. Richard Jata (Campbell), El-Hadj Cisse (N.C. State) and Eddie Ababio (North Carolina) scored for the Dynamo. Two-time PDL MVP Tomas Boltnar had a hat trick in the Des ...
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by Soccer America
[W-LEAGUE RESULTS] Jersey Sky Blue, which will be a part of the new women's pro league in 2008, made its W-League debut with a 4-0 win over Western Mass on Saturday. Casey Nogueira and Tobin Heath, who helped lead North Carolina to the 2006 NCAA Division women's championship as freshmen, ...
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by Soccer America
GolTV has secured the English-language broadcast rights to televise the 26 matches of the 2007 Copa America. GolTV acquired the rights from soccer agency Traffic Sports Marketing. Univision holds the U.S. Spanish-language rights.
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