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by Ridge Mahoney
This one can be encapsulated rather easily: effective and at times dominant, the USA pasted an inferior Chinese team, 4-1, Saturday and scraped away some rust in its only run-up match for the Gold Cup. No Landon Donovan, no Taylor Twellman, no Brian Ching, no Eddie Johnson, yet still the ...
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by Soccer America
"David Beckham's return to form, first for Real Madrid and now for England, has inevitably led to people questioning the wisdom of him signing to play not-so-major-league football in the home of Mickey Mouse." -- Former England star Gary Lineker chimes in from the home of Benny Hill and Mr. ...
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by Ridge Mahoney
Soccer America's Ridge Mahoney grades the U.S. players' performance in their 4-1 win over China ...
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by Ridge Mahoney
Eddie Johnson downed New York with his second consecutive hat trick, Houston rallied to take the Texas shootout against Dallas, Chicago stopped a five-game winless skid by beating Columbus, and the cross-country clasico between D.C. and LA ended goalless. Ridge Mahoney recaps all this weekend's MLS action ...
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by Soccer America
So much for Scandinavian calm! A wild Euro '08 qualifier between Scandinavian neighbors Denmark and Sweden ended in confusion as the game was abandoned in the 89th minute when a fan attacked German referee Herbert Fandel after he awarded the visiting Swedes a penalty when Dane Christian Poulsen punched Markus ...
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by Soccer America
David Beckham celebrated his return to the England national team with an assist on a patented cross as England played to a 1-1 tie with Brazil Friday in the first full international match at the new Wembley Stadium. The return of Beckham 10 months after being dropped from the England ...
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by Soccer America
[USL RESULTS] The USL-1 top-of-the-table clash between first-place Vancouver and second-place Montreal ended in a 0-0 tie on Friday. The Whitecaps maintained their three-point lead over the unbeaten Impact with the tie in a game played before 12,103 spectators at Claude-Robillard Sports Complex. For complete USL-1 and USL-2 results and ...
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by Paul Kennedy
[EURO '08 QUALIFYING WRAPUP] Filippo Inzaghi, the hero of AC Milan's recent UEFA Champions League triumph, saved world champion Italy from embarrassment as his two first-half goals were barely enough to give the Azzurri a 2-1 victory over the Faeroe Islands in Saturday's Euro 2008 qualifier. The win was good ...
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by Soccer America
An African Nations Cup qualifier played as a symbol of the new peace in Ivory Coast was overshadowed by tragedy at two other venues. Twenty-two people, most of them Togolese sports officials returning from an African Nations Cup qualifier, were killed when a passenger helicopter exploded and crashed on Sunday ...
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by Soccer America
A goal by Ruben Ramirez with three minutes remaining in the game gave struggling Colon to a 2-1 win over Boca Juniors on Sunday and left San Lorenzo on the brink of Argentina's Torneo Clausura title. San Lorenzo tied Argentinos Juniors, 1-1, on the road on Saturday and now has ...
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by Soccer America
The U.S. U-20s are sure making its hard for Coach Thomas Rongen to make his final selections for the Under-20 World Cup, which begins later this month. With a lineup featuring several players on the bubble, the USA crushed Canada, 4-1, on Sunday afternoon at Ottawa's Frank Clair Stadium, a ...
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