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by Ridge Mahoney
This U.S. team insists on winning dangerously, but it does keep winning. Whether by external forces or by its own design the USA is finishing matches in the bunker, not in the driver's seat. Not for the first time in this Gold Cup did the Americans score early, assume control, ...
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by Soccer America
"We did things to put ourselves in that position, whether it was a bad call or not. We dug ourselves a hole." -- Canada goalie Pat Onstad takes it easy on the linesman who nullified Canada's last-minute goal in the 2-1 loss to the USA. But Canadian midfielder Dwayne De ...
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by Ridge Mahoney
Soccer America's Ridge Mahoney grades the U.S. players' performance in their 2-1 Gold Cup semifinal win over Canada.
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by Soccer America
The USA and Mexico meet in the final of the Gold Cup on Sunday. The game will be shown live at 3 pm ET on Fox Soccer Channel and Univision ...
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by Paul Kennedy
The USA and Mexico have only met in the Gold Cup three times. The USA prevailed in their meeting in the semifinals of the first Gold Cup in 1991, and Mexico won in the final of the 1993 and 1998 Gold Cups. Here's a look at the three meetings ...
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by Ridge Mahoney
L.A. Galaxy coach Frank Yallop isn't done revamping his roster. Los Angeles acquired veteran midfielder Chris Klein from Real Salt Lake in exchange for rookie forward Robbie Findley and U-20 midfielder/defender Nathan Sturgis and signed 33-year-old Honduran international Carlos Pavon, and Yallop is discussing options for Santino Quaranta with several ...
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by Soccer America
FIFA and MasterCard settled the latter's lawsuit, paving the way for FIFA to go ahead with its sponsorship agreement with MasterCard rival Visa International. MasterCard, which had sponsored the World Cup for 16 years, will drop its sponsorship of the next two World Cups under a $90 million settlement with ...
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by Paul Kennedy
The hat tricks keep on coming! Brad Davis scored three goals in the second half for his first career hat trick to lead the Houston Dynamo past Chivas USA, 4-0, Thursday night at Robertson Stadium. Both teams went into the game with three-game winning streaks, but the Dynamo prevailed to ...
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by Paul Kennedy
[COPA AMERICA COUNTDOWN] Less than a year after leaving the Argentina national team, midfielder Juan Roman Riquelme is back. Riquelme, who led Boca Juniors to the 2007 Libertadores Cup title, has been included in Argentina's squad for the Copa America, where it opens against the USA next Thursday. Midfielder Juan ...
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by Ridge Mahoney
Oakland A's co-owner Lewis Wolff visited the MLS league headquarters this week along with several staff members of Earthquakes LLC to make his pitch to start play next season, with stadium arrangements to be decided. Wolff is discussing with the City of San Jose a two-pronged proposal. He is seeking ...
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by Soccer America
The USA's under-17 boys national team finished third in its group at an eight-team international team in South Korea when it beat New Zealand, 1-0, Thursday on a goal by Brek Shea. The Americans had lost their first two games to Japan (1-0 on a goal in the 90th minute) ...
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by Soccer America
[REGION IV QUARTERFINALS] Cal South led all state associations with 27 teams represented in the quarterfinals of the US Youth Soccer Region IV Championships that will be played Friday in Las Vegas. The boys teams include the U-18 Arsenal FC, U-16 Real So Cal and U-15 Valley United Blast, all ...
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by Soccer America
Saturday: New England-Toronto FC 7:30 pm ET (Direct Kick), Colorado-FC Dallas 9 pm ET (Direct Kick), Real Salt Lake-D.C. United 9:30 pm ET (Fox Soccer Channel & Fox Sports en Espanol), Los Angeles-Columbus (live), 10:30 pm ET (Direct Kick, Hdnet); Sunday: Kansas City-Houston 5 pm ET (Telefutura).
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