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by Ridge Mahoney
The USA survived the worst performance by a U.S. national youth team at a world championship in recent memory to earn a 1-1 tie with South Korea Saturday in their opening game at the Under-20 World Cup. Much of the announced sellout crowd of 55,800 at Olympic Stadium had left ...
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by Soccer America
"I think we impressed a lot of people for 60-65 minutes. The question is, can we do it now for 90 minutes?" -- Veteran goalie Kasey Keller, on his U.S. team that held Argentina even for an hour before collapsing and must put on a more sustained performance in Monday's ...
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by Paul Kennedy
The U.S. U-20s should take heart. As bad as they played in their 1-1 tie with South Korea on Saturday in Montreal, it could have been worse. Host Canada opened play before a sellout crowd of almost 20,000 fans at Toronto's BMO Field -- on July 1, Canada Day no ...
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by Soccer America
Coverage of the Under-20 World Cup continues on Monday with three games on ESPN360.com (broadband). The Congo-Austria game will also be shown in Spanish on Fox Sports en Espanol and the Mexico-Gambia game will be aired on Galavision.
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by Ridge Mahoney
[COPA AMERICA PREVIEW] The glaring disparity in talent that was evident when Argentina beat the USA, 4-1, last Thursday won't be as prevalent Monday when the Americans take on Paraguay in Barinas, Venezuela, yet Paraguay looked tremendous in its 5-0 win against Colombia, playing a fluid, organized game unlike its ...
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by Paul Kennedy
The USA is unbeaten in four games against Paraguay -- including a 3-0 victory at the 1930 World Cup in Uruguay -- but Bob Bradley's team will be the underdog when they meet Monday in Barinas at the Copa America. Paraguay's No. 1 threat is Roque Santa Cruz, who scored ...
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by Paul Kennedy
Mexico became the first team to clinch a berth in the quarterfinals of the Copa America when it beat Ecuador, 2-1, on Sunday in Group B. The win was the second in a row for the Mexicans, who opened with a 2-0 win over defending champion and are on top ...
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by Soccer America
The USA plays its second game at the Copa America on Monday when it faces Paraguay, a 5-0 winner over Colombia in its first game. The match will be broatcast live, beginning at 6:30 pm ET, on TeleFutura in Spanish and on GolTV in English. For the complete Copa America ...
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by Ridge Mahoney
[WEEKEND WRAPUP] On a barren weekend of just five goals in five games, Columbus beat Red Bull New York, 1-0, for its third straight victory; zeroes were posted in the Dallas-Houston and Chicago-Colorado showdowns; the Revs ran aground at Home Depot Center; and Toronto's backup to the backup goalie helped ...
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by Soccer America
The Portland Timbers left it late to win a pair of USL First Division matches. The Timbers won, 1-0, at California, on a goal by David Hague in the 89th minute, and defeated Miami two days later by the same score on a goal by fellow rookie, Kenyan Lawrence Olum. ...
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by Soccer America
[REGION III YOUTH PAIRINGS] FC Delco of Pennsylvania has five teams and the Baltmore Bays have four in Monday's boys semifinals at US Youth Soccer Region I Championships in Portland, Maine. All 15 state associations are represented in the semifinals. New Jersey and Eastern Pennsylvania lead with each having 12 ...
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by Soccer America
[REGION III YOUTH PAIRINGS] The Dallas Texans sent nine teams into the knockout phase of the US Youth Soccer Region III Championships in Oklahoma City.
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