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by Soccer America
Just what could David Beckham have been thinking? The Los Angeles Galaxy played its first game with its newest signing on hand to watch, and it stunk up the joint. With Beckham watching from the Galaxy's executive suite with Galaxy President Alexi Lalas, the MLS club fell to Tigres of ...
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by Soccer America
"They say money talks. This is obviously untrue, because if money were capable of speech we'd hear it shrieking 'How much? You must be joking.'" -- Des Kelly writing in the Daily Mail about striker Darren Bent's recent $33 million transfer to Tottenham Hotspur. (BBC).
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Northern California, which lost its MLS club to Houston after the 2005 season when the San Jose Earthquakes moved to Texas and became the Dynamo, will welcome back a reincarnation of the Earthquakes for the 2008 season, according to the San Jose Mercury. The Mercury and the San Francisco Chronicle ...
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Four months ago, the USA and Mexico played in front of a sellout crowd at the 63,400-seat University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Ariz. The big crowd prompted speculation that the Phoenix market was ready for big-time soccer on a regular basis. But even the lure of Libertadores Cup champion ...
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[AMERICANS ABROAD] DaMarcus Beasley, who joined Glasgow Rangers on a $1.4 million transfer from PSV Eindhoven, made a successful debut for the Scottish club in a 3-0 friendly win over German Fourth Division club Guetersloh. The Scotsman newspaper described the 25-year-old's performance as dazzling and quoted Rangers assistant coach Ally ...
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[AMERICANS ABROAD] Heath Pearce, the 22-year-old left back who played one game for the USA at the this summer's Copa America, has signed with newly promoted German First Division club Hansa Rostock. Pearce, a California product who played college ball at the University of Portland, previously played two years for ...
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