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by Paul Kennedy
Freddy Adu will suit up for Portuguese club Benfica's first official match since it recently signed him from MLS. The 18-year-old Adu will be available to come off the bench in Benfica's UEFA Champions League qualifying match against Denmark's FC Copenhagen on Tuesday at the Stadium of Light in Lisbon ...
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by Soccer America
"Adu has only had seven days of training, but he has enormous potential and he is available. But we have to be careful with him under these conditions." -- Benfica coach Fernando Santos on 18-year-old American Freddy Adu, who could make his debut for the legendary Portuguese club on Tuesday ...
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by Soccer America
So it won't be Mexico-USA at Azteca on Sept. 9. An even better treat is in store for U.S. fans: USA-Brazil at Chicago's Soldier Field. The game, to be broadcast live on ESPN2 and Univision, will pit the 2007 CONCACAF champion against the 2007 South American champion. Both teams are ...
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by Soccer America
[SUPERLIGA PREVIEW] The roles have reversed, somewhat, since Houston and Pachuca met in a riveting CONCACAF Champions Cup semifinal five months ago. Houston hosts Pachuca Tuesday night in the semifinals of the SuperLiga. This time around, the Dynamo is the team in the midst of its regular season. Yet it ...
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Four young men, including three members of the Bradley men's soccer soccer team and roommates of Dahlquist, were charged with setting a fire that led to the death of their Bradley teammate, Danny Dahlquist. The 19-year-old Dahlquist, a sophomore, died Sunday of smoke inhalation after the four men allegedly set ...
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by Soccer America
MLS club Red Bull New York named long-time Adelphi coach Bob Montgomery as its Director of Youth Development to oversee its player development system.
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by Soccer America
Los Angeles (22,586), D.C. United (20,940) and Toronto FC (20,089) all average more than 20,000 fans per game and the league average is up to 15,382 fans a game. Never have three teams averaged more than 20,000 fans in a season. Three times -- 1996, 1997 and 2001 -- two ...
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With two shutouts in USL First Division action, Rochester's Scott Vallow tied and surpassed Billy Andracki as the all-time regular-season win leader in Rhinos history. Vallow was just back after missing four months with a biceps injury. The shutouts ended a club record streak of 12 games without a shutout. ...
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by Soccer America
The U.S. under-15 girls national team will play its first-ever full international matches, facing the Japanese U-16 girls national team twice at The Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif. For the complete U.S. roster ...
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