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by Ridge Mahoney
[MLS WEEKEND REPORT] David Beckham, Cuauhtemoc Blanco and Juan Pablo Angel deliver on a great day for the Designated Players: The Red Bulls outlast the Galaxy in a nine-goalapalooza; Houston beats Dallas to regain top spot in the West; New England widens its Eastern lead by beating Kansas City again; ...
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"It's our job when people show up to give them a reason to come back. Hopefully we converted a few people tonight."-- New York Red Bulls coach Bruce Arena, whose team beat the Los Angeles Galaxy and David Beckham, 5-4, in front of 66,237 fans at Giants Stadium. The Red ...
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[AMERICANS IN ENGLAND] Brian McBride, who entered the season as Fulham's captain, scored for the Cottagers in the 2-1 loss to Middlesbrough and then collapsed to the ground with dislocated knee cap. "It was a freak injury to Brian, with minimal contact really," said Fulham coach Lawrie Sanchez. The injury ...
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[AMERICANS IN GERMANY] Defender Gregg Berhalter scored with a 55th minute header and an 87th minute penalty kick to lead 1860 Munich to a 3-1 win over Kaiserslautern. His American teammate, Josh Wolff, assisted on Berkant Goektan's goal. Two Americans saw action in the German First Division.
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U.S. winger Eddie Lewis has left third-tier Leeds United for Derby County of the English Premier League, where he'll join 22-year-old American midfielder Benny Feilhaber, who arrived in the offseason from Hamburg SV. Lewis has been playing in England since 2000, but made only one Premier League appearance, in 2002 ...
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[ENGLAND SCOREBOARD] Former English coach Sven-Goran Eriksson celebrated his straight third shutout as new coach of Manchester City in a 1-0 derby win over Manchester United. Last week, Eriksson lauded his Brazilian midfielder -- "I never had a player like Elano with England." On Sunday, Elano fed fellow Brazilian Geovanni, ...
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[MAKING A LIST] Manchester City, the English Premier leader and the only team with a perfect 3-0-0 record, includes players of 17 nationalities in its revamped squad.
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[GERMANY SCOREBOARD] After two weeks of action, only Bayern Munich and Hamburg SV boast perfect records in the Bundesliga. HSV won its second game of the young season 1-0 over Bayer Leverkusen on Rafael van der Vaart penalty kick. Bayern, which opened the season with a 3-0 win over Hansa ...
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Brazil routed New Zealand, 7-0; Peru beat host South Korea, 1-0; and Spain downed Honduras in opening games of the 2007 U-17 World Cup. Costa Rica and Togo tied, 1-1, while Argentina and Syria played to a scoreless tie. Nigeria beat France , 2-1; and Japan celebrated a 3-1 win ...
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Portland, Seattle, Rochester and Montreal clinched USL First Division playoff spots. Harrisburg and Richmond will meet in the USL Second Division final.
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The U.S. Beach Soccer team won all three of its games in the 2007 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Tournament in Acapulco to qualify for the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup 2007 in Rio de Janeiro Nov. 1-11. The USA beat El Salvador (9-5), Costa Rica (5-3) and Mexico (5-4). Jevin Albuquerque ...
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