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by Ridge Mahoney
The elimination of Chivas USA, which tied Kansas City, 0-0, at Home Depot Center to lose its series, 1-0 on aggregate, means both regular-season conference champions are out of the playoffs. D.C. United having been ousted by Chicago on Thursday. Second-place finishers Houston - which is aiming to become MLS's ...
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by Paul Kennedy
[INTERNATIONAL HEADLINERS/VIDEO] Arsenal and Manchester United played to a 2-2 tie in an EPL top-of-the-table clash filled with drama and controversy that left United manager Alex Ferguson fuming. Ronaldinho was in fine form for Barcelona with two goals on free kicks in its 3-0 win over Real Betis. The race ...
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by Soccer America
New Jersey product, Giuseppe Rossi, who went abroad at age 13 and has played for Italy's youth national teams, scored after running onto a through ball and lobbing the Atletico Madrid's keeper in Villarreal's 4-3 win on Sunday, and he scored from the penalty spot in Wednesday's 3-0 win over ...
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by Soccer America
"Obviously, we're disappointed. We felt that he [Frank Yallop] was the right man. We felt that he's a good manager and a strong character with the team. But, we've all said, he's not walking away. He's looking after himself and he's looking after his family. It's what we would all ...
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by Soccer America
[AMERICANS IN BRITAIN] Clint Dempsey scored his fourth goal of the English Premier League season, stabbing a close-range shot past Reading's American goalkeeper Marcus Hahnemann for the second goal of a 3-1 win. It was Fulham's second victory of the season and the 26th goal Hahnemann has conceded in 12 ...
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by Soccer America
[AMERICANS IN EUROPE] Freddy Adu was an 82nd minute sub in Benfica's 2-1 win at Pacos Ferreira, which moved Benfica to within six points of leader Porto. In the German First Division, Hannover 96, for which Steve Cherundolo went the full 90 as usual, downed Borussia Dortmund, 2-1, to move ...
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by Soccer America
Czech forward Milan Baros of French club Lyon's was ticketed for driving his Ferrari 168 mph, which police said broke the record in that French region set by a motorcyclist who was tagged at 154 mph.
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by Soccer America
[AMERICANS IN MEXICO] Texan Sonny Guadarrama, 20, saw action for the third time this Mexican First Division season when he played the last 23 minutes for Santos as it remained undefeated with a 0-0 tie with Tigres. Edgar Castillo served a yellow-card suspension.
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by Soccer America
Four top South Korean players were banned from the national team for a year by the Korean federation for drinking into the early hours at Jakarta brothel the day after a 2-1 Asian Cup loss to Bahrain in July. One of the players, captain Lee Woon-jae was removed from the ...
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by Soccer America
John Ellinger, coach of the most successful U.S. U-17 boys national team and most recently coach of MLS's Real Salt Lake, has become the first Technical Director of The United States Youth Soccer Association (US Youth Soccer).
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