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Ridge Mahoney on the USA's win over Sweden The U.S. men's national team won its first game of 2008, a 2-0 friendly win over Sweden that featured goals by debutant Eddie Robinson and veteran Landon Donovan. Soccer America's Ridge Mahoney reports on the U.S. victory from Carson, Calif.
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"For us it's a good way to start the year. This camp is always a challenge because guys have been off for a while, but we felt throughout the camp that things we worked on throughout last year were coming back, especially working as a team." -- U.S. coach Bob ...
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[USA-SWEDEN GRADES] Soccer America's Ridge Mahoney grades the U.S. players' performance in their 2-0 victory over Sweden on Saturday.
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Generation adidas players were taken with six of the top eight picks in the 2008 MLS SuperDraft. The lowest GA pick was UC Santa Barbara's Eric Avila, taken by FC Dallas with the No. 19 pick. The Gauchos and Santa Clara led all colleges with four players each taken in ...
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[MLS WATCH] Coaches at the 2008 MLS SuperDraft in Baltimore shared their observations on their own picks and how the draft played out in general with Soccer America's Ridge Mahoney
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[U.S. WOMEN] The USA completed a sweep of the the Four Nations Tournament in Coach Pia Sundhage's debut tournament when it beat host China, 1-0, in its final game on Sunday.
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[AMERICANS ABROAD] Midfielder Michael Bradley headed home Dutch club Heerenveen's final goal in a 4-0 win over AZ. It was the 20-year-old's eighth league goal of the season. In England, keeper Tim Howard slapped away a powerful header from Wigan's Marcus Bent to help Everton win, 2-1, and move into ...
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[AFRICAN NATIONS CUP] Host Ghana's Black Stars entered the 2008 African Nations Cup as one of the tournament's favorites, but they will have to play better than they did in their opener if they are to contend for the championship. Sulley Muntari's 90th-minute goal gave Ghana a 2-1 win over ...
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[AWARDS] Jeff Vennell, the athletics director at Cranbrook Schools in Bloomfield Hills, Mich., won the National Soccer Coaches Association of America's Honor Award at the awards banquet held Friday in conjunction with the 2008 NSCAA Convention in Baltimore. For all the NSCAA coaching awards ...
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[SPAIN WATCH] Atletico is still haunted by the decision of its late president Jesus Gil y Gil to disband its youth program in 1992. Raul, who was 13 when he switched allegiance from Atletico and Real Madrid because of Gil's decision, scored Sunday for La Liga leader in its 2-0 ...
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