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by Mike Woitalla
After a squad of mainly MLS players trained in California for Wednesday's friendly against Mexico, Coach Bob Bradley called in 10 European-based players for the 22-man roster than convenes in Houston. Soccer America's Mike Woitalla looks at the form of Bradley's foreign legion.
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"Now luckily we have other possibilities with Brian McBride back and [Diomansy] Kamara back from the African Nations Cup and Eddie Johnson, we will now have even more options in our attacking play."-- Roy Hodgson, coach of relegation-threatened Fulham, says the future looks bright for the second-to-last place EPL team, ...
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[AMERICANS ABROAD] Florida product Bryan Arguez became the youngest U.S. product to play in the German First Division when the 19-year-old entered Hertha Berlin's game against Eintracht Frankfurt as a 63rd minute sub. Arguez spent last season at D.C. United but did not see action. He was an unused member ...
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[AMERICANS ABROAD] Michael Bradley scored his 12th goal of the season for Dutch club Heerenveen as it thumped Vitesse, 7-0. The strike adds to the 20-year-old midfielder's record for most goals by an American-born and -bred player in a European first division. It also marked the fifth straight game in ...
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[EUROPEAN RACES] Real Madrid's eight-game winning streak in Spain ended, while Bayern Munich broke the deadlock at the top of the Bundesliga standings.
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USA-Mexico is one of the biggest games of the year for American soccer fans. They will be outnumbered at Reliant Stadium, but they will be out in force at bars and pubs across the country. For information on viewing parties near you ...
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[ENGLAND] Who needs Thierry Henry? Emmanuel Adebayor is thriving as the main threat in the Arsenal attack since Henry's departure to Barcelona. The Togolese striker scored twice to lift his league tally to 18 goals and extend his scoring streak to eight straight games as the Gunners regained the lead ...
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[AFRICAN NATIONS CUP] Former MLS player Junior Agogo scored with just eight minutes remaining to give host Ghana a 2-1 victory over Nigeria Sunday in the quarterfinals of the African Nations Cup. Ivory Coast also advanced to Thursday's semifinals with a 5-0 victory over Guinea.
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[YOUTH] The United States won the the Future Stars Tournament for under-17 girls in New Zealand Saturday when it beat Germany, 3-2. Captain Kristen Mewis scored her second goal of the game to break a 2-2 tie in the 81st minute for the Americans, who had earlier in the week ...
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[OFF THE POST] If you'd like to know what your name would be if you played for the Brazilian national team, go to the Web site: http://www.minimalsworld.net/BrazilName/brazilian.shtml.
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