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by Ridge Mahoney
The new San Jose Earthquakes played a pair of games against defending champ Houston, the team created out of the old Quakes. Toronto is getting goals from its young star of 2007, while the Red Bulls' new Colombian saw action against Swedish club Hammarby. Soccer America's Ridge Mahoney examines MLS ...
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by Soccer America
"A very important result of this game is to reopen the bridge which connects the neighborhood. The bridge, if opened again, will bring back life as it used to be before." -- Amer Abdullah Sa'di, director of Iraqi club Kadhimiya, a predominantly Shi'ite team that played Sunni club Adhamiya to ...
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by Soccer America
[AMERICANS IN EUROPE] Standard Liege, with Oguchi Onyewu patrolling the central defense, beat Belgian Jupiler League leader Club Brugge away, 2-1, to go even on points with at the head of the standings. In the Netherlands, Michael Bradley's scoring streak ended in Heerenveen's 2-2 tie with lowly Heracles. Steve Cherundolo ...
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[AMERICANS ABROAD] Freddy Adu entered for Benfica in the 78th minute against Naval but was subbed in the 90th minute with an injury. Benfica won, 2-0, on goals in the 23rd and 90th minutes. Nate Jaqua scored in his Austrian First Division debut for Altach in a 1-1 tie at ...
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by Soccer America
[VIDEO] New Mexico product Edgar Castillo has been selected by Coach Hugo Sanchez to Mexico's U-23 team for its qualifying campaign for next summer's Olympics. Mexico's first-round play against Canada, Haiti and Guatemala kicks off March 12 in Carson, Calif. Last week, Castillo scored for Santos Laguna against Chivas Guadalajara ...
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by Paul Kennedy
[ENGLAND WATCH] Luke Steele, once considered Manchester United's next-great goalkeeping prospect, had not played in two months and had only made two appearances in the last year, so he jumped at the chance to join Barnsley on loan from League Championship (second division) rival West Bromwich and start against mighty ...
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by Soccer America
[EUROPEAN RACES] Inter Milan stretched its lead in Italy's Serie A to 11 points when it beat Livorno, 2-0, and second-place Roma fell at Juventus, 1-0. In Spain, Real Madrid's lead over Barcelona fell to five points, while Lyon's margin over second-place Bordeaux in France is only one point.
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by Soccer America
[YOUTH] The U.S. under-20 women's national team won its first tournament under new head coach Tony DiCicco Saturday when it clinched the Four Nations Tournament with a 5-1 win over host Chile.
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