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by Soccer America
[ITALY] Inter Milan remained unbeaten when it tied second-place Roma, 1-1, on Wednesday to maintain its nine-point lead in Serie A. After going 17 years without a Serie A title, Inter is on course for its third in a row and 16th overall.
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by Soccer America
[AMERICANS ABROAD] New Jerseyan Gregg Berhalter was part of the 1860 Munich defense that battled Bayren Munich for 120 minutes but fell on a last-minute penalty kick in the German Cup quarterfinals.
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by Soccer America
"When you look at some of the bad tackles that have been punished far less it's completely ludicrous. This is a professional game and we need professional people making professional decisions not these silly little men." -- Middlesbrough chairman Steve Gibson on the English FA's regulatory commission after it reacted ...
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by Soccer America
[EUROPEAN RACES] An own goal in overtime gave Middlesbrough a 1-0 win at Sheffield United and moved it into the quarterfinals of the English FA Cup against Cardiff. Defending Bundesliga champion VfB Stuttgart was knocked out of the German Cup by Second Division Carl Zeiss Jena on penalty kicks. In ...
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by Ridge Mahoney
[MLS] While several MLS rivals scramble to sign pricey foreign strikers, the defending champion Houston Dynamo - whose needs in that position may be more pressing - are sticking to a low-key approach. Franco Caraccio, 21, has experience with Argentina's under-20 team but has played only three professional seasons for ...
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by Soccer America
The Columbus Crew acquired Argentine forward Nico Hernandez from the Colorado Rapids in exchange for Generation adidas defender Tim Ward and the Crew's third-round selection in the 2009 MLS Supplemental Draft. For all the team-by-team offseason player moves ...
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by Mike Woitalla
[OFF THE POST] VfB Stuttgart's German national team striker Mario Gomez was fined $12,000 for comments he made in a postgame interview about Karlsruhe defender Maik Franz, who hounded him during Stuttgart's 3-1 win last weekend.
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by Soccer America
[ENGLAND WATCH] Arsenal forward Eduardo, who suffered multiple leg fractures from a brutal foul by Birmingham's Martin Taylor last weekend, was released from the hospital and the club said he could make a full recovery in nine months.
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