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by Paul Kennedy
[AMERICANS ABROAD] DaMarcus Beasley celebrated his 26th birthday and first start in six months by scoring one goal and setting up the winning goal to lead Glasgow Rangers to a 3-2 win over Queen of the South in Saturday's final of the Scottish FA Cup.
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by Soccer America
"Anybody who writes about their fans being the best in the league has never been here because it's not even close." -- D.C. United President Kevin Payne on suggestions that Toronto FC's BMO Field has surpassed RFK for the best atmosphere in MLS. (Washington Post)
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by Ridge Mahoney
[ENGLAND-USA] The addition of one MLS player and all-too-English weather highlighted the first few days of preparation for the USA men's national team friendly against England at Wembley on Wednesday (TV: ESPN Classic, live, 3 p.m. ET, Galavision, 7 p.m. ET/PT).
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by Mike Woitalla
[MLS NAMES & NUMBERS] From the penalty spot, Landon Donovan scored his league-leading ninth goal of the season and David Beckham struck from inside his own half as the Galaxy moved into first place in the West. D.C. United ended its losing streak as last year's leading scorer, Luciano Emilio, ...
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by Soccer America
[OLYMPIC COUNTDOWN] The USA lost to Ivory Coast, 1-0, and Italy, 2-0, to finish with three losses at the Festival Espoirs International in Toulon, France.
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by Soccer America
[AMERICANS ABROAD] New Mexican Edgar Castillo started for Santos in a 2-2 tie with Monterrey that gave it a 3-2 aggregate tie and moved it into the finals of Mexico's Torneo Clausura. Dallas product Marco Vidal started for Indios Saturday in a 2-2 tie with Leon that gave them a ...
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by Soccer America
[AMERICANS ABROAD] U.S. international Ali Kreiger started for FFC Frankfurt on Saturday when it beat Umea of Sweden, 3-2, to win the UEFA Women's Cup, 4-3, on aggregate before a UEFA women's record crowd of 27,640.
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by Soccer America
[ENGLAND] Barcelona's Frank Rijkaard, Inter Milan coach Roberto Mancini, Russia coach Guus Hiddink and Manchester City manager Sven-Goran Eriksson are among the names being mentioned as possible candidates to replace Israeli Avram Grant, who was fired as manager of Chelsea on Saturday.
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by Soccer America
[CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE] The USL-1's Puerto Rico Islanders moved one step closer to reaching the Concacaf Champions League, which begins play this summer, when it held Trinidad & Tobago's San Juan Jabloteh to a 0-0 tie on Saturday and won their Caribbean qualifying series, 1-0, on aggregate.
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by Soccer America
Chicago and New England moved into ties with Columbus for the Eastern Conference lead, while Los Angeles took over the lead in the Western Conference. For all the MLS weekend summaries, current standings and leading scorers and this week's schedule ...
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by Soccer America
The Charleston Battery won its fifth straight game with a 2-0 win over Atlanta and hold a four-point lead in the USL First Division. Randi Patterson scored for the fifth straight game and Aaron King added a goal. For all the USL results and goal scorers ...
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