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by Ridge Mahoney
[MLS] Houston coach Dominic Kinnear and his players are correct in saying they conjured up enough scoring chances to win most games in a stunning 3-0 playoff loss to New York at home Sunday, but left unsaid was the fact their finishing and/or the decisive touch just didn't measure up ...
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by Soccer America
"How can it not make a difference? Now when you think of America, you don't think George W. Bush or war. You think of this man, Obama, who has made history and given hope to millions. The men who vote on World Cup hosts are not immune to those same ...
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by Soccer America
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Massachusetts product Charlie Davies, 22, scored both of Hammerby's goals in a 5-2 loss at Norrkoping on the final day of the Swedish 2008 First Division season, giving him 14 goals to tie him with Helsingborgs IF's Henrik Larsson for fourth place among the Allsvenskan's leading scorers.
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by Soccer America
[MLS] Dane Richards (New York Red Bulls) and Yura Movsisyan (Real Salt Lake) were the highest-rated players based on the grades of Soccer America editors during the MLS quarterfinals that concluded Sunday.
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by Soccer America
[MLS] The Colorado Rapids scheduled a press conference Tuesday to name their new head coach, which to the surprise of no one is interim head coach Gary Smith, who moved up from his position as assistant coach when Fernando Clavijo resigned in late August.
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by Ian Plenderleith
[ARGENTINA] River Plate battled back from a three-goal deficit to claim a draw in Diego Simeone's final game as coach.
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by Soccer America
[OFF THE POST] A Bolivian Libertadores Cup qualifying game between Aurora and Wilstermann featured a players vs. police brawl that ignited after a dozen officers took to the field to remove red-carded Aurora defender Eduardo Zenteno. His teammates' battle against the cops, summoned after Zenteno delayed his departure, included karate ...
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by Soccer America
[MLS AWARDS] Jair Marrufo, one of the U.S. Soccer's four full-time referees in the program launched last year, has been named 2008 MLS Referee of the Year. Kermit Quisenberry was named the MLS Assistant Referee of the Year.
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by Soccer America
[ENGLAND] Ipswich Town midfielder David Norris was fined by his club for celebrating a goal with a handcuff gesture that was interpreted as a dedication to his former teammate Luke McCormick, who is serving a prison sentence for killing two boys in a drunk-driving car accident on the way home ...
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