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by Ian Plenderleith
[UEFA CUP] In Wednesday's UEFA Cup group action, American defender Oguchi Onyewu scored for Standard Liege in its 3-0 win over Sampdoria to help his team qualify for the knockout stages.
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"When I tell myself that I have already been a pro for five years, I smile saying 'already, holy cow!' I have to put to use all that I have learned since the beginning." -- Freddy Adu, 19, who is struggling to get playing time with French league club Monaco ...
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by Soccer America
[WPS] Women's Professional Soccer will hold two combines for its seven teams to evaluate players before the 2009 WPS Draft on Jan. 16 at the NSCAA Convention in St. Louis. In total, 144 players will participate in the WPS combines with 72 at each location: San Diego (Dec. 11-14) and ...
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by Ian Plenderleith
[ENGLAND] Manchester United reached the League Cup semifinals after beating Blackburn 5-3, including four goals from Carlos Tevez. Watford and Jay DeMerit fell, 2-1, at home to Tottenham Hotspur.
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by Soccer America
[OFF THE POST] A Manchester City ball boy hurled the ball at the head of Manchester United's Cristiano Ronaldo, who reacted just in time, during Sunday's derby. The incident, which prompted a halftime warning by Referee Howard Webb to Man City about its fetchers, is just the latest incident of ...
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[MEXICO] Cruz Azul downed Atlante, 3-1, on Wednesday in the first leg of their Apertura 2008 semifinal series. In the other semifinal series, defending champ Santos, with New Mexico product Edgar Castillo, hosts Toluca on Thursday (Azetca America, live, 8 pm ET).
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[SOUTH AMERICA] Internacional became the first Brazilian team in to win the Copa Sudamericana since the tournament's inception in 2002. A 1-1 second-leg tie with Estudiantes earned it a 2-1 final win on aggregate.
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[MEXICO] The Mexican national team, which plays more friendly games in the USA than on its own soil, opens its 2008 U.S. tour Jan. 28 in Oakland, Calif., against Sweden, the homeland of Mexico coach Sven-Goran Eriksson.
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