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by Ridge Mahoney
[UNDER-20 WOMEN'S WORLD CUP] North Korea displayed persistence and precision while reaching the U-20 Women's World Cup final; the USA got there by utilizing both of those elements, plus an occasional dash of brilliance. In the final Sunday in Santiago, Chile, opportunistic strikes by Sydney Leroux and Alex Morgan -- ...
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by Ian Plenderleith
[ENGLAND] U.S. goalkeepers Brad Friedel of Aston Villa and Tim Howard of Everton faced off in a lively five-goal game that Villa edged, 3-2, at the very death. Elsewhere, the Big Four all won to keep things unchanged at the top.
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by Soccer America
"I'd like to congratulate North Korea on a wonderful effort. It was obviously very difficult for us to hold onto the lead because they kept coming at us and giving us trouble possessing the ball, but I am very, very proud of my players tonight. We won because we played ...
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by Soccer America
[MEXICO] U.S. product Edgar Castillo scored for defending champ Santos in its second-leg semifinal clash with Toluca but Santos fell 2-1, which combined with the first leg's scoreless tie sends Toluca to the Apertura 2008 final against Cruz Azul.
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by Soccer America
[MLS] A two-for-one ticket deal failed to fill the 32,000-capacity Mt. Smart Stadium in Auckland, New Zealand but the 16,600 who did show up were by all accounts satisfied with the performance of David Beckham and the Los Angeles Galaxy in a 3-0 win over the Oceania All-Stars.
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by Soccer America
[AMERICANS ABROAD] DaMarcus Beasley got his first Scottish Premier League start since Oct. 25 when he went 79 minutes for Glasgow Rangers in a 7-1 win over Hamilton.
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by Soccer America
[OFF THE POST] Hibernian's John Rankin scored on Celtic keeper Artur Boruc with a shot taken just outside the center circle.
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by Paul Kennedy
[NIKE INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLIES] One of the biggest weekends of the year in American youth soccer was marred by the sudden death of Australia U-17 national team coach Martyn Crook, who died of a suspected heart attack at the Joeys' hotel Friday before their opening game against a U.S. U-17 split ...
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by Ian Plenderleith
[GERMANY] Bayern Munich beat Hoffenheim with a late, late goal from Luca Toni to win the table-top clash. Michael Bradley was dropped to the bench for Borussia Moenchengladbach, coming on too late to save it from another defeat.
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by Ian Plenderleith
[SPAIN] Real Madrid lost another seven-goal game and Barcelona hammered Valencia 4-0 as La Liga went goal crazy. Jozy Altidore played through for Villarreal as it fought back from 3-0 down to grab a point. .
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by Ian Plenderleith
[ITALY] Inter continued to convince with a 3-0 win at Lazio, retaining its six-point lead at the top of Serie A over Milan and Juventus.
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