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by Ridge Mahoney
[MLS] The pursuit of high-scoring Colombian forward Fredy Montero takes an interesting twist Wednesday when he joins the rest of Seattle Sounders FC for their first-ever MLS training session. But, no, he isn't under contract, according to a team source.
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by Soccer America
"To be a goalkeeper, you have to be a very special person. People remember only the goals. No one remembers how many saves you make." -- N.C. State coach George Tarantini on the qualities of a goalkeeper fending off attackers that make Robert Gibbs well-suited to be President Barack Obama's ...
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by Paul Kennedy
[AMERICANS ABROAD] If English club Leeds doesn't sign him, Mike Grella will wonder what it will take to land a job in England. The Duke star, who bypassed MLS for a shot in Europe, scored a hat trick in a 4-0 win for Leeds over Barnsley in a reserve game ...
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[HEXAGONAL COUNTDOWN] Mexico coach Sven-Goran Eriksson called up U.S. products Carlos Ochoa (California prep and and college star) and Edgar Castillo (New Mexico youth star) for a three-day training camp before the Tri's friendly international against Sweden in Oakland, Calif., next Wednesday.
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[U.S WOMEN] Christine Nairn, a freshman redshirt at Penn State, has been called into the U.S. women's national team's 17-day training camp at U.S. Soccer's National Training Center at The Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif.
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by Soccer America
[SIGN OF THE TIMES] In a move called "an economic-type decision," Shelton State has dropped Alabama's only junior college to offer women's soccer as a scholarship program.
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by Soccer America
[AWARDS] Soccer America executive editor Mike Woitalla received his seventh award in the NSCAA Writing Contest when he was selected as one of three winners in the 2008 contest.
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