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by Ridge Mahoney
Finally, MLS has docked in Vancouver. Commissioner Don Garber flew to the Canadian city Tuesday to wrap up final details and attend a press conference Wednesday to announce Vancouver will join MLS as the league's 17th franchise in 2011.
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by Soccer America
"Certainly it would benefit the team if we still had him [Landon Donovan] with us." -- Bayern Munich coach Juergen Klinsmann, whose team is short of strikers after Miroslav Klose suffered an ankle injury that will sideline him for two months while Luca Toni is out with a hurt Achilles' ...
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by Paul Kennedy
[CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE] Puerto Rico was bounced by the USA from the World Baseball Classic with a three-run rally in the bottom of the ninth inning, but all was not lost for Puerto Rican sports fans on Tuesday night. The USL-1 Islanders continued their remarkable campaign in the Concacaf Champions ...
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by Soccer America
[MLS] These are tough times for sports leagues seeking to seal marketing deals, but Major League Soccer received a boost this week when Soccer United Marketing, MLS's marketing arm, reached an agreement with Volkswagen on a new multi-year partnership.
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by Soccer America
[WORLD CUP 2010 QUALIFYING] Rafael Marquez's flying kick at U.S. goalie Tim Howard in last month's Hexagonal opener landed the Mexico captain a two-game suspension.
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by Paul Kennedy
[ENGLAND] The Arsenal-Chelsea semifinal date is on for April 18 at Wembley Stadium after the Gunners rallied in the last quarter of an hour, getting a tying goal from Robin van Persie and a controversial winner from William Gallas to beat Hull City, 2-1, in the quarterfinals on Tuesday.
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by Paul Kennedy
[WPS] Women's Professional Soccer awarded its eighth franchise to Philadelphia, which will begin play in 2010. The Philadelphia ownership group, led by David Halstead and Matthew Driver, hopes to play in the stadium being built in Chester, Pa., for the MLS team also scheduled to debut in 2010.
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