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by Mike Woitalla
[MLS NAMES & NUMBERS] MLS's 14th season kicked off with a good amount of goals and big crowds. The goals included a 60-yard effort from Dallas' Kenny Cooper and a pair of strikes from last season's leading scorer, Landon Donovan
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by Soccer America
"I felt like that, the fact that Panchito Mendoza left the club and the state of my own negotiations I felt the team was changing its identity. But in the end the proof is on the field, with the signings of Eduardo Lillingston and Mariano Trujillo. I made a mistake ...
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by Ridge Mahoney
[MLS] The spectacular Fredy Montero dominated coverage of Seattle's rousing win, yet defender Jhon Hurtado played impressively alongside veteran Tyrone Marshall in his first MLS game, as did USL-1 Sounders graduate Oswaldo Alonso
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by Ridge Mahoney
[MLS] Considering its lowly finish in 2008 - tied at the bottom of the Western Conference with expansion San Jose with 33 points - it's not surprising that of the seven Western teams (in 2008), only the Galaxy had a losing record last year against the East.
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by Ridge Mahoney
[MLS] The first weekend of play featured five interconference matchups hosted by Western teams, and of those only expansion Seattle came out on top by thrashing New York, 3-0, in the opener Thursday night.
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by Mike Woitalla
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Just when it looked like Borussia Moenchengladbach, with some inspired play from Michael Bradley, was climbing out of the Bundesliga relegation zone, it lost, 1-0, to lowly VfL Bochum. In England, Brad Friedel had a nightmarish outing against Liverpool, which scored against two American keepers in one game.
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by Soccer America
[HEXAGONAL] Coach Bob Bradley has named a 22-man roster for the USA's second and third games of the final round of World Cup qualifying. The USA, which opened the Hexagonal with a 2-0 home win over Mexico, plays at El Salvador March 28 and hosts Trinidad & Tobago April 1 ...
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by Paul Kennedy
[EUROPE] There may be no better player in Europe right now than Swede Zlatan Ibrahimovic. He scored another fabulous goal for Italian leader Inter Milan. For who's up, who's down, who's in and who's out in Europe ...
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by Paul Kennedy
[ENGLAND] Liverpool keeps piling it on, and Manager Rafael Benitez still isn't happy. A 4-0 win over Real Madrid in the UEFA Champions League was followed by 4-1 win at Manchester United and 5-0 victory over Aston Villa in the Premier League. Suddenly, there's a race in the EPL, and ...
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by Soccer America
Chivas USA, which rallied to beat Colorado, 2-1, was the only MLS team that won at home in weekend play. For all the MLS results, lineups and standings from Week 1 ...
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by Soccer America
Anderlecht reclaimed the lead in Belgium when Oguchi Onyewu's Standard Liege fell, 1-0, at Charleroi. In Turkey, Sivas maintained its one-point lead over second-place Besiktas when the leaders tied 1-1. in Scotland, leaders Celtic and Rangers (three points behind) both had to settle for ties. For all the results in ...
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