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by Soccer America
"It was great, you can't imagine. It's been a very painful year for us and a lot of things have happened in the last two days and a half or so, but today was important to win." -- Red Bulls captain Juan Pablo Angel, who scored twice in a 3-2 ...
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by Paul Kennedy
[AMERICANS ABROAD] After a week of tweeting his frustrations about being stuck in New York, U.S. teenager Jozy Altidore put them behind him and made his English Premier League debut a little more than 24 hours after arriving in England. And quite a debut it was ... With his first ...
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by Soccer America
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Michael Bradley and Steve Cherundolo, who had been quarantined by their German clubs because of U.S. teammate Landon Donovan's bout with swine flu, returned to action with mixed results. In France, Charlie Davies had another solid outing. For a wrapup of U.S. players in foreign leagues. ...
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by Mike Woitalla
[MLS NAMES & NUMBERS] The Chicago Fire staged a dramatic comeback. A hat trick in New England created sweet revenge for the Revs. In D.C.,David Beckham and the Galaxy served up a stalemate. Richie Williams celebrated a return to interim coaching with the Red Bulls. It's only getting worse for ...
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by Paul Kennedy
[WPS] Women's Professional Soccer's unique playoff format will certainly spark a lot of debate in the postseason, but there's no doubt who was the best team in the playoffs. Sky Blue FC won its third game in eight days -- all on the road -- with a 1-0 win over ...
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by Paul Kennedy
[LOS ANGELES-SKY BLUE FC REPORT CARD] Soccer America's Editor in Chief Paul Kennedy grades the players in Saturday's Women's Professional Soccer championship won by Sky Blue FC over Los Angeles, 1-0.
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by Paul Kennedy
[ENGLAND] In his enthusiasm over his club's best start in 39 years, you can forgive Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp for forgetting that he recently signed 6-foot-7 Peter Crouch. After Spurs' 2-1 win at West Ham gave it three straight wins and first place in the Premier League, he waxed poetic ...
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by Paul Kennedy
[USL] The Portland Timbers became the first team to clinch a playoff berth in the US: First Division with a 3-1 win over Miami FC that extended its unbeaten streak to 23 games and their winning streak to five. The Richmond Kickers will host the Charlotte Eagles for the USL ...
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by Soccer America
The arrival of veteran Dutch coach Louis Van Gaal was intended to bring some order that was supposedly lacking at Bayern Munich during Juergen Klinsmann's short tenure, but the German giant lost, 2-1, to Mainz, leaving it with two points in three games. Defending champion Inter Milan was held to ...
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by Soccer America
New England improved its playoff chances with a 3-1 win over Real Salt Lake thanks to Kheli Dube's hat trick. The win moved the Revs into a tie for seventh place overall with Toronto FC and Colorado and has two games and one game in hand on them. Chivas USA ...
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by Soccer America
[COLLEGE] Defending champion North Carolina left no doubt who is the team to beat in 2009, scoring three times in the first 13 minutes and pummeling No. 3 UCLA, 7-2, Saturday. No. 2 Stanford almost matched the Heels' output in Honolulu Sunday night, beating up on Hawaii, 6-2. The weekend's ...
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