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by Ridge Mahoney
[CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE] The venue changed and the margin narrowed, but again Cruz Azul took the measure of the defending MLS champion. Concacaf Champions League finalist last year, Cruz Azul retained its hold atop Group C in the current competition by beating Columbus, 2-0, on the Crew's home field.
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by Soccer America
"A friend of mine told me about it on the phone and I was hurt, wounded. Will I throw it again? We'll see ..." -- Roma striker Francesco Totti after Roma fans, apparently disappointed in the team's slow start, threw his shirt back on the field after he tossed it ...
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by Ridge Mahoney
[MLS] The team that had nothing to lose didn't, and the team that needed to win also didn't. Five days after a Conor Casey stoppage-time penalty kick resulted in a 1-1 tie between the Quakes and Rapids in California, the same scenario produced the same score in Colorado in front ...
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by Soccer America
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Freddy Adu made his debut for Portuguese club Belenenses in the League Cup and Eddie Johnson got rare action for Fulham in the English League Cup. Kenny Cooper helped second-tier 1860 Munich oust the Bundesliga's Hertha Berlin in the German Cup.
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by Paul Kennedy
[UNDER-20 WORLD CUP] Jozy Altidore and Freddy Adu are not in Egypt. Nor is Brazilian star Alexandre Pato. Or Spain's Bojan Krkic. Or Italy's Davide Santon. The Under-20 World Cup will kick off Thursday without many of the best players eligible for FIFA's oldest world youth championship. Here's a look ...
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by Soccer America
[TELEVISION WATCH] The USA's three group games at the Under-20 World Cup will air live on television, beginning with Saturday's game against Germany on ESPN Classic (9:55 am ET) and Spanish-language Galavision (9:55 am ET/PT). The ESPN networks will broadcast seven games live and Galavision will air 12 games live ...
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by Paul Kennedy
[USL-1] The USL First Division playoffs begin Thursday with the first legs of the three quarterfinal round series: Carolina-Vancouver, Puerto Rico-Rochester, and Charleston-Montreal. Two of the three games the teams in each series played during the regular season ended in ties, so the series are all tossups. For a look ...
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by Paul Kennedy
[SPAIN] Real Madrid remained perfect when it defeated short-handed Villarreal, 2-0, Wednesday night in Manuel Pellegrini's first trip back to El Madrigal since taking over as the Real coach. Real, which kept pace with Barcelona, a 4-1 winner over Racing Santander on Tuesday night, got a great solo goal from ...
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by Soccer America
[COLLEGE] Penn State's early struggles continued as it had to settle for a 0-0 tie at Bucknell on Wednesday. New Mexico improved to 8-0-2 with a 3-1 victory over Northern Colorado. For all Wednesday's action ...
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by Soccer America
[COLLEGE] The five Top 25 teams in action on Wednesday all won. No. 6 Harvard improved to 6-0-0 with a 1-0 victory at New Hampshire. Like the other Top 25 team from the ACC on Tuesday, No. 9 Wake Forest got a scare from Elon before prevailing, 2-1. JC transfer ...
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