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by Paul Kennedy
[UNDER-20 WORLD CUP] One good outing (against an albeit weak opponent) couldn't make up for two horrendous performances, and the USA exited the Under-20 World Cup in Egypt on Saturday, marking the first time since 1987 that the Americans didn't make it out of the first round.
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by Paul Kennedy
[UNDER-20 WORLD CUP] Soccer America's Paul Kennedy grades the U.S. players in Friday's 3-0 loss to South Korea at the Under-20 World Cup in Suez.
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by Soccer America
"He was not fit enough for a game of that standard. The pace of the game demanded a referee who was fit. It is an indictment of our game. You see referees abroad who are as fit as butcher's dogs. -- Manchester United coach Alex Ferguson assesses the performance of ...
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by Soccer America
The field for the round of 16 at the Under-20 World Cup is set: five teams from Europe (all but hapless England), four from Africa (all but U.S. victim Cameroon), all four from South America, two from Asia (South Korea and UAE) and only one (out of four) from Concacaf ...
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by Soccer America
[MLS] Los Angeles, which hasn't reached the playoffs since 2005, and Houston, joined defending champ Columbus as postseason qualifiers. Five spots are still up for grabs. ...
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by Mike Woitalla
[MLS NAMES & NUMBERS] Landon Donovan finished off a nice sequence of counterattack passing to send the Galaxy past Chicago. Seattle ended Columbus' home unbeaten streak. A couple of midseason signings scored their first goals. And San Jose made sure it wouldn't finish rock bottom in 2009. For MLS's weekend ...
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by Paul Kennedy
[SPAIN] Sunday's Sevilla-Real Madrid showdown at the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan in Sevilla answered several questions. Will the new Galacticos go unbeaten? No. Can Sevilla challenge Barcelona and Real Madrid for La Liga championship? After its 2-1 victory, the answer is a resounding yes.
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by Soccer America
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Carlos Bocanegra (France) and Michael Orozco (Mexico) were red-carded. Michael Bradley got his first Bundesliga start since late August. Freddy Adu made his league debut for Belenenses and Eddie Johnson got a rare few minutes of action for Fulham.
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by Paul Kennedy
[USL-1] The USL First Division trophy will remain in Canada. The defending champion Vancouver Whitecaps, held on for a 3-3 tie with regular-season champion Portland in a wild game before 14,283 fans Sunday afternoon and won their semifinal series, 5-4, on aggregate. The Whitecaps will meet the Montreal Impact, which ...
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by Soccer America
The MLS playoff race was largely unchanged from last week. The key results were Seattle's 1-0 win at Columbus and Chivas USA's 2-0 win at D.C. United. Seattle and Chivas opened up a five-point gap on ninth-place D.C. United in the wild-card race. For all the weekend summaries current standings ...
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by Soccer America
Chelsea took the lead in the English Premier League when it won for the seventh time in eight games with a 2-0 victory over Liverpool and defending champion Manchester United was held to a 2-2 tie by surprise Sunderland. Inter Milan regained a share of the lead in Italy's Serie ...
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by Soccer America
[COLLEGE] Akron and UCLA remained 1-2 in the Soccer America Men's Top 25. North Carolina, California and South Florida each moved up two spots and round out the top five at 3-4-5. For the complete Men's Top 25 ...
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by Soccer America
[COLLEGE] Stanford remained No. 1 in the Soccer America Women's Top 25 for the third straight week, but North Carolina, the Preseason No. 1, fell to No. 3 and was replaced at No. 2 by Portland. Virginia Tech, which beat North Carolina, 1-0, on Sunday for its second win against ...
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