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by Mike Woitalla
[WORLD CUP 2010 QUALIFYING] The USA clinched a spot with its win at Honduras on Saturday, but Costa Rica needs to end a 24-year drought in World Cup qualifiers on U.S. soil to guarantee its ticket when the teams clash in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday (TV: 8 pm ET, ESPN2 ...
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"We must remember that we have different material to work with - Italy has silk, whereas I only have cotton." -- Ireland's Italian coach Giovanni Trapattoni after Ireland's 2-2 tie with the defending world champ earned Italy a spot at the 2010 World Cup and moved the Irish into a ...
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[AMERICANS ABROAD] Freddy Adu made his first league start for Portugal's Belenenses but the 20-year-old came off at halftime of a 1-0 loss to Nacional. Adu suffered a foul from Nacional's Bruno Patacas shortly before halftime that earned Patacas a yellow card and left Adu limping.
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[REF WATCH] Referee Alan Wiley, whom Manchester United coach Alex Ferguson accused of not being fit enough after Man U's 2-2 tie with Sunderland, ran 225 yards more than the average player and a total of 6.9 miles - the eighth most of all on the field. Ferguson, whom the ...
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by Soccer America
[MLS] D.C. United, which is struggling to win a playoff spot, has lost midfielder Santino Quaranta for the rest of the season because of a foot injury that sidelines him for four to six months.
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[COLLEGE] Portland sophomore Danielle Foxhoven scored a career-high four goals and an assist in 7-0 victory over Gonzaga, is the Soccer America Women's Player of the Week for games played Oct. 5-11, her second Player of the Week award. For the Soccer America Women's Team of the Week ...
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[COLLEGE] Ronnie Bouemboue, whose goal in the 110th minute gave N.C. State a 1-0 win at Duke, is the Soccer America Men's Player of the Week for games played Oct. 5-11. For the Soccer America Men's Team of the Week ...
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