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by Ridge Mahoney
[MLS] When asked how he'd transformed the Galaxy from a cesspool into a bonafide professional soccer team, Galaxy coach Bruce Arena started with the obvious: the best player America has ever produced yet still capable, by his own admission, of greater things, and often ridiculed and criticized for not attaining ...
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"I will ask the medical staff to take as long as they need to try to get him back into shape as quickly as they can." -- Fulham coach Roy Hodgson on getting winger Damian Duff back on the field. (BBC)
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by Ridge Mahoney
[MLS PLAYOFFS] If MLS separated tied teams like a few other leagues, it would be Houston, and not Los Angeles, hosting the Western Conference final Friday (11 p.m. ET, ESPN2, ESPN Deportes). Both teams compiled 48 points to finish tied for first; the Galaxy prevailed on the first tiebreaker, head-to-head ...
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by Paul Kennedy
[MLS] Twelve years after his first selection, Bruce Arena was again named the MLS Coach of the Year. He led the Los Angeles Galaxy to its first playoff berth since the 2005 season and a top seed in the Western Conference playoffs with a 12-6-12 record and 48 points.
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by Paul Kennedy
[MAKING A LIST] Nate Silver, mostly recently celebrated for his political analysis and use of statistics to predict the outcome of the 2008 presidential election, has turned to soccer, compiling international rankings that place in the USA 14th in the world.
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by Paul Kennedy
[WORLD CUP 2010 COUNTDOWN] Seconds away a month ago from clinching a berth in the 2010 World Cup, Costa Rica must play Uruguay in a playoff that begins Saturday at the Estadio Saprissa in San Jose. The Ticos have the home-field advantage in the first leg, while Uruguay's Celeste has ...
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by Mike Woitalla
[GERMANY] The suicide of German goalkeeper Robert Enke, who was a teammate of American defender Steve Cherundolo at Hannover 96, has prompted the German soccer federation to cancel its friendly game against Chile on Saturday in Cologne. Enke left an apologetic suicide note before stepping in front of a train ...
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by Paul Kennedy
[USL-1] The Portland Timbers have loaned 2009 USL-1 scoring champion Guinean Mandjou Keita to top-flight Indian club Salgaocar Sport Club for the 2009-10 I-League Division 1 season. He'll play for former MLS and USL coach Tim Hankinson, who is in his first season at Salgaocar.
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