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by Ridge Mahoney
[MLS CUP 2009] Real Salt Lake won MLS Cup '09 5-4 on penalty kicks over the Los Angeles Galaxy after their game ended in a 1-1 tie after regulation and overtime. RSL became the first MLS team to win the title after finishing the regular season with a losing record. ...
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by Ridge Mahoney
[MLS CUP '09 REPORT CARD] Soccer America's Ridge Mahoney grades the players in Real Salt Lake's win over Los Angeles.
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by Soccer America
"They deserved to be here and they deserved to win tonight in the end." -- Los Angeles Galaxy midfielder David Beckham after his team was defeated by Real Salt Lake in MLS Cup 2009 on penalty kicks after a 1-1 tie. (Reuters)
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by Soccer America
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Michael Bradley's Borussia Moenchengladbach got an important three points with a 2-1 win at Eintracht Frankfurt. For updates of Americans abroad. Jozy Altidore got a second straight start at Hull City. Michael Orozco made a cameo for San Luis in a Mexican playoff win. ....
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by Paul Kennedy
[MAKING A LIST] Jermain Defoe scored five goals in the second half of Tottenham's 9-1 win over Wigan on Sunday. Here's a look at the great scoring feats in English history, including video of the top-level league record set in 1937 ...
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by Soccer America
[MLS] Seattle Sounders coach Sigi Schmid was admitted to Overlake Hospital on Thursday night after experiencing difficulty breathing. He was diagnosed with pneumonia. According to the club, Schmid's condition was stabilized by Saturday and he was improving, although he remained hospitalized through Sunday.
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by Paul Kennedy
[SPAIN] Barcelona's 1-1 tie with Athletic Bilbao cost it the top spot in La Liga, and now it heads into Tuesday's critical UEFA Champions League match against Italian champion Inter Milan short on players. Star Lionel Messi missed training on Sunday with a thigh strain, and two starters -- French ...
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by Paul Kennedy
[MEXICO] After scoring the winner for Monterrey in its 1-0 win over Club America in the first leg of the Torneo Apertura quarterfinals, Aldo De Nigris dedicated the goal to his brother Antonio, who died of a heart attack at the age of 31 in Greece on Monday.
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by Soccer America
[OFF THE POST] University of Hartford goalkeeper Nenad Cudic did four cartwheels before Stony Brook's Berian Gobeil took a penalty kick in the America East semifinals. The antics didn't distract Gobeil, who got cartwheel revenge after finishing his shot in the shootout won Stony Brook. ...
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