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by Soccer America
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Fulham needed a win over Swiss club FC Basel to advance to the 32-team knockout stage of the Europa League and got it thanks to a 77th-minute goal by Zolton Gera that late sub Clint Dempsey helped set up.
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by Ridge Mahoney
[MLS] According to a source within the Chicago Fire organization, its head coaching search is down to two finalists: Jesse Marsch, who played for the Fire, and Tom Soehn, a former Fire assistant.
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by Soccer America
"I always knew I would score one day, but it took a bit longer than I thought." -- Watford's Lloyd Doyley, who scored his first career goal in a 3-1 win over Queens Park Rangers. It was his first goal in 269 senior appearances, spanning nine seasons. (Irish Times)
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by Paul Kennedy
[MLS] 2009 league MVP Landon Donovan signed a new four-year contract with the Los Angeles Galaxy that reportedly makes him the second highest paid player in MLS. It includes a clause allowing him to pursue opportunities to join a foreign club on a short-term loan agreement. That paves the way ...
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by Paul Kennedy
[WORLD CUP 2010 COUNTDOWN] Jon Stewart and actor Hugh Grant talked World Cup, USA vs. England, on Wednesday's "Daily Show with Jon Stewart" on Comedy Central. Grant: "I'm always surprised you have a male football team. It's a female game here. It's little girls who play in America." Stewart: "If ...
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by Paul Kennedy
[WORLD CUP 2010 COUNTDOWN] Like U.S. coach Bob Bradley, Dutch coach Bert van Marwijk will be using the Netherlands-USA friendly on March 3 at the Amsterdam ArenA (TV: ESPN2, Galavision, live, 2:30 p.m. ET) as an opportunity to assemble all his players one last time before he must make a ...
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by Paul Kennedy
[CLUB WORLD CUP] The Club World Cup came to life in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday as Barcelona came back from an early deficit and beat Atlante of Mexico, 3-1, to move into Saturday's final against Argentina's Estudiantes. Lionel Messi was the hero, scoring within two minutes of coming on as ...
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[MAKING A LIST] Pedro set a world record when he scored in his sixth competition of the year for Barcelona with a goal in its 3-1 win over Atlante in the semifinals of the Club World Cup. Remarkably, all of Pedro's goals have come in the last four months.
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by Paul Kennedy
[WPS] After a dismal season on and off the field at Santa Clara's Buck Shaw Stadium, FC Gold Pride is abandoning its stadium-sharing arrangement with MLS's Earthquakes and heading to Pioneer Stadium at California State University East Bay in Hayward. Until work is completed, however, the Pride will play early-season ...
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by Soccer America
[AWARDS] The U.S. national team's defense was honored with the best clutch moment of the year in Best of U.S. Soccer Awards picked by fans.
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