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by Paul Kennedy
[AMERICANS ABROAD] DaMarcus Beasley got on the scoreboard for the second time in four days, scoring one of five second-half goals for Rangers in its 6-1 win over Motherwell on Saturday in the Scottish Premier League. Afterwards he talked about his World Cup 2010 hopes ...
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by Soccer America
"Landon impressed me with his whole approach to coming to England. This is someone who isn't prepared to rest on his laurels despite being considered America's best player. He knows that his past experiences in European football were perhaps a little disappointing for him. So he's joining us with a ...
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by Paul Kennedy
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Fulham picked up its biggest win of the 2009-10 season with a 3-0 win over Manchester United at Craven Cottage, and as usual Clint Dempsey was in the middle of the action.
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by Soccer America
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Aston Villa's Brad Friedel picked up his fourth straight shutout with a 1-0 win over Stoke City on Saturday. Villa moved to within two points of second-place Manchester United with the victory.
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by Soccer America
[AMERICANS ABROAD] With Marcus Hahnemann in goal, Wolves defeated Burnley, 2-0, and jumped six spots, out of the English Premier League relegation zone, justifying the controversial decision of Manager Mick McCarthy to rest all of his starters except Hahnemann for the 2-0 loss at Manchester United on Tuesday.
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by Paul Kennedy
[WORLD CLUB CUP] Lionel Messi's overtime goal gave Barcelona a 2-1 win over Argentina's Estudiantes Saturday to win the elusive Club World Cup for its sixth trophy of 2009.
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by Paul Kennedy
[UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE] Friday's draw for the UEFA Champions League set up some tantalizing round-of-16 matches: David Beckham's AC Milan against his old team, Manchester United, and Jose Mourinho's Inter Milan against his old team, Chelsea, among others ...
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by Soccer America
[MLS] Cristian Castillo, who scored in both World Cup qualifiers against the USA, is the latest Salvadoran to join D.C. United, signing on loan from Mexico's Leon.
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by Paul Kennedy
[ENGLAND] Hours after he led Manchester City to a 4-3 win over Sunderland, the heavy-spending Premier League club announced that manager Mark Hughes had been fired and former Inter Milan coach Roberto Mancini will replace him.
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by Paul Kennedy
[ENGLAND] Pre-Christmas team parties are as much an English soccer tradition as the post-Christmas rush of games and they almost get as much coverage. This year's biggest story involves a team party that did not take place, or so thought its manager. Almost a week after Harry Redknapp announced Tottenham ...
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by Soccer America
[WPS] Women's Professional Soccer will auction off game-day items from its inaugural season over the next month to benefit the Michelle Akers Horse Rescue, which has sustained heavy water damage from flooding in Georgia.
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by Paul Kennedy
[HALL OF FAME] Jack Huckel has left the National Soccer Hall of Fame, stepping down as its director of museum and archives, a role he held for almost 10 years. His departures reduces the staff of the financially strapped organization to two.
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