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by Soccer America
"I know where I'll be on June 11, the first game of the World Cup - in my motor home traveling around America. I won't watch the tournament, the timings won't work out." -- Italian 2006 World Cup champion Marco Materazzi, the victim of Zinedine Zidane's head butt, says he's ...
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by Paul Kennedy
[TELEVISION WATCH] For years, Mexican national team stars have appeared in television commercials on U.S. (Spanish-language) television. Now, U.S. national team standout Landon Donovan has used his notoriety as the Tri's No. 1 villian -- and Spanish-language skills -- to star in a commercial for Ganagol, the Mexican soccer lottery ...
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by Ridge Mahoney
[U.S. SOCCER] A decade is a long time -- more than a career in many cases -- for a professional soccer player, and in the case of a national team can represent a complete turnover. That's just about the case with the U.S. men's national team. Nobody will be surprised ...
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by Paul Kennedy
[MLS] Wake Forest juniors Corben Bone and Ike Opara are among 12 players who signed 2010 Generation adidas contracts with MLS. Opara is one four members of the U.S. squad for the 2009 U-20 World Cup in this year's group of college underclassmen and high school players who signed with ...
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by Ridge Mahoney
[MLS] In the next week or so, Peter Nowak will be the most popular man in MLS. As holder of the No. 1 pick, as well as the first pick in three subsequent rounds, the Philadelphia head coach will be awash in offers, and so too could several other teams ...
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by Soccer America
[MLS] As expected, Major League Soccer announced that its championship game, MLS Cup, will remain at a neutral site for the 2010 season.
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by Paul Kennedy
[TRANSFER TALK] Europe's winter transfer window opened Monday. Here's a look at the 10 hottest strikers on the market, from 32-year-old Italian great Luca Toni to 17-year-old Belgian Maxime Lestienne, and why deals will or won't go through ...
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by Soccer America
[WORLD CUP 2018/22 BID] Academy Award-nominated director Spike Lee has joined the Board of Directors for the USA Bid Committee in its effort to bring the FIFA World Cup to the USA in 2018 or 2022.
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by Ridge Mahoney
[TV WATCH] Many listings of English Premier League matches and promotional ads for Champions League coverage has been dropped from the broadcast schedules on Setanta Sports North America's Web site amid speculation Setanta may be taken over by Fox Sports International or discontinued.
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