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by Soccer America
"Totti and Toni together? There are more people waiting to see them than for 'Avatar.'" -- Roma coach Claudio Ranieri, who welcomed Luca Toni from Bayern Munich to join fellow 2006 World Cup champion Francesco Totti. (Corriere Dello Sport)
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by Paul Kennedy
[MLS] Just three days before the MLS SuperDraft, the MLS coaching group for 2010 was completed when the Chicago Fire confirmed the appointment of Carlos de los Cobos as new head coach. The former Mexico international is one of the most experienced coaches to join MLS, having coached five clubs ...
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by Ridge Mahoney
[MLS] Andrew Hoxie (William & Mary) scored his second goal of the MLS Player Combine to highlight a second day of better weather and sharper performances than the wet conditions that marred Saturday's play. Soccer America's Ridge Mahoney reports on who else may have impressed MLS coaches ahead of Thursday's ...
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by Soccer America
[MLS] New York's signing of Costa Rican Roy Miller from Norway's Rosenborg was just the second outright signing by an MLS team of a foreigner based overseas. For the MLS offseason moves ...
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by Ridge Mahoney
[U.S. SOCCER] In carving his own path through European soccer, Alejandro Bedoya is quite willing to follow in someone else's footsteps, a person he respects and admires. Soccer America's Ridge Mahoney checks in with the 22-year-old Florida product who plays in Sweden and is currently trying to make an impression ...
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by Ridge Mahoney
[U.S. SOCCER] When the U.S. under-20 team heads to Mexico later this month for the first competitive matches of the cycle leading up to the 2011 world championships, it will be accompanied by an assistant coach who, during his playing career, had his issues with coaches.
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by Paul Kennedy
[U.S. UNDER-20 WOMEN] Holdovers Sydney Leroux, winner of the Golden Ball and Golden Shoe at the 208 Under-20 Women's World Cup, and Christine Nairn, who has been capped twice on the senior national team, head the squad selected to represent the USA at the Concacaf under-20 qualifying tournament to be ...
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by Paul Kennedy
[AFRICA CUP OF NATIONS] Things could have not begun any worse for Algeria, which will face the USA at the World Cup. The Desert Foxes wilted in the heat at the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations and fell to long-shot Malawi, 3-0, Monday in Luanda. The Flames were making their ...
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by Soccer America
[TELEVISION WATCH] Fox Sports International plans to soon launch a second soccer network, Fox Soccer Plus, drawing content from rights to events it has up until now sublicensed to Setanta Sports USA.
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by Soccer America
[TELEVISION WATCH] Fox Soccer Channel will air a live, one-hour studio show each day during the World Cup and has hired Andy Gray and Richard Keys from Britain's Sky Sports to join its studio crew during South Africa '10.
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