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by Soccer America
"Speaking for Jimmy, he has played in the World Cup and is a player we chose to be the captain; and I know he feels bad about getting caught in that situation because it put a team in a tough spot." -- U.S. coach Bob Bradley on Jimmy Conrad, whose ...
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by Paul Kennedy
[USA-HONDURAS] The USA opened its World Cup year with about as a bad performance as one could have imagined. It began in the 18th minute when captain Jimmy Conrad was sent off and it got worse when Honduras put three goals past goalie Troy Perkins. After wholesale substitutions, it got ...
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by Soccer America
[USA REPORT CARD] Soccer America's Ridge Mahoney rates the U.S. players after their 3-1 loss to Honduras on Saturday.
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[USA-HONDURAS] U.S. coach Bob Bradley said the sharpness he looks for from players at the start of the game wasn't there against Honduras on Saturday, and the Americans paid dearly. For more on what Bradley and the U.S. players had to say after the game ...
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by Paul Kennedy
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Landon Donovan suffered his first defeat since joining Everton when the Toffees fell at home to Birmingham City, 2-1, in the fourth round of the English FA Cup on Saturday. For all the Americans in action on Friday and Saturday ...
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by Paul Kennedy
[ENGLAND] In the third round of the English FA Cup, third division Leeds United upset rival Manchester United, 1-0, at Old Trafford. In the fourth round, it put in another inspired performance, coming from two goals down to tie Tottenham, 2-2, at White Hart Lane. The second goal came from ...
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by Paul Kennedy
[CONCACAF UNDER-20 WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP] Sydney Leroux, winner of the Golden Ball and Golden Shoe at the 2008 Under-20 Women's World Cup, made it four goals in two goals with a pair of goals in a 4-0 victory over Trinidad & Tobago Saturday that moved the Americans into the semifinals of ...
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by Paul Kennedy
[COPA CHIVAS] Juan Agudelo scored to give the U.S. under-18 national team a 1-1 tie with Brazil's under-16 national team on Day 2 of the Copa Chivas in Guadalajara, Mexico. Next up for the USA is Mexico's Tigres, which started three Americans in its 1-0 win over Pachuca on Saturday.
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[HALL OF FAME] Bruce Arena, whose coaching record includes two Gold Cup crowns and a World Cup quarterfinal appearance with the USA, two MLS Cups, one U.S. Open Cup, one Concacaf Champions Cup and one Inter-American Cup with D.C. United and five NCAA championships with the University of Virginia, has ...
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by Paul Kennedy
[COLLEGE] Dan Donigan has been named the head men's soccer coach at Rutgers, replacing Bob Reasso, who has retired. Donigan a former prep star in New Jersey, leaves Saint Louis University after nine years in charge of the Billikens.
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[AFRICA CUP OF NATIONS] Angola-Ghana, Ivory Coast-Algeria, Egypt-Cameroon and Zambia-Nigeria are the quarterfinal matchups at the Africa Cup of Nations. For the complete schedule ...
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