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by Soccer America
"I'm under no pressure. I'm going to wait and be patient and do a thorough search for strategic partners who can help with the success of the franchise." -- D.C. United owner Will Chang, who has hired sports investment firm Inner Circle Sports to search for local or strategic partners ...
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by Paul Kennedy
[WORLD CUP COUNTDOWN] The United States will be based in Irene, located between Johannesburg and Pretoria, during the 2010 World Cup. It has finalized plans to stay at the Irene Country Lodge and train at Pilditch Stadium in Pretoria, where it trained during last year's Confederations Cup.
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by Soccer America
[WORLD CUP COUNTDOWN] Despite winning only two of six games and falling, 4-0, to archrival Egypt at the Africa Cup of Nations, Algeria returned on Sunday to Algiers, where the Desert Foxes received a warm welcome.
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by Paul Kennedy
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Former UCLA star Kamani Hill was the last of 13 U.S. internationals to move during the January transfer window when he was loaned from Portuguese First Division club Vitoria Guimaraes, for which he did not make a first-team appearance, to Second Division Aves. For all the 31 Americans ...
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by Paul Kennedy
[TRANSFER WATCH] The January transfer market closed with a whimper, not a bang, on Monday, reflecting the unwillingness of big European clubs, many of them with heavy debts, to spend in mid-season. In England, spending was limited to $50 million, down from $231 million in 2009 and a record low ...
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by Ridge Mahoney
[NASL] A brand-new soccer team will feature a very familiar face when it begins play this spring. AC St. Louis of the recently formed North American Soccer League has signed former U.S. midfielder Steve Ralston, the all-time MLS leader in games, minutes played, and assists. Ralston, who was born in ...
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by Ridge Mahoney
[MLS] Finnish trialist Toni Kolehmainen scored the winning goal Monday to give the New York Red Bulls a 2-1 win over Stromsgodset of Norway in the final game of its three-match visit to La Manga, Spain. New York finished the Spanish leg of its preseason with two wins and a ...
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by Ridge Mahoney
[MLS] Did Kansas City's signing of forward Kei Kamara cut down the possibility that former Crew striker Stern John will return to MLS?
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by Soccer America
[MLS] Chivas USA has acquired 23-year-old El Salvador national team midfielder Osael Romero on loan from Salvadoran club from Vista Hermosa in El Salvador.
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by Soccer America
[MLS] Jaime Moreno, the league's all-time leading scorer, has re-signed with D.C. United. The Bolivian, who turned 36 in January, arrived in MLS during the middle of the inaugural 1996 season and that season lifted the first of his four league titles with D.C. United.
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