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by Paul Kennedy
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Landon Donovan is expected to play his last game for Everton this season at Birmingham City on Saturday, but he says that -- if possible -- he'd like to stay in England until April 15. And why not? Everton has six wins, one tie and only two losses ...
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by Soccer America
Landon Donovan is torn between staying at Everton, where his loan deal expires March 15, and returning to the Los Angeles, where he has signed a new four-year deal. What should be do?
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by Soccer America
"[They're] treating him like a youth-team player." -- Shaun Wright-Phillips' father, the former England international Ian Wright, is upset that Manchester City is offering Wright-Phillips a raise that would bring his pay up to only $105,000 a week. (The Guardian)
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by Paul Kennedy
[CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE] The Columbus Crew, the lone MLS team still alive in the Concacaf Champions League, faces a tall order when it begins its quarterfinal series at home against Mexico's Toluca Tuesday (TV: Fox Soccer Channel, live, 8 pm ET). Columbus will be without star Guillermo Barros Schelotto, who ...
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by Soccer America
[MLS] Kevin Hartman, whose status with the Kansas City Wizards was a prime example of the issues over which MLS players are fighting with the league, has joined FC Dallas. Although the Wizards chose not sign him for the 2010 season, they still held his rights and forced a 2012 ...
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by Paul Kennedy
[MLS] Colombians have become the import of choice in Major League Soccer. Roger Torres, 18, signed with Philadelphia Union on loan from America Cali of the Colombian First Division. His signing gives MLS 13 Colombians, most signed in the last two years, spread over 10 teams.
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by Paul Kennedy
[U.S. WOMEN] Kristine Lilly, the most capped player in the history of international soccer (men or women) with 342 games played, has been called up for the U.S. women's national team for the first time in 16 months. She is one of 24 players Pia Sundhage called in to attend ...
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by Mike Woitalla
[OFF THE POST] Arsenal's Russian playmaker Andrey Arshavin finds time to answer fans' questions at his web site every few days, offering his views on subjects from women's soccer to smoking, while giving weight-loss and tourism advice, and revealing a bit about his off-field life – including where he's been ...
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by Soccer America
[TV GUIDE] All four UEFA Champions League midweek games -- the second legs of round-of-16 series -- will be available live on television. Coverage includes the first live Champions League game -- Wednesday's Real Madrid-Lyon -- on the new Fox Soccer Plus. For the midweek schedule ...
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