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by Paul Kennedy
[WORLD CUP COUNTDOWN] With his playing time at AC Milan shrinking, David Beckham admitted that he is not banking on making England's World Cup squad.
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by Soccer America
"I'm already kicking a ball, I'm nearly ready. I still want to play, really. I am happy to be alive and to have recovered and that very soon we'll be back on the field." -- Paraguayan star Salvador Cabanas, speaking publicly for the first time since he was shot in ...
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by Soccer America
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Barring a last-minute change in plans, Landon Donovan was scheduled to fly home on Sunday after the conclusion of his 10-week loan at English club Everton, which ended in anti-climatic fashion. For the third straight game, he came off the bench, playing the last 23 minutes in the ...
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by Soccer America
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Eleven Americans, most likely selections for the U.S. World Cup team, were in action abroad on Saturday but only Marcus Hahnemann (Wolves) and Steve Cherundolo (Hannover) were winners. Hahnemann went the entire way in Wolves' 2-1 win at Burnley, while Hannover won its second straight game since the ...
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by Soccer America
[CAROLINA CHALLENGE CUP] Jaime Moreno, MLS's all-time leading goal scorer, scored twice in the last quarter of an hour to give D.C. United a 2-1 win over defending MLS champion Real Salt Lake in the opening game of the Carolina Challenge Cup. The host Charleston Battery of the third division ...
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by Soccer America
[MAKING A LIST] The signings of Costa Rican internationals Michael Umana (Chivas USA) and Alvaro Saborio (Real Salt Lake) and Liberian Collins John (Chicago) bring to 25 the number of foreigners MLS teams have signed from clubs abroad for the 2010 season. Of the 25, 15 hail from Latin America, ...
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by Soccer America
[CONCACAF WOMEN'S UNDER-17 CHAMPIONSHIP] The USA clinched a berth in the semifinals of the CONCACAF U-17 Women's Championship when it crushed the Cayman Islands, 13-0, on Friday.
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by Soccer America
[WORLD CUP COUNTDOWN] Guus Hiddink won't being coaching Ivory Coast at the World Cup. The Dutchman, who has coached the Netherlands (1998 semifinals), South Korea (2002 semifinals) and Australia (2006 second round) at the last three World Cups, says he'll finish up his contract with Russia in June, then take ...
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by Soccer America
[WPS] Women’s Professional Soccer has signed financial services company Citi as its second founding partner. Citi joins Puma, a founding partner during the WPS inaugural season.
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