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by Soccer America
[UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE] First, Wayne Rooney and now Cesc Fabregas. Manchester and Arsenal both have had their stars hurt on the deciding plays of their UEFA Champions League games. Spanish star broke his fibula late in the Gunners' 2-2 draw with Barcelona.
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by Soccer America
"The tracksuit top might be a decent souvenir but I doubt if my reading glasses would be any good to someone else." -- Paul Mariner, coach of English club Plymouth (and former New England Revolution assistant coach) after forgetting his glasses were in the pocket of the warmup jacket he ...
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by Soccer America
[UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE] Russian Igor Akinfeev added to his reputation as the hottest goalkeeping prospect in Europe with an outstanding performance for CSKA Moscow in its 1-0 loss at Inter Milan in the first leg of its UEFA Champions League quarterfinal series.
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by Ridge Mahoney
[MLS] Real Salt Lake's quest to repeat as MLS champion takes it into the home of the last team to achieve that feat when it plays at Houston Thursday (9 p.m. ET, ESPN2).
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by Soccer America
[MLS] Pat Noonan has joined the Seattle Sounders, his fourth club in less than two years.
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by Soccer America
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Benny Feilhaber returned to action for Danish club AGF Aarhus, making his first appearance of the spring season in its 4-0 victory over Esbjerg on Wednesday. Meanwhile, fellow American Marcus Tracy will miss the rest of AGF's 2010 Superligaen season with knee problems.
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by Paul Kennedy
[U.S. WOMEN] In the first game it has ever played in snow, the U.S. women's national team defeated Mexico, 1-0, on Wednesday night in Sandy, Utah.
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by Soccer America
[CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE] In a competition that has struggled to win fan support, Wednesday's crowd of 45,000 for UNAM's 1-0 victory over Cruz Azul in the first leg of their CONCACAF Champions League semifinals ranks as the second largest crowd in its two-year history.
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by Soccer America
[DALLAS CUP] The U.S. under-19 national team exited the Dallas Cup XXXI's Super Group with a 1-0 loss to Eintracht Frankfurt. The two Dallas entrants, FC Dallas and the Texans, played the role of the spoiler, winning their first games of the tournament on Wednesday and knocking their opponents out ...
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by Soccer America
[WORLD CUP COUNTDOWN] Considering how poorly it has played in friendly matches over the last year, Coach Carlos Alberto Parreira's praise for South Africa's Bafana Bafana after its 1-1 tie with Paraguay in Asuncion on Wednesday was understandable.
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