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by Ridge Mahoney
[MLS] The classy and the calamitous punctuated eight MLS games Saturday. They produced a few ugly goals as well as several of the spectacular variety, and memorable nights for rookies.
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by Soccer America
"Listen, it is the only way when my whole country is in mourning. There is only one way to pay respect to all these people I know, these people who are my friends, and that is to not be on the sideline. I know it is my job to coach ...
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by Ridge Mahoney
[MLS] Narrowing down the three most outstanding performances on a full Saturday night schedule of eight games was made somewhat easier with a pair of hat tricks, by Philadelphia's Sebastien Le Toux and New England's Zack Schilawski and two more sharp finishes by Galaxy striker Edson Buddle, who has already ...
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by Soccer America
[MLS NUMBERS] North Carolina product Zack Schilawski, who played his college ball at Wake Forest, became only the third player in MLS history to hit a hat trick during his rookie season when he helped New England down Toronto FC, 4-1, on Saturday. One of the other rookie hat trick ...
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by Soccer America
[MLS PLAYER SPOTLIGHT] Mexican forward Luis Angel Landin, the Houston Dynamo’s first Designated Player, finally got his first start of the season – but it didn’t go so well.
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by Soccer America
[SCOREBOARD] The Los Angeles Galaxy became only the second MLS team to open a season with three straight shutout victories when it won, 2-0, at Houston. The only other unbeaten and untied team is Kansas City, a 1-0 winner over Colorado. For all the summaries and highlights on MLS's first ...
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by Soccer America
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Steve Cherundolo and Michael Bradley were both on the winning side in big German Bundesliga wins. Cherundolo's relegation-threatened Hannover defeated title challenger Schalke 04, 4-2, while Bradley had an assist in Borussia Moenchengladbach's 2-0 win over Eintracht Frankfurt. Here's how U.S. national team players did in weekend action ...
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by Soccer America
[USSF D-2 PRO LEAGUE] AC St. Louis' debut got off to an inauspicious start when it couldn't produce a picture ID for Manuel Kante and it played the first 31 minutes of its game at Carolina with 10 men until Kante returned from the team hotel with it. By that ...
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by Paul Kennedy
[WPS] Goals were scarce on the opening weekend of Women's Professional Soccer as the four games produced only six goals for an average of 1.5 goals a game. Expansion Philadelphia drew more than 6,000 fans for its game against Atlanta, but crowds were down 27 percent for the three returning ...
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by Soccer America
[SPAIN] Of all Barcelona's accomplishments under second-year coach Pep Guardiola, this might be the most rewarding: it has played Real Madrid four times and won all four games. For the second year in a row, Barca completed a sweep with a 2-0 win at the Santiago Bernabeu on Saturday to ...
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by Soccer America
[ENGLAND] Bankrupt Portsmouth cannot afford to pay its players the bonuses it promised them for winning, but that didn't stop it from beating Tottenham, 2-0, in overtime in Sunday's semifinals of the FA Cup. The win, which came a day after it was relegated from the Premier League, sends Pompey ...
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by Soccer America
[EUROPEAN RACES] Chelsea, Marseille, Bayern Munich and Barcelona gained in their bids to capture their respective league race, while Roma displaced Inter Milan at the top of Italy's Serie A for the first time in more than six months ...
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