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by Paul Kennedy
[USA 30] On the opening day of the USA's pre-World Cup training camp at Princeton University, as much attention was on who wasn't on the field as was who was there. Considering Oguchi Onyewu, scheduled to arrive from AC Milan on Tuesday, hasn't played a game in seven months, the ...
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by Soccer America
"In my travels around the world -- from the dirt fields of Lusaka, Zambia, to playgrounds in schools across America -- I've seen the transformative power soccer has to bring people together and transform lives on and off the field. I continue to be impressed with FIFA's work to promote ...
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by Ridge Mahoney
[MLS] Goalkeeper Kevin Hartman is the league's all-time shutout leader but had to sit on the sidelines for most of the preseason while Kansas City negotiated with another goalie and finally swung a trade with Dallas for Hartman's rights. The 35-year-old has taken the starting job from Dario Sala, and ...
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by Soccer America
[USA 30] U.S. national team coach Bob Bradley is usually adverse to discussing the conversations he has with his players, but in light of Charlie Davies' stinging criticism of Alexandre Lacombe, president of French club Sochaux, following his exclusion from the U.S. provisional squad, Bradley shared some advice he had ...
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by Soccer America
[USA 30] Sunday was the first day for U.S. national team candidates to get their physicals at the University of Pennsylvania Hospital. Watch and listen as the U.S. training staff members go through what they are looking for in terms of health and risk issues ...
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by Soccer America
[MAKING A LIST] Of the 22 players on the provisional U.S. World Cup team roster who played abroad in 2009-10, Jose Francisco Torres (Pachuca) led with 48 appearances in league and continental action. Tim Howard (Everton) and Clint Dempsey (Fulham) were the only other ones to play more than 40 ...
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by Soccer America
[AMERICANS ABROAD] U.S. national team defender Oguchi Onyewu has signed a one-year contract extension with Italian club AC Milan through the 2012-13 season during which he agreed to play without pay.
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by Paul Kennedy
[FRANCE] Mathieu Valbuena, who was a semi-pro player four years ago when France went to the World Cup final, was named to Coach Raymond Domenech squad of 24 players who are headed to pre-World Cup altitude training in Tignes, beginning Tuesday.
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by Soccer America
[MLS] Toronto FC's Zac Herold, who started for the USA at the 2009 Under-17 World Cup, has retired at the age of 17 after it was discovered he had a heart condition.
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