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by Ridge Mahoney
[MY VIEW] By refusing to embrace the future, Sepp Blatter is ignoring his own past. Before he replaced Joao Havelange as FIFA President after the 1998 World Cup, Blatter initiated discussions of rule changes as general secretary, and ran right into the same kind of obstinance he is himself now ...
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by Soccer America
"We are all very clear that Fabio is under contract with the FA until the 2012 European Championship and nothing has changed in that respect. But it makes sense to go back to London and take stock of the situation and take a common sense decision rather than a knee-jerk ...
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by Soccer America
[USA] Should Bob Bradley's contract as U.S. national team coach be renewed for another four years through the 2014 World Cup?
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by Mike Woitalla
[BRAZIL-CHILE] Coach Dunga’s Brazil, which suffered a rare shutout in its last group game against Portugal, downed Chile, 3-0, as Robinho had his best game of the tournament. Next up, the Netherlands, which will have to shut down red-hot striker Luis Fabiano.
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by Soccer America
[TELEVISION WATCH] Sunday afternoon's broadcast of the Mexico-Argentina match was the most-watched program ever on Spanish-language television. Almost 9.4 million viewers watched the game on Univision.
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by Paul Kennedy
[FRANCE] Not surprisingly, Jean-Pierre Escalettes has quit as president of the French soccer federation in the aftermath of the French national team's blowup at the World Cup that was a national embarrassment. Escalettes' resignation comes only a month after he led France's successful bid to host Euro 2016.
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by Soccer America
[SCOREBOARD] The 2010 World Cup finished with an average of 2.27 goals a game, the second lowest in history. Spain's eight goals in seven games were the fewest of any team to win the World Cup. For all the World Cup results and leading scorers ...
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by Soccer America
[WORLD CUP VIEWING] Soccer America's list of soccer viewing establishments where you might be able to catch the World Cup games now numbers in the hundreds. Please be sure to check for opening times.
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by Soccer America
[WPS] The starting lineups for the Abby XI and Marta XI teams at Wednesday's WPS All-Star Game were selected Monday evening -- at a pick 'em event in downtown Atlanta. The All-Star Game takes place Wednesday at KSU Soccer Stadium in Kennesaw, Ga (TV: Fox Soccer Channel, 7:30 p.m. ET).
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