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by Ridge Mahoney
[MLS] With several teams adding significant players during the domestic transfer window, the standings could look much different in late September than they are in late July. Not likely, though, is the collapse of Los Angeles, Columbus or Real Salt Lake. They are the top three teams in points and ...
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by Paul Kennedy
[CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE] Not for the first time an MLS club has lost to a presumably inferior foe in the Concacaf Champions League. But this was most humiliating defeat of them all. The league-leading Los Angeles Galaxy -- with U.S. World Cup stars Landon Donovan and Edson Buddle playing the ...
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by Soccer America
"It's a pretty big deal to have the MLS All-Star Game in Houston. Particularly with an opponent like Manchester United."-- Lindsey Brown, of the Greater Houston Convention and Visitors Bureau, which expects 10,000 to 15,000 out-of-town visitors -- "Which we translate into $10 or $15 million" -- for Wednesday's MLS ...
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by Soccer America
American-born Miguel Ponce played the entire game for Mexican club Guadalajara in its 1-1 tie with Universidad de Chile in the first leg of their Libertadores Cup semifinal series. For all Tuesday's results in the Concacaf Champions League, D-2 Pro League and Americans Abroad ...
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by Ridge Mahoney
[MLS] Both Manchester United and the MLS All-Star team will be at less than full strength for the league's midseason showcase Wednesday (TV: ESPN2, Galavision, live, 8:30 p.m. ET).
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by Paul Kennedy
[UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE] American Sacha Kljestan needed just seven minutes to score his first goal for Belgian champion Anderlecht in its 3-1 win over Welsh club FC The New Saints in their UEFA Champions League third-round qualifying match.
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by Paul Kennedy>, <Author: Ridge Mahoney
[ARGENTINA] The 21-month tenure of Diego Maradona as Argentina national team coach is over. Now comes the task of finding a replacement. Like Brazil, whose first choices were unavailable when it came time to replace World Cup coach Dunga, Argentina's most popular coach won't likely get the job because of ...
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by Paul Kennedy
[PORTRAIT] South Korea has been one of the surprises at the Under-20 Women's World Cup in Germany with one of the tournament's most exciting teams led by Ji So Yun, dubbed "Ji Messi," for her resemblance to Lionel Messi.
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by Soccer America
[OFF THE POST/VIDEO] Halldor Orri and his teammates on Icelandic club Stjarnan might be spending as much time choreographing goal celebrations as they are working on their soccer skills.
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