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by Paul Kennedy
[ENGLAND] In an interview that aired Sunday morning on BBC Radio show Sportsweek only hours before Aston Villa went out and got crushed, 6-0, by Newcastle in the Magpies' first game at St. James' Park since they return to the Premier League, U.S. national team coach Bob Bradley said he ...
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by Ridge Mahoney
[MLS] The seven weekend games produced 25 goals. Several were golazos, sure Goal of the Year candidates, but others were gifts. Kansas City, Houston and San Jose posted victories vital to their playoff aspirations, and Toronto FC lost at home for the first time this season during Week 20 in ...
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by Soccer America
"I don't think I would say it the same way ..." -- Bob Bradley, asked by interviewer Jonathan Overend on BBC Radio's Sportsweek if men's soccer was catching up to women's soccer in the United States after Overend noted that the men's game "lagging behind." (BBC)
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by Paul Kennedy
[SPAIN] There is nothing wrong with Lionel Messi's scoring touch. The Argentine star, scoreless in five games at the World Cup, scored a hat trick to lead Barcelona to a 4-0 win over Sevilla and help it claim its first trophy of the season, the Spanish Super Cup. Watch for ...
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by Soccer America
Americans Sacha Kljestan and Sammy Ochoa scored in wins for Belgium's Anderlecht and Mexico's Tecos Estudiantes. In England, Clint Dempsey started in Fulham's 2-2 tie with Manchester United. In WPS, FC Gold Pride clinched the regular-season title and home-field advantage in the final with a 3-2 win over Chicago. In ...
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by Paul Kennedy
[GERMANY] Germany national team defender Jerome Boateng will miss next month's Euro 2012 qualifiers against Belgium and Azerbaijan after his knee injury suffered on the friendly against Denmark was aggravated on the flight home when a stewardess ran her drink cart into his knee by accident.
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by Paul Kennedy
[ARGENTINA] It's perhaps a little late for the liking of Argentine fans, but defender Javier Zanetti and midfielder Esteban Cambiasso of Inter Milan are back on the Argentina national team, called up for the Sept. 7 friendly against World Cup champion Spain in Buenos Aires.
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by Soccer America
[COLLEGE] No. 3 Portland and No. 4 Notre Dame both won twice. No. 5 UCLA's Sydney Leroux was the big scorer with four goals for the Bruins in their 7-0 win over Cal Poly. For all the weekend results and goalscorers ...
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