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by Ridge Mahoney
[CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE] Of all the agonizing disappointments Major League Soccer teams have suffered against their Mexican counterparts, the results of Wednesday’s Concacaf Champions League encounters may be the most bitter.
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by Soccer America
"When I look back on the full two hours of that game, which of course I have, there is not much I would change. One of the things I would change is the color of the card for de Jong’s tackle. Having seen it again from my armchair several times ...
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by Soccer America
Clint Dempsey scored his first goal of the season for Fulham, putting away the final goal after coming on after halftime of the Cottagers' 6-0 win over Port Vale in the English League Cup. For all the Wednesday action ...
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by Paul Kennedy
[MLS] Bryan de la Fuente, an 18-year-old midfielder, became the latest player from Chivas USA's youth system to move to the senior team when the MLS club announced that he was signed as a homegrown player.
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by Paul Kennedy
[U.S. UNDER-20 MEN] Indicative of the growing number of young American players who have turned pro, U.S. under-20 national team coach Thomas Rongen is taking a team comprised entirely of professional players -- including a half a dozen new faces -- to a four-team international tournament Sept. 1-13 in Arequipa, ...
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by Paul Kennedy
[UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE] Tottenham will be one of six teams playing in the group stage of the UEFA Champions League for the first time after it beat Young Boys of Switzerland, 4-0, and completed a comeback from 3-0 down in the first leg to qualify 6-3 on aggregate.
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by Soccer America
[MAKING A LIST] England is the only country with four clubs entered in the group stage of the UEFA Champions League whose draw will be held on Thursday. The elimination of Sevilla and Sampdoria left Spain and Italy, respectively, with only three entrants. France and Germany also qualified three teams. ...
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by Paul Kennedy
[JAPAN] The problems the Japan Football Association has had finding a national team coach are similar to the difficulies U.S. Soccer might have if Bob Bradley doesn't return ...
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by Soccer America
[RANKINGS] Akron is No. 1 and ACC teams North Carolina, Virginia and Maryland follow at 2-3-4 in the Soccer America Men's Preseason Top 25 rankings, as selected by its editors.
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