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by Ridge Mahoney
[INTERVIEW] In this final installment of an extensive interview with MLS Commissioner Don Garber, he talks about the relationship and rivalry between American teams and their counterparts in Mexico, the league's economic status, and experimentation with goal-line officials and possible impact of technology.
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by Soccer America
"He understands this is a serious matter. What happened was highly unpleasant for Mr. Harkness."-- Defense attorney Philip Tully on his client Joseph Rimmer, a Lonsdale player in an English District Sunday League who after being red-carded by referee David Harkness returned to the field driving his Range Rover and ...
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by Ridge Mahoney
[MLS] In a season of redemption for perhaps the league's champion of underachievement, the spotlight has shone on an array of international players, from Thierry Henry of France to Rafa Marquez of Mexico to Roy Miller of Costa Rica to Dane Richards of Jamaica to Juan Pablo Angel of Colombia. ...
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by Paul Kennedy
[WOMEN'S WORLD CUP QUALIFYING] The U.S. women's national team put aside uncertainty about the future of several Women's Professional Soccer teams to defeat Costa Rica, 4-0, to win Group A at Concacaf Women's World Cup qualifying tournament with its third straight shutout on Monday night in Cancun, Mexico.
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by Soccer America
U.S. international Alejandro Bedoya started in Orebro FF's 2-1 win over IFK Gothenburg on Monday. Orebro will finish third in Sweden's Allsvenskanliga, which concludes next weekend. The third-place finish has earned Orebro a place in next season's Europa League. For all the Monday action ...
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by Paul Kennedy
[CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE] MLS is assured of a team in the semifinals of the Concacaf Champions League for the first time as Real Salt Lake and the Columbus Crew were drawn to face each other in the quarterfinals, scheduled to be played Feb. 22-24 and March 1-3.
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by Paul Kennedy
[EUROPE TOP 10] Real Madrid, Chelsea and Barcelona remained 1-2-3 in Soccer America's ranking of European teams of the 2010-11 season. Before each UEFA Champions League matchday, Soccer America will update its Top 10 rankings based on domestic and European form.
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by Soccer America
[RANKINGS] Stanford, Portland, Maryland and North Carolina remain 1-2-3-4 in the next-to-last Soccer America Women's Top 25 rankings. Virginia moves up two spots to No. 5, while Notre Dame falls four places to No. 9. For the complete Top 25 rankings ...
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by Soccer America
[VIDEO PICK] "I don't think anyone thought I would shoot from there - that's why I shot it," said Edson Buddle after his long-range strike gave the Los Angeles Galaxy's a 1-0 win over Seattle in the first leg of their MLS quarterfinal clash.
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