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by Paul Kennedy
[WORLD CUP 2022] A week after the vote by the FIFA executive committee to give the 2022 World Cup to Qatar over the United States and three other bidders, Chuck Blazer, the lone American on the executive committee that selected the hosts of the 2018 and 2022 World Cups, finds ...
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by Soccer America
"What was said stays between us. Let’s say I did most of the talking and when at the end he held out his hand, I shook it firmly until he looked me properly in the eye. It’s what I wanted. For me it was great, I don’t know about him.”-- ...
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by Paul Kennedy
[WORLD CUP 2022] Like a U.S. presidential race, the race for the 2022 World Cup was a fascinating exercise in predicting the outcome -- without the polling. After Qatar's 14-8 victory in the final round of voting, the 2022 race had the added intrigue of trying to figure out who ...
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by Ridge Mahoney
[MLS] Soccer America's Ridge Mahoney completes our series on position-by-position rankings for the 2010 season continue as he rates the league's strikers ...
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by Ridge Mahoney
[MLS] Forward Luke Rodgers, currently playing for Notts County in England's League One (third division), has been approved for a work visa to play in MLS. The Red Bulls tried to get Rodgers in April, but the U.S. Department of State blocked attempts to get him a work visa, citing ...
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by Paul Kennedy
[MLS] Five players from Men's College Cup semifinalist North Carolina and California are among the 54 college senior invited to participate in the 2011 adidas MLS Player Combine Jan. 7-11 at Central Broward Regional Park in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.
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by Paul Kennedy
[U.S. UNDER-20 MEN] Joshua Gatt and Conor Doyle, who both made their professional debuts this fall in Europe, were among the nine new players called into the U.S. under-20 national team camp Coach Thomas Rongen will hold Dec. 12-19 in Sunrise, Fla.
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