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by Ridge Mahoney
[WHAT TO WATCH: USA-ARGENTINA] Three years after battling Argentina to a 0-0 tie in the Meadowlands, the USA plays a different Argentina at a different Meadowlands facility. As of Thursday, nearly 60,000 tickets had been sold for the match Saturday (7 p.m. ET, ESPN2, Univision) at the New Meadowlands Stadium. ...
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by Soccer America
"I don't think it's asking too much. It's not too overwhelming for him."-- Los Angeles Galaxy coach Bruce Arena on giving David Beckham the captain's band because Landon Donovan is on national team duty this weekend. (ESPN.com)
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by Paul Kennedy
[THE SIXER] Germans born to American GIs and German mothers and raised in German soccer have been part of the U.S. national team for the last 20 years. The arrival of David Yelldell and Timothy Chandler , called up for the Argentina and Paraguay friendlies, raises the number of German-Americans ...
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by Mike Woitalla
[USA-ARGENTINA HISTORY] The USA goes into Saturday's friendly having played Argentina nine times -- a series that started with the Americans being outscored 23-3 in the first three encounters but includes three of the best U.S. performances in its national team history.
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by Soccer America
[SCOREBOARD] The defending champion Colorado Rapids, Real Salt Lake and Philadelphia Union were victorious on Saturday to become the first teams to win two games. RSL got two goals from Javier Morales in its 4-1 win over the Los Angeles Galaxy before a record crowd of 20,507 at Rio Tinto ...
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by Paul Kennedy
[GOLD CUP 2011 COUNTDOWN] Eleven of the 12 Gold Cup finalists -- every team except Guadeloupe -- will play at least one friendly during FIFA's double fixture dates. Panama, which the USA will face at the Gold Cup, will host Bolivia on Friday and then travel to Cuba on Tuesday. ...
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