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by Ridge Mahoney
[MLS] Sometimes lost in the debate of why the Western Conference has been superior to the Eastern Conference the past few seasons is that, as a group, the Western teams have a better, deeper pool of attacking players. That balance has shifted with the sidelining of Seattle winger Steve Zakuani ...
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by Ridge Mahoney
[MLS] Once the fate of RSL in the Concacaf Champions League Wednesday night is known, it and two other teams can get serious about proving which of them is tops in MLS. New York and Los Angeles laid strong claims last weekend by pounding out impressive wins.
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by Soccer America
"The same thing happened to Zakuani last night. A very gifted player with a compound fracture. So, what goes through my mind is a player taken down from behind and not a foul being called, and he's at the hospital right now seeing if it's a fracture." -- FC Dallas ...
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by Paul Kennedy
[MLS GOLEADORES] Landon Donovan's two goals in the Los Angeles Galaxy's 3-0 win over the Portland Timbers ended a scoring of 11-plus league matches and 1,002 minutes. Fredy Montero ended a scoring drought that covered his past 16 games and 1,290 minutes in all competitions for the Seattle Sounders when ...
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by Paul Kennedy
[MLS ATTENDANCE] Thanks in part to expansion teams Portland and Vancouver both drawing capacity crowds, MLS average attendance is up more than 1,300 fans a game over the final 2010 average, though several teams that date back to the launch of MLS in 1996 are struggling at the gate.
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by Soccer America
[SCOREBOARD] Chivas USA picked up its first win of the season and moved out of the Western Conference cellar with a 2-1 win over the San Jose Earthquakes. FC Dallas and New England also rallied to win on Saturday. For all the action ...
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by Soccer America
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Back in action after a long injury layoff, Chris Rolfe scored a golazo from distance for Danish club AaB Aalborg in its 3-3 tie at FC Nordsjaelland on Sunday. Herculez Gomez scored his fourth goal in the last five games to help Pachuca tie Queretaro, 1-1, on Saturday ...
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by Soccer America
[AMERICANS ABROAD] U.S. international Robbie Findley has made his debut for English League Championship club Nottingham Forest as a late substitute in its 3-2 win over Leicester City. For all the Americans in action abroad ...
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by Paul Kennedy
[WPS] In the 45 years since pro soccer was launched as a serious venture in the United States, perhaps no club has been as laughable as magicJack, the South Florida team propping up Women's Professional Soccer. It has no made no effort at p.r. and has no web site, yet ...
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by Soccer America
[SCOREBOARD] The Montreal Impact began it last home campaign before moving to MLS with a 0-0 tie with FC Tampa Bay before 12,060 fans in the NASL. Richmond improved to 4-0-0 in USL Pro with a 2-1 win over Charleston on Shaka Bangura's goal in the 90th minute. Orlando City ...
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by Soccer America
[DALLAS CUP] Led by its U.S. imports, Tigres of Mexico won the Under-17 title and shared the Super Group championship with Eintracht Frankfurt after a weather-shortened final at the Dr Pepper Dallas Cup. FC Dallas and Southern California clubs Fullerton Rangers and Nomads Academy won titles in the U-15 to ...
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