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by Ridge Mahoney
[MLS POWER RANKINGS] The Union may not be dazzling anyone, but its fourth 1-0 win of the season -- one of which is also the Red Bulls' only loss -- pushed it atop the power rankings. Chivas USA took another jump by winning its second straight game, and San Jose ...
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by Paul Kennedy
[HOMEGROWN WATCH] The Vancouver Whitecaps' Nizar Khalfan is the only homegrown player to have played in every game his MLS team has played in, but he hardly fits the notion of a "homegrown" player.
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by Soccer America
"Actually if you ask me to name five of our team, I couldn't. There is that guy who scores goals for us -- (Adel) Taarabt. (Wayne) Routledge I've heard of. They're all bloody nice guys, but I don't mix with them so I don't know them well."-- Queens Park Rangers ...
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by Soccer America
[AMERICANS ABROAD] American defender Zak Whitbread started for Norwich City in its 1-0 win over Portsmouth that clinched promotion from the League Championship to the Premier League.
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by Soccer America
[TELEVISION WATCH] The midday airing of the first legs of the UEFA Champions League semifinal series between Real Madrid and Barcelona and Manchester United and Schalke 04 drew a combined audience of more than 1.5 million viewers on the Fox networks -- an increase of 93 percent over last year's ...
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by Soccer America
[U.S. UNDER-17 BOYS] The USA dropped two games to Mexico on its trip to Queretaro for a 10-day training camp to prepare for the 2011 Under-17 World Cup Mexico will host.
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by Soccer America
[U.S. UNDER-15 BOYS] Four players from the New York Red Bulls Academy and Emerson Hyndman, grandson of FC Dallas coach Schellas Hyndman, are among the 20 players Coach Jim Barlow is taking to Zagreb, Croatia, for a 10-day training camp that will include a pair of friendlies against Croatia on ...
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by Soccer America
[VIDEO PICK] Ronaldinho helped Flamengo go undefeated while lifting the Taca Rio, the second stage of the Rio state championship. In the deciding game against Vasco da Gama, the 2002 World Cup winner displayed a unique way of winning the ball -- with a between-the-leg steal.
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