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by Ridge Mahoney
[MLS SPOTLIGHT] Attractive play, like beauty, is in the mind of the beholder, but there’s not much room for argument that of the two conferences, there have been more and brighter stars out West for the past few seasons.
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by Soccer America
"His shoe was still on. His ankle was somewhere else."-- Real Salt Lake's Kyle Beckerman on the injury suffered by teammate Javier Morales from a foul by Chivas USA's Marcos Mondaini. Morales suffered a broken left tibia and fibula, dislocated ankle and some ligament damage, and is scheduled for surgery ...
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by Ridge Mahoney
[MLS SPOTLIGHT] Thierry Henry and Landon Donovan each scored a goal and jawed at each other on a few occasions; their confrontations and those of their attacking teammates formed one of the many intriguing subplots as the Galaxy and Red Bulls tied, 1-1 at Home Depot Center Saturday.
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by Paul Kennedy
[TELEVISION WATCH] MLS should question the priorities of its television partner, ESPN, in light of Saturday night's halftime segment, "Greatest highlights of the month," at intermission of ESPN2's broadcast of the Los Angeles-New York game. What should have highlighted the best of the previous month led with clip after clip ...
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by Mike Woitalla
[MLS GOLEADORES] D.C. United's Charlie Davies increased his lead among MLS's top scorers with his sixth goal of the season -- one of only 15 goals in Week 8's 10 games.
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by Soccer America
[SCOREBOARD] Week 8 produced three 0-0 ties, as many as the first seven weeks combined. For all the action ...
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by Soccer America
[MLS] Dominican Republic native Birnis Adames, who started playing soccer only four years ago, won the Sueno MLS 2011, the league's talent contest, and will receive an invitation to join one of Philadelphia Union's academy teams.
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by Soccer America
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Freddy Adu had a goal -- on a header no less -- and an assist in Rizespor's 3-1 win over Tavsanli Linyitspor that moved it make into contention for a place in the promotion playoffs of Turkey's second division. Alejandro Bedoya had his third goal for of the ...
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by Soccer America
[SCOREBOARD] Brazilian star Marta had a goal and two assists to lead the Western New York Flash to a 3-1 win over Sky Blue FC, while magicJack won its third game in a row in WPS play with a 2-0 win over the Atlanta Beat. The Richmond Kickers won their ...
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by Soccer America
[EUROPEAN RACES] AC Milan clinched its 18th Italian league title -- but first in seven seasons -- despite tying, 0-0, at Roma. UEFA Champions League finalists Manchester United (2-1 over second-place Chelsea) and Barcelona (2-0 over city rival Espanyol) all but clinched league championships. For a look at the European ...
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