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by Paul Kennedy
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Few Americans have ever had as influential 180 seconds in Mexican soccer as 20-year-old Joe Benny Corona did midway through the first half of Tijuana's deciding promotion playoff game with Irapuato. The former San Diego State winger scored one goal and set up another to lead the Xoloitzcuintles ...
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by Soccer America
"This time I'm going to step on the accelerator and step on the head of whoever it might be. Everyone, even his grandchildren, will have to submit to the analyses my lawyers are going to ask for. I don't have anything to hide. I'm going to be the first to ...
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by Soccer America
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Alejandro Bedoya continued his torrid pace in Sweden with a goal -- his fourth of the season -- and two assists in Orebro's 3-1 win over GAIS, and Eugene Starikov also scored in Tom Tomsk's 2-1 win over Zenit St. Petersburg in Russia. For all the Americans in ...
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by Ridge Mahoney
[MLS SPOTLIGHT] If the players, coaches and fans of Sporting Kansas City thought nothing could be worse than starting the season with an unprecedented 10 straight road games, they should have known better. A 1-0 loss to Seattle in stoppage time Saturday night at Qwest Field repeated the scenario of ...
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by Ridge Mahoney
[MLS SPOTLIGHT] Injuries that have sidelined two of the best attackers in MLS have affected the game beyond the scope of league competition, as evidenced by the 0-0 tie played by FC Dallas and Real Salt Lake Sunday night. A weather delay of nearly two hours, called in the 83rd ...
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by Ridge Mahoney>, <Author: Mike Woitalla
[MLS GOLEADORES] He's scored many memorable goals in his MLS career, including a sudden-death shot in MLS Cup 2002 that won the league title for the Galaxy, yet with his strike against Chicago on Saturday Carlos Ruiz may have topped himself. For video of Ruiz's strike and the latest on ...
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by Soccer America
[SCOREBOARD] Both Sunday games -- Colorado-Toronto FC and FC Dallas-Real Salt Lake -- ended in 0-0 ties. Philadelphia took over first place in the Eastern Conference with a 2-1 win over Chicago on Saturday, while Los Angeles opened up a six-point lead in the Western Conference with a 1-0 victory ...
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by Soccer America
[GOLD CUP COUNTDOWN] After much ado about playing for Honduras, 2010 MLS Rookie of the Year Andy Najar won't be accompanying the Catrachos to the Gold Cup.
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by Soccer America
[WPS] Women's Professional Soccer is not dead. The Western New York Flash drew 8,076 fans at Sahlen Stadium for the return of Abby Wambach to Rochester for its 3-0 win over magicJack. The battle of unbeaten teams drew the largest crowd for a stand-alone WPS game since WPS's opening game ...
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by Soccer America
[SCOREBOARD] Etienne Barbara scored his 10th and 11th goals of the season, extending his streak of scoring goals in eight consecutive games, to lead the first-place Carolina RailHawks to a 3-0 win over the Puerto Rico Islanders in the NASL. Orlando City took over first place in USL PRO's Eastern ...
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by Soccer America
[EUROPEAN RACES] Lille completed the French double when it won its first league title in 57 years with a 2-2 tie with Paris St. Germain on the next-to-last day of the Ligue 1 season. Blackpool and Birmingham were the unlucky teams to join West Ham United as the teams relegated ...
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by Soccer America
[VIDEO PICK] A free kick just outside the penalty area apparently wasn't enough of a scoring opportunity for Arkansas' Bryant High School Hornets, who faked a collision of teammates to catch Conway High's defenders off guard.
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