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by Ridge Mahoney
[USA CONFIDENTIAL] Defender and captain Carlos Bocanegra says he expects his team will eliminate the defensive lapses that yielded a 2-1 loss to Panama in the group phase when the Americans take on the Central American nation again in the Gold Cup semifinals.
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by Soccer America
"I don't know what happened — maybe he thought I was one of the fans."-- FC Zenit striker Danko Lazovic on being tasered by riot police after a Russian Premier League game against FC Volga. Lazovic, the league's leading scorer, was hurling his shirt into the stands when he got ...
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by Soccer America
[UNDER-17 WORLD CUP] So much for the enterprising, crisp play that marked Sunday's 3-0 win over the Czech Republic. Wilmer Cabrera's U-17s -- the same starting XI that disposed of the Czechs -- were shadows of themselves, falling to Uzbekistan, 2-1, in their Group D game in Torreon, Mexico. Here ...
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by Soccer America
[MLS] D.C. United has reached an agreement by which midfielder Fred will join Australian club Melbourne Heart on a free transfer in July.
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by Soccer America
[MLS] The White House and Colorado Rapids have announced that President Barack Obama will welcome the 2010 MLS champions next Monday. The team will travel to Washington, D.C., after playing the Crew in Columbus on Sunday.
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by Mike Woitalla
[MLS ATTENDANCE] The smallest crowd of the season appeared for New England's midweek game. But Toronto FC's fans continue their remarkable support for the perennial struggler. For MLS attendance rankings ...
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by Soccer America
[SCOREBOARD] Sporting Kansas City goes for its third win in a row, which would get it out of the basement in the overall MLS standings, when it travels to the Philadelphia Union on Wednesday. The Chicago Fire, unbeaten in five games since Frank Klopas took over as interim coach, hosts ...
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by Paul Kennedy
[HOMEGROWN WATCH] Richard Sanchez, FC Dallas' most recent homegrown signing from its academy program, is certainly in the hot seat at the Under-17 World Cup in Mexico. He is the starting goalie for the hosts, who have opened with two wins in two games.
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by Soccer America
[SCOREBOARD] Three derbies are on tap for the third round of the U.S. Open Cup after FC New York, the Los Angeles Blues and Kitsap Pumas won second-round games. Kitsap, which will face the Seattle Sounders in the third round, was the only non-USL PRO team to win on Tuesday ...
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by Soccer America
[U.S. YOUTH SOCCER] Brentwood Premier is one win away from beginning the first Tennessee team to reach the U.S. Youth Soccer National Championships in almost 20 years. It moved into the under-17 girls final against NASA Elite of Georgia at the Region III championships in Murfreesboro, Tenn. For the Region ...
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by Soccer America
[DEVELOPMENT ACADEMY] CASL Chelsea (U-17/18) and Charlotte Soccer Academy (U-15/16) are the top seeds in their age groups in the 2010-11 Development Academy playoffs, which will be played June 24-28 at Pizza Hut Park in Frisco, Texas.
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