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by Mike Woitalla
[WOMEN'S WORLD CUP SPOTLIGHT] At its last two major tournaments, the USA failed to open with a win. On Tuesday, against a very young North Korean team, the Americans were once again slow out of the gate. But this time one attacker's persistence and a rare goal by a defender ...
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by Soccer America
"We see, with great happiness, that the younger girls, for their birthdays or for Christmas in Mexico, ask for soccer shoes or soccer uniforms."-- Leo Cuellar, coach of Mexico's Women's World Cup team, which opened with a 1-1 tie with England. (ESPNW)
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by Mike Woitalla
[USA-NORTH KOREA REPORT CARD] Rachel Buehler scored a rare goal and patrolled the central defense with composure as the USA won its World Cup opener, 2-0. Soccer America's Mike Woitalla grades the U.S. players ...
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by Soccer America
[SCOREBOARD] Jessica Landstrom's goal in the second half gave Sweden a 1-0 win over Colombia, which was making its Women's World Cup debut. For the complete schedule ...
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by Paul Kennedy
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Oguchi Onyewu, who didn't play for the USA at the 2011 Gold Cup, signed a three-year contract with Portuguese club Sporting on a free transfer from AC Milan.
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by Soccer America
[U.S. OPEN CUP] The Columbus Crew fell to the Richmond Kickers of the USL PRO, 2-1, in the third round of the U.S. Open Cup. The Seattle Sounders began their pursuit of a third straight Open Cup with a 2-1 win over the PDL's Kitsap Pumas. All other MLS clubs ...
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by Mike Woitalla
[MLS ATTENDANCE] Three teams hosted two games in Week 15 and drew impressive crowds even for the midweek matches. One of them, Seattle set another record. For MLS attendance rankings ...
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by Soccer America
[TELEVISION WATCH] Fox Soccer's broadcast of Saturday's Gold Cup final between the USA and Mexico drew 954,000 viewers, the largest audience in its history by a wide margin.
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by Soccer America
Jan van Beveren, one of the great Dutch goalkeepers of all-time and one of the best goalies to move from abroad to play in the old NASL, died Sunday at his home in Houston, where he had settled and coached youth soccer.
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by Soccer America
[WEEKLY HONORS] Midfielder Andrew Welker, who scored in both of the Harrisburg City Islanders' games at the Los Angeles Blues (2-1 win and 1-1 tie), was named the USL PRO Player of the Week for Week. The Carolina RailHawks' Nick Zimmerman was selected as the NASL Offensive Player of the ...
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by Soccer America
[DEVELOPMENT ACADEMY] Six teams -- including first-year MLS clubs RSL AZ and Seattle Sounders -- qualified for Finals Week for the first time in the U.S. Soccer Development Academy's under-15/16 age group, which will be played July 9-16 at three venues in Milwaukee.
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by Soccer America
[U.S. YOUTH SOCCER] The defending champion Grand Rapids Crew Juniors (U-17) and Sockers FC (U-14) moved into the boys finals at the U.S. Youth Soccer Region II Championships being played in Wisconsin. The three defending regional champions in the girls divisions all lost. For all the semifinal results ...
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