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by Paul Kennedy
[WOMEN'S WORLD CUP SPOTLIGHT] Japan will be the sentimental favorite when it faces the USA Sunday in the Women's World Cup final in Frankfurt (TV: ESPN, ESPN3.com, Galavision, live, 2 p.m. ET), but history favors the USA, which has never lost to Japan in 25 meetings. Here are three reasons ...
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by Soccer America
"I have my good and bad days, but when it's tough I just push through it. I'm still going through the process. My numbers are still the same, but I'm feeling so much better." -- U.S. women's national team captain Christie Rampone, who has been suffering from Lyme disease, a ...
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by Soccer America
[VIDEO PICK] In a tournament filled with marvelous goals, Marie Hammarstrom's golazo for Sweden against France stands out as the best of the lot. She picked up a loose ball at the top of the penalty area, lifted the ball past one defender, pushed the ball to her left to ...
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by Soccer America
[SCOREBOARD] The Seattle Sounders twice rallied from one goal down to beat the Colorado Rapids, 4-3, on Saturday afternoon. But the rest of the day's action was dreadful. Indeed, there were as many red cards as goals (three) in the five games. For all the weekend action ...
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by Soccer America
[SCOREBOARD] This year's matchup between the Los Angeles Galaxy and Real Madrid was no contest. The Merengues scored four unanswered goals before Adam Cristman's goal made the final score 4-1 before before 56,211 fans at the Los Angeles Coliseum on Saturday evening. In USP PRO, Orlando City won the battle ...
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by Soccer America
[SCOREBOARD] Uruguay eliminated host Argentina from the 2011 Copa America with a 5-4 shootout win after their game ended 1-1. Carlos Tevez was the only player to miss his penalty kick. Carlos Augusto Lobaton and Juan Manuel Vargas scored in overtime to give Peru a 2-0 win over Colombia and ...
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by Paul Kennedy
[DEVELOPMENT ACADEMY] For the second year in a row, an MLS academy team won the Development Academy under-15/16 title. After the Chicago Fire in 2010, the Galaxy scored three unanswered goals after PA Classics tied the game in the 49th minute and prevailed 4-1 in Saturday's championship to conclude Finals ...
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