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by Mike Woitalla
[SOCCER AMERICA Q&A] In an interview conducted last year, Juergen Klinsmann shared his opinions on how the world's game has evolved, the fondest memories of his playing career, and who his biggest influences were.
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"Our emigrants to America have seldom disappointed. One success story follows the next -- we need only think of Albert Einstein, the other Swabian. Henry Kissinger speaks for himself, and Wernher von Braun shot the Americans to the moon. And now Klinsmann."-- Oskar Beck of German newspaper Die Welt on ...
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by Mike Woitalla
[VIDEO PICK] New U.S. coach Juergen Klinsmann played against the USA three times and scored twice against the Americans, including a strike at the 1998 World Cup.
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by Paul Kennedy
[WORLD CUP 2014 DRAW] The USA was placed in a semifinal group with Jamaica and the winners of two second-round groups that will play this fall in qualifying for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. Concacaf will send its top three teams to Brazil, and the fourth-place team in the ...
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by Soccer America
[WORLD CUP 2014 DRAW] Defending champion Spain was drawn in a group with France for qualifying for the 2014 World Cup. Saturday's draw in Rio de Janeiro also produced a politically charged group with Croatia, Serbia, Macedonia, as well as Belgium, Scotland and Wales. For the Europe, Africa, Asia and ...
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[SCOREBOARD] Landon Donovan scored twice and set up midfielder Sean Franklin for another goal as the visiting Los Angeles Galaxy crushed the expansion Vancouver Whitecaps, 4-0, before a sellout crowd of 27,500 and extended its unbeaten streak to 14 games. The Columbus Crew took over the lead in the Eastern ...
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[SCOREBOARD] The New York Red Bulls earned a 1-1 tie with Arsenal before more than 60,000 fans in London and won the Emirates Cup in London, the first major European summer tournament in which an MLS team has participated. The Kitsap Pumas won the PDL's Western Conference after beating the ...
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[AMERICANS ABROAD] Defender Brad Rusin scored for Denmark's Koge from close-range after dribbling from just inside his own half. Matt Taylor hit a hat trick in the German Cup, and two Americans scored in Mexico. For video of Rusin's strike and more on Americans abroad ...
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by Paul Kennedy
[U.S. YOUTH SOCCER] The Baltimore Bays Chelsea won their record ninth U.S. Youth Soccer boys title when they beat the Chicago Fire Juniors, 2-0, to claim the 76th McGuire Cup championship at the 2011 National Championships in Phoenix.
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by Paul Kennedy
[U.S. YOUTH SOCCER] Three times in Sting fell behind Hurricane FC and three times it came back and eventually won, 4-3, in overtime to claim the under-16 girls title at the U.S. Youth Soccer National Championships in Phoenix. Sting's U-14s also won to give the Dallas club its 10th and ...
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[GENERATION ADIDAS CUP] After winning the Development Academy's Under-15/16 Championship at Finals Week, the Los Angeles won its second title in July when it beat FC Dallas, 2-0, to win the Generation adidas Cup for MLS under-17 academy teams.
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by Paul Kennedy
[W-LEAGUE] The Atlanta Silverbacks won their first W-League title with a 6-1 win over the Ottawa Fury in Sunday's final at Starfire Stadium in Tukwila, Wash.
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by Paul Kennedy
[WPSL] Tanya Taylor's goal in the 101st minute gave the Orange County Waves a 2-1 win over the Chicago Red Stars for the 2011 Women's Premier Soccer League title on Sunday at the Village of Lisle-Benedictine University Sports Complex in Illinois.
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