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by Ridge Mahoney
[USA CONFIDENTIAL] Among the many intriguing aspects of the 22-man squad named by Coach Juergen Klinsmann is a notable component of left-sided players, including veteran DaMarcus Beasley and once-capped Edgar Castillo. ... Remember those halcyon days when the U.S. national team seemed to have a continuous conveyor belt of left-sided ...
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by Paul Kennedy
[USA-MEXICO] You really couldn't ask for a more diverse group of assistants for Juergen Klinsmann for his first game in charge of the U.S. national team -- two U.S. National Hall of Famers, two men who worked with him in Germany and a goalie coach better known for his work ...
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by Soccer America
"You have to throw it behind you. If you dwell on this, you're not going to win any more games. We were beat tonight, and there's absolutely no excuses."-- Los Angeles Galaxy coach Bruce Arena after his team lost, 3-0, to Portland on Wednesday. (ESPNLA)
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by Paul Kennedy
[USA-MEXICO] Four players suspended at the Gold Cup for testing positive for clenbuterol are back in the Mexico team that will face the USA Wednesday in Philadelphia. But young Manchester United striker Javier Hernandez won't be in the Tri squad for the game at Lincoln Financial Field.
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by Ridge Mahoney
[MLS] After weeks of negotiations, Honduran attacker Carlo Costly has joined the Houston Dynamo. Specifics of his deal are sketchy, and that goes beyond the usual MLS-issued “terms of the deal were not disclosed.” He is on loan from Atlas, the Mexican team that had supposedly released him
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by Soccer America
[SCOREBOARD] The Los Angeles Galaxy won its Western Conference top-of-the-table clash with a 3-1 win over FC Dallas on Saturday night. Dwayne De Rosario recorded a hat trick for D.C. United in its 3-3 tie with Toronto FC, the team he began the season with. The game began with the ...
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by Paul Kennedy
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Eight Americans -- Steve Cherundolo, Michael Bradley and six players born and raised in Germany -- begin play in the 1. Bundesliga, which kicks off the 2011-12 season this weekend ...
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by Soccer America
[SCOREBOARD] The Fort Lauderdale Strikers handed the first-place Carolina RailHawks just their third loss of the season in the NASL with a 2-1 win on goals by recent signee Walter Restrepo and Martin Nunez. Marta and Abby Wambach both had two goals for Western New York and magicJack, respectively, in ...
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by Soccer America
[SCOREBOARD] Spain and Nigeria joined host Colombia as the only teams to complete group play at the Under-20 World Cup with perfect records. For the Under-20 World Cup broadcast schedule ...
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