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by Ridge Mahoney
[USA CONFIDENTIAL] In the immediate aftermath of Jurgen Klinsmann's debut as U.S. national team head coach, here's what we learned about him and his player selections ...
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by Ridge Mahoney
[USA-MEXICO REPORT CARD] Timely substitutions by U.S. head coach Jurgen Klinsmann took advantage of a Mexican team disjointed by its own changes to earn the USA a 1-1 tie with Mexico in their friendly in Philadelphia. Replacements Juan Agudelo, Brek Shea and Robbie Rogers tied with starters Landon Donovan and ...
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by Soccer America
"We felt that it was coming. We put more pressure on them and could feel something was coming and it came at the right time. They are one of the top 10 teams in the world and with very good individual players and it took us time to get into ...
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by Paul Kennedy
[TELEVISION WATCH] The promotional opportunities that NBC, the rebranded NBC Sports Network and NBC's affiliates will offer were a huge reason Major League Soccer jumped at the opportunity to take what MLS Commissioner Don Garber termed a "natural step" in leaving Fox Soccer and partner with NBC.
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by Ridge Mahoney
[MLS] One of the longest-serving players in MLS, midfielder Jesse Marsch, has landed his first head coaching job with Montreal, which joins the league as an expansion team in 2012.
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by Paul Kennedy
[GERMANY-BRAZIL] Making his first international start, 19-year-old Mario Goetze scored in Germany's 3-2 friendly win over Brazil, its first victory over the Brazilians in 18 years, and earned high praise from his coach.
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by Paul Kennedy
[ITALY-SPAIN] Italy beat Spain for the first time since its 2-1 win in Foxboro Stadium at the 1994 World Cup when it edged the Spaniards, 2-1, on Wednesday before a crowd of 50,000 at Bari's San Nicola Stadium
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by Soccer America
[SCOREBOARD] Brazilian star Marta scored two goals to give the Western New York Flash a 2-1 win at magicJack that moved the Flash into first place, three points ahead of the Philadelphia Independence, heading into the final weekend of WPS' regular season. The Charlotte Eagles' 1-0 loss at home to ...
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by Soccer America
[SCOREBOARD] Spain needed penalty kicks to beat South Korea and join Brazil, Nigeria and France as the last four teams to reach the quarterfinals at the Under-20 World Cup. For the Under-20 World Cup broadcast schedule ..
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by Paul Kennedy
[TELEVISION GUIDE] For the seventh year in a row, Fox Soccer will feature the NSCAA College Game of the Week. The 2011 schedule will feature eight women's game, including a battle of Pac-10 and WCC champions when Stanford and Portland meet on Sept. 15.
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by Paul Kennedy
[TELEVISION GUIDE] ESPNU, the 24-hour college sports network, will expand its women's college coverage from eight to 10 regular-season games. It will air the ACC women's final, making this season's slate of games the strongest in the network's six-year history.
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