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by Ridge Mahoney
[MLS SPOTLIGHT] A weekend stripped of three games because of Hurricane Irene produced disquieting losses for Chivas USA and Houston and Sporting Kansas City, and spectacular wins for Seattle and FC Dallas in the wake of Concacaf Champions League victories.
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by Mike Woitalla
[MLS GOLEADORES] Jeff Cunningham became MLS's all-time leading scorer when the 35-year-old Columbus striker hit his 134th goal with a penalty kick against Seattle on Saturday. For a video montage of Cunningham goals and the latest on the Golden Boot race ...
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by Soccer America
"No, because I feel it was under very special circumstances."-- Arsenal coach Arsene Wenger on being asked if he would resign after a 8-2 loss to Manchester United, Arsenal's worst loss since 1896. Wenger pointed out that eight senior players were absent because of injury or suspension. (The Guardian)
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by Soccer America
[SCOREBOARD] The Chicago Fire stayed in the wild-card race with a 2-0 win over the Colorado Rapids. Chivas USA just its chances of earning a wild card when it fell at home to Real Salt Lake, 1-0, despite playing the last 66 minutes with a man advantage. For all Saturday's ...
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by Paul Kennedy
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Clint Dempsey scored his first goal of the 2011-12 English Premier League in Fulham's 2-1 loss at Newcastle. There were also goals scored by Robbie Findley (Nottingham Forest) in the English League Championship and Brad Rusin (Koge) and Conor O'Brien (Sonderjysk) in the Denmark's SAS Ligaen. For more ...
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by Paul Kennedy
[WPS] Ashlyn Harris' stop on Laura del Rio's shot from the penalty spot gave the Western New York Flash a 5-4 win over the Philadelphia in the shootout in the Women's Professional Soccer final before 10,461 fans in Rochester, N.Y.
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by Paul Kennedy
[USL PRO] Orlando City will face the Harrisburg City Islanders for the USL PRO championship Saturday (TV: Fox Soccer, 7 p.m. ET) after they won their respective divisional finals this weekend. Orlando won in convincing fashion, but Harrisburg's victory was costly.
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by Soccer America
[SCOREBOARD] Etienne Barbara's hat trick gave him 20 goals for the season and propelled the first-place Carolina RailHawks past the Atlanta Silverbacks, 4-2, in NASL action. Two late Barbara penalties broke the tie, giving the RailHawks their 16th win of the season, matching the club record set in 2009, and ...
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by Paul Kennedy
[USA FRIENDLIES] Costa Rica and Belgium, the USA's opponents for its next friendlies, announced their rosters. The Ticos called up three MLS players, including U.S.-bred Rodney Wallace of the Portland Timbers. Belgium's Red Devils called up 17 foreign-based players, including young stars Eden Hazard and Romelu Lukaku.<
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