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by Mike Woitalla
[BELGIUM-USA] The atmosphere of optimism ushered in by Jurgen Klinsmann when he took charge of the USA a month ago dampened a bit when his team lost, 1-0, at home to Costa Rica on Friday. On Tuesday, Klinsmann aims to celebrate his first U.S. win -- in Brussels against Belgium, ...
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by Soccer America
"I think if he wants to be a good player, a good sportsman, he needs to drink less."-- England coach Fabio Capello on Andy Carroll. Capello left the 22-year-old striker, who became the most expensive English player in history earlier this year when he moved from Newcastle to Liverpool in ...
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by Soccer America
[SCOREBOARD] Real Salt Lake's 2-1 win over the Philadelphia Union left the top five teams in the Western Conference ranked 1-5 in the overall standings ahead of the top five teams in the Eastern Conference who would claim the other five playoff spots if the regular season ended today. The ...
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by Paul Kennedy
[USL PRO] Sean Kelley was the unlikely hero of the first USP PRO final, coming on for Goalie of the Year Miguel Gallardo after the Mexican was red carded and making two saves in the shootout Orlando City won to beat the Harrisburg City Islanders before a boisterous crowd of ...
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by Soccer America
[EURO 2012] Defending champion Spain and Italy can clinch group titles in Euro 2012 qualifying and berths in next year's finals with wins against Liechtenstein and Slovenia, respectively, on Tuesday. The Netherlands might clinch with its eighth win in eight games at Finland but would need some help from San ...
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by Soccer America
[AFRICA NATIONS CUP QUALIFYING] Three-time defending champion Egypt won't be playing in next year's African Nations Cup. The Pharaohs were eliminated when the under-23 team Egypt fielded lost to Kai Kamara's Sierra Leone, 2-1, in qualifying on Saturday. Bouna Coundoul started in goal for Senegal, which clinched a berth in ...
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by Soccer America
[SCOREBOARD] Gerson Mayen, on loan from Chivas USA, scored to give the Ft. Lauderdale Strikers a 1-0 win over the MLS-bound Montreal Impact and open up a six-point lead on the Impact in the battle for the sixth and final berth in the NASL playoffs. Depleted by call-ups to Puerto ...
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