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by Paul Kennedy
[MLS] Less than a year after he led the Colorado Rapids to their first MLS championship, Englishman Gary Smith is out as head coach. Management announced on Monday that it will not renew Smith's contract, making his departure the second quickest forced exit of an MLS Cup champion coach in ...
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by Soccer America
"Onyewu and I almost killed each other."-- Swedish striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic, in his autobiography, recalls the fight he had during an AC Milan practice with American defender Oguchi Onyewu, who now plays for Sporting Lisbon (Goal.com)
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by Mike Woitalla
[MLS ATTENDANCE] The second half-dozen playoff games, which included four midweek games, averaged 23,935 as five games hit the 20,000 mark.
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by Soccer America
[MLS AWARDS] Brad Davis (Houston Dynamo), Dwayne De Rosario (D.C. United) and Brek Shea (FC Dallas) are finalists for Major League Soccer's Volkswagen MVP award. For all the finalists for MLS's 2011 postseason awards ...
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by Soccer America
[USA MEN] In a not entirely unexpected move, Landon Donovan has withdrawn from the U.S. national team roster for Friday's friendly against France at the Stade de France. No replacement will be named at this time for Donovan, who withdrew a day after helping the Los Angeles Galaxy reach MLS ...
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by Paul Kennedy
[AMERICAN ABROAD] Mexico's Torneo Apertura moves into its playoff stage, but none of Americans who have been playing first-team soccer this fall made the postseason. Except for DaMarcus Beasley, whose national team career was rejuvenated with a strong debut at Puebla, and Herculez Gomez, who scored seven goals for Estudiantes ...
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by Soccer America
[COLLEGE] Top-ranked Stanford and ACC teams Duke, Florida State and Wake Forest are the No. 1 regional seeds in the 64-team field for the NCAA Division I Women's Tournament. Nine ACC teams got in, and eight SEC teams were selected. For the pairings ...
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