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by Ridge Mahoney
[BEST OF MLS 2011: Right midfielders] A Supporters Shield and MLS Cup didn't go to the Galaxy by default; that accomplishment was powered by numerous excellent performances, with Landon Donovan's contribution among the most important.
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by Soccer America
"Just for the record 1) I don't need glasses and 2) I do not lead a double life as an English Premiere League ref. That's Chris Foy."-- British Olympic champion cyclist Chris Hoy responds to abusive Twitter messages from Tottenham Hotspur fans, who confused him with Chris Foy, the ref ...
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by Ridge Mahoney
[BEST OF MLS 2011: Central midfielders] The men who play in the middle of field often dictate the outcomes of games, and among those players absolutely essential to their teams, Portland's Jack Jewsbury gave the expansion Portland Timbers everything he had.
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by Ridge Mahoney
[MLS RE-ENTRY DRAFT] Los Angeles selected six players, including two of its own players from the roster that won MLS Cup last month, in Stage 2 of the MLS Re-Entry Draft conducted Monday.
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by Paul Kennedy
[MLS SPOTLIGHT] Tim Hinchey, the American sports executive who spent more than two years as an executive at English club Derby County after the Rams were bought by the American-based General Sports and Entertainment (GSE) group, has been named the Colorado Rapids' new president, replacing Jeff Plush as the MLS ...
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by Ridge Mahoney
[MLS TRANSACTIONS] The sale of Omar Bravo to Mexican club Cruz Azul is layered with implications but in any transaction, sometimes the bottom line overrides all else.
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by Ridge Mahoney
[MLS TRANSACTIONS] The makeover of the recently crowned MLS Cup champion continues. Brazilian midfielder Marcelo Savras, who impressed Galaxy players and coaches when they faced him in Concacaf Champions League group play a few months ago, has been acquired from Costa Rican club LD Alajuelense.
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by Soccer America
[MLS TRANSACTIONS] After one season in MLS, Seattle Sounders midfielder Erik Friberg has been transferred to Malmo in his native Sweden. The Philadelphia Union signed 18-year-old midfielder Jimmy McLaughlin as a homegrown player after he spent the fall at Colgate University, where he was the Patriot League Rookie of the ...
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by Paul Kennedy
[WPS] U.S. Soccer's Board of Directors has given Women's Professional Soccer the green light to go ahead as a Division I league for its fourth season, even though it will likely have only five teams.
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by Paul Kennedy
[SUPER Y-LEAGUE] The 2011 Super Y-League North American Finals wrapped up in Brandon, Fla., where the hometown Flames won two boys titles. On the girls side, only Seacoast United won two championships.
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