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by Paul Kennedy
[USA-VENEZUELA] It would have been a very disappointing result if Ricardo Clark had not connected with another winter refugee from the Bundesliga, Jermaine Jones, as Venezuela, fielding only one player who was even on the bench for its more recent World Cup qualifier, is arguably the weakest team the USA ...
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by Soccer America
"This is a different level. Everything is done much faster. Not only do you have to make decisions fast, [you] have to think ahead. This is especially difficult for players here, where they come from a background where a lot of the next moves are being told to them. 'Oh, ...
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by Paul Kennedy
[CONCACAF OLYMPIC QUALIFYING] The USA put up touchdowns in each half to beat Dominican Republic, 14-0, in its opening game at the Concacaf Olympic Women's Qualifying Tournament at Vancouver's BC Place. The 14 goals broke a 20-year-old national team record, and second-half sub Amy Rodriguez tied an individual U.S. record ...
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by Soccer America
[SCOREBOARD] Canada drew a record crowd for a full women's international at home when 12,417 fans watched it beat Cuba, 2-0, Saturday night in Concacaf Olympic women's qualifying at Vancouver's BC Place. Costa Rica also improved to 2-0-0 with a 2-0 win over Haiti. Maribel Dominguez had a hat trick ...
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by Paul Kennedy
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Clint Dempsey made history when he became the first American to score a hat trick in the EPL with three goals in Fulham's 5-2 comeback win over Newcastle on Saturday. It was the second three-goal game of the month for Dempsey, who had a hat trick in the ...
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by Paul Kennedy
[AMERICANS ABROAD] In his first start since Rangers rejected multiple bids from French club Sochaux for his transfer, Maurice Edu scored for the Scottish champion but it had to settle for a 1-1 tie with visiting Aberdeen and fell four points behind leader Celtic. Sacha Kljestan's Anderlecht extended its lead ...
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by Paul Kennedy
[AMERICANS ABROAD] After 14 seasons in MLS, Jeff Cunningham is headed abroad. Guatemalan club Comunicaciones introduced MLS's all-time leading scorer as its newest signing.
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by Soccer America
[SCOREBOARD] For former MLS keeper Bouna Coundoul and his Senegalese teammates, they could not have gotten off to a worst start at the Africa Cup of Nations, falling behind Zambia, 2-0, after 20 minutes and losing, 2-1. Former Real Madrid youth player Javier Balboa, one of many foreigners brought in ...
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by Soccer America
[DATEBOOK] MLS teams are starting training camp the earliest in league history, and the Chicago Fire (Florida), Montreal Impact (Mexico) and New England Revolution (Arizona) have already fled to warmer climates to jumpstart their preseasons, and D.C. United is off to Florida on Monday. For all the preseason schedules ...
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by Soccer America
[AWARDS] Abby Wambach tied Mia Hamm as a five-time winner of U.S. Soccer's Female Athlete of the Year. Clint Dempsey was named the 2011 Male Athlete of the Year, his second award. Brek Shea and Sydney Leroux took the Young Male and Young Female Awards, respectively.
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