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by Ridge Mahoney
[AMERICANS ABROAD SPOTLIGHT] As a method of perspective, for the price paid by Bolton to obtain defender Tim Ream in a transfer from MLS, the club could fund the salary cap of one MLS team this season. Selling Ream, who earned just $62,500 last season, for $2.81 million won't clear ...
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by Soccer America
[OLYMPIC WOMEN'S QUALIFYING] The USA beat Costa Rica, 3-0, in their all-important semifinal match at the Concacaf Olympic Women's Qualifying in Vancouver to qualify for the 2012 London Olympics. The American followed that up with a 4-0 win over host Canada in the championship game of the tournament before a ...
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by Soccer America
"I think I won't change. But don't worry, I clean it every time after the game -- it is very clean, no problem."-- Zambia's French coach Herve Renard on wearing the same "lucky" shirt to all of Zambia's games at the Africa Cup of Nations. Zambia won group A with ...
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by Paul Kennedy
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Oguchi Onyewu scored two first-half goals off set pieces to give Sporting Lisbon a 2-0 win over Beira Mar in Portugal's top-level Liga Zon Sagres.
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by Paul Kennedy
[EVERTON-FULHAM] Landon Donovan was the winner in the battle of the Americans, leading host Everton to a come-from-behind 2-1 win over Fulham in the fourth round of the FA Cup -- its first win ever over the Cottagers in the competition in five meetings -- with assists on both goals.
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by Paul Kennedy
[AMERICANS ABROAD] DaMarcus Beasley's goal gave Puebla a 1-0 win at Jaguares in the Mexico's Torneo Clausura. Fabian Johnson had a consolation goal in Hoffenheim's 3-1 loss at Borussia Dortmund. Jozy Altidore's AZ lost the lead in the Dutch Eredivisie when it fell at Roda JC, 2-0. For more on ...
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by Soccer America
[SCOREBOARD] The first preseason confrontation between MLS clubs ended in a 0-0 tie as the Chicago Fire and D.C. United failed to find the net in their friendly at Florida Gulf Coast University. Chivas USA (1-0 loss the Ventura County Fusion on a goal by Hagop Chirishian) and the New ...
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by Soccer America
[SCOREBOARD] Guinea tied Ivory Coast's 42-year-old record for goals in a game at the Africa Cup of Nations with a 6-1 win over Botswana on Saturday. The lone goal for the losers was scored by former U.S. college and MLS player Dipsy Selowane. Ghana won its second game with a ...
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