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by Paul Kennedy
[WPS SPOTLIGHT] WPS isn't the first business to have a legal dispute between partners. And WPS isn't the first league to have a maverick owner. Indeed, maverick owners are part and parcel with what sells sports. But the year-long dispute between MagicJack owner Dan Borislow and WPS and its owners ...
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by Paul Kennedy
[U.S. UNDER-17 BOYS] A class of 31 players began its second semester of its two-year cycle in U.S. Soccer's U-17 Residency Program in Bradenton, Fla. They include nine new players, among them three players born in 1997: the highly touted Mukwelle Akale, Cameron Lindley and Tommy Redding.
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by Soccer America
"Everyone has their thing and what they like to do. This is what I like to do -- be helpful to people. I would support my son doing anything whether he was famous or not. This isn't about my son, it's about supporting my country."-- Clotilde Drogba, the mother of ...
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by Soccer America
[MLS TRANSACTIONS] Scottish striker Kris Boyd, the leading scorer in Scottish Premier League history with 164 goals in 296 games, is headed to MLS. Courted by the Houston Dynamo and its Scottish-American coach, Dominic Kinnear, the 28-year-old striker is instead headed to the Portland Timbers, coached by former Scotland international ...
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by Paul Kennedy
[SCOREBOARD] Mudather Tayeb scored two goals to give Sudan a 2-1 win over Burkina Faso, its first win at the African Cup of Nations in 42 years. The win sent it to the quarterfinals ahead of Angola on goal difference. Angola fell to Group B winner Ivory Coast, 2-0. For ...
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by Soccer America
[GOLEADORES] Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo, followed by Barcelona's Lionel Messi, is the leading scorer among Europe's major leagues. ... Bayern Munich's Mario Gomez scored his Bundesliga-leading 17th goal last weekend. ... For leading scorer updates in Europe's major leagues ...
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by Soccer America
[VIDEO PICK] Nacional Potosi's Gaston Mealla scored with a spectacular "scorpion" kick in Bolivian league play last weekend.
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