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by Paul Kennedy
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Oguchi Onyewu will again need knee surgery -- this time on his right knee -- after tearing the ligament and meniscus in Sporting's 1-0 victory over Pacos Ferreira Sunday in Portugal. The injury will sideline him for eight weeks.
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by Paul Kennedy
[WORLD VIEW] It was not a good day for two of European soccer's richest clubs in the UEFA Champions League. Chelsea blew a 1-0 lead at Napoli and lost, 3-1, adding to the woes of its embattled manager, Portuguese Andre Villas-Boas. Real Madrid missed several golden chances in the second ...
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by Soccer America
"So they sawed the queen-sized beds in half. Made two beds out of one."-- Schalke 04 general manager Horst Heldt explains what happened after the team complained to the management of the Czech hotel "Golden Fish" about there being only one bed in each of the rooms the club had ...
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by Soccer America
[SCOREBOARD] The MLS preseason picks up steam with the start of the Desert Diamond Cup in Tucson, Ariz., on Wednesday. The Los Angeles-New England and Real Salt Lake-New York games will be the first of 19 preseason games streamed live on mlssoccer.com. FC Dallas scrimmages the U.S. U-23s, while Chivas ...
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by Paul Kennedy
[U.S. UNDER-20 WOMEN] Morgan Brian, the 2011 Soccer America Freshman of the Year, and three other 2011 Women's MVPs were named to the U.S. under-20 national team's 20-player roster for the CONCACAF U-20 Women's Championship to be held March 1-11 in Panama City.
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by Paul Kennedy
[OFF THE POST] Thierry Henry has unveiled plans to rebuild his north London house. They include plans for a four-story fish tank that will cost $400,000 to build. The 5,500-gallon aquarium will cost almost $19,000 a year to maintain. The fish food alone will cost about $4,000. He is only ...
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