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by Ridge Mahoney
[ITALY-USA REPORT CARD] Michael Bradley showed the effects of his move to Serie A with a strong showing against Italy, which the Americans defeated for the first time in their history, 1-0, with a clinical finish from Clint Dempsey. Soccer America's Ridge Mahoney grades the U.S. players ...
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by Paul Kennedy
[USA-MEXICO U-23S] It was quite a day for U.S. national teams. First, the women open up at the Algarve Cup with a 5-0 win over Denmark. Then, the men earn a 1-0 decision over Italy in Genoa, their first victory in the series that dates back to 1934. Finally, goals ...
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by Soccer America
"If you beat Italy on their own soil then that means a lot. For us, the goal was to learn -- to come here to learn. The challenge that this game gave us -- especially on the tactical side, to read the game ahead, to always think one step ahead ...
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by Paul Kennedy
[DESERT DIAMOND CUP] The Desert Diamond Cup features such MLS powers as the Los Angeles Galaxy, New York Red Bulls and Real Salt Lake, but the lowly New England Revolution have dominated the Tucson tournament, moving into the final with its third win in a row, a 2-1 victory over ...
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by Soccer America
[CAROLINA CHALLENGE CUP] Albanian Designated Player Hamdi Salihi had the winning goal for the second straight game as D.C. United rallied to beat the host Charleston Battery, 2-1, and clinch the Carolina Challenge Cup after two games. It was the third straight year D.C. has won the title. In Wednesday's ...
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by Soccer America
[DISNEY PRO SOCCER CLASSIC] The Vancouver Whitecaps moved into the final of the Disney Pro Soccer Classic in Florida with their third straight shutout win, 3-0 over Sporting Kansas City. For the third game in a row, Frenchman Sebastien Le Toux scored for the Caps, who will face Toronto FC ...
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by Soccer America
[SCOREBOARD] Fredy Montero scored twice in the second half to give the Seattle Sounders a 2-0 win over Jaguares of Mexico in their Community Shield game before 11,140 fans on Wednesday. The win was Seattle's fifth in a row. Next up for the Sounders: Santos of Mexico in the Concacaf ...
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by Paul Kennedy
[GERMANY-FRANCE] Such is the damage that was done by its 2010 World Cup campaign that the French national team barely draws more than a yawn from the French soccer public, but the Bleus' unbeaten streak now stands at 18 games following its 2-1 win over Germany in Bremen on Wednesday.
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by Paul Kennedy
[ENGLAND-NETHERLANDS] A drab England-Netherlands friendly came to life in a big way in an incident-filled last half an hour as the Dutch went ahead 2-0, England then pulled even in the first minute of stoppage time, but Arjen Robben won the game a minute later for the Dutch, 3-2. The ...
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