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by Ridge Mahoney
[USA CONFIDENTIAL] The direction of U.S. Soccer under Jurgen Klinsmann heads into its first competitive action when Olympic men's coach Caleb Porter and his team open Concacaf qualifying play on Thursday. Porter has selected a squad rather similar to the one named by U-23 predecessor Peter Nowak four years ago.
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by Soccer America
"Referees hurt us too much sometimes, but we must hold our heads high and move on. Every team would like to have a six-point lead."-- Real Madrid's Brazilian star Marcelo blames the ref after a 1-1 tie with Villarreal shrunk Real's lead over Barcelona atop the La Liga standings to ...
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by Avery Raimondo
[MLS RISING STAR PROFILE] San Diego product Michael Farfan, who earned a starting role for the Philadelphia Union late last season, finished third in 2011 MLS Rookie of the Year voting and was named among the Top 10 right midfielders by Soccer America. Avery Raimondo spoke with the 23-year-old about ...
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by Soccer America
[WEEK 3] Chivas USA pulled the biggest upset of the young MLS season when it won, 1-0, at Real Salt Lake on rookie Casey Townsend's goal, the Goats' first goal in three games. The Philadelphia Union dropped its third straight game, going down, 1-0, at the Chicago Fire. The New ...
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by Soccer America
[TELEVISION GUIDE] The USA's three group games in the Concacaf Olympic men's qualifying tournament at in Nashville, Tenn., will all air on Universal Sports and Spanish-language mun2 and also be streamed on Concacaf.com. For the complete television schedule ...
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by Soccer America
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Sacha Kljestan for Anderlecht in its 2-1 win over Zulte-Waregem. It finished the regular season in Belgium's Jupiler Pro League with a six-point lead over second-place Club Bruges and will take half that amount, a three-point lead, into the six-team championship playoffs.
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by Soccer America
[USA WOMEN] U.S. women's national team coach Pia Sundhage will take the same 23 players to Japan in early April to compete in the Women's Kirin Challenge Cup against Japan and Brazil that she brought to the Algarve Cup.
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by Soccer America
[MAKING A LIST] David Beckham's move to MLS hasn't had much impact on his earning power. Beckham, now in his sixth season in MLS with the Los Angeles Galaxy, ranks second behind only Lionel Messi on France Football's annual list of the best-paid players in the world. Messi, the three-time ...
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