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by Paul Kennedy
[USA MEN] U.S. national team coach Jurgen Klinsmann called up 24 players for the 2014 World Cup qualifiers against Jamaica Sept. 7 and 11. The USA will be without stars Landon Donovan and Michael Bradley, both sidelined with injuries, but Clint Dempsey was recalled even though did not play in ...
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by Paul Kennedy
[AMERICANS ABROAD] German-Americans Terrence Boyd and Jermaine Jones warmed up for World Cup qualifying duty with strong showings over the weekend. Boyd scored twice in Rapid Vienna's 3-0 win over Mattersburg in Austria. Jones scored in Schalke 04's 2-0 win over Augsburg. Other players who were called up for the ...
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by Soccer America
"She's been very successful ... a terrific coach. We're going to be very supportive of her winning every silver medal out there." -- U.S. Soccer president Sunil Gulati on U.S. women's national team coach Pia Sundhage leaving after five years to return home to Sweden, where she is being pursued ...
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by Paul Kennedy
[USA WOMEN] After leading the USA to back-to-back Olympic gold medals and second place at the 2011 Women's World Cup, U.S. women's national team head coach Pia Sundhage has decided to return home to pursue opportunities in Sweden. In her five seasons as head coach, she had a 89-6-10 record. ...
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by Soccer America
[USA-COSTA RICA] The USA opened its post-Olympics tour with an 8-0 win over Costa Rica on Saturday in front of a sell-out crowd of 13,208 at Sahlen's Stadium.
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by Soccer America
[WEEK 26] The Columbus Crew jumped two spots into fourth place, dropping D.C. United into sixth place, with a 2-1 win over the Montreal Impact on late goals by Chad Marshall and Emilio Renteria both set up by Federico Higuain, who has three goals and six assists in five games. ...
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by Soccer America
[USL PRO] The Wilmington Hammerheads, who had handed defending champion Orlando City its only defeat in the regular season, repeated the feat as they raced out to a 3-0 lead after a half an hour and held on to beat the No. 1 seed, 4-3, in the USL PRO semifinals ...
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by Soccer America
[SCOREBOARD] The visiting Tampa Bay Rowdies defeated the short-handed Ft. Lauderdale Strikers, 3-0, before 5,659 fans at Lockhart Stadium to clinch a playoff berth. Midfielder Michael Tetteh, signed on loan from the Seattle Sounders, was shown a red card in the 19th minute, but the Strikers held out until the ...
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by Soccer America
[VIDEO PICK] Robin van Persie showed why Manchester United was willing to spend $38 million to buy him from Arsenal, scoring a hat trick to lead United to a 3-2 win at Southampton in United manager Alex Ferguson's 1,000th league game in charge. The Dutchman made up for missing a ...
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