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by Paul Kennedy
[WORLD CUP 2014 QUALIFYING: Concacaf] The U.S. roster for Tuesday's World Cup 2014 qualifier against Guatemala (TV: ESPN2, Telefutura, 7 p.m. ET) is down to 19 players -- four less than the game-day limit. Fabian Johnson, who remained in Germany with the flu last week, will not be brought into ...
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by Soccer America
[AMERICANS ABROAD: Mexico] Greg Garza scored his first goal in Mexico's Liga MX for Tijuana in its 2-2 tie with Santos that extended the Xolos' lead at the top to two points. Jose Torres, who was not called in the U.S. national team for its games against Antigua & Barbuda ...
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by Soccer America
"I have kept the armband and will keep it forever. I gave my shirt to one of their players and had to give my shorts away as well. That was a first. It has certainly never happened before!"-- Wayne Rooney, who in his first game as captain of England in ...
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by Paul Kennedy
[SINCLAIR SUSPENSION] The controversy surrounding the USA's 4-3 win over Canada in the semifinals of the 2012 Olympic women's competition won't die any time soon. Christine Sinclair, who scored all three Canada goals in the game, was handed a four-game suspension Friday for her criticism of referee Christiana Pedersen.
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by Christen Press
[THE PITCH: Blog 30] Have you ever never heard a good victory story that just happened easily? Christen Press says soccer is not like that. No success is like that. And great stories definitely aren't like that. Press' FC Gothenburg won the Swedish Cup on Thursday on storybook fashion as ...
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by Soccer America
[NASL: Semifinals] The defending champion Minnesota Stars are two games away from repeating after eliminating the regular-season NASL champion San Antonio Scorpions with a 2-1win in the second leg of their semifinal series to advance to the final against the Tampa Bay Rowdies, whose 3-3 tie against the Carolina RailHawks ...
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by Soccer America
[UNDER-17 WOMEN'S WORLD: Semifinals] France won its first FIFA women's championship when it captured the 2012 Under-17 Women's World Cup with a shootout victory over North Korea in the final before 27,128 fans in Baku, Azerbaijan.
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by Samuel Charles
[VIDEO PICK: Golazos] Lionel Messi scores twice, and generates a beautiful third, in a 15-minute tour de force during the second half of Argentina's 3-0 win over Uruguay in World Cup qualifying.
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by Samuel Charles
[VIDEO PICK: Off the Post] A Diego Alvez shot to the chops forces David Luiz to seek medical attention during a win by Brazil in a friendly on Thursday.
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