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by Paul Kennedy
[AMERICANS ABROAD] U.S. national team coach Jurgen Klinsmann has been vocal about his players needing to "make a statement" and play in the highest level of European soccer. A record four Americans did just that as they played in the group stage of the competition this fall. Tuesday's meeting between ...
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by Soccer America
[MLS INJURY REPORT] Calen Carr, who opened the scoring for the Houston Dynamo at MLS Cup 2012 and whose injury in the second half proved to be the turning point of the game, will require to repair a torn ACL in his left knee. The injury was suffered in a ...
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by Soccer America
"The important thing is for the technologies to perform as well as possible and there are no mistakes. Obviously the worst scenario you can have is if the technology isn't that accurate is the TV broadcast cameras proving that the answer's wrong. … Hawk-Eye has seven cameras per goalmouth." -- ...
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by Paul Kennedy
[MAKING A LIST] Only 15 American have played in the UEFA Champions League proper since its launch in 1992. Jovan Kirovski was the first American to play in the competition, making two appearances in Borussia Dortmund's run to the 1997 title. The farthest an American has gone in the Champions ...
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by Soccer America
[UCL REWIND: Wednesday] Juventus sneaked into the knockout stage of the UFA Champion League, knocking out defending champion Chelsea, when it won at Shakhtar Donetsk, 1-0, on an own goal. The Blues, 6-1 winners over FC Nordsjaelland, became the first defending champions to not advance from the group stage in ...
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by Soccer America
[MLS INJURY REPORT] Calen Carr, who opened the scoring for the Houston Dynamo at MLS Cup 2012 and whose injury in the second half proved to be the turning point of the game, will require surgery to repair a torn ACL in his left knee. The injury was suffered in ...
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by Paul Kennedy
[MLS EXPANSION] MLS knows, down to the zip code, exactly where it wants to expand: 11355. MLS president Mark Abbott recently called Flushing Meadows-Corona Park "probably the most diverse community not just in New York City, not just the country, but arguably the world." On Tuesday, MLS Commissioner Don Garber ...
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by Paul Kennedy
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Sarah Hagen scored both goals to lead Bayern Munich to a 2-1 win over FFC Frankfurt in the Frauen Bundesliga. The goals gave the former Wisconsin-Milwaukee star star eight in 10 games, tied for fourth in the league.
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by Soccer America
[AWARDS] The NSCAA honored former U.S. national team coaches Manfred Schellscheidt and Bob Gansler for their work in college and youth soccer, respectively, and Jeff Farnsworth of Spencerport (N.Y.) High School for his work in high school soccer.
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by Samuel Charles
[VIDEO PICK: Off the Post] Just two weeks after awful sportsmanship by Luiz Adriano tied Shakhtar Donetsk's game in Copenhagen the Ukrainian team lost at home to Juventus 1-0, on an own goal that should not even have counted, and the top seed in Group E went to the Italian ...
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