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by Paul Kennedy
[USA-COSTA RICA] Nighttime temperatures are approaching freezing in the Denver area -- there's a threat of light snow in the forecast for Friday night's USA-Costa Rica qualifier -- but there's been plenty to keep U.S. national team players hot about. Senior members of the national team pushed back at a ...
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by Soccer America
"To be honest, I think he did life a little bit in reverse. He hadn't switched off since he was 16, where most other guys didn't start that life until their mid-20s. So now he needed this." -- Kyle Martino, on Landon Donovan's sabbatical from soccer. Martino, now an analyst ...
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by Soccer America
[MLS SPOTLIGHT] The Philadelphia Union may finally get its wish and move unwanted Freddy Adu. Union coach John Hackworth confirmed the MLS team is planning to send Adu to Brazilian club Bahia in return for 33-year-old midfielder Kleberson, who started on Brazil's 2002 World Cup championship team. Hackworth cautioned there ...
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by Soccer America
[MLS SPOTLIGHT] Former MLS player Juan Francisco Palencia has been named director of soccer for both Chivas de Guadalajara and Chivas USA. He joins Dutchman Dennis te Kloese, appointed sporting director for both Chivas teams in December 2012, as the head of soccer operations for the two clubs.
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by Soccer America
[NWSL] U.S. Soccer and the Women's National Team Players Association agreed to the material terms of a new collective bargaining agreement through 2016, paving the way for U.S. national team players to begin training with their NWSL teams on Wednesday.
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by Soccer America
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Megan Rapinoe came on as a sub to make her UEFA Women's Champions League in two-time defending champion Lyon's 5-0 win over Sweden's LdB Malmo. Americans Yael Averbuch and Cam Levin (Gothenburg FC) and Kristen Edmonds (FC Rossiyanka) all started in the first leg of the quarterfinals.
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by Soccer America
[USL PRO] The 2012 USL PRO season begins Saturday when the expansion Phoenix FC Wolves travel to the Los Angeles Blues. The opener comes two weeks before the majority of clubs in the 13-team league begin play. Four teams have agreements with MLS clubs to bring in players on loan. ...
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by Samuel Charles
[VIDEO PICK: Magic feet] Two more minutes of gifted and creative skills from Europe well edited and put to music you wouldn't ever want to purchase means the Showboat series is alive and kicking.
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