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Brazil national team coach Dunga did not include star Ronaldinho in his squad for its last scheduled warmup beforefriendly before the World Cup despite the player’s excellent form for AC Milan. pollby twiigs.com

[AMERICANS ABROAD] Defenders Jay DeMerit and Frankie Simek were both on thewinning side in games played Tuesday in the English League Championship. ENGLAND, LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP KennyCooper, sub: 45 minutes (Plymouth, 1-2, at Reading) Argyle manager Paul Mariner says he’s looking to get contributions from Cooperrunning through the midfield channels for the relegation candidate. Jay DeMerit, […]

[WORLD CUP COUNTDOWN] Brazil coach Dunga picked his 22-player squad for his team’s last scheduled friendly before theWorld Cup, a March 2 game against Ireland in London, and he didn’t included Ronaldinho despite the former World Player of the Year’s return to form with ACMilan in recent months. “All players still have chances,” Dunga said. […]

[AMERICANS ABROAD] Quevilly, the amateur team whose goalie Kodjovi Obilale was shot and seriously injured when the Togonational team’s bus was ambushed last month in Angola, knocked off Carlos Bocanegra‘s Rennes, 1-0, in the round of 16 of the French Cup on Tuesday. Rennes, the 2009 French Cup runner-up, was coming off a 4-2 win […]

[WORLD CUP COUNTDOWN] MLS players Andrew Boyens (New York) and Simon Elliott(San Jose) are among five U.S. college products New Zealand coach Ricki Herbert called up for the March 3 game against Mexico at the Rose Bowl inPasadena, Calif. The other U.S. callups are Tony Lochhead, who played at UC Santa Barbara, Ryan Nelsen, wholike […]

[MLS] The third time around for Clint Mathis in a Galaxy uniform has been put on hold. Mathis, 33, underwent surgery last Friday to repair atorn meniscus in his left knee he suffered in training, according to a team press release. The procedure, performed at Surgery Center of the Pacific in Santa Monica, will sideline […]

[JAMAICA] Four MLS players were summoned by the Jamaican soccer federation to play for Jamaica in a friendly Wednesday against Argentina in Mar del Plata. Omar Cummings (Colorado), Ryan Johnson (San Jose), Dane Richards (New York) and Shavar Thomas (Philadelphia) were named to thesquad by Coach Theodore Whitmore, whose team beat Canada, 1-0, Jan. 31 […]

[OFF THE POST] Players aren’t supposed to scalp tickets they’re given by their teams for friends and family, yet 18-year-old Aston Villa defender NathanBaker tried to sell his allotment of five English League Carling Cup final tickets on his Facebook page at $300 apiece. The not so difficult to make discovery prompted Aston Villa to […]