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Madrid, Spain () - Real Madrid failed to advance to the
quarterfinals of the Champions League for the sixth successive season as they
were held to a 1-1 draw by Lyon at the Santiago Bernabeu on Wednesday, leaving
them on the short end of a 2-1 aggregate score.
Cristi... |
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Florence, Italy () - Arjen Robben's brilliant goal in the 65th
minute capped a stretch of four combined goals in 11 minutes, as Bayern Munich
slipped into the quarterfinals of the Champions League despite a 3-2 defeat at
Fiorentina on Tuesday.
Stevan Jovetic scored two goals... |
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Portsmouth, England () - Avram Grant has called on the Premier
League to make a swift decision over any points penalty his Portsmouth side
will receive after claiming the uncertainty is filtering down onto the pitch.
Pompey have yet to discover their fate after becoming... |
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London, England () - The England door remains open to Michael
Owen despite his season-ending injury, according to Under-21 coach Stuart
Pearce.
Pearce has dismissed suggestions that the 30-year-old Manchester United
striker will never play for his country again.... |
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Portsmouth, England () - Cameron Jerome scored two goals in the
first half and promoted Birmingham defeated Portsmouth 2-1 on Tuesday to move
within six points of fourth place in England's Premier League.
Birmingham won for the 12th time - although its goal differential is mi... |
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Columbus, OH () - The Columbus Crew earned a hard-fought 2-2
draw with Mexican power Toluca in the first leg of their CONCACAF Champions
League quarterfinal series in Columbus on Tuesday night.
Steven Lenhart scored two second-half goals for the Crew, who are the onl... |
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Houston, TX () - The Houston Dynamo signed Dynamo Academy
product Francisco Navas Cobo to a developmental contract, the Major League
Soccer club announced on Tuesday.
The 18-year-old midfielder joins goalkeeper Tyler Deric as the second Dynamo
Academy player in te... |
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Frisco, TX () - FC Dallas acquired goalkeeper Kevin Hartman from
the Kansas City Wizards for a second-round pick in the 2012 draft and signed
him to a contract, the Major League Soccer clubs announced.
"I'm excited to be in Dallas," Hartman said. "It's the place where I won... |
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Signed goalkeeper Ian Joyce. ... |
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Acquired the rights to goalkeeper Kevin Hartman from the Kansas City Wizards for a second-round selection in the 2012 MLS SuperDraft; signed goalkeeper Hartman. ... |
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Signed Francisco Navas Cobo to a developmental contract. ... |
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Bolton, England () - Former Houston Dynamo midfielder Stuart
Holden, who is now playing for the Bolton Wanderers of the English Premier
League, will miss about 6 weeks after suffering a fracture in his leg during
the United States' friendly against Holland in Amsterdam o... |
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Amsterdam, Netherlands () - The United States men's soccer team
suffered a 2-1 defeat to the Netherlands at Amsterdam Arena on Wednesday in an
international friendly.
The Dutch went ahead five minutes before halftime through a Dirk Kuyt penalty
kick, and after Klaas-Jan Hu... |
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Faro, Portugal () - The United States women's national soccer
team topped Germany 3-2 in the Algarve Cup final on Wednesday in Portugal.
Lauren Cheney, who scored two goals in the American's previous Algarve Cup
match vs. Sweden, scored the winner in the 70th minute ... |
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Zurich, Switzerland () - Brazil was chosen as the host country
of the 2014 Men's World Cup, while Germany was given the same distinction as
the home of the 2011 Women's World Cup.
FIFA president Joseph Blatter made the announcement following an executive
committee meet... |
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Zurich, Switzerland () - The FIFA Disciplinary Committee fined
and suspended France captain Zinedine Zidane and Italy defender Marco
Materazzi Thursday for the incident that took place during the 2006 FIFA World
Cup final on July 9 in Berlin.
The Committee issued a... |
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Shanghai, China () - Hope Solo's comments will define the United
States' 2007 World Cup effort forever, but it's that one loss that will take
the Americans years to overcome.
Like it or not, Solo's outburst after the 4-0 semifinal loss to Brazil - the
worst loss in the Uni... |
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Shanghai, China () - Brazil's Marta was awarded the Golden Ball
on Sunday as the top player in the Women's World Cup.
Marta, 21, scored seven goals to lead Brazil to its first final. Although she
missed a penalty kick in the final, a 2-0 loss to Germany, Marta ran away with
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Shanghai, China () - Birgit Prinz scored and Nadine Angerer
stopped a penalty kick by Brazil's Marta as Germany became the first team to
repeat as Women's World Cup champions with a 2-0 victory on Sunday.
Prinz, a three-time FIFA Player of the Year, scored in the 52nd... |
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