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from MVN Soccer,
As was the case in the 2004 Summer Games in Athens, the Women's Soccer Final at the 2008 Beijing Olympics will be a meeting between the traditional power USA and the recently-on-the-rise Brazil. The U.S. Women now maintain their perfect record of reaching the Gold Medal match in every Olympics where Women's Soccer has been contested...
On Monday night, the USA ...
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Press Release --- August 18:
Galaxy name Arena head coach, GM
Two-time MLS Cup championship coach comes to Los Angeles
Los Angeles Galaxy Media Relations
CARSON, Calif. -- Timothy J. Leiweke, President & CEO AEG, investor/operators of the Los Angeles Galaxy Major League Soccer (MLS) club, have announced that Bruce Arena, the most successful head coach in U.S. National Team ...
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As she has done increasingly of late, Hawaiian-born Natasha Kai scored - and scored big - for the U.S. Women's Olympic Team, this time making the game-winning goal, eliminating Canada in the quarterfinals Friday night and booking the Americans - defending Olympic champions - a place in the final four...
A severe thunderstorm, which started around kickoff time in Shanghai, eventually ...
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I found these two Chinese-themed TV commercials airing in the U.S. during the Games; in case you haven't seen them yet, I'd like to share them with you along with descriptions I've written here...
ENJOY =)
1. "Hu Jia" for ADIDAS
(1:00) "Impossible is Nothing", according to the famous Chinese diver. --- He made a phenomenal comeback in the 2004 Olympic 10 m. ...
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Yao Ming
On Friday night in Shanghai, China, the USA Women defeated Canada in the quarterfinals of the Olympics tournament, winning in overtime with a thrilling goal by Natasha Kai. This sets up a semifinal match for Monday night where the USA will meet Japan. For tonight's details,
Read the US Soccer Match Report here
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You may have heard of Ted Leonsis as the owner of the NHL Washington Capitals. The former AOL executive has also been a great supporter of Major League Soccer, working with his local team DC United, as well as on many promotional projects for the league involving promotion and expansion...
He has also had his hand in recent film productions; "Kicking It" is a new feature film ...
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It was not Beckham, Buddle, or Donovan...but Alan Gordon - scoring his fifth Galaxy goal of the season - who proved the hero for LA late Thursday night at the Home Depot Center...
Landon Donovan was the one who got the scoring started. He racked up his 14th goal for his club, leading the entire league in goals scored. However, after that great eighth-minute strike, Galaxy did not score ...
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from SI.com,
How close was David Beckham to joining AC Milan instead of the Los Angeles Galaxy ? Extremely close, he says. But things worked out for the best: Becks has taken Major League Soccer by storm, even if the hype machine from last summer has died down. The media attention may be less, but Beckham has appeared in every game for the Galaxy and has contributed to their ...
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SUPERCLASICO @ THE HOME DEPOT CENTER
Thursday, August 14 - 8 pm
CHIVAS USA are the 'home' team for this edition of the LA Derby. The in-city rivarly now takes a new turn with a new Galaxy coach at the helm, a veteran LA player in his very first match as coach. Both teams were tied for first place in the West for the last SuperClasico meeting, which itself ended in a ...
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On September 3rd at RFK Stadium in Washington, D.C. the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup will crown their champion; this is the 95th consecutive year for the U.S. Open Cup, making it one of the longest-running competitions in any American sport...
The qualifiers began early in the year; any amateur or professional men's team at any level can attempt to qualify and compete in the tournament. ...
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ESPN will be sponsoring an open online chat for fans with Landon Donovan via Sport Nation's "The Show"; it is a rare opportunity, so I wanted to be sure you know about the Tuesday afternoon event in advance...
Landon just recently tallied his 100th cap for the USMNT, and he is currently the Major League Soccer leading goal-scorer for this season; he just scored his 13th in ...
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USA Men - Olympics Sunday Result - from team's official site,
The U.S. Men’s Olympic Soccer team was just minutes away from clinching a spot in the knockout stage after two games, but a late equalizer from the Netherlands shocked the U.S. for a 2-2 tie on Sunday at the Tianjin Olympic Sports Center Stadium.
(Photo: Sacha Kljestan celebrates his goal - Associated Press ) The ...
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Nigeria
I would like to share this new 1-minute TV commercial introducing NIKE's new "Courage" campaign: The YouTube video is linked below, and was posted by NIKE in advance of the U.S. debut for the Olympics on August 8...
The ad, which begins "Everything you need is already inside...", celebrates the 20th anniversary of the "Just do it" campaign by showing ...
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Cristiano Ronaldo
Michael Jordan
John McEnroe
Lance Armstrong
Barca circus comes to town ...
(PIC: Thierry Henry sings ..er SIGNS - for the kids, with uberfan/soccer investor Steve Nash looking on...)
Almost 40,000 showed up to the Meadowlands for a Wednesday night international friendly between FC Barcelona and the local MLS team New York Red Bulls. Although this was half of ...
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"Beckham is, without a doubt, planetary," the magazine says. "As far as universally recognisable names in sports today, you have David Beckham. After him, who? Tiger Woods. That's about it. Even the big names in US sports - Tom Brady, LeBron James, Alex Rodriguez - are unknowns in international waters. But just about everyone, everywhere, knows who David Beckham is." ...
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VIDEO - (from PBS) Official and complete preview promo for the 39th season of "Sesame Street" (which begins August 11 in the U.S.) includes spots with David Beckham, who filmed his episode this spring.
WATCH HERE
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UPDATE: Jake, incredibly, took Bronze in Big Air this year ! Why is that incredible, you ask ? Just read on, and see what he's been through. Bronze is like Gold to him after all this ! --- EXPN.com: At the13th Summer X Games last year in Los Angeles, skateboarder Jake Brown suffered "the slam heard 'round the world" when he fell the equivalent of several stories ...
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Jake Brown
Gold Is "Cool"
August 1, 2008, 12:00 AM
Ryan Leyba
Medal Heads Jeremy Lusk (left), Kyle Loza and Todd Potter (right) soak in the glory.
The first medals have been handed out for an X Games 14 Moto X event and it was Kyle Loza who found gold—buried in a tunnel near the landing. I'm not going to give you a play by play, because if you're reading this than ...
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RESULTS --- Men's Moto X Best Trick Finals
Rank
Name
Run 1
Run 2
Best Run
1
Kyle Loza
94.40
94.40
2
Jeremey Lusk
89.20
92.80
92.80
3
Todd Potter
90.00
89.80
90.00
4
Blake Williams
88.00
84.80
88.00
5
Mat Rebeaud
84.60
87.60
87.60
6
Thomas Pages
82.80
87.60
87.60
7
Nate ...
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(04:28) Post-event interview segment from ESPN's "X Center" daily wrap-up show late Thursday night. Bob Burnquist talks about the incredible night, and highlights of the Skateboard Big Air Final are shown as he describes what went down. Bob won his 2nd consecutive Gold in this event. Danny Way won Silver, and Jake Brown won Bronze, making for an all-San Diego medal-winners ...
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