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Second-tier soccer league dubs itself the NASL

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:21:29 +0000

The second division men's professional soccer league is scheduled to begin play this spring. It announced its name Monday, and it should be familiar to soccer fans in the United States and Canada: the North American Soccer League.

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2nd-tier soccer league dubs itself the NASL (AP)

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:01:25 +0000

Pele may not be suiting up, but the NASL is making a comeback. The second division men's professional soccer league is scheduled to begin play this spring. It announced its name Monday, and it should be familiar to soccer fans in the United States and Canada: the North American Soccer League. The original NASL lasted from 1968-84 and briefly made a splash with the likes of Pele, Franz...

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Tessa Virtue, Scott Moir lead Skate Canada despite 2 mishaps

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 13:52:58 +0000

KITCHENER, Ontario - Canadian ice dancers Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir won the original dance to take the lead at Skate Canada on Saturday. Virtue and Moir scored 60.57...

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Rochette leads Skate Canada, delights home crowd

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:46:07 +0000

Listening to her coach paid off for Joannie Rochette.

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Poland 1-0 Canada: Poles End Winless Run With Narrow Victory (Goal.com)

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:49:13 +0000

Just one goal in it...

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Poland beats Canada 1-0 in friendly (AP)

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:37:25 +0000

Maciej Rybus scored to give Poland a 1-0 win over Canada on Wednesday, its first victory under new coach Franciszek Smuda. Rybus drove a shot past goalkeeper Lars Hirschfeld in the 18th minute after receiving a headed pass from Kamil Kosowski. It was Poland's second match under Smuda, who took over last month from interim Stefan Majewski.

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MLS Commissioner Garber talks MLS

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 01:06:00 +0000

Major League Soccer Commissioner Don Garber touched on a number of subjects in a wide-ranging State of the League address with journalists from the United States and Canada on Monday afternoon.

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You call that a triple-triple combination??

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:25:10 +0000

I went all the way up to Lake Placid to watch the Michael Jordan of figure skating, and then Kim Yu-Na started flopping all over the ice as if she were an American or something. Very disappointing. It was like catching Jordan on a 4-for-22 night. You could still tell she's great, but you felt unlucky to be there on the wrong evening. Weird thing happened on the way back from Lake Placid. Driving on Route 87 South, about 100 miles south of Canada, U.S. troopers of some kind - were they with INS? - had a roadblock set up and forced every car to stop. Most of the drivers were waved immediately on, but I have that curly-haired, olive-skinned look that immediately sets off alarms with these authorities. So I had to roll down my window and answer a bunch of questions about my citizenship. The funny part came when I showed the guy my Skate America credential, as if that were good enough to prove I wasn't a terrorist. It was all pretty disturbing, actually. I thought Obama was going to stop all this ...

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Timeline: ticket sales for the Vancouver Games

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 08:06:07 +0000

2010 Vancouver Games: a brief timeline of individual Olympic ticket sales in the U.S. and Canada.

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Macedonia 3 Canada 0 - international friendly result (Reuters)

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 18:51:00 +0000

Macedonia 3 Canada 0 - international friendly result.

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FYR Macedonia 3-0 Canada: Goran Pandev's Brace Makes It Easy Win For The Europeans (Goal.com)

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 14:07:10 +0000

Three goals, two missed penalties, two converted penalties and some awful finishing made for a very entertaining 90 minutes.....

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Blackhawks stop Maple Leafs 3-2

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 04:52:59 +0000

Patrick Kane leads way for 6th straight triumph at home > With the circus slowly making its way toward the United Center, the Blackhawks are on a mission to pile up as many points at home before heading to Western Canada next week.

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