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German authorities: 17 arrests made in soccer match-fixing probe
German prosecutors investigating corruption in football say 15 people in Germany and two in Switzerland have been arrested and ...
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Germany
Switzerland
FIFA: No replay for France-Ireland World Cup qualifier
FIFA ruled out the possibility of replaying the disputed France-Ireland World Cup qualifier on Friday, rejecting an Irish appeal ...
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France
World Cup
FIFA
MLS Cup coaches offer contrast
In the early 1990s, Jason Kreis was an All-American soccer player at Duke whose team had the misfortune of sharing a conference ...
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Jason Kreis
MLS Cup
Donovan wins MLS MVP award
Long considered the best player in the U.S., Landon Donovan is now the best player in Major League Soccer.
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Landon Donovan
Major League Soccer
Ohio State kicker Barclay finds success in life after soccer
Chad Marshall, a defender with the Columbus Crew and U.S. soccer team, was a world away from The Horseshoe when he saw his friend, ...
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Chad Marshall
Columbus Crew
World Cup soccer qualifier offers Americans something to relate to
The world today is united. Football needs replay.
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Controversial goal puts France in World Cup, Ireland out
France qualified for the World Cup on Wednesday, beating Ireland 2-1 on aggregate after William Gallas scored a contentious equalizing ...
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France
World Cup
William Gallas
USA leaks three goals to Denmark in final match of 2009
The United States wasted an early goal by Jeff Cunningham and lost a World Cup warmup 3-1 to Denmark on Wednesday night, the ...
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Denmark
USA
Jeff Cunningham
World Cup
Lone goal propels Greece past Ukraine to World Cup
Greece qualified for the World Cup on Wednesday, beating Ukraine 1-0 on aggregate after Dimitrios Salpigidis' first-half goal ...
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Greece
World Cup
Ukraine
Algeria beats Egypt in World Cup qualifying playoff
Algeria qualified for the 2010 World Cup with a 1-0 win over Egypt on Wednesday.
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Egypt
MLS Cup 2009 matchup
Click through the categories to learn about each team and vote to tell us which team has the edge.
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MLS Cup
Title contender Real Salt Lake beat politics, finances
In 2006, David Beckham and Dave Checketts shoveled dirt next to each other at a groundbreaking ceremony for a Real Salt Lake ...
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Real Salt Lake
David Beckham
MLS, players see tough road ahead to avoid work stoppage
Major League Soccer Commissioner Don Garber says talk of a possible work stoppage next season is premature and counterproductive. ...
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Major League Soccer
Don Garber
Days before MLS Cup, rumors percolate that players deal will end soon
Major League Soccer Commissioner Don Garber says talk of a possible work stoppage next season is premature and counterproductive. ...
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Major League Soccer
Don Garber
MLS Cup
Salt Lake advances to MLS Cup final in just fourth year in league
In just its fourth year in Major League Soccer, Real Salt Lake is headed to its first MLS Cup final.
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Real Salt Lake
MLS Cup
Major League Soccer
FIFA bans Argentina coach Maradona for two months over tirade
FIFA has banned Diego Maradona from all soccer activities for two months for the Argentina's coach expletive-filled rants after ...
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Argentina
FIFA
Diego Maradona
FIFA bans Argentina coach Maradona for two months over tirade
FIFA has banned Diego Maradona from all soccer activities for two months for the Argentina's coach expletive-filled rants after ...
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Argentina
FIFA
Diego Maradona
Uruguay grabs goal in Costa Rica in qualifying playoff
Diego Lugano's 23rd-minute goal lifted Uruguay to a 1-0 victory over Costa Rica on Saturday and left the South Americans favored ...
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Uruguay
Costa Rica
Real Salt Lake douses Fire to reach first MLS Cup final
Real Salt Lake advanced to its first MLS Cup final by beating the Chicago Fire 5-4 on penalty kicks after 120 scoreless minutes ...
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Real Salt Lake
MLS Cup
Chicago Fire
France catches break vs. Ireland; Russia, Greece not safe
Nicolas Anelka's deflected winner over Ireland put France in sight of the 2010 World Cup on Saturday and Portugal took a slender ...
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France
World Cup
Portugal
Greece
Russia
Egypt forces playoff; Nigeria, Cameroon reach World Cup
Cameroon and Nigeria qualified Saturday for next year's World Cup in South Africa. Algeria was perhaps seconds from qualifying ...
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Cameroon
Nigeria
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South Africa
Egypt
United States falls to Slovakia 1-0 in soccer friendly
Marek Hamsik scored from the penalty spot in the first half Saturday to lead Slovakia to a 1-0 win over the United States in ...
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USA
New Zealand beats Bahrain to qualify for World Cup
Rory Fallon headed in the lone goal in the 44th minute to give New Zealand a 1-0 win over Bahrain and its first World Cup berth ...
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New Zealand
World Cup
OT goals propel Galaxy over Dynamo, into MLS Cup final
Gregg Berhalter and Landon Donovan scored in overtime to put the Los Angeles Galaxy into MLS Cup final with a 2-0 victory over ...
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Los Angeles Galaxy
MLS Cup
Landon Donovan
Houston Dynamo
Portugal prepares for World Cup playoff without Ronaldo
Cristiano Ronaldo will be watching from the stands Saturday when his Portugal teammates open their playoff bid to reach the World ...
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Portugal
Cristiano Ronaldo
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Ronaldo
Free for weekend, U.S. soccer team on European expedition
When the U.S. men's soccer team pulled off an improbable win last month in Honduras, the big reward was a World Cup berth.
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Honduras
World Cup
Galaxy defender Gonzalez voted MLS Rookie of Year
Los Angeles Galaxy defender Omar Gonzalez has won Major League Soccer's Rookie of the Year award.
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Los Angeles Galaxy
Omar González
Major League Soccer
Preki won't return as Chivas USA coach next season
Chivas USA and coach Preki Radosavljevic are parting ways two years after he was chosen Major League Soccer's coach of the year.
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Club Deportivo Chivas USA
Preki
Major League Soccer
Germany stunned by goalkeeper Enke's suicide
The suicide death of Robert Enke left Germany stunned Wednesday, sending the soccer-obsessed country into mourning and leaving ...
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Germany
Germany stunned by Enke's suicide death
The suicide death of Robert Enke left Germany stunned Wednesday, sending the soccer-obsessed country into mourning and leaving ...
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Germany
MLS playoff semifinals showcase glitz against grit
Major League Soccer could be on the verge of a Magic-vs.-Bird matchup of marquee players. And they have plenty of top-level company ...
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Major League Soccer
Davies released from hospital four weeks after accident
U.S. national team forward Charlie Davies has been released from a Washington hospital nearly a month after a car accident.
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Charlie Davies
Cunningham, McCarty, Johnson get national team calls
U.S. coach Bob Bradley called in a few new faces into training for two upcoming exhibition games in Europe.
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Bob Bradley
Galaxy win keeps Beckham in L.A. for MLS semifinals
David Beckham will miss England's friendly against Brazil next week after his American club Los Angeles Galaxy beat Chivas USA ...
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David Beckham
Los Angeles Galaxy
England
Brazil
Club Deportivo Chivas USA
Ching provides lone goal to settle series with Seattle
Brian Ching sent the Houston Dynamo back to the MLS conference final Sunday with a right-footed blast that ended a 180-minute ...
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Brian Ching
Houston Dynamo
Major League Soccer
Seattle Sounders FC
Chelsea pads Premier League by beating Man United
John Terry headed Chelsea to a 1-0 victory over Manchester United on Sunday that extended his team's Premier League lead to five ...
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Chelsea
John Terry
Manchester United
Chicago returns to East final with 2-0 win over New England
John Thorrington and Cuauhtemoc Blanco scored as the Chicago Fire advanced to the Eastern Conference final with a 2-0 win over ...
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John Thorrington
Cuauhtémoc Blanco
Chicago Fire
New England Revolution
South Korea's Pohang wins Asian Champions League title
South Korea's Pohang Steelers won the Asian Champion's League title Saturday, beating Saudi Arabia's Al Ittihad 2-1 in the final ...
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South Korea
Saudi Arabia
Champions League
Tottenham replaces Man City in England's top four
Big-spending Manchester City was held to a fifth consecutive draw in the English Premier League after finishing 3-3 with Burnley, ...
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Manchester City
England
Tottenham Hotspur
Women's soccer bracket watch, conference tourneys
A quick look at the math going into the final weekend before the NCAA Division I women's soccer bracket is filled with 64 teams:
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Real Salt Lake ousts defending champ Columbus Crew, 3-2
Javier Morales and Robbie Findley scored first-half goals and Real Salt Lake advanced to its second straight conference final ...
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Javier Morales
Robbie Findley
Columbus Crew
Columbus Crew's Marshall selected MLS defender of the year
The Columbus Crew's Chad Marshall has been selected Major League Soccer's defender of the year for the second straight season.
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Columbus Crew
Chad Marshall
Major League Soccer
Lyon, Arsenal advance; Liverpool, Barcelona in trouble
Lisandro Lopez scored a last-minute equalizer to give Lyon a 1-1 draw with Liverpool on Wednesday and a place in the knockout ...
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Liverpool
Arsenal
MLS playoffs offer no comfort for higher seeds
Maybe Major League Soccer is lacking dominant teams. Maybe the top teams are cautious away from home.
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Major League Soccer
Four teams clinch knockout berths in Champions League
Manchester United got two late goals against CSKA Moscow on Tuesday to clinch a spot in the Champions League knockout round along ...
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Champions League
Manchester United
Soehn leaves D.C. United after three seasons as head coach
D.C. United says Tom Soehn has withdrawn from consideration to stay on as the team's coach after three seasons.
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D.C. United
Tom Soehn
Beckham will split another year between MLS and Milan
David Beckham will return to AC Milan on loan in January after the Italian club reached an agreement with the Los Angeles Galaxy ...
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David Beckham
AC Milan
Los Angeles Galaxy
Chivas rallies to tie Galaxy in playoff series opener
Maykel Galindo scored in the 50th minute and Chivas USA rallied to tie the Los Angeles Galaxy 2-2 on Sunday in the first game ...
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Los Angeles Galaxy
Maykel Galindo
Club Deportivo Chivas USA
Revolution beat Fire in Game 1 of Eastern Conference semis
Shalrie Joseph scored in the 75th minute to lift the New England Revolution to a 2-1 victory over the Chicago Fire on Sunday ...
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New England Revolution
Shalrie Joseph
Chicago Fire
Salt Lake blanks defending MLS Cup champion Crew
Robbie Findley scored in the 88th minute to give Real Salt Lake a 1-0 win over the defending MLS Cup champion Columbus Crew on ...
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