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Two People Shot Outside Reliant Stadium After USA-Mexico Friendly
Two People Shot Outside Reliant Stadium After USA-Mexico Friendly
We like to joke about how any soccer match between the U.S. and Mexican national teams could hardly qualify as a "friendly." Still, you never like to see any part of the game turn quite this ugly . Houston police are investigating the shootings of two people outside Reliant Stadium. More than 70,000 fans were on hand Wednesday to watch the U.S. and Mexico spar in a soccer match that ended...
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The DCenters — ... match (via AOL Fanhouse) It's entirely possible this is just a random act of violence, but since we don't know, we must at least consider the possibility that this was a situation of people targeting Mexican fans. Yes, there's nothing to say right now that was the motive, but we just don't know. Even if it is not the case, we would be smart to think about some of the problems the rest of the world has with soccer, and how to stop those problems from developing over here. ...

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Two People Shot After US-Mexico Soccer Match
sportsbybrooks.com 2/7/2008 — Two people were shot outside Reliant Stadium in Houston after Wednesday night's USA-Mexico soccer match. Police are still investigating what happened. Well, so much for being a "friendly".
Two People Shot Outside Reliant Stadium after US Soccer GameThe Big Lead
Team USA battled Mexico last night at Reliant Stadium in Houston. More than 70,000 fans were on hand to watch the 2-2 tie in what was supposed to be a “friendly exhibition”. Before the game got underway, Landon Donovan noted that the games between the US and Mexico are “never friendly”. That was a foreshadowing of things to come, to say the least . Witnesses ...
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USA 2, Mexico 2. Despite the score, the atmosphere (over 70,000 in Reliant Stadium) and the influx of young players on both squads, this was a tough game to watch. For USA fans, it was frustrating (at least it was for me) to watch a team run around with such little composure. Also frustrating for a USA fan was the waving off of a Clint Dempsey goal that would have put them up 3-1 at the end of