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3 days ago - Nearly three months after her World Cup fell apart, Hope Solo still is pained by the experience.In her first public comments since a brutally frank TV interview in which she criticized her benching, Solo told The Associated Press she never saw it coming and wasn't prepared for it.
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7 days ago - World Cup champion Italy, France and the Netherlands got the 2008 European Championship draw none of them wanted. Each other.The three former European champions were drawn Sunday in Group C with Romania for next year's tournament in Austria and Switzerland.
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8 days ago - World Cup champion Italy, France and the Netherlands got the 2008 European Championship draw none of them wanted. Each other.The three former European champions were drawn Sunday in Group C with Romania for next year's tournament in Austria and Switzerland.
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8 days ago - World Cup champion Italy was drawn Sunday with France, the Netherlands and Romania in what appears to be the most difficult first-round group for next year's European Championship.Italy defeated France on penalty kicks in last year's World Cup final, then played the French twice in Euro qualifying, losing 3-1 at Saint-Denis and drawing 0-0 in Milan. The French rallied to beat Italy 2-1 in overtime in the 2000 Euro final.
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8 days ago - World Cup champion Italy was drawn Sunday into what appears to be the most difficult of the four first-round groups for next year's European Championship and will face France, the Netherlands and Romania in the first round.Italy defeated France on penalty kicks in last year's World Cup final, then played the French twice in European Championship qualifying, losing 3-1 at Saint-Denis and tying 0-0 in Milan. Group C will be based in Switzerland, and Italy and France will meet in their final first-round match, on June 17 in Zurich.
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13 days ago - David Beckham gave a crowd of 80,295 just what it came to see: some drama and a goal from a trademark, curling free kick.Having limped around for almost 20 minutes after injuring his left ankle, the former England captain scored the Los Angeles Galaxy's only first-half goal in an exhibition against Sydney FC on Tuesday.
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13 days ago - David Beckham and his Los Angeles Galaxy teammates held a workout at the Olympic stadium on Monday before substantially less than the sellout crowd of 80,000 that is expected there for an exhibition match the following night.The English star appeared to be concerned about his left ankle several times, clutching it during training and having treatment on the pitch, but Los Angeles coach Ruud Gullit said Beckham will play - hopefully all 90 minutes - in the friendly against Sydney FC on Tuesday night.
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14 days ago - David Beckham and his Los Angeles Galaxy teammates held a workout at the Olympic stadium on Monday before substantially less than the sellout crowd of 80,000 that is expected there for an exhibition match the following night.The English star appeared to be concerned about his left ankle several times, clutching it during training and having treatment on the pitch, but Los Angeles coach Ruud Gullit said Beckham will play - hopefully all 90 minutes - in the friendly against Sydney FC on Tuesday night.
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14 days ago - Politics and soccer will mix in qualifying for the 2010 World Cup, which can't make FIFA happy.South and North Korea will meet in Asian qualifying for the tournament, and the United States could face Cuba in the CONCACAF semifinals.
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15 days ago - The United States will play its first World Cup qualifier next June against the winner of an opening-round series between Barbados and Dominica and could face Cuba in its regional semifinals group.The Americans have an automatic bye into the CONCACAF Group One second round for the 2010 World Cup, which will be played in South Africa.
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17 days ago - England fired coach Steve McClaren on Thursday, a day after failing to qualify for the 2008 European Championship by losing at home to Croatia.Football Association chairman Geoff Thompson said McClaren's contract had been terminated with immediate effect, along with that of assistant Terry Venables.
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17 days ago - With a question mark hanging over his place on the England team, David Beckham says he still has plenty left in his soccer career. The Los Angeles Galaxy midfielder, who made his 99th international appearance in England's 3-2 loss to Croatia on Wednesday, still wants to play at the 2010 World Cup - when he will be 35 years old."I'm definitely not giving up anything ... I'm happy to have 99 caps but I want to reach 100," Beckham said. "That would be a milestone."
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18 days ago - England fired coach Steve McClaren on Thursday, a day after failing to qualify for the 2008 European Championship by losing at home to Croatia.Football Association chairman Geoff Thompson said McClaren's contract had been terminated with immediate effect, along with that of assistant Terry Venables.
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24 days ago - D.C. United forward Luciano Emilio was voted MVP of Major League Soccer on Thursday after a season in which he became the league's first 20-goal scorer in five years."This is the best moment in my career," Emilio said.
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24 days ago - D.C. United forward Luciano Emilio was voted MVP of Major League Soccer on Thursday after a season in which he became the league's first 20-goal scorer in five years."This is the best moment in my career," Emilio said.
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