Articles filed under Soccer
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Romanian midfielder joins Chicago FireJul 14, 2014 11:00 am - Veteran Romanian midfielder Razvan Cocis, 31, has signed with the Chicago Fire, team officials announced Monday. "Razvan is an experienced, well-traveled central midfiel...
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Brazil's upside-down Cup: Bad on field, good offJul 14, 2014 1:01 am - RIO DE JANEIRO - For Brazil, it was the upside-down World Cup. Brazilians lost at what they were certain they would win - soccer - and won where so many expected failure...
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Germany wins World Cup on late goalJul 13, 2014 1:01 am - RIO DE JANEIRO - With two quick touches, Mario Goetze ended Germany's 24-year wait for another World Cup title. Goetze scored the winning goal in extra time to give Ger...
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Heads up, World Cup teams: The robots are comingJul 12, 2014 11:00 pm - PHILADELPHIA — When robots first started playing soccer, it was a challenge for them just to see the ball. And to stay upright. But the machines participating in this mo...
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Sorting out World Cup winners and losersJul 12, 2014 3:00 pm - Every once in a while a big event lives up to the hype. Take a bow, World Cup 2014. Forgetting about the Argentina-Netherlands semifinal for a minute, this tournament h...
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5 reasons Messi is one of the bestJul 12, 2014 1:01 am - RIO DE JANEIRO - A four-time world player of the year, Argentina's Lionel Messi is gifted with talents that most footballers can only dream of. What makes him special is...
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Fire holds on for 1-0 win over RevolutionJul 12, 2014 1:01 am - FOXBOROUGH, Mass. - Quincy Amarikwa scored in the 3rd minute and Sean Johnson saved a penalty kick in the 86th to seal the Chicago Fire's 1-0 win over the New England Re...
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Netherlands beats Brazil for 3rd in World CupJul 12, 2014 1:01 am - BRASILIA, Brazil - Robin van Persie and Daley Blind scored early goals to help give the Netherlands a 3-0 win over host Brazil in the third-place match at the World Cup ...
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Argentina: 'Perfect game' required against GermanyJul 12, 2014 1:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO — Argentina coach Alejandro Sabella is looking for perfection against Germany in Sunday's World Cup final. Describing the Germans as “very powerful” physi...
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Brazil's Neymar thankful he's not in a wheelchair nowJul 10, 2014 1:01 am - BRASILIA, Brazil - Neymar became emotional when talking Thursday about the injury that ruled him out of the World Cup, saying that if the knee to his back had been sligh...