Articles filed under Soccer
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Flash stymies Red Stars, 2-0Jun 18, 2014 8:01 pm - Missing five players who were called up for national team duty, the short-handed Chicago Red Stars failed to score against the Western New York Flash on Wednesday night ...
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Suburban bars offering drink specials for World Cup watchersJun 18, 2014 5:15 am - Hockey and basketball seasons are over, and the Cubs and White Sox have less than spectacular records. If you're feeling short on good sports-watching options, you're in...
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Magee back in action with desperate FireJun 18, 2014 1:01 am - The Chicago Fire, desperately needing any kind of victory, found itself in something of a no-win situation Wednesday. The Fire, a disappointing 2-4-8 in MLS play so far ...
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Mandzukic scores 2 as Croatia beats Cameroon 4-0Jun 18, 2014 1:01 am - MANAUS, Brazil - Mario Mandzukic scored two goals Wednesday to keep Croatia in the mix at the World Cup with a 4-0 win over 10-man Cameroon, which will be going home aft...
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3 things to watch for Wednesday at the World CupJun 18, 2014 1:01 am - RIO DE JANEIRO - The magnitude of Spain's opening 5-1 loss to Netherlands comes into sharper focus Wednesday when the defending champions must fend off World Cup elimina...
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Dutch beat tough Australia to take Group B leadJun 18, 2014 1:01 am - PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil - The Netherlands had to work much harder for victory over the World Cup's lowest-ranked team than it did against the defending world and European c...
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Stunner! Spain's World Cup reign ends with loss to ChileJun 18, 2014 1:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO — Defending champion Spain, the dominant global football power for the past six years, was eliminated from World Cup contention Wednesday with a 2-0 loss...
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World Cup won't be mocked among fans in SchaumburgJun 17, 2014 5:00 am - At the start of the 1994 World Cup, I wrote a snarky, jingoistic, front-page column mocking soccer as "cross-country with a ball." I voiced surprise that there were team...
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Brazil, Mexico play to 0-0 tieJun 17, 2014 1:01 am - FORTALEZA, Brazil - Fortaleza means "fortress" in Portuguese and Mexico's defense certainly lived up to the name of Brazil's northeast city on Tuesday thanks to the hero...
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Russia draws 1-1 with South Korea in World CupJun 17, 2014 1:01 am - CUIABA, Brazil - Alexander Kerzhakov scored with one of his first touches after coming on as a substitute to earn Russia a 1-1 draw with South Korea on Tuesday in a Worl...