Articles filed under Soccer
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US beats Mexico in Mexico for 1st timeAug 15, 2012 9:00 pm - MEXICO CITY — The United States ended 75 years of frustration in Mexico, winning at its southern neighbor and regional revival for the first time Wednesday night when Mi...
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Pappa’s overseas signing shouldn’t affect his play with FireAug 15, 2012 12:32 pm - It’s never good when your leading scorer announces he’s leaving at the end of the season, then leaves for international duty. It’s never good when your captain has to mi...
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Quite an Olympics for American womenAug 10, 2012 6:45 pm - It’s the 40th anniversary of Title IX here in the United States this year and the Olympics is serving as the perfect tribute. Quite simply, the U.S. women, all of whom h...
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MLS postpones game so team can honor UrsoAug 10, 2012 9:00 am - Major League Soccer has postponed a Columbus Crew game Saturday so team members can attend services for Kirk Urso, the rookie midfielder from Lombard who died Sunday. A ...
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US tops Japan to take Olympic women's soccer goldAug 09, 2012 3:00 pm - WEMBLEY, England — Abby Wambach didn't put on her "Greatness Has Been Found" T-shirt right away. She instead strayed from her teammates and knelt alone at midfield — and...
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Fire pointing the way to end playoff droughtAug 09, 2012 12:32 pm - What is the Fire’s magic number? Heading into the final third of the season, the Fire (10-7-5, 35 points) sits in fifth place, good for the final playoff spot in the Eas...
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MLS team to honor Lombard soccer star UrsoAug 09, 2012 8:00 am - The Columbus Crew has announced plans to pay tribute this weekend to Kirk Urso, the 22-year-old rookie midfielder from Lombard who died Aug. 5 at a Columbus restaurant. ...
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U.S. women to take on Japan in redemption match todayAug 09, 2012 1:51 am - LONDON — A day before the Olympic gold medal game, players and coaches from the U.S. and Japanese women’s soccer teams stood in front of reporters side by side, like bud...
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Morgan may be next face of US women’s soccerAug 08, 2012 2:03 pm - LONDON — First-time Olympian Alex Morgan already has her defining moment: A game-winning goal in overtime that put the U.S. women’s soccer team into the gold medal match...
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Our local Olympians to watch todayAug 07, 2012 5:30 am - Coming up today Ÿ Melissa Seidemann (Hoffman Estates) and the U.S. women's water polo team take on Australia in the semifinal round. TV: 10:30 a.m. live, NBC. Ÿ The...