Articles filed under Soccer
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Japan's WCup players kept homeland in their heartsJul 18, 2011 12:00 am - FRANKFURT, Germany — Their country's misery was never far from their hearts. Thousands dead or missing. Villages erased. Homes destroyed. The players on Japan's women's ...
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Plenty of optimism for U.S. women’s soccer teamJul 18, 2011 12:00 am - FRANKFURT, Germany — Once the Americans get over the disappointment of coming up just short at the Women’s World Cup, they’ll find plenty of reasons for optimism. The U....
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US women have optimism despite lossJul 17, 2011 11:00 pm - FRANKFURT, Germany — Once the Americans get over the disappointment of coming up just short at the Women's World Cup, they'll find plenty of reasons for optimism. The U....
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Women's World Cup final breaks Twitter recordJul 17, 2011 11:00 pm - LONDON — The Women's World Cup final between Japan and the United States set the record for tweets per second, eclipsing the wedding of Prince William and Kate and the d...
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Japan takes World Cup on penalty kicksJul 17, 2011 12:00 am - FRANKFURT, Germany — They came to play for their storm-ravaged country. They left with the Women's World Cup trophy, holding it high above their smiling faces, flecked w...
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Dramatic Cup final was all that soccer can beJul 17, 2011 12:00 am - The United States knows a miracle finish when it sees one, but this was unfamiliar territory. The United States took a lead late in the second half of Sunday’s Women’s W...
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The SoapboxJul 16, 2011 3:00 am - Keeping costs in check: Why pay 40 cents to mail a check for $1.50? Comptroller Judy Baar Topinka is proposing changes in the way her office sends money to vendors that ...
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Sorry, I get no kicks from soccerJul 16, 2011 12:00 am - Sorry, still can't go there no matter how hard I try. Or, come to think about it, no matter how hard the American women try to beat Japan in today's World Cup fin...
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Timbers withstand frustrated FireJul 16, 2011 12:00 am - Welcome to Chicago, Sebastian Grazzini. Fire fans hope you stay awhile, Pavel Pardo. The club needs you both. No longer are ties the problem for the Fire (2-6-12, 18 poi...
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Americans took bumpy road to World Cup finalJul 16, 2011 12:00 am - FRANKFURT, Germany — The bumpy, windy road got the Americans right where they wanted to go all along. Eight months after having to win a playoff just to get to Germany, ...