Gold Cup could use some refinement
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The Gold Cup celebration at Soldier Field in Chicago Sunday reflected a happy ending, the United States winning the title for the second successive time before a capacity crowd. But the story of the tournament is not simple, and the way it played out illustrates the changing demographics of the country.
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When America's Cup winner Alinghi sailed away with the Auld Mug in 2003, it was a blow to all of New Zealand. Now the Kiwis want the trophy back.
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Gold Cup holders and hosts United States are aiming for their sixth final in the competition when they play North American rivals Canada in the semi-final on Thursday.
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As everyone knows, the Davis Cup atmosphere is totally different from a regular tournament. Thus, countries like Spain and USA are aware of the danger of being too confident.
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If you picture an Olympic team as athletes in track suits with a few blazer-clad types in the background to look after them, it is time for a radical rethink.
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CHICAGO -- There was more on the line than usual in the Gold Cup final between the United States and Mexico yesterday, the winner qualifying for the 2009 Confederations Cup and a potential multimillion-dollar payoff.
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NEW YORK -- The Americans are going for the gold _ in gold. The U.S. women's team unveiled its jerseys for the upcoming World Cup, and the look certainly is distinctive. The primary jersey is gold, with red, white and blue trimming.
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A brief glance at the teams contesting this year's Asian Cup reveals an eye-goggling array of knock-off "Galacticos" -- even a Beckham on the side.
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The lack of focus on goalkeeper Chris Seitz during the World Cup has been a relatively good thing for the United States, which has played attractive, attacking soccer, for the most part.
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In many Olympics competitions winners and losers are determined by less than a fraction of a point and even the slightest error in scoring can set back an athlete from the gold to the bronze.
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The World Cup isn't the only field that America can't dominate
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The gold and bronze medal finals last night at the Athens Olympic Games mark the end of American women&#39;s soccer. Not the team, of course, which will go on to play, probably at the highest level, for decades to come.
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China&#39;s elimination from the 2006 World Cup qualifiers has prompted calls for reform of the country&#39;s scandal-tainted football bureaucracy.
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Although not quite to the level of the original Dream Team, Team USA is dominating the Olympic qualifying tournament and the awe factor is getting close to what it reached in 1992.
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Panama, who will play the United States in the quarterfinals of the Gold Cup, is a prime example of a traditionally weaker Central American team that has elevated its level of play.
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Actually, it&#39;s been that way for much of the last 20 years as far as the Ryder Cup is concerned. Displaying the kind of team unity the United States has been unable to attain in recent years
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If you picture an Olympic team as athletes in tracksuits with a few blazer-clad types in the background to look after them, it is time for a radical rethink.