10 Rookies Part of U.S. World Cup Team
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Forward Kristine Lilly and goalie Brianna Scurry are among 18 players chosen to play for the U.S. in this year's Women's world Cup.
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Former Boston University goalie Rick DiPietro of the New York Islanders made 16 saves as the United States topped Slovakia, 3-1, last night at St. Paul for its first victory in the round-robin portion of the World Cup of Hockey.
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Three of the seven World Cup teams playing warmup matches Wednesday came away with wins &amp;#151; France, Iran and Paraguay.
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After last year's world championships, the United States knew it needed better shooters, stronger defenders, and more experienced players. That last one cost Kevin Durant. The Seattle rookie was one of two players cut Monday night as the Americans got down to the 12-player limit for the Olympic qualifying tournament that begins Wednesday.
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The United States hit its stride just in time to avoid elimination from the World Cup of Hockey. Facing the same Russian team that dominated them five nights earlier, the Americans got four goals and an assist from Keith Tkachuk in a 5-3 quarterfinal victory Tuesday night.
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Forwards Taylor Twellman (Revolution) and Charlie Davies (Manchester, N.H.) were named yesterday to the United States roster for Copa America, which starts next week in Venezuela. The US will meet Argentina, Paraguay, and Colombia in the first round.
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The goalkeeper has been set for more than a year and the defense fell into place months ago. Now U.S. coach Bruce Arena must figure out the final lineup of his attackers and midfielders for the Americans&#039; World Cup opener against the Czech Republic.
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Latest from Wednesday's 2006 World Cup qualifier.
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When you look at the roster of the 2007 United States national junior team, which was announced Tuesday, one thing jumps out. Fourteen of the 22 players are from Midwest teams. And only two -- Boston College's Nathan Gerbe and Harvard's Jim Fraser -- are from local programs.
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Freddy Adu, 18,ÃÂ scores three goals Tuesday to propel the United States to a 6-1 rout of Poland in the Under-20 World Cup in Montreal.
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It&#39;s pretty rare that a first-ballot Hall of Famer, the third-leading goal-scorer in NHL history, gets benched. But the United States had opened the World Cup of
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The popularity of the FIFA Under-20 World Cup in a nation otherwise dominated by hockey has been one of many surprises that have come with the tournament.
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Dozens of fresh faces zipped around the Ristuccia Arena in Wilmington yesterday morning, the start of the Bruins' five-day rookie camp. The procession of wanna-B's included draft picks, free agents, and invitees, and by the start of the veteran camp Thursday morning, all but 8-10 will have been assigned elsewhere or encouraged to explore career horizons that aren't defined by ...
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US national team coach Bob Bradley signaled the start of a transition for the team by giving four players (Kyle Beckerman, Jonathan Bornstein, Kenny Cooper, Bryan Namoff) their international debut in a 3-1 win over Denmark Jan. 20. Bradley gave five others their second appearances including Revolution goalkeeper Matt Reis.
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After the United States advanced to the World Cup of Hockey semifinals Tuesday night, some of the players already started talking about facing Finland.
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A year ago last night, Uncle Sam's nephews were in Gelsenkirchen, getting bounced by the Czechs in their World Cup opener. Claudio Reyna was the man in the middle, Brian McBride was up front, Eddie Pope on the back line, and Bruce Arena was on the sideline, not particularly enthralled with how the evening was going.
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Forget all that talk about Team USA having goalie problems. Robert Esche and Rick DiPietro combined on a shutout, and John-Michael Liles arrived just in time to score a goal to lead the defending champion Americans to a 2-0 victory over Russia on Friday night in their final World Cup exhibition game.