Soccer Players Come Home With Opened Eyes
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Clare Greenberg's opportunity to make a difference in South Africa arrived as an unsolicited page of white notebook paper folded up and passed to her on the day before she was to leave Port Elizabeth.
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The narrative of homegrown athletes triumphing over foreign opponents resonates with Russian sports fans, reaffirming their conviction that their country&#39;s athletes are no worse, and
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The fact that racism in European soccer is not a dead issue became painfully obvious in Spain during the past week, with members of both England&#39;s full international
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WASHINGTON -- The black eye that goalkeeper Matt Reis was sporting as he stared down the next DC United penalty kick taker told the story.
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The kid was going against pros and it was a mismatch. Charlie Davies, 19, was overflowing with caution before he and his Boston College teammates faced Major League Soccer's Revolution this past spring in an exhibition match. There were issues. The caliber of the opposition; that went without saying. The caliber of the Eagles, who were coming off a calamitous ...
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Major League Soccer's Eastern Conference teams are attempting to redefine or rejuvenate themselves for late-season playoff runs.
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Benny Feilhaber has lived his soccer life on fast-forward for so long now that he has learned not to look ahead. "You always look back at the things that got you here," said one of the intriguing new faces on Uncle Sam's soccer team, "and how fast and crazy everything was."
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They have been criticized roundly, at home and here in Europe, sometimes by their own coach. What the team lacks is to some observers more obvious than its attributes.
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As the captain of his junior club, Milan Lucic can't help but think about his team, which opened regular-season play last night and opens at home next Saturday.
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Most MLS teams are in a comfortable position for the last two weeks of the regular season. Too comfortable.
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Residents have taken more pride in their nation's Games as Friday night's kickoff has neared.
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It is not easy living in the shadows   of Pele and Franz Beckenbauer.
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As a league that plays through the summer, Major League Soccer is subject to the ebb and flow, players coming and going for major international tournaments.
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In recent seasons, the Revolution have played the MLS regular season at a long distance runner's pace, then sprinted to the finish line. And they might have taken a step toward another late rally with a 4-2 victory over FC Dallas last night.
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Real Madrid&#39;s 3-0 Champions league victory over AS Roma drummed up as much relief as celebration, with players keen to focus on other competitions and commentators
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The &quot;been there, seen it, done it&quot; T-shirts hang from their dressing-room pegs. Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes and co know their way home from here.
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Spaniards used to say they lived in one of Europe's most racially tolerant countries. Soccer has shattered that myth. In Madrid's Santiago Bernabeu stadium &#151; the Yankee Stadium of soccer &#151; Spanish fans bellowed out monkey noises last week each time a black English player touched the ball in a match between England and Spain.