Strong bones are linked to kids who play soccer during preteen ...
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Thousands of kids play soccer for fun, but yearslong involvement with the game can have more health benefits than routine physical activity.
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Specialization and year-round play are putting active kids at increased risk of crippling injury
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As sports becomes a measure of success in America, young athletes are training ever harder.
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With so many World Cup Qualifiers played, teams with many international players will be most affected. Of course, we are talking about Chelsea, Arsenal and Manchester United, whose players flew all over Europe to play in international matches.
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ATHENS: Over the past 13 years, they talked about the team, about being teammates. The members of the US womenâs soccer team talked about little kids who needed strong female role models - women athletes to look up to, emulate.
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Sport: Striker's recovery from a fractured foot is ahead of schedule and he is close to full training with his club.
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Women&#39;s soccer is one of the fastest growing sports in America, and new research has linked knee injury to an increased risk of developing arthritis.
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When Jane Rodriguez was a kid she used to spend hours outside playing with her friends. Rodriguez, now a certified physical education teacher, said today&#39;s kids aren&#39;t as active or as healthy.
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When the soccer paths of Freddy Adu and Charlie Davies first crossed, Davies was 13 years old. In the seven years since they played together on an all-regional team, Adu has become one of Major League Soccer's star attractions and Davies has kept a much lower profile, only returning to prominence this year, his second full season at Boston College.
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A friendly game of soccer works off more fat and builds up more muscle than jogging, new research shows
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Nearly a million American youngsters, some as young as 6, rely on personal trainers to shape up, lose weight or improve in sports, according to figures from the nation's leading sports club association.
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Science is well on the way to building a better athlete. Just try to stop it.
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NEW YORK  - The high-impact tumbling of gymnastics may boost young girls' muscle mass and bone density, according to a small study.
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Most of the United States national team that may end up in South Africa for the 2010 World Cup will be a delicate mix of young and old, experience and exuberance.
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NEW YORK  - Researchers speculated that excess fat, which places more weight on the bones, may help build stronger bones in young people. However, a new study has found that this is not the case.
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NEW YORK  - Despite normal growth and  maturation, young people with type 1 diabetes appear to lag in  bone development, researchers report.
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Jane Durant is a mom first, and a soccer mom second. Most of the work she does to help the under-16 girls' soccer team in Saugus has nothing to do with soccer.