A Power Exits Soccer&#39;s Stage, With a Nudge From Behind
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AS the fabled class of 1991 takes its leave of international soccer, everybody agrees it is time to turn the game over to the next generation - which may very well be Brazilian.
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More than 70,000 people were forced to leave Real Madrid&#39;s Bernabeu stadium on Sunday following a bomb scare. David Beckham and other Real Madrid players had to leave the pitch three minutes before the end of their 1-1 match against Real Sociedad.
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US coach Bruce Arena made two decisions with players in the last seven days that could have a lasting effect on the men&#39;s national soccer team.
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The extra point is supposed to be a routine play. When you think about it, a lot of it is muscle memory. Snap, hold and a short kick by a former soccer player.
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The career of Italian coach Arrigo Sacchi, the new director of soccer at Real Madrid, has almost come to an abrupt end twice in recent years.
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OPORTO, Portugal For those who traveled here to see Jose Mourinho&#39;s new team add to his old team&#39;s misery, it did not quite work out as planned.
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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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One of Sven-Goran Eriksson&#39;s greatest strengths in his reign as the England manager, especially over the last two years, has been the continuity of selection both in terms of the squad and the team itself.
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ATHENS -- America&#39;s gold-medal soccer players don&#39;t just say goodbye; they say hello. &quot;The thing I love,&quot; retiring captain Julie Foudy said, &quot;is that Tarpley and Wambach scored.
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Last week in an interview with the New York Times, US men&#39;s coach Bruce Arena took pot shots at almost everyone involved in American soccer.
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In soccer there is no way of avoiding a villain&#39;s tackle from behind, and when those come from icons of the Champions League there is little hope that we can shield the young from witnessing such bad examples.
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Mark Hughes was last night appointed the successor to Graeme Souness at Blackburn &#39;with immediate effect&#39; but he is almost certain to be allowed the opportunity to end his international
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Though it isn&#39;t certain, it appeared Wednesday a major party member of Brazil&#39;s ruling alliance would leave to pursue 2006 presidential aspirations.
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There was no need for a desperate finish this time against Panama, no threatening loss of control. The United States has become the dominant soccer power in the North
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Deep into overtime, the breaks were going against the US women&#39;s soccer team. First came a last-gasp goal that stole victory in regulation, then came a wide-open shot that bounced off the goalpost.
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Landon Donovan got plenty of help from DaMarcus Beasley &#151; and from a controversial call that led to a key goal &#151; as the United States breezed into the quarterfinals of the CONCACAF Gold Cup.
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Roberto Maroni, Roberto Castelli and Roberto Calderoli of Italian Northern League Padania leave the Quirinale palace after consulting with Italian President Giorgio Napolitano in Rome.Comment