Americaâs Pastime Is Only a Blip in Soccer-Crazed Brazil
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Brazilâs national amateur team hopes that a strong performance in the Pan American Games can help put baseball on the map in a country where the most popular sport by far is soccer.
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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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Brazil advanced to the Copa America finals last night, eliminating Uruguay, 5-4, on penalty kicks.
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An 'elite' sport tries to pump up participation by appealing to a workout-mad America.
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Once upon a time, America ruled. No, no. I mean ruled . When I was growing up, we were international sports tyrants. We took it all for granted.
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Brazil overcame a tentative start, shimmying and weaving around defenders and getting a go-ahead goal on Ronaldinho's free kick late in the second half to rally past the United States 4-2 in a wide-open exhibition game Sunday.
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Before David Beckham can convert America into a soccer nation, he'll need to learn the lingo. After saying his family came first, he said the second most important thing "is the foot-, is the soccer."
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The favorite sports of the U.S. and the U.K. share a name. But how football fans on either side of the Atlantic put their fervent allegiances to action and enjoy the game are vastly different.
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The murder of a soccer player and kidnapping of the mother of another have shown that not even Brazil&#39;s pride and joy -- soccer -- is immune from the violent crime that sweeps over cities.
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In the early â90s, the N.F.L wagered that North America and Europe would embrace a brand of football that was of lesser quality than the one the leagueâs 32 teams play in the United States. They were wrong.
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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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The United States was eliminated from the Copa America when Brazil defeated Ecuador 1-0 and Mexico played a 0-0 tie against Chile on Wednesday night.
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Just because the United States has stormed through its regional qualifying for the next World Cup does not mean the Americans are a world soccer power.
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A couple of players who weren&#39;t able to crack the US lineup when the World Cup began earlier this week helped propel the Americans to victory in a game they had no choice but to win.
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RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil  - Diogo Silva gave Brazil its first gold medal of the Panamerican Games on Sunday, but the celebration was quickly eclipsed as the soccer-mad country turned its attention to victory at the Copa America.
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U.S. shots at the World Cup have been scarcer than tickets. The Americans have just one shot on goal in their first two games. Every other nation has at least four.
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It was quite simply the performance of the year for the Americans. In a perfect storm of what could go right for the US menâs national team, Panama