An American Soccer Player's Long Journey
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He is a long way from Green Bay, Wis., where he played high school soccer, just another sport thrown into the mix with basketball and track and field.
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Just as US national soccer team coach Bruce Arena had predicted many months ago, the semifinal round of qualifying for the 2006 World Cup has been riddled with treacherous road trips and perplexing
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Several former pro and national team players who have immigrated from Paraguay play for Sol de AmÃ©rica, a team in an over-40 soccer league.
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The World Cup is soccer&#039;s greatest spectacle. It&#039;s also a monthlong grind, and the fatigue is starting to show.
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Heart. Courage. Grit. Determination. Never has the U.S. soccer team sounded so proud of a tie.
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Landon Donovan knows he could raise   his game by returning to Europe but the elegant U.S. striker,   who has been on a successful streak since a disappointing World   Cup, would rather savor the good life at home in California.
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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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ATHENS, Greece - When the first whistle chirped, US women&#39;s soccer icon Mia Hamm thought it was merely a foul call. She wondered when the endless, harrowing gold medal match against Brazil would finally end.
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ATHENS, Greece -- She had bruises on her legs, scars on her arms and the weary look of a future soccer mom. Mia Hamm ached more Thursday night than even her husband, the shortstop with the perpetual nagging pains.
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Goalkeeper Tim Howard is finding it  increasingly difficult to earn a place in the starting line-up  for both the U.S. national team and his English Premier League  club Manchester United.
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Brad Friedel could have played his last game for the United States. A veteran of three World Cups, the 33-year-old keeper is not on the current roster and was quoted as saying on
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The Bolivian forward suffered a career-threatening back injury in his first season with New York, and wasn&#39;t even thinking about MLS championships at this time last year.
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Shalrie Joseph played more than a third of the MLS season on the verge of a suspension.
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Landon Donovan was voted the US soccer team player of the year Thursday, becoming the first three-time winner of the award. The 22-year-old forward, the only player to win the
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CARSON, Calif -- Peter Nowak had an empty feeling when he left the MLS Cup four years ago. He was beaming this time.
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The former England football captain makes a long-awaited - although brief - debut for America's LA Galaxy team.
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A month has passed since the US soccer team escaped from Panama City with a 1-1 tie in its most recent 2006 World Cup qualifying match, yet that raucous, frenzied setting