Soccer: Record not enough
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With a victory over Blackburn on Wednesday, Arsenal had just surpassed the English Premier League mark with its 43rd consecutive match without a loss.
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Throughout Asian soccer, one question looms: Can South Korea come close to matching its sensational run to fourth place in the last World Cup?
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&quot;I feel we did not go forward enough and were a little bit within ourselves when we were 1-0 up, we were a little bit cautious.
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It is an all-for-one, one-for-all game if ever one existed. The complexity, the speed, the violence all dictate that, and even those who practice the team concept fervently sometimes find it isn&#39;t good enough.
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Questions, questions. If it is so difficult to play against 10 men why do opponents insist on picking 11? Were Celtic really only a sclaffed header away from the most ignominious of draws against Shakhtar Donetsk on Wednesday night?
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Iraq&#39;s surprising Olympic soccer run came up short with a 1-0 loss to Italy in a bronze-medal game that couldn&#39;t escape reminders of violence in the war-torn country.
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INGSTON, Jamaica, Aug. 19 - Sixty minutes into Wednesday&#39;s World Cup qualifying match against Jamaica, with the United States trailing by 1-0, Brian Ching stood on the sideline, waiting to enter, more excited than nervous.
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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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The Revolution have been going for goal all season. But despite using attack-oriented formations (both 3-4-3 and 3-5-2 alignments) and having one of the MLS's most productive scorers ever (Taylor Twellman) and a strong midfield, the Revolution have come close to setting a team record for fewest goals per game in a season.
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The United States team wasn&#39;t able to stop the juggernaut that is the partnership of Colin Montgomerie and Bernhard Langer, but little else slowed it down in a record-setting
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Sport: Premier League: Both teams managed only one shot on target between them in a poor encounter
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October 11, 2004. The latest round of World Cup qualifiers in South America have produced some interesting results at nearly the half-way mark.
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The idea is to put the ball in the net, not just keep it out. Ukraine figured that out a lot quicker than Switzerland in the shootout Monday night. And the World Cup newcomers are headed to the quarterfinals because of it.
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You would love to know how optimistically Harry Redknapp might be talking now had his first game in charge of Southampton lasted just 89 minutes instead of 93.
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Based on their track record, the Revolution should be preparing for a strong MLS playoff run. The team has made a habit of sprinting to the regular-season finish line since the 2002 season, compiling records of 5-0-1, 5-0-1, 3-3-0, and 2-2-2 in the final six games of the last four seasons .
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In LONDON story headlined &quot;Van Nistelrooy plays down hip injury&quot;, please read in intro ... World Cup qualifying win ... instead of ... friendly win ... correcting status of match. LONDON, Nov 18  - Manchester
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We can forgive Ireland that they didn&#39;t surpass the 70 points England scored against Canada, or the century Scotland put past Japan last week.