The common thread between the Los Angeles Galaxy and Real Salt Lake is just that – a thread.
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MLS Soccer Desert Diamond Cup: LA, Salt Lake only alike in their success
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Striker Kris Boyd, the Scottish Premier League’s all-time leading scorer, has joined Major League Soccer’s Portland Timbers. Boyd was signed by the Timbers in late January, but his arrival in Portland was delayed while he secured a visa.
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Soccer Capsules: Timbers welcome Scottish striker Boyd
Argentine soccer phenom Lionel Messi stormed into second behind Portuguese sensation Cristiano Ronaldo in the running for the European Golden Shoe award, following a stunning performance in Barcelona’s 5-1 dominating victory over Valencia, where he racked up four goals in a row.
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Tigres, Morelia and Santos Laguna improved to 14 points to share the Mexican first-division lead through seven rounds. Tigres, which lead the other two on goal difference, drew 0-0 against Atlas. Morelia defeated Puebla 2-1, and Santos Laguna drew 1-1 against Monterrey.
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Soccer Capsules: Tigres, Morelia and Santos bunched at the top
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Nearly all of Mexico’s first-division soccer clubs and the Mexico Football Federation have agreed to ban access to one of the country’s most important sports newspapers.
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Soccer Capsules: Mexican soccer clubs ban major sports tabloid
PARIS (AP) — Clearly, the Oscar will go to the wrong guy. George Clooney, Brad Pitt, best actor? Pah! What about Dani Alves or Bryan Carrasco? If those names don’t sound familiar then, like Hollywood’s academy, you’ve not been paying attention.
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Soccer Capsules: Commentary – And the Oscar goes to … soccer cheats
CHICAGO (AP) — Dallas midfielder Brek Shea and New York forward Juan Agudelo are among 23 players picked for the U.S. under-23 roster for a training camp before Olympic qualifying next month.
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Soccer Capsules – U.S. and Leagues: Shea, Agudelo picked for U.S. training camp
A magnificent goal by Mehmet Topal was enough to give the visitors victory Can Stoke do it on a wet and windy night in Stoke? That’s the question on everybody’s lips as Tony Pulis’s side take on the mighty Valencia, six-time Spanish champions and winners of four major European trophies. The mighty Valencia, whose team of 2000 and 2001 was perhaps the greatest side fated to never win the European …
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Stoke City v Valencia – as it happened | Scott Murray
CHICAGO (AP) — Bob Bradley earned a $400,000 bonus during the year when the U.S. reached the second round of the 2010 World Cup, raising his compensation for the 12-month period to $941,792.
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Soccer Capsules: Bradley earned $400,000 bonus in World Cup year
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MEXICO CITY (AP) — Defending champion Tigres moved into first place in the Mexican Clausura championship with a 2-0 victory over San Luis. Tigres’ victory coupled with a 3-1 loss over the weekend for Santos Laguna against Morelia leaves both clubs with 13 points after six rounds.
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Soccer Capsules: Tigres move into first place in Mexico
Leverkusen’s Michael Ballack warms up during the German first division Bundesliga soccer match between Borussia Dortmund and Bayer 04 Leverkusen Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012 in Dortmund, Germany.
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Aspirin-backed Leverkusen has a perpetual headache
PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil (AP) — Internacional of Brazil defeated Peru’s Juan Aurich 2-0 on Thursday as the first round of matches in the group stage of the Copa Libertadores continued.
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Soccer Capsules: Internacional start Libertadores with win
GUADALAJARA, Mexico (AP) — Mexico’s Guadalajara Chivas were held to a 1-1 home draw on Tuesday against Ecuadoran champions Deportivo Quito as the group stage of the 2012 Copa Libertadores kicked off across Latin America.
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Soccer Capsules: Chivas held as Libertadores kicks off
Athletic Bilbao have thrashed Mirandes 6-2 to reach the final of Spanish soccer’s Copa del Rey and will play Barcelona or Valencia.
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Bilbao make Spanish soccer's Copa final
Keven Aleman, a former TFC academy member, is currently in Spain where he has joined the youth team of second division club Real Valladolid.
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Canadian Aleman back in Spain with Valladolid
After winning the program’s first-ever Atlantic Sun tournament championship in the fall, Florida Gulf Coast University women’s soccer coach Jim Blankenship announced the signing of eight players on Monday.
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Women's soccer: Gulf Coast's Rogers part of FGCU's recruiting class
Keven Aleman, a former TFC academy member, is currently in Spain where he has joined the youth team of second division club Real Valladolid.
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Aleman back in Spain with Valladolid
The UC Santa Barbara women’s soccer program has signed 10 standout players to National Letters of Intent, head coach Paul Stumpf announced Friday.
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UCSB Signs 10 to National Letters of Intent
CHICAGO (AP) — U.S. women’s soccer coach Pia Sundhage has selected nine players for a training camp who weren’t on her roster for Olympic qualifying, a group that includes backup goalkeepers Jill Loyden and Ashlyn Harris.
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Soccer Capsules: Sundhage adds nine players to training camp roster
New London – Coast Guard Academy’s softball team was ranked 15th in the National Fastpitch Coaches’ Association (NFCA) Division III preseason poll released Thursday.The Bears were 38-4
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Coast Guard softball ranked 15th in Division III
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Chile striker Humberto Suazo says he’s staying with Mexican club Monterrey after failing to negotiate a transfer to Boca Juniors.
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Soccer Capsules: Suazo rejoins Mexican club Monterrey
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Santos Laguna defeated Club Tijuana 3-1 on Sunday to move alone into first place in Mexico’s Clausura championship after four rounds.
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Soccer Capsules: Santos Laguna moves into first place in Mexico
A Mirandes fan cheers in the stands during their quarterfinal, second leg, Copa del Rey soccer match at the Anduva stadium in Miranda de Ebro, Spain, in this Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012 photo .
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Mirandes' cup run invigorates hard-hit town
MADRID — NBA prospect Kyle Singler has no regrets over his decision to spurn the Detroit Pistons to play basketball in Europe.
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Singler: No regrets after bucking NBA's Pistons for Spain
MADRID — NBA prospect Kyle Singler has no regrets over his decision to spurn the Detroit Pistons to play basketball in Europe. The Real Madrid forward, selected by Detroit with the 33rd pick in the second round of the draft, is one of the few players who didn’t return after the NBA lockout ended.
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Kyle Singler Has No Regrets After Ditching Detroit Pistons For Spain
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — So much was on the line for the U.S. women’s soccer team that maybe some jitters were understandable. When a 30-yard shot hit the frame of goalpost, leaving the ball sitting in front of an empty net, the hearts really started pounding.
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Soccer Capsules: U.S. women qualify for Olympics
PAUL LOGOTHETIS AP Sports Writer MADRID NBA prospect Kyle Singler has no regrets over his decision to spurn the Detroit Pistons to play basketball in Europe. The Real Madrid forward, selected by Detroit with the 33rd pick in the second round of the draft, is one of the few players who didn’t return after the NBA lockout ended. The former Duke forward felt pressured from the Pistons to come back …
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Singler: No regrets after bucking NBA for Spain
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Heather Mitts remembers the feeling walking off the field in Cancun, having been a part of the first and only loss the U.S. women’s soccer team has ever suffered in a qualifying match for the World Cup or Olympics.
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Soccer Capsules: U.S. women seek long-awaited payback against Mexico
LONDON (AP) — Manchester City turned the Premier League into what looks like a two-horse race Sunday with a dramatic 3-2 win over Tottenham, leaving Manchester United its only likely rival for the English title.
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Soccer Capsules – International: Man City beats Tottenham, Man United beats Arsenal
