The Equalizer
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Klinsmann fills out training camp roster; Shea left out
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Head coach Jurgen Klinsmann added 11 players to the U.S. men's national team training camp roster for this summer's series of matches that includes three friendlies and the team's first two World Cup qualifiers in June.
Having already named 16 mostly foreign-based players earlier this week, Klinsmann added some domestic players to the mix Sunday. The final, 23-man roster for the five-game...
Drogba rescues Chelsea in Champions League final
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Didier Drogba was the hero not once, but twice, Saturday as Chelsea defeated Bayern Munich 4-3 on penalties to capture the Champions League final in Munich.
Drogba's header in the 88th minute leveled the match at 1-1 and forced extra time. After 30 scoreless minutes, 10 players were given the task of beating the opposing goalkeeper from 12 yards out.
Drogba, 34 years young and possibly...
Klinsmann announces 16 'core' players for World Cup qualification
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U.S. Men's National Team head coach Jurgen Klinsmann has released the names of 16 "core" players invited into camp in Orlando, Fla., to begin preparations for World Cup qualifying this summer.
Many of the country's top foreign-based players, whose seasons have recently come to a close, were included on the roster. The United States has a trio of friendlies before it begins World...
Dempsey scores 50th Premiership goal on sublime free kick
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The ball had another five yards to go, but Clint Dempsey started celebrating anyway.
The American -- and Fulham's best player -- knew that his curling free kick was destined for the back of the net almost as soon as he hit it. His gorgeous goal in the 12th minute of Sunday's 2-1 win over Sunderland was the 17th EPL goal in what has become a legendary season. It was his 23rd goal in all competitions...
Papiss Cisse's masterpiece ... The EPL goal of the season?
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Think Beckham would have been proud of this bender?
I'm pretty sure Newton would have been proud of that bender.
Quite possibly the best goal scored in the English Premier League this season came off the foot of Papiss Demba Cisse in injury time of Newcastle's 2-0 victory over Chelsea Wednesday at Stamford Bridge. His first goal would have been worth highlighting, too, but it became...
Bayern Munich tops Real Madrid in thrilling, mediocre shootout
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Bayern Munich's penalty shootout victory over Real Madrid in today's Champions League semifinal was thrilling theater, but the lead actors certainly bricked the final scene.
Who knew the world's best players would produce such ugliness 12 yards from goal?
Bayern advanced to the final by defeating Real in in the shootout, 3-1, after the teams finished 210 minutes of play tied 3-3 on aggregate....
Howard, Everton fall to rival Reds, miss out on FA Cup final
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The third time was a charm for Liverpool striker Andy Carroll, and it was enough to deny Everton goalie Tim Howard another shot at the FA Cup title.
Carroll, having already missed two golden chances on net, headed home the game-winner for the Reds in the 87th minute to send them into the final against the winner of Sunday's Chelsea-Tottenham match. Everton, which fell to Chelsea in the 2009...
Bradley scores first Serie A goal
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Low and to the corners. That's what coaches always preach.
Michael Bradley has probably heard the mantra hundreds of times, having a pretty famous coach for a father. And that's precisely how he scored his first Serie A goal for Chievo Verona in a 3-2 victory over Catania this weekend.
As if he was making a crisp pass to the right post, Bradley knocked in Cheivo's first goal of the match...
Clint Dempsey scores brace, breaks Fulham record
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American Clint Dempsey, enjoying the best season of his prolific career overseas, scored two goals against Bolton in a 3-0 victory Saturday to break Fulham's single-season record for league goals scored.
Dempsey, who now has 15 EPL goals this season, broke Louis Saha's record of 13. He has 21 goals in all competitions.
His first goal was a stunner. In the 25th minute, he lined up a free...
Late El Salvador goal eliminates U.S. from Olympic qualification
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The United States will not be represented on the pitch in London.
The U.S. U-23 men's national team failed to advance in the CONCACAF Olympic qualifying tournament after tying El Salvador, 3-3, during Monday's night's game in Nashville, Tenn. Jaime Alas' 30-yard equalizer in the fifth minute of stoppage time gave his team a much-needed point, took two away from the Americans, and sent them...
