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Sports News

Extra Time: Two M.L.S. Teams Line Up to Play, Ready or Not
2007-04-01 03:30 - Houston, the defending M.L.S. champion, and D.C. United, which accumulated the most points in last year’s regular season, will play in Central America on Wednesday.

U.S. Bid for World Cup Advances
2007-04-01 03:30 - The United States Soccer Federation’s board unanimously approved an effort to bid for the 2018 World Cup.

Soccer: Two Soccer Pioneers End Journey at the Hall of Fame
2007-04-01 03:30 - Mia Hamm and Julie Foudy, pillars of the United States women’s national team, were the only players elected to the National Soccer Hall of Fame Tuesday.

New Women’s Soccer League
2007-04-01 03:30 - A new women’s professional soccer league will begin in 2008 with teams in Los Angeles, Dallas, St. Louis, Chicago and Washington.

Q. ’amp; A.: Red Bulls Midfielder Claudio Reyna on His Homecoming
2007-04-01 03:30 - Claudio Reyna, a four-time member of the United States World Cup team, has returned home to play for the New York Red Bulls of M.L.S. Reyna talked to Jack Bell of the New York Times.

Iraq’s Escape Is Soccer, but Soccer Can?t Escape War
2007-04-01 03:30 - Sports fandom is a universal phenomenon, but in Iraq, soccer, the country’s most popular sport, may have greater meaning than usual.

Soccer Roundup: Barcelona Waltzes Into Final in Japan
2007-04-01 03:29 - Barcelona of Spain beat Mexico’s Club América, 4-0, on Thursday to reach the final of the Club World Cup. Barcelona will play Brazil’s Internacional in Sunday’s final.

Q. ’amp; A. With Chelsea Striker Didier Drogba
2007-04-01 03:29 - Ivory Coast international and Chelsea striker Didier Drogba talked to Jack Bell of The New York Times. Read the transcript of their discussion.

For the Giants, One Victory Can Undo the Damage
2007-04-01 03:29 - A loss on Sunday would continue the Giants’ spectacular free fall and would fuel more damning speculation about the future of Tom Coughlin as coach and the direction of the team in general.

Raptors 103, Knicks 100: Home Court Remains a Disadvantage for Struggl...
2007-04-01 03:29 - Despite Eddie Curry’s 16-point fourth-quarter, the Knicks could not escape reality Saturday night in Madison Square Garden, where they have lost seven out of eight home games.


 
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