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<title><![CDATA[This David was a Goliath]]></title>
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David Beckham first appeared on television as a spiky-haired child, excitedly burbling about his ambitions to be a professional footballer. If you wer...]]></description>
<pubDate>May 16, 2013 13:52:17 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Four questions about the USMNT roster]]></title>
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Now we have confirmation that Landon Donovan will indeed have to resort to playing the role of cheerleader when the U.S. takes on Belgium and Germany ...]]></description>
<pubDate>May 16, 2013 10:29:37 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Landon Donovan's post-sabbatical world]]></title>
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NEW YORK -- Landon Donovan is buzzing. I meet American soccer's most celebrated player the morning after he'd used his quick feet and accelerated vis...]]></description>
<pubDate>May 16, 2013 10:52:28 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[U.S. national team -- Did Jurgen Klinsmann unfairly exclude Landon Donovan from roster?]]></title>
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U.S. coach Jurgen Klinsmann goes to great lengths to communicate his thoughts and ideas to those who closely follow the national team, but sometimes h...]]></description>
<pubDate>May 16, 2013 08:17:18 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[David Beckham: A national treasure on and off the field]]></title>
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When I was first afforded the chance to interview a 21-year-old David Beckham back in 1996, the superstar who would later emerge was still lurking ins...]]></description>
<pubDate>May 16, 2013 06:39:41 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[U.S. national team - Will Jozy Altidore make the U.S. May/June roster?]]></title>
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Here's a pretty amazing stat: Since scoring his last goal for the U.S. national team on Nov. 15, 2011, Jozy Altidore has found the net 39 times with D...]]></description>
<pubDate>May 15, 2013 06:24:46 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Klinsmann right to keep Donovan off USMNT]]></title>
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Landon Donovan's absence hasn't left U.S. manager Jurgen Klinsmann pining for the team's all-time leading scorer to return. So much so that Donovan ha...]]></description>
<pubDate>May 14, 2013 14:21:24 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[El Tri - Jorge Enriquez among five players who should play in Gold Cup]]></title>
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The Liga MX season is coming to a close and attention is about to shift in a major way to El Tri's blockbuster summer, with World Cup qualifiers, Conf...]]></description>
<pubDate>May 14, 2013 08:02:03 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ESPNFC show to air on ESPN2 starting Aug. 11]]></title>
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ESPNFC will launch a daily studio show on ESPN2 beginning Aug. 11 that will feature soccer highlights from major soccer leagues in Europe as well as Major League Soccer and the U.S. and Mexico men's national teams.]]></description>
<pubDate>May 14, 2013 04:30:17 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[U.S. Soccer Hot List - Clint Dempsey on the rise]]></title>
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It's officially crunch time for the national team's globetrotting scouting staff, which, with European seasons drawing to a close, now has just a coup...]]></description>
<pubDate>May 13, 2013 07:50:22 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Carli Lloyd cleared to join women's soccer league Flash]]></title>
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U.S. women's national soccer team midfielder Carli Lloyd has been cleared to play for the Western New York Flash after missing the past two months recovering from a broken left shoulder.]]></description>
<pubDate>May 09, 2013 06:57:42 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Revs acquire Agudelo from Chivas USA]]></title>
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The Revolution announced Tuesday that they have acquired U.S. National Team forward Juan Agudelo from Chivas USA in exchange for allocation money. Agu...]]></description>
<pubDate>May 08, 2013 06:10:50 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[U.S. national team - How the U.S. scouts its players]]></title>
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Keeping tabs on the 40-odd members of the national team's player pool isn't easy. American footballers are scattered all over the world these days, an...]]></description>
<pubDate>May 08, 2013 02:58:30 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[El Tri - Carlos Vela, Aldo De Nigris improve national team stock]]></title>
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In what is becoming an increasingly stable panorama for Mexicans abroad, it behooves Jose Manuel de la Torre to set his eyes on the domestic league fo...]]></description>
<pubDate>May 07, 2013 05:51:21 PDT</pubDate>
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In Val Ackerman's latest Man Up column, acclaimed men's soccer coach Bruce Arena talks about why he sees a great future for the women's game in the United States.]]></description>
<pubDate>May 07, 2013 03:40:18 PDT</pubDate>
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