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Monterrey 3, Santos 0: Monterrey Wins Apertura

Monterrey overpowered Santos Laguna in the second leg of the Apertura finals to win the tournament 5-3 on aggregate. Monterrey got a brace from striker Humberto Suazo while captain Jose Basanta headed in a corner. Monterrey came out aggressively and

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Weekend Watch List: Big Games In Spain

There are no super big games like the El Clasico last weekend, but there are good match-ups in Spain as well as the final of the Apertura playoffs in Mexico. Here is a look at the top five games this

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Mexicaan Apertura 2010: Semifinal Preview

The semifinals both get underway tonight. All of the Americans have been knocked out as Pachuca fell in a thrilling two leg battle with Monterrey while San Luis lost out to America. The top seed in Cruz Azul was eliminated

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MLS Expansion Draft

Portland and Vancouver made their selections in the expansion draft. Neither team went for the big name players likely due to their high salaries as the teams looked to stock on younger and cheaper talent. Here are the draftees. Portland:

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My Projection Of The MLS Expansion Draft

The MLS Expansion Draft is tomorrow as Vancouver and Portland will be building up some of their teams. Often times, there is not much talent in the expansion draft, but this draft does feature a number of big name players

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MLS Expansion Draftees Announced

With two MLS joining, there will be another expansion draft, but this time teams will be able to lose two players instead of the usual one player where there was only one team in the expansion draft. The list of

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My Reaction To MLS Competitive Changes For 2011

During this past week leading up to the MLS Cup, the commissioner Don Garber made a number of intriguing announcements about the upcoming season. Here are some of the big points he made as well as my reaction to them.

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Colorado 2, FC Dallas 1: Colorado Win First MLS Title

Colorado fought back from a 1-0 halftime deficit to win the MLS Cup 2-1 in extra time. FC Dallas fell behind in the first half when David Ferriera connected with a cross from Marvin Chavez. Colorado fought back well in

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Major League Soccer: MLS Cup Final Preview

It has all come down to this. FC Dallas and Colorado will square off in Toronto tonight for the MLS Cup. The game kicks off at 8:30 pm EST and will be shown on ESPN2 ESPN. There are no big

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Pachuca 1, Monterrey 1: Arizala Goal Keeps Pachuca’s Chances Alive

Pachuca kept its chances of advancing to the semifinals alive with a goal from Franco Arizala that canceled out an opening goal from Monterrey’s captain Jose Basanta. It was a mostly even game with Monterrey content to attack on the

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