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| It's largely been a season to forget for D.C. United thus far, but until a foot injury sidelined him last month, Devon McTavish had been one of the club's surprise success stories with a run of strong performances on the right side of midfield this spring. |
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| Veteran Portugal playmaker Rui
Costa was given an emotional send-off as he confirmed his
retirement from the game after Benfica's 3-0 win over Vitoria
Setubal on Sunday.
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| In 2007, the Columbus Crew were experts in conceding late goals that turned victories into ties or ties into losses. So far in 2008, Columbus has been the team with the late-game magic, as shown in their 3-2 comeback victory Saturday over San Jose. |
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| This could be one exciting summer for Houston Dynamo midfielder Patrick Ianni. Despite battling injuries and the subsequent lack of playing time that comes with recovery, Ianni is motoring along quite well and is probably a bit harder on himself that he should be. |
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| The Columbus Crew and Chicago Fire moved to the head of the class in the Eastern Conference, each claiming impressive victories against divisional rivals to round out Week 6 in the Major League Soccer season over the weekend. |
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| Ottmar Hitzfeld will bow out of
Germany a contented man after restoring Bayern Munich to pride
of place in the Bundesliga but he is leaving plenty of work for
Juergen Klinsmann to do if they are to compete again in Europe.
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| Glasgow Rangers will meet Zenit St. Petersburg in the UEFA Cup final following upset victories Thursday night. Rangers advanced to its first European final since 1972, winning 4-2 on penalty kicks at Fiorentina on Thursday night following a 0-0 tie in overtime left the aggregate scoreless in the home-and-home semifinal. |
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| Sporting beat Maritimo 2-1 and
champions Porto thrashed Vitoria Guimaraes 5-0 in the Portuguese
Premier League on Sunday as the battle for Champions League
places heated up.
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| Inter Milan beat Cagliari 2-1 to move within one victory of its third Italian league title in a row. Striker Julio Ricardo Cruz and defender Marco Materazzi scored at San Siro on Sunday and Inter stayed six points ahead of nearest challenger AS Roma, which outplayed Torino 4-1. With three games to go Inter will capture its 16th Serie A title by beating AC Milan next Sunday. |
