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| The playoff hopes for the Los Angeles Galaxy are currently hanging by a thread, and the Colorado Rapids are holding a big pair of scissors. |
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| Argentina beat neighbours
Uruguay 2-1 in a bruising World Cup qualifier on Saturday to
end a run of six successive draws while South American group
leaders Paraguay won again, 1-0 away to Colombia.
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| Paraguay handed Colombia's new
coach Eduardo Lara a losing start on Saturday with a 1-0 win in
Bogota which kept them top of the South American group.
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| Colombia 0 Paraguay 1 - World Cup
qualifier result, South American zone, at the Campin stadium in
Bogota on Saturday:
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| The Los Angeles Galaxy enter the week knowing a loss to the Colorado Rapids on Saturday night, combined with a number of other results, could leave LA outside of the postseason for a third consecutive year. |
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| Colombia's new coach Eduardo Lara
has announced seven changes to the side for Saturday's World Cup
qualifier at home to South American group leaders Paraguay.
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| Cristiano Ronaldo returns after injury for Portugal. Adriano is recalled from the cold for Brazil. Michael Owen is still shut out by England coach Fabio Capello. World Cup qualifying returns Saturday. With it comes the sight of the big stars back in national team colors and, for some, the uncertainty of whether their international careers are over. |
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| Colorado Rapids interim head coach Gary Smith remains steadfast at sticking to his gameplan in the wake of his team's 3-1 loss Saturday to two-time defending MLS Cup champion Houston Dynamo. |
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| The weekend began and ended with the Houston Dynamo in first place in the Western Conference, but the defending MLS Cup champions are taken nothing for granted as they head for the home stretch. Their 3-1 win against Colorado on the road Saturday night clinched them a playoff berth, following Columbus as the second team to secure a postseason spot, but the Dynamo continue to take each match as a head-on challenge. |
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| Injured Blackburn striker Roque Santa Cruz will miss Paraguay's forthcoming World Cup qualifiers against Colombia and Peru, the country's football federation said on Monday. |
