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| Al Jazira of the United Arab Emirates remained on track to advance in the Asian Champions League with an impressive 2-1 win Tuesday over Iranian club Esteghlal, while Australian A-League leader Central Coast Mariners held 2010 tournament winner Seongnam Ilhwa to a 1-1 draw despite finishing with 10 men. |
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| Australian A-League leader Central Coast Mariners held 2010 Asian Champions League winner Seongnam Ilhwa to a 1-1 draw despite playing the last half hour of Tuesday's Group G match with 10 men. Minutes after hitting the far post with a powerful strike from the left, Adam Kwasnik gave the Mariners a 1-0 lead in the 50th minute when he finished off a movement started by Daniel McBreen. |
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| Two goals from Aldo de Nigris helped reigning champion Monterrey beat fellow Mexican side Pumas UNAM 3-0 on Wednesday in the CONCACAF Champions League semifinal first leg. Hector Morales got the first goal in the 7th minute, with de Nigris adding his double in the second half. Chilean international Humberto Suazo set up all three goals. |
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| Mexican title holders
Tigres UANL kept pace with the Clausura championship leaders by
beating Pumas UNAM 2-0 away at the Olympic stadium in the
capital on Sunday.
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| Vietnam will stage the
Asian qualifying playoffs for the 2012 London Olympics, the
region's governing body said on Thursday.
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| The Vietnam Football Federation has fired German coach Falko Gotz after the country's Under-23 team's dismal performance at the recent Southeast Asian Games in Indonesia. Gotz told a news conference in Hanoi he was surprised to see his two-year contract terminated early. He has been in the job for seven months. |
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| South Korean club Chunnam Dragons has signed striker Matt Simon from Central Coast Mariners, the Australian team announced Friday. The 25-year-old made his way into the A-League in 2006, having given up on his job as a plasterer, and has made two appearances for Australia's national team. The tall striker will play against Gold Coast United on Saturday and Melbourne Victory on Wednesday before... |
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| Pak Nam Chol scored a second-half goal to give North Korea a 1-0 over Japan in a 2014 World Cup qualifier on Tuesday. Pak gave North Korea a 1-0 lead in the 50th minute with an angled header beyond Japan goalkeeper Shusaku Nishikawa. The match had no bearing on the outcome of the group -- Japan has already qualified for the next stage while North Korea can not make it -- but there is always tension... |
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| The Los Angeles Galaxy will play Toronto FC in an all-Major League Soccer pairing in the CONCACAF Champions League quarterfinals, and the Seattle Sounders will meet Mexico's Santos Laguna. Defender champion Monterrey was drawn to play Mexican rival Morelia on Tuesday, and Mexico's Pumas UNAM will play El Salvador's Isidro Metapan. |
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| Mexican champions Pumas UNAM were ousted
from the eight-team knockout phase of the Apertura championship on Sunday while
troubled giants America put their entire squad on the transfer list.
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