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Groups Set For CONCACAF Womens Championship
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The groups have been set for the eight national teams playing in the CONCACAF Women's Championship with spots in next summer's World Cup in Canada on the line. In the draw Friday for the women's continental championship, the host United States landed in Group A with Trinidad and Tobago, Guatemala and Haiti. The top three finishers in the CONCACAF Women's Championship will qualify for the World Cup.
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Queens Park Rangers-Manchester United Preview
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Take two of Louis van Gaal's Manchester United revolution begins on Sunday with the visit of Queens Park Rangers to Old Trafford. On the back of an impressive pre-season slate that included wins over Liverpool and Real Madrid, van Gaal's United were expected to explode out of the blocks armed with the vaunted 3-5-2 formation the Dutchman had utilized so successfully for his national side at the World Cup. Fast-forward three league matches and United are fourteenth in the table after their worst start to a season since 2007-08 having also suffered an embarrassing League Cup exit to third-tier MK Dons. This humbling introduction has led to a tempering of expectations with van Gaal now setting his sights merely on Champions League qualification this season.
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Sacramentos Bid To Win Major League Soccer Franchise Gets High Marks
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By Sharon Bernstein SACRAMENTO Calif. (Reuters) - Sacramento's dark-horse bid to secure a Major League Soccer franchise won praise from league officials on Friday, who promised to continue serious negotiations with boosters led by mayor and former basketball star Kevin Johnson. League officials touring the California capital city praised the site of a proposed downtown stadium and the success of the minor league Sacramento Republic FC, which is in the semi-finals at its level and has been selling out tickets since coming to town last spring. ...

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Players Plan Lawsuit Over Womens World Cup Surface
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(Reuters) - Lawyers representing 40 top women's soccer players challenged FIFA and the Canadian Soccer Association (CSA) on Friday by saying they would file a lawsuit against them over staging next year's women's World Cup in Canada on artificial turf. Players from Germany, Brazil, Spain and the United States are among those claiming that the use of artificial turf instead of grass for the June 5-July 6 event is discriminatory, given the men's World Cup is always played on grass. Their lawyers had given FIFA a Friday deadline to open discussion or face an imminent lawsuit in a Canadian court. ...
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Soccer-La Liga Summaries
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Oct 3 (Infostrada Sports) - Summaries from the La Liga matches on Friday Getafe 1 Baba 88 Cordoba 1 Patrick Ekeng-Ekeng 78 Halftime: 0-0; Attendance: 9,000- - -Next Fixtures (GMT): Saturday, October 4 Valencia v Atletico Madrid (1400) Rayo Vallecano v Barcelona (1600) Eibar v Levante (1800) Malaga v Granada CF (2000) Almeria v Elche (2000) Sunday, October 5 Sevilla v Deportivo Coruna (1000) Celta Vigo v Villarreal (1500) Espanyol v Real Sociedad (1700) Real Madrid v Athletic Club (1900)
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Donovan Hits Post In US Finale 1-1 Vs Ecuador
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EAST HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- Landon Donovan ran onto a backheel pass from Jozy Altidore in the 25th minute, looked at the goal from 12 yards and drove in a right-footed shot in like he had so many times before.

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Soccer-Ligue 1 Summaries
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Oct 17 (Infostrada Sports) - Summaries from the Ligue 1 matches on Friday Racing Lens 1 Adamo Coulibaly 10 Red Card: Jean-Philippe Gbamin 53, Jerome Lemoigne 59Paris St Germain 3 Yohan Cabaye 28, Maxwell 34, Edinson Cavani 55pen Red Card: Edinson Cavani 57Halftime: 1-2; Attendance: 70,785- - -Next Fixtures (GMT): Saturday, October 18 FC Lorient v St Etienne (1500) Monaco v Evian Thonon Gaillard FC (1800) Metz v Stade Rennes (1800) Nantes v Stade de Reims (1800) Lille v En Avant Guingamp (1800) Nice v Bastia (1800) Sunday, October 19 Olympique Marseille v Toulouse (1200) Girondins Bordeaux v ...
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Lloyd Leads US Women Past Mexico 3-0
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Carli Lloyd scored a pair of goals in a 3-0 semifinal victory over Mexico on Friday night, securing the United States a trip to next year's World Cup and a spot in the CONCACAF Woman's Championship match on Sunday.

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