Posts Tagged International soccer

Lloyd on roster for US women’s game vs Canada

CHICAGO (AP) — Carli Lloyd is on the roster for next month’s exhibition against Canada, the midfielder’s first appearance with the U.S. women since breaking her left shoulder in mid-March.

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Seattle MF Evans added to US training camp roster

CHICAGO (AP) — Seattle Sounders midfielder Brad Evans will join the U.S. men for a training camp ahead of next month’s trio of World Cup qualifiers.

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Slim, broadcasters take fight to soccer field

In this Jan. 14, 2013 file photo, Mexican telecommunications tycoon Carlos Slim speaks during news conference at the Soumaya museum in Mexico City. Slim recently bought part of two of Mexico's first division soccer teams, setting up another showdown with television giants Televisa and TV Azteca, major players in the soccer field that are in turn trying to push their way into Slim’s telecommunications and Internet markets. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills, File)

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexicans often feel that billionaire Carlos Slim owns everything in their country, from telephone and Internet companies to banks and chain stores, but his latest acquisitive foray is meeting resistance after touching a national passion: soccer.

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Klinsmann envisions Donovan return _ just not now

NEW YORK (AP) — Jurgen Klinsmann envisions Landon Donovan returning to the U.S. national team. He’s just not sure when.

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Beckham’s role after retirement to remain global

This is a Sunday, Jan. 15, 2006 file photo of Real Madrid's David Beckham, left, as he congratulates  goalscorer Zinedine Zidane  during their Spanish league soccer match against Sevilla  at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium in Madrid, Spain.  David Beckham is retiring from soccer after the season, ending a career in which he become a global superstar since starting his career at Manchester United. The 38-year-old Englishman recently won a league title in a fourth country with Paris Saint-Germain. He said in a statement Thursday May 16, 2013  he is "thankful to PSG for giving me the opportunity to continue but I feel now is the right time to finish my career, playing at the highest level." (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue, File)

PARIS (AP) — After David Beckham’s long and distinguished soccer career ends on an artificial turf field in northwestern France, his life promises to be perhaps even more glamorous than it already has been.

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