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The Week Hope Solo Blew Up
By Matthew Futterman That goalkeepers are a different subset of the human race is an undeniable facet of the world’s most popular sport. It’s a certain sort of child who decides at a young
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Edelstein: There’s Hope for soccer yet; he’s now a fan
By Jeff Edelstein, Special to the Times I never heard of Hope Solo until last week. That should demonstrate to you how much I hate soccer. To be clear: Some hot sports babe with
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Abby Wambach saves the USWNT
Posted by Jerry Hinnen So, folks, just your average Sunday morning contender for the most thrilling sports moment of the year: From 2-1 down and out of the tournament to clinching a penalty kick
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US Ladies Flip The Script …. And The Tragedy Is All Brazil’s
Maura Gladys on the USWNT’s monumental win. A little bit of drama, a little bit of emotion, and one heck of a comeback by the USWNT. Thinking about this game, I thought about an
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US dramatic, resilient
By many accounts, Sunday’s stirring and remarkable World Cup quarterfinal victory by the U.S. women’s soccer team was a game it should have lost. It was stung by questionable calls, down a player for
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Reaction to the US Win Over Brazil
Goalkeeper Hope Solo pushing aside a penalty kick shot by Brazil’s Daiane in the shootout. Selected reactions of the players and coaches who took part in the United States’ thrilling penalty-kick victory over Brazil
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US women lauded with celebrity tweets
DRESDEN, Germany – The new-found celebrity status of Hope Solo and her United States teammates was confirmed Monday as America’s new favorite team was bombarded with messages of support on Twitter from stars of
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