As for international soccer itself, only the Netherlands has come close to Spain in recent years, winning 89.7% of its most meaningful games since 2008.
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Coleman, who counts Hall of Famers Hank Aaron and Frank Robinson as close friends, said he watched his son, now 23, drop baseball as a teenager for soccer the sport he starred in at Georgetown University.
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Bahia's Correio newspaper quoted him as saying Brazil is "a place where I've always wanted to play" and reported that Adu has already been given a nickname, "Adivis, " as is typical for soccer players in Brazil.
In another, pilot Willie McCool demonstrates how a tightly wrapped ball of trash could be used for fun as a soccer ball, football or baseball.
Juanma Lillo, a former coach in Spain's La Liga, is seen as a soccer swami for pioneering the 4-2-3-1 formation that has been used by six of the 16 teams at the Euro.
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That's since changed, with the pacification of dozens of Rio's "favela" hillside slums, the discovery of offshore oil deposits that have flooded the city with petrodollars and Rio's role as host for the 2014 soccer World Cup and the 2016 Olympic Games.
"Failure triggers a reaction, " said Andy Roxburgh, sporting director for the New York Red Bulls who formerly served as technical director for UEFA, European soccer's governing body.
Sooner or later, every dynasty comes to and end, but as the game ended in a familiar sight for soccer fans, with Xavi embracing Iniesta and Casillas hoisting another trophy skyward as confetti fell down from the stands, it was difficult to imagine how any team could dethrone soccer's reigning kings.
He picked Chevrolet, rather that GM's struggling European Opel brand, for the soccer deal as part of an effort to raise Chevrolet's global profile.
Now add on costs for content, such as those soccer goals and the cost of subsidizing those video phones-including a couple of extra batteries with each phone.
That disappointment brought about dramatic changes in how France trained and developed players, a process led by Gerard Houllier, who is currently Roxburgh's boss as the head of global soccer for Red Bull.
He consulted for Major League Soccer's Toronto FC and worked as a commentator for ESPN at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, where the U.S. was knocked out in the second round with an overtime loss to Ghana.
Australia's fine run has done great things for football - or soccer as we call it - in this country.
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As it gears up for a month of soccer, France will be hoping to emulate England's success in 1966 and Argentina's in 1978.
The match will be remembered in American soccer for the elements as much as the 1967 Ice Bowl is in the NFL. As the snow increased, it made the field resemble a cake topped with piles of sugar, and players' hair turned white as snow stuck along their scalps.
"But playing for results is not the same as playing soccer my teams play soccer, " he said in 2009.
Last month was the tipping point for FIFA allegations, as Warner and Asian soccer chief Mohamed bin Hammam were suspended over allegations of bribery.
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The teenage bin Laden was tall, almost gangly, and was often picked as a forward on his school soccer team for his superior ability to head the ball.
He returned to football for a time, some with English clubs, some in the North American Soccer League such as the Los Angeles Aztecs (the league was a refuge for other ageing stars such as Brazil's Pele).
I'm going to see the final men's soccer match as well as the final for the women.
Just last season, former LSU women's soccer goalkeeper Mo Isom tried out for as a Tigers placekicker.
They were high school buddies who played soccer for Bentley University known as Bentley College then a decade ago.
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The only big film opening this weekend (in 2, 700 theaters) is Playing For Keeps which stars Gerard Butler as a washed up soccer player who returns home to try and become a man.
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Currently it only works for soccer but could soon come to other sports as well.
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All of the greater Shefi family admired you for your distinguished achievments: An excellent soccer player as a boy, a businessman from the age of 5, (yes 5) a distinguished officer of the I.
The new game from THQ, adidas miCoach, will feature athletes like Howard, Kaka, Tyson Gay, Jessica Ennis, Ana Ivanovic and Eric Berry to serve as personal video trainers for gamers interested in sports like basketball, soccer, football, and tennis.
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As a partial byproduct, they play for 2 of the 3 most valuable soccer franchises in the world according to Forbes estimates.
Now, as a compromise, there will be a 35, 000 seat capacity for soccer and rugby games - while the stadium will be re-configured for GAA with 5, 000 seats taken out and up to 12, 000 fans being allowed to stand as is the case at Croke Park.
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Beckham, who made his soccer debut at the age of 17, is as much known for his celebrity lifestyle and marriage to former Spice Girl Victoria Beckham as for his sporting prowess.
If you dress up your yogurt or sugary cereal or bread or sugar water as a drug, you can sell it for high prices at upscale shops to soccer Moms eager to hop on the latest health food trend.
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