Soccer Sports Betting News
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Nyon, Switzerland (BettingExpress) - The FIFA/Coca-Cola Men's World Rankings
for the month of May were released on Wednesday, and since there was only
around 20 games played since the last rankings, there was not a lot of change
inside the top 50.
Argentina stayed in the top spot ... |
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St. Petersburg, Russia (BettingExpress) - Pavel Pogrebniak scored two goals to
send Zenit St. Petersburg to its first-ever European final with a 4-0 win over
Bayern Munich in the UEFA Cup semifinals on Thursday.
Zenit and Bayern Munich, the favorite to win the event, tied the first leg 1-1
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Liverpool, England (BettingExpress) - Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez blamed a
failure to take extra-time chances for their Champions League exit at the
hands of Chelsea at Stamford Bridge on Wednesday.
The Reds fought back from a goal down on the night to level the semifinal
seco... |
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Manchester, England (BettingExpress) - Manchester City could secure a surprise
route into European football next season after UEFA revealed England have
finished top of the fair play standings.
One Premier League club will now be handed entry into the first qualifying
round of the... |
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London, England (BettingExpress) - Arsenal striker Emmanuel Adebayor has
angrily slammed reports that he has asked to leave the club after being denied
a new bumper contract.
Several reports on Friday claimed the Togo international was looking to quit
the Emirates Stadium after bein... |
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Manchester, England (BettingExpress) - There is still plenty to be decided on
the final Premiership Sunday of the season, with Manchester United and Chelsea
both level on 84 points at the top, while three teams are separated by just
one point for the final two relegation spots.
United ... |
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Houston, TX (BettingExpress) - The back-to-back defending Major League Soccer
Cup champion Houston Dynamo will be gunning for their first win of the 2008
season on Saturday night when they host the Colorado Rapids.
The struggling Dynamo are currently tied with the expansion San ... |
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Salt Lake City, UT (BettingExpress) - Real Salt Lake coach Jason Kreis finally
had enough this week, criticizing officials for calls that "are consistently
going against us."
Kreis was rewarded with a one-game suspension and a $1,000 fine. He won't be
able to coach Saturday night's matc... |
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Santa Clara, CA (BettingExpress) - When asked how the Columbus Crew, who have
won four straight and five of six, could continue their early-season success,
forward Alejandro Moreno had a simple answer.
"Well," Moreno said, "we keep doing the things that we're doing."
What exactly does t... |
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Waived Brazilian defender Bruno Menezes. ... |
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Chicago, IL (BettingExpress) - The United States womens national team, ranked
No. 1 in the world by FIFA, will travel to Europe for exhibition games against
Norway and Sweden this summer.
The U.S., which is 12-0-1 this year, plays Norway on July 2 and Sweden on July
5. Norway is ranked fift... |
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Birmingham, AL (BettingExpress) - Substitute Angela Hucles scored in the final
seconds of stoppage time Saturday, giving the United States women's national
team a 5-4 win over Australia.
It was the second time in six days the U.S. defeated Australia with a goal in
extra time. Carli Lloyd... |
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Zurich, Switzerland (BettingExpress) - Brazil was chosen as the host country
of the 2014 Men's World Cup, while Germany was given the same distinction as
the home of the 2011 Women's World Cup.
FIFA president Joseph Blatter made the announcement following an executive
committee meet... |
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Zurich, Switzerland (BettingExpress) - The FIFA Disciplinary Committee fined
and suspended France captain Zinedine Zidane and Italy defender Marco
Materazzi Thursday for the incident that took place during the 2006 FIFA World
Cup final on July 9 in Berlin.
The Committee issued a... |
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Shanghai, China (BettingExpress) - Hope Solo's comments will define the United
States' 2007 World Cup effort forever, but it's that one loss that will take
the Americans years to overcome.
Like it or not, Solo's outburst after the 4-0 semifinal loss to Brazil - the
worst loss in the Uni... |
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Shanghai, China (BettingExpress) - Brazil's Marta was awarded the Golden Ball
on Sunday as the top player in the Women's World Cup.
Marta, 21, scored seven goals to lead Brazil to its first final. Although she
missed a penalty kick in the final, a 2-0 loss to Germany, Marta ran away with
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Shanghai, China (BettingExpress) - Birgit Prinz scored and Nadine Angerer
stopped a penalty kick by Brazil's Marta as Germany became the first team to
repeat as Women's World Cup champions with a 2-0 victory on Sunday.
Prinz, a three-time FIFA Player of the Year, scored in the 52nd... |
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