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Feb 22 2023
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Star Soccer Player Is 'Role Model': Glen Cove Star Student
GLEN COVE, NY — Star Students are found in classrooms, on concert and theater stages and at debate lecterns, and out in the community doing good things to make life better for all of us. Here at Patch, we've launched an initiative to help recognize Star Students, and we’re working to tell the stories of these outstanding kids to their neighbors. This submission comes from Lisa Comitino who
Patch.com
Feb 21 2023
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Teen killed in St. Charles shooting was a Liberty High sophomore, soccer player
ST. CHARLES COUNTY — The teenage girl killed Saturday during an attempted robbery in St. Charles was a sophomore who played soccer at Liberty High School in O'Fallon, Mo. Lydia Elking, 15, of Lake Saint Louis, was shot and killed in a residential neighborhood Saturday night near Oak Avenue and Perry Street, just east of Lindenwood University’s campus, police said. Lydia and a 17-year-old boy
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Dec 29 2022
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Brazilian soccer legend Pelé dies at 82
Pelé, the Brazilian soccer legend who won three World Cups and became the sport’s first global icon, has died at the age of 82.
“Everything that we are, is thanks to you,” his daughter Kely Nascimento wrote in a post on Instagram, under an image of family members holding Pele’s hands. “We love you infinitely. Rest in peace.”
Pelé was admitted to a hospital in São Paulo in late
CNN (Online News)
Feb 16 2023
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US women beat Canada in soccer, show support in labor dispute - The Boston Globe
Canada's women are negotiating for a new collective bargaining agreement that would give them equal pay with their male counterparts. They say they haven’t yet been paid for 2022. The Canadian women wore purple shirts during the pregame national anthems that read “Enough Is Enough.” Before kickoff, U.S. players linked arms with their Canadian counterparts in the center circle in a show of
The Boston Globe
Feb 08 2023
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Tijuana Xolos to play Club America in first men's pro soccer game at Snapdragon Stadium
It was only a matter of time before men’s professional soccer came to Snapdragon Stadium in Mission Valley. That time is March 26. The Tijuana Xoloitzcuintles will “host” Club America in a Sunday afternoon friendly at 2 p.m. as part of Tour Aguila, the Mexico City giant’s annual North American series of exhibitions. Both are in Liga MX, Mexico’s 18-team top division, and are scheduled to play
San Diego Union-Tribune
Dec 19 2022
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The World Cup final is refocusing the spotlight on Qatar's soccer investments in France
French president Emmanuel Macron plans to make a second trip to Qatar this week to support his national soccer team in its final game against Argentina on Sunday (Dec. 18). The timing isn’t ideal, awkwardly coinciding with the eruption of a growing corruption scandal related to the Gulf state’s alleged bribery of European lawmakers that saw the arrest of the now former vice president of the
Quartz
Nov 30 2022
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In Ukraine, seeing World Cup, playing soccer pose challenges
Ukrainian video-game vendor Roman Kryvyi, fresh from a soccer game on a snow-blanketed field in suburban Kyiv, sat up close to a TV in a kebab shop as intermittent city power returned just in time for Tuesday’s World Cup game between Wales and England.
For the 22-year-old soccer buff, there was no question about which side to support in the matchup: He remembers how he was crestfallen
Associated Press
Dec 01 2022
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HHS partners with U.S. men's soccer team to promote updated COVID vaccines
The Department of Health and Human Services is partnering with the U.S. national men's soccer team to promote vaccinations with the updated COVID-19 shot, which are currently at a low.
Driving the news: The updated bivalent COVID shot is available for people aged five and up. However, only around 12% of the U.S. population has received the new booster shot, compared to the 69% that have
Axios
Nov 27 2022
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US Soccer briefly scrubs emblem from Iran flag at World Cup
The U.S. Soccer Federation briefly displayed Iran’s national flag on social media without the emblem of the Islamic Republic, saying the move supported protesters in Iran ahead of the two nations’ World Cup match Tuesday.
Iran’s government reacted by accusing America of removing the name of God from its national flag.
The USSF decision added yet-another political firestorm to the
Associated Press
Oct 03 2022
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U.S. Soccer investigation finds "systemic" abuse in women's league
Sexual misconduct and verbal and emotional abuse had "become systematic" in the National Women’s Soccer League, the game's top league in the U.S., according to a highly anticipated report released Monday.
Why it matters: The report details numerous instances of abuse across the league, vicious coaching tactics — "manipulation that was about power, not improving performance" — and a
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