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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- The United States' 2-0 victory over Mexico on Tuesday night had the highest preliminary television rating for a men's national team game outside of the World Cup or Confederations Cup.

The United States' 2-0 victory over Mexico on Tuesday night had the highest preliminary television rating for a men's national team game outside of the World Cup or Confederations Cup.

Police say investigators have detained an unspecified number of players who are suspected of match-fixing in the Czech Republic.

Giovanni Trapattoni has left his post as manager of the Republic of Ireland national team after the club's 1-0 loss to Austria in World Cup qualifying on Tuesday.

The University of Central Arkansas this Sunday will host the fourth Amigo Cup soccer tournament. For the first time, it will bring together the Latino women's league champions from Fort Smith, Little Rock, Rogers and Spr...

DUBLIN (AP) -- Giovanni Trapattoni lost his job as Ireland coach Wednesday after a five-year run that started out strongly but ended in a string of dismal defeats.

Bullets whizzed through the air in the Afghan capital Wednesday night, this time in celebration rather than anger: Afghanistan had just won its first international trophy in football.

Alessandro Della Valle was back in his office at a ceramics retailer on Wednesday, his international football career a little less unsung.

Used affectionately by supporters of Premier League club Tottenham but hurled back by rivals with venom, football chants featuring "Yid" have long been a source of ambiguity in England.

With one of the top players in the world sidelined, another international superstar put on a show. Neymar scored once and set up Brazil's other two goals during a 3-1 victory over Portugal in a friendly on Tuesday.

La albiceleste golea a Paraguay y los charrúas superan a Colombia e igualan a Ecuador en el cuarto lugar

The fireworks had gone off and so had the smoke bombs. The red-white-and-blue-clad crowd had finished singing "Dos a cero! Dos a cero!" over and over and over.

With yet another dos a cero victory, it is getting hard to deny there's something special about Columbus.

For more than two hours, the red-white-and-blue-clad crowd stood and sang "Dos a cero! Dos a cero!" over and over and over.

Eddie Johnson and Landon Donovan score, goalkeeper Tim Howard makes several outstanding saves, and the U.S. punches its ticket for next summer's tournament in Brazil. Mexico's chances dwindle. COLUMBUS, Ohio — Needing ...

YOKOHAMA, Japan (AP) -- Shinji Kagawa has expressed frustration at being omitted from Manchester United's lineup this season after scoring in Japan's 3-1 friendly win over Ghana.

For more than two hours, the red-white-and-blue-clad crowd stood and sang "Dos a cero! Dos a cero!" over and over and over.

Team USA clinched its seventh consecutive World Cup berth Tuesday night after beating rival Mexico behind goals from Eddie Johnson and Landon Donovan.

NORTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN — United States, Costa Rica

Costa Rica empató 1-1 con Jamaica este martes en Kingston y se clasificó, junto a Estados Unidos, al Mundial de Brasil-2014, gracias al empate de Honduras y Panamá en el cierre de la octava fecha del hexagonal final d...

Aferrándose a una remota esperanza, Venezuela se mantuvo con vida en la carrera sudamericana hacia el Mundial de 2014 tras vencer el martes 3-2 a Perú, que quedó eliminado.

Con goles de Eddie Johnson y Landon Donovan, Estados Unidos derrotó 2-0 a México la noche del martes en Columbus, Ohio, y se clasificó para el Mundial de Brasil 2014, al igual que Costa Rica.