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1. Grant Wahl: Q&A with U.S. goalkeeper Tim Howard (Sports Illustrated) 9 Mar 2010
   MANCHESTER, England -- U.S. goalkeeper Tim Howard may have joined Everton from Manchester United in 2006, but he still lives in the Manchester area, about 35 miles from Everton's Goodison Park in Liverpool. I took the train out to see Howard on Monday, the day after Everton's 5-1 win over Hull City and five days after the U.S.' 2-1 loss to the Netherlands in Amsterdam.
2. Soccer Capsules: Crew opens up against Toluca without contract (The Brownsville Herald) 9 Mar 2010
   COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Columbus Crew head into Tuesday's CONCACAF Champions League quarterfinal without a labor contract, the first Major League Soccer team to play a competitive game since the five-year deal expired last month.
3. Massacre May Be Turning Point In Mexico Drug War (NPR) 8 Mar 2010
   The outcry from the late January deaths of 15 young people in Juarez has led President Felipe Calderon to pledge to pump millions of dollars into civic programs in what's become one of the deadliest cities in the world.
4. Fire Win Over FC Dallas; Set to Challenge Houston Dynamo in Second-to-Last Preseason Tune-up (OurSports Central) 8 Mar 2010
   CHICAGO, IL (March 8, 2010) - The Chicago Fire Soccer Club will finish its four-city, six-match preseason tour of the United States and Mexico with a match against the Houston Dynamo on Thursday, March 11 at 7:00 PM CT at the Carl Lewis Track and Field Complex in Houston, Texas.
5. Soccer Capsules: Pumas beats Puebla for third straight win (The Brownsville Herald) 7 Mar 2010
   MEXICO CITY — Argentine striker Martin Bravo and Jehu Chiapas scored in a five minute span in the second half as UNAM Pumas earned a comfortable 4-1 win over Puebla for their third straight win in the Mexican Clausura tournament Sunday.