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Lower Merion, YMS turning into a battle royale

By Sheldon Shealer
ESPNRISE.com

Thursday, July 23, 2009

LANCASTER, Mass. -- After seven yellow cards, a busted head and several ice bags to curtail swelling, fatigued players from the YMS Xplosion and Lower Merion Velez Under-17 boys' soccer teams sat in team huddles in stunned silence. These archrivals from Pennsylvania played to a physical scoreless draw during Thursday's U.S. Youth Soccer national championships in Lancaster, Mass. It was the fifth meeting between these national club powers this year and the first match to end without a winner in ...

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