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Though heartened, U.S. still has issues

By Leander Schaerlaeckens

Thursday, October 15, 2009

It's far too often these days that a soccer game doubles as a wake or a memorial service. And so it was last night, the day after news broke that bright young U.S. striker Charlie Davies had been severely injured in a car crash that killed his friend, Ashley J. Roberta. As I stood in Washington D.C.'s RFK Stadium on Wednesday, an eerie sensation crept up my spine as the ninth minute of the game was marked by a sea of signs displaying Davies' uniform number: 9. It's that sensation you get when y ...

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