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    Altidore's game growing by leaps and bounds

    By Doug McIntyre

    Wednesday, September 19, 2007

    Jozy Altidore could be the one. It's almost sacrilege to think it, let alone say it out loud. But American soccer fans can't help but wonder just how good the gifted, soft-spoken 17-year-old can be. As much progress as the United States has made over the past two decades -- ending a 40-year World Cup drought in 1990, hosting the most successful Cup ever four years later, and boasting a league that attracted David Beckham and a national team that has played in the past five Cups -- ...

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