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    U.S. finishes preparations for Costa Rica

    Associated Press

    Sunday, May 31, 2009

    MIAMI -- The U.S. soccer team concluded five days of training on Sunday and was looking forward to the arrival of members who couldn't participate in preparations for the team's World Cup qualifying matches this week. Forced to run practices without such key players as Landon Donovan, Carlos Bocanegra and DaMarcus Beasley because of their commitments to their MLS teams or European clubs, coach Bob Bradley was also in the dark about the availability of veteran defender Frankie Hejduk. After sit ...

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