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    Hejduk out for Americans with groin injury

    Associated Press

    Monday, June 1, 2009

    SAN JOSE, Costa Rica -- U.S. defender Frankie Hejduk is out for Wednesday's World Cup qualifier at Costa Rica with a groin injury. American coach Bob Bradley said Monday that Hejduk was not fit enough for the match in San Jose. The Americans enter the game with seven points in their qualifying group, one more than second-place Costa Rica. The top three teams at the end of the round-robin CONCACAF finals make the World Cup field. Bradley said Jozy Altidore, the 19-year-old forward who scored th ...

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