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    U.S. rides a strong defensive effort to beat UAE

    By Brent Latham

    Sunday, November 1, 2009

    KANO, Nigeria -- To win two games in a row in a World Cup at any level, something has to go right. It's just that with this American U-17 team, you wouldn't necessarily expect the part of the squad clicking at just the right time to be the defense. But on Sunday night in Ijebu-Ode, coach Wilmer Cabrera's team rode a back line that has suddenly turned into a youth version of a stone wall, and a solid goalkeeping performance by Earl Edwards, to its second straight 1-0 victory. The win earned the ...

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