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		<title>What&#8217;s Become the 3rd Annual Request for Music Recommendations</title>
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Jay-Z: The Blueprint 3; David Bowie: Best of Bowie; David Gray: Draw the Line; Grizzly Bear: Veckatimest; Andrew Bird: Noble Beast; Owl City: Ocean Eyes; Pink Floyd: Dark Side of the Moon; The Bird and the Bee: Please Clap Your Hands; The Black Eyed Peas: The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>USA 2 Costa Rica 2, 2010 World Cup Qualifier</title>
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Photo from dcunited&#8217;s flickr stream: http://www.flickr.com/photos/dcunited/4014318316/
The US overcame a two-goal deficit, horrendous finishing, playing down a man, and playing with heavy hearts with their teammate  Charlie Davies in the hospital to tie a Costa Rica team desperate for the win that would qualify them for next summer&#8217;s World Cup.  Jonathan Bornstein&#8217;s header from a Robbie [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ahelms.com/2009/10/15/usa-2-costa-rica-2-2010-world-cup-qualifier/</link>
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		<title>USA 3 Honduras 2, 2010 World Cup Qualifier</title>
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Yuri Cortez/AFP/Getty Images
Mission Accomplished.  The US is going to South Africa after scoring three goals in the second half and surviving a few scares in the dying moments against a Honduras team that had won all eight of its prior home games in 2010 qualifying.  Conor Casey scored the first two goals and drew [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ahelms.com/2009/10/13/usa-3-honduras-2-2010-world-cup-qualifier/</link>
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		<title>Best Thing I Saw Today</title>
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Loser: Literal Video Version &#8211; watch more funny videos
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		<link>http://ahelms.com/2009/09/21/best-thing-i-saw-today/</link>
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		<title>USA 1 Trinidad and Tobago 0, 2010 World Cup Qualifier</title>
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(AFP/Bertrand de Peaza)
With two matchdays remaining, the United States is back on top of the CONCACAF table after it posted a rare away victory against Trinidad and Tobago.  In the 24 matches played in the final round of CONCACAF qualifying, the away team has only won three times (the US and Costa Rica at T&#38;T, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>USA 2 El Salvador 1, 2010 World Cup Qualifying</title>
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(AFP/File/Pierre-Philippe Marcou)
In a press conference leading up to last night&#8217;s World Cup Qualifying match against El Salvador in Utah a reporter asked manager Bob Bradley when it becomes about style rather than just points; Bradley said, &#8220;It&#8217;s always about points.&#8221;  Though I agree it sure would have been nice to see a neater performance from [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ahelms.com/2009/09/06/usa-2-el-salvador-1-2010-world-cup-qualifying/</link>
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		<title>USA 1 Mexico 2, 2010 World Cup Qualifier</title>
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REUTERS/Henry Romero (MEXICO  SPORT SOCCER)
Rivalry games are rarely pretty.  Yesterday was no exception: the US defended for the better part of 90 minutes and ended up paying for it when it surrendered the go-ahead goal in the 83rd minute after a defensive breakdown and a lucky bounce.  I hoped for better after such a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ahelms.com/2009/08/13/usa-1-mexico-2-2010-world-cup-qualifier/</link>
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		<title>US Gold Cup 2009 Group Stage (2-0-1)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[US 4 Grenada 0 / US 2 Honduras 0 / US 2 Haiti 2

Photo by ISI Photos
The US, fielding a roster of mostly second and third choice players, won its group and qualified for the Gold Cup quarterfinals on the strength of two wins and a tie.  Manager Bob Bradley has chosen to use the tournament to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ahelms.com/2009/07/13/us-gold-cup-2009-group-stage-2-0-1/</link>
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		<title>US 2 Brazil 3, 2009 Confederations Cup Final</title>
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AP Photo
What a heartbreaking way to lose.  The US went up 2-0 before the half before surrendering three second half goals to a powerful Brazilian team that features several of the world&#8217;s most expensive players.    In the first half the US was clinical, finishing its first two shots on goal on excellent passing sequences [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ahelms.com/2009/06/29/us-2-brazil-3-2009-confederations-cup-final/</link>
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		<title>US 2 Spain 0, 2009 Confederations Cup Semifinal</title>
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Christof Koepsel/Bongarts/Getty Images
It is hard to imagine the US playing better than it did against Spain in the Confederations Cup semifinal.  We all knew it would take 100% commitment to compete with the heavily favored, unfairly talented Spain team that had not lost in 35 matches and 100% commitment is what we got.  Pictured above, [...]]]></description>
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