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Article: Deadly worries for soccer's youth in Africa Global Soccer
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Rob Hughes International Herald Tribune
International Herald Tribune
06-17-2009
Deadly worries for soccer's youth in Africa Global Soccer
Byline: Rob Hughes International Herald Tribune
Edition: 1
Section: SPORTS
There is a potentially deadly situation brewing for U.S. soccer in Africa - and it has nothing to do with the Americans feeling hard done by because its player Ricardo Clark received a red card for a knee-high kick at Italy's Gennaro Gattuso in South Africa in the Confederations Cup.
All the United States lost in Pretoria on Monday was a game at the start of a tournament that serves as a rehearsal for next year's World Cup finals.
More serious, by far, were the murder late Sunday ...