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With Ross Paule's successful penalty kick Sunday against the MetroStars, the Columbus Crew extended its MLS record to 18 straight successful penalty kicks, dating back to the 1999 season. The previous record was 14 straight successful penalty kicks, set by Colorado.
$503,000
Uniroyal Tire is donating $503,000 in equipment for youth soccer leagues around the country based on $1,000 a minute for each of U.S. women's Olympic team captain Julie Foudy's 503 minutes played in her team's run to the gold medal in Athens. Foudy played the entire 120 minutes in the gold-medal match against Brazil after an ankle injury in the semifinals left her on crutches.
$19.05 million
Premier League champion Arsenal reported that annual pre-tax profits had more than doubled to $19.05 million on revenues of $282 million for the last fiscal year
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Ailing Serie A club Lazio signed nine players on deadline day for completion of signings on Europe's summer transfer market. Among them were four South Americans: Argentine midfielders Esteban Gonzales and Bryan Robert, signed from Argentine club Gimnasia, Argentine defender Jose Leonardo Talamonti from Rosario Central and Venezuelan midfielder Miguel Angel Mea from Caracas.
By Paul Kennedy