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Sky Blue FC and the Los Angeles Sol defeated Women’s Professional Soccer opponents in preseason action. For the results and goal scorers …

[AMERICANS ABROAD] Michael Bradley scored two goals for German club Borussia Moenchengladbach in a 4-2 win over FC Cologne that moved Gladbach into a tie for 15th place in the Bundesliga with Bochum (inside the relegation zone on goal difference). Bradley has scored four of his five Bundesliga goals since the winter break and helped Gladbach escape from the cellar.

[CONCACAF UNDER-20 CHAMPIONSHIP] The USA’s bid for its first Concacaf U-20 championship failed when it fell to Costa Rica, 3-0, in Sunday’s final in Macoya, Trinidad. While the Americans qualified for Egypt 2009, marking the seventh straight time they will played in the under-20 world championships, they hardly dominated. In five games, they scored only five goals and were handed three red cards. The final marked the second game in which the USA had been outshot by a margin of more than 3-1.

Paris St. Germain lost a chance to take the lead in France’s Ligue 1 when it fell at home to Marseille, 3-1. PSG and OM are both one point behind Lyon, which fell at home to Auxerre, 2-0. Porto opened up a four-point lead in Portugal when Benfica dropped a 2-0 decision to Vitoria SC. For all the weekend results in Europe’s major leagues and Mexico …

[MLS] Landon Donovan made his first preseason appearance for the Galaxy since returning from his loan to Bayern Munich and helped create his team’s goal in a 1-1 tie with Chicago in Tempe, Ariz., on Saturday.

[MLS] Not until the regular season begins can it be ascertained if Real Salt Lake is indeed for real, but it couldn’t have done much else during the preseason to be convincing.

[WPS NOTEBOOK] It’s only 16 days until the Women’s Professional Soccer opener, and clubs are busy at work in preseason camps, beginning the cuts to get their rosters down to 22 players (including four developmental players). U.S. national team veterans Kristine Lilly, Tiffeny Milbrett and Brandi Chastain have set the tone with goals in early action.

Goals were scarce in the first leg of the round of 16 in the UEFA Cup: only 12 in eight games. Marcus Tracy, the 2008 Hermann Trophy winner, was an unused sub for Aalborg in its 2-0 loss at Manchester City. For all the results and goalscorers …

[MLS] The Red Bulls wound up their preseason by beating one of only two teams to top them last year in elimination matches. At the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md., New York defeated Crystal Palace Baltimore (USL-2) with goals by Khano Smith at the tail end of the first half and ex-Palace midfielder Matt Mbuta early in the second period.

[OFF THE POST] Guy Scoggin of New Orleans Newman High School scored on a 70-yard free kick to force a Louisiana state championship game into overtime, in which his team prevailed over Baton Rouge University High.