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Brazilian Football Standings

SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) - Standings Wednesday in the Brazilian first-division football championship:

                         GP  W  D  L  GF  GA  Pts
Flamengo                 10  7  2  1  22   9   23
Vitoria                  10  6  2  2  17   8   20
Gremio                   10  5  3  2  14   7   18
Cruzeiro                  9  5  2  2  15   8   17
Palmeiras                 9  5  2  2  14   9   17
Nautico                  10  5  2  3  12  11   17
Internacional            10  4  2  4  13  12   14
Sao Paulo                10  3  5  2  15  10   14
Coritiba                 10  3  4  3  13  11   13
Atletico Paranaense      10  3  3  4  10  11   12
Portuguesa               10  3  3  4  13  18   12
Figueirense               9  3  3  3  13  21   12
Atletico Mineiro         10  2  6  2  13  14   12
Vasco                     9  3  2  4  12  12   11
Sport                     9  3  2  4   8  10   11
Botafogo                 10  3  2  5  10  14   11
Goias                    10  2  3  5   8  16    9
Santos                   10  1  4  5   7  15    7
Fluminense               10  1  3  6   7  11    6
Ipatinga                  9  1  3  5   9  18    6

United Soccer Leagues First Division...

Jul 09 02:48

United Soccer Leagues First Division
At A Glance
By The Associated Press

                  W  L  T Pts  GF  GA
Charleston        8  3  3  27  20  11
Vancouver         7  4  2  23  12  11
Portland          5  5  6  21  14  14
Atlanta           5  4  5  20  21  23
Seattle           4  3  8  20  18  14
Miami FC          4  6  7  19  14  16
Puerto Rico       5  5  3  18  16  14
Carolina          4  4  6  18  14  19
Minnesota         4  7  4  16  14  18
Montreal          4  7  3  15  11  13
Rochester         3  5  5  14  14  15

NOTE: Three points for a victory, one for a tie.

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Thursday's Game

Puerto Rico at Portland
Friday's Games

Seattle at Rochester

Carolina at Minnesota
Saturday's Game

Puerto Rico at Charleston
Sunday's Games

Seattle at Montreal

Miami FC at Rochester

Carolina at Vancouver
Friday, July 18

Puerto Rico at Carolina

Portland at Atlanta

Miami FC at Montreal

Rochester at Seattle
Saturday, July 19

Portland at Charleston
Sunday, July 20

Rochester at Minnesota

AP-ES-07-09-08 0250EDT

Major League Soccer
At A Glance
By The Associated Press
All Times EDT

EASTERN CONFERENCE

                 W  L  T Pts  GF  GA
New England     10  4  3  33  25  19
Columbus         8  4  3  27  24  20
D.C. United      7  7  1  22  28  26
Chicago          6  5  3  21  22  13
Toronto FC       6  5  3  21  18  18
New York         5  5  5  20  15  22
Kansas City      4  5  5  17  12  17


WESTERN CONFERENCE

                 W  L  T Pts  GF  GA
Los Angeles      6  6  3  21  33  30
CD Chivas USA    6  6  3  21  21  20
Real Salt Lake   5  6  5  20  18  19
Houston          4  4  8  20  17  19
Colorado         6  8  1  19  24  20
FC Dallas        4  6  6  18  19  22
San Jose         3  9  3  12  10  21

NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie.

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Thursday's Games

New York at Kansas City, 8 p.m.

CD Chivas USA at Los Angeles, 11 p.m.
Saturday's Games

Colorado at San Jose, 4 p.m.

Toronto FC at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.

Columbus at Real Salt Lake, 9 p.m.
Thursday, July 17

Kansas City at Columbus, 8 p.m.
Saturday, July 19

San Jose at Toronto FC, 3 p.m.

Los Angeles at New York, 6:30 p.m.

Colorado at FC Dallas, 8:30 p.m.

Real Salt Lake at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.

AP-ES-07-08-08 0247EDT

By The Associated Press
Home teams listed first
ARGENTINA
Clausura

Season complete.

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BRAZIL
Ninth round

Atletico Paranaense 1, Santos 0

Flamengo 3, Nautico 0

Sport 1, Cruzeiro 0

Figueirense 2, Vasco 1

Atletico Mineiro 1, Palmeiras 1

Portuguesa 1, Vitoria 2

Internacional 3, Coritiba 0

Sao Paulo 1, Ipatinga 1

Goias 1, Fluminense 1

Botafogo 2, Gremio 0

Standings: Flamengo 22; Cruzeiro, Gremio, Vitoria, Palmeiras 17; Nautico, Sao Paulo 14; Atletico Paranaense, Portuguesa, Figueirense 12; Internacional, Vasco, Botafogo, Sport, Atletico Mineiro 11; Coritiba 10; Goias 9; Santos, Ipatinga 6; Fluminense 3.

Next round: Internacional-Goias, Coritiba-Portuguesa, Fluminense-Atletico Paranaense, Vitoria-Botafogo, Santos-Gremio, Nautico-Sao Paulo, Atletico Mineiro-Flamengo, Vasco-Sport, Palmeiras-Figueirense, Ipatinga-Cruzeiro.

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MEXICO
Clausura

Season complete; Apertura season scheduled for July 26 start.

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CHILE
Clausura
3rd round

Colo Colo 0, Palestino 0

Antofagasta 2, Rangers 1

Cobresal 1, U. de Chile 2

La Serena 1, Melipilla 0

Everton 2, U. de Concepcion 1

U. Espanola 1, U. Catolica 4

O'Higgins 1, Cobreloa 0

Huachipato 1, S. Morning 1

Osorno 4, INublense

Standings: O'Higgins 7; Osorno, U. de Chile, Everton 6; Palestino, Colo Colo, U. de Concepcion, S. Morning, Rangers, Cobreloa, La Serena, Union Espanola 4; U. Catolica, Antofagasta 3; Audax Italiano 2; Cobresal, INublense, Huachipato 1; Melipilla 0.

Proxima fecha: Everton-U. de Chile, La Serena-U. Catolica, Huachipato-Antofagasta, U. Espanola-Cobreloa, Melipilla-A. Italiano, S. Morning-Palestino, Cobresal-O'Higgins, Osorno-Rangers, Colo Colo-U. de Concepcion

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COLOMBIA
Apertura
Final

Chico 1, America 1 (Chico wins championship 4-2 on penalty kicks)

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COSTA RICA
Verano

Season complete.

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GUATEMALA
Clausura

Season complete.

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HONDURAS
Clausura

Season complete.

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EL SALVADOR
Clausura

Season complete.

AP-CS-07-08-08 0257EDT