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**FILE** Maka Woodard, left, and Carl Williams, of Lexington, Ky., celebrate a last second game tying goal by the U.S. National Soccer Team against Costa Rica during a FIFA World Cup Qualifier at RFK Stadium in Washington, D.C., Wednesday, October 14, 2009. (Peter Lockley / The Washington Times)

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In this Jan. 7, 2013 file picture Spain's Pep Guardiola, one of the nominees for the FIFA Men's World Soccer Coach of the Year Award, attends a press conference during the FIFA Ballon d'Or Gala 2013 held at the Kongresshaus in Zurich, Switzerland. German Bundesliga soccer club Bayern Munich says Wednesday Jan. 16, 2013, Pep Guardiola will become the club's coach in July on 3-year contract. (AP Photo/Keystone/Walter Bieri)

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Argentina's Lionel Messi, one of the nominees for the FIFA Men's World Soccer Player of the Year Award,attends a press conference during the FIFA Ballon d'Or Gala 2013 held at the Kongresshaus in Zurich, Switzerland, on Monday, Jan. 7, 2013. (AP Photo/Keystone/Steffen Schmidt)

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Minor-league soccer team F.C. New York was prohibited from wearing jerseys with an advertisement supporting Mitt Romney because of regulations stated by FIFA, the sport's international governing body. (Courtesy of F.C. New York)

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FILE - In this Sept. 22, 2007 file photo, Abby Wambach of the United States, reacts after scoring the first goal against England during their quarterfinal match at the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup soccer tournament in Tianjin, China. Now 31, Wambach leads the United States into this summer's World Cup _ in Germany. AP Photo/Saurabh Das, File)

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FIFA President Joseph S. Blatter ponders during a press conference in Zurich, Switzerland, Thursday, March 3, 2011. FIFA is giving its six continents the same number of qualifying places for the 2014 World Cup as in 2010, but will conduct a draw for the playoff round. (AP Photo/Keystone, Walter Bieri)