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| | Portuguese club pays visit - The Boston Globe |
 | | Sporting Clube de Portugal, considered the No. 2 soccer team in popularity in the country, will meet the Revolution in an exhibition game May 19 at Gillette Stadium, according to a team source. |
 | | Sporting, founded in 1910, has modernized recently in preparation for the Euro 2004 tournament, building the Alvalade XXI stadium-shopping complex next to the former stadium and the youth academy in Alcochete, across the Vasco da Gama bridge from Lisbon, which combines academics and soccer training. |
 | | Sporting met Benfica in the first soccer game at what was then Schaefer Stadium in 1972, but has not competed in the area since the 1980s, when it played exhibitions in East Providence and New Bedford. |
| www.boston.com /sports/soccer/articles/2004/04/15/portuguese_club_pays_visit (469 words) |
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