[SCOREBOARD] Mudather Tayeb scored two goals to give Sudan a 2-1 win overBurkina Faso, its first win at the African Cup of Nations in 42 years. The win sent it to the quarterfinals ahead of Angola on goal difference. Angola fell to Group B winner Ivory Coast, 2-0. For allthe results and the complete schedule […]
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Nine new players enter residency
[U.S. UNDER-17 BOYS] A class of 31 players began its second semester of its two-year cycle in U.S. Soccer’s U-17 Residency Program in Bradenton, Fla. Theyinclude nine new players, among them three players born in 1997: the highly touted Mukwelle Akale, CameronLindley and Tommy Redding. The players are in preparation for the 2013 Concacaf U-17 […]
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Boyd to Portland, Conde back in MLS
[MLS TRANSACTIONS] Scottish striker Kris Boyd, the leading scorer in Scottish Premier League history with 164 goals in296 games, is headed to MLS. Courted by the Houston Dynamo and its Scottish-American coach, Dominic Kinnear, the 28-year-old striker is instead headed to thePortland Timbers, coached by former Scotland international John Spencer. Boyd was recently released from […]
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“Everyone has their thing and what they like to do. This is what I like to do — be helpful to people. I would support my son doing anything whether he was famous or not. This isn’t about myson, it’s about supporting my country.” — Clotilde Drogba, the mother of Ivory Coast striker Didier Drogba, […]
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'Scorpion' golazo in Bolivia
[VIDEO PICK] Nacional Potosi’s Gaston Mealla scored with a spectacular “scorpion” kick in Bolivian league play last weekend. The23-year-old forward’s goal was the gamewinner of a 1-0 victory over The Strongest.
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Ream takes his game to Premier League
[AMERICANS ABROAD SPOTLIGHT] As a method of perspective, for the price paid by Bolton to obtain defender Tim Ream in a transfer from MLS, theclub could fund the salary cap of one MLS team this season. Selling Ream, who earned just $62,500 last season, for $2.81 million won’t clear a lot of room from the […]
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“I think I won’t change. But don’t worry, I clean it every time after the game — it is very clean, no problem.” — Zambia’s French coach Herve Renard on wearing thesame “lucky” shirt to all of Zambia’s games at the Africa Cup of Nations. Zambia won group A with a 2-1 win against Senegal, […]
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MLS preseason this week …
[SCOREBOARD] The first preseason confrontation between MLS clubs ended in a 0-0 tie as the Chicago Fire and D.C. United failed to find the net in their friendlyat Florida Gulf Coast University. Chivas USA (1-0 loss the Ventura County Fusion on a goal by Hagop Chirishian) and the New England Revolution (2-1 win over FCTucson […]
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Onyewu scores twice in Sporting win
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Oguchi Onyewu scored two first-half goals off set pieces to give Sporting Lisbon a 2-0 win over BeiraMar in Portugal’s top-level Liga Zon Sagres. Onyewu, who received a yellow card in the first minute of the game, scored off a free kick in the 18th minute and then off a corner kick inthe […]
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Beasley and Johnson score goals
[AMERICANS ABROAD] DaMarcus Beasley‘s goal gave Puebla a 1-0 win at Jaguares in the Mexico’s Torneo Clausura. Fabian Johnson had a consolation goal in Hoffenheim’s 3-1 loss at Borussia Dortmund. Jozy Altidore‘s AZ lost the lead in theDutch Eredivisie when it fell at Roda JC, 2-0. For more on American abroad this weekend … Fabian […]