[AMERICANS ABROAD] Brad Friedel‘s Aston Villa moved into a tie for fourth place — which is worth a berth in nextseason’s UEFA Champions League preliminary round — with Tottenham in the English Premier League thanks to its 1-0 win over city rival Birmingham on Sunday. Other Americans to win on Sunday includedAlejandro Bedoya (Orebro), Clarence […]
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Whitecap scorer breaks ankle on winning goal
[D-2 PRO LEAGUE] Algerian-Frenchman Mouloud Akloul paid a steep price for scoring the only goal in Vancouver’s 1-0win Saturday over pointless AC Saint Louis. The new signing, who has played for teams in France, Algeria and the United Arab Emirates, scored with his right foot off Martin Nash‘s corner but landed awkwardly on his trailing […]
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“It’s one of those nights.” — Kansas City forward Kai Kamara on one of the most spectacular misses in MLS history. (Click here to view miss.) With the ball sitting on the goal line ready to tapped into an empty netearly in Saturday’s 0-0 tie against Los Angeles, Kamara slipped trying to shoot, missed the […]
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Hesmer's saves earn him Saturday's top star
[MLS] The Galaxy and Crew remained unbeaten and the Red Bulls stayed atop the Eastern Conference after six MLS games played Saturday. The performances of theseplayers earned Saturday’s Three Stars … 1. WILL HESMER (Columbus). The four goalies who earned shutouts Saturday all earned them withsome sparking saves, yet Hesmer gets the nod over his […]
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FC Gold Pride, from last to first
[WPS] FC Gold Pride, which finished last in Women’s Professional Soccer in 2009, temporarily took over first place on Saturday night with a 2-1 win overexpansion Atlanta. Despite playing without starters Christine Sinclair and Candace Chapman, who were Canadafor its match against China in Chinngqong on Saturday — 2-0 win for China — the Pride […]
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Rooney likely shelved for season
[ENGLAND] Wayne Rooney won’t likely be playing any more this season for Manchester United because of a groin injury buthe should be fit to play for England at the World Cup. Rooney’s latest injury occurred Thursday when he hurt his groin in training. He had scored 34 goals for ManchesterUnited this season and just returned […]
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U.S. national team weekend
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Ricardo Clark made his Bundesliga debut for Eintracht Frankfurt in its 3-3 tie at Mainz. Michael Bradley‘s Borussia Moenchengladbach played the spoiler in Germany with a 1-1 tie against leader Bayern Munich, while SteveCherundolo‘s Hannover is in danger of relegation after its 3-0 loss at Bayer Leverkusen. For all the weekend action … […]
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MLS Saturday …
[SCOREBOARD] The New York Red Bulls improved to 4-1 with a 2-1 win over Philadelphia thanks to Juan Pablo Angel‘spenalty kick in the 67th minute. Chicago, Chivas USA, Columbus and Colorado also won on Saturday, while Kansas City and Los Angeles played to a scoreless tie that ended Edson Buddle‘s string of goals in each […]
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Jozy Altidore will pay for vicious head-butt
[AMERICANS ABROAD] On a U.S. frontline with slim options, young Jozy Altidore has been viewed as a sure thing for theWorld Cup, but his actions on Saturday cast doubts whether he’s ready to lead the American attack. His English Premier League career at Hull City may be over after he was ejected forhead-butting Sunderland defender […]
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Man. United moves ahead temporarily
[EUROPEAN RACES] Ryan Giggs scored twice from the penalty spot and Nani chipped the goalkeeper to leadManchester United to a 3-1 win over Tottenham that temporarily gave it the lead again in the English Premier League. In Germany, Bayern Munich and Schalke 04 are now tied for first place. Inter Milan temporarily regained the lead […]