“We’ve known each other for quite a while and it was just a brief exchange. He wanted to know where I was going to shoot, so I told him.” — Bayern Munich striker Thomas Mullersays he revealed to Augsburg goalkeeper Marwin Hitz to which side he was going to aim his penalty kick. Muller was […]
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What They're Saying: Osvaldo Alonso
“Today my father received the U.S. visa. After eight years I’ll be able to see him again.” — Seattle Sounders midfielder Osvaldo Alonso, who defected from Cuba in 2007. (MLSSoccer.com)
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What They're Saying: Ali Krieger
“My family has come second to football for many, many years and I feel that in my heart it was time I put them first. I would regret not being there for the rest of my life, and I’m extremelyhappy to be in my Dad’s wedding.” — U.S. national team star Ali Krieger on her […]
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What They're Saying: Roberto Martinez
“When he beat us 6-3 [last season], he was such a nice man, I prefer him like that!” — Everton manager Roberto Martinez on Chelsea’sJose Mourinho after the Toffees beat the defending EPL champions, 3-1. Mourinho was upset with Martinez for breaking EPL etiquette that normally allows thevisiting manager to hold his post-game press conference […]
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What They're Saying: Roma president Jim Pallotta
“The final straw was seeing the pictures of refugees and seeing the 3-year-old kid dead on the beach.” — Jim Pallotta, the American owner ofRoma, which announced this week that it would donate more than $700,000 to humanitarian efforts to aid recently arrived migrants in Europe, on 3-year-old AylanKurdi, a Syrian Kurdish boy found on […]
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What They're Saying: Bruce Arena
“Gyasi’s making progress, yeah, but a game, a season, is not a career. For all of these young players, everyone in our country overreacts, because we’ve not had enough good players. When there’sa hint someone will be good, everyone overreacts.” — LA Galaxy coach Bruce Arena, who asked that the media and fans not draw […]
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What They're Saying: Bruce Arena
“He wasn’t like he is today. I wouldn’t quite say he was a short, little fat kid, but he didn’t have the physical qualities he has today. … You certainly saw that he was technically good, but he’sdeveloped a lot physically as well.” — Loas Angeles Galaxy coach Bruce Arena on when he saw Sebastian […]
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What They're Saying: Don Garber
“We see some of the challenges of competing in the Premier League. We have wealthy owners but we are very committed to the idea that at the start of every season every fan can think their teamcan win a championship. We want someone in Kansas City, even though they are smaller than New York City, […]
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What They're Saying: Michael Bradley
“We didn’t think we were the best team in the world when we beat the Netherlands and Germany this year. And we don’t think we’re the worst team in the world now.” — U.S. captain Michael Bradley after the 4-1 loss to Brazil on Tuesday night. (
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What They're Saying: Jurgen Klinsmann
“What I’m worried in the longer run is to find strikers that on a international level give you a goal every second game at least. This is something where we have problems. We have problems to developa young generation of strikers consistently scoring — in their club teams and then coming into the national team, […]