[AMERICANS ABROAD] Former University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee star Sarah Hagen scored in Bayern Munich’s 2-1 win at FFCFrankfurt to finish tied for fifth in scoring in Germany’s Frauen-Bundesliga with 13 goals in 22 games. She now has 18 goals in 33 games with Bayern, which she joined in the winter of 2012. Japanese star Yuki Ogimi […]
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Dwyer adds three more goals for rampant Orlando
[USL PRO REWIND: Week 7] Dom Dwyer, on loan from Sporting Kansas City, scored a first-half hat trick to give him aleague-high eight goals and lead first-place Orlando City to a 7-2 win over Antigua Barracuda FC for its the largest margin of victory in USL PRO play. Orlando raced out to a 5-0 lead […]
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Mexico-USA draws almost 7 million TV viewers
By Paul Kennedy The Mexico-USA match drew an average of almost 7 million viewers on ESPN and UniMas, where it set a viewing record. The 2.39 million viewers on ESPN was the largest television audience for a World Cup qualifier on an ESPN network, according to Nielsen Media. The Mexico-USA rating ranked second amongadults 18-49 […]
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Spain won't risk stars against France
Seven months remain in Europe’s World Cup qualifying, but defending champion Spain already finds itself in a deep hole. Consecutive home draws with France and Finland mean that Spainwill fall five points off the lead held by France if it loses to the Bleus Tuesday night at the Stade de France. With only the winner […]
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Keshi Resigns, Then Withdraws, Nigeria Resignation
Less than 24 hours after winning the African Nations Cup with Nigeria, coach Stephen Keshi told South African radio station Metro FM that he was resigning from his post, only toperform a dramatic U-turn less than 24 hours later. Keshi led the Super Eagles to the continental championship on Sunday for the first time in […]
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Super Eagles Triumph is 'Melody' for Nigeria
Nigeria’s Africa Cup on Nations triumph should feel like a vindication for coach Stephen Keshi, who became only the second man to win the African continental championship asboth a player and a coach when his Super Eagles beat Burkina Faso, the Cinderella story of the tournament, 1-0 in Sunday’s final. Keshi, whose self-described style is […]
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Keshi wins title as player and now as coach
[AFRICA CUP OF NATIONS] Stephen Keshi, who once played in the U.S. lower divisionswith the Sacramento Scorpions and CCV Hydras, became the second person to win the Africa Cup of Nations as a player and coach when he led Nigeria to the 2013 title. Sunday Mba‘s volley in the first half was the difference as […]
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CAF Suspends Semifinal Ref
Following strong criticism of his performance in the Africa Cup of Nations semifinal between Brukina Faso and Ghana (which Burkina Faso won 3-2 on penalties), referee SlimJdidi from Tunisia has been suspended for a “period yet to be determined” by the Confederation of African Football. Among Jdidi’s more questionable decisions:sending off Burkina Faso’s Jonathan Pitroipa for […]
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Super Eagles soar, Stallions survive dubious calls to reach final
[AFRICA CUP OF NATIONS] Burkina Faso survived some dreadful refereeing to advance to the Africa Cup of Nations final for the first time with a 3-2 shootout winover Ghana. The Stallions will face Nigeria, a 4-1 winner over Mali in the other semifinal. Mubarak Wakaso gave Ghana the lead in the 13th minuteon a dubious […]
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Burkina Faso Coach Reflects on His Own Game-Fixing Ban
For Burkina Faso coach Paul Put, who finds his team in the semifinal of the African Nations Cup against Ghana today, it was no great surprise that Europol should find evidence ofgame-fixing in as many as 380 games across Europe. Put is one of the few coaches to return to the game after having been […]