[AMERICANS ABROAD] Maurice Edu and DaMarcus Beasley could be celebrating anotherScottish title on Sunday, while Jozy Altidore and Jonathan Spector fight toavoid relegation on Saturday. Here’s five games involving Americans abroad we’re following this weekend … Jozy Altidore: Hull City vs. Sunderland(Saturday: 10 am ET) The Tigers must win if they want to have any […]
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Stuart Holden won't be rushed back into action
U.S. midfielder Stuart Holden, who has been sidelined with a broken leg since March 3, is closer to returning to training, but Bolton manager Owen Coyle says he won’t jeopardize Holden’s future to get him back in action before the end of the Premier League season on May 9.
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MLS this week …
[SCOREBOARD] MLS play continues Saturday with six games. Real Salt Lake plays at Columbus in a battle of the last two MLS champions. For the weekend scheduleand current standings and leading scorers … WEEK 5 RESULTS: April 22 in Frisco, Texas FC Dallas 2 Seattle 2. Goals: Cunningham (pen.) 27, Cunningham (pen.) 90; Zakuani (Alonso) […]
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Dempsey: 'We're so close to the final …'
[EUROPA LEAGUE] Seventeen hours on the bus didn’t stop Fulham from achieving what it set out to do as the visiting Cottagers held Hamburg to a 0-0 tie Thursdayin the first leg of their Europe League semifinal series. American Clint Dempsey, who came on in the second half for his first appearance for Fulham in […]
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Davies still hopeful despite Sochaux president's remarks
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Alexandre Lacombe, president of French club Sochaux, said CharlieDavies will not play for the Ligue 1 club this season, dealing a blow to the striker’s bid to make the U.S. World Cup team after suffering multiple injuries in a car accident last October. Butthe 23-year-old striker remains hopeful he’ll play. Davies has been […]
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Torres' Pachuca escapes Mexico City with narrow loss
[CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE] Cruz Azul scored twice in the first 23 minutes, but American Jose Francisco Torres‘ Pachucarecovered and reduced the final score in the first leg of the Concacaf Champions League final in Mexico City to 2-1. Emanuel Villa gave Cruz Azulthe lead in the 19th minute and an own goal by Carlos Rodriguez […]
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Friedel shuts out Altidore's Hull City
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Brad Friedel made four saves to help Aston Villa to a 2-0 win Wednesday at Jozy Altidore‘s Hull City, dealing a devastating blow to the Tigers in their bid to remain in the English Premier League. Hull remains in 18th place, three points behindWest Ham with three games to play. The bottom three […]
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Gomez: 'Odds stacked against me'
[WORLD CUP COUNTDOWN] Unless he’s selected to represent the USA at the World Cup, Herculez Gomez‘s season is over — andquite a season it’s been. Before being red-carded late in Puebla’s 4-1 win over Cruz Azul on Sunday, the American striker scored twice to give him 10 goals and a tie for first place among […]
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Bedoya sets up goal in another Orebro win
[AMERICANS ABROAD] World Cup hopeful Alejandro Bedoya continued to make a case for himself with an assist in Orebro’s3-1 win at Gefle in Sweden’s Allsvenskanliga on Monday. For Orebro video highlights … Bedoya set up Finn Roni Porokara with the second goal forOrebro, fourth in the 16-team league after seven games. Denmark, Superligaen Chris Rolfe, […]
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Adeleye scores first goal in Israel
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Ryan Adeleye, who played on North Carolina’s 2008 NCAA Division I runner-up team, scored his firstgoal in Israel’s top-level Toto League Saturday when he scored for Hapoel Beer Sheva on a header in its 4-0 win over Maccabi Netanya. Adeleye was one of four Americans to play this past weekend in theToto League. […]