[CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE] Visiting Pachuca held Toluca to a 1-1 tie Tuesday in in the first leg of the Concacaf Champions League semifinals. The homestandingRed Devils had two players sent off — Miguel Almazan and Diego Navaretti — and one of seven yellow cards went toPachuca’s American Jose Francisco Torres (for time wasting). The first […]
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Bedoya starts in Orebro loss
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Alejandro Bedoya, who has come out of nowhere to become a candidate for the U.S. World Cup team,started for Orebro in Monday’s 2-0 loss to Mjaellby at home in Sweden’s Allsvenskan. The only other Americans in Sweden’s top division this season are former Notre Dame teammates Ryan Miller and Micheal Thomas at Halmstad […]
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Glasgow Rangers routed
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Midfielder Maurice Edu came on at halftime for Glasgow Rangers but couldn’t help sway the momentum as his team suffered itsworst loss of the season. In England, Jay DeMerit and Kenny Cooper saw action for their second division teams. Edu entered with Rangers down 3-1 in the 4-1loss to seventh-place St Johnstone. Rangers […]
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U.S. U-20 candidate shines in Argentina
One of the most exciting young players to be developed in the U.S. youth system is 18-year-old Californian Michael Hoyos, who is playing for 2009Libertadores Cup champion Estudiantes. Hoyos, who was born to Argentine parents, returned to Argentina along with brother Michael to enterEstudiantes’ youth program three years ago and is a regular for the […]
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Diskerud scores for Stabaek
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Teenager Mikkel Diskerud, who played for the USA at the 2009 Under-20 World Cup, scored his firstgoal of the season for Stabaek in its 2-2 tie with Aalesund in Norway’s Tippeligaen. Diskerud, who was born in Oslo to an American mother, joined Stabaek’s youth program in 2005 anddebuted for the first team in […]
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USA falls to Mexico in Super Group showdown
[DALLAS CUP] The U.S. under-19 national team fell to its Mexican counterpart, 1-0, in Sunday’s marquee match on the opening day of the Super Group at Dallas CupXXXI. The Americans finished the game with 10 players after losing defender Chad Barson to a red card. Next up for ThomasRongen‘s Yanks: matches against two foreign teams […]
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U.S. national team weekend [VIDEO]
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Carlos Bocanegra made it four wins in four games in March with French club Rennes when it beat LeMans, 3-1, in Sunday. Freddy Adu and Eddie Johnson both started for Aris in its 1-0 victory over Levadiakos in Greece’sSuper League. Here’s how U.S. national team players did in weekend action abroad, including video […]
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Gomez makes it seven goals in last nine games [VIDEO]
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Herculez Gomez scored his seventh goal of the season, all in the last nine games, to lead Puebla to a2-1 win over Club America Sunday in Mexico’s Torneo Bicentenario. The Las Vegas product is now tied for second place in the league behind only rising Guadalajara star Javier Hernandez. Mexico national team star […]
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U.S. national team weekend: Jozy wins in return [VIDEO]
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Jozy Altidore returned to the Hull City lineup and helped the Tigers win, 2-0, at Fulham to pulleven with West Ham in the relegation zone. Altidore was taken down for the penalty — a clumsy challenge by Fulham’s Chris Smalling — that led to the firstgoal. With Jonathan Spector again starting on the […]
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Charlie Davies is 'closer and closer to being back'
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Charlie Davies says the next three weeks will be important in his bid to return to action this seasonwith French club Sochaux and hopefully make the U.S. World Cup team. (Davies news conference He has resumed training at Sochaux and spoke on Friday, five monthsafter the serious car accident in Virginia that left […]