[AMERICANS ABROAD] U.S. teammates Jonathan Spector, starting again at leftback, and Jozy Altidore, a second-half sub, squared off Saturday in the English Premier League. Spector’s West Ham romped with a 3-0 victory over HullCity, which is back in relegation danger. Eight Americans played in the top two levels of English soccer on Saturday. For all […]
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Everton does it again
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Last week it was Chelsea. On Saturday it was Manchester United. In successive English Premier League matches, Everton has beaten the top twoteams, and Landon Donovan again had a hand in the victory. He was involved in sub Dan Gosling‘s late goal that broke thegame open. Everton went on to win, 3-1, and […]
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Davies: 'I've come a long way' [VIDEO]
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Charlie Davies is back in France at Sochaux four months after being seriously injured in a caraccident that took the life of another passenger in Northern Virginia on the eve of the USA-Costa Rica World Cup qualifier. In a lengthy and quite revealing interview for the Sochaux web site,Davies talks about his injuries, […]
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Gomez hits late winner for Puebla
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Herculez Gomez scored his second goal for Puebla, coming off the bench and hitting the winner withthree minutes left in a 1-0 win over San Luis. Sammy Ochoa, Jose Francisco Torres and Marco Vidal all played in losing efforts in Mexico, while Maurice Edu returned to action for Rangers in its 1-0 win […]
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Dempsey is recovering well
Fulham manager Roy Hodgson says injured American star Clint Dempsey should return to action before the end of theseason, putting him ready for the World Cup. Hodgson said Wednesday that “his progress is good and he is working very hard to recover. The medical staff are very happy with him.” Dempsey damaged his right knee […]
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Wright joins Energie Cottbus
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Chris Wright, the former MPSF Player of the Year at theUniversity of New Mexico, has signed a contract with Energie Cottbus of the German Second Division. Wright, a 2009 finalist for the Rhodes Scholarship, will likely spend the rest of the season playingwith Cottbus’ under-23s, who play in the Oberliga Nord. The 6-foot-5 […]
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Adu makes it two goals in two starts [VIDEO]
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Freddy Adu made it two goals in two starts for Greek club Aris, scoring in its 3-0 win over Xanthi inthe replay of their Greek Cup match on Wednesday. Adu slotted a cross from Toni Calvo home from close range for the second goal and set up another Spaniard. Sergio Koke, for the third goal.
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Goodson recalled from Norway
[USA] Clarence Goodson, whose goal was a rare bright spot in last month’s 3-1 loss to Honduras and who is pushing forwhat would be the fourth center back spot on the national team for the 2010 World Cup, has been given permission by his Norwegian club IK Start to join the U.S. national team in […]
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Donovan wins in Europa debut
[AMERICANS ABROAD] In Landon Donovan‘s Europa League debut, Everton defeated Sporting Lisbon, 2-1, on Tuesday in thefirst leg of their round-of-32 series. Tim Howard was in goal from the Toffees, who led 2-0 until Frenchman Sylvain Distin wassent off for a foul that led to a penalty kick converted by Miguel Veloso in the 86th […]
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Feilhaber joins U.S. injury list
[AMERICANS ABROAD] It’s a good thing the midfield is supposed to be the deepest part of the U.S. national team. Yet another midfielder, Benny Feilhaber, injured himself this winter, hurting ankle in training with Danish club AGF Aarhus on Monday. Pending the results of the scan on his ankle,Feilhaber’s coach, Erik Rasmussen, said the U.S. […]