[AMERICANS ABROAD] Sacha Kljestan scored his team-high sixth goal of the year forBelgian champion Anderlecht in its 3-0 win at Oostende. Kljestan’s six league goals tied his career high. He had six goals for Chivas USA in 2007. Anderlecht is tied forfifth place, seven points behind leader Standard Liege, after 12 games. ENGLAND. Brad Friedel‘s […]
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Ibra Thanks Anderlecht Fans for the Applause
Following his four-goal haul at Anderlecht in the UEFA Champions League on Wednesday, Paris Saint-Germain striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic thanked the Belgian club’s fans forapplauding his performance during PSG’s comprehensive 5-0 win. The big Swede received a standing ovation in the 36th minute after completing his hat-trick with a thunderbolt volley from distancethat reportedly went into […]
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Ibra humbles Anderlecht
[UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: Matchday 3] Zlatan Ibrahimovic needed only 19 minutes to score a hat trick in the first half –including a devastating volley from distance — then added a fourth goal in the second half as Paris St. Germain humbled Sacha Kljestan‘s Anderlecht with a 5-0in the Champions League on Wednesday. Ibra was fed […]
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Januzaj Distances Himself from Belgium
The international future of Manchester United wonder-kid Adnan Januzaj continues to be clouded by uncertainty, but it looks increasingly likely that the 18-year-old will forego theopportunity to join Belgium, one of four countries he could realistically qualify for. Januzaj was born in Brussels to Kosovan and Albanian parents. While Kosovo is not recognized as a […]
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Belgium, Germany and Switzerland can clinch Friday
[WORLD CUP 2014 QUALIFYING] Qualifying for the 2014 World Cup moves into the homestretch. Just two of the 14 European berths have been decided, but Belgium willjoin Italy and the Netherlands as group winners with a win or tie and Germany and Switzerland will clinch with wins on Friday. GROUP A. Belgium holdsa five-point lead […]
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Januzaj Turns Down Belgium
Belgium coach Marc Wilmots on Monday revealed that Manchester United midfielder Adnan Januzaj declined the chance to join up with his squad for the time being. The18-year-old, who has yet to make a senior international appearance, also qualifies for Croatia and Albania, while England has also expressed interest in his services. “We called him,but he […]
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Report: United Faces Fight for New Star Januzaj
Manchester United is already facing a battle to keep the services of Adnan Januzaj, the 18-year-old winger who scored both goals on his debut in United’s 2-1 come-from-behindwin at Sunderland on Saturday, the Independent reports. Januzaj, a Beligian-Kosovan, could depart United at the end of the season in search of a bigger payday elsewhere, unless […]
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Kljestan's Anderlecht loses again
[AMERICANS ABROAD] With Jermaine Jones again suspended, Sacha Kljestan was the onlyAmerican to play in the UEFA Champions League. He drew for Anderlecht a penalty midway through the first half, but the Belgian champions couldn’t convert and went down to a 3-0 defeat at home to Greekchampion Olympiakos, leaving them with two losses in two […]
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Keane celebrates Irish record with hat trick; Belgium and Portugal move into first place
[WORLD CUP 2014 QUALIFYING: Europe] LA Galaxy forward Robbie Keane set an Irish record with his 126thinternational appearance and celebrated with a hat trick in a 3-0 win over the Faeroe Islands in World Cup qualifying at Dublin. The win moved the Irish into a tie for second place withAustria, a 2-1 winner over Sweden, in Group […]
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Add leadership to the elements that were missing against Belgium
By Ridge Mahoney If significant wins in friendlies can be discounted, shouldn’t the same apply to a resounding defeat? Logicwould say so, but little is logical when a national team aspiring to new heights takes it on the chin in a home game against a good but hardly fearsome team, as did the U.S. in […]