[AMERICANS ABROAD] Sacha Kljestan started and set up a goal in Anderlecht’s 4-1 win over Gent on Wednesday night thatkept it in contention for Belgium’s Jupiler League title. Kljestan fed teenager Romelu Lukaku for one of the Belgian star’s two goals. Lukaku is rumored tobe headed to Chelsea on a $25 million transfer. Anderlecht, the […]
belgium
Posted inSoccer America Daily, Story
Keeper sets new standard for fluke goal
[VIDEO PICK] Belgian goalkeeper Sammy Bossut found a unique way to gift the opponent a goal — by botching his toss and feeding a foe for asimple finish. Bossut’s blunder came in the ninth minute of Zulte Waregem’s Belgian league game against Lokeren, whose Benjamin De Ceulaer exploited theopportunity for his team’s second goal in […]
Posted inSoccer America Daily, Story
Keeper canned for web site comments
[OFF THE POST] Goalkeeper Stijn Stijnen of FC Brugge was described in the Belgian club’s fan web site forum as a “hero,” “wonderful” and “tops”while fellow Brugge goalkeepers and club management were criticized. Then the club tracked the comments to e-mail accounts linked to Stijnen and members of his family. The 29-year-old, aformer Belgian national […]
Posted inSoccer America Daily, Story
Goalie nutmegged from great distance
[VIDEO PICK] Goalkeeper Damien Lahaye‘s loan to Belgian Jupiler League club KV Kortrijk from Charleroi isn’t working out so well. At least notjudging by how he conceded this goal in last weekend’s 1-0 loss to Gent. … The game was scoreless in the 82nd minute when Gent’s Ilombe M’Boyo‘s cross played tricks onLahaye:
Posted inSoccer America Daily, Story
American Soccer Scoreboard: Thursday
The New York Red Bulls clinched MLS’s Eastern Conference title with a 2-0 win over the New England Revolution. The Columbus Crew closed out group play in the Concacaf Champions League with a 4-1win at Joe Public. Sacha Kljestan made his first appearance for Anderlecht in more than a month, starting for the Brussels club […]
Posted inSoccer America Daily, Story
No Champions League for Kljestan
[AMERICANS ABROAD] There will be no UEFA Champions League for American Sacha Kljestan. In a cruel blow to its ambitions,Belgian champion Anderlecht was knocked of the competition when it fell to Serbian club Partizan, 3-2, on penalty kicks in Brussels after the clubs played to a 2-2 tie for the second time. Kljestan had scored […]
Posted inSoccer America Daily, Story
Kljestan scores seven minutes into European debut
[UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE] American Sacha Kljestan needed just seven minutes to score his first goal for Belgian championAnderlecht in its 3-1 win over Welsh club FC The New Saints in their UEFA Champions League third-round qualifying match. Anderlecht was the heavy favorite in the first leg at theRacecourse Ground — built in 1872 — and […]
Posted inSoccer America Daily, Story
Kljestan wins first Belgian trophy
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Such is the value Belgian champion Anderlecht places in Sacha Kljestan that the former Chivas USAmidfielder was the only newcomer to break into the starting lineup for its first major test of the season, a 1-0 win over Gent Friday in the Belgian Super Cup. Next up for the De Buffalos: UEFAChampions League […]
Posted inSoccer America Daily, Story
American Soccer Scoreboard: Weekend
Playing with 10 men, the Kansas City Wizards defeated Manchester United, 2-1, on goals by Davy Arnaud and Kei Kamarabefore 52,342 fans at Arrowhead Stadium on Sunday. • Dane Richards scored a brilliant winner after setting up the first goal and led the New York Red Bullsto a 2-1 win over Manchester City at the […]