[AMERICANS ABROAD] Fabian Johnson and Danny Williams both scored for Hoffenheimin its 3-1 win over Steve Cherundolo‘s Hannover 96, its first win of the Bundesliga season. Conor O’Brien scored forSonderjyske and Icelandic-American Aron Johannsson scored for AGF Aarhus in their 2-2 tie in the Danish Superliga. The goal was the 21-year-old Johansson’s 10thin 10 games. […]
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Bedoya, Goodson and Parkhurst score in Scandinavia
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Alejandro Bedoya celebrated his return to Sweden with a goal on a bicycle kick in Helsingborg’s 2-1loss at Elfsborg. Bedoya signed with Helsingborg on a contract through the end of the year as he was allowed to leave bankrupt Scottish club Rangers. Defenders Clarence Goodson and Michael Parkhurst both scored in Denmark. For […]
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Roma finally seals Bradley deal
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Italian club Roma finally completed the deal for Micheal Bradley, acquiring the U.S. internationalfrom Chievo Verona for $4.6 million and Roma’s half-ownership interest in Romanian Adrian Stoian. The deal comes shortly before the Italian clubheads to the United States to play three games. In Scandinavia, Conor O’Brien and Josh Gatt both scored inweekend […]
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Davies is headed to Denmark
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Charlie Davies is headed back to Scandinavia, where he began his European career. The 26-year-oldstriker signed with Danish club Randers FC after being released from the final year of his contract with French club Sochaux. Davies played only two games for Sochaux after beingseriously injured in a car crash more than two and […]
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'Lucky pants' cost Bendtner heavily
The “lucky pants” displayed by Danish striker Nicklas Bendtner during a European Championship match turned out to be not so lucky, and rather expensive. UEFAhas suspended him for one match — Denmark’s next World Cup 2014 qualifier — and imposed a fine of $126,000 for flashing the sponsored waistband of his underpants while celebrating a […]
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Germany wins group; Ronaldo 2, Critics 0
[EURO 2012 WRAP] Cristiano Ronaldo‘s tour de force sent the Dutch home without a point and Portugal to the quarterfinals. Germany finished topof the group after beating Denmark, which should leave with heads held high. Both games finished with 2-1 final scores. Germany didn’t bring it best game to Lviv, Ukraine, and itcould’ve cost them. […]
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Euro 2012 Preview: Germany gets edge in Group B
GROUP B PREDICTION. 1. Germany, 2. Netherlands, 3. Portugal, 4. Denmark. NAME YOU KNOW. Mesut Ozil is the most stylish player on a German team loaded with young talent. The girl had worn the Barca shirt to her team’spractice, which was canceled because the Portuguese national team was training for Euro 2012. She decided to […]
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France drops Gourcuff, Dane Sorensen hurt
[EURO 2012 COUNTDOWN] Yoann Gourcuff, once considered the heir apparent to MichelPlatini and Zinedine Zidane in French soccer, was dropped from France’s Euro 2012 squad. Gourcuff, named to Laurent Blanc‘s preliminary squad despite of a poor season with Lyon, failed to impress in the Bleus’ 3-2 win over Iceland on Sunday. — Kasper Schmeichel, son […]
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Parkhurst's FC Nordsjaelland wins Danish title
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Michael Parkhurst‘s FC Nordsjaelland won its first Danish league title when it clinched the 2011-12SAS Ligaen and a berth in the group stage of the UEFA Champions League with a 3-0 win over Horsens. In Sweden, Virginia product Brian Span scored in his debutfor Djurgarden in its 1-1 draw at defending champ Helsingborg. […]
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Barcelona-Chelsea and Kaka break Twitter marks
By Paul Kennedy Barcelona and Real Madrid were knocked out ofthe UEFA Champions League this week, but both clubs had roles in breaking two records in the Twittersphere. Tuesday’s UEFA Champions League game between Barcelona and Chelsea broke thetweets-per-second record for a sporting event, peaking at 13,684 messages per second. The old record: 12,233 tweets […]