Former New England Revolution defender A.J. Soares scored the tying goal for new Danish club Aarhus in its 2-2 tie with Esbjerg on Monday. The game was the second for Soares, who played 20games for Norway’s Viking in 2015 and 12 in 2016. Soares, 27, left MLS after helping the New England Revolution reach MLS […]
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U.S. Abroad: Soares and Stanko switch leagues
Americans A.J. Soares and Caleb Stanko have moved to clubs in Denmark and Liechtenstein. Soares, a free agent, left Norwegian club Viking for AGF Aarhus in Denmark, while Stankoleft German Bundesliga team Freiburg on loan for FC Vaduz, which is based in a Liechtenstein but plays in the Swiss Super League. Soares, 27, left MLS […]
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Perry Kitchen finds a new niche in Scotland
By Ridge Mahoney (@ridgemax) Why did Scottish club Hearts pursue former D.C. United midfielder Perry Kitchen and sign him to anice contract in March? Among his many attributes, he’s not a poser. So said D.C. United U-23 coach Richie Burke, a native of Liverpool who coached in Scotland beforetaking his post with the MLS club […]
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What They're Saying: Thomas Frank
“It is no secret that the relationship between Jan and me has been strained from time to time,” — Thomas Frank, who quit as coach of Danish club Brondby after club chairmanand major shareholder Jan Bech Andersen had criticized Frank on fan forum SydSiden Online under a pseudonym using his son’s account. (Reuters)
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Ousted is happy to be in Vancouver, for now
Dane David Ousted has been the best goalkeeper in MLS the last two years and he plans to stick around for two more, even if he admitted to still harboring ambitions of playing in Europe. Hesigned a two-year contract with an option for a third year with the Vancouver Whitecaps, a move that sunk home […]
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SA Positional Rankings: Whitecaps' Ousted leads keepers
The rapid expansion of MLS — nine teams since 2007 — hasn’t seemed to appreciably affect the general quality of the goalkeeping, a traditionally solid area that seems to be holding up as MLSreaches deeper and deeper into the player pool. There’s no superstar a la Tony Meola or Kasey Keller or Brad Friedel, and […]
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Giovinco and Larin head our list of MLS award winners
By Ridge Mahoney (@ridgemax) A couple of tap-ins and a few much tougher choices make up the Soccer America selections for the major MLS individual awards. Finalists were announced this week, and the winners will be rolled out starting next Tuesday with the Rookie of the Year Award that is destined to be claimed […]
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Sweden-Denmark Headlines Euro 2016 Playoffs
The pairings for the two-game playoffs that will decide Euro 2016’s last four teams were set on Sunday, with Sweden drawing Scandinavian rival Denmark, Norway paired with Hungary, theRepublic of Ireland set to face Bosnia & Herzegovina, and Ukraine drawing Slovenia. Alongside host nation France, the other finalists so far are: Albania, Austria, Belgium, Croatia, […]
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USL: OKC's Koenig ties league scoring record
OKC Energy FC moved into first place and became the first Western Conference team to earn a berth in the playoffs with a 2-0 win over the Austin Aztex before a sellout crowd of more than 6,000 fans onat Taft Stadium. Striker Danni Koenig matched a USL record with his 20th goal of the season […]
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Barcelona academy suffers some setbacks
By Mike Woitalla Barcelona planned to open an “academy” in Copenhagen. And the Danish soccer federation (DBU) said, “No, thank you.” In the Denmark, one must get DBUapproval to set up such a program. And the DBU, reports TheGuardian, did not feel it was wise for children as young as 6 to be in an […]