[WORLD CUP COUNTDOWN] Four players from the English Premier League — Steven Pienaar (Everton), Aaron Mokoena (Portsmouth), Benni McCarthy (West Ham) and Kagisho Dikgacoi (Fulham)were among 10 European-based players included in host South Africa provisional roster of 29 players from which Coach Carlos Alberto Parreira will name 23 forthe World Cup.
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Dempsey scores in Fulham victory
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Clint Dempsey scored his seventh English Premier League goal of the season and ninth overall inFulham’s 3-2 win over West Ham United on Sunday. The seven EPL goals match his season-high set in 2008-09. His nine goals are the most by a U.S. national team player in Europe this season. For all theU.S. […]
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Chelsea on verge of capturing EPL title
[EUROPEAN RACES] Chelsea beat Liverpool, 2-0, at Anfield to stay one point ahead of Manchester United, a 1-0 winner at Sunderland, with one game to play in theEnglish Premier League. Inter Milan regained the league in Italy with a 2-0 win at Lazio. For all the weekend action in the major European races … ENGLAND […]
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Altidore needs focus, says manager
[AMERICANS ABROAD]Hull City manager Iain Dowie says U.S. striker Jozy Altidore, on loan this season from Villarreal, must focus ontraining harder and work on his “football intelligence” if he is to achieve his potential. Altidore is suspended for the rest of the English Premier League season following his red cardon April 24 against Sunderland. He […]
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Bayern Munich all but clinches Bundesliga title
[EUROPEAN RACES] UEFA Champions League finalist Bayern Munich all but clinched the 2010 Bundesliga title Saturday when it beat Bochum, 3-1, and Schalke 04 fellat home to third-place Werder Bremen, 2-0. Lionel Messi had two goals for Barcelona in its 4-1 win at Villarreal. For all the Saturday action in the major European races … […]
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U.S. national team weekend
[AMERICANS ABROAD] All three U.S. keepers were in action in the English Premier League on Saturday, but only TimHoward‘s Everton earned a point, tying Stoke City, 0-0, on the road. Brad Friedel‘s Aston Villa lost at Manchester City, 3-1. The result all butended Villa’s bid to claim fourth place — which is worth a berth […]
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American Subotic to cost 'two oil fields'
Former U.S. under-17 national team player Neven Subotic is the target of English clubs Manchester United, Manchester City and Arsenal, but they’ll have topay $30 million to get him from Borussia Dortmund. Subotic, 21, played for the USA at the 2005 Under-17 World Cup but has since chosen to represent Serbia. If he signed with […]
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Dempsey on the verge of history
[EUROPALEAGUE] English club Fulham advanced to the final of the Europa League against Atletico Madrid thanks to a 2-1 win over Hamburg on Thursday that gave it an aggregate victory by the same score.Clint Dempsey, who played the last 31 minutes of the second leg at Craven Cottage, will become the first American-bred player to […]
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Jozy says he's sorry
U.S. striker Jozy Altidore, whose headbutt left Sunderland’s Alan Hutton with a broken nose, chipped tooth and cut eye, has apologized via Twitter for his “stupidand immature” ejection in Hull City’s crucial 1-0 loss to Sunderland. Wrote the 20-year-old, “I’m so sorry about yesterday. Made a stupid, immature and costly mistake. I apologize to HullCity […]
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Stunned Roma loses Serie A lead to Inter
[EUROPEAN RACES] Roma’s 24-game unbeaten streak in Italy’s Serie A ended when it blew a 1-0 lead at home against Sampdoria and fell, 2-1, on a pair ofgoals by Giampaolo Pazzini. The result left Roma in second place behind four-time defending champion Inter Milan with three games to play. In England, Salomon Kalou scored a […]