[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 […]
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U.S. national team weekend
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Brad Friedel‘s Aston Villa moved into a tie for fourth place — which is worth a berth in nextseason’s UEFA Champions League preliminary round — with Tottenham in the English Premier League thanks to its 1-0 win over city rival Birmingham on Sunday. Other Americans to win on Sunday includedAlejandro Bedoya (Orebro), Clarence […]
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Rooney likely shelved for season
[ENGLAND] Wayne Rooney won’t likely be playing any more this season for Manchester United because of a groin injury buthe should be fit to play for England at the World Cup. Rooney’s latest injury occurred Thursday when he hurt his groin in training. He had scored 34 goals for ManchesterUnited this season and just returned […]
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Jozy Altidore will pay for vicious head-butt
[AMERICANS ABROAD] On a U.S. frontline with slim options, young Jozy Altidore has been viewed as a sure thing for theWorld Cup, but his actions on Saturday cast doubts whether he’s ready to lead the American attack. His English Premier League career at Hull City may be over after he was ejected forhead-butting Sunderland defender […]
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Man. United moves ahead temporarily
[EUROPEAN RACES] Ryan Giggs scored twice from the penalty spot and Nani chipped the goalkeeper to leadManchester United to a 3-1 win over Tottenham that temporarily gave it the lead again in the English Premier League. In Germany, Bayern Munich and Schalke 04 are now tied for first place. Inter Milan temporarily regained the lead […]
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Stuart Holden won't be rushed back into action
U.S. midfielder Stuart Holden, who has been sidelined with a broken leg since March 3, is closer to returning to training, but Bolton manager Owen Coyle says he won’t jeopardize Holden’s future to get him back in action before the end of the Premier League season on May 9.
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Everton's Moyes rejects talk of Man. United move
Everton manager David Moyes tried to put a damper on rumors that Alex Ferguson will step down as Manchester Unitedmanager at the end of next season and he will replace his fellow Scotsman. “It was Mark Hughes, Steve Bruceand Roy Keane being mentioned not long ago,” said Moyes. “When my players are linked with clubs […]
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Dempsey: 'We're so close to the final …'
[EUROPA LEAGUE] Seventeen hours on the bus didn’t stop Fulham from achieving what it set out to do as the visiting Cottagers held Hamburg to a 0-0 tie Thursdayin the first leg of their Europe League semifinal series. American Clint Dempsey, who came on in the second half for his first appearance for Fulham in […]