It’s rare for a Europa League round-of-16 series to generate lots of passion, but the Liverpool-Manchester United series is different. Both clubs are shadows of their former selves, but braggingrights still mean a lot in one of English soccer’s great rivalries. And Liverpool had a lot to brag about. For once. The only thing Liverpool […]
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Spurs-Dortmund and Liverpool-Man. United highlight Europa League draw
Fate did no favors for Tottenham on Friday but so well are things going at White Hart Lane that a daunting draw with Borussia Dortmund in the Europa League won’t much faze the players, fan,and manager Mauricio Pochettino. Never before in the Premier League era have Spurs run such a successful dual course on the […]
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Four Spanish clubs advance in Europa League
Four Spanish clubs (Athletic Bilbao, Valencia, Villarreal, Sevilla) and three English teams (Manchester United, Liverpool, Tottenham) advanced to the Europea League round of 16, along with Germany’sBayer Leverkusen and Borussia Dortmund, Basel (Switzerland), Braga (Portugal), Fenerbahce (Turkey), Lazio (Italy), Shakhtar Donetsk (Ukraine), Sparta Prague (Czech Republic) and Anderlecht (Belgium).
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Liverpool edges Augsburg on PK
Liverpool advanced to the Europa League round of 16 thanks to a 1-0 aggregate win over Bundesliga 13th place Augsburg. James Milner‘s fifth minute penalty in the second-leg inLiverpool on Thursday proved the difference. “It is important for Augsburg to feel proud tonight,” said Liverpool’s German coach Juergen Klopp. “Icongratulated [Augsburg coach] Markus [Weinzierl] before […]
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Making a List: Youngest Americans in UEFA competitions
Christian Pulisic, 17, became the youngest American to play a UEFA competition when he played the last three minutes in Borussia Dortmund’s 2-0 win over Porto in the Europa League. He’s alsothe second youngest player to play in the Europa League after Frenchman Kylian Mbappe, who debuted for Monaco at the age of 16 in […]
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Augsburg spoils Klopp's Germany return
On Juergen Klopp’s return to Germany since stepping down as Borussia Dortmund coach last summer, Klopp’s Liverpool was held to a scoreless tie by Augsburg in a first-leg, EuropaLeague round of 32 clash.
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Pulisic named to Dortmund's Europa League roster
Borussia Dortmund named 17-year-old Christian Pulisic to its Europa League squad for the round of 32 against Porto. Pulisic debuted for BVB in the 2-0 win over FC Ingolstadt on Saturday. Alsopromoted was 20-year-old Slovenian defender Jon Gorenc Stankovic.
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U.S. Abroad: Our Top Five in Europe
The first half of the 2015-16 season has come to a close for Americans in Europe. It was a great fall campaign for Fabian Johnson at Borussia Moenchengladbach, which was unbeaten in all 11games after his return. John Brooks’ Hertha Berlin is also in the Bundesliga top four at the winter break. Here’s our top […]
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Three debutants reach Europa League final 32
Raul Bobadilla‘s last-minute goal gave Augsburg the 3-1 win at Partizan Belgrade the German club needed to reach the knockout stage of the Europa League. Augsburg joins Denmark’sMidtjylland and Switzerland’s Sion as the only Europa League group stage debutants to advance to the final 32. Seeded for Monday’s draw are Molde, Liverpool, Krasnodar, Napoli, Rapid […]