[AMERICANS ABROAD] Marc Pelosi, the 18-year-old American midfielder, was one of three players Liverpool called up fromits under-21 team for the Europa League. Pelosi has played well for Liverpool in the Next Generation Series, a youth tournament for top European clubs. The young Reds reached the round of16 with a 4-1 win over Inter Milan […]
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Liverpool, Spurs Get Tough Europa League Draws
Liverpool drew Russian champion Zenit St. Petersburg in the last 32 of the UEFA Europa League on Thursday, while deposed Champions League champion Chelsea will play Sparta Prague. Tottenham,meanwhile, meets Lyon, which means a return for goalkeeper Hugo Lloris to his former club. “Lyon is a tremendous tie for us in the sense that it […]
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AVB: Europa Place an Unfair Bonus for UCL Failures
Tottenham coach Andre Villas-Boas thinks teams that finish in third-place and fail to qualify for the UEFA Champions League Round of 16 should not gain automatic entry to theEuropa League, Europe’s second-tier competition. Tottenham on Thursday qualified for the Europa League Round of 32 with a comfortable 3-1 win against Panathinaikos. After the game, thePortuguese […]
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Dempsey leads Spurs to Europa League knockout stage
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Clint Dempsey assisted on Emmanuel Adebayor‘s goal and thenwatched as his header smashed off the crossbar before bouncing into the back of Panathinaikos goalkeeper Orestis Karnezis and into the goal for the go-aheadgoal in Tottenham’s 3-1 win that assured the English club passage to the round of 32 of the Europa League. Alejandro […]
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UEFA Considers Dumping Europa League
UEFA President Michel Platini revealed on Wednesday that the organization is considering dumping the Europa League altogether, and expanding the more popular — and more lucrative– Champions League instead. In an interview with Ouest-France, Platini said UEFA was having an “ongoing debate” about possible changes to its competitions for the 2015-2018 cycleof broadcasting contracts. “We […]
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Boyd bags 11th goal of campaign
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Terrence Boyd scored his 11th goal in all competitions for Rapid Vienna but it was not enough as theAustrian club fell at Mikkel Diskerud‘s Rosenborg, 3-2, in the Europa League on Thursday. EUROPA LEAGUE:Alejandro Bedoya (90 minutes), Helsingborg, 1-3 vs. Levante Terrence Boyd (90 minutes, 1 goal), Rapid Vienna, 2-3at Rosenborg Steve Cherundolo […]
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Cherundolo wins duel against Bedoya
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Steve Cherundolo was the only American to win in the Europa League as he captained Hannover 96 in its2-1 victory over Alejandro Bedoya‘s Helsingborg. For the Americans in action on Thursday … AMERICAN CONNECTION: Alejandro Bedoya (90 minutes), Helsingborg, 1-2 vs. Hannover96 Terrence Boyd (sub: 45 minutes), Rapid Vienna, 0-4 vs. Bayer Leverkusen […]
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Cherundolo and Gatt get Europa League wins
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Steve Cherundolo (Hannover 96) started and Josh Gatt (Molde)came on as a sub in winning efforts on Day 2 of the Europa League group stage. They were two of four Americans to make appearances on Thursday. Steve Cherundolo (90 minutes), Hannover 96, 2-1 vs. Levante Bryan Gerzycich (90 minutes), Hapoel KiryatShmona, 3-4 vs. […]
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Pasquale a smash hit in Liverpool
[VIDEO PICK: Golazo] Giovanni Pasquale‘s guided missile sails past Pepe Reina to rave reviews during Udinese’s 3-2 win inEuropa League play. Thursday, at Anfield, “Being Liverpool” meant scoring first, scoring last, scoring for the other team, and losing, all in entertaining fashion. The Serie A team trailed 1-0 when its captain, Antonio Di Natale, tied […]
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Radamel Falcao: 'El Tigre' has an eye for goal
[EUROPEAN GOLEADORES] Since being shut out in Atletico Madrid’s opening game, a 1-1 tie at Levante, Radamel Falcao hasbeen on a tear. The Colombian, nicknamed “El Tigre,” has 10 goals in his last five games, all wins, for Atletico, including two goals in Wednesday’s 4-2 win at Real Betis that moved Atletico to withintwo points […]