Werder Bremen lost Austrian striker Marko Arnautovic for at least six weeks after he tore a ligament in his right knee playing with his dog on Thursday. “Marko has informed us of this incident,” said Bremen coach Thomas Schaaf. “This is frustrating as we are now with one option less[in attack] for the coming weeks.” […]
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Altidore turns provider in Europa League
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Jozy Altidore‘s AZ defeated Udinese of Italy, 2-0, in the first leg of their Europa Leagueround-of-16 series. Altidore, who started and played the entire game, helped set up both goals in the second half. His cross deflected off an Udinese player for Maarten Martens to put away and then he set up Erik […]
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Man. United survives home defeat
[EUROPA LEAGUE] Manchester United moved into the round of 16 of the Europa League despite losing to Ajax, 2-1, at home in the second leg of their round-of-32series. AZ, Braga, Hannover 96 and Udinese all parlayed wins on the road into series victories. For all the results … EUROPA LEAGUE Man. United 1 (Hernandez 6) […]
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Altidore victorious in Lowlands battle
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Jozy Altidore won the Lowlands battle of Americans as AZ defeated Sacha Kljestan‘s Anderlecht, 1-0, in Brussels to move into the round of 16 of the Europa League. Altidore came on as a sub late in the first half, while Kljestan went allthe way and picked up a yellow card for the Belgian […]
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“So they sawed the queen-sized beds in half. Made two beds out of one.” — Schalke 04 general manager Horst Heldt explains what happened after the team complained to themanagement of the Czech hotel “Golden Fish” about there being only one bed in each of the rooms the club had booked for pairs of players […]
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Jones returns to action with Schalke
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Jermaine Jones returned to action for Schalke 04 in the Europa League, starting in its 1-1 tie withViktoria Plzen in the first leg of their round-of-32 series. Jones is currently serving an eight-game Bundesliga suspension that does not apply to international action. Jozy Altidore and Sacha Kljestan faced off in AZ’s 1-0 win […]
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Altidore's AZ advances in Europa League
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Jozy Altidore went through to the knockout stage of the Europa League when Dutch club AZ’s 1-1 tiewith Group G winner Metalist Kharkiv was enough to secure place over Austria Vienna on goal difference. Jonathan Spector was the only other American in actionon Thursday, but Birmingham’s 1-0 win over Maribor of Slovenia wasn’t […]
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Dempsey and Kljestan score in Europa League
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Clint Dempsey scored for Fulham, but the Cottagers were knocked out of the Europa League when Danishclub Odense came back to tie the Cottagers, 2-2, on a goal in stoppage time. Sacha Kljestan had the first goal for Anderlecht in its 5-3 win over LokomotivMoscow. Fulham was headed to the round of 32 […]
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Yanks enjoy Europa League success
[AMERICANS ABROAD] The three Americans in Europa League action on Thursday all won: Sasha Kljestan (Anderlecht), Jermaine Jones (Schalke 04) and Oguchi Onyewu (Sporting Lisbon). For more on Americans abroad … Following its 2-1 at AEK Athens, Anderlecht maintained its three-point lead over Lokomotiv Moscow and will clinch first place with no worse than aone-goal […]
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Kljestan's Anderlecht advances in Europa League
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Once again, Sacha Kljestan did not earn a callup from JurgenKlinsmann for the upcoming U.S. national team friendlies, but he continues to play well for Belgian league leader Anderlecht, setting up the third goal in a 3-0 win over Sturm Graz that kept itperfect in Group L of the Europa League. Anderlecht, the […]