[AMERICANS ABROAD] It was quite a night for Americans in the Europa League. Jozy Altidore scored his seventh goal of theseason for AZ, striking in the 26th minute of its 1-1 tie with FC Metalist Kharkiv of Ukraine, and six other Americans — including Jermaine Jones — played inwinning efforts on Thursday. Sacha Kljestan, Steve […]
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Celtic's European campaign is back on
Celtic’s European campaign isn’t over quite yet. It’s back in the Europa League after UEFA kicked out Swiss club FC Sion, which had beaten the Scottish club, 3-1, on aggregate in the finalqualifying round, because Sion fielded five ineligible players. Celtic’s reward is what Peter Lawwell, its chief executive, called “a ChampionsLeague group in terms […]
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Scottish soccer hits skid row; Ireland's Shamrock Rovers celebrates
The elimination of Rangers, Celtic and Hearts from the Europa League means that Scotland will have no clubs playing in Europe this season. Writes Chick Young,”Scottish football has a new address — right at the bottom of Skid Row. If you can’t find it, it’s just beside the end of the world.” Translation: Scottish soccer […]
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Good news and bad news for Olympiakos Volos
There was good news and bad news for Greek club Olympiakos Volos. It was allowed back in Greece’s top-flight Super League but expelled from the Europa League (after winning two preliminary rounds)for its role in a match-fixing scandal. Kavala was also allowed to stay up, as the Greek federation’s appeals committee decided to punish the […]
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Porto, Europe's best-run club
[EUROPA LEAGUE] Porto may be Europe’s most best-run club. Playing this season in Portugal’s Superliga and the Europa League, the high-scoring Dragons don’tgenerate lots of attention. But they won the Superliga without losing a game and by a record margin of 21 points and captured the Europa League with a 1-0 win over fellow Portuguese […]
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Falcao breaks Klinsmann's scoring record
[PROFILE] Colombian Radamel Falcao, one of the most hotly pursued strikers in the world, broke a European scoring recordwhen he scored his 16th goal of the season in the Europa League for Porto in its 3-2 loss to Villarreal that nonetheless sent it into the May 18 final against Portuguese rival Braga with a 7-4aggregate […]
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Onyewu's FC Twente turns attention to title defense
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Oguchi Onyewu‘s FC Twente was ousted from the Europa League when it fell to Villarreal, 3-1, in thesecond leg of their quarterfinal series and went out 8-2 on aggregate. New Jersey-born Giuseppe Rossi had the first Villarreal goal to give him 32 goals in allcompetitions this season and extend his scoring streak in […]
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Onyewu's Twente advances, Edu's Rangers eliminated
[EUROPA LEAGUE] Oguchi Onyewu‘s TC Twente is through to the quarterfinals of the Europa League despite its 2-0 loss toZenit St. Petersburg on Thursday. Maurice Edu‘s Rangers fell at home to PSV, 1-0, and went out on aggregate by the same score. Onyewu started atcenter back in place of the suspended Douglas for Twente, which […]
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Beleaguered Balotelli battles his bib
[VIDEO PICK] It’s been rough times for Manchester City striker Mario Balotelli. Last week, a grass allergy forced him to leave Man City’sEuropa League game against Dynamo Kiev. In the second leg on Thursday he was red-carded for kung-fu kicking Dynamo’s Goran Popov in the chest — after enduring some comical pregameproblems. Man City won, […]
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Edu lifts Rangers to series win with dramatic goal
[AMERICANS ABROAD] American Maurice Edu has scored a lot of dramatic goals for Rangers but perhaps none as big as thestoppage-time goal that earned the Scottish champion a 2-2 tie at Sporting Lisbon and the series victory in the Europa League’s round of 32 on away goals after a 3-3 aggregate final score. Edu was […]