[EUROPA LEAGUE] A late goal by Belgian teen sensation Eden Hazard gave French club Lille a 1-0 win over Liverpool in thefirst leg of their Europa League round-of-16 series on Thursday. The only team to win away was Standard Liege, a 3-1 victor over Panathinaikos. For all the results … Lille 1 Liverpool 0 Scorer: […]
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Dempsey is back in action for Fulham
[AMERICANS ABROAD] You can scratch Clint Dempsey from the U.S. injury list. Only seven and weeks after beind sidelinedwith a knee injury, Dempsey returned to action for Fulham Thursday. He played the last hour hour of Fulham’s 3-1 loss to Juventus in the first leg of their Europa League round of 16 series. Dempey injured […]
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Everton outclassed and ousted
[AMERICANS ABROAD] With Landon Donovan “an anonymous figure,” according to BBC’s game report, Everton fell 3-0 at Sporting Lisbon and waseliminated from the Europa League (formerly the UEFA Cup) 4-2 on aggregate. Everton’s American keeper Tim Howard was beaten from close-range, on a deflected shot, and rounded on abreakaway but also made two great saves […]
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Everton crushed in Europa League
[EUROPA LEAGUE] Everton suffered its worst loss since the arrival of Landon Donovan on loan from the Los Angeles Galaxy,falling to Portugal’s Sporting Lisbon, 3-0, in the second leg of their Europa League series and exiting the competition in the round of 32. The loss would have been worse but for a great game by […]
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Juventus and Liverpool open with wins
[EUROPA LEAGUE] Juventus and Liverpool, two of the great names of European soccer, are enduring rough seasons but picked up wins in the Europa League, the oldUEFA Cup that moved into the knockout phase this week. Juve was the more impressive of the two teams, winning, 2-1, at Ajax, another former European giant, on a […]