[FRANCE] France, which hosts the United States on Friday at the Stade de France (TV: ESPN2, ESPN3, Univision, Univision.com, 3 pm ET), kept alive its streak ofhaving qualified for every championship it has entered since its spectacular collapse cost it a berth at the 1994 World Cup in the United States. Following its poor showing […]
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Nasri out of Friday's game
[FRANCE-USA] France will be without Manchester City star Samir Nasri for Friday’s game against the USA at the Stade deFrance. Veteran defender Eric Abidal will miss the game because he is with Barcelona for Wednesday’s Spanish Cup match, and at least three other Bleus areuncertain for Friday. The 24-year-old Nasri withdrew from the team after […]
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Blanc calls up Bleus' stars
[FRANCE] French national team coach Laurent Blanc called up 22 players for his team’s friendlies against the USA andBelgium to begin its preparations for Euro 2012. The only newcomer is Montpellier striker Olivier Giroud. Notable absentees include Manchester United’s Patrice Evra, France’s captain during its calamitous 2010 World Cup campaign, and Lyon midfielder Yoann Gourcuff.
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France prevails in Val-de-Marne opener
[U.S. UNDER-17 MEN] The USA fell to host France, 3-0, Tuesday in their first game at the Val-de-Marne International Tournament in the Paris suburb ofSucy-en-Brie. The USA was coming off four games at an international tournament in Albicate, Spain, while this was the first game for the French ’94 team. Marseille’s Michel Araai opened the […]
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Edu scores and then gets sent off
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Maurice Edu, who is rumored to be headed to France, scored in Scottish champion Rangers’ 2-0 win overInverness — just its second victory in five games — but was soon thereafter sent off for picking up his second yellow card of the game. Like TimothyChandler, Edu was a late scratch for USA-Mexico — […]
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Winners & Losers
[WOMEN’S WORLD CUP SPOTLIGHT] By any criteria except goalscoring — down to 2.65 a game from 3.47 in 2007 — the 2011 Women’s World Cup was a huge success.Record crowds, some great individual performances and back-to-back-to-back, as good a trio of games as you’ll ever want to see in the USA’s three knockout games against […]
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Hammarstrom golazo earns Swedes third
[VIDEO PICK] In a tournament filled with marvelous goals, Marie Hammarstrom‘s golazo for Sweden against France standsout as the best of the lot. She picked up a loose ball at the top of the penalty area, lifted the ball past one defender, pushed the ball to her left to elude and second defender and then […]
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What They're Saying
“She’s going to keep me from sleeping at night.” — French coach Bruno Bini on Abby Wambach, who scoredthe winning goal in the USA’s 3-1 win over France in the Women’s World Cup semifinals. (francefootball.fr)
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Keys to U.S. recovery
[USA-FRANCE ANALYSIS] Once again, the U.S. women’s team proved that just as important as a game plan is a resolve to prevail no matter what. Once again,Abby Wambach proved that the bigger the occasion, the bigger she plays. Bottled up by a quicker, more polished French team for long stretches oftheir Women’s World Cup semifinal […]
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U.S. player ratings
[USA-FRANCE REPORT CARD] The USA was badly outplayed by France in midfield for much of their Women’s World Cup semifinal but several players came up with bigplays to move the USA into Sunday’s final against Japan. Soccer America’s Paul Kennedy grades the U.S. players … 6Hope Solo (magicJack) 100/- Said she wasn’t at the top […]