[VIDEO] If Frenchman Thierry Henry takes his scoring chances like he handles batty questions, he’ll be scoring lots ofgoals for the New York Red Bulls. Rosanna Scotto, co-host of “Good Day New York,” got the Fox 5 morning show segment on Henry off to aflying start when she asks him, “So, OK, so you just […]
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Bocanegra joins St. Etienne
[AMERICANS ABROAD] U.S. national team captain Carlos Bocanegra finally completed his move from Rennes to French rivalSt. Etienne in a transferred deal valued at around $650,000. A deal to move Bocanegra to St. Etienne in the winter never materialized. He played 64 games in two seasons atRennes, mostly at left back. He previously spent five […]
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Red Bulls sign Thierry Henry
[MLS] The New York Red Bulls have signed 32-year-old French forward Thierry Henry to a multi-year contract. Henry, who with France won the 1998World Cup and 2000 European Championship, is expected to debut for the Red Bulls on July 22 against English Premiership club, Tottenham Hotspur, in the Barclays New York Challenge at Red Bull […]
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Davies returns to action
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Charlie Davies played his first game in almost nine months when he played the entire game — a45-minute match — for French club Sochaux against Swiss Super League club Neuchatel Xamax in the Swiss city of Alle. The game was a part of a three-team tournament in which Sochaux and NeuchatelXamax also faced […]
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Rooney, the worst of the worst
[FLOPS] One after another, the world’s biggest stars flopped on the biggest stage, beginning with Englishman WayneRooney. For a ranking of the World Cup flops (which excludes players still in the tournament) … 1. WAYNE ROONEY. How did Rooney go from themost feared striker in the English Premier League to a non-factor for England at […]
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What They're Saying
“I asked for the players to be severely punished and for Patrice Evra never to come back into the France team. When you are captain of France, there is aresponsibility and a respect for the shirt and for people that you have to have.” — Former French national team star Lilian Thuram, whorecommended to the […]
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Federation president takes the fall
[FRANCE] Not surprisingly, Jean-Pierre Escalettes has quit as president of the French soccer federation in the aftermathof the French national team’s blowup at the World Cup that was a national embarrassment. Escalettes’ resignation comes only a month after he led France’s successful bid to host Euro 2016. “I clearly accept my responsibility,” Escalettes said in […]
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How many folks were watching?
[MY VIEW] Just how many folks were watching USA-Algeria Wednesday morning? Let’s do the math … Totaling the number of the viewers isn’t easy inthis age of multiple platforms, but here’s a start: 6.2 million (ESPN) 2.2million (Univision) 1.1 million (ESPN3.com) 650,000 (ESPN Mobile) That totals almost 10.2million viewers (and doesn’t include those who watched […]
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Pierre Barrieu, one Frenchman with something to celebrate
The only member of the U.S. national team coaching staff to have worked at the last three World Cups is Frenchman Pierre Barrieu. The U.S. fitness coachcredits the team’s physical and psychological preparation for its never-say-die attitude. On the winning goal against Algeria, the Americans had a four-on-two counterattack. “Four players[Landon Donovan, Jozy Altidore, Clint […]
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A script too amazing to be believed
[MYVIEW] If you said the USA would go down against England in the fourth minute, fall two goals behind Slovenia in the first half and wait until stoppage time of the Algeria game to get the goalthat would put it into the second round, would anyone have believed you? What makes the USA’s run so […]