Defending European champion Barcelona will face Premier League giant Arsenal in the UEFA Champions League round of 16, after the draw for the first knockout stage was completed on Monday. The otherheavyweight clash features German champ Bayern Munich against last season’s Serie A winner and UCL runner-up, Juventus. Other interesting clashes include Chelsea vs. Paris […]
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Video Pick: Messi trick shot thrills fans and teammates
In Japan for the Club World Cup, a Barcelona training session included this long-range, curving shot into a mini-goal from Lionel Messi and prompted cheers from the fans at practiceand his teammates, including a particularly impressed Luis Suarez.
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Video Pick: Chicharito's first hat trick took 13 minutes
Mexican striker Javier “Chicharito” Hernandez has scored 80 league goals for Chivas Guadalajara, Manchester United, Real Madrid and Bayer Leverkusen, but the 27-year-old’s only hattrick came in a Mexico win over El Salvador in the 2011 Gold Cup. He got his first club hat trick on Saturday, when he scored three within 13 minutes in […]
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Timbers deal Villafana to Santos: 'A win-win'
Jorge Villafana has parlayed his MLS championship season with Portland Timbers into a transfer to Mexican club Santos. Timbers management supported the move because of the reported $1 milliontransfer fee, part of which they’ll be able to use as allocation money. “With the current structure in MLS, this transfer is necessary in order for the […]
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U.S. Abroad: Horvath's Molde knocks out Ajax
Norwegian club Molde, with 20-year-old Colorado product Ethan Horvathin goal, held Ajax to 1-1 at Amsterdam on the final day of Europa League group play. Molde had already clinched aspot in the knockout stage while Ajax needed a victory to over take Fenerbahce. Horvath started all six Europa League group games as well as the […]
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Video Pick: Man City stars read mean tweets
Social media can be cruel. And just in case Manchester City’s stars weren’t aware of some of the insults directed their way, Manchester City TV had Eliaquim Mangala, BacarySagna, Fabian Delph, Vincent Kompany and Yaya Toure read mean tweets out loud.
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U.S. Abroad: Fabian Johnson assists twice in UCL
Fabian Johnson, whose hot streak within the last five weeks has included three Bundesliga goals, two UEFA Champions League strikes and a World Cup qualifying goal for the USA,assisted on both Borussia Moenchengladbach goals in a 4-2 loss to Manchester City in their final UEFA Champions League group game on Tuesday. The bad news: Gladbach […]
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Video Pick: How Ronaldo set his latest record
Cristiano Ronaldo‘s four goals in Real Madrid’s 8-0 over Malmo on Tuesday gave him a record 11 UEFA Champions League goals this season, breaking the record for strikes in the groupstage of the competition, previously held by Luiz Adriano and Ronaldo with nine. Here’s hat trick he managed within 11 minutes:
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Video Pick: Goalkeeper's hope of scoring backfires
A Coupe de France game ended with a melee after Chateaubriant’s Herman Kore made it 2-0 in the dying seconds by scoring into an open goal after Concarneau’s goalkeeper venturedupfield on a corner kick in hopes of scoring the equalizer. The manner in which Kore put the ball in the net sparked a near brawl.
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Video Pick: Goalkeeper sabotages the penalty spot
Augsburg’s Swiss goalkeeper Marwin Hitz gets caught digging a hole with his cleats on the penalty spot during a 1-0 win over FC Cologne, whose Anthony Modeste slipsduring his unsuccessful attempt. “I have never saved a penalty before so I thought I would just make the taker a little bit unsure,” said Hitz.