Earlier this week, Serie A club Fiorentina scooped up Villarreal’s injured striker Giuseppe Rossi for $13 million. As Goal.com’s Zac Lee Rigg pointsout, that is one third of the price Villarreal asked for its star striker 18 months ago. But, as Rigg says, nobody is complaining about this deal, because things were very different 18months […]
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Blatter Criticizes Milan's Response to Racism
In a recent interview, FIFA President Sepp Blatter said that walking off the field in protest of racist abuse is not the right thing to do. On Thursday, AC Milan players, led byGhanaian midfielder Kevin-Prince Boateng, abandoned a friendly against Italian fourth division club Pro Patria after several of its players were subjected to racial […]
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Milan Players Abandon Friendly After Racist Chants
AC Milan players, led by midfielder Kevin-Prince Boateng, abandoned a friendly against Pro Patria from Italy’s fourth division on Thursday due to racial abuse. After just 26minutes of the game, during which a number of Milan players were subjected to racially abusive chanting, Boateng picked up the ball and kicked it into the crowd, then […]
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Pato Completes Corinthians Move
Alexandre Pato completed his move to Corinthians on Thursday. The former AC Milan striker signed a four-year contract with the Sao Paulo club for just under $20 million. Instead ofa signing-on fee, Pato, whose six years with Milan were blighted by a series of injuries, has secured 40 percent of any future sale. “I wish […]
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Roma gives Orlando City eye opener
[INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY] Orlando City, the 2012 USL PRO regular-season champion, became the first U.S. team to kick off play in the new year, falling to Italianclub Roma, 5-0. Michael Bradley played the first half for Roma, which was training at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex as part of its Disney sponsorship.The friendly at […]
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Galaxy adds Cudicini in goal
[MLS TRANSACTIONS] Looking to improve its goalkeeping position, the MLS champion Los Angeles Galaxy signed 39-year-old Italian Carlo Cudicini on a free transfer from Tottenham Hotspur. Cudicini has spent the majority of his career as a backup keeper, first at Chelsea behind Petr Cech and more recently at Spurs behind Heurelho Gomes, Brad Friedel and […]
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Q&A with USA and Roma Midfielder Michael Bradley
In an interview with the New York Times, USA international Michael Bradley sounds off on how he is adjusting to life in Italy at Serie A giant AS Roma. Though only 25,Bradley has already played at five different clubs across Europe, although none have been as deep or as prominent as the Giallorossi. He says […]
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Bradley's Roma shines, Dempsey sits, Guzan pounded
[AMERICANS ABROAD] The weekend before the holiday break for Americans everywhere but in England and Belgium saw MichaelBradley‘s Roma pound AC Milan, 4-2, with what was described as “champagne soccer.” In England, Clint Dempsey satout Tottenham’s 0-0 tie against Geoff Cameron‘s Stoke Citywith a slight groin injury. Brad Guzan made seven saves,including a stop on […]
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Milan Stunned to Draw Barca Again; Robinho and Pato Want Out
AC Milan Vice President Adriano Galliani is stunned to be playing Barcelona yet again, while confirming that the club has not yet decided on the future of Brazilian duoRobinho and Alexandre Pato. The Rossoneri squared off against Barca in both the group stage and the quarterfinals of last year’s UEFA Champions League, and havenow been […]
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U.S. Drops to 28, Brazil to 18, in Final 2012 FIFA Ranking
FIFA on Wednesday released its end-of-year international rankings, which saw World and European champion Spain complete a full year at the summit, while Brazil plummeted to No. 18 and the UnitedStates fell one spot to No. 28. Brazil’s steady fall has had much to do with the fact that it is only playing non-competitive games, […]