[MLS] D.C. United has won once in nine MLS games but for one evening it was again the toast of the RFK faithful. A crowd of 30,367 fans watched D.C. beatlegendary Italian team AC Milan, 3-2, on goals by Luciano Emilio, Chris Pontius and Danny Allsopp. But the win came at a cost … Midfielder […]
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Inter Milan to tour USA
[DATEBOOK] Inter Milan, winner of the 2010 UEFA Champions League, will face MLS’s Los Angeles Galaxy and FC Dallas in friendly games in August as part of itsU.S. tour. For the complete summer schedule … Inter Milan is expected to bring such stars as Argentine Diego Milito, the hero of Saturday’sChampions League final. The Italian […]
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Not the Greatest Final, but …
By Paul Gardner So here we go again, another super-climactic final that failed to live up to its billing. It’s not that the Inter Milan vs. Bayern Munich game was apoor one — it wasn’t. But this was the high-point of the European season, the two best teams, with a ton of the world’s best […]
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Red Bulls reserves overrun Juventus
[MLS] Jeremy Hall, Conor Chinn and Juan PabloAngel scored in the second half to lead the New York Red Bulls to a 3-1 win over Italian powerhouse Juventus in front of 18,735 at Red Bull Arena Sunday afternoon. All three goalscame in a span of 25 minutes in the second half. Brazilian-Italian Amauri had the […]
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Mourinho set to stay in Madrid
[UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE] After FC Porto six years ago, Jose Mourinho has led Inter Milan to the UEFA Champions Leaguetitle but he says he’s ready to move. Or stay in Madrid, site of Inter’s 2-0 win over Bayern Munich in Saturday’s final. Afterwards, Mourinho said he’ll coach Real Madrid next season. “Mywork here is done. […]
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Mighty Milito, King of Europe
[UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE] Once again, an Argentine forward was the dominant figure of the European season. But this time, it wasn’t Lionel Messi. Two and a half weeks after his goal gave Inter Milan the Coppa Italia title and less than a week after he scored the goalthat clinched Inter’s fifth straight Italian league title, […]
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Gooch, no bigger injury concern ever
[USA 30] For allthe talk of the USA’s walking wounded in training camp at Princeton University this week, pre-World Cup injuries are nothing new to the U.S. squad. Others have certainly made comebacks, but the USAhas never counted upon a player bigger than Oguchi Onyewu to recover in time for the finals. The 6-foot-4 Onyewu, […]
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Bayern's Robben has Inter on defensive
[UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE] Inter Milan shut down Lionel Messi en route to its series victory over Barcelona. Now it muststop Arjen Robben, the hottest player after Messi in this spring’s UEFA Champions League. How Inter does against the Dutch could go a long way towarddetermining who wins the first Saturday final in European Cup history. […]
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Sleepy Toni didn't make good impression
The most notable absentee from the Bayern Munich team that will face Inter Milan in Saturday’s UEFA Champions League final is Italian striker Luca Toni,loaned out to Roma during the winter following a falling out with Coach Louis van Gaal. According to Bayern Munich captain Mark van Bommel, the problems began on van Gaal’s second […]
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Gooch gets 'wish' to play for free
[AMERICANS ABROAD] U.S. national team defender Oguchi Onyewu has signed a one-year contract extension with Italianclub AC Milan through the 2012-13 season during which he agreed to play without pay. Onyewu was sidelined for most of the 2009-10 after injuring himself playing for the USA in its finalWorld Cup qualifying match against Costa Rica in […]