[NWSL 2014 COUNTDOWN] Yet another Japanese player has joined the NWSL. After Nahomi Kawasumi (Seattle) and Aya Sameshima (Houston), forward Nanase Kiryu, who was named to the 2013 Nadeshiko League Best XI at NTV Beleza, scoring 14goals in 28 appearances, has signed with Sky Blue FC. Unlike Kawasumi and Sameshima, Kiryu, 24, was not part […]
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Reign signs Japanese league MVP Kawasumi
[NWSL 2014 COUNTDOWN] After floundering for much of the 2013 season, the Seattle Reign FC has gone all out to rebuild its roster. Its latest signing: Japanesenational team midfielder Nahomi Kawasumi on loan from champion INAC Kobe Leonessa of Japan’s Nadeshiko League. NWSL: 2014 Preseason Schedule Kawasumi was named the 2013 Nadeshiko League MVP,was the […]
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USA opens against Japan at Algarve Cup
[DATEBOOK] The USA will open against Japan two years to the day since its last defeat when it plays the reigning world champions at the 2014 Algarve Cup inPortugal. Tom Sermanni‘s Americans, unbeaten in their last 40 games since a 1-0 loss to Japan on March 5, 2012, will also face Sweden and Denmark in […]
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Dash signs Japanese world champion Sameshima
[NWSL 2014 COUNTDOWN] The Houston Dash acquired Japanese defender Aya Sameshima from Japanese club Vegalta Sendai in theNadeshiko League. She is the first member of Japan’s 2011 Women’s World Cup championship team to sign with an NWSL team. Sameshima, who started all six games at the 2011 Women’sWorld Cup, began her professional career with […]
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Back-heel sombrero, volley, goal
[VIDEO PICK: Golazo] Hisato Sato of Sanfrecce Hiroshima scored a beauty in his team’s Japanese Emperor’s Cup win on Sunday. Sato beathis marker by flicking the ball over his head before stroking home against Kofu for a 1-0 lead in the cup quarterfinal. Kofu did equalize thanks to an own goal but Hiroshima won in […]
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Honda to Join Milan in January
AC Milan Vice President Adriano Galliani on Wednesday announced that CSKA Moscow forward Keisuke Honda would join the club on a free transfer on Jan. 3. The Japaneseinternational was originally expected to join the club last summer, but the Serie A club ultimately failed to agree to a transfer fee.
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Goebel-Yanez helps INAC Kobe Leonessa win club title
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Beverly Goebel-Yanez scored on a penalty kick for Japanese club INAC Kobe Leonessa in its 4-2 win overthe Chelsea Ladies in the final of the Mobcast Cup, the unofficial women’s club world championship. Goebel-Yanez, who will join the NWSL’s SeattleReign FC next season, had scored for INAC Kobe Leonessa in its 3-0 win […]
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Look what we found at the bottom of the pot
[WORLD CUP 2014: Draw] All the talk has been about the possibility of multiple groups of death being drawn on Friday at the World Cup 2014 Draw in Costa do Sauipe.But it takes away from the fact that there will be no easy groups. The 2014 World Cup is the deepest field in the history […]
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Amazing long-distance volley from Japan's top marksman
[VIDEO PICK: Golazo] The 31-year-old Hisato Sato, on track to leading the J-League in scoring for the second straight season, struck with a brilliant volley from outside the penaltyarea in Sanfrecce Hiroshima’s 2-0 win over Sagan Tosu. The victory keeps defending champ Sanfrecce Hiroshima two points clear at the top of the standings. Sato blasts […]
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Kagawa: Ask Moyes Why I'm Not Playing
After scoring a brilliant individual goal for Japan in a 3-1 win against Ghana in Yokohama on Tuesday, Manchester United playmaker Shinji Kagawa told reporters that he has no ideawhy he hasn’t played a part in any of United’s first three English Premier League games. “Please ask [Manchester United coach] David Moyes why I’mnot in the […]