Can the magical presence of Landon Donovan loosen the impasse that MLS and the MLS Players Union can’t seem to extricate themselves from? He flew to Washington, D.C., Thursday to join about two dozen player representatives, and all manner of executives and lawyers from the opposing sides trying to reach deal by which a threatened […]
men’s national team
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Davies to resume training at Sochaux
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Charlie Davies tweeted the good news on Thursday: “It’s official! I’m done with rehab!!! Leaving forSochaux tomorrow! Who said I couldn’t be back training so soon!? Let’s go!! God Bless!!” Davies is finishing his fourth week of rehabilitation at the CERS de Capbreton, the sportstraining center in in southwestern France. He’s spent more […]
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Bradley's Gladbach slipping
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Winless in four games and outscored, 7-0, in its last two matches, alarm bells are going off at Borussia Moenchengladbach, where WorldCup-bound Michael Bradley plays in midfield. Gladbach is in 12th place in the 18-team league, seven points above the relegation zone. But after a 3-0 loss to BorussiaDortmund and a 4-0 loss […]
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USA to face Socceroos in final tuneup
[DATEBOOK] The USA will face Australia June 5 at Ruimsig Stadium in suburban Johannesburg town of Roodepoort, one week before playing its first match of theWorld Cup (TV: ESPN2, live, 8:30 a.m. ET). The match will follow games against the Czech Republic on May 25 in East Hartford, Conn., and Turkey on May 29 in […]
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U.S. national team weekend
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Clint Dempsey started his first game for Fulham since returning from his knee injury. He played thefirst 72 minutes in the Cottagers’ 3-0 loss at Manchester United. Chris Rolfe debuted Sunday for Danish club AaB. Here’s how U.S. national team players did inweekend action abroad … DENMARK, Super SAS-Ligaen Chris Rolfe, sub: 20 […]
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U.S. national team weekend
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Eleven Americans, most likely selections for the U.S. World Cup team, were in action abroad on Saturday but only Marcus Hahnemann (Wolves) and Steve Cherundolo (Hannover) were winners. Hahnemann went the entire way in Wolves’ 2-1 win at Burnley, whileHannover won its second straight game since the return of Cherundolo, who came on […]
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Dempsey is back in action for Fulham
[AMERICANS ABROAD] You can scratch Clint Dempsey from the U.S. injury list. Only seven and weeks after beind sidelinedwith a knee injury, Dempsey returned to action for Fulham Thursday. He played the last hour hour of Fulham’s 3-1 loss to Juventus in the first leg of their Europa League round of 16 series. Dempey injured […]
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Davies hopes to play by the end of April
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Charlie Davies is into his third week of rehabilitation at the CERS de Capbreton, the sports trainingcenter in in southwestern France. He spends more than five hours each day training at the center, where Chelsea stars Michael Essien and Ashley Cole are also rehabbing, and hopes to be playing games by the end […]
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Dempsey appears to be recovering on schedule
U.S. midfielder Clint Dempsey‘s recovery from knee ligament damage appears to be right on schedule. Dempsey, who suffered the injury while playing for Fulham against Blackburn onJan. 17, had predicted he would return in mid-March. He reportedly accompanied the team to Torino, Italy, for Fulham’s Europa League match against Juventus on Thursday. Although he won’t […]
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English refs too lenient? Stats say so
By Paul Gardner So no sooner do I tell you that coaches never say anything nasty about their own players — just 10 days ago — then up pops Bert van Marwijk, the coach ofthe Dutch national team, to seriously berate one of his players. The tackle that Nigel de Jong put on the American […]