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 […]
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Fans side with Everton in Donovan tug-of-war
[SOCCER AMERICA POLL] Soccer America polled its readers, asking them to weigh in the Landon Donovan tug-of-war. Shouldhe stay at Everton? Or should he return to the Los Angeles Galaxy? Almost half the fans who responded said Donovan should arrange a permanent transfer to Everton. Not one suggested he return to LosAngeles and not go […]
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Beasley and Edu team up for Rangers
[AMERICANS ABROAD] DaMarcus Beasley and Maurice Edu appear to be putting theirinjury problems behind them. Beasley played the entire 90 minutes for Rangers and Edu joined him on the field in the second half — the first time they’ve been on the field together for Rangers in 11months — in Tuesday’s 2-0 win over Kilmarnock […]
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Donovan wants to extend stay at Everton
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Landon Donovan is expected to play his last game for Everton this season at Birmingham City onSaturday, but he says that — if possible — he’d like to stay in England until April 15. And why not? Everton has six wins, one tie and only two losses in the nine EPL games since […]
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Bocanegra's winner ends Rennes' losing streak [VIDEO]
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Defender Carlos Bocanegra followed up his goal for USA against the Netherlands with the winninggoal for Rennes in its 1-0 victory over Monaco in France’s Ligue 1. Bocanegra, who scored when he pushed on a Sylvain Marveaux free kick in the29th minute, almost added a second goal in the 86th minute. The win snapped […]
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U.S. national team weekend
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Three days after a solid performance for the USA off the bench against the Netherlands, DaMarcusBeasley was rewarded with a start for Rangers against St. Mirren. He played 64 minutes and hit the post in a 3-1 win that extended Rangers’ lead over Celtic to 13 points. Beasley was one ofseven players who […]
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Tony Sanneh's Haiti dairy
Former U.S. national team star Tony Sanneh has arrived in Haiti to help with the humanitarian effort. For many kids, soccer is the only thing they have –literally — and Sanneh is there to work with L’Athlétique d’Haiti and run soccer camps and clinics. With no schools open and nothing else to do, soccer is […]
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Holden gets good news and bad
[AMERICANS ABROAD] There was good news and bad news for Stuart Holden. The bad news: The injury he suffered when he wastaken out on a tackle by Manchester City midfielder Nigel de Jong during the USA’s 2-1 loss to the Netherlands Wednesday in Amsterdam was a fractured fibula in his right leg that will sideline […]
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Dellacamera moves to ESPN Radio for World Cup
[RADIO WATCH] JP Dellacamera, ESPN’s lead commentator for telecasts of the U.S. national teams and Major LeagueSoccer matches, will head ESPN Radio’s lead broadcast team for the 2010 World Cup. Dellacamera, who has called the last six World Cups for a variety of networks and was NBC Sportslead commentator at the past two summer Olympics, […]