Next year’s European Championship in France was enlarged from 16 teams to 24. There still wasn’t a place for the dismal Dutch. The 1988 European champion and three-time World Cup runner-up completed acatastrophic qualification series Tuesday with a humiliating 3-2 defeat in Amsterdam to the 10-man Czech Republic. As if saving their worst for last, […]
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What They're Saying: Danny Blind
“I have no intention to step down. I’m going to carry on with my work because I’m under contract until 2018 and I believe in this team. Am I the one to blame? I now have to analyze that. The resultsweren’t good. I won only one match (out of four since taking over).” — Netherlands […]
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Video Pick: A most unfortunate own goal by van Persie
The Netherlands’ 3-2 loss to the Czech Republic that knocked the Dutch out of the 2016 European Championship included this own goal from Robin van Persie, better known for hisfeats on the other end of the field.
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U.S. Abroad: Horvath helps Molde grab a point off Ajax
U.S. U-23 keeper Ethan Horvath stayed behind with his Norwegian club, Molde, as his U.S. teammates opened their Concacaf Olympic qualifying campaign by beating Canada, 3-1. Horvathbackstopped a 1-1 tie Thursday against legendary Dutch club Ajax that kept Molde atop the Europa League standings with one win and one tie. He was credited with 10 […]
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Concacaf Cup: Mexico loses Marquez with calf injury
After captain Andres Guardado, sidelined with an ankle injury, Mexico has lost its former captain, Rafael Marquez, forthe Oct. 10 Concacaf Cup playoff match against the United State for a place in the 2017 Confederations Cup. Marquez will miss one month after injuring his calf while playing for HellasVerona against Atalanta in Italy’s’ Serie A […]
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UCL Roundup: Both Manchester Clubs Lose Opener
It was a bad day for the Manchester clubs in Europe as City and United both let leads slip en route to losing 2-1 in their respective UEFA Champions League openers against Juventus and PSVEindhoven on Tuesday.For United, the bad news was compounded by a serious injury to left-back Luke Shaw, who was stretchered off […]
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Van der Veen brings Dutch soccer culture to Utah
Dutch youth international Paola van der Veen, the first player Utah ever recruited from outside North America, has made an immediate impact on the 3-2-2 Utes.It took all of 28 minutes in the home opener against Houston to set up teammate Taylor Slattery for a goal after her shot ricocheted off the crossbar. She comesto […]
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Why the LVG Experiment Could Spell Disaster for Man United
The list of big-name players and coaches that have had problems with Manchester United boss Louis van Gaal is pretty long. In fact, the Daily Mirror went so far as to compile a list of well-regarded names that have publicly aired theirdisputes with the Dutch tactician; it includes the likes of former Barcelona greats Johann […]
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Blind: Dutch Made It Easy for Turkey
Despite losing his first two games in charge of the Oranje, Netherlands coach Danny Blind says that he has not considered quitting. The Netherlands’ chances of qualifying for Euro 2016took a major blow on Sunday after his team lost 3-0 to Turkey in Istanbul, leaving the Dutch fourth in Group A with just two games […]
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Blind Criticizes Players for Dutch Defeat
Netherland coach Danny Blind publicly slammed his players for the sending off and penalty that led to the 1-0 defeat against Iceland in Euro 2016 qualifying on Thursday night in Amsterdam.In his first game in charge of the Oranje, Blind had to contend with an injury to captain Arjen Robben as well as a straight […]