[AMERICANS ABROAD] Jozy Altidore was the only American to play and come out on the winning side in the first leg of theEuropa League quarterfinals. AZ, unbeaten in all competitions this season, beat Valencia of Spain, 2-1. Altidore started and played 77 minutes. Two minutes after he went off, Maarten Martens won the game for […]
netherlands
Posted inSoccer America Daily, Story
AZ's triple dream dies
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Jozy Altidore‘s AZ saw its 26-game unbeaten streak at home end when it fell to Heracles, 4-2, inovertime in the semifinals of the KNVB Cup on Thursday night. Altidore played the first 45 minutes before going off with AZ ahead 2-1. Heracles then equalized on Kwame Quansah‘s goal in the 66th minute and […]
Posted inSoccer America Daily, Story
Jones leads Schalke into quarterfinals
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Jermaine Jones‘ value to Schalke 04 was underscored on Thursday as he scored the deciding goal andset up the insurance goal in its 4-1 victory over FC Twente that moved it into the quarterfinals the Europa League. Jozy Altidore‘s AZ and Steve Cherundolo‘s Hannover 96 also advanced on a night the giants of […]
Posted inSoccer America Daily, Story
Altidore turns provider in Europa League
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Jozy Altidore‘s AZ defeated Udinese of Italy, 2-0, in the first leg of their Europa Leagueround-of-16 series. Altidore, who started and played the entire game, helped set up both goals in the second half. His cross deflected off an Udinese player for Maarten Martens to put away and then he set up Erik […]
Posted inSoccer America Daily, Story
Altidore and Gomez score, Taylor adds two
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Jozy Altidore continued his hot streak with AZ, scoringhis 10th goal of the Eredivisie season in its 3-1 victory over Heracles. Matt Taylor scored twice off the bench for Paderborn, which moved into second place inthe Bundesliga 2 with a 3-0 win at Alemmania Aachen, and Herculez Gomez scored for Santos in its […]
Posted inSoccer America Daily, Story
English lesson comes at price
[ENGLAND-NETHERLANDS] A drab England-Netherlands friendly came to life in a big way in an incident-filled last half an hour as the Dutch went ahead 2-0, Englandthen pulled even in the first minute of stoppage time, but Arjen Robben won the game a minute later for the Dutch, 3-2. The loss was the first in more […]
Posted inSoccer America Daily, Story
Altidore victorious in Lowlands battle
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Jozy Altidore won the Lowlands battle of Americans as AZ defeated Sacha Kljestan‘s Anderlecht, 1-0, in Brussels to move into the round of 16 of the Europa League. Altidore came on as a sub late in the first half, while Kljestan went allthe way and picked up a yellow card for the Belgian […]
Posted inSoccer America Daily, Story
Another hat trick by Cristiano Ronaldo
[GOLEADORES] Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo scored his sixth hat trick in 22 games and upped his La Liga-leading total to 27 goals. … Forleading scorer updates in Europe’s major leagues and video of Ronaldo’s brilliant third goal in the 4-2 win over Levante that stretched Real’s lead over Barcelonato 10 points … Spain La Liga […]
Posted inSection 2 Around the Net, Story
More Ajax chaos: Blind and board quit
Ajax technical director Danny Blind and the Amsterdam club’s board resigned following the court victory former Ajax star Johan Cruyff, an Ajax board member, won to block the appointment of Louis van Gaal as general manager. “I have a clear vision ofAjax’s future and van Gaal’s arrival is part of that,” said Blind. “Now that […]
Posted inSoccer America Daily, Story
Altidore scores twice, Gyau debuts
[AMERICAN ABROAD] Jozy Altidore scored two late goals — his first goals in two months — as AZ beat ADO, 6-0, in TheHague to move back into a first-place tie with PSV in the Dutch Eredivisie. Joe Gyau, 19, made his competitive debut for Hoffenheim, coming on late in its 1-0loss to second division Greuther […]