[U.S. UNDER-18 MEN] The United States tied the Netherlands, 1-1, and lost to host Portugal, 1-0, on a late goal in its first two games at the LisbonInternational Tournament for under-18 national teams. The Americans led the Dutch on a goal by Chicago Fire homegrown player Victor Pineda, but theDutch equalized early in the second […]
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Dutch and German boys serve up a thrilling final
By Paul Gardner A word or two about the final. No, not that final, not the big one coming up, the great European club final between ManU and Barcelona.I’ve got another final in mind, one that was played this past weekend — a rather different European final: The under-17 championship, the Netherlands against Germany. It […]
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Onyewu's FC Twente turns attention to title defense
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Oguchi Onyewu‘s FC Twente was ousted from the Europa League when it fell to Villarreal, 3-1, in thesecond leg of their quarterfinal series and went out 8-2 on aggregate. New Jersey-born Giuseppe Rossi had the first Villarreal goal to give him 32 goals in allcompetitions this season and extend his scoring streak in […]
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Dutch hold off Hungary in wild match
[EURO 2010 QUALIFYING] The Netherlands became the first team to go 6-0-0 in Euro 2012 qualifying thanks to a wild 5-3 win over Hungary on Tuesday. TheHungarians, beaten, 4-0, at home on Friday, twice came from behind to tie the Group E encounter at the Amsterdam ArenA before two goals by Dirk Kuyt in threeminutes […]
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Spain and the Netherlands in action
[EURO 2010 QUALIFYING] The Tuesday date of the first double fixture date of the year is loaded with international friendlies. Of the Euro 2012 qualifying groupleaders, only Spain and the Netherlands, the two 2010 World Cup finalists, have competitive games. Spain (4-0-0) hosts Moldova, while the Dutch (5-0-0) host Hungary, which they beat, 4-0, in […]
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Italy benches stars, Terry returns as England captain
[EURO 2012 QUALIFYING] Qualifying for the 2012 European Championship in Poland and Ukraine continues with the first of two double fixture dates this spring. Thefirst begins Friday and Saturday with several top-of-the-standings clashes on the schedule. Italy has benched several stars for disciplinary reasons, while the Netherlands’ injury list is growing.Spain’s Xavi is set to […]
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Onyewu's Twente advances, Edu's Rangers eliminated
[EUROPA LEAGUE] Oguchi Onyewu‘s TC Twente is through to the quarterfinals of the Europa League despite its 2-0 loss toZenit St. Petersburg on Thursday. Maurice Edu‘s Rangers fell at home to PSV, 1-0, and went out on aggregate by the same score. Onyewu started atcenter back in place of the suspended Douglas for Twente, which […]
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Edu's Rangers earns credible draw at PSV
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Maurice Edu started for Scottish club Rangers Thursday in its 0-0 tie at PSV in the first leg oftheir round-of-16 series in the Europa League. It was an impressive result for Rangers, given the long list of players unavailable for the game. Bosnian Nikica Jelavic was ineligible because he played in the competition […]
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Onyewu's Twente freezes out Rubin
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Wearing a ski cap and looking oh-so uncomfortable, Oguchi Onyewu started for Dutch club FC TwenteThursday in its 2-0 win over Russian club Rubin Kazan in a match played in below-zero temperatures before an estimated 300 fans at Moscow’s 90,000-seat Luzhniki Stadium. The game wasplayed on Luzhniki Stadium’s artificial turf in the afternoon […]
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Bocanegra scores, Holden assists, Altidore debuts
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Jozy Altidore started his first game for Turkish clubBursaspor in its 1-1 tie with Eskisehirspor on Sunday. Stuart Holden assisted on the first goal in Bolton Wanderers’ 2-0win over Tim Howard‘s Everton. On Saturday, American Carlos Bocanegra had the first goal of the game, but everythingthen went wrong for St. Etienne as the […]