[UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE] Inter Milan shut down Lionel Messi en route to its series victory over Barcelona. Now it muststop Arjen Robben, the hottest player after Messi in this spring’s UEFA Champions League. How Inter does against the Dutch could go a long way towarddetermining who wins the first Saturday final in European Cup history. […]
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Dutch confirm van Nistelrooy's exclusion
[WORLD CUP COUNTDOWN] Dutch national team coach Bert van Marwijk‘s 30-player provisional roster for the World Cupcontained no surprises. Ruud van Nistelrooy‘s bid for an international comeback had ended when he was not included in list of players released last weekfor this week’s training camps that Oranje World Cup hopefuls. Two newcomers picked: Jeremain Lens, […]
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Van Nistelrooy not in Dutch plans
[WORLD CUP COUNTDOWN] style=”font-weight: bold;”>Ruud van Nistelrooy‘s bid for an international comeback ended when he was not included in Dutch national team coach Bert vanMarwijk‘s plans for a pair of training camps that Oranje World Cup hopefuls will attend next week. Van Nistelrooy, who joined German club Hamburg this season from Real Madrid,announced his international […]
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McClaren leads Twente to first title
Steve McClaren became the first English coach to win a major European league title since 1996 when he led FC Twente to the Dutch Eredivisie championship onSunday. Costa Rican Bryan Ruiz and Slovakian Miroslav Stoch scored to give Twente a 2-0 win over NAC thatclinched the title with a one-point edge over Ajax. The title […]
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Van Basten warns Rooney about ankle
Dutch great Marco van Basten, whose career ended prematurely because of ankle injuries, has warned Wayne Rooney thathis career too could be jeopardy if he continues to play on his injured ankle. Van Basten’s comments followed Rooney’s surprise appearance in the second leg of Manchester United’s Champions Leagueseries against Bayern Munich. After it was first […]
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Hiddink turns down Ivory Coast deal
[WORLD CUP COUNTDOWN] Guus Hiddink won’t being coaching Ivory Coast at the World Cup. The Dutchman, who has coached theNetherlands (1998 semifinals), South Korea (2002 semifinals) and Australia (2006 second round) at the last three World Cups, says he’ll finish up his contract with Russia in June, then take his newjob with Turkey. “I must […]
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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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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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Stuart Holden suffers broken leg [VIDEO]
What was first believed to be a shin contusion turned out to be a broken leg. Bolton Wanderers midfielder Stuart Holden will be out of action for six weeks,according to the Premier League club’s manager Owen Coyle said on Thursday. The U.S. international suffered the injury on a Nigel de Jong tackle during the first […]
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What They're Saying
“We lost our concentration and it was a very bad time to give up a penalty.” — U.S. coach Bob Bradley on Jonathan Bornstein‘s terrible penalty that cost the Americans the first goal — late in the first half — in the Netherlands’ 2-1 win. (usssoccer.com)