Matt Miazga escaped with only a fine from his Dutch club, Vitesse, after video showed him squeezing the private parts of Heerenveen’s Denzel Dumfries in an Eredivisie match inJanuary. | Dumfries moet het zwaar ontgelden vanavond. Na de elleboog van Matavz, wordt de verdediger vanHeerenveen nu in zijn edele delen geknepen door Miazga.#vitheehttps://t.co/sunMcWM3I6 pic.twitter.com/9AeOoxOnAGJanuary 20, […]
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What They're Saying: Ronald Koeman
“I’m really positive about the future of the team. We have enough talent but we have to change some things, which I will talk about at a later stage.” — Veteran EPL coach RonaldKoeman on being named the head coach of the Dutch national team. He won Euro 1988 with the Oranje, which has missed […]
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Cruyff disciple Todd Beane on street soccer, coaching education and the current Dutch crisis
The Dutch star Johan Cruyff had a profound impact on the soccer world as a player in the “Total Soccer” years of the 1970s and as a coach, especially while in charge ofBarcelona’s “Dream Team” of the late 1980s and early 1990s, when he had great influence on Pep Guardiola. American Todd Beane, a coach, […]
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Who's to blame for the mess at Everton?
The English Premier League has completed just nine games, and already three managers have been fired. After Dutchman Frank de Boer, who lasted all of 77 days at Crystal Palace,Leicester City fired Craig Shakespeare last Tuesday and Everton parted ways with Ronald Koeman on Monday. Shakespeare was fired after a 1-1 tie with West Brom […]
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Arjen Robben retires from Dutch national team after scoring twice vs. Sweden
Arjen Robben announced his retirement from international soccer after scoring both goals in the Netherlands’ 2-0 win over Sweden that wasn’t enough to qualify the Dutch for the 2018World Cup. The 33-year-old scored 37 goals and assisted 29 times in the 96 games during his 14-year national team career.
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FIFA's Best Player women's finalists aren't all the best
FIFA’s Women’s Player of the Year awards have always been a subject of controversy, but nothing like in 2017 as only one of the three Best Player finalists, Lieke Martens of the Europeanchampion Netherlands, would generally be considered to have ranked among the top players of the year. Lloyd, one goal for USA.Carli Lloyd has […]
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Bauza replaces van Marwijk as Saudi Arabia World Cup coach
Dutchman Bert van Marwijk, who qualified Saudi Arabia for the 2018 World Cup, is out as head coach. Argentine Edgardo Bauza will replace van Marwijk, whose contract expired at the end ofthe qualifying campaign. “I ended the negotiations,” van Marwijk told Dutch broadcaster NOS. “Last week, after qualifying for the World Cup, a number of […]
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French freak-out all about nothing
France entered Matchday 7 of its 10-game World Cup 2018 qualifying with some concerns. A shock loss to Sweden in June had dropped the Bleus into second place in Group A, and a slip-upagainst the Netherlands at home on Thursday would have dropped them into third place. In Concacaf, third place is worth a ticket […]
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Re-Sale: Naess leaves Columbus after 13 months
After just 13 months in MLS, defender Nico Naess was transferred from Columbus Crew SC to Dutch club Heerenveen. The Crew backline has changed a lot since he arrived but Crew coach GreggBerhalter said the intention was to always consider re-selling the young Norwegian. Crew situation. Naess, 24, arrived in July 2016 and was slotted […]