netherlands
Ajax behind the eight-ball
Ajax, last season’s Europa League runner-up to Manchester City, faces a challenge to reach the Europa League group stage after a 1-0 home loss Norwegian side Rosenborg. Ajax was knocked out of theChampions League qualifiers by Nice and lost its Eredivisie season-opener to Heracles Almelo. Since it’s run the Europa League final, Coach Peter Bosz […]
Martens heads UEFA Women's Player of the Year short list
Barcelona winger Lieke Martens, who led the Netherlands to the Euro 2017 title, was shortlisted for the UEFA’s Women’s Player of the Year, along with Wolfsburg’s Danish striker PernilleHarder and Lyon’s German midfielder Dzsenifer Marozsan. Players 4-10: 4: Vivianne Miedema (Netherlands, Bayern Munichand Arsenal) 5: Eugenie Le Sommer (France, Lyon) 6: Wendie Renard (France, Lyon) […]
Martins Indi makes permanent move to Stoke
Dutch defender Bruno Martins Indi, who played on loan to Stoke City last season, signed with the Potters from Porto for $9 million. He’s another defender who will be competition for AmericanGeoff Cameron. Stoke also signed French defender Kurt Zouma on loan from Chelsea.
Davy Propper joins Brighton from PSV Eindhoven in record transfer
By most standards, it’s a ridiculously modest fee, but promoted EPL club Brighton & Hove Albion broke its transfer record to sign Dutch midfielder Davy Propper from PSV Eindhoven for areported fee of 6 million pounds ($7.8 million).
Dutch women win over a nation
For years, European women’s soccer was dominated by Germany, winner of six straight European women’s championships and seven of the last eight entering Euro 2017. In the early years, Scandinavianteams and Italy were contenders. More recently, France and England have built up their women’s national team programs. The 2017 championship was won by the host […]
What They're Saying: Sarina Wiegman
“It was a great match between two teams that really wanted to play and really wanted to attack. Now we’re going to party really hard.” — Dutch head coach SarinaWiegman after her team won the Women’s Euro 2017 championship with a 4-2 win over Denmark. Many of her players were seen clutching bottles of champagne […]
Chelsea move: Playing time key for Miazga at Vitesse
If playing time is essential for Matt Miazga to remain in the mix for a role on the national team, Chelsea’s decision to send him back to Dutch club Vitesse for a second season is a positivemove. “I felt very welcome and we have all made historic success,” Miazga, 22, told Vitesse’s official website of […]
Euro 2017: Host Dutch advance to quarterfinals with third win
The Netherlands, host of the Women’s Euro 2017, became the first team to qualify for the quarterfinals thanks to 2-1 win over Belgium thanks to goals by Sherida Spitse and Lieke Martens.The Dutch finished group play with three wins in three games.