Former U.S. under-20 international Mikkel Diskerud was eliminated from the Europa League when his Norwegian club, Stabaek, gave up a late goal to DneprMogilev that allowed the Belarusian club to earn a 1-1 tie and move into the third round thanks to away goals after their series ended 3-3. For all Thursday’s results in MLS, […]
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Goodson scores in Start win
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Clarence Goodson, a reserve defender on the U.S. World Cup team, scored for Norwegian Tippeligaenclub IK Start with a header off a corner kick in its 2-1 victory at last-place Sandefjord on Saturday. Goodson, who was playing his third match since returning from South Africa, tied thescore in the 33rd minute. The former […]
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Freeman scores winner for Start
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Right back Hunter Freeman scored the winning goal for IK Start in its 2-0 win over Honeloss thatmoved it into a tie for fourth place in Norway’s Tippeligaen. U.S. World Cup team candidate Clarence Goodson played alongside Freeman on the Startbackline. The goal was Freeman’s second in two seasons at Start. Start has […]
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U.S. national team weekend
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Brad Friedel‘s Aston Villa moved into a tie for fourth place — which is worth a berth in nextseason’s UEFA Champions League preliminary round — with Tottenham in the English Premier League thanks to its 1-0 win over city rival Birmingham on Sunday. Other Americans to win on Sunday includedAlejandro Bedoya (Orebro), Clarence […]
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Wins for Goodson and Bedoya
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Clarence Goodson and Alejandro Bedoya, both candidates forthe U.S. World Cup team, were victorious in Scandinavian action on Monday. Goodson and fellow American Hunter Freeman started for Start in its 5-3thriller over Valerenga in Norway’s Tippeligaen. Bedoya started for Orebro in its 1-0 win at AIK Stockholm in Sweden’s Allsvenskan. CORRECTION: The only […]
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Diskerud scores for Stabaek
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Teenager Mikkel Diskerud, who played for the USA at the 2009 Under-20 World Cup, scored his firstgoal of the season for Stabaek in its 2-2 tie with Aalesund in Norway’s Tippeligaen. Diskerud, who was born in Oslo to an American mother, joined Stabaek’s youth program in 2005 anddebuted for the first team in […]