Ghanaian international Adam Kwarasey, the starting keeper on Portland Timbers’ 2015 MLS Cup championship team and MLS’s 2015 Save of the Year winner, became the latest MLS player to leave inmidseason, returning to Norway, where he grew up. The Timbers transferred the 28-year-old Kwarasey to reigning champion Rosenborg, currently first in the Tippeligaen. MLS Players […]
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USA-Ecuador: Kellyn Acosta called in, Chandler OK
U.S. national team coach Jurgen Klinsmann added Kellyn Acosta to the U.S. roster for Wednesday’s friendly against Ecuador in Frisco, Texas, where he plays for FC Dallas. Acosta plays inmidfield for FC Dallas, which is second in the overall MLS standings, but has been used as an outside back for the national team and U-23s […]
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U.S. Abroad: Our Top Five in Europe
The first half of the 2015-16 season has come to a close for Americans in Europe. It was a great fall campaign for Fabian Johnson at Borussia Moenchengladbach, which was unbeaten in all 11games after his return. John Brooks’ Hertha Berlin is also in the Bundesliga top four at the winter break. Here’s our top […]
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Europa League: Horvath's Molde wins group, CCV dresses
Two highly touted young Americans saw action and a third dressed for the first time in European play. A day after Julian Green started for Bayern Munich in its 2-0 win at Dinamo Zagreb, fellow Olympic hopeful EthanHorvath‘s Molde won its Europa League group. A third U-23 player, 17-year-old center back Cameron Carter-Vickers, dressed for […]
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What They're Saying: Ethan Horvath
“The way we’ve been playing in Europa League, maybe now a team doesn’t want to draw Molde because they have seen how we’re doing in the competition.” — Ethan Horvath, the 20-year-old goalkeeper who has won the starting job at Molde and helped it clinch a berth in the round of 32 of the Europa […]
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Hungary's 30-year drought could be over
Hungary, which has not played in a major tournament since the 1986 World Cup, beat Norway, 1-0, in Oslo to take a step towards qualifying for the Euro 2016 finals. Laszlo Kleinheisler scored in his debut for the only goal in the first leg of the two-game playoffs. Sporting KC’s Krisztian Nemeth went thedistance for […]
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Le Havre names Bradley as new head coach
The coaching odyssey of Bob Bradley continues. On Tuesday French club Le Harve announced it had hired Bradley, a New Jersey native who coached theU.S. national team from 2006 to 2011. Bradley heads to France from Norwegian club Stabaek, which he guided last month to a third-place finish in the Tippaeligan with a record of […]
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U.S. Abroad: Horvath's Molde advances in Europa League
U.S. under-23 national team goalkeeper Ethan Horvath helped Norwegian Molde club advance to the round of 32 of the Europa League on Thursday with a 2-1 win atCeltic, its second straight win over the Scottish champion. Horvath had a few shaky moments in the first half but was brilliant after the break with stops on […]
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U.S. Abroad: Bradley's Stabaek in Europa League
Stabaek, the Norwegian club former U.S. national team coach Bob Bradley took charge of in 2014, has clinched a place in 2016-17 Europa League qualifying thanksto a 3-2 win over Start that assured it of no worse than third place in the Tippeligaen. Former NASL star Miguel Ibarra scored his first Liga MX goal for […]
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U.S. Abroad: Horvath picks up another Europa League win
U.S. under-23 national team keeper Ethan Horvath earned another big win as Molde beat Scottish champion Celtic, 3-1, to remain at the top of Group A in theEuropa League. The game was the first since Coach Ole Gunnar Solskjaer‘s return to the Norwegian club. Molde has won three games in a row withHorvath in goal. […]