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. […]
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Solskjaer returns to coach Molde
Former Manchester United star Ole Gunnar Solskjaer will return to his native Norway to coach Molde, the club where he started his career. It is currentlyseventh in the Norwegian top flight and playing in the Europa League. Solskjaer, 42, signed a three-and-a half-year contract and would take over immediately. He most recently coached Cardiff City.Molde’s […]
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U.S. Abroad: Williams scores after 15 seconds, Yedlin starts
Danny Williams, who was called into the U.S. squad for the ConcacafCup, needed only 15 seconds to score what proved to be the winning goal for third-place Reading in its 2-0 win over Middlesbrough in the English League Championship. MIDFIELDERS (3): Alejandro Bedoya (Nantes/FRA), 45 minutes-game suspended, 2-2 at Nice (rain) DannyWilliams (Reading/ENG D2), 90 […]
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U.S. Abroad: Horvath helps Molde grab a point off Ajax
U.S. U-23 keeper Ethan Horvath stayed behind with his Norwegian club, Molde, as his U.S. teammates opened their Concacaf Olympic qualifying campaign by beating Canada, 3-1. Horvathbackstopped a 1-1 tie Thursday against legendary Dutch club Ajax that kept Molde atop the Europa League standings with one win and one tie. He was credited with 10 […]
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U.S. Abroad: Horvath steals show in Molde goal
While the attention is on the form of the 17 players on Jurgen Klinsmann‘s short list for the Concacaf Cup, the star of the week among Americans abroad was20-year-old goalkeeper Ethan Horvath, one of three keepers on the U.S. U-23 roster for Olympic qualifying. All he did was lead Norwegian club Moldeto a 3-1 win at […]
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U.S. Abroad: Bobby Wood scores on run from midfield line
After a week of international duty, Americans returned to action across Europe and in Mexico. GERMANY D2. Another easy win for Rangers with Zelalem in midfield. SCOTLAND D2. Gedion Zelalem has started three games for Rangers since arriving in late August on loan from Arsenal, and it has won all three games. The 18-year-old midfielder […]
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Making a List: European Summer Transfers, U.S. Abroad
The European transfer market closed with little summer activity among Americans. Only a handful of Americans garnered transfers, notably U.S. national team forwards Aron Johannsson and Bobby Wood. Two moves involved MLS players — Adam Bedell and Erik Hurtado — going on loan to Scandinavia.
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What They're Saying: Alejandro Bedoya
“My Norwegian gf says they have a quote for him in Norway. He’s been able to make ‘gull ut av gråstein.’ Gold out of rubble.” — U.S. national team midfielder Alejandro Bedoya on former U.S. national team coach Bob Bradley, whose small Norwegian club Stabaek has won six straight games by shutout to move into […]
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Bernstein makes it four goals in two games in Norway
Who’s the hottest American right now? Clint Dempsey, who shares the MLS scoring lead with Kei Kamara, isn’t doing toobadly, but he can’t top Rhett Bernstein, who scored four goals in the space of four days for Norwegian club Mjondalen. Norway, 2015 Tippeligaen: GP/G PLAYER, TEAM 8/2 Cole Grossman, Stabaek 8/0 Alex De John, Start […]