[AMERICANS ABROAD] Mix Diskerud earned his first start of the Tippeligaen season, going the distance as Rosenborg played toa 2-2 tie at Bodo/Glimt, the northern outpost of Norwegian soccer. The U.S. World Cup hopeful had made only two appearances off the bench in Rosenborg’s first three games. Michael Stephens started for Coach Bob Bradley‘s Stabaek, […]
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Valentin sidelined for season with Achilles tear
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Zarek Valentin, the only player in a reduced U.S. contingent to play every minute of the first two gamesof the new Tippeligaen campaign in Norway, is out for the season after tearing his Achilles tendon in practice at promoted Bodo/Glimt. The 22-year-old Valentin helped Bodo/Glimt, the mostnorthern club in Norway’s top league, win […]
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Bradley's young Stabaek opens with big victory
[AMERICANS ABROAD] The Bob Bradley era at promoted Stabaek began with a 3-0 win over Sogndal before 4,017 fans at theNadderud Stadion. The multinational lineup included former LA Galaxy midfielder Michael Stephens, New Zealand international Craig Henderson via Dartmouth and a trio of young Ivorians. Henderson, who spent the last four seasons in Sweden, had […]
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Diskerud scores in Norwegian league opener
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Mix Diskerud came off the bench to scoring the opening goal forRosenborg in its 2-2 tie with Viking on the opening day of the Norwegian Tippeligaen season. Diskerud put Rosenborg ahead at the Lerkendal Stadium in the 64th minute and it added a secondgoal four minutes later before it gave up two goals […]
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Pickens, on 'excused absence,' tries out at Stabaek
[MLS 2014 COUNTDOWN] Veteran Matt Pickens lost his starting job in goal for the Colorado Rapids to young Clint Irwin in 2013 and he’s been giving permission to try out with Norwegian club Stabaek, coached by American BobBradley. GALAXY WINS BEFORE FRESNO SELLOUT. The LAGalaxy got goals from Marcelo Sarvas and Gyasi Zardes to beat […]
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Beckerman celebrates wedding
[SEEN AROUND TOWN] How do you spend the last weekend before the start of the U.S. national team’s three-and-a-half week camp? KyleBeckerman got married to longtime girlfriend Kate Pappas Saturday at the Holy Trinity Cathedral in downtown Salt Lake City. They met at Rio Tinto Stadium in 2009 when Beckerman was doing a video shootfor […]
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Bob Bradley lands at tiny Stabaek in Norway
[AMERICANS ABROAD] From the high-profile job of coaching Egypt’s national team in the middle of a revolution to rebuilding tiny Stabaek that plays in a 7,000-seatstadium in an Oslo suburb, that’s the path of Bob Bradley. The former U.S. national team coach, whom Stabaek announced as its new coach on Friday morning, hadtalked with the […]
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Seabrook scores in Finland, Clark stymies Rosenborg
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Jordan Seabrook scored his seventh goal of the Finnish Veikkausliiga season for third-place VPS in its1-1 tie at MYPA. The Norwegian title hopes of Mix Diskerud‘s Rosenborg took a dent as it had to settle for a 0-0 tie at home with Honefoss. The draw leftRosenborg tied for first with Stromsgodset, which leads […]
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Germany makes it six in a row
[EURO 2013] Germany captured its sixth straight European Women’s Championship title with a 1-0 win over Norway Sunday before a tournament record crowd of 41,301 inStockholm. Anja Mittag had the game’s lone goal, but the German hero was Nadine Angerer, the oldest player on the Germanteam at the age of 34. The keeper saved penalty […]
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Norway looks to beat Germany for second time
[EURO 2013] Even Pellerud says Sunday’s final of the European Women’s Championship against five-time defending championGermany at Stockholm’s Friends Arena will be an even bigger match than when he led Norway to the 1995 Women’s World Cup title. Norway moved into the final with a 4-2 shootout win overDenmark on Thursday after their game in […]