The all-time leading scorer for the defending MLS champion is coming back to play for one of its greatest rivals. Vancouver confirmed Wednesday it has finalized a loan deal with Chineseclub Tainjin Teda for Colombian striker Fredy Montero, scorer of 60 goals in all competitions for Seattle in its first four MLS seasons (2009-12). “I’m […]
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Benfica youngster Guedes headed to PSG
French Paris St. Germain has signed 20-year-old Portuguese forward Goncalo Guedes from Benfica for a fee of around $27 million. Guedes will provide cover for Uruguayan Edinson Cavani andgive PSG another option out wide.
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U.S. Abroad: Parks strikes again in Portugal
Texas teen Keaton Parks scored in his second straight game, connecting on the tying goal in Varzim’s 2-1 comeback win over Fafe for its third victory in a row in the Portuguese seconddivision. GERMANY, Bundesliga TUESDAY: Timmy Chandler (Ein. Frankfurt), 90 minutes, 3-0 vs. Mainz Fabian Johnson (Bor. Moenchengladbach), did notdress, 1-2 vs. Wolfsburg Christian […]
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Transfer dispute complicates Lindelof move to Manchester United
Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho would love to sign 22-year-old Swedish defender Victor Lindelof from Benfica, and the deal should go through despite a dispute between thePortuguese club and tiny Swedish club Vasteras, where Lindelof started his career, over a bonus clause in the 2011 transfer agreement and add-on clause. The latter could net the […]
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U.S. Abroad: Parks among four players with goals
Teenager Keaton Parks scored his first Portuguese second division goal in nine games for Varzim, a 2-0 winner at Famalicao. Parks turned down a scholarship to play at SMU, where he planned tostudy engineering, to sign with Varzim. Parks and Armando Pelaez Jr. signed with Varzim in 2015 from Dallas area club Liverpool FC America, […]
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UCL: Napoli beats Benfica, both advance from Group B
Goals by Jose Callejon and Dries Mertens gave Napoli a 2-1 win at Benfica on Tuesday, but both teams advanced from Group B in the UEFA Champions League when Turkey’s Besiktas, the thirdteam in contention, was clobbered by Dynamo Kiev, 6-0.
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U.S. U-17s call in keeper from Benfica
U.S. under-17 national team coach John Hackworth named two new players — goalkeeper C.J. Dos Santos and defender Ethan Bartlow — for the team’s trip to Jamaica forgames Wednesday and Sunday. Dos Santos, who was born to a Cape Verdean father and Portuguese mother, moved from Philadelphia, where he spent three seasons in the Union […]
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Real Madrid's Pepe out for four weeks
A thigh injury will force Real Madrid defender Pepe to miss the Madrid derby against Atletico and he could miss Spain’s Clasico against Barcelona on Dec. 4. He has been diagnosed with agrade-two muscle injury after being injured midway through the first half of Real Madrid’s game against Alaves. He’ll also miss Champions League action […]
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Ballon d'Or short list announced: the 30 finalists
A short list of 30 players was named for the 2016 d’Or, the award that has been split from the FIFA awards. Only journalists take part in the voting. The finalists consist of 20Europeans, eight South Americans and two Africans. The list includes three players from Euro 2016 champion Portugal (Rui Patricio, Pepe and Cristiano […]