Every shot Hungarian Krisztian Nemeth has put on target has gonein for Sporting Kansas City, and every move his coach, Peter Vermes, has made recently has workedout for the hottest team in MLS. Ignacio Maganto, a little-known rookie from Spain via Iona,had a big game for the LA Galaxy on Sunday at New England. Orlando […]
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Europe in a Nutshell: A Saturday full of silverware
Lazio and Napoli stage a hectic battle for Italy’s final UCL berth. Lionel Messi makes the impossible look easy, again. Rangers’ return falls short. Plus, cup finals galore. EUROPE IN A NUTSHELL. With four of Europe’s five top leagues finishing their domestic seasons last weekend, and FIFA losing its mind shortly after, Italy took amoment […]
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Key games on tap in Europe this week
The title winners in Europe’s major leagues have been decided, but there are still plenty of important games remaining throughout Europe, with several cup titles, Champions League berths, as well aspromotion and relegation up for grabs this week. On Wednesday, Sevilla will be in Poland to face Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk at the National Stadium in Warsaw […]
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Messi: Celtic Park Has the Best Atmosphere
Lionel Messi has revealed that Celtic Park in Glasgow, Scotland, has the best atmosphere in European soccer, in his opinion. The Barcelona striker, who was speaking ahead of Barca’strip to Paris to play Paris Saint-Germain on Tuesday, says that nothing compares to the 60,000-capacity stadium, especially on a European night. Barca actually lost 2-1 to […]
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Britain Will Not Play Soccer in Rio Olympics
Britain will not have soccer teams at the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro because the English Football Association failed to gain support from Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. Britain had men’s andwomen’s teams at the London Olympics in 2012, but that was regarded as a one-time only deal.
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Fire revamps with three new DPs
The Chicago Fire has added Scottish international Shaun Maloney to the growing list of British players crossing the pond to play in MLS. Maloney,32, comes to MLS from English Championship team Wigan Athletic, which was relegated from the Premier League in 2013 despite winning the FA Cup. He takes the team’s third Designated Player slotand […]
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U.S. Abroad: Weekend Hot (and Unlucky) List
Here’s who has been hot (and this week unlucky) over the weekend among Americans abroad … HOT. GeoffCameron. At the end of the summer transfer window, Cameron looked to headed away from Stoke, in search of a club where he could play in central midfield or at centerback. At the end of theyear, he is […]
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Scotland's Strachan Hails 'Fantastic' England
Scotland coach Gordon Strachan hailed England’s performance in Glasgow on Tuesday after his team was comprehensively beaten, 3-1, by RoyHodgson’s men at Celtic Park. “I have to say that was probably the best performance against us tonight for a very long time,” Strachan said. “Theintensity that England played at, the way they played and the […]
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Deila: Celtic 'Not Good Enough' for UCL
Celtic coach Ronny Deila said his team was “not good enough” to play in this season’s UEFA Champions League after a 1-0 loss to Slovenian side Maribordumped the Scottish champ out of the competition at the playoff stage. Having lost the two-game series 2-1, Celtic will now play in the Europa League, while Maribor qualifies […]
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Legia Warsaw Appeals UCL Elimination
Legia Warsaw on Tuesday lodged an appeal with UEFA against its elimination from the Champions League after the Polish club was deemed guilty of fielding an ineligible player during its qualificationseries against Celtic by the European governing body. Legia hammered the Scottish champ 6-1 over two games, but its 3-0 win in the second game […]