Victor Wanyama on Thursday delivered an emotional farewell message to Celtic fans after completing a “dream” $18 million move to Southampton. The 22-year-old Kenyainternational signed a four-year deal at St. Mary’s believed to be worth around $45,000 per week.
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Scottish Leagues Merge
Scotland’s Football League has finally agreed to merge with Scotland’s Premier League, giving birth to the Scottish Professional Football League, which will move forward with the sameleague structure as before: a top flight (SPL) of 12 teams with three lower divisions of 10.
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Keane celebrates Irish record with hat trick; Belgium and Portugal move into first place
[WORLD CUP 2014 QUALIFYING: Europe] LA Galaxy forward Robbie Keane set an Irish record with his 126thinternational appearance and celebrated with a hat trick in a 3-0 win over the Faeroe Islands in World Cup qualifying at Dublin. The win moved the Irish into a tie for second place withAustria, a 2-1 winner over Sweden, in Group […]
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Scotland's Player of the Year Arrested
A few hours after being confirmed as Scotland’s Professional Footballers’ Association Player of the Year, Motherwell striker Michael Higdon was arrested over an allegedassault at a nightclub in Glasgow. Apparently, Higdon was involved in an incident with the bouncer of the club Corinthian at close to 1:30 AM. Motherwell has confirmed that it is aware […]
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Wilson leaves Rangers to head academy program
[PHILADELPHIA UNION] Tommy Wilson, the academy technical director and reserve team coach at Scottish club Rangers, hasjoined the Philadelphia Union as its academy director. Wilson’s duties will include overseeing, directing and developing the Union’s youth development program in elements ofcurriculum, programing and coaching. Additionally, he will work with the Philadelphia Union first team and […]
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Fast Forward
[THE PITCH: Blog 3] I have found through writing this blog that my mood and my thoughts move about as quickly as the airplanes that carry me from country tocountry. Before I left for USWNT camp, I was working on a blog about how player movements on the field operate like magnets, and how the […]
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Wambach celebrates 200th cap with goal
[USA-SCOTLAND] Celebrating her 200th international appearance for the USA, Abby Wambach scored what proved to be thedecisive goal with a diving header — the 153rd goal of her career — in a 3-1 win Wednesday over Scotland before 14,224 fans who braved temperatures dropping into the high 30s at LP Field inNashville, Tenn. Megan Rapinoe […]
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Global tour continues in Italy and England
[THE CHANCE] The 16 finalists in Nike “The Chance” competition continue their world tour with stops at Juventus and Manchester United following their stay atthe Home Depot Center, where they beat the U.S. under-17 national team, 4-3. American Brian Iloski assisted Swede Bubakary Sonko on the first two goals as the Nike all-stars jumped out […]
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Celtic Plays Blame Game, Following Juve Loss
Neil Lennon acknowledged his team needs “a miracle” to reverse the 3-0 deficit Celtic will take to Turin for the return leg of its UEFA Champions League Round of 16series against Juventus in three weeks. While each of Juve’s three goals came down to defensive errors, Lennon was furious with Spanish referee Alberto Undiano Mallenco, […]
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Injured Morgan to sit out Nashville match
[USA-SCOTLAND] More than 12,000 tickets have been sold for Wednesday’s USA-Scotland match at LP Field in Nashville, Tenn. (streamed on ussoccer.com at 8 p.m. ET). Alex Morgan, who injured her ankle in Saturday’s 4-1 win over Scotland on Saturday, will sit outthe match, which concludes a two-game series to kick off the USA’s 2013 season […]