[USA-SCOTLAND] Only in the United States could the first women’s international of the year outdraw the first men’s international. That’s what’s expectedSaturday when a new era in U.S. women’s soccer starts as Tom Sermanni makes his debut as U.S. national team head coach against his native Scotland at EverBankField in Jacksonville, Fla. It’s a fact […]
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Strachan: 2014 World Cup Not Beyond Scotland
Newly appointed Scotland coach Gordan Strachan refused to write off the World Cup qualifying campaign he inherited from Craig Levein which currently sees Scotlandat the bottom of Group A with two points from four games. The former Celtic and Middlesbrough manager was appointed head coach of Scotland this week, as many had been expecting, in […]
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Rangers Wants Out of Scottish Soccer
Rangers CEO Charles Green has said his club would seek an exit route from Scottish soccer if a league reconstruction that is currently being considered comes to pass. Clubs in Scotland’s Football League, which is currently divided into three leagues of 10 teams each, are set to vote on a restructuring that would result in […]
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McAllister or no McAllister?
[MLS SPOTLIGHT] Like the division within the Republican congressional leadership on how to handle the fiscal cliff, there appears to a division within the NewYork Red Bulls’ management on how to fill their head coaching vacancy. Should they hire an American coach or foreign coach? If they hire a foreign coach, how much should they […]
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Snoop Eyes Celtic Investment
Snoop Lion, the hip-hop icon formerly known as Snoop Dogg, has said he would consider investing in Celtic after watching the Scottish club defeat Barcelona. “I got a lot of interest in soccer,” the 41-year-old rapper said in an interview with The Daily Record. “It’s not a new thing for hip hop stars to invest […]
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Celtic's 'Greatest' Night Leaves Barca Mesmerized, Rod Stewart in Tears
Celtic coach Neil Lennon declared it one of the greatest nights in the Glasgow club’s history, as Celtic beat FC Barcelona, 2-1, at Celtic Park on Wednesday night. The resultmeans that Celtic is now second place in Group G of the UEFA Champions League with seven points, just two behind Barca, which endured its first […]
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Scotland Coach Given the Boot
Following a poor start to World Cup qualifying, the Scottish Football Association relieved coach Craig Levein of his duties on Sunday night. Scotland currently sits at the bottomof Group A, below Wales, Macedonia, Serbia, and the joint-leaders Croatia and Belgium, which have 10 points, eight ahead of Scotland with 2. Levein will be paid the […]
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The case for Tom Sermanni
[USA WOMEN] Tom Sermanni? The 58-year-old Scotsman isn’t exactly a household name in American soccer. But the new U.S.women’s national team coach’s name comes up 26 times in a search of the SoccerAmerica.com web site, mostly dating back to his days of theWUSA. Like his predecessor, Pia Sundhage, Sermanni worked in the first women’s pro […]
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Lennon 'Masterpiece' Denied by Stoppage-Time Winner
In Barcelona last night, Neil Lennon’s Celtic was “just a handful of seconds away from claiming a draw against the most talented group of football players ever to kicka ball,” writes The Daily Record. A draw in the Camp Nou “would have been Lennon’s masterpiece,” the paper continued, and he was so close “he could […]
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How Barcelona and Celtic Share Similar Histories
FC Barcelona and Celtic, which meet in a UEFA Champions League Group G clash later today, may have little in common on the field, but the storied clubs have quite a bit in common off the field, atleast where their histories are concerned. As Fox Sports’ Leander Schaerlaeckens says, Celtic of Scotland and Barcelona of […]