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 […]
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Tab Ramos' U-20s take two of three in Spain
[MARBELLA CUP] Daniel Cuevas and Benji Joya, who both moved from NorthernCalifornia to play for Mexican club Santos, and Mario Rodriguez, who left the Los Angeles Galaxy academy for German club Kaiserslautern, scored to give the U.S.under-20 national team a 3-2 win over Azerbaijan’s under-21 national team, its second win in three games at the […]
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Rangers Seeks $32 Million on London's Stock Exchange
Scottish club Rangers on Thursday announced that it aims to raise just over $32 million by seeking admission to the Alternative Investment Market of the London Stock Exchange. Followinga chaotic summer in which the storied club, whose official name was Rangers FC of Glasgow, was liquidated and then relegated to Scottish soccer’s Third Division, Rangers […]
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Bocanegra and Edu's Painful Rangers Exit
In an interview with FoxSoccer.com, U.S. national team regulars Maurice Edu and Carlos Bocanegra talk about their respective experiences departing fallen Scottishgiant Rangers FC of Glasgow, which was bankrupted and liquidated this summer following years of financial mismanagement. Now called The Rangers Football Club Ltd., the new iteration of the storiedclub would start the 2012/2013 […]
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Benfica remains confident despite Luisao suspension
FIFA extended Benfica captain Luisao‘s two-month ban for pushing a referee in a friendly game to all competitions, meaning he’ll miss Benfica’s game atCeltic in their UEFA Champions League opener on Wednesday. Luisao knocked German referee Christian Fischer out cold in the first half of Benfica’sfriendly against Fortuna Dusseldorf in August. While his teammates were […]
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Is Vancouver following Toronto down a dead end?
By Paul Gardner Is it possible — after all these years — that foreign-born coaches in U.S. pro leagues still can see no further than the end of theirethnic noses? Can it be that, deep down, they really have faith only in their countrymen? You bet it can. When I say “all these years” — […]
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Celtic earns big win at Helsingborg
[UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE] Celtic took a giant step toward returning to the UEFA Champions League group stage and restoring some Scottish pride with a 2-0 win atAlejandro Bedoya‘s Helsingborg in the first leg of the final round of qualifying. CFR Cluj and Dynamo Kiev also won on the road. For Tuesday’s results … TUESDAY: FC […]
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Bocanegra's Rangers gets rude awakening
U.S. national team captain Carlos Bocanegra has been to many places in his European career, but he probably never figured he’d be starting his 10th season inEurope in Peterhead, a fishing town of 17,000 at the easternmost point in mainland Scotland. Peterhead’s Balmoor Stadium is so small its two stands seat only 1,000 fans and […]
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Bocanegra debuts in Scotland's lower reaches
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Of the three Americans at Rangers, only Carlos Bocanegra started in its 2-2 tie at Peterhead, itsfirst league game since being dropped to the Irn-Bru Third Division (fourth level of Scottish soccer). The game drew 4,485 fans at a club that averaged 490 fans last season. For more on Americansabroad this weekend … […]
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Scottish captain Miller joins 'Caps as third DP
[MLS TRANSACTIONS] Scotland national team captain Kenny Miller became the latest player to join the Vancouver Whitecaps’attack as he signed as their third Designated Player just two days after French forward Sebastien Le Toux was traded to the New York Red Bulls. Miller is the second Scot to join the ‘Caps as a DP after […]