[TRANSFER WATCH] UPDATE: Former Duke star Mike Grella’s moveto Motherwell of the Scottish Premier League from Leeds United of the English League Championship was ruled invalid because it violates FIFA rules against playing for more than two clubsin the same season. The move would have followed an earlier loan spell this season at Carlisle of England’s League […]
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Jozy gets rare Villarreal start
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Jozy Altidore got a rare start in Villarreal’s 3-0 loss at Sevilla that sent the home team through tothe semifinals of the Copa del Rey, 6-3, on aggregate. For all the Americans in action on Monday and Tuesday … Altidore, who came off in the 62nd minute, had started two previous Copadel Rey […]
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Edu scores golazo to celebrate return
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Maurice Edu celebrated his first Scottish Premier League game in more than two months with anexcellent goal to close Rangers’ 4-0 win over Hamilton on Saturday. Edu entered the game in the 62nd minute and scored 20 minutes later when he took a throw-in on the right side of thepenalty area, took a […]
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Edu returns after two-month layoff
[AMERICANS ABROAD] American midfielder Maurice Edu played his first game for Rangers in two months, coming on as asecond-half substitute in its 3-0 win over Kilmarnock Monday night in the fourth round of the Scottish FA Cup. Edu injured his left knee when it was hit on a lunging tackle fromHibernian’s John Rankin. It was […]
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Winter expected to arrive soon in Toronto
[MLS] As interim general manager Earl Cochrane tried to sort out the Dwayne De Rosariomuddle, reports out of Europe identified former Dutch international Aron Winter as the club’s new technical director and head coach. Winter, an assistant coach on the Ajax Amsterdam staff, told the Dutch newspaper DeTelegraaf that he is flying to Toronto today […]
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De Ro speaks of his rough childhood
As if his training stint with Glasgow Celtic hadn’t been contentious enough, Toronto FC attacker Dwayne De Rosario has not cast his boyhood home ofScarborough, Ont., in a flattering light during an interview. His parents moved to Canada from Georgetown, Guyana, before he was born and while they and his two older brothershelped keep him […]
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By crossing the Atlantic, De Ro crossed the line
That Dwayne De Rosario, he’s got some nerve, eh, going off to Glasgow to land a loan gig with Glasgow Celtic without so much as a nod and a wink fromToronto FC. Who does he think he is? David Beckham? Yeeesh. Well, right, Beckham did it on the sly, too, but did it on the […]
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Referees' Strike: The exploding bubble
[REF WATCH] The Scottish soccer referees strike in November exploded like a bubble in a simmering sea of discontent among officials that has rumbled for over acentury. They had the courage to say “No, we’ve had enough. We are not offering our services until effective measures are in place to counter the constant abuse we […]
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Jones' Schalke one of seven teams to advance
[UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE] American Jermaine Jones started for Schalke 04 in its 3-0 win over Lyon that sent theGelsenkirchen team through to the to the knockout phase of the UEFA Champions League on Wednesday. Defending champion Inter Milan, 2009 champion Barcelona, 2008 champion Manchester United, as well asTottenham, Valencia and Lyon (by virtue of Benfica’s […]
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More bad luck for Rangers' Edu
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Maurice Edu was injured in the first half of Rangers’ 3-0 loss at home to Hibernian — its firstdefeat of the Scottish Premier League season — and left the game on a stretcher in the 43rd minute. Edu injured his left knee on a lunging tackle by Hibs’ John Rankin — the same […]