[AMERICANS ABROAD] Jozy Altidore scored for Villarreal in its Copa del Rey victory, while Eric Lichaj made his English Premier League debut, coming on in the 90th minute of Aston Villa’s 3-2 win over Blackpool. For all the Wednesday action … Wednesday Chelsea 1 Fulham 0 Clint Dempsey-Fulham (90 minutes) Scotland (Premier League) Rangers 0 […]
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Maurice Edu, equal opportunity goalscorer
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Maurice Edu scored for Rangers, then turned around and gifted Valencia the equalizer with an own goalin its 1-1 tie that kept the Scottish champion unbeaten in the UEFA Champions League. Both goals came on headers — the first for Rangers in the 34th minute and the second a minute intothe second half […]
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Ruelas headed to Celtic
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Scottish club Celtic has announced that Adrian Ruelas, a member of the U.S. under-20 national team,will join the club as part of exchange program with Ruelas’ Mexican club, Santos. Ruelas, who scored three goals for the USA en route to its Milk Cup championship over the summer, was described as “an exceptional talent” […]
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Antonio Valencia likely sidelined for season
[UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE] Ecuadoran winger Antonio Valencia will likely miss the rest of the season after suffering abroken leg and a dislocated ankle in Manchester United’s 0-0 tie Tuesday against Rangers in their Champions League. “He’s gone straight to hospital and he will be operated on in themorning,” said Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson after […]
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Edu ready for Champions League challenge
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Maurice Edu says the chance to play in the UEFA Champions League was one of the reasons he wasattracted to Scottish club Rangers, and he is looking to get a positive result on Tuesday at Manchester United. “The Champions League is the best teams around the world and you alwayswant to be involved […]
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Violence threat at United-Rangers game minimized
Martin Bain, the chief executive of Glasgow Rangers, doesn’t expect a repeat of the trouble at the 2008 UEFA Cup final in Manchester when the Scottishchampion travels to Old Trafford to play Manchester United on Sept. 14 in their UEFA Champions League opener. Some 150,000 Rangers fans took over Manchester when Rangers played Zenit St.Petersburg […]
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Soccer goes mainstream at Fenway
[MY VIEW] Listening all last weekend on the Red Sox telecasts to the promos of Wednesday’s friendly between Celtic and Sporting Lisbon at Boston’s famed FenwayPark hit home just how mainstream soccer has become. It was one thing to see the “Football at Fenway” ads on NESN. It was an entirely another thing to hear […]
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Weekend Scoreboard …
Scottish club Celtic got goals from Georgios Samaras and Patrick McCourt to defeat the Seattle Sounders FC, 2-1,Sunday before a crowd of 45,631 at Qwest Field. The Greek Samaras’ goal from the penalty spot followed the ejection of Seattle goalkeeper Terry Boss. InSunday’s only MLS game, Los Angeles beat D.C. United, 2-1, on goals by […]
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International action heats up
[SUMMER OF SOCCER] Manchester United opens its North America Friday against Celtic in Toronto. Celtic then heads to Seattle for a game Sunday against theSounders before returning to the East Coast for a game Wednesday against Sporting Lisbon at Boston’s Fenway Park. For the complete summer schedule … THISWEEKEND: July 16 Man. United vs. Celtic […]
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Union downs touring Celtic
[SUMMER OF SOCCER] The Philadelphia Union won its first international match when it beat Celtic 1-0, on Wednesday in the Scottish club’s first game of its 2010North American tour. Frenchman Sebastian Le Toux scored the game’s only goal in the 23rd minute. Argentine Eduardo Coudet, who is on trial with the Union fed Le Toux […]