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 […]
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Celtic headed back to Fenway
[DATEBOOK] Scottish club Celtic will return to Boston’s Fenway Park 69 years after their first appearance at the legendary home of the baseball Red Sox when itplays Portugal’s Sporting Lisbon on July 21. Celtic played at Fenway in 1931 when it lost to the New York Yankees of the American Soccer League. The last soccer […]
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Scottish Player of the Year Weir uncertain about future
David Weir, the former University of Evansville star, was named Scotland’s Player of the Year just four days short of his 40th birthday, but he doesn’tknow if he’ll be around next season at champion Rangers. Rangers has a huge deficit, and Weir, the oldest recipient of the prestigious award from the Scottish Football WritersAssociation, believes […]
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Beasley absent again from Old Firm derby
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Maurice Edu started for Rangers but there was no room for DaMarcusBeasley on its bench for its final Old Firm derby of the 2009-10 season, won by Celtic, 2-1. Lee Naylor and Marc-Antoine Fortune scored in the first half for Celtic, which won for the first time in four league games against Rangers, […]
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U.S. national team weekend
[AMERICANS ABROAD] All three U.S. keepers were in action in the English Premier League on Saturday, but only TimHoward‘s Everton earned a point, tying Stoke City, 0-0, on the road. Brad Friedel‘s Aston Villa lost at Manchester City, 3-1. The result all butended Villa’s bid to claim fourth place — which is worth a berth […]
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Celtic, Rangers and Boca Juniors headed to U.S.
[DATEBOOK] The Seattle Sounders announced plans to host Argentina’s Boca Juniors and Scotland’s Celtic in a pair of exhibition matches. D.C. United has scheduled a match against Celtic rival Rangers in July. Celtic and Rangers are negotiating to renew their Old Firm rivalry in the United States during their summer staysin the United States. May […]