[AMERICANS ABROAD] Maurice Edu‘s left-footed goal from close range gave Rangers a 1-0 win over visiting Hamilton onSaturday the Scottish Premier League on Saturday. Only a minute earlier, Edu had hit the post from 35 yards. Rangers now leads second-place Celtic by 13 points.
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Lennon hopes to restore Celtic's reputation
[SCOTLAND] Celtic has appointed Neil Lennon as its interim manager following the dismissal of first-year manager Tony Mowbray after the Hoops’ 4-0 loss to St. Mirren on Wednesday.
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Beasley and Edu go distance in Scottish FA Cup loss
[AMERICANS ABROAD] DaMarcus Beasley and Maurice Edu both started for Rangers inits 1-0 loss at Dundee United that knocked it out of the Scottish FA Cup and ended its bid for a treble. In England, Clint Dempsey’s Fulham fell to Tottentham, 3-1, in their quarterfinal replay in theFA Cup. ENGLAND, Premier League Brad Friedel, 90 […]
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U.S. national team weekend
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Maurice Edu came on after halftime in Rangers’ 1-0 win over St. Mirren in the final of the ScottishLeague Cup. Eddie Johnson scored for Aris in the Greek club’s 1-1 tie at Panionios. Here’s how U.S. national team players did in weekend action abroad … ENGLAND, Premier League Sunday: Clint Dempsey, sub: 38 […]
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Beasley and Edu team up for Rangers
[AMERICANS ABROAD] DaMarcus Beasley and Maurice Edu appear to be putting theirinjury problems behind them. Beasley played the entire 90 minutes for Rangers and Edu joined him on the field in the second half — the first time they’ve been on the field together for Rangers in 11months — in Tuesday’s 2-0 win over Kilmarnock […]
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U.S. national team weekend
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Three days after a solid performance for the USA off the bench against the Netherlands, DaMarcusBeasley was rewarded with a start for Rangers against St. Mirren. He played 64 minutes and hit the post in a 3-1 win that extended Rangers’ lead over Celtic to 13 points. Beasley was one ofseven players who […]
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Scotland makes dry run
New Scotland coach Craig Levein has banned his players from drinking while on national team duty. The ban takes effect this week while the players arepreparing for the Tennent’s International Challenge friendly match against the Czech Republic. (Tennent’s, a national team sponsor, is a brewery.) Last year, Barry Ferguson and Allan McGregor were kicked off […]
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Europe's unbeaten clubs
[MAKING A LIST] Bayer Leverkusen set a German Bundesliga record for most games without a loss to start the season Saturday when it tied Cologne, 0-0, andextended its unbeaten streak to 24 games. It’s bidding to become the first German teams to go unbeaten in modern history. Here are the team who have gone unbeaten […]
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Edu's Old Firm winner is 'unbelievable' [VIDEO]
[AMERICANS ABROAD] On a team without a lot of new options, Maurice Edu is one of the most intriguing Americans headed to Amsterdam forWednesday’s friendly against the Netherlands (TV: ESPN2 and Galavision, live, 2:30 p.m. ET). Edu, who had entered the game in the 26th minute, scored from close range after Celtic keeper Artur Boruc […]
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Rangers goalie McGregor injured in vicious attack
Rangers goalie Allan McGregor suffered facial injuries after he was head-butted in the eye in what was described as a vicious attack in the streets ofGlasgow after a night out at the Karbon nightclub, a popular nightspot of Glaswegian soccer players. Friends found the 28-year-old McGregor on the ground covered in blood. There was somuch […]