Emerson Hyndman came off the bench to steal the ball and set up Kenny Miller for the winner in Rangers’ 2-1 victory over Motherwell in the Scottish FA Cup, his first game since moving onloan from Bournemouth. Paul Arriola, Hyndman’s teammate on the 2015 U.S. U-20 World Cup team, continued his strong start to Mexico’s […]
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Hyndman loan move to Rangers goes through
American midfielder Emerson Hyndmanhas moved on loan from Bournemouth to Glasgow Rangers for the remainder of the season. The 20-year-old U.S. internationalflew to Glasgow on Sunday for discussions with Gers boss Mark Warburton after playing for Bournemouth in its 3-0 loss to third-tier Millwall in the FA Cup, his first apeparance sinceSeptember.
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What They're Saying: Chivas fan Grant Law
“We didn’t wear kilts — it’s a bit hot for that. But we’d get loads of people asking to have our picture taken with us. People thought we were Americans and kept calling us gringos, even after we’dtold them we were Scottish. So our friends in Guadalajara got us T-shirts made which basically said [in […]
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U.S. Abroad: 'New Pirlo' Hyndman is off to Rangers
A day after playing in his first game for Bournemouth in more than three months, 20-year-old midfielder Emerson Hyndman flew to Glasgow, where he is expected to join Rangers for the restof its first season back in the Scottish Premier League. Hyndman, who made his U.S. debut at the age of 18, joined Bournemouth from […]
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U.S. Abroad: Yedlin's Newcastle regains Championship lead
DeAndre Yedlin started for Newcastle United in its 3-1 win over Nottingham Forest that moved the Magpies temporarily ahead of Brighton & Hove Albion at the top of the English LeagueChampionship. Newcastle manager Rafa Benitez has been alternating Yedlin and Dutchman Vurnon Anita at right back for the last month. ENGLAND, Premier League SATURDAY: Geoff […]
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U.S. Abroad: Kitchen and Johnsen drop Heartbreaker
Perry Kitchen and Bjorn Johnsen started for Hearts in a 3-2 loss at Dundee. Hearts led 2-0 after 48 minutes, but Dundee recovered to win on goals in the 54th and 71st minutes and thethird minute of stoppage time. Hearts is fourth at the Christmas break in the 12-team Premier League. GERMANY, Bundesliga TUESDAY: Timmy […]
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Report: 'Significant progress' in Celtic's bid for Nagbe
The Scottish Sun reported that “significant progress” has been made in Celtic’s bid to pry Darlington Nagbe away from the Portland Timbers. Nagbe, 26, was given the VIP treatment at the Celtichome Champions League game against Barcelona this fall.
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U.S. Abroad: Parks among four players with goals
Teenager Keaton Parks scored his first Portuguese second division goal in nine games for Varzim, a 2-0 winner at Famalicao. Parks turned down a scholarship to play at SMU, where he planned tostudy engineering, to sign with Varzim. Parks and Armando Pelaez Jr. signed with Varzim in 2015 from Dallas area club Liverpool FC America, […]
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American Johnsen named Scottish Premiership Player of the Month
First-year American striker Bjorn Johnsen was named the Ladbrokes Scottish Premiership Player of the Month for November after scoring twice for Hearts in a 3-0 win over Motherwell and now hasfour goals since arriving from Bulgarian club Litex Loevch.
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What frightens the European giants about Leicester City
In the context of English soccer, Leicester City is a great story, the little club that could, from the second level to the top of the English Premier League in two years. Now that theFoxes have made it to the second round of the UEFA Champions League with one game to spare, their success is […]