[AMERICANS ABROAD] Former U.S. World Cup player Gregg Berhalter‘s tenure as head coach at Swedish second division clubHammarby is over. He was fired in Wednesday and replaced by former midfielder Thomas Dennerby. Hammarby was tied for seventh place in the Superettan at thehalfway mark with 21 points in 16 games. Berhalter joined Hammarby after retiring […]
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Sweden blitzes Iceland, Germany holds off Italy
[EURO 2013] Host Sweden crushed Iceland, 4-0, for its first win in a Women’s European Championship knockout match in 12 years, and five-time defending championGermany scraped by Italy, 1-0, to set up their semifinal Wednesday in Gothenburg at Euro 2013. VIDEO: Germany-Italy Marie Hammarstrom gave Sweden the lead after threeminutes, Josefine Oqvist made it 2-0, […]
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Sweden and Italy join France in final eight
[EURO 2013] Host Sweden moved into the Euro 2013 quarterfinals with a 3-1 win over Italy in Halmstad. Despite the loss, the Italians finished second in the groupwhen Denmark and Finland played to a 1-1 tie and they joined Sweden and France from Group C as the first three qualifiers. VIDEO: Denmark-Finland Star Lotta Schelin […]
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Host Sweden gets untracked
[EURO 2013] Host Sweden got untracked at the UEFA Women’s Championship with a 5-0 victory over Finland that equaled a tournament record for most goals in agame. VIDEO: Sweden-Finland | Defender Nilla Fischer scored the first two goalsto take the tournament scoring lead with three goals. Stars Kosovare Asllani and Lotta Schelin (two goals) completed […]
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Petersen stops two Swedish penalty kicks
[EURO 2013] Goalkeeper Stina Petersen pulled the rare feat of saving two penalties in a span of 18 minutes to help Denmarkhold host Sweden to a 1-1 draw in Gothenburg before a sell-out crowd of 16,128 in Gothenburg on the opening day of the UEFA Women’s Championship. VIDEO: Sweden-Denmark | With the scored tied at […]
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Sundhage embraces the pressure
[WOMEN’S EURO] Pia Sundhage will attempt to replicate the success she had with the United States as she leads her nativeSweden into Euro 2013, the UEFA Women’s Championship it is hosting. All three group games Sweden will play are sell-outs, beginning with Wednesday’s opener against Denmark at Gothenburg’s Gamla UlleviStadium. Sweden has organized the World […]
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Rodriguez joins Gladbach U-23s; Bedoya set for Dutch move
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Mario Rodriguez, who started for the USA at the Under-20 World Cup, is switching German clubs, whileAlejandro Bedoya looks set to move from Sweden to the Netherlands. Rodriguez, who helped lead Kaiserslautern’s U-19s to second place in the GermanYouth Cup, joined Borussia Moenchengladbach’s U-23s on a two-year contract. The Gladbach U-23s play in […]
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Bedoya ups total to five goals in 11 league games
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Alejandro Bedoya scored his fifth goal in 11 Allsvenskan games for first-place Helsingborg as it earneda 1-1 tie at Kalmar Sunday in Sweden. Bedoya has seven goals and five assists in 13 appearances in all competitions for Helsingborg, which leads second-place IFK Gothenburg by two pointswith a game in hand. — In Norway, […]
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Press count: nine goals in last three games
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Christen Press added three more goals in a 5-1 win over Kristianstad to up her total to nine goals inher last three Damallsvenskan games for Tyreso and 12 goals for the season, most in the league. Tyreso remained unbeaten with eight wins and two ties in 10 games and holds a three-pointlead over […]
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Horan gives Americans sweep in Gavle
[USA UNDER-20 WOMEN] Lindsey Horan, who scored 16 goals in her first season with Paris St. Germain, scored on a headerin the 44th minute to give the U.S. under-20 women’s national team a 1-0 win over Sweden’s U-23s in its second game during its stay in the Swedish city of Gavle. Horan also scored in […]