[WOMEN’S WORLD CUP COUNTDOWN] Sweden showed that it will be a team to be reckoned with at the Women’s World Cup, where it will face the USA in the first round,with an impressive performance in its 2-0 win over Mexico in its second-to-last tuneup. Sweden’s star is Lotta Schelin, who helped French club Lyonwin the […]
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Adu's Rizespor stays down
[AMERICANS ABROAD] The bid of Freddy Adu‘s Rizespor to earn promotion to the top flight of Turkish soccer ended onThursday when it tied Oduspor, 3-3, losing the promotion playoff series, 7-3 on aggregate. American Charles Kazlauskas‘ bid to move up to theEredivisie in the Netherlands faded when Helmond Sport lost, 5-1, at home to Excelsior […]
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Goals for Bedoya and Starikov
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Alejandro Bedoya continued his torrid pace in Sweden with a goal — his fourth of the season — andtwo assists in Orebro’s 3-1 win over GAIS, and Eugene Starikov also scored in Tom Tomsk’s 2-1 win over Zenit St. Petersburg in Russia. For all the Americans inaction abroad … Denmark (Superligaen) Silkeborg 4 […]
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Adu, Bedoya and Buddle all score
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Freddy Adu had a goal — on a header no less — and an assist in Rizespor’s 3-1 win over TavsanliLinyitspor that moved it make into contention for a place in the promotion playoffs of Turkey’s second division. Alejandro Bedoya had his third goal for of theyoung Swedish season for Orebro in its […]
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Bedoya scores against in Sweden
[AMERICANS ABROAD] American Santiago Bedoya scored his second goal in three games for Swedish Allsvenskan club Orebro inMonday’s 3-2 loss at home to Gefle. The defeat was Orebro’s first of the season. For video of Bedoya’s goal … Highlights:
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Agbossoumonde makes Swedish debut
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Gale Agbossoumonde finally made his European debut, starting for Swedish club Djurgarden in its 1-0loss to Malmo. The 19-year-old defender, who was born in Togo and then lived in a refugee camp in Benin before moving to Syracuse, N.Y., at the age of 8, had joined Braga last year butdidn’t play a game […]
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Bedoya nets winner with volley
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Santiago Bedoya scored on a volley to give Orebro its second win intwo games, a 1-0 victory over Syrianska FC, in Sweden’s Allsvenskan. For video of the goal … Bedoya goal:
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Bedoya headed for EPL tryout
[AMERICANS ABROAD] U.S. national team midfielder Alejandro Bedoya confirmed he will have a trial at English PremierLeague club Birmingham this week. Bedoya followed former Boston College teammate Charlie Davies to Sweden and like Davies hopes to parlay hissuccess into a move to a bigger club. Bedoya, 23, has spent the last two years with Orebro. […]
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Agbossoumonde set to find temporary home
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Defender Gale Agbossoumonde, who debuted for the U.S. national team against South Africa in November,is set to join Swedish club Djurgarden on a six-month loan. Agbossoumonde, 19, has expressed his displeasure about being left in limbo by the management firm Traffic that owns hiscontract. He spent the first part of the 2010 season […]
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Americans fall after blowing early lead
[USA-SWEDEN WOMEN] It took only 11 minutes for the USA to get its first goal of the year from Carli Lloyd, but it thenlet 2011 Women’s World Cup opponent Sweden rally for a 2-1 win, marking the first time in almost nine years it lost match in which it had led. The USA took the […]