“I want to play one or two years in a nice place, and then retire. As I see it now, this is my last contract with a European club. When I’m done in Milan, I will play a year or two in the UnitedStates.” — AC Milan’s Swedish star, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, saying he’ll move to […]
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USA drawn with North Korea, Colombia, Sweden
[WOMEN’S WORLD CUP] The United States will face North Korea, first-time finalist Colombia and Sweden, in that order, in Group C at the Women’s World Cup inGermany. For the complete draw … Group A: Germany, Canada, Nigeria, France. Group B: Japan, Mexico, NewZealand, England. Group C: USA, North Korea, Colombia, Sweden. Group D: Brazil, Australia, […]
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Old rivals clash in international friendlies
[TELEVISION GUIDE] Wednesday marks the last international fixture date of 2010, and several interesting friendlies are on tap and available for viewing … (Click here for Soccer America’s Soccer on TV.) Note: Alltimes ET. Brazil-Argentina noon ESPN2, ESPN Deportes, ESPN3.com (tape at 10 on ESPN Deportes) Netherlands-Turkey 2:30 p.m. ESPN3.com Sweden-Germany 2:30 p.m. ESPN3.com (tape […]
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'Gooch is my hero'
[AMERICANS ABROAD] It’s been a tough year for Oguchi Onyewu, who hasn’t played a competitive game for AC Milan sincebeing injured in October 2009. On Friday, Italian media reported the U.S. defender came to blows with his Milan teammate, Swedish star Zlatan Ibrahimovic,prompting practice to be stopped. The incident took place at the famed Milanello […]
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Bedoya scores off opening kickoff, later ejected
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Alejandro Bedoya had quite an eventful game for Orebro Tuesday in Sweden’s Allsvenskanliga. His goal16 seconds into the game gave Orebro a 1-0 win over Kalmar, but he was sent off in the 70th minute after receiving his second yellow card. Orebro took the ball off the opening kickoff,and Bedoya snuck into the […]
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WPS players capture European berths
[WOMEN’S WORLD CUP] Current or WPS players scored goals to lead England, France and Norway into the 2011 Women’s World Cup finals in Germany, while Sweden,which started four WPS players, captured the fourth European berth with a late rally at Denmark. ENGLAND. England got goals from Kelly Smith (Boston) and Eniola Aluko (Atlanta) and cruised […]
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American Soccer Scoreboard: Monday
Alejandro Bedoya was the only American to play in league action on Monday in Scandinavia. He went 82 minutes in Orebro’s 2-0 win at Atvidabergs FF inSweden’s Allsvenskan. Orebro is third in the league after 17 games. (Neither Clarence Goodson nor Hunter Freeman was inthe IK Start lineup for its 8-1 loss at Valerenga in […]
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Ljungberg shipped to Chicago
[MLS] Unhappy Swedish star Freddie Ljungberg became the first Designated Player ever traded when the Seattle Soundersshipped him to the Chicago Fire in exchange for a conditional selection in the 2011 or 2012 MLS SuperDraft. Ljungberg was an MLS Best XI selection in 2009 but has not played for theSounders in recent weeks. His […]
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American Soccer Scoreboard: Monday
Alejandro Bedoya, the young U.S. 2010 World Cup candidate, played the entire game in Swedish club Orebro SK’s 3-0 win over IF Elfsborg in theAllsvenskanliga. For all Monday’s results and Tuesday’s schedule … Monday Results: MilkCup (Under-20 Men) USA 1 China 0. Recap Americans Abroad Finland-Veikkausliiga VPS 1IFK Mariehamn 4 GregEckhardt, VPS (sub: 26 minutes) […]
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Wambach leads USA past Sweden
[U.S. WOMEN] The U.S. women’s national team got two goals from Abby Wambach on headers to defeat Sweden, 3-0,Saturday evening at Rentschler Field in East Hartford, Conn. After drawing 1-1 with Sweden earlier in the week, the No. 1 ranked USA put on an impressive display against the fourth-rankedteam in the world as Megan Rapinoe […]