The Colorado Rapids, who had the third worst record and second worst attack in MLS in 2017, made their first offseason signing with the acquisition of Swedish attacking midfielder JohanBlomberg from Allsvenskan runner-up AIK Fotboll. The 30-year-old Blomberg had three goals and six assists in 28 league appearances in his third season with AIK and […]
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What They're Saying: Zlatan Ibrahimovic
“No, because lions, they don’t recover like humans.” — Zlatan Ibrahimovic, who played in Manchester United’s 4-1 win over Newcastle, his first game since April after returningfrom a knee injury, after being asked if he ever doubted he would return. Before his injury, the Swede said that “lions do not compare themselves to humans” when […]
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Ibrahimovic remains at Manchester United on a one-year contract
Zlatan Ibrahimovic, once tipped to join MLS’s LA Galaxy, will stay at Manchester United, signing a one-year deal after United manager Jose Mourinho said “he deserves our trust.” The35-year-old Swede scored 28 goals for United last season before suffering a knee injury that has sidelined him ever since.
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Chinese club takes poetic license to replace Sven-Goran Eriksson
Chinese second division club Shenzhen fired Swedish coach Sven-Goran Eriksson after just six months in charge and welcomed back replacement Wang Baoshan with a poem: Eleven years ago, you led Shenzhen football and never let us down. Nine years ago, you took over responsibilities and saved Shenzhen football. Memories offighting together have never gone away, […]
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Swede Lindelof latest player to move from Benfica talent factory
Defender Victor Lindelof became the latest Benfica player to command a high transfer fee as the Portuguese club sold the 22-year-old Swede to Manchester United for a fee of more than $50million.
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WCQ: French keeper Lloris gifts Sweden late winner
Ola Toivonen took advantage of a missed clearance by French keeper Hugo Lloris to score from just inside his own half into an empty net in stoppage time and give Sweden a 2-1 win overFrance. The result moved Sweden above France in their World Cup qualifying group on goal difference.
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USA-Sweden: Lavelle gets winner in Scandinavian opener
Boston Breakers rookie Rose Lavelle scored in the 56th minute to give the USA a 1-0 win over Sweden in Gothenburg, kicking off its two-game Scandinavian tour. Crystal Dunnused her speed to feed Lavelle, who picked up the ball on the right side of the penalty area and scored with a low shot just inside […]
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USA-Sweden: Old nemesis awaits in Gothenburg
The USA will face Sweden for the first time since the Swedes knocked the USA out of the Olympics in the quarterfinals. Sweden has been one of the toughest opponents for the USA in recentyears. The Swedes are unbeaten in their last four meetings with the USA and have conceded just two goals in those […]
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NWSL: Waldrum is out as Houston head coach
Randy Waldrum, who left his job as head coach at Notre Dame, one of the most successful women’s programs in the country, to take over as the Houston Dash head coach for its launch in 2014, isout. The Dash and Waldrum agreed to part ways just seven games into the 2017 season. Assistant coach Omar […]
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Match-fixing attempt forces postponement of Swedish rivalry game
The IFK Goteborg-AIK Stockholm game — the biggest intercity rivalry in Sweden — was called off on Thursday because of an apparent match-fixing attempt that was reportedly aimed at Goteborg’s37-year-old backup keeper, Kyriakos Stamatopoulos, who was expected to start.