Alexander Isak, 17, became the youngest player ever to score for Sweden, celebrating his first start by scoring in a 6-0 friendly win over Slovakia in Abu Dhabi on Thursday. The AIK strikerbroke the record of Erik Dahlstrom set when he scored against Finland in Stockholm in 1912.
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U.S. Women: Lloyd tops 2016 scoring charts
U.S. co-captain Carli Lloyd was the leading scorer among U.S. women in 2016 with 22 goals for the USA and the NWSL’s Houston Dash, one more than Alex Morgan and Christen Pressscored for club and country. U.S. Women: 2016 scoring leaders 1. Carli Lloyd (22 goals) 17 USA 5 Houston Dash(NWSL) 2. Alex Morgan (21 […]
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Transfer dispute complicates Lindelof move to Manchester United
Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho would love to sign 22-year-old Swedish defender Victor Lindelof from Benfica, and the deal should go through despite a dispute between thePortuguese club and tiny Swedish club Vasteras, where Lindelof started his career, over a bonus clause in the 2011 transfer agreement and add-on clause. The latter could net the […]
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Henrik Larsson quits as Helsingborg coach after attacks
Former Sweden star Henrik Larsson quit as coach of relegated Helsingborg after he and his son, Jordan, were attacked by fans after a loss to Halmstad relegated the club from theAllsvenskan. Fans threw chairs and flags at the Larssons and Jordan was struck by masked fans demanding his jersey.
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Helsingborg fans rip jersey off Henrik Larsson's son
Jordan Larsson, the son of former Swedish star and Helsingborg head coach Henrik Larsson, was assaulted by masked Helsingborg fans after the five-time Swedish champion was relegated fromthe top flight. He went over Helsingborg fans after it lost the home leg of the promotion/relegation playoff series to Halmstad and they ripped the short off the […]
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France remembers 13/11/15 before Sweden game
There was a minute’s silence at the Stade de France before France’s 2-1 win over Sweden, marking Sunday’s first anniversary of the Paris attacks that begin with three bomb blasts outside theFrance-Germany game at the Stade de France. Dimitri Payet scored the winner after setting up the Paul Pogba equalizer. The goals came six minutes apart […]
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Euro 2017: Germany and Sweden drawn in same group
Rio Olympics women’s soccer finalists Germany and Sweden were drawn in the same group for Euro 2017, which will be played in the Netherlands next summer. Here’s the draw: Group A: Holland, Norway Denmark, Belgium Group B: Germany, Sweden, Italy, Russia Group C: France, Iceland, Austria, Switzerland Group D: England, Scotland, Spain, Portugal
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'Past incidents' catch up with Hope Solo
If 35-year-old Hope Solo, suspended for six months on Wednesday for her comments after the USA-Sweden match at the Rio Olympics, has played her last game for the U.S. women’s national team, shewill have exited as the greatest women’s goalkeeper of all time. But that will be tarnished by the series of incidents that have […]
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Olympic women's soccer: Our winners & losers
By Paul Kennedy (@pkedit) Olympic women’s soccer left the taste of what might have been. A USA-Brazil semifinal at Maracana Stadiumwould have been awesome. As would have been — for the cause of women’s soccer — a Brazil gold medal. They weren’t meant to be. (Tack, Pia.) But there was still plenty to beexcited about (and […]
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Rio Olympics: German women win first gold medal
Germany, winner of six straight European Women’s Championships and two Women’s World Cups, captured its first gold medal in women’s soccer when it beat Sweden, 2-1, in Friday’s final before 52,432fans at Rio de Janeiro’s Maracana Stadium. The game broke open in the second half when Dzsenifer Marozsan scored on a curling shot and Swedish […]