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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Leagues and MNTs, any correlations to success in Europe and with MLS?
Is there a correlation between the business success of a professional soccer league and the national team of that country? You can make numerous speculations about the question, but I would ratherbase it on some data. The best soccer leagues are in Europe, I doubt anybody would challenge this statement as being subjective. So we […]
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FIFPro issues warning following Rajtoral suicide
Czech Republic international Frantisek Rajtoral, 31, died of a suicide at his home in Turkey, where he played for Gaziantepspor. Rajtoral played 14 times for his country and was part of thesquad that reached the Euro 2012 quarterfinals. In response to Rajtoral’s death, the chief medical officer of FIFPro, the international players’ union, warned more […]
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Lopes hero for Lyon in shootout win at Besiktas
Lyon won its controversial Europa League series with Besiktas that almost got both clubs thrown out of Europe when it captured an eight-round shootout, 7-6, in Istanbul after the two legs ended 3-3.Goalkeeper Anthony Lopes was the hero, saving from Dusko Tosic and Matej Mitrovic in the seventh and eighth rounds.
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Lyon-Besiktas match marred by crowd trouble
The start of the Lyon-Besiktas Europa League match in Lyon was delayed 45 minutes as fans spilled on the field at Parc OL following crowd disturbances. Lyon rallied to win, 2-1, on late goals byCorentin Tolisso and Jeremy Morel.
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Bayer Leverkusen's Calhanoglu banned for rest of season
Bayer Leverkusen’s Hakan Calhanoglu, one of the top free-kick takers in the Bundesliga, has been banned from all soccer activity for four months for breach of contract, dating back to a 2011contract dispute. The ban follows the Court of Arbitration for Sport’s decision to upheld the four-month ban in a case Turkish club Trabzonspor first […]
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Bundesliga break isn't what it used to be
Of the major European leagues, Germany’s Bundesliga has the longest winter break — a little more than four weeks — but it isn’t what it used to be. Thirty years ago, the Bundesliga took 11 weeksoff. As recently as two years ago, the Bundesliga broke for six weeks. In 2016, play resumed after four and […]
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UCL: Napoli beats Benfica, both advance from Group B
Goals by Jose Callejon and Dries Mertens gave Napoli a 2-1 win at Benfica on Tuesday, but both teams advanced from Group B in the UEFA Champions League when Turkey’s Besiktas, the thirdteam in contention, was clobbered by Dynamo Kiev, 6-0.
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The Possession Game: End of an Era?
Recently, I watched the Europa League game between Fenerbahce and Manchester United on TV. It was an exciting and interesting game. The game ended 2-1 for Fenerbahce. Someone who did not watch thegame might have thought that it was a close game. No! Fenerbahce could have won the game, 4-1, if Emmanuel Emenike was less […]
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What They're Saying: Jose Mourinho
“Our problems started in our global attitude. They were playing the Champions League final, we were playing a summer friendly.” — Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho after histeam lost to Fenerbahce, 2-1, in the Europa League. (BBC Sport)