‘YANKS ABROAD’ Archives
EDSON BUDDLE MOVES TO GERMAN CLUB INGOLSTADT
EDSON BUDDLE MOVES TO GERMAN CLUB INGOLSTADT Edson Buddle has parted ways with the Los Angeles Galaxy and is heading to German second division club FC Ingolstadt 04. The twenty-nine-year-old forward is coming off his career best season in 2010, winning Major League Soccer's Golden Boot and securing a spot on the US World Cup roster for South [...]
MLS INTERNATIONAL EXODUS?
MLS INTERNATIONAL EXODUS? Findley, Cummings, Buddle, Ljungberg and De Rosario may all be making moves. Major League Soccer seems to have become the perfect place for British clubs to come to in order to shore up weak rosters in the January transfer window. It makes sense, as in MLS you can find experienced internationals at good prices, and [...]
SOCCER ON US TV THIS WEEKEND (NOVEMBER 18-22)
SOCCER ON US TV THIS WEEKEND (NOVEMBER 18-22) ALL TIMES EASTERN Thursday, November 18 12:30pm – NCAA Women’s Soccer – Creighton v Missouri State – FSC (Delay from 11-17) 1:00pm – International Friendly – Turkey v Netherlands – ESPND (Delay from 11-17) 2:30pm – FA Cup 1st Round Replay – Ebbsfleet United v AFC [...]
US v CHILE: JANUARY FRIENDLIES TAKE SHAPE
US v CHILE: JANUARY FRIENDLIES TAKE SHAPE The United States are in the Dark Continent this week, preparing to play their 12th match on South African soil in the last three years. Though the team is focused on the match and the Nelson Mandela Challenge Cup that goes to the winners, US Soccer is alsdo looking ahead to the annual January camp and [...]
SOCCER ON US TV THIS WEEK
SOCCER ON US TV THIS WEEK A light week on the box for football fans. The mid-week international break supplies us with some mouth watering ties. A young US team is back in South Africa for the third time in two years to battle for the Nelson Mandela Challenge Cup with a roster that includes 5 potential new caps. For a Viewers Guide to the [...]
US NAMES ROSTER FOR NOVEMBER U-20 MATCHES
US NAMES ROSTER FOR NOVEMBER U-20 MATCHES Head Coach Thomas Rongen has announced 18 of the 20 players who will play for his US U-20 National Team later this month in the Torneo de las Americas in Georgia. The U.S. will face Colombia on November 26 and Mexico on November 28 in the three-team round robin tournament held at the Kennesaw State [...]
WHICH MLS HEAD COACH WILL GET THE AXE?
WHICH MLS HEAD COACH WILL GET THE AXE? So the Major League Soccer season is winding down. Eight teams in, eight teams out. This begs the question, which MLS head coach will be first to get the axe? In fairness, not all eight also ran head coaches will be viewed as replaceable. It would foolish to include Nick Dasovic and Ben Olsen in this [...]
SOCCER ON US TV THIS WEEK (OCTOBER 11-15)
SOCCER ON US TV THIS WEEK (OCTOBER 11-15) ALL TIMES EASTERN MLS MATCHES IN BOLD Monday, October 11 2:25pm – International Friendly – Brazil v Ukraine – ESPN2 / ESPND Tuesday, October 12 12:55pm – UEFA 2012 Qualifying – Kazakhstan v Germany – ESPND 2:55pm – UEFA 2012 Qualifying – Scotland v Spain – [...]
UNITED STATES v POLAND PREVIEW
UNITED STATES v POLAND PREVIEW Click Here for complete US ROSTER Click Here for complete POLAND ROSTER Poland head coach Franciszek Smuda has called in a well-balanced side of domestic based and Polish players playing abroad for the teams friendlies with the United States and Ecuador this week. Smuda, himself a former NASL player, is trying [...]
BOB BRADLEY NAMES A PREDOMINATELY EUROPEAN BASED SIDE FOR OCTOBER FRIENDLIES
BOB BRADLEY NAMES A PREDOMINATELY EUROPEAN BASED SIDE FOR OCTOBER FRIENDLIES There was a time in recent American Soccer History when a roster announcement for a set of US friendlies meant 20 Major League Soccer players and a smattering of Americans playing abroad. Not because the European season was in full swing, but because there was a very [...]
