Soccer Insider Archive: Bundesliga
Tuesday kickaround: FIFA tour, Jay DeMerit, D.C. United, Washington Freedom, college soccer
*FIFA is here! FIFA is here! The World Cup bid inspection group arrived in New York on Monday and will tour Red Bull Arena and the New Meadowlands Stadium today before heading to the Washington area, where it will visit George Mason University in Fairfax, Va. (potential training site) followed...
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September 7, 2010; 11:44 AM ET |
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Tight races in European leagues
The Champions League is down to the final few matches. The World Cup is rapidly approaching. Scandal has rocked the French national team. But with the European leagues nearing the end of the calendar, the primary focus is on the compelling races for the domestic trophies. Here's a look at...
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April 23, 2010; 12:50 PM ET |
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Bundesliga boss at the Super Bowl
Bundesliga chief executive Christian Seifert has been always fascinated by the Super Bowl, an American sporting spectacle that is as much about entertainment and promotion -- the pregame hype, the in-game commercialism, the halftime mock-rock concert, the postgame party -- as it is about end zones and punts. He...
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February 8, 2010; 2:01 PM ET |
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Davies, USA, Marta, Bundesliga, TV
*USA forward Charlie Davies, seriously injured in an auto accident near Washington in October, was scheduled to undergo elbow surgery in Los Angeles today. "Can't wait to bend my arm again!" he wrote on his Twitter page. *The USA training camp roster for the El Salvador friendly Feb. 24 in...
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February 2, 2010; 12:20 PM ET |
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Video: Heading in Wrong Direction
From a Bundesliga match over the weekend, two attempted headed clearances by Hertha Berlin's teenage goalkeeper, Sascha Burchert, result in two almost identical goals for Hamburg in an 88-second span. Burchert had entered for the injured starter just a few minutes earlier. The first score conceded by Hertha -- which...
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October 7, 2009; 11:14 AM ET |
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Monday Kickaround
*Juergen Klinsmann's disappointing term as Bayern Munich manager comes to an end. (See what happens when you don't make an offer to retain Landon Donovan!) *Swine flu fears leave some Mexican stadiums empty for league matches. *Stat of the Day I: 12 (number of total goals scored by D.C. United,...
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April 27, 2009; 9:37 AM ET |
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