Thursday Night Yanks Abroad/USMNT Link Drop

*Gringo Report: Restrepo takes top spot at America de Cali

*Gringo Report: Castillo motivated by fresh start at Tijuana

*American Exports: Onyewu, Jones advance in Europa

*The Throw-In: Arsenal chief dismisses US fans' Euro envy

*Hackworth: Europe training invaluable for Philly youngsters

*US confirms January friendlies vs. Venezuela, Panama

*Fire goalkeeper Johnson to train with Everton

Wednesday Night Yanks Abroad/USMNT Link Drop

*American Exports: Rangers optimistic over Bocanegra

*US U-17s rally for late 2-2 draw in friendly vs. France

*Agudelo reveals offseason training plans with Liverpool

*American Exports: Rough go for Yanks in Europa League

*Postcard from Europe: Bendik eyes trials in MLS

*Schellscheidt Retires from Coaching

*Johnson Excited for USMNT Future

Yanks Abroad in Europa League - Round Up

Altidore with AZ Alkmaar
*He went the distance in a 0-0 draw with Malmo.

Cherundolo with Hannover
*He got a yellow card in a 2-0 loss to Standard Liege.

Spector with Birmingham
*He went the distance in a 1-0 loss to Club Brugge.





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Sacha Kljestan With an Assist in Europa League Action

Sacha Kljestan with Anderlecht
*Started and played the full 90 minutes in a 3-0 win over SK Sturm Graz.
*With this victory, Anderlecht and Kljestan has qualified for the Knockout Phase Round of 32.

*Highlights after the jump...


Assist at 0:43 (third goal)

Europa League - Recap

Jozy Altidore with AZ Alkmaar
*Started and played 86 minutes in a 2-2 draw with Austria Vienna.

Jonathan Spector with Birmingham City
*Started and played the full 90 minutes in a 2-2 draw with Club Brugge.

Clint Dempsey with Fulham
*Started and played the full 90 minutes in a 4-1 win over Wisla Krakow.

*Highlights after the jump...



Altidore/AZ Alkmaar


Spector/Birmingham City


Dempsey/Fulham

Jozy scores against Metalist Kharkiv

Altidore with AZ Alkmaar
*He scored against Metalist Kharkiv in a 1-1 draw.
*Highlight of goal after the jump...

Kljestan gets an assist against AEK Athens

Sacha Kljestan with Anderlecht
*He went 90 minutes and assisted on the last goal in Anderlecht's 4-1 rout of AEK.

Highlights after the jump...



Anderlecht vs AEK Athene (4-1) Goals &... by VIVAGoals

Altidore scores a screamer against Malmo FF

Jozy Altidore with AZ Alkmaar
*Started and played the full 90 and scored a goal in a 4-1 win over Malmo FF in the group stages of the Europa League.

*Goal and game highlights after the jump...

Europa League Matchday 1 Results

Europa League Matchday 1 Results

Top Football News - The first match Europa League group stage was held (17/09/2010), played 24 parties from 12 groups. Here's the results of these games:

Group A
Salzburg 0 Manchester City 2
Juventus 3 3 Lech Poznan

Group B
Aris Salonika 1 Atletico Madrid 0
Bayer Leverkusen 4 Rosenborg Trondheim 0

Group C
Sporting 2 Lille 1
Ghent 2 Levski Sofia 3

Group D
Villarreal 0 Dinamo Zagreb 2
Club Bruges 1 PAOK Salonika 1

Group E
AZ Alkmaar 2 1 Sheriff Tiraspol
Dynamo Kiev 2 BATE Borisov 2

Group F
Sparta Prague 3 Palermo 2
FC Lausanne-Sport 0 CSKA Moscow 3

Group G
Anderlecht 1 Zenit St Petersburg 3
AEK Athens 3 Hajduk Split 1

Group H
VfB Stuttgart 3 Youngs Boys 0
OB Odense 1 Getafe 2

Group I
Debrecen 0 Metalist Kharkiv 5
PSV Eindhoven 1 Sampdoria 1

Group J
Karpaty Lviv 3 Borussia Dortmund 4
Sevilla 0 Paris St Germain 1

Group K
Napoli 0 Utrecht 0
Steaua Bucharest 1 Liverpool 4

Group L
Besiktas 1 CSKA Sofia 0
Porto 3 Rapid Vienna 0