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Villarreal Agree Fee For Jozy Altidore

June 5th, 2008 · Comments · transfers, villareal

Major League Soccer and Spanish club Villarreal have agreed to a fee for the transfer of New York Red Bulls striker Jozy Altidore. The final price, not reported in the official MLS announcement, will reportedly be a record for a US-developed player — $10 million USD.
Villarreal finished 8 points behind La Liga champions Real Madrid. […]

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Roundup of European Domestic League action

May 6th, 2008 · Comments · Stuttgart, Valencia, ac milan, arsenal, as roma, atletico madrid, barcelona, bayern munich, champions league, champions league group stage, champions league qualifying, chelsea, hamburger sv, inter milan, internazionale, liverpool, manchester united, ronaldinho, uefa cup, villareal, werder bremen

As we wait for the Champions League final, it’s a good time to look at the leagues around Europe and see who will be part of next season’s competition. In this first report, we look at what I would call the “bigger” leagues in Europe — England, Italy, Spain and Germany. In part two, we’ll […]

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UEFA Cup Overview

September 5th, 2007 · Comments · Red Star Belgrade, aek athens, ajax, bayer leverkusen, bayern munich, blackburn, bolton, bordeaux, fiorentina, tampere united, tottenham, villareal

As I mentioned last week, we’re going to take a look at the UEFA Cup, this companion competition to the Champions League. The UEFA Cup evolved from the old Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, which was founded in 1955, two weeks after the founding of the European Champion Clubs’ Cup.
The original tournament lasted three years, with matches […]

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