The Los Angeles Galaxy's 2-1 win over the New England Revolution Saturday night featured a
highlight goal by Landon Donovan, a left-foot volley off a botched clearance. The second Galaxy
goal was converted by Jovan Kirovski, and the fact Kirovski was the first U.S. player on the roster
of Champions League team in Europe, it reminded me there was a unique combination of players on the
Gillette Stadium field.
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Zlatan Ibrahimovic's American adventure ended Thursday as he departed Inter's training camp to
return to Sweden, according to a source.
Ibrahimovic spent two days in Boston, going for an examination of his left wrist (diagnosed as a
strain) at Massachusetts General Hospital Wednesday. Ibrahimovic did not attend Inter's workouts at
Harvard University Wednesday or Thursday.
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AS Livorno plans to offer 10 million euros for the Los Angeles Galaxy's Landon Donovan, according
to La Gazzetta Dello Sport, which would break the MLS transfer record. Striker Jozy Altidore went
from the New York Red Bulls to Villareal for $10 million last year.
Donovan would finish the season with the Galaxy, then join Livorno during the December transfer
session.
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It seemed Panama coach Gary Stempel and the Canalero players were protesting too much after
falling, 2-1, to the U.S. in the quarterfinals of the Gold Cup Saturday.
But they might have been justified in disputing Mexican referee Benito Archundia's awarding of a
penalty kick to the U.S. late during extra time in the match in Philadelphia.
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Nurdin Hrustic is following a path similar to the one Neven Subotic took to Germany and, possibly,
the Bosnian national team.
Hrustic, who attended Wolfson High School in Jacksonville, Fla., left Jacksonville University after
one season to sign a contract with VfL Bochum in Germany. Like Subotic, a former U.
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Giuseppe Rossi is providing the latest evidence that there is plenty of soccer-playing talent in
the U.S. The downfall of the national team, and the MLS, though, is a lack of ability to identify
and develop young players.
U.S. administrators and coaches often fail to project the future of players.
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Real Madrid president Florentino Perez apparently has the financial resources to pay record
transfer fees. Perez' Grupo ACS (Actividades de construccion y servicios) provides infrastructure
improvements globally. Among ACS' latest projects is rebuilding the entire high tension wiring
system of the United Arab Emirates.
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