Kids day at the Amsterdam Arena

After a KNVB cup match between Ajax and AZ Alkmaar was suspended because a fan ran on to the pitch and attacked AZ's keeper, Ajax were able to replay the match, but with one caveat: only kids (and a few supervisors) would be allowed into the Amsterdam Arena.

Jozy Altidore and AZ return from the winter break with the first of two straight games against Ajax, with a trip to the final eight of the Dutch Cup on the line when the teams meet in Amsterdam on Thursday.

The Ajax Experience x Sid Lee Architecture

Aside from my unwillingness to experience an angry pre-match speech from Frank de Boer, the new Ajax Experience museum is one of the freshest things I've seen.

The city is completely related to its club: Amsterdam is Ajax, Ajax is Amsterdam.

We had a number of dramas in sports this year but none has affected us Dutchies more than the tremendous Greek Tragi-comedy being played out in Amsterdam. One of the most classic and normally classy football clubs has lowered itself so terribly one can only look on in shame or [read more]

Jozy Altidore and AZ Alkmaar will play their final game before the month-long winter break on Wednesday evening when they travel to Amsterdam to face Ajax in the Dutch Cup.

What are the odds Darren Bent has a new club next season? Derek McGovern's Bets of the Day

Rumour has it Darren Bent could be heading out of Aston Villa in January. On Sunday, he literally put himself in the shop window. There's only one place I've ever gone window shopping and that was in Amsterdam – it cost me £1,000!

For seven of the MLS-based players, arriving into camp on time required a Herculean effort that began with an early morning wake-up call in Amsterdam and ended 21 hours later in Sarasota. As you'll see, there's no easy way to get from Point A to Point B. The merry band of travelers included David Bingham, Will Bruin, Dilly Duka, Zac MacMath, Jack McInerney, Amobi Okugo, Kofi Sarkodie and Zarek Valentin, who were with a select MLS squad playing in Holland.

Two French offsides, two Amsterdam onsides... Sad....

Last Wednesday was a black day in Ajax' history. Two onside goals were disallowed, resulting in a home loss against Madrid, which could have at least ended in a draw. And as losing wasn't even that big of a problem, it was Zagreb that [read more]

I've wrestled back and forth for hours on how to address last night's simultaneous Champions League incidents in Amsterdam and Zagreb, obviously because of the team short-strawed with the outcomes. I have decided that it cannot be avoided. I suppose that I will just have to speak as objectively as my reputation allows.

Despite it being a dead rubber for Rosenborg, and Ajax having the ability to win the group, it was the Norwegian side who took all three points with a 2-0 victory in Amsterdam tonight, leaving our own Young Lions at the top of the pile.

This means that we'll have the advantage of playing the single-legged quarter final at Villa Park, more than likely against Marseille.

From Zlatan Ibrahimovic to Luis Suarez The Ajax that could have been had they been able to hold on to their stars

The Amsterdam side have failed to make an impact in Europe in the past few seasons, but they would be a force to be reckoned with had they still had all their old stars

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From Zlatan Ibrahimovic to Luis Suarez The Ajax that could have been had they been able to hold on to their stars

The Amsterdam side have failed to make an impact in Europe in the past few seasons, but they would be a force to be reckoned with had they still had all their old stars

View the full story here: Goal

A news article on 2011-11-22 07:56:00 from: Goal

This news item has been reproduced from today's media.

By Chris Wright

Ajax whooped Group D stragglers Dinamo Zagreb 4-0 in Amsterdam last night, with Danish tyro Christian Eriksen providing the lion's share of the craft and invention including this borderline pornographic backheel assist for Gregory van der Wiel's opener.

Martes 13 de septiembre de 2011 2 Chelsea vs Bayer Leverkusen 0 0 KRC Genk vs Valencia 0 1 Borussia Dortmund vs Arsenal 1 0 Olympiakos vs Marseille 1 2 Apoel Nicosia vs Zenit St Petersburg 1 2 FC Porto vs Shakhtar Donetsk 1 2 Barcelona vs AC Milan 2 1 Viktoria Plzen vs BATE Borisov 1 Miércoles 14 de septiembre de 2011 Manchester City vs Napoli 13:45 hrsVillarreal vs Bayern Munich 13:45 hrsInter Milan vs Trabzonspor 13:45 hrsLille vs CSKA Moscow 13:45 hrsBenfica vs Manchester United 13:45 hrsFC Basel vs Otelul Galati 13:45 hrsAjax Amsterdam vs Lyon 13:45 hrsDinamo Zagreb vs Real Madrid 13:45 hrs Gracias por tu visita Estadísticas de Fútbol

AMSTERDAM - The summer transfer window may have slammed shut on Wednesday, but questions about market action around American Exports still remain the day after. Let's try to answer them.

5. Which American Export had the roughest summer?

The window certainly did not play out well for Schalke's Jermaine Jones, who early in the summer looked like he was heading straight back to loan employers Blackburn one way or another.

Wax figures. They never do look like the real people, but rarely does that stop Madame Tussauds from giving sculpture another go.

The latest famous floating heads to enter the the Amsterdam division of the world's most well known tourist trap (coming September) are Tottenham's Rafael van der Vaart and his missus, Sylvie.

The USA traveled to Amsterdam in March of 2010, a few months before the Netherlands made the final of the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
The Netherlands are No. 1 according to the latest FIFA rankings, becoming only the seventh nation in history to reach the top of the FIFA table.

Highlights from the NextGen Series will more than likely be a little thin on the ground and will rely heavily on the participating clubs' own media departments. Fortunately, Ajax TV have done a good job of putting together this video from our 2-0 loss in Amsterdam in the opening game last week.

Of course, there might be a little bias in the edit, but this seems a fair reflection of the game from as much as I could gather.

AMSTERDAM It was a heavy Sunday card for Americans in Europe, with Jozy Altidore supplying the two-goal knockout punch in AZ Alkmaar's 4-0 rout of NEC Nijmegen.

Making his first Eredivisie start for the Cheese Farmers, the US striker nodded home the winner nine minutes into the second half after a bit of area pinball.

AMSTERDAM - Having recently finished with a loan spell at Swedish side Djurgården, US defender Gale Agbossoumonde is currently on an extended audition with FC Cologne in Germany.

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Stekelenburg è della Roma. Vucinic alla Juve mentre si cerca Nilmar Di Fabrizio Landolfi La Roma è finalmente riuscita ad ufficializzare l'acquisto del portiere Maarten Stekelenburg, dopo una lunga e tortuosa trattativa con l'Ajax. Alla societ di Amsterdam andranno sei milioni di euro più bonus, mentre l'olandese ha gi effettuato le visite mediche per il passaggio in giallorosso, e tra poche

AMSTERDAM - Maurice Edu and a nine-man Rangers were relegated to the Europa League after Malmö FF grabbed a late 1-1 equalizer in the second leg of their Champions League third-round qualifying tie on Wednesday, allowing the hosts to advance 2-1 on aggregate.

The US midfielder went the distance for the Scottish champs, switching over to perform solidly at right back after Steven Whitaker was the first man sent to the showers in the 18th minutes.

AMSTERDAM - Jurgen Klinsmann's official unveiling as the new boss of the US national team on Monday has many stateside fans ecstatic, hoping they'll eventually see a change on the field. They won't be alone.

His new boss, USSF chief Sunil Gulati, will expect the former Mannschaft player and manager to act as the logical next step between Bob Bradley's measured approach and the bold Ajax-style program that youth technical director Claudio Reyna has made the new American soccer textbook.

AMSTERDAM - Danish giants Brøndby have had a pair of overtures for Sporting Kansas City forward Teal Bunbury soundly rejected, MLSsoccer.com has learned.

According to multiple sources, the 10-time SAS Liga champs initially requested the chance to invite the US international to Denmark for a four-day trial and were rebuffed.

AMSTERDAM - Maurice Edu and Rangers stumbled out of the Champions League blocks on Tuesday night, dropping a 1-0 decision to third-round qualifying guests Malmö FF in the tie opener. Edu went 90 minutes in the loss.

The Swedish champs carried play for most of the night, grabbing the lead early through Daniel Larsson - a player currently being linked with Rangers.

I have decided that one of two multiple request non-soccer Top 5's will drop tomorrow, it will be a second sweet Amsterdam value eats list. All the travelers so far have loved the first five, so they wanted more. I also may have something else you'll like more related to the norm. We'll see...Let's begin with a trip to Wallyson World, courtesy of the unrepentant Cruzeiro menace.

AMSTERDAM - Manchester United are working their way around America on their way to Wednesday's MLS All-Star Game rematch at Red Bull Arena (Wednesday, 8:30 p.m. ET; ESPN2/Telefutura/TSN), making it the perfect time to fill out our all-time Red Devils Best XI card.

Including the boss, six of our starting picks and two subs were on the memorable 1999 Treble-winning team.

AMSTERDAM - Manchester United are working their way around America on their way to Wednesday's MLS All-Star Game rematch at Red Bull Arena (Wednesday, 8:30 p.m. ET; ESPN2/Telefutura/TSN), making it the perfect time to fill out our all-time Red Devils Best XI card.

Including the boss, six of our starting picks and two subs were on the memorable 1999 Treble-winning team.

As you've probably heard, it's a very sad day here in the Netherlands. The video is from this morning, here's the latest. Obviously, the thoughts at NSC and here in Amsterdam go out to those involved in the tragedy, their families and the entire FC Twente kin.Casualties in Dutch stadium roof collapse door itnnews- Greg Seltzer

It's a smooth move from Will's Woody Allen flick Top 5'er (What? No NSC reader love for Bananas?!? Shocking!!). We go straight into the card for the third New York Kicking & Screening Festival, which will take place in Manhattan from July 20-23.I had a blast at the inaugural Amsterdam version - even if my foosball offense was short of form.

AMSTERDAM - There's something that's been eating at Djurgårdens IF defender Gale Agbossoumonde, and it's not about a fight for playing time or his up-in-the-air club status. It's about that one damned night in Guatemala.

Sure, the 19-year-old is trying to regain his Blue Stripes place before the end of the month, when he finds out whether the 11-time Swedish champs will take up the purchase option on his expiring six-month loan.

Nike's "Write the Future," a cinematic tour de force from Wieden + Kennedy Amsterdam and director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, won the Grand Prix in the Film category at Cannes.

All of a sudden, Spurs are being linked with a choice of defensive midfielders and after the Jack Rodwell rumours of earlier this week, stories are emerging of the club's interest in Ajax's Dutch international Vurnon Anita.

Anita was a product of the famous Ajax academy and made his first full appearance for the club while still only 16.

The All India Football Federation is currently in talks with Netherlands-based sports group, Orange Sports Forum, to obtain technical assistance to overhaul India's football system. "The talks with OSF were very fruitful and they would be coming India later this month to give us a presentation," general secretary Kushal Das told The Telegraph on his return from Amsterdam.

Another of the great things about Ajax is the way the club and the team cycle everything back through the kids of Amsterdam - the enthusiasm, the instruction, the style. It's much of how the city keeps producing players like Sjaak Swart, Dennis Bergkamp, Patrick Kluivert, Urby Emanuelson and Gregory van der Wiel.

Last Sunday D.C. United faced off against one of the biggest names in world football, AFC Ajax. If you are unfamiliar with the Amsterdam giants, we ran a nice refresher on de Godenzonen (Sons of the Gods in Dutch) on dcunited.com. The match ended up being very entertaining, and I was lucky enough to do a quick interview with one of the best midfielders of all-time and current Ajax manager, Frank de Boer.

Defensive mistakes leading to goals have been a constant so far this season for D.C. United and this afternoon's 2-1 loss to Dutch power Ajax of Amsterdam was no different. Ajax scored early and late to overcome their pesky MLS ...

[Photo: Ajax.nl]Much of the championship Ajax squad is flying over today for games with D.C. United and the Portland Timbers, but there are a handful of explained absences.Mounir El Hamdaoui and Rasmus Lindgren are remaining in Amsterdam to heal injuries, while Christian Eriksen and Nicolai Boileson are sitting back to rest up before heading off to Denmark U-21 European Championship duty.

A whole host of clubs are being linked with Gregory van der Wiel after he featured in last summers World Cup. The 23 year old has been the subject of speculation throughout the course of the season but it appears that one of the clubs that had been believed to have taken a major interest, Bayern Munich, have now decided against making a move to sign the player for a reported £9m.

Liverpool target Christian Eriksen is in no rush to leave Ajax as he settles to develop his career with the Dutch club, despite reports linking him with a summer departure to Anfield.
The 19-year-old Danish midfielder has enjoyed a stellar campaign with the Amsterdam-based giants, scoring four goals in 27 league games this season as he continues to earn regular first team status under Frank de Boer.