In a meeting of National Teamers at the AFAS Stadion, Jozy Altidore's AZ got the better of Sacha Kljestan's Anderlecht with a 1-0 win in the opening leg of their Round of 32 series. Adam Maher scored the game's only goal in the 35th minute. Kljestan started, with Altidore subbing on in the 76th minute.

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A rash of injuries and illness have left U.S. men's national team manager Jurgen Klinsmann with a weakened roster ahead of Wednesday's match against Italy, making his decisions on a starting lineup that much tougher.

The loss of Landon Donovan, Timmy Chandler and Jose Torres, coming on the heels of losing Oguchi Onyewu has left Klinsmann with a group that won't quite look like the nearly full-strength side he looked like he would have available in Genoa on Wednesday.

By FRANCO PANIZO

Sacha Kljestan has quietly put together a solid season for RSC Anderlecht, but he made some noise in the club's latest win on Sunday.

Kljestan scored his third goal of the season (fourth across all competitions) in Anderlecht's 4-2 win over Racing Genk when he fired home a free kick from 30 yards out.

UEFA Europa League Match Predictions 16 February 2012 - The 90th Minute Soccer Blog

Below are predictions for all the Europa League matches on February 16, 2011. Times listed are GMT or local UK time.

UEFA Europa League League Match Predictions

Thursday, 16 February 2012

Lokomotiv Moscow v Athletic Bilbao, 17:00 Lokomotiv wins 2-1

Ajax v Man Utd, 18:00 Man Utd wins 1-0

AZ Alkmaar v Anderlecht, 18:00 AZ wins 2-0

Lazio v Atletico Madrid, 18:00 0-0 Draw

Legia Warsaw v Sporting, 18:00 Sporting wins 2-1

Plzen v Schalke, 18:00 Schalke wins 3-0

SV Salzburg v FC Metalist Kharkiv, 18:00 Salzburg wins 3-1

FC Porto v Man City, 20:05 Man City wins 3-1

Hannover 96 v Club Brugge, 20:05 Hannover wins 1-0

Steaua Bucharest v FC Twente, 20:05 1-1 Draw

Stoke v Valencia, 20:05 Stoke wins 1-0

Trabzonspor v PSV Eindhoven, 20:05 PSV wins 1-0

Udinese v PAOK Salonika, 20:05 Udinese wins 1-0

Wisla Krakow v Standard Liege, 20:05 2-2 Draw

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UEFA Europa League Match Predictions 16 February 2012 - The 90th Minute Soccer Blog

Yes, Predictification is back! And if you think we have a lack of confidence in our UEFA Champions League predictions, you ain't seen nothing yet! The Europa League, as was its predecessor the UEFA Cup, is nearly impossible to predict. Why? Well, some clubs put in their best lineups while others put in scrubs because they place less emphasis on this tournament than they do in their own domestic leagues.

The long and painful climb out of financial ruin for Rangers is just getting started as administrators meet with players today.

Rangers, who were docked 10 points after formally entering administration earlier this week, could face a tax bill of around $156 million. The playing staff, which includes USA internationals Alejandro Bedoya, Maurice Edu and national-team captain Carlos Bocanegra, have been given assurances that there will be no immediate cuts.

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Another week, another bout of speculation over whether Tim Ream will make his Bolton debut.

At the very least, he appears destined for a place on the bench for the first time since making his move from the New York Red Bulls to the Premier League.

Mix Diskerud makes his Gent debut while Sacha Kljestan and Anderlecht just cannot be beaten in weekend Belgian action.

Sacha Kljestan and Jozy Altidore will once again square off as AZ try to finish off Anderlecht, while Jermaine Jones and Schalke will be confident of reaching the final 16 when they welcome Czechs Plzen.

In the Europa League meeting of US National Team players, Jozy Altidore's AZ got the better of Sacha Kljestan's Anderlecht 1-0 on the night and 2-0 on aggregate. Maarten Martens scored AZ's goal in the 54th minute. Kljestan got the start and Altidore subbed on in the 44th minute. Kljestan was yellow carded in the 53rd.

BY DAVID GUBALA

The Europa League crown now lies amongst one of sixteen teams left in the competition after a quite decisive round of 32. The two Manchester clubs still remain in the tournament, although they reached the next round in very different manners.

Head coach Jurgen Klinsmann has added Brek Shea and Sacha Kljestan tohis squad for the USA's friendly international against Italy after losing threeplayers to injury.Timothy Chandler and Jose Francisco Torres dropped out of the squad forWednesday's match in Genoa with hamstring injuries while Landon Donovan isstruggling to recover from a bout of bronchitis.

Head coach Jurgen Klinsmann has added Brek Shea and Sacha Kljestan tohis squad for the USA's friendly international against Italy after losing threeplayers to injury.Timothy Chandler and Jose Francisco Torres dropped out of the squad forWednesday's match in Genoa with hamstring injuries while Landon Donovan isstruggling to recover from a bout of bronchitis.