Guy Lacombe's Monaco moved to within a point of the league leaders with this win away at
Boulogne.
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The Association Sportive de Monaco Football Club is a Monegasque football club founded in 1924.
Although the club is in Monaco, it has always competed in the French football structure and is
one of the most successful clubs in French football, with seven league titles and five French Cup
titles. AS Monaco has also had [.
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by GIANFRANCO PANIZO
If Freddy Adu's own words are any indication of where the U.S. national team
midfielder will be in the coming weeks and months then American fans can
finally put their hatred towards Monaco head coach Ricardo aside.
On Monday, Adu made his first post in nearly two week's on his blog, 100% Freddy, and said
that although he did not dress in last week's 2-1 loss to Lille, he is confident he
will earn playing time in Monaco's future.
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by GIANFRANCO PANIZO
If Freddy Adu's own words are any indication of where the U.S. national team
midfielder will be in the coming weeks and months then American fans can
finally put their hatred towards Monaco head coach Ricardo aside.
On Monday, Adu made his first post in nearly two week's on his blog, 100% Freddy, and said
that although he did not dress in last week's 2-1 loss to Lille, he is confident he
will earn playing time in Monaco's future.
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By SULAIMAN FOLARIN
Can anyone explain why American sensation Freddy Adu is not getting more playing time with mid
table AS Monaco in the French Ligue 1?
This is one question that bothers and still perplexes this writer. Yes Adu did not dazzle in MLS
when he played for DC United or Real Salt Lake, but amongst young talents in Canada at the FIFA
U-20, especially against Brazil, he dominated that game which paraded Pato and Jo.
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AS Monaco will probably go into Sunday night's match against Nice after the club announced that
strikers Chu-Yong park and Freddy Adu have picked up similar injuries in training this week. Park
is suffering from pain to the patellar tendon of the right knee while Adu is experiencing hip pain
after taking some hard knocks during practice.
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SSC Napoli primavera striker Vincenzo Bernardo appears even closer to a loan deal for the second
half of the season.
The new twist, as he told LFV, is that instead of possibly going to a Serie C side, there is a good
chance the 18 year-old New Jersey native could end up in Serie B.
We'll find out more in the coming weeks as he and his agent consider options, bearing in mind their
priority to find a club where he can play every week - but also one which will support any possible
callups for US U-20 World Championship qualifiers.
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Freddy Adu put in a strong performance for AS Monaco tonight in a friendly match against Juventus,
played in Torino. During the match he showed a few reasons why he deserves a chance in this
Saturday's league match against Nantes, including a 13th minute attack in which he turned two
defenders and nearly scored.
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FootieDB 06 January @ 11:26 AM EST
Nobody ever said things would be easy for Freddy Adu, but things are starting to get really
tough for the young American playmaker.
Struggling badly for playing time for AS Monaco all season, Adu took the field late in a match
Monaco was leading 3-2 against Bordeaux. A pair of Adu mistakes later, Monaco was dealt a painful
4-3 loss by Bordeaux and viewers in America watching on Setanta Sports were left wondering if, and
when, things would start to turn around for Adu.
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Chivas USA's Sacha Kljestan has been on the radar of more than a few European clubs since his
strong showing at last summer's Olympic Games. A few Dutch and German clubs have reported interest
in the young American along with Moncao, Zenith St Petersburg, and Greek side Piraeus.
Word out of LA this weekend is that Kljestan is about to board a plane headed for Milan.
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Stade Rennais' Carlos Bocanegra went the full 90 and AS Monaco's Freddy Adu came on in the 69th
minute in a 2-1 home win for Rennes. Bocanegra was among the match's most efficient players with
73% of his passes being successful. Adu had only a handful of touches in the late going but did
manage to take a shot which went wide of the Rennes goal.
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Brush up on your high school French and follow along with Oguchi Onyewu and Standard Liege as they
visit Beershot tonight in Jupiler League play. The match starts in 10 minutes (at 8:30 PM CET)
here. Need translation help? No problem.
Elsewhere in the French-speaking world today, Carlos Bocanegra went the full 90 as Stade Rennais
pounded three goals past Saint Etienne for a 3-0 win today at Stade Geoffroy Guichard.
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Freddy Adu's AS Monaco faces their stiffest test of the season when league leader Olympique Lyon
travels to the Rock tonight looking for three points. Adu looks set to start the game on the bench
but look for Monaco to throw the kitchen sink at the Lyon juggernaut if they want to salvage at
least a point.
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American defender Carlos Bocanegra went the distance for Stade Rennais in a 1-0 win over Sochaux
this afternoon. The win vaulted Rennes into 6th place (prior to the start of Lyon's match against
Lyon) after a slow start to the season.
Elsewhere in France, AS Monaco topped Havre AC 3-2 without Freddy Adu even on the bench.
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In more fun with new gossip and flighty rumors, News of the World reports today that Clint Dempsey
may be planning an escape from Fulham: "...Clint Dempsey is looking to leave Craven Cottage
after being frozen out of the first team by Roy Hodgson." COULD IT BE TRUE?! WHAT!? Who the
hell knows, at this point publishing [.
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Freddy Adu finally made a start for AS Monaco, putting in a solid effort in a League Cup match
against Paris Saint-Germain. Unfortunately, Monaco fell to the resurgent PSG 1-0 on a 36th minute
goal by Fabrice Pancrate. Adu was replaced in the 70th by Park Ju-Young who was also unable to
produce an equalizer.
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In the wake of Freddy Adu's sparse playing time at Monaco, SI.com grabbed a quote from Ricardo
Gomes. It seems that Freddy is starting to gain some points in the manager's eyes: "For
two weeks, I've looked at him in practice and noticed a change in his rhythm. He's making more
runs, he's moving quicker and [.
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American Jozy Altidore was named to the squad for tonight's match against Primera newcomer
Numancia. Given that coach Manuel Pelligrini is without three starters due to injury and is just
coming off a midweek Champion's League draw with Manchester United, and Altidore's encouraging
debut last week against Deportivo, there is a good chance that Altidore will see more playing time
this week.
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The week before the transfer window closes is always a busy one. This year it slammed shut on the
evening of September 1. Clubs had to buy players before then or they are doomed to wait until
January before they can add to their rosters. It can be frantic.
That wasn't the case for South Korean players until last week – it had been quiet, too quiet.
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Standard Liege defender
Oguchi Onyewu, seeming to be completely disgusted with the
transfer process, told US reporters in Guatemala that "I only want to live in reality, and the
reality of the situation is that I play for Standard. I enjoy it and what happens,
happens."
Meanwhile, the buzz coming from cognoscenti back in the States links Onyewu to Serie A side
Catania, which is still looking to replace top defender Juan Manuel Vargas after selling him to
Fiorentina.
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It looks like AS Monaco's American newcomer Freddy Adu may see his first Ligue 1 action tonight
against Caen after being named to the 18 man squad. Fellow newcomer Dario "The Pitbull"
Simic, a Croatian defender, transfered in from AC Milan, was also named to the Monaco squad in its
third week of competition where they are in 4th place at 1-0-1 with 4 points.
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Since the news and rumors linking Oguchi Onyewu came out over the weekend, I've had my feelers out
(and been scouring the Italian and French papers piling on my desk) to confirm them both -to no
avail.
The first report linking Onyewu to Lazio came out at about 1PM (Western Europe time) on Sunday by
the Lyon, France branch of
Eurosport and we all did our share of speculation.
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According to
Le Parisien, now that a deal to bring Freddy Adu to the Rock is sealed,
Monaco boss Jerome De Bontin is now focused on signing Heerenveen starlet Michael Bradley. Recent
reports indicated that Monaco had offered €8.5 million euros for the high scoring American
midfielder but that Heerenveen was demanding a price closer to €10 million.
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Since Freddy Adu is at the top of US Soccer export news, here's a quick video compilation of what
AS Monaco are hoping to see from Freddy:
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Adu is on the move again. The US international is but a signature away from a loan deal between his
current Portuguese club, the Lisbon based multisports giant Benfica, and his new digs with French
Ligue 1 side AS Monaco.
Freddy will settle in at Stade Louis II after a growing CV that also includes DC United and Real
Salt Lake.
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Here are the odds and ends that have kept me entertained this Tuesday morning:
1). Freddy Adu will join Carlos Bocanegra in France as he is heading to Monaco on a season-long
loan.
2). Ridge Mahoney and Luis Bueno discuss MLS, Mexico and the SuperLiga.
3). David Beckham praises MLS.
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According to the official websites of both Benfica and Monaco, American Freddy Adu has been loaned
to AS Monaco (French first division) with an option to buy. The deal was struck Monday night after
several weeks of negotiations. Adu is expected to join his teammates at "The Rock" after
the Olympics.
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Although we've all been waiting for the eventual signing of The Rock, John
Mensah -which should happen today, Monday- there are other smaller happenings in the
Mercato. I apologize for the shortness of the piece, but transfer news is scant lately. I thought
I'd throw in some tiny morcels of info to keep the stomach growling to a minimum for those of us
who are genuine transfer news junkies, and for those of us who don't read French.
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As I suspected in an earlier report this morning, Michael Bradley is looking ever less likely for a
move to AS Monaco. The club is now indicating that their main target for an attacking midfielder is
Alejandro Alonso of Bordeaux. This means they won't need to up the ante for Heerenveen's Michael
Bradley unless they can't snare Alonso.
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According to the
Nice Matin, AS Monaco is still leaning toward bringing in Americans
Michael Bradley and Freddy Adu but under different arrangements. Benfica's young American appears
to be close to a deal to be loaned to Monaco with an option to buy. Initially, Benfica had upped
his price to €4 million after there was also interest from Bologna and Genoa.
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According to several French press reports, AS Monaco boss Jerome de Bontin is still working to
bring Benfica's Freddy Adu to his club. The arrangement reportedly being discussed is a loan with
an option to buy since Monaco was not prepared to pay the 4 million euros Benfica was asking.
Observers think the deal is close to done and could be announced within the near future.
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Yesterday a club spokeman at Heerenveen mentioned that the club may decide to keep the 20-year-old
instead of selling him for a reported 8.5 million. Don't fall for it folks - this is just part of
the transfer negotiating game. Bradley is in the last year of his contract so this is Heerenveen's
only chance to cash in.
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