“This feels like coming home,” said Netherlands midfielder Mark van Bommel after ending his AC Milan spell by agreeing a one-year deal with his former club PSV Eindhoven.
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Van Bommel back at PSV after leaving Milan
Ajax can wrap up the Eredivisie title on Wednesday if they earn a point at home to VVV-Venlo, while Feyenoord face Heracles Almelo with UEFA Champions League qualification in mind.
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Ajax on verge, Feyenoord chase Europe
This week the Roundup examines the W-League’s Seattle Sounders Women’s superb attendance figures for two exhibition matches versus local college sides, more WPSL signings and we preview the second year of England’s FA WSL, focusing on players with North American experience.
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Seattle Sounders Women Draw Huge Crowds
AC Milan midfielder Urby Emanuelson, right, of the Netherlands, challenges for the ball with Fiorentina defender Matija Nastasic, of Serbia, during the Serie A soccer match between AC Milan and Fiorentina at the San Siro stadium in Milan, Italy, Saturday, April 7, 2012.
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Juventus replaces AC Milan at the top of Serie A
Although Netherlands’ biggest names such as Ajax, PSV and Feyenoord have traditionally dominated the Eredivisie, it is clubs like AZ and Twente that have made their mark in recent years.
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The top scorer in Holland ready to follow in the footsteps of Huntelaar, Van Nistelrooy & Bergkamp
Juventus are ready to cash in on Eljero Elia in the summer transfer window, and have offered the winger to Bundesliga outfits Schalke and Wolfsburg, Tuttosport reports.
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Juventus offer Elia to Schalke & Wolfsburg – report
Werder Bremen and Stuttgart are two of four Bundesliga sides in the hunt for PSV defender Marcelo , Goal.com has learned.
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Werder Bremen and Stuttgart lead Bundesliga pursuit of Marcelo
There was but one scorer among Americans Abroad, with Clarence Goodson nodding the late winner from a busted corner kick in Brondby’s 2-1 defeat of Michael Parkhurst and hosts FC Nordsjaellend.
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Goodson Buckets Brondby Winner
EINDHOVEN, Netherlands (AP) — PSV Eindhoven has fired coach Fred Rutten after a string of poor results threatened the team’s Dutch league title hopes.
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PSV Eindhoven dispatches of coach Fred Rutten
Blackburn Rovers boss Steve Kean is preparing to swoop for former Netherlands international Boudewijn Zenden , according to the Lancashire Telegraph.
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Blackburn Rovers target Zenden – report
Bruno Saltor says Valencia CF will approach Thursday’s round of 16 first leg against pre-season opponents PSV Eindhoven with pride, “a feeling we will try to transmit to the crowd”.
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Valencia prepare to approach PSV with pride
Munich – Victory at Wembley, but at a price. That was the bottom line for Klaas-Jan Huntelaar on Wednesday as the Netherlands nabbed a last-gasp 3-2 win away to England.
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Busy few minutes for Huntelaar
Ola John (FC Twente) and Luciano Narsingh (sc Heerenveen) are the only first-timers in national football coach Bert van Marwijk’s 24-strong squad for next week’s friendly against England.
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John and Narsingh called up for England friendly
Netherlands coach Bert van Marwijk has handed forward duo Ola John and Luciano Narsingh first senior call-ups ahead of Wednesday’s Wembley friendly against England.
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John and Narsingh get first Netherlands call-ups
Feyenoord coach Ronald Koeman has called for the Dutch Football Association (KNVB) to postpone this weekend’s matches because of the severe weather conditions across the Netherlands.
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Feyenoord coach Ronald Koeman urges KNVB to cancel Eredivisie matches
While Real Madrid CF pulled further clear in Spain, FC Bayern München, Juventus and Paris Saint-Germain FC all won to maintain narrow advantages. UEFA.com reviews the action.
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Madrid to the fore as leading lights shine
Ajax ‘s Siem de Jong believes his side need to collect three points from their match against fierce rivals Feyenoord at the weekend.
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Ajax's Siem de Jong: We must beat Feyenoord
Feyenoord coach Ronald Koeman has no intention of leaving the Rotterdam club before the end of his contract, insisting he would turn down the opportunity to coach Barcelona in order to remain with the Dutch giants.
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Ronald Koeman: I would reject Barcelona to stay at Feyenoord
In the first of two special midseason editions of our jog through France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Spain, we won’t be focusing on specific clubs – we will be looking at each league’s overall prospects for continental cup success.
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Chasing UEFA Glory
Brazilian left-back Maxwell has joined Paris Saint-Germain FC from FC Barcelona for about €2.5m, the French club’s first acquisition since the arrival of coach Carlo Ancelotti.
Steve McClaren, the man responsible for winning the first Eredivisie title in FC Twente’s history, has been installed as coach of the club for the second time on a two-and-a-half year contract.
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A midfielder by nature, Leerdam struggled to make an impact at right-back in the past few seasons, but the Netherlands Under-21 star has been in impressive form in the first half of the 2011-12 campaign.
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Goal.com’s Eredivisie Team of the Season: AZ trio, PSV’s Mertens & Strootman among the pick of Dutch football
FIFA.com’s final review for 2011 looks at Germany where competition aristocrats 1. FFC Frankfurt made a belated return to form, Australia where Canberra United are seemingly relentless, plus stop offs in Mexico and the Netherlands.
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Season’s cheer for club heavyweights
Every Tuesday, we will jog through Europe to pick out the most telling stories of the previous weekend in the five countries of most interest to stateside fans: France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Spain.
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Top 5 Continental Shifts
Ajax suffered a second consecutive defeat in the Dutch Eredivisie, losing 2-0 at AZ on Sunday.
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Netherlands: Second defeat in a row for Ajax
PARIS. Spain won the World Cup with the right kind of football. No one can argue that their tense 1-0 extra-time victory over the Netherlands wasn’t deserved.
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Football’s fresh face
Germany, the Netherlands and Spain won their matches, but Italy was held to a 0-0 tie. Switzerland and Slovakia were upset by Montenegro and Armenia, respectively. The so-far-uneventful march toward soccer’s 2012 European Championship in Poland and Ukraine continued Friday without a significant misstep by any of the leading contenders.
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Leading contenders march on in soccer’s 2012 European Championship qualifying
The cream began to rise to the top of the Euro 2012 qualifying groups with world and European champions Spain, Germany, Netherlands and Portugal all winning their matches in style on Friday.
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WRAPUP 2-Soccer-Spain, Germany, Dutch and Portugal win in style
Netherlands midfielder Nigel de Jong was dropped from the national soccer squad after the Manchester City player’s tackle broke the leg of Newcastle forward Hatem Ben Arfa yesterday.
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Nigel de Jong Dropped From Dutch Soccer Team After Tackle on Ben Arfa
Netherlands coach Bert van Marwijk will be without Liverpool FC forward Dirk Kuyt for the visit of a Finland side who are themselves missing suspended captain Sami Hyypiä.
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Dutch denied Kuyt for visit of Finland
