By Steven Goff DC United addressed its void on the frontline Thursday by acquiring Hamdi Salihi, an Albanian striker who scored at a prolific rate for Austria's most famed club, Rapid Vienna. “He has one of the most impressive strike rates you'll find ...
Maybe most importantly, he's got a good goal-scoring record in Austria: 53 goals in 90 games for Rapid Vienna and 38 in 88 for SV Reid. He also has nine goals in 37 games for Albania, which is pretty good considering that they're freaking Albania and ...
Bremen also agreed to sign attacking midfielder Zlatko Junuzovic from FK Austria Wien. Borussia Dortmund midfielder Mario Goetze will out up to two months because of a pubic bone injury. Dortmund also extended the contracts of coach Juergen Klopp and ...
AP Austrian national soccer team goalkeeper Michael Gspurning is seen during a training session in Vienna, Austria, in 2008. Gspurning now plays for the Seattle Sounders. By John Boyle, Herald Writer RENTON -- For three years, Kasey Keller was the face ...
You played with Salihi at Rapid Vienna. What's he like? “I remember at SV Ried he scored a lot of goals, also at Rapid. He is very dangerous in the box. He plays with the head, left and right foot.” Did United ask you about him before the club decided ...
By JOSEPH WHITE, AP VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — So much was on the line for the US women's soccer team that maybe some jitters were understandable. When a 30-yard shot hit the frame of goalpost, leaving the ball sitting in front of an empty net ...
The Canadian's supporting cast, however, now features an accomplished goal-scorer in Salihi, acquired last week via a transfer from Austrian side Rapid Vienna. United also will benefit from the returns of Branko Boskovic, a playmaker who suffered a ...
By Gene Young Our wonderful Lansing District Auditorium at 220 Lion Lane will be playing host to the Vienna Boys Choir at 3 pm Sunday, Feb. 19. This is to benefit the Carnegie Arts Center in Leavenworth and the Lansing Educational Foundation, ...
Players from the club teams tried out for the national team (like soccer, the World Cup is every four years), and the national team competed in the World Cup against Germany, Austria, Canada, Mexico, Australia, Japan and an American team that featured ...