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New York Red Bulls Name Hans Backe Coach

The New York Red Bulls have named 57-year-old Swede Hans Backe, who won a combined four Danish championships with FC Copenhagen and Aalborg, as the coach who will lead the floundering franchise into its new stadium this year.Considering the Norwegian heritage of new GM Erik Soler, who has no experience in American soccer,...

Sven-Goran Eriksson Returns to England With Notts County

Like a month to a flame Sven-Goran Eriksson simply cannot stay away. Four months after flaming out as coach of the Mexico national team, the Swede returns to the warm busom of England where he shockingly becomes the Director of Football for Notts County. Notts County, founded in 1862, bills itself as the World's Oldest...

Fake Sven Fakes Out Mexican Media

The man in this picture is not Sven Goran Eriksson. He is Derek Williams, a celebrity impersonator who was worried he'd be out of work after Eriksson was sacked by Manchester City. Then Sven took the Mexico job, and voila! New rubes to foil!That's exactly what Williams did when he showed up at Estadio Universitario in...

A Song for Sven, Mexico's New Manager

Sven-Goran Eriksson has been named the new manager of the Mexican national team. What better way to celebrate than with a song?The former England and Manchester City manager replaces Hugo Sanchez, who was sacked after failing to get the Tricolores U-23s to the Olympics. Manchester City has already appointed former...

Man City Looks to Take a Big Step Sideways

Now that Sven-Goran Eriksson was finally put out of his misery today, leaving him free to find some fresh land to seed in the Mexican Football Federation's secretarial pool, Manchester City is looking for a new manager. Club owner Thaksin Shinawatra had been throwing around names like Portugal boss Luis Felipe Scolari and...

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05/28/12 Star Profile: Greece playmaker Georgios Samaras Source: Goal.com Georgios Samaras' slender build betrays the physique of an old-fashioned No.9 - the kind of forward who attacks with his back pushed against the defenders and heads home every cross coming his way.
05/21/12 Vassell heads Leicester departees Source: BBC Sport Former England striker Darius Vassell and injury-plagued defender Aleksander Tunchev head a list of six players not offered new deals by Leicester City. Vassell, 31, was signed by former Foxes boss Sven-Goran Eriksson in 2010 but has also been hampered by injuries.
05/19/12 Eriksson's IFK stun Hamburg to lift UEFA Cup Source: FIFA IFK began March 1982 on the cusp of bankruptcy.
05/16/12 Sven-GÃ¶ran Eriksson Source: AllAfrica.com Sven-GÃ¶ran Eriksson in Sweden commonly referred to just by his nickname Svennis, is a Swedish football manager.
05/05/12 Eriksson denies holding talks with Fiorentina Source: Goal.com Sven-Goran Eriksson has denied holding talks over the recent vacated head coaching role at Fiorentina , despite being spotted in Florence.