Three different players for Ajax Amsterdam found the net in a 4-1 thrashing of Heerenveen. To watch Dutch Eredivisie sign up to ESPN+.
Nwankwo Kanu, Finidi George, Sunday Oliseh, and Tijani Babangida are four famous Nigerians who made their marks at Amsterdam ArenA, and Chidera Ejuke wants to do the same… but not for Ajax, for Heerenveen.
While the four Super Eagles legends played for the home side, with Kanu and Finidi helping them to UEFA Champions League titles, 21-year-old Ejuke has little by way of credentials.
He’s not got a senior Nigeria cap, and came to the Eredivisie from Norwegian top flight side Valerenga, but is…
Gregg Berhalter speaks highly of new USMNT first team members Sergino Dest and Paxton Pomykal, after naming his 26-player squad for upcoming friendlies.
U.S. under-20 defender Sergino Dest assisted Donny van de Beek’s goal in Ajax’s preseason loss vs. Panathinaikos.
United States international Sergino Dest has signed a contract extension at Ajax, which will keep him at the club until 2022.
Dest, who made his Ajax debut in the 2-0 victory over PSV Eindhoven in the Johan Cruyff Shield, has played seven times for the reigning Dutch champions.
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The 18-year-old also made his international bow as the U.S. were beaten 3-0 by Mexico.
Shaka Hislop presents his weekly power rankings and is given quite a bit of stick by the FC guys for how he ordered the top 10.
A Hakim Ziyech double helped Ajax to a 4-1 victory against Sparta Rotterdam at Sparta Stadion Het Kasteel.
Shaka Hislop’s famous power rankings are back, and of course the FC crew are baffled by some of his rankings, including Real Madrid at No. 6.
The fifth round of Eredivisie matches take place this weekend, and according to the stats, Morocco’s Hakim Ziyech should do the job for Ajax.
But what else do the numbers tell us about the Netherlands’ top league?
4 – 59 – 3 – South Africa striker Lars Veldwijk has been a leading light in a great start to the 2019/20 season from Sparta Rotterdam. The Bafana Bafana giant has made four substitute appearances, with his cumulative time on the pitch coming to just 59 minutes, yet he has managed three…
James Rodriguez seemed frozen out at Real Madrid, but after starting their last match, does the Colombian have a place in Zinedine Zidane’s squad?
Real Madrid will face Paris Saint-Germain, while defending champions Liverpool have been paired with Napoli, Salzburg and Genk in the Champions League group stage this season.
Thirteen-time champions Madrid eliminated the Parisians in the round of 16 in the 2017-18 edition of the competition and have been linked to PSG’s biggest stars — Neymar and Kylian Mbappe — in recent years.
Madrid and PSG are joined in Group A by Club Brugge and Galatasaray. The previous two times Los Blancos were placed…
A goal by midfielder Edson Alvarez on his first start and a brilliant strike by Dusan Tadic fired Ajax into the Champions League group stage as they beat Apoel Nicosia of Cyprus 2-0 on Wednesday following a scoreless draw last week.
They will be…
ESPN FC’s Steve Nicol discusses how Barcelona struggle to adjust without talisman Lionel Messi in the side. BARCELONA — Lionel Messi was among a long list of special guests as Barcelona officially opened the new Johan Cruyff Stadium on Tuesday with a match between their U19s and Ajax’s youth team, two of the clubs the late Cruyff represented during an esteemed career.
Barca also unveiled a statue of the Dutchman, who played for and managed the club, outside their Camp Nou home on Monday.
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The new stadium is located…