Thursday, July 21, 2011

Dutch club AZ Alkmaar signs US striker Altidore

Maybe it has been the language barrier: Spanish, Geordie English, Turkish. And now, Jozy Altidore faces the prospect of learning, or trying to learn, yet another European tongue — Dutch (though so many folks there learn English in elementary school).

On Wednesday, the well-traveled Altidore engineered a transfer to AZ, a Dutch club based in the central city of Alkmaar, and signed a four-year contract with the Eredivisie club.

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