Kawasaki Frontale midfielder Akihiro Ienaga was named the J. League's Most Valuable Player at Tuesday's J. League Awards. It was the first MVP award for the 32-year-old Ienaga, whose club won its second consecutive league championship. He is the third straight Frontale player to win ...
Frontale beat Reysol, move step closer to J. League title repeat
Kawasaki Frontale moved closer to a second straight J. League title with a 3-0 win Saturday against visiting Kashiwa Reysol. Akihiro Ienaga opened the scoring in the 21st minute after Hidemasa Morita found him inside the box with a well-executed cross. The midfielder sent a ...
Title-chasing Frontale overcome two-goal deficit in wild win over Vissel
There is a well-worn tradition in the J. League of championship contenders making their title run much more difficult than it needs to be. Kawasaki Frontale seemed content to follow in that tradition on Saturday, falling two goals behind before staging an explosive comeback in ...
Second-place Frontale thrash Consadole, move closer to top of table
Kawasaki Frontale's weekend began as so many recent weekends have: with the team staring up at what appeared to be an insurmountable point gap between it and runaway J. League leaders Sanfrecce Hiroshima. What a difference 90 minutes can make. Attacking explosions in both halves gave ...
Yu Kobayashi delivers late brace as Frontale shock Vegalta
Yu Kobayashi scored a late double as 10-man Kawasaki Frontale kept their J. League title hopes alive with a stunning 3-2 win over Vegalta Sendai on Saturday. Frontale went into the game at Todoroki Stadium trailing league leaders Kashima Antlers by five points with six ...
Kawasaki slams door on Kashima's unbeaten streak
Kawasaki Frontale ended Kashima Antlers' nine-match unbeaten run and cut the gap on the J. League leaders with an emphatic 3-1 win on Sunday. Defending champion Kashima had won eight of nine games and drawn the other heading into the match at Todoroki Stadium, but ...
Kawasaki Frontale have signed former Japan midfielder Akihiro Ienaga from Omiya Ardija, the J. League first-division club said on Thursday. The 30-year-old Ienaga had spells on loan from Spanish side Mallorca at South Korea's Ulsan Hyundai and his former club Gamba Osaka before joining Omiya ...
Mrdja double carries Ardija past Reysol
J. League second-division champions Omiya Ardija made it two wins out of two in their return to the top flight with a 2-0 victory over Kashiwa Reysol on Saturday. Serbian striker Dragan Mrdja scored a quickfire early double to put Omiya, which opened the new ...
