First-division returnee Matsumoto Yamaga made life hard on title-chasing Kawasaki Frontale on Sunday, holding the two-time defending champions to a scoreless draw. Content to let Frontale control the ball for most of the game, the visitors frustrated their opponents' efforts to create space in the ...
Marinos triumph over Yamaga on Edigar Junio's late goal
Edigar Junio's late goal helped Yokohama F. Marinos overcome their attacking struggles with a 1-0 win over Matsumoto Yamaga on Saturday in the 16th round of the J. League's first division. The result was a welcome one for manager Ange Postecoglou's side, which wasted two ...
Defending champion Frontale finally gets first win of season
Goals from Kei Chinen and Hiroyuki Abe led two-time defending J. League champion Kawasaki Frontale to its first win of the season as it overturned Matsumoto Yamaga 2-0 on Sunday. Frontale had little trouble exploiting the gaps in the recently promoted hosts' defense, but was ...
Matsumoto Yamaga capture J2 title, earn promotion back to top flight
Matsumoto Yamaga wrapped up the J. League second-division championship Saturday with a 0-0 draw at home against Tokushima Vortis, winning promotion back to the top flight in the process. The Nagano Prefecture club finished the 42-game J2 season with 77 points, one clear of second-place ...
Shingo Akamine scored a 92nd-minute winner as Fagiano Okayama defeated Matsumoto Yamaga 2-1 on Sunday to reach the J. League promotion playoff final against Cerezo Osaka. Okayama, sixth in the J. League second tier this season, had to win at Matsumoto to maintain its hopes ...
Vegalta Sendai defeated relegated Matsumoto Yamaga 2-1 on Saturday to advance to the quarterfinals of the Emperor's Cup. Shingo Tomita bundled in the opener midway through the second half at a rain-hit Yurtec Stadium and Naoki Sugai scored an equally scrappy second to all but ...
Matsumoto rallies past Shonan, advances to Emperor's Cup fourth round
Matsumoto Yamaga came from behind to win 3-2 at first-division rivals Shonan Bellmare to book their place in the fourth round of the Emperor's Cup on Saturday. Shonan took the lead in style after 14 minutes, when Shunsuke Kikuchi took a lay-off at the edge ...
Naoki Maeda struck a late equalizer to earn Matsumoto Yamaga a point in a 2-2 draw against fellow strugglers Montedio Yamagata in the J. League first division on Wednesday. Matsumoto took the lead after seven minutes when Yuzo Iwakami drove home a through ball from ...
Kurata's 93rd-minute strike gives Gamba a draw with Matsumoto
Substitute Shu Kurata scored deep into stoppage time to rescue a point for Gamba Osaka in a 1-1 draw away to struggling Matsumoto Yamaga in the J. League on Sunday. A superb early opener from Obina looked to have secured second-from-bottom Matsumoto maximum points, but ...
Matsumoto Yamaga have signed South Korean midfielder Kim Bo-kyung, the J. League first-division club said on Wednesday. Kim became a free agent after finishing last season with Wigan Athletic, who were relegated from the second-tier Championship in England. The 25-year-old joined Cerezo Osaka in 2010 and ...
Taketomi, Suzuki steer Reysol past Yamaga
Goals in each half from Kosuke Taketomi and Daisuke Suzuki fired Kashiwa Reysol to the top of the J. League second-stage standings with a 2-0 win at home to Matsumoto Yamagata on Thursday night. A blockbuster from Taketomi opened the scoring late in the first ...
