Tuesday, November 28, 2006

Let's Rid Ourselves Of These Pesky Teeth News

Portsmouth keeper David James paid 250 Pounds for that fuckin haircut! That's over $480 US Dollars! AAAAAHHHHH! Are you kidding me? He has now said this: "I went to a lady in Exeter who did a great job but after seeing it over the weekend I might shave it off."

More rumor mongering to start the post: USA & Hannover defender Steve Cherundolo has told German TV channel Premiere that Klinsi is getting the USA managers job. From Eurosport.
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There is also a rumor floating around that either MLS or US Soccer is going to hold a "major" press conference on Thursday morning. No idea what it might be about. Could be anything really. No word on if this is actually true either.
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I don't know if you any of you read this from yesterday, but I think it says a lot about the great skills of US Soccer President Sunil Gulati (without ever even touching on him or the USA coaching situation). Great article on How To Hire A Manager written by one of my fave's Simon Kuper at the Financial Times of London.
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Claudio Reyna told the Man City website that the rumors of him returning to the USA and play in MLS are just that, RUMORS!
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Andrea Canales of Soccernet talks to LA Galaxy star Landon Donovan about his totally forgettable 2006.
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Paul Gardner of the New York Sun looks at the type of player the worlds best teams look for these days.
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Frank Dell'apa of the Boston Globe on the chances of Clint Dempsey ending up playing in England come the new year. I really hope MLS does not sell him for any less than $4million (I think he is worth more than that.) If he was currently playing in a European country his price would be $10 million.
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The Guardian talks to DC coach Peter Nowak about the many factors involved in the possibility of Freddy Adu going to Manchester United.
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Ives Galarcep of the North Jersey Herald says the New York Red Bulls are headed for a complete overhaul of their roster. I thought Arena said he wasn't going to do this?
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Ives also checks in with former Metrostar Michael Bradley, currently gaining big momentum playing at Heerenveen in Holland. And later says Adios to Amado Guevara.
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Several stories on the Amado Guevara trade:
-Luis Bueno from the So Cal Press-Enterprise looks at Chivas USA's acquisition of Guevara.
-And writing for the LA Soccer News Bueno says getting Guevara was Chivas's top priority.
-Jack Bell of the New York Times also talks to Arena about dumping Guevara.
-Michael Lewis at Big Apple Soccer talks to Arena too. Arena admits, "It’s a big gamble."
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Jim Dow of Revs Net takes a look ahead at what might become of his beloved New England Revolution.
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Bob Luder of the Kansas City Star talks to new Kansas City coach Curt Onalfo.
-Did you know that Onalfo was born in Sao Paulo?
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Word has it that Toronto has officially signed Montreal keeper Greg Sutton and will announce it later in the week.
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Bernardo Fallas of the Houston Chronicle takes an early look at the Dynamo's first opponent in the CONCACAF Champions Cup - Puntarenas of Costa Rica.
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Kristian Dyer & Jason Endres conduct an extensive Q & A session with Red Bull New York Managing Director Marc de Grandpre for Metrofanatic.
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You ever heard of Kevin Mesa? Me neither. But he is an American and he just signed with Schaffhausen in Switzerland's top division. Very cool. Dylan Butler of Big Apple Soccer talks to him.
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Another young American is making a big move to Europe. 16 year old Brandon Manzonelli from the fabled St Louis club Scott Gallagher has signed a youth deal with Spain's Villareal. Excellent for him. I hope it goes well.
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It now looks like former LA Galaxy & Columbus Crew midfielder Simon Elliot will miss the entire EPL season with Fulham. He first suffered a calf injury in preseason, and now has suffered an achilles injury in rehab. Damn.
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American defender Gregg Berhalter scored the winner for his Bundesliga2 team 1860 in a 2-1 victory over Koblenz.
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NCAA Semifinals. Single elimidation. Here are the matchups for Friday in St Louis:
UCLA v Virginia - 5pm central - shown live on ESPN2
UC Santa Barbara v Wake Forest - 7:30pm central - shown delayed at 1am central Saturday morning on ESPNU.
-The final, also played in St Louis, on Sun Dec 3, will be shown live Sunday the 3rd at 2pm central on ESPN2.
-The St Louis Post Dispatch previews the College Final Four participants Wake Forest - AND - UCLA.
-Soccernet with a preview of the four teams in the semi's.
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The Mexican Apertura semifinals round (2 legs):
Wed Nov 29-
Pachuca v Toluca - live at 7pm central on Azteca America
Thur Nov 30-
Guadalajara v America - live at 9pm central on TeleFutura
Sun Dec 3-
Toluca v Pachuca - live at noon central on Univision
America v Guadalajara - live at 8pm central on Univision
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James Richardson of the Guardian looks at Inter Milan's impressive win at Palermo last Sunday and wants to know if if they can be stopped.
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And Kevin McCarra of the Guardian says that despite all the players, Chelsea still have big holes that need filling in their lineup.
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Rob Hughes of the International Herald Tribune says people all over the world watched Man U v Chelsea last Sunday live on TV. What does it all mean in terms of marketing the worlds game.
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Phil Ball of Soccernet gives us some of the local TV announcing flavor of La Liga: Domestic Delights

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