Thursday, October 11, 2007

Star Gazer Time News

It's Juan Toja Wig Night in Dallas - Need I say more? You can be sure Tommy Smyth will be wearing one.

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Clint Dempsey has again been named the Fulham Player Of The Month. Here is a write up from the team and some great action photos of Deuce tearing it up. (thanks to BQ for this)


MLS
Matches & scores:
-Thu Oct 11
Dallas v Chivas - 8pm central on ESPN2
Match report by Gabriel Cabarrouy of the Dallas Morning News.
Match preview & Kenny Cooper injury update by Tobias Xavier Lopez of the Fort Worth Star Telegram.
Match preview & Maykel Galindo health update by Ivan Orozco of the Daily Breeze.
Match preview by Jeff Carlisle of Soccernet.
Match preview with a Dallas focus by Beau Dure of USA Today.
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Dallas forward Carlos Ruiz will miss tonight’s game due to Red Card suspension.
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Buzz Carrick of 3rd Degree with this week’s FC Dallas Practice Observations.
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The latest FC Dallas news and notes directly from the club blog.
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National Public Radio show Only A Game has a story on Chicago's Cuauhtemoc Blanco. Listen or download here. (this is from a month ago - still good though)
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ABC News has a big ol' story on New York youngster Jozy Altidore. Nothing new here, but it's kinda cool to see the article on a site like this.
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Bob Luder of the KC Star looks at Wizards midfielder Kerry Zavagnin and his love of sports outside soccer. I guess that counts as an article in a daily paper, but I would bet he could come up with something a little meatier if he tried a little harder ...
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Jeff Carlisle of Soccernet raves about MLS's Designated Player rule.
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Bill Urban at the US Soccer Players Assoc says LA should not risk B****** to greater injury, or disturbing team chemistry.
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Friendly:
Chicago 0-1 Cruz Azul - goal by Jared Borgetti(PK)
Match report by Luis Arroyave of the Chicago Tribune. (Featuring more of that infamous ignorance from Jared Borgetti - excuses excuses excuses.)
Match report by Nick Firchau of Chicago's Daily Southtown.
Match report by Lacy Banks of the Chicago Sun Times.
More on Blanco from Arroyave on his Red Card blog.
"The Stare" Arroyave asks Borgetti about the show down with Onyewu. You Will Obey.
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New MLS team and stadium talk coming from every direction today-
The East Coast:
The Washington Examiner says that DC United has begun looking to the suburbs for a potential stadium site.
-The Washington Post with a copy of the letter that DC United management sent to The District mayor.
The West Coast:
The Seattle Times with the latest news and rumors on a MLS team in Seattle.
The Midwest:
The Belleville News Democrat with an update on a potential MLS team in St Louis. (including a map of the proposed stadium site)
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Copa Sudamericana
Quarterfinals
First Leg Matches & Scores:
-Wed Oct 10
America 2-0 Vasco da Gama
Sao Paulo 0-1 Millonarios
Arsenal 0-0 Chivas Guadalajara
-Thu Oct 25
Defensor Sporting v River Plate
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Our USA boys are hitting the practice field in Yverdon-Les-Bains ahead of their match next Wednesday v Switzerland. The official team blog is a great way to stay in tune.
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Young American midfielder Lee Nguyen is finally back in training with PSV.
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Greg Seltzer of American Soccer Daily talks to USA & Hansa Rostock left back Heath Pearce about the upcoming Switzerland game.
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Yanks Abroad talks to USA & Charlton defender Cory Gibbs on his return from injury.
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Dallas forward Carlos Ruiz will be joining up with his Guatemalan team for their match next Wednesday v Mexico in LA.
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Milan's Brazilian goalkeeper Nelson Dida has been suspended for his clubs next 2 Champions League games due to his fake injury suffered in Glasgow when a fan ran on the field and touched him v Celtic.
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Glenn Davis of the Houston Chronicle previews South American World Cup Qualifying.
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Brazil's WCQ next week v Ecuador will be the teams first game on Brazilian soil in over 2 years. TWO YEARS. Wow.
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Reuters with an article on the importance of midfielder Juan Roman Riquelme to Argentina, even though he has not played this fall for Villareal who, for some bizarre reason, hate him.

4 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Pellegrini = epitome of River.
Riquelme = epitome of Boca.

Do the math.

That's why River are "las gallinas."

11:15 PM  
Blogger Mamacita Chilena said...

Chilean news did a feature on Tevez and his upbringing (bad neighborhood) and how proud he is of where his comes from. They also asked him who the best coach he'd ever had is and he said Bielsa.

Should be interesting to see how the Argentines receive Bielsa as Chile's coach on Saturday.

11:43 PM  
Blogger brucio said...

great info
thanks NIck
much appreicated

8:49 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

It would be a real bummer for d.c. to end up in the 'burbs. MLS needs urban stadiums.

9:17 AM  

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