Friday, April 25, 2008

Humans Race News

MLS Scoreboard

Week 5
Matches & Scores:
-Thu Apr 24
Dallas 0-1 New England - NE goal by Khano Smith.
Match report by Diego Aparicio.
Match report from the Fort Worth Star Telegram.
Match report by Frank Dell'apa of the Boston Globe.
Post game notes & analysis from Dell'apa.
Post game video of FCD coach & player comments from FC Dallas Updates.
-Sat Apr 26
Toronto v Kansas City - 2:30pm central on Direct Kick
Columbus v Houston - 6:30pm central on Direct Kick
DC v Salt Lake - 6:30pm central on Direct Kick
Chicago v Colorado - 7:30pm central on HDNet
Los Angeles v Chivas USA 9:30pm central on FSC
-Sun Apr 27
New York v San Jose - 2pm central on TeleFutura
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Out suspended this week:
-Eddie Robinson - Houston - 2nd of 3 games
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Khano Smith scored New England's goal on one of the ugliest shots I have ever seen. That guy has no right foot at all, and yet somehow scored a goal with it. Great for him.
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MLS News

CHICAGO FIRE

Luis Arroyave on his blog The Red Card says that the Fire still have no deal with defender Lider Marmol.
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The Denver Post with an article on Blanco, who leads the Fire into the Mile High City this weekend.
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CD CHIVAS USA

Signed defender Dan Gargan formerly of Colorado. His season was cut short last year by a knee injury. He mostly plays rightback.
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COLORADO RAPIDS

Steve Pastorino at the US National Soccer Players Assoc writes about the success the Rapids senior team is having integrating players off their 2 reserve league champions teams from the past 2 seasons.
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DC UNITED

American Soccer News with a story on a DC team meeting with a back-to-basics theme.
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Craig Stouffer of the Washington Examiner says DC United has been preparing heavily this week to get their season on the proper track.
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LOS ANGELES GALAXY

Andrea Canales on the Sideline Views blog has some more quotes from new Galactite Joe Franchino. The main article is in yesterdays du Nord post.
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RED BULL NEW YORK

Dylan Butler of Big Apple Soccer with an article on Juan Pablo Angel's injury - it's not his hamstring - its a degenerating lower back nerve problem.
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Claudio Reyna is the guest blogger today at the Herald News.
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REAL SALT LAKE

James Edward of the Deseret Morning News with an article on coach Jason Kreis who is getting hammered for his style of play last weekend in Toronto.
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Edwards also reports that forward Fabian Espindola would not be going to DC because of a hamstring injury.
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The DMN also has an interview with RSL's new team President Bill Manning.
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Michael C Lewis of the Salt Lake Tribune talks to RSL coach Jason Kreis about the upgrades the team has made on defending.
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TORONTO FC

The Sun on TFC going for a new mark - 3 wins in a row.
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John Molinaro of the CBC on his blog Planet Soccer writes about TFC's new defender Oliver Tebily.
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GENERAL

Jeffrey Marcus of the New York Times blog Goal talks some soccer business with MLS boss Donald A Garber. Audio clips included too.
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Martin Rogers at Yahoo Sports writes about a subject that I have been screaming about for a month now - Hey MLS! Go get Thierry Henry! The time is now! The cost is not that important. He will make it up in jersey and ticket sales.
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Shaka Hislop at the Guardian with his weekly MLS column.
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This one is a bit odd - a newspaper in Washington state called Wenatchee World has an article written by Pete Grathoff of the Kansas City Star, and I don't ever recall seeing it printed in the Star! It's about the positive upswing in MLS attendance.
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Steve Davis at MLSnet gives us 5 things that mattered this week in the league.
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USL First Division News

Matches & Scores:
-Thu Apr 24
Portland 2-1 Minnesota
Match report from The Oregonian
Match report from the Portland Timbers website.
Match report from the Minnesota Thunder website.
-Fri Apr 25
Puerto Rico v Miami
Atlanta v Montreal
-Sat Apr 26
Carolina v Charleston
Portland v Seattle
Vancouver v Minnesota
-Sun Apr 27
Puerto Rico v Miami
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Our man Brian Costello again contributes to This Is American Soccer with a tribute to just retired Portland Timbers "mascot" Timber Jim! Excellent!
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USA U20 News

The USA U20 team will be going to England 2 weeks from now to play a trio of games against reserves teams at Bolton (May 7), Manchester United (May 8) and Liverpool (May 10)
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Matches & Scores:
-Wed May 7
Bolton v USA
-Thu May 8
Manchester United v USA
-Sat May 10
Liverpool v USA
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Soccer In America

George Vecsey at the New York Times blog Goal writes about the closing of his favorite spot to watch soccer in Greenwich Village New York City - L’Angolo. They have closed their doors for good, and taken a lot of amazing memories with them. The story also links to several other fantastic stories Vecsey has written. He is one of the best.
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Americans In Europe

The US National Soccer Players Assoc with an article about Oguchi Onyewu who they say USA fans have a love/hate relationship with. It's real simple, we thought he was superman, but he is mortal.
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Luis Arroyave of the Chicago Tribune talks to Jay DeMerit the chances of Watford getting promoted again, and his lack of playing time lately.
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Soccernet has a Q & A with Eddie Lewis of the miserable Derby County Rams, but they mostly talk USA.
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Dan Califf and Lee Nguyen faced off last night in Denmark. Califf's Aalborg beat Randers 3-0. The win puts Aalborg 7 points up on 2nd place Midtjylland, the club where Califf has signed to play for next season. Will John did not suit up for Randers.
Match & Score:
-Thu Apr 24
Aalborg 3-0 Randers
Match report from American Soccer Daily
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Americans in Mexico

Luis Bueno of Sports Illustrated with a Q & A with young defender Michael Orozco who just helped the USA qualify for the Olympics, and now wants to help his club San Luis do some damage in the upcoming Premiera playoffs.
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Copa Libertadores

FIFA.com previews the knock-out rounds that start next week.
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England News

Jack Bell of the New York Times blog Goal has a Q & A with Michael Owen, striker for Newcastle.
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Fabio Capello has made statements to the press that insinuate that David Bingham could still be in the line up come the 2010 World cup.
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The Times wonders how close to getting booted out the door is Chelsea coach Avram Grant.
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European News

The BBC has a video interview with Thierry Henry about Arsenal. Nice.
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The Reuters Soccer Blog asks if Paolo Maldini, Cafu & Luis Figo should all retire now like they say they will.
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Striker Miroslav Klose will not play for Bayern Munich this weekend due to a broken nose.
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The Guardian with an article on the Scottish Premiership which has decided in the past couple of weeks to extend this season. Yes, THIS season. Not next. Why and how can they do this now?
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UEFA Champions League

Richard Williams of the Guardian takes a dim view of the Liverpool/Chelsea battle.
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UEFA Cup

Semifinal 1st Leg Matches & Scores:
-Thu Apr 24
Bayern Munchen 1-1 Zenit - Bay goal by Franck Ribery. Zen goal by Lucio(OG).
Rangers 0-0 Fiorentina
Semifinal 2nd Leg Matches & Scores (with first leg scores included):
-Thu May 1
Bayern Munchen v Zenit (1-1)
Fiorentina v Rangers (0-0)
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The Final will be played May 14 in Manchester at the City of Manchester Stadium.
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Euro League Cup Competitions

KNVB Beker Final
-Sun Apr 27
Feyenoord Rotterdam v Roda JC Kerkrade
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Big Euro Club Matches This Weekend

Big Euro Matches This Weekend
-Sat Apr 26
Chelsea v Manchester United - this is it, if Chelsea wins the race is on, but a loss would all but end the season and give the title to Man U.
Hamburg v Schalke - fighting it out for the final Champions League spot.
-Sun Apr 27
Galatasaray v Fenerbahce - HUGER THAN HUGE! The two biggest rivals just happen to be tied at the top with 3 games left to play - how much would you give to be at this game!
Celtic v Rangers - the Old Firm derby - Celtic lead Rangers by 2 points but have 3 games in hand.
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Two teams can win big Euro leagues this weekend - Inter can claim another scudetto if they win and Roma lose. - AND - Real Madrid can win La Liga if they win and both Villarreal & Barcelona lose. Here are the matches to follow:
-Serie A
Inter v Cagliari on Sunday
Torino v Roma on Sunday
-La Liga
Deportivo La Coruna v Barcelona on Saturday
Real Madrid v Athletic Bilbao on Sunday
Real Betis v Villarreal on Sunday
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African News

FIFA.com has a Q & A with South Africa team captain Aaron Mokoena about the change of coaches and upcoming World Cup qualifiers.

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