Friday, May 09, 2008

Slippin' On A Peel News

Derby du Nord is Saturday - Lille v Lens at Stade Lille Metropole


MLS Scoreboard

Week 7
Matches & Scores:
-Thu May 8
DC 0-2 Chicago - Chic goals by Chris Rolfe & Cauahtemoc Blanco.
Match report by Steven Goff of the Washington Post.
Post game notes by David Mosse on the Soccernet blog.
Post game notes and DC player ratings by Goff on his Soccer Insider blog.
Post game analysis by Goff on the blog.
Post game notes by Luis Arroyave of the Chicago Tribune on his blog The Red Card.
-Sat May 10
Houston v Colorado - 7:30pm central on FSC
Salt Lake v Dallas - 8pm central on Direct TV
San Jose v Columbus - 9pm central on Direct TV
Los Angeles v New York - 9:30pm central on HDNet
-Sun May 10
Chivas USA v New England - 2pm central on TeleFutura
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Serving suspensions this week:
Roger Espinoza - Kansas City - 1 game
Claudio Suarez - Chivas USA - 1 game
Jason Kries - Salt Lake coach - 1 game
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MLS Standings

Eastern Conference
16 Chicago (7)
15 Columbus (6)
10 Kansas City (7)
10 Toronto (6)
10 New England (7)
8 New York (5)
6 DC (7)
Western Conference
9 Colorado (6)
9 Dallas (6)
8 Los Angeles (6)
5 Chivas USA (6)
5 Salt Lake (6)
4 San Jose (5)
4 Houston (6)
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MLS News

CD CHIVAS USA

Luis Bueno at the Chivas USA website with an article on the injury woes of forward Alecko Eskandarian.
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COLORADO RAPIDS

Soccer 365 has an interview with forward Omar Cummings about his new life in the starting lineup.
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Brian Forbes of the Denver Post on the Rapids next opponent, Houston. And other team notes.
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COLUMBUS CREW

Shawn Mitchell of the Columbus Dispatch writes that for the first time we are seeing the real Chad Marshall. The center back has suffered several injuries, including several concussions. When he was a teen I thought that he was going to become the first truly great American defender. Who knows, maybe he still can.
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DC UNITED

An absolutely fantastic video interview and home tour with Ben Olsen, by Mike Wise of the Washington Post. Linked from Steve Goffs brilliant blog Soccer Insider.
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HOUSTON DYNAMO

Beau Dure of USA Today on the winless Dynamo. And other soccer notes.
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NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION

Frank Dell'apa of the Boston Globe reports that forward Taylor Twellman has traveled with the team to Los Angeles to take on Chivas USA. He will not start, but is available as a sub. Huge news.
-Twellman also talks about another English team making an offer for him this summer.
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RED BULL NEW YORK

Soccer by Ives reports that initial stories about defender Eric Brunner were the true ones. He is being "asked" (aka told) to take a developmental contract after he had originally agreed to a senior team contract, and is now in limbo with the team. Maybe he is not AWOL as some reported, but he is certainly pissed off about the situation. Can you blame him?
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REAL SALT LAKE

James Edward of the Deseret News looks at the RSL strikers. Who is gonna step up?
-Edward with a couple other notes on the newpapers soccer blog.
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SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES

Forward Gavin Glinton has joined the MLS Express flight to Germany for hernia surgery. Dax McCarty of Dallas and Alecko Eskandarian of Chivas USA have also just done the same thing. (thanks to Dean L for this one)
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Jay Hipps at Center Line Soccer takes in Equakes practice and gives us the teams vibe. Plus other notes and stories.
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TORONTO FC

TFC midfielder Carl Robinson's regular column for his native newspaper the County Times.
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GENERAL

Steve Davis of MLSnet with 5 important topics this week. Good stuff.
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US Soccer has posted the podcast of the Week 6 MLS Referee Review.
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Kartik Krishnaiyer at Major League Soccer Talk with a good essay on the current state of MLS. He is not encouraged by certain important aspects of our league. (thanks to BQ for this)
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MLS Coaching Hot Seat

Is it too early yet to open up the can of worms where we look at which coaches heads are on the chopping block? (I was going for maximum cliches there.) I have 2 in mind, and one of them will shock most people. But I am gonna wait till after the week 8 to start this list. In the meantime give me your suggestions.
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USL First Division News

The Oregonian with a story on one of the sparks for first place Portland - Miguel Guante. He got bounced from a few other teams before he got his chance. (thanks to Brian for this link)
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The Tacoma New Tribune reports on the heated Seattle-Portland rivalry.
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USL First Division Scoreboard

Matches & Scores:
-Thu May 8
Portland 0-0 Rochester
-Fri May 9
Charleston v Miami
-Sat May 10
Carolina v Atlanta
Minnesota v Montreal
Seattle v Portland
Vancouver v Rochester
-Wed May 14
Charleston v Montreal
Seattle v Rochester
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USL First Division Standings

Points - Team - (games played)
10 Portland (4)
7 Carolina (3)
6 Minnesota (3)
6 Montreal (4)
5 Charleston (4)
5 Seattle (4)
4 Atlanta (3)
4 Miami (5)
3 Vancouver (2)
3 Puerto Rico (4)
0 Rochester (2)
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Team USA

The first World Cup qualifier is only a little over a month away - June 15 v Barbados in Los Angeles! (Ticket Info) And US Soccer has put some teaser videos online for a series called It Starts Here. Check It Out.
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USA U20 News

The USA U20 team is heading to England to play a trio of games against the reserves teams of some big English clubs.
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Matches & Scores:
-Wed May 7
Bolton Reserves 0-2 USA - USA goals by Jorge Flores & Chris Agorsor. USA played 56 minutes with 10 men.
-Thu May 8
Manchester United Reserves v USA - USA goals both by Peri Marosevic.
Match report from US Soccer.
-Sat May 10
Liverpool Reserves v USA
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Soccer In America

Billy Witz writing for the New York Times brings us up to date with the young Cuban players who defected during the Olympic qualifying tournament in Florida a couple months back.
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Americans In Europe

The Times with an article on Fulham manager Roy Hodgson, whose team stands at the relegation precipice, but have ahold of the rope and simple have to pull themselves up.
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Mexico & FMF News

First round 1st leg Matches & Scores:
-Wed May 7
Pachuca 0-1 San Luis - SL goal by Eduardo Coudet.
-Thu May 8
Atlas 1-1 Necaxa - Atl goal by Juan Carlos Medina. Nec goal by Angel Reyna.
First round 2nd leg Matches & Scores (1st leg scores included):
-Sat May 10
San Luis v Pachua (1-0)
-Sun May 11
Necaxa v Atlas (1-1)
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These 2 winners will advance to be paired off with the top 6 who got a buy in this round: Toluca, Santos Laguna, Guadalajara, Chiapas, Monterrey & Cruz Azul.
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Copa Libertadores

Round of 16, 2nd Leg Matches & Scores (1st leg scores included):
-Tue May 6
Fluminense 1-0 Atletico Nacional - Flum adv 3-1 on agg. Flum goal by Roger.
Atlas 2-2 Lanus (1-0) - Atl adv 3-2 on agg. Atl goals by Bruno Marioni & Ulises Mendivil. Lan goals by Jose Sand & Lautaro Acosta.
Estudiantes 2-1 LDU Quito - LDU adv 3-2 on agg. Est goals by Agustin Alayes & Ezequiel Maggiolo. LDU goal by Luis Bolanos.
-Wed May 7
Sao Paulo 2-0 Nacional - SP adv 2-0 on agg. SP goals by Adriano & Dagoberto.
Cruzeiro 1-2 Boca Juniors - Boca adv 4-2 on agg. Cruz goal by Wagner. Boca goals by Rodrigo Palacio & Martin Palermo.
Flamengo 0-3 America - Amer adv 5-4 on agg. Amer goals by Salvador Cabanas(2) & Enrique Esqueda.
-Thu May 8
River Plate 2-2 San Lorenzo - SL adv 4-3 on agg. RP goals by Matias Abelairas & Sebastian Abreu. SL goals both by Gonzalo Bergessio.
Cucuta Deportivo 0-2 Santos - Sant adv 4-0 on agg. Sant goals by Kleber Pereira & Lima.
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Next Week-
Quarterfinal 1st Leg Matches & Scores:
-wed May 14
Sao Paulo v Fluminense
Boca Juniors v Atlas
-Thu May 15
America v Santos
San Lorenzo v LDU Quito
Quarterfinal 2nd Leg Matches & Scores (1st leg scores included):
-Wed May 21
Fluminense v Sao Paulo (-)
Atlas v Boca Juniors (-)
-Thu May 22
Santos v America (-)
LDU Quito v San Lorenzo (-)
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Where are the last 8 teams from?
Arg: 2
Braz: 3
Mex: 2
Ecua: 1
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The knockout rounds bracket.
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England News

Sport Magazine has a Q & A with former England player & manager Terry Venables, who is still a very popular guy in England.
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English Championship Division Promotion Playoffs

In case you missed it, West Bromich Albion & Stoke have been promoted to the Premiership for next season. Hull, Bristol City, Crystal Palace & Watford will play off for the third and final spot.
Playoff 1st Leg Matches & Scores:
-Sat May 10
Crystal Palace (5th) v Bristol City (4th)
-Sun May 11
Watford (6th) v Hull (1st)
Playoff 2nd Leg Matches & Scores (with 1st Leg results included):
-Tue May 13
Bristol City v Crystal Palace (-)
-Wed May 14
Hull v Watford (-)
Playoff Final Match & Score:
-Sat May 24
3rd-6th Winner v 4th-5th Winner
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European News

Jonah Freedman of Sports Illustrated goes to Spain to find out what it took for Real Madrid to regain their masterful ways and huge margin of victory in winning the Spanish title again.
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Big Euro Club Matches This Weekend

- Premiership Championship - Final game of the season!
(Goal Difference is the first tie breaker)
All games kick off at the same time
Matches & Scores:
-Sun May 11
84 Wigan v Manchester United (+56)
84 Chelsea v Bolton (+39)
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- Premiership Relegation Battle - Final game of the season!
(Goal Difference is the first tie breaker)
All games kick off at the same time
Matches & Scores:
-Sun May 11
36 Bolton (-18) at Chelsea
33 Fulham (-23) at Portsmouth
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33 Reading (-29) at Derby
32 Birmingham (-19) v Blackburn
11 Derby (already relegated)
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- Serie A Championship - 2 games left to play, but Inter will claim it with a win.
(Head to Head is the first tie breaker which Inter hold 5-2)
Matches & Scores:
-Sun May 11
81 Inter v Siena
78 Roma v Atalanta
-Sun May 18
Parma v Inter
Catania v Roma
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- Ligue 1 Championship - - 2 games left to play, but Lyon will claim it with a win and Bordeaux loss or tie.
(Goal Difference is the first tie breaker)
Matches & Scores:
-Sat May 10
73 Lyon v Nancy Lorraine (+34)
71 Bordeaux v Sochaux (+25)
-Sat May 17
Lens v Bordeaux
Auxerre v Lyon
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- Turkish Super Lig Championship - Final game of the season!
(Goal Difference is the first tie breaker)
Matches & Scores:
-Sun May 11
76 Galatasaray v Genclerbirligi (+39)
73 Trabzonspor v Fenerbahce (+37)
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World News

This one is a bit old, but..... The Rocky Mountain News reports on Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich buying a $37 million home in Colorado! This is actually is second house in an area called Snowmass Village. (thanks to G for the heads up)

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