You Try Climbing That Thing News
After losing their 3rd straight game in the CONCACAF Champions League, DC United appears to be all but done.
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There are 2 very interesting articles in the MLS General News section that I think you should all read today. One on scheduling, and the other on fan interest/team location.
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Grassroot Soccer had their big gala New York City blowout last night, but first they had the mid-day celebrity soccer game. While the flash was not as powerful as Steve Nash's affair a couple months back, the soccer geek factor was still sky high. Our main man SF from The Offside Rules took in the action for us. And let me state for the record that I am a huge fan of Leslie Osborne! If only she was Argentine.
CONCACAF Champions League News
Official CCL website
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Matchday 3 Matches & Scores:
-Tue Sep 30
Saprissa 2-1 Marathon - Sap goals by Celso Borges & Alejandro Alpizar. Mara goal by Milton Nunez(PK).
UNAM 4-4 Houston - UNAM goals by Dante Lopez, Effrain Juarez, Paco Palencia & Dario Veron. Hou goals by Craig Waibel(2) & Kei Kamara(2 - one via PK).
-Wed Oct 1
DC 0-1 Cruz Azul - CA goal by Pablo Zeballos.
Match report by Steven Goff of the Washington Post.
Match report by John Haydon of the Washington Times.
Firpo 1-0 San Francisco - Fir goal by Ramon Avila.
Olimpia 1-2 Montreal - Oli goal by Elvis Turcios. Mon goals both by Roberto Brown.
Municipal 2-2 Puerto Rico - Muni goals by Carlos Cesar Leguizmon & Juan Carlos Plata. PRI goals by Fabrice Noel & Sandy Gbandi.
-Thu Oct 2
Tauro v Santos Laguna - 7pm central on Galavision
Atlante v Joe Public - 9pm central on FSC
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That Pumas v Houston game was waaaay too much fun to watch. Every time a team came down the field I thought they just might score. It was that nutty. And while the defenses were weak, the offenses where beyond great. Cheers guy, thanks for the show. (Although again, like the game against San Francisco, Houston has to be kicking themselves for not bagging all 3 points on the road - they could have done it.)
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MLS Scoreboard
Week 28
Matches & Scores:
-Thu Oct 2
Dallas v San Jose - 8pm central on ESPN2
Match preview by Elliot Almond of the San Jose Mercury News.
Match preview by Diego Aparicio of the Dallas Morning News.
Match preview by Jeff Carlisle of ESPN Soccernet.
Match preview by Jeff Carlisle (yes, the same guy) for Center Line Soccer.
A second match preview from Center Line Soccer.
-Sat Oct 4
DC v Chivas - 6:30pm central on FSC
Columbus v Los Angeles - 6:30pm central on HDNet
New England v Salt Lake - 6:30pm central on Direct Kick
New York v Toronto - 6:30pm central on Direct Kick
Colorado v Houston - 8:30pm central on Direct Kick
-Sun Oct 5
Kansas City v Chicago - 2pm central on TeleFutura
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League Standings
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MLS News
COLORADO RAPIDS
Class VI does a Q & A with head coach Gary Smith. (very weirdly transcribed answers though)
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COLUMBUS CREW
Kyle McCarthy of Goal.com tries to look a the new investor situation from an outsiders perspective, and feels the local fans are right to be worried about losing their team.
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DC UNITED
DCU went with 8 reserves to start the CCL game against Cruz Azul last night. Defender Greg Janicki got his debut, and frankly, I have never even heard of the guy.
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FC DALLAS
Tobias Xavier Lopez of the Fort Worth Star Telegram does a Q & A with FCD defender Duilio Davino, who is finally healthy again.
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Buzz Carrick of 3rd Degree with his excellent weekly FCD Practice Observations.
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HOUSTON DYNAMO
Bernardo Fallas of the Chronicle calls the tie at Pumas a huge victory.
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KANSAS CITY WIZARDS
Pete Grathoff of the Star does a Q & A with former Wiz favorite Diego Gutierrez, now with Chicago, who will make his last regular season appearance in KC this weekend since he is retiring when this year ends.
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LOS ANGELES GALAXY
Grahame Jones of the Times on their blog The Fabulous Forum has words from D Beckman on the league scheduling conflicts.
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RED BULL NEW YORK
Michael Lewis of the NY Daily News sizes up the teams playoff chances.
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Frank Giase for the Jersey Journal writes about the two new attacking youngsters the RB's recently added to the roster.
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SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES
The San Francisco Chronicle with an article on the Equakes instant star - Darren Huckerby!
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Jay Hipps of Center Line Soccer makes the argument that Huckleberry should be considered for league MVP. Now, while the guy has been nothing short of terrific, he sits in the same hole as Cuauhtemoc Blanco did last season - only playing in half a seasons worth of games does not give enough time to judge if a player is worthy of the big award.
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Elliot Almond of the Mercury News has an article on another mid-season-addition player who helped boost the teams season - Arturo Alvarez.
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TORONTO FC
The CBC with a rave on Marvell Wynne. And his first goal, which was a beauty.
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Midfielder Carl Robinson with his weekly column for his hometown paper the County Time in Wales.
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GENERAL
TV Sports Daily proposes a solution to fix scheduling date conflicts for MLS - follow the calendar that Sweden uses. Hear, Hear! Why not the one Russia uses too. MLS is not the only league in the world to play April to November.
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The Gwinnett Herald in Georgia with an article that is typical of soccer lovers in America, and makes a strong argument for a team in the south. Can't argue there. Good stuff.
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USL First Division News
The league has announced the finalists for post season individual awards. Here they are:
Most Valuable Player:
-Alex Afonso - Miami
-Macoumba Kandji - Atlanta
-Jonathan Steele - Puerto Rico
Coach Of The Year:
-Colin Clarke - Puerto Rico
-John Limniatis - Montreal
Defender Of The Year:
-Cristian Arrieta - Puerto Rico
-Taylor Graham - Seattle
-David Hayes - Atlanta
Rookie Of The Year:
-Osvaldo Alonso - Charleston
-Vicente Arze - Vancouver
-Martin Nunez - Carolina
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Matthew Gaschk of the Seattle Post Intelligencer looks at the end of the run for the USL version of the Seattle Sounders.
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USL First Division Playoff Schedule
Semifinal 1st leg Matches & Scores:
-Fri Oct 3
Rochester v Puerto Rico
Montreal v Vancouver
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Semifinal 2nd leg Matches & Scores:
-Sun Oct 5
Puerto Rico v Rochester
Vancouver v Montreal - live at 5:30pm central time on FSC
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Team USA
Ridge Mahoney of Soccer America hopes Bob Bradley starts getting more adventurous with his rosters. Via Sports Illustrated.
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Americans In Europe
Greg Seltzer at Soccer 365 talks to Charles Kazlauskas who has been with Dutch second division team TOP Oss for several seasons now.
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UPCOMING MATCHES
UEFA Cup First Round 2nd leg:
-Carlos Bocanegra - Rennes Thu Oct 2 at Twente leading 2-1
-Brad Friedel - Aston Villa Thu Oct 2 v Litex Lovech leading 3-1
-Brad Guzan - Aston Villa Thu Oct 2 v Litex Lovech leading 3-1
-Kamani Hill - Wolfsburg Tue Oct 2 at Rapid Bucuresti leading 1-0
-Tim Howard - Everton Tue Oct 2 at Standard Liege tied 2-2
-Jared Jeffrey - Club Brugge Tue Oct 2 v Young Boys tied 2-2
-Oguchi Onyewu - Standard Liege Tue Oct 2 v Everton tied 2-2
-Neven Subotic - Borussia DortmundTue Oct 2 at Udinese trailing 0-2.
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Canada & CSA News
Ben Knight of the Toronto Globe & Mail blog On Soccer contends that the Montreal Impact are simply a better team then Toronto FC.
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South American News
Tim Vickery of Sports Illustrated feels Brazil is looking for teamwork rather than stars to make them great again.
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European News
ITALY
Gazzetta says that after a loss and then a tie, Inter coach Jose Mourinho heard the whistle's from the home fans.
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RUSSIA
Top 5 after 23 of 30 games:
48 Rubin Kazan
41 CSKA Moscow
40 Dinamo Moscow
39 Amkar Perm
36 Spartak Moscow
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SCOTLAND
Barry Glendenning of the Guardian does his beat to explain Celtic's terrible road record in the Champions League.
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SPAIN
Martin Rogers of Yahoo Sports says Real & Barca pay more attention to each other than their week-by-week opponents.
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Big Euro League Top Goal Scorers
English Premiership - 6 games
5 Amr Zaki - Wigan
4 Jermain Defoe - Portsmouth
4 John Carew - Aston Villa
4 Gabriel Agbonlahor - Aston Villa
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Spanish Liga - 5 games
6 David Villa - Valencia
4 Rafael Van der Vaart - Real Madrid
4 Florent Sinama Pongolle - Atletico Madrid
4 Lionel Messi - Barcelona
4 Negredo - Almeria
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German Bundesliga - 6 games
7 Vedad Ibisevic - Hoffenheim
7 Patrick Helmes - Bayer Leverkusen
6 Artur Wichniarek - Arminia Bielefeld
4 Markus Rosenberg - Werder Bremen
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Italian Serie A - 5 games
6 Mauro Zarate - Lazio
4 Goran Pandey - Lazio
4 Diego Milito - Genoa
4 Fabrizio Miccoli - Palermo
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French Ligue 1 - 7 games
6 Karim Benzema - Lyon
4 Thorstein Helstad - Le Mans
4 Andre Pierre Gignac - Toulouse
4 Loic Remy - Nice
4 Mevlut Erding - Sochaux
4 Fernando Cavenaghi - Bordeaux
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UEFA Champions League
Group Stage - Matchday 2
Matches & Scores:
-Tue Sep 30
Aalborg 0-3 Manchester United - MU goals by Wayne Rooney & Dimitar Berbatov(2).
Villarreal 1-0 Celtic - Vill goal by Marcos Senna.
Fiorentina 0-0 Steaua Bucuresti
Bayern Munich 1-1 Lyon - - BM goal by Ze Roberto. Lyon goal by Martin Dimichelis(OG).
Arsenal 4-0 Porto - Arse goals by Robin van Persie(2) & Emmanuel Adebayor(2 - one via PK).
Fenerbahce 0-0 Dynamo Kyiv
BATE Borisov 2-2 Juventus - BATE goals by Sergei Kryvets & Igor Stasevich. Juve goals both by Vincenzo Iaquinta.
Zenit St Petersburg 1-2 Real Madrid - Zen goal by Danny. RM goals by Tomas Hubocan(OG) & Ruud Van Nistelrooy.
-Wed Oct 1
CFR Cluj 0-0 Chelsea
Bordeaux 1-3 Roma - Bor goal by Yoann Gourcuff. Rom goals by Mirko Vucinic & Julio Baptista(2).
Anorthosis Famagusta 3-1 Panathinaikos - AF goals by Jose Sarriegi(OG), Sinisa Dobrasinovc & Hawar Taher. Pan goal by Dimitris Salpingdis(PK).
Inter Milan 1-1 Werder Bremen - IM goal by Douglas Maicon. WB goal by Claudio Pizarro.
Sporting 2-0 Basel - Spor goals by Reto Zanni(OG) & Derlei.
Shakhtar Donetsk 1-2 Barcelona - SD goal by Ilsinho. Barca goals both by Lionel Messi.
Liverpool 3-1 PSV Eindhoven - Liv goals by Dirk Kuyt, Robbie Keane & Steven Gerrard. PSV goal by Danny Koevermans.
Atletico Madrid 2-1 Olympique Marseille - AM goals by Kun Aguero & Raul Garcia. OM goal by Mamadou Niang.
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Rob Hughes of the International Herald Tribune with a recap of Wednesday's games.
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Grahame Jones of the LA Times looks back at this weeks CL games.
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UEFA Cup
2nd leg matches will be played Sep 30 & Oct 2. With the winners will advancing to the Group Stage.
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Hertha Berlin & CSKA Moskva are the first 2 teams to advance to the group stage. They will be joined by 30 others on Thursday.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Important Podcast
If you listen to this interview with New England Revolution owner Jonathan Kraft you will hear him say that US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson is interested in investing in MLS. Um, goody. From the Rev's website.
~and~
There are 2 very interesting articles in the MLS General News section that I think you should all read today. One on scheduling, and the other on fan interest/team location.
~and~
Grassroot Soccer had their big gala New York City blowout last night, but first they had the mid-day celebrity soccer game. While the flash was not as powerful as Steve Nash's affair a couple months back, the soccer geek factor was still sky high. Our main man SF from The Offside Rules took in the action for us. And let me state for the record that I am a huge fan of Leslie Osborne! If only she was Argentine.
CONCACAF Champions League News
Official CCL website
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Matchday 3 Matches & Scores:
-Tue Sep 30
Saprissa 2-1 Marathon - Sap goals by Celso Borges & Alejandro Alpizar. Mara goal by Milton Nunez(PK).
UNAM 4-4 Houston - UNAM goals by Dante Lopez, Effrain Juarez, Paco Palencia & Dario Veron. Hou goals by Craig Waibel(2) & Kei Kamara(2 - one via PK).
-Wed Oct 1
DC 0-1 Cruz Azul - CA goal by Pablo Zeballos.
Match report by Steven Goff of the Washington Post.
Match report by John Haydon of the Washington Times.
Firpo 1-0 San Francisco - Fir goal by Ramon Avila.
Olimpia 1-2 Montreal - Oli goal by Elvis Turcios. Mon goals both by Roberto Brown.
Municipal 2-2 Puerto Rico - Muni goals by Carlos Cesar Leguizmon & Juan Carlos Plata. PRI goals by Fabrice Noel & Sandy Gbandi.
-Thu Oct 2
Tauro v Santos Laguna - 7pm central on Galavision
Atlante v Joe Public - 9pm central on FSC
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
That Pumas v Houston game was waaaay too much fun to watch. Every time a team came down the field I thought they just might score. It was that nutty. And while the defenses were weak, the offenses where beyond great. Cheers guy, thanks for the show. (Although again, like the game against San Francisco, Houston has to be kicking themselves for not bagging all 3 points on the road - they could have done it.)
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
MLS Scoreboard
Week 28
Matches & Scores:
-Thu Oct 2
Dallas v San Jose - 8pm central on ESPN2
Match preview by Elliot Almond of the San Jose Mercury News.
Match preview by Diego Aparicio of the Dallas Morning News.
Match preview by Jeff Carlisle of ESPN Soccernet.
Match preview by Jeff Carlisle (yes, the same guy) for Center Line Soccer.
A second match preview from Center Line Soccer.
-Sat Oct 4
DC v Chivas - 6:30pm central on FSC
Columbus v Los Angeles - 6:30pm central on HDNet
New England v Salt Lake - 6:30pm central on Direct Kick
New York v Toronto - 6:30pm central on Direct Kick
Colorado v Houston - 8:30pm central on Direct Kick
-Sun Oct 5
Kansas City v Chicago - 2pm central on TeleFutura
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League Standings
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MLS News
COLORADO RAPIDS
Class VI does a Q & A with head coach Gary Smith. (very weirdly transcribed answers though)
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
COLUMBUS CREW
Kyle McCarthy of Goal.com tries to look a the new investor situation from an outsiders perspective, and feels the local fans are right to be worried about losing their team.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
DC UNITED
DCU went with 8 reserves to start the CCL game against Cruz Azul last night. Defender Greg Janicki got his debut, and frankly, I have never even heard of the guy.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
FC DALLAS
Tobias Xavier Lopez of the Fort Worth Star Telegram does a Q & A with FCD defender Duilio Davino, who is finally healthy again.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Buzz Carrick of 3rd Degree with his excellent weekly FCD Practice Observations.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
HOUSTON DYNAMO
Bernardo Fallas of the Chronicle calls the tie at Pumas a huge victory.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
KANSAS CITY WIZARDS
Pete Grathoff of the Star does a Q & A with former Wiz favorite Diego Gutierrez, now with Chicago, who will make his last regular season appearance in KC this weekend since he is retiring when this year ends.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
LOS ANGELES GALAXY
Grahame Jones of the Times on their blog The Fabulous Forum has words from D Beckman on the league scheduling conflicts.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
RED BULL NEW YORK
Michael Lewis of the NY Daily News sizes up the teams playoff chances.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Frank Giase for the Jersey Journal writes about the two new attacking youngsters the RB's recently added to the roster.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES
The San Francisco Chronicle with an article on the Equakes instant star - Darren Huckerby!
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Jay Hipps of Center Line Soccer makes the argument that Huckleberry should be considered for league MVP. Now, while the guy has been nothing short of terrific, he sits in the same hole as Cuauhtemoc Blanco did last season - only playing in half a seasons worth of games does not give enough time to judge if a player is worthy of the big award.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Elliot Almond of the Mercury News has an article on another mid-season-addition player who helped boost the teams season - Arturo Alvarez.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
TORONTO FC
The CBC with a rave on Marvell Wynne. And his first goal, which was a beauty.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Midfielder Carl Robinson with his weekly column for his hometown paper the County Time in Wales.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
GENERAL
TV Sports Daily proposes a solution to fix scheduling date conflicts for MLS - follow the calendar that Sweden uses. Hear, Hear! Why not the one Russia uses too. MLS is not the only league in the world to play April to November.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
The Gwinnett Herald in Georgia with an article that is typical of soccer lovers in America, and makes a strong argument for a team in the south. Can't argue there. Good stuff.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
USL First Division News
The league has announced the finalists for post season individual awards. Here they are:
Most Valuable Player:
-Alex Afonso - Miami
-Macoumba Kandji - Atlanta
-Jonathan Steele - Puerto Rico
Coach Of The Year:
-Colin Clarke - Puerto Rico
-John Limniatis - Montreal
Defender Of The Year:
-Cristian Arrieta - Puerto Rico
-Taylor Graham - Seattle
-David Hayes - Atlanta
Rookie Of The Year:
-Osvaldo Alonso - Charleston
-Vicente Arze - Vancouver
-Martin Nunez - Carolina
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Matthew Gaschk of the Seattle Post Intelligencer looks at the end of the run for the USL version of the Seattle Sounders.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
USL First Division Playoff Schedule
Semifinal 1st leg Matches & Scores:
-Fri Oct 3
Rochester v Puerto Rico
Montreal v Vancouver
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Semifinal 2nd leg Matches & Scores:
-Sun Oct 5
Puerto Rico v Rochester
Vancouver v Montreal - live at 5:30pm central time on FSC
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Team USA
Ridge Mahoney of Soccer America hopes Bob Bradley starts getting more adventurous with his rosters. Via Sports Illustrated.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Americans In Europe
Greg Seltzer at Soccer 365 talks to Charles Kazlauskas who has been with Dutch second division team TOP Oss for several seasons now.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
UPCOMING MATCHES
UEFA Cup First Round 2nd leg:
-Carlos Bocanegra - Rennes Thu Oct 2 at Twente leading 2-1
-Brad Friedel - Aston Villa Thu Oct 2 v Litex Lovech leading 3-1
-Brad Guzan - Aston Villa Thu Oct 2 v Litex Lovech leading 3-1
-Kamani Hill - Wolfsburg Tue Oct 2 at Rapid Bucuresti leading 1-0
-Tim Howard - Everton Tue Oct 2 at Standard Liege tied 2-2
-Jared Jeffrey - Club Brugge Tue Oct 2 v Young Boys tied 2-2
-Oguchi Onyewu - Standard Liege Tue Oct 2 v Everton tied 2-2
-Neven Subotic - Borussia DortmundTue Oct 2 at Udinese trailing 0-2.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Canada & CSA News
Ben Knight of the Toronto Globe & Mail blog On Soccer contends that the Montreal Impact are simply a better team then Toronto FC.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
South American News
Tim Vickery of Sports Illustrated feels Brazil is looking for teamwork rather than stars to make them great again.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
European News
ITALY
Gazzetta says that after a loss and then a tie, Inter coach Jose Mourinho heard the whistle's from the home fans.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
RUSSIA
Top 5 after 23 of 30 games:
48 Rubin Kazan
41 CSKA Moscow
40 Dinamo Moscow
39 Amkar Perm
36 Spartak Moscow
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
SCOTLAND
Barry Glendenning of the Guardian does his beat to explain Celtic's terrible road record in the Champions League.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
SPAIN
Martin Rogers of Yahoo Sports says Real & Barca pay more attention to each other than their week-by-week opponents.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Big Euro League Top Goal Scorers
English Premiership - 6 games
5 Amr Zaki - Wigan
4 Jermain Defoe - Portsmouth
4 John Carew - Aston Villa
4 Gabriel Agbonlahor - Aston Villa
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Spanish Liga - 5 games
6 David Villa - Valencia
4 Rafael Van der Vaart - Real Madrid
4 Florent Sinama Pongolle - Atletico Madrid
4 Lionel Messi - Barcelona
4 Negredo - Almeria
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German Bundesliga - 6 games
7 Vedad Ibisevic - Hoffenheim
7 Patrick Helmes - Bayer Leverkusen
6 Artur Wichniarek - Arminia Bielefeld
4 Markus Rosenberg - Werder Bremen
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Italian Serie A - 5 games
6 Mauro Zarate - Lazio
4 Goran Pandey - Lazio
4 Diego Milito - Genoa
4 Fabrizio Miccoli - Palermo
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
French Ligue 1 - 7 games
6 Karim Benzema - Lyon
4 Thorstein Helstad - Le Mans
4 Andre Pierre Gignac - Toulouse
4 Loic Remy - Nice
4 Mevlut Erding - Sochaux
4 Fernando Cavenaghi - Bordeaux
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
UEFA Champions League
Group Stage - Matchday 2
Matches & Scores:
-Tue Sep 30
Aalborg 0-3 Manchester United - MU goals by Wayne Rooney & Dimitar Berbatov(2).
Villarreal 1-0 Celtic - Vill goal by Marcos Senna.
Fiorentina 0-0 Steaua Bucuresti
Bayern Munich 1-1 Lyon - - BM goal by Ze Roberto. Lyon goal by Martin Dimichelis(OG).
Arsenal 4-0 Porto - Arse goals by Robin van Persie(2) & Emmanuel Adebayor(2 - one via PK).
Fenerbahce 0-0 Dynamo Kyiv
BATE Borisov 2-2 Juventus - BATE goals by Sergei Kryvets & Igor Stasevich. Juve goals both by Vincenzo Iaquinta.
Zenit St Petersburg 1-2 Real Madrid - Zen goal by Danny. RM goals by Tomas Hubocan(OG) & Ruud Van Nistelrooy.
-Wed Oct 1
CFR Cluj 0-0 Chelsea
Bordeaux 1-3 Roma - Bor goal by Yoann Gourcuff. Rom goals by Mirko Vucinic & Julio Baptista(2).
Anorthosis Famagusta 3-1 Panathinaikos - AF goals by Jose Sarriegi(OG), Sinisa Dobrasinovc & Hawar Taher. Pan goal by Dimitris Salpingdis(PK).
Inter Milan 1-1 Werder Bremen - IM goal by Douglas Maicon. WB goal by Claudio Pizarro.
Sporting 2-0 Basel - Spor goals by Reto Zanni(OG) & Derlei.
Shakhtar Donetsk 1-2 Barcelona - SD goal by Ilsinho. Barca goals both by Lionel Messi.
Liverpool 3-1 PSV Eindhoven - Liv goals by Dirk Kuyt, Robbie Keane & Steven Gerrard. PSV goal by Danny Koevermans.
Atletico Madrid 2-1 Olympique Marseille - AM goals by Kun Aguero & Raul Garcia. OM goal by Mamadou Niang.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Rob Hughes of the International Herald Tribune with a recap of Wednesday's games.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Grahame Jones of the LA Times looks back at this weeks CL games.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
UEFA Cup
2nd leg matches will be played Sep 30 & Oct 2. With the winners will advancing to the Group Stage.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Hertha Berlin & CSKA Moskva are the first 2 teams to advance to the group stage. They will be joined by 30 others on Thursday.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Important Podcast
If you listen to this interview with New England Revolution owner Jonathan Kraft you will hear him say that US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson is interested in investing in MLS. Um, goody. From the Rev's website.
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