Did You Try This Grape Juice News
The UEFA Champions League Round of 16 Match Ups:
Atletico Madrid v Porto
Lyon v Barcelona
Arsenal v Roma
Inter Milan v Manchester United
Real Madrid v Liverpool
Chelsea v Juventus
Villarreal v Panathinaikos
Sporting v Bayern Munich
-1st leg matches to be played Feb 24 & 25, with 2nd legs on Mar 10 & 11.
~and~
You have to be in awe of the USA Women's teamed who beat China last night in Detroit 1-0 to end 2008 with 33 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss. What a staggering record. Congrats to the team - you are humbling!
MLS Team News
CHICAGO FIRE
Goal.com talks to Chris Rolfe about an unsatisfying last season, and ahead to the next.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
CD CHIVAS USA
Kyle McCarthy of Goal.com examines the words of owner Jorge Vergara about changes on the horizon.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
DC UNITED
DC's best ever player Marco Etcheverry has been hired as head coach of Aucas in Ecuador. The team is the cross town rival of current South American's champs Liga de Quito.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
HOUSTON DYNAMO
Bernardo Fallas of the Chronicle looks at the teams open roster spots and salary cap room.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
KANSAS CITY WIZARDS
Keith Costigan of Fox Soccer Channel does a Q & A with coach Curt Onalfo.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
RED BULL NEW YORK
Goal.com translates quotes by midfielder Jorge Rojas from an interview he did in his native Venezuela about his team and MLS in general.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
The Otaga Daily Times with an article on their hometown player, centerback Andrew Boyens.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
SEATTLE SOUNDERS
Goal.com has a Q & A with Tech Dir Chris Henderson.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
The Tacoma News Tribune talks to 2 former Sounders coaches to get their feelings on the hiring of Sigi Schmid to run this new team.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
David Falk in the Examiner links to a radio interview of Post Intelligencer columnist Art Thiel saying positive things about the Sounders on the local PBS affiliate. Theil has changed his tune from old time curmudgeon.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
GENERAL
Luis Bueno at Sports Illustrated looks at the young Mexican's being courted with more and more fervor by MLS.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
MLS College Draft Talk
The league has done away with it's second part of the draft that they called the "Supplemental Draft". So any player who does not get picked in the Super Draft is free to try out with any team or teams. Most freedom for players makes this a good move in my book.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
MLS Rumor City - Don't Tease Me Bro!
Bernardo Fallas of the Houston Chronicle writes that the Dynamo are going after Mexican striker Luis Angel Landin who currently suits up for Morelia. They tried to sign him 2 years ago from Pachuca.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Soccer 365's Grapevine has all of today's rumors.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
College News
Doug McIntyre of ESPN Soccernet reviews the year in the college game, handing out his own awards and naming a Best 11.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
USL First Division News
Tom Timmerman of the St Louis Dispatch reports that regardless of the city landing a MLS team, the Tony Glavin Soccer Club who run the St Louis Lions in the PDL, is strongly considering putting a new top on their pyramid for 2010, and starting a First Division team to complete their big youth set up. I love it. Great move! Let's hope it happens.
-Here are details from the club's website.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
US Soccer News
Tim Howard has been named US Soccer's Male Athlete of the Year.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Sacha Kljestan has been named US Soccer's Young Male Athlete of the Year.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Team USA
Steve Davis of ESPN Soccernet feels Columbus was the only choice to host USA v Mexico.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Americans In Europe
More boys crying wolf again today over the future national team prospects of Neven Subotic - one report says he is going to play of Serbia, and the next refutes that. What am reading the Sun of London. Come on.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
TRANSFER RUMORS
Soccer 365's Grapevine has all of today's rumors.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
UPCOMING MATCHES
UEFA Cup - Round of 32
-Brad Friedel - Aston Villa - 1st leg v CSKA Moscow on Thu Feb 26.
-Brad Guzan - Aston Villa - 1st leg v CSKA Moscow on Thu Feb 26.
-Oguchi Onyewu - Standard Liege - 1st leg at Braga on Thu Feb 26.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
MOST RECENT MATCHES
(only players who saw the field are listed)
Serie B
-Danny Szetela - Brescia - started and played 88 minutes as they won at home 1-0 over Grosseto.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Erstedivisie
-Charles Kazlauskas - TOP/Oss - went the full 90 but lost at home 1-2 to FC Eindhoven.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
UEFA Cup
-Brad Guzan - Aston Villa - went the full 90 but lost 3-1 at Hamburg. Had already qualified for the next round though.
-Oguchi Onyewu - Standard Liege - played all 90 minutes but lost 3-0 at Stuttgart. Had already qualified for the next round though.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Mexico & FMF News
Long time star defender Claudio Suarez writing for the New York Times blog Goal gives us his all time Mexican Best 11.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
America has bought midfielder Pavel Pardo from Stuttgart. He returns to his native Mexico after 3 season in Germany. He played most of career for American prior to heading to Europe in 2006.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
ARGENTINA
The 3 team playoff for the Apertura title is all set. They finished tied at #1 on points and the league does not use tie breakers to settle the difference - they play the games on the field! And neutral fields at that.
Matches & Scores:
-Wed Dec 17
San Lorenzo 2-1 Tigre - SL goals by Pablo Barrientos & Gonzalo Bergessio. Tig goal by Leandro Lazzaro.
-Sat Dec 20
Boca Juniors v San Lorenzo - played at Estadio President Peron, in Cordoba, home of AC Cordoba.
-Tue Dec 23
Tigre v Boca Juniors - played at Estadio President Peron, in Cordoba, home of AC Cordoba.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
San Lorenzo can win the crown with a victory over Boca on Saturday.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
The Tigre players had a meltdown in added time when things went against them - ie. a Red Card to their keeper for pushing an opponent in the face.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
England News
Barney Ronay of the Guardian reports that a very minor league team, Garforth Town, has signed former Brazilian star Cafu.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
European News
SPAIN
Xavi Hernandez has signed a contract extension with Barcelona through the 2014 season.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
The Weekends Biggest Club Matches From Around The World
La Liga
-Sat Dec 20
Real Madrid v Valencia - Real are just hoping to stay in it, and Valen want to help bury them.
-Sun Dec 21
Villarreal v Barcelona - Villa are one team in recent years that have consistently given Barca trouble.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Premiership
-Sun Dec 21
Arsenal v Liverpool - Are these teams really going to be in the title chase to the end?
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Eredivisie
-Sun Dec 21
PSV v Feyenoord - Two big clubs always create sparks.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Turkish Super Lig
-Sun Dec 21
Galatasaray v Besiktas - one of those great old Turkish rivalry matches.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
UEFA Champions League
Reports say that the winner of this seasons Champions League will make $156 Million US!
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Paul Doyle of the Guardian on the Round of 16 draw - Headlined by Jose Mourinho v Alex Ferguson again.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
UEFA Cup
Here are the results from Matchday 5.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
And here are the matchups for the Round of 32, set to be played Feb 26.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
World News
Jonathan Wilson of the Guardian looks at formations - Why has the 4-2-3-1 become more popular than the 4-4-2?
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
FIFA Club World Cup
The FIFA Club World Cup from Japan.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Official web site
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Matches & Scores:
-Thu Dec 11
Adelaide United 2-1 Waitakere United - AU goals by Daniel Mullen & Travis Dodd. WU goal by Paul Seaman.
-Fri Dec 12
Al Ahly 2-4 Pachuca - AlA goals by Fausto Pinto(OG) & Flavio. Pach goals by Luis Montes, Damian Alvarez & Chaco Gimenez(2).
Sun Dec 14
Adelaide 0-1 Gamba Osaka - GO goal by Yasuhito Endo.
Wed Dec 17 - Semifinal
Pachuca 0-2 Liga de Quito - LDQ goals by Claudio Bieler & Luis Bolanos.
-Thu Dec 18 - Semifinal
Gamba Osaka 3-5 Manchester United - GO goals by Masato Yamazaki, Yasuhito Endo(PK) & Hideo Hashimoto. MU goals by Nemanja Vidic, Cristiano Ronaldo, Wayne Rooney(2) & Darren Fletcher.
-Sun Dec 21 - Final
Liga de Quito v Manchester United - live at 4:30am central on Fox Soccer Channel
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
At around the 70 minute mark Manchester United led Gamba Osaka2-0. Then Gamba scored one, which just pissed off Man U who rattled off 3 more of their own in about 5 minutes. Finally Gamba got their other two in the dying moments. What a weird game.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Africa World Cup Qualifying
Liberian keeper Melvin King has been found to have tested positive to a banned substance and will suffer a 5 month suspension from all of world football.
Atletico Madrid v Porto
Lyon v Barcelona
Arsenal v Roma
Inter Milan v Manchester United
Real Madrid v Liverpool
Chelsea v Juventus
Villarreal v Panathinaikos
Sporting v Bayern Munich
-1st leg matches to be played Feb 24 & 25, with 2nd legs on Mar 10 & 11.
~and~
You have to be in awe of the USA Women's teamed who beat China last night in Detroit 1-0 to end 2008 with 33 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss. What a staggering record. Congrats to the team - you are humbling!
MLS Team News
CHICAGO FIRE
Goal.com talks to Chris Rolfe about an unsatisfying last season, and ahead to the next.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
CD CHIVAS USA
Kyle McCarthy of Goal.com examines the words of owner Jorge Vergara about changes on the horizon.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
DC UNITED
DC's best ever player Marco Etcheverry has been hired as head coach of Aucas in Ecuador. The team is the cross town rival of current South American's champs Liga de Quito.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
HOUSTON DYNAMO
Bernardo Fallas of the Chronicle looks at the teams open roster spots and salary cap room.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
KANSAS CITY WIZARDS
Keith Costigan of Fox Soccer Channel does a Q & A with coach Curt Onalfo.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
RED BULL NEW YORK
Goal.com translates quotes by midfielder Jorge Rojas from an interview he did in his native Venezuela about his team and MLS in general.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
The Otaga Daily Times with an article on their hometown player, centerback Andrew Boyens.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
SEATTLE SOUNDERS
Goal.com has a Q & A with Tech Dir Chris Henderson.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
The Tacoma News Tribune talks to 2 former Sounders coaches to get their feelings on the hiring of Sigi Schmid to run this new team.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
David Falk in the Examiner links to a radio interview of Post Intelligencer columnist Art Thiel saying positive things about the Sounders on the local PBS affiliate. Theil has changed his tune from old time curmudgeon.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
GENERAL
Luis Bueno at Sports Illustrated looks at the young Mexican's being courted with more and more fervor by MLS.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
MLS College Draft Talk
The league has done away with it's second part of the draft that they called the "Supplemental Draft". So any player who does not get picked in the Super Draft is free to try out with any team or teams. Most freedom for players makes this a good move in my book.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
MLS Rumor City - Don't Tease Me Bro!
Bernardo Fallas of the Houston Chronicle writes that the Dynamo are going after Mexican striker Luis Angel Landin who currently suits up for Morelia. They tried to sign him 2 years ago from Pachuca.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Soccer 365's Grapevine has all of today's rumors.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
College News
Doug McIntyre of ESPN Soccernet reviews the year in the college game, handing out his own awards and naming a Best 11.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
USL First Division News
Tom Timmerman of the St Louis Dispatch reports that regardless of the city landing a MLS team, the Tony Glavin Soccer Club who run the St Louis Lions in the PDL, is strongly considering putting a new top on their pyramid for 2010, and starting a First Division team to complete their big youth set up. I love it. Great move! Let's hope it happens.
-Here are details from the club's website.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
US Soccer News
Tim Howard has been named US Soccer's Male Athlete of the Year.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Sacha Kljestan has been named US Soccer's Young Male Athlete of the Year.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Team USA
Steve Davis of ESPN Soccernet feels Columbus was the only choice to host USA v Mexico.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Americans In Europe
More boys crying wolf again today over the future national team prospects of Neven Subotic - one report says he is going to play of Serbia, and the next refutes that. What am reading the Sun of London. Come on.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
TRANSFER RUMORS
Soccer 365's Grapevine has all of today's rumors.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
UPCOMING MATCHES
UEFA Cup - Round of 32
-Brad Friedel - Aston Villa - 1st leg v CSKA Moscow on Thu Feb 26.
-Brad Guzan - Aston Villa - 1st leg v CSKA Moscow on Thu Feb 26.
-Oguchi Onyewu - Standard Liege - 1st leg at Braga on Thu Feb 26.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
MOST RECENT MATCHES
(only players who saw the field are listed)
Serie B
-Danny Szetela - Brescia - started and played 88 minutes as they won at home 1-0 over Grosseto.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Erstedivisie
-Charles Kazlauskas - TOP/Oss - went the full 90 but lost at home 1-2 to FC Eindhoven.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
UEFA Cup
-Brad Guzan - Aston Villa - went the full 90 but lost 3-1 at Hamburg. Had already qualified for the next round though.
-Oguchi Onyewu - Standard Liege - played all 90 minutes but lost 3-0 at Stuttgart. Had already qualified for the next round though.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Mexico & FMF News
Long time star defender Claudio Suarez writing for the New York Times blog Goal gives us his all time Mexican Best 11.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
America has bought midfielder Pavel Pardo from Stuttgart. He returns to his native Mexico after 3 season in Germany. He played most of career for American prior to heading to Europe in 2006.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
ARGENTINA
The 3 team playoff for the Apertura title is all set. They finished tied at #1 on points and the league does not use tie breakers to settle the difference - they play the games on the field! And neutral fields at that.
Matches & Scores:
-Wed Dec 17
San Lorenzo 2-1 Tigre - SL goals by Pablo Barrientos & Gonzalo Bergessio. Tig goal by Leandro Lazzaro.
-Sat Dec 20
Boca Juniors v San Lorenzo - played at Estadio President Peron, in Cordoba, home of AC Cordoba.
-Tue Dec 23
Tigre v Boca Juniors - played at Estadio President Peron, in Cordoba, home of AC Cordoba.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
San Lorenzo can win the crown with a victory over Boca on Saturday.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
The Tigre players had a meltdown in added time when things went against them - ie. a Red Card to their keeper for pushing an opponent in the face.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
England News
Barney Ronay of the Guardian reports that a very minor league team, Garforth Town, has signed former Brazilian star Cafu.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
European News
SPAIN
Xavi Hernandez has signed a contract extension with Barcelona through the 2014 season.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
The Weekends Biggest Club Matches From Around The World
La Liga
-Sat Dec 20
Real Madrid v Valencia - Real are just hoping to stay in it, and Valen want to help bury them.
-Sun Dec 21
Villarreal v Barcelona - Villa are one team in recent years that have consistently given Barca trouble.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Premiership
-Sun Dec 21
Arsenal v Liverpool - Are these teams really going to be in the title chase to the end?
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Eredivisie
-Sun Dec 21
PSV v Feyenoord - Two big clubs always create sparks.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Turkish Super Lig
-Sun Dec 21
Galatasaray v Besiktas - one of those great old Turkish rivalry matches.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
UEFA Champions League
Reports say that the winner of this seasons Champions League will make $156 Million US!
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Paul Doyle of the Guardian on the Round of 16 draw - Headlined by Jose Mourinho v Alex Ferguson again.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
UEFA Cup
Here are the results from Matchday 5.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
And here are the matchups for the Round of 32, set to be played Feb 26.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
World News
Jonathan Wilson of the Guardian looks at formations - Why has the 4-2-3-1 become more popular than the 4-4-2?
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
FIFA Club World Cup
The FIFA Club World Cup from Japan.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Official web site
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Matches & Scores:
-Thu Dec 11
Adelaide United 2-1 Waitakere United - AU goals by Daniel Mullen & Travis Dodd. WU goal by Paul Seaman.
-Fri Dec 12
Al Ahly 2-4 Pachuca - AlA goals by Fausto Pinto(OG) & Flavio. Pach goals by Luis Montes, Damian Alvarez & Chaco Gimenez(2).
Sun Dec 14
Adelaide 0-1 Gamba Osaka - GO goal by Yasuhito Endo.
Wed Dec 17 - Semifinal
Pachuca 0-2 Liga de Quito - LDQ goals by Claudio Bieler & Luis Bolanos.
-Thu Dec 18 - Semifinal
Gamba Osaka 3-5 Manchester United - GO goals by Masato Yamazaki, Yasuhito Endo(PK) & Hideo Hashimoto. MU goals by Nemanja Vidic, Cristiano Ronaldo, Wayne Rooney(2) & Darren Fletcher.
-Sun Dec 21 - Final
Liga de Quito v Manchester United - live at 4:30am central on Fox Soccer Channel
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
At around the 70 minute mark Manchester United led Gamba Osaka2-0. Then Gamba scored one, which just pissed off Man U who rattled off 3 more of their own in about 5 minutes. Finally Gamba got their other two in the dying moments. What a weird game.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Africa World Cup Qualifying
Liberian keeper Melvin King has been found to have tested positive to a banned substance and will suffer a 5 month suspension from all of world football.
posted by brucio at 16:10
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
<< Home