Sunday, June 14, 2009

Some News For Mon Jun 15

TEAM USA - CONFEDERATIONS CUP

USA Group Stage Matches:
-Mon Jun 15
USA v Italy - 1:25pm Central on ESPN
Venue: Loftus Versfeld Stadium - Pretoria

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As far as I can gather the USA has NEVER beaten Italy.

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USMNT Official Blog

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Paul Oberjuerge does a Q & A with Landon Donovan.

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Greg Seltzer of No Short Corners gives us his 5 key matchups in the USA v Italy game.

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Grant Wahl of Sports Illustrated previews USA v Italy.

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Jozy Altidore, writing for ESPN Soccernet (did they steal him from the NY Times?), checks in from South Africa.

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US Soccer gives us video from practice on Sunday.

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US Soccer talks to Landon Donovan about the last USA meeting with Italy - the 2006 World Cup and a 1-1 draw.

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The National of United Arab Emirates says Italy remembers their tough game against the USA at WC 06.

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2 Articles from FIFA.com:
-USA Improbable Dream
-Howard: Resilient USA On Course

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Brent Latham of Yanks Abroad previews USA v Italy.

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Yanks Abroad also talk to both Oguchi Onyewu - and - Jonathan Bornstein.

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BBC with a USA v Italy game preview.

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The Johannesburg Times with an article on Team USA.

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Martin Rogers at Yahoo Sports sees this tournament as a way to measure progress for the USA.

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The referee for today’s game against Italy is Pablo Pozo of Chile.

CONFEDERATIONS CUP SOUTH AFRICA 2009

Gazzetta dello Sport talks to Italy coach Marcello Lippi about the tournament.

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Standings:
Group A
3 Spain
1 Iraq
1 South Africa
0 New Zealand
Group B
3 Brazil
- Italy
- USA
0 Egypt

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All games are shown live on the ESPN Networks in the United States.

Matches & Scores:
-Sun Jun 14
South Africa 0-0 Iraq
New Zealand 0-5 Spain - Spa goals by Fernando Torres(3), Cesc Fabregas & David Villa.
-Mon Jun 15
Brazil 4-3 Egypt - Braz goals by Kaka(2 - one via PK), Luis Fabiano & Juan. Egy goals by Mohamed Zidan(2) & Mohamed Shawky.
USA v Italy - 1:25pm Central on ESPN
-Wed Jun 17
Spain v Iraq - 8:55am Central on ESPN2
South Africa v New Zealand - 1:25pm Central on ESPN2
-Thu Jun 18
USA v Brazil - 8:30am Central on ESPN2
Egypt v Italy - 1:25pm Central on ESPN2
-Sat Jun 20
Iraq v New Zealand - delayed to Midnight Central Sunday morning on ESPN2
Spain v South Africa - 1:25pm Central on ESPN2
-Sun Jun 21
Italy v Brazil - 1:00pm Central on ESPN
Egypt v USA - 1:25pm Central on ESPN2

MLS

MLS Week 13 Matches:
DC United 2-1 Chicago Fire - DCU goals by Jaime Moreno(PK) & Christian Gomez. CF goal by Marco Pappa.
Venue: RFK Stadium, Washington DC
Attendance: 18,369
Toronto FC 2-1 New York Red Bulls - TFC goals by Sam Cronin & Danny Dichio. NYRB goal by Albert Celades.
Venue: BMO Field, Toronto ON
Attendance: 19,843
FC Dallas 1-3 Houston Dynamo - FCD goal by Drew Moor. HD goals by Cam Weaver(2) & Richard Mulrooney.
Venue: Pizza Hut Park, Frisco TX
Attendance: 8,580
Kansas City Wizards 3-1 New England Revolution - KCW goals by Davy Arnaud, Jeff Larentowicz(OG) & Aaron Hohlbein. NER goal by Shalrie Joseph.
Venue: Community America Ballpark, Kansas City KS
Attendance: 10,385
Los Angeles Galaxy 0-2 Real Salt Lake - RSL goals by Yura Movsisyan & Nat Borchers.
Venue: Home Depot Center, Carson CA
Attendance: 19,718
Seattle Sounders FC 2-1 San Jose Earthquakes - SSFC goals by Freddie Ljungberg & Fredy Montero. SJ goal by Darren Huckerby.
Venue: Qwest Field, Seattle WA
Attendance: 28,999
-Sun Jun 14
Columbus Crew 2-1 Chivas USA - CC goals both by Guillermo Barros Schelotto. CUSA goal by Eduardo Lillingston.
Venue: Crew Stadium, Columbus OH
Attendance: 12,658

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EJECTIONS:
-Emmanuel Osei - New England - Red Card
-Eddie Lewis - Los Angeles - Red Card

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Both conferences have new leaders today as DC takes over the East, and Houston the West.

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I think I can safely predict that Columbus forward Guillermo Barros Schelotto will be named Player of the Week.

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Steve Davis at ESPN Soccernet with 10 things you need to know from the past week in MLS.

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Shawn Mitchell of the Columbus Dispatch with an article on Schelotto's powerful performance and leading the Crew back up the standings.

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Michael Arace of the Dispatch on the resurgent Crew - here they come.

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The Washington Post on the win that jumps DU over Chicago and into first place in the Eastern conference.

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Jaime Moreno scored another PK for DC, giving him 127 goals in his MLS career, the most by anyone.

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Grahame Jones of the LA Times on the Galaxy's belly-flop against RSL.

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Phil Collin of the LA Daily News looks at how the Galaxy follow-up their 2nd win of the season - with their 2nd loss.

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The Kansas City Star reports on the Wizards professional dismantling of New England.

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The Star also with an article on the Wizards locker room demeanor and overall team attitude.

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The Toronto Globe & Mail with an article on New York coming to town to heal Toronto FC's ills.

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Daniel Gerard of the Toronto Star on TFC's ugly but satisfying win.

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Lance Hornby of the Toronto Sun on TFC's much needed win.

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Gareth Wheeler of the Sun tells us about a roundtable discussion that TFC management held with the press late last week.

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Jose Romero of the Seattle Times on Freddie & Fredy leading the Sounders back into the win column.

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Playoff Picture - if the regular season ended today (Top 2 in the East & West plus next best 4 make the post season):
EAST
22 DC
21 Chicago
WEST
27 Houston (+11)
27 Chivas (+8)
NEXT 4
20 Seattle
19 Kansas City (+2)
19 Columbus (+1)
19 Toronto (-3)
OUT
17 Colorado
16 New England
15 Salt Lake (+2)
15 Los Angeles (-1)
10 Dallas
9 San Jose (-11)
9 New York (-11)

US OPEN CUP

2nd Round Matches:
-Tue Jun 16
Carolina RailHawks v Wilmington Hammerheads
Venue: WakeMed Soccer Park, Cary NC
Rochester Rhinos v Cleveland City Stars
Venue: Marina Auto Stadium, Rochester NY
Harrisburg City Islanders v Western Mass Pioneers
Venue: Skyline Sports Complex, Harrisburg PA
Miami FC Blues v Charleston Battery
Venue: Tropical Park, Miami FL
Minnesota Thunder v Chicago Fire PDL
Venue: National Sports Center, Blaine MN
Austin Aztex v El Paso Patriots
Venue: Nelson Field, Austin TX
Sonoma County Sol v Portland Timbers
Venue: Santa Rosa High School, Santa Rosa CA
Ocean City Barons v Real Maryland Monarchs
Venue: Carey Stadium - Ocean City NJ

USL FIRST DIVISION

Matches & Scores:
-Thu Jun 11
Carolina RailHawks 0-0 Portland Timbers
-Fri Jun 12
Puerto Rico Islanders 4-1 Austin Aztex
Vancouver Whitecaps 3-2 Miami FC Blues
-Sat Jun 13
Cleveland City Stars 3-0 Rochester Rhinos
Charleston Battery 1-1 Portland Timbers
-Sun Jun 14
Minnesota Thunder 2-0 Carolina RailHawks
Miami FC Blues 2-0 Austin Aztex

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Standings:
24 Charleston
23 Carolina
20 Portland
19 Puerto Rico
14 Rochester
14 Vancouver
11 Montreal
10 Austin
10 Miami
8 Cleveland
7 Minnesota

AMERICANS IN EUROPE

Jack Bell of the New York Times blog Goal talks to Schalke midfielder Jermaine Jones who has said he wants to play internationally for the USA.

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Danny Szetela and his team Brescia tied their home leg of the Serie A promotion playoff against Livorno.
-Sun Jun 14
Brescia 2-2 Livorno
-Sat Jun 20
Livorno v Brescia

CANADA

The final matchday of the Canadian Cup takes place on Thursday. Details later in the week.

EUROPE

Simon Kuper of the Financial Times compares the "likeability" of Kaka and Cristiano Ronaldo. Opposite ends of the spectrum?

SOUTH AMERICA

Argentine Clausura Championship:
(2 games left to go)
36 Velez Sarsfield - Last: W 2-0 v Newell's Old Boys - Next: Sun Jun 21 at Lanus
35 Huracan - Last: W 0-1 at San Lorenzo - Next: Sun Jun 21 v Arsenal de Sarandi
34 Lanus - Last: L 4-1 at Arsenal de Sarandi - Next: Sun Jun 21 v Velez Sarsfield
31 Colon - Last: W 2-0 v Gimnasia la Plata - Next: Sun Jun 21 at Estudiantes La Plata

COPA LIBERTADORES

Quarterfinal 2nd Leg Matches (with 1st Leg scores included):
-Wed Jun 17
Nacional v Palmeiras (1-1)
Sao Paulo v Cruzeiro (1-2)
Gremio v Caracas (1-1)
-Thu Jun 18
Estudiantes v Defensor (1-0)

Semifinals
-Wed Jun 24 & Wed Jul 1
Final
-Wed Jul 8 & Wed Jul 15

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