Saturday, June 20, 2009

Some News for Sat Jun 20

STARTERS

Ben Knight of Onward! describes the mayhem at a bar in Toronto as TFC pulled off a miracle Thursday night. They needed to beat Montreal by at least 4 goals to win the Canadian Cup and claim a spot in the CONCACAF Champions League, and no one thought they could do it. But they did. Leading 2-1 at half time, they scored 4 unanswered in the second half to make it happen.

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Blogger is celebrating their 10th birthday this month and they have been sharing some stories with us. My friend Joe noticed this gem: "The most popular sport for our bloggers? Soccer (that's football to the rest of the world), more than four times larger than the #2 sport, baseball"

TEAM USA - CONFEDERATIONS CUP

See you on Sunday afternoon at the Sweetwater to watch the 3rd group stage game for the USA.

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USA Group Stage Matches:
-Mon Jun 15
USA 1-3 Italy - USA goal by Landon Donovan(PK). Ita goals by Giuseppe Rossi(2) & Daniele De Rossi.
Venue: Loftus Versfeld Stadium - Pretoria
-Thu Jun 18
USA 0-3 Brazil - Braz goals by Felipe Melo, Robinho & Douglas Maicon.
Venue: Loftus Versfeld Stadium - Pretoria
-Sun Jun 21
USA v Egypt - 1:25pm Central on ESPN2
Venue: Royal Bafokeng Stadium - Rustenburg

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Kristian Dyer at ESPN Soccernet says that one thing us fans might want to do is lower our expectations. But I can't. I'm not wired that way. I want to win.

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Ives Galarcep at Soccernet reviews the last 2 games and looks ahead a year.

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David Mosse at Soccernet says that Brazil was completely beatable, and the only team he has seen perform that badly against this current edition was Kuwait. Ugh.

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USMNT Official Blog

CONFEDERATIONS CUP SOUTH AFRICA 2009

The rooms of 5 Egyptian players were burglarized during their game with Italy on Thursday.

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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 & Mohamed Shawky.
USA 1-3 Italy - USA goal by Landon Donovan(PK). Ita goals by Giuseppe Rossi(2) & Daniele De Rossi.
-Wed Jun 17
Spain 1-0 Iraq - Spa goal by David Villa.
South Africa 2-0 New Zealand - SA goals both by Bernard Parker.
-Thu Jun 18
USA 0-3 Brazil - Braz goals by Felipe Melo, Robinho & Douglas Maicon.
Egypt 1-0 Italy - Egy goal by Mohamed Homos.
-Sat Jun 20
Iraq 0-0 New Zealand
Spain 2-0 South Africa - Spa goals by David Villa & Fernando Llorente.
-Sun Jun 21
Italy v Brazil - 1:00pm Central on ESPN
Egypt v USA - 1:25pm Central on ESPN2

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Standings (after 3 of 3 rounds):
Group A
9 Spain - ADVANCED
4 South Africa - ADVANCED
1 Iraq - OUT
1 New Zealand - OUT
(after 2 of 3 rounds)
Group B
6 Brazil (+4)
3 Italy (+1)
3 Egypt (0)
0 USA (-5)

MLS

MLS Week 14 Matches:
-Wed Jun 17
Seattle Sounders FC 3-3 DC United - SSFC goals by Oswaldo Alonso, Marc Burch(OG) & Fredy Montero. DCU goals by Chris Pontius, Christian Gomez & Tyrone Marshall(OG).
Venue: Qwest Field - Seattle WA
Attendance: 29,104
-Sat Jun 20
San Jose Earthquakes v Los Angeles Galaxy - 3:30pm Central on ESPN2 & ESPN Deportes
Venue: Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum - Oakland CA
New York Red Bulls v Seattle Sounders FC - 6:30pm Central on Direct Kick
Venue: Giants Stadium - East Rutherford NJ
FC Dallas v Columbus Crew - 7:30pm Central on FSC & FSE
Venue: Pizza Hut Park - Frisco TX
Houston Dynamo v Real Salt Lake - 7:30pm Central on Direct Kick
Venue: Robertson Stadium - Houston TX
Colorado Rapids v DC United - 8:30pm Central on Direct Kick
Venue: Dick's Sporting Goods Park - Commerce City CO

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A really cool article from Soccer America commenting on a moment that came off as glorious in the Seattle v DC game on Wednesday night. I love the subtlety.

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Buzz Carrick of 3rd Degree updates us on the state of FC Dallas after his weekly visit to a practice session.

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Monique Walker of the Boston Globe writes about the return to health of New England keeper Matt "If you come close to me I will knee you" Reis.

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Shawn Mitchell of the Columbus Dispatch with an article on Crew defender Jed Zayner who is seeing a lot more playing time due to injuries and suspensions to teammates.

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US Soccer gives us the audio of the MLS Week 13 Referee Review. Download or listen here.

USL FIRST DIVISION

This Week's Matches & Scores:
-Thu Jun 18
Cleveland City Stars 1-2 Miami FC Blues
Puerto Rico Islanders 1-0 Charleston Battery
-Fri Jun 19
Austin Aztex 1-1 Carolina RailHawks
Portland Timbers 5-1 Minnesota Thunder
-Sat Jun 20
Montreal Impact v Vancouver Whitecaps
Cleveland City Stars v Miami FC Blues
Puerto Rico Islanders v Charleston Battery
-Sun Jun 21
Austin Aztex v Rochester Rhinos

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Standings:
24 Charleston
24 Carolina
23 Portland
22 Puerto Rico
14 Rochester
14 Vancouver
13 Miami
- - Out of Playoffs - -
11 Montreal
11 Austin
8 Cleveland
7 Minnesota

SUPERLIGA 2009

The 3rd edition of the highly entertaining, yet somehow useless summer tournament between 4 MLS & 4 FMF sides begins this weekend - Sat Jun 20. All games on TeleFutura.

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Official Site

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John Connolly of the Boston Herald previews the New England Revolution in the tournament.

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Chicago Now with a preview of the Fire's first opponent San Luis.

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Matchday 1 Matches & Scores:
-Sat Jun 20
Chicago Fire v San Luis - 7pm Central
Venue: Toyota Park – Bridgeview IL
Chivas USA v UANL Tigres - 9pm Central
Venue: The Home Depot Center – Carson CA
-Sun Jun 21
Kansas City Wizards v Atlas - 3:30pm Central
Venue: Hermann Stadium – St Louis MO
New England Revolution v Santos Laguna - 5:30pm Central
Venue: Gillette Stadium – Foxborough MA

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Standings:
Group A
Chicago Fire
Chivas USA
San Luis
UANL Tigres
Group B
New England Revolution
Kansas City Wizards
Santos Laguna
Atlas

AMERICANS IN MEXICO

Michael Orozco and his team San Luis kick off their SuperLiga tournament in Chicago against the Fire. The team has a new manager and this will be his first game in charge.

CANADIAN CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT

Toronto does the impossible and beats Montreal 1-6 to claim the Cup and advance to the CONCACAF Champions League. Dwayne De Rosario lead the charge with 3 goals, but it was Chad The Vasectomy Barrett who grabbed the goal to win by at least 4 and clinch the title. Honestly, I can't believe they pulled it off. I bet the folks in Vancouver think Montreal rolled over and gave the game away.

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Match Schedule:
-Thu Jun 18
Montreal 1-6 Toronto
Match report from the Toronto Globe & Mail.
Match report by Don Girard of the Toronto Star.
Video highlights from TFC.

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Standings (Goal Differential):
9 Toronto (+5)
9 Vancouver (+4)
0 Montreal(-9)

COPA LIBERTADORES

Quarterfinal 2nd Leg Matches (with 1st Leg scores included):
-Wed Jun 17
Nacional 0-0 Palmeiras - series ends tied 1-1 so Nac advance on away goals tie breaker.
Gremio 0-0 Caracas - series ends tied 1-1 so Grem advance on away goals tie breaker.
-Thu Jun 18
Sao Paulo 0-2 Cruzeiro - Cruz advance 4-1 on aggregate. Cruz goals by Henrique & Kleber.
Estudiantes 1-0 Defensor - Est advance 2-0 on aggregate. Est goal by Leandro Benitez.

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Semifinals
1st Leg Matches:
-Wed Jun 24
Estudiantes v Nacional
Cruzeiro v Gremio
2nd Leg Matches:
-Wed Jul 1
Nacional v Estudiantes
Gremio v Cruzeiro

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Final
1st Leg Match:
-Wed Jul 8
2nd Leg Match:
-Wed Jul 15

MIDDLE EAST

Brazilian midfielder Juninho who recently left Lyon has signed with Al Gharafa in Qatar.

AFRICA

The Wall Street Journal with an article on the Englishman who has taken over as coach of the Sudan national team. Would you like that job? St Paul based company Mazamba is doing their kits.

ENDERS

London club Fulham has renamed their official pub in honor of Brian McBride! The website has the details on McBride's Sports Bar. Thanks to our friend BQ for the info.
-Check out page 10 of the teams hospitality guide for more info.

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