Some News for Wed Jun 17
STARTERS
Thursday morning, USA v Brazil, at 8:55am Central time. Where will you be watching? I will be at the Sweetwater as usual. See you there. (location details in the right hand column) Please come say hi!
dN
Wow! Am I a dumbass or what? Yesterday I made a little fuss over the fact that 4 MLS teams have this coming weekend off. Then this morning I realize, of course you idiot, they have SuperLiga games. A classic move on my part.
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Me on Twitta: dunord
TEAM USA - CONFEDERATIONS CUP
Freddy Adu getting spazzy on his Twitter feed today: "whats up with people saying i cant defend? are we talking about 14year old freddy or 20year old freddy? Ive actually gotten alot better."
dN
Jozy Altidore shows another side of the young elite athlete n this Twitter post: "10am tomorrow on espn. Where amazing will happen..."
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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 v Brazil - 8:30am Central on ESPN2
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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USMNT Official Blog
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US Soccer has audio of coach Bob Bradley and forward Landon Donovan previewing the game against Brazil. Download or listen here.
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US Soccer gives us facts, figures, fun and funk in a preview of Thursday's game against Brazil.
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Simon Evans on the Reuters Soccer Blog rips all of us who are dogging Giuseppe Rossi. Please be noted that I don't actually HATE the guy. I am being satirically reactionary. Am I happy for Rossi? No. But it's a different level.
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Mark Zeigler of the San Diego Union Tribune, one of the best in the business, takes on the Rossi situation.
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Michael Lewis of the NY Daily News with his view on the Rossi saga.
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The Boston Globe does not like the odds for Team USA in the coming months. This article comes off as being written by a Johnny-come-lately to me. It also comes across like the crap you read in English or German tabloids.
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AP with an article on the progress or lack-there-of for Freddy Adu. Via USA Today.
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Brent Latham with a match preview of USA v Brazil.
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The Mail & Guardian of South Africa preview USA v Brazil.
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The Johannesburg Times on the prospects of USA or Egypt advancing to the semifinals.
CONFEDERATIONS CUP SOUTH AFRICA 2009
Reuters says that Spain coach Vincente Del Bosque credits so many of his national team players being in England for their success.
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World Soccer with an article on Iraq - where did that amazing team go that won the Asian Cup last year?
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Standings:
Group A
6 Spain
4 South Africa
1 Iraq
0 New Zealand
Group B
3 Italy (+2)
3 Brazil (+1)
0 Egypt (-1)
0 USA (-2)
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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 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 14 Matches:
-Wed Jun 17
Seattle Sounders FC v DC United - 9:30pm Central on ESPN2 & ESPN Deportes
Venue: Qwest Field - Seattle WA
Match preview by Don Ruiz of the Tacoma News Tribune.
Match preview by John Haydon of the Washington Times.
-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
dN
Toronto has the weekend off. The leagues other 4 teams not playing are in SuperLiga action.
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Jeff Carlisle reporting for MLSnet says San Jose forward Cornell Glenn is having problems getting back into the country due to a screw up with his work visa, and the US Embassy refused him an expedited hearing to clear it up. He is expected back next week, 10 days later than planned.
dN
From the Colorado Rapids official blog Undercurrent: "the Rapids and defender Ivan Guerrero have come to an agreement to terminate his contract with the club." The word that he is headed back to his native Honduras to play looks to be finally happening. Good luck to you Ivan.
-Also check out Colorado player Omar Cummings and Kosuke Kimura hanging with Ziggy Marley.
dN
The Washington Post with an article on DC attacking midfielder Christian Gomez who has been slow to fit back in with this old team, but is finally getting it together.
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Shawn Mitchell of the Columbus Dispatch has a (fairly lighthearted) Q & A with injured Crew goalkeeper William Hesmer. It's mainly about the Rolling Stones. No kidding. The Rolling Stones album Beggars Banquet is one of my all time faves.
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Mitchell also reports that Columbus is again chasing forward Stern John who had a fantastic season with the team 10 years ago.
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U Kentucky with an article on their former, now Columbus Crew, goalkeeper Andy Gruenebaum.
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Daniel Girard of the Toronto Star with an article on TFC's rookie forward O'Brian White who they hope lives up to his potential.
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Word from Scotland has TFC chasing Aberdeen midfielder Jamie Smith who has spent the better part of the past 4 season injured. That sounds like a good idea to me!?!?
dN
I am hearing from north of here that TFC and Rohan Ricketts are no longer a couple. They are both free to date others.
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James Edward of the Deseret News on the style of RSL coach Jason Kreis.
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Edward also wrote an article on RSL wide midfielder Will Johnson.
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Edward on player evaluation, and stats.
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Steve Kelly of the Seattle Times on Houston forward Cam Weaver and the motivation he gets from a friends battle cancer.
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Hispanic Market Weekly with an article on the marketing behind Chivas USA. (This article is a couple of weeks old, but still very relevant.)
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Beefcake Alert: Brian Ching shirtless at his ranch on the porch. Hahahahahaha!
US OPEN CUP
Great fun was had last night at the National Sports Center as my Minnesota Thunder beat Chicago Fire PDL 4-0 in the rain. For whatever reason I love rain games, and our team tends to play great in the rain as well. After a simply rotten start to the season the team has begun to get it together and won 3 in a row (2 Open Cup and 1 First Division). They host the Kansas City Wizards on June 30th in the 3rd round. Our boys went to KC in 2005 for a Quarterfinal match and came home with a 1-3 triumph of epic proportions. I have no doubt we will do it again.
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2nd Division Wilmington pulled off the big upset of the round knocking out 1st Division team Carolina (who appear to be falling apart)
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The most convincing win was by Portland going on the road and winning 0-3 over PDL side Sonoma County.
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2nd Round Scores:
-Tue Jun 16
Minnesota Thunder 4-0 Chicago Fire PDL
Venue: National Sports Center, Blaine MN
Carolina RailHawks 3-3 Wilmington Hammerheads - Wilm advance 4-3 on PK's
Venue: WakeMed Soccer Park, Cary NC
Rochester Rhinos 2-1 Cleveland City Stars - Extra time
Venue: Marina Auto Stadium, Rochester NY
Harrisburg City Islanders 0-0 Western Mass Pioneers - Harr advance 4-3 on PK's
Venue: Skyline Sports Complex, Harrisburg PA
Miami FC Blues 0-1 Charleston Battery
Venue: Tropical Park, Miami FL
Austin Aztex 2-0 El Paso Patriots
Venue: Nelson Field, Austin TX
Sonoma County Sol 0-3 Portland Timbers
Venue: Santa Rosa High School, Santa Rosa CA
Ocean City Barons 1-0 Real Maryland Monarchs - Extra time
Venue: Carey Stadium - Ocean City NJ
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A couple of doozy's in the next round to check out - the renewal of the Portland v Seattle derby, a first ever meaningful meeting between Austin & Houston, and a shot at glory for Ocean City as they take on the Cup holders from DC.
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3rd Round (round of 16) Matches:
-Tue Jun 30
Minnesota Thunder v Kansas City Wizards
Venue: National Sports Center - Blaine, MN
New England Revolution v Harrisburg City Islanders
Venue: Veterans Stadium - New Britain, CT
DC United v Ocean City Barons
Venue: Maryland Soccerplex - Boyds, MD
Wilmington Hammerheads v Chicago Fire
Venue: Legion Stadium - Wilmington, NC
Charleston Battery v Chivas USA
Venue: Blackbaud Stadium - Charleston, SC
Rochester Rhinos v Columbus Crew
Venue: Marina Auto Stadium - Rochester, NY
Austin Aztex v Houston Dynamo
Venue: Nelson Field - Austin, TX
Portland Timbers v Seattle Sounders FC
Venue: PGE Park - Portland, OR
SUPERLIGA 2009
The 3rd edition of this tournament between 4 MLS & 4 FMF sides begins this weekend - Sat Jun 20. All games on TeleFutura.
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Orrin Schwarz of Chicago's Daily Herald previews the tournament.
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Official Site
SOCCER IN AMERICA
Hispanic Market Weekly with an article on the tying together of mobile devices, futbol and SUM (the marketing arm of MLS) into a potential gold mine. (thanks to BQ for this one)
US SOCCER NEWS
The World Cup Bid Committee has shortened their list of potential stadiums to 45 in 37 host cities. [CORRECTED] It is a very impressive list.
dN
The USA U20 team heads to Cairo, Egypt, and played a couple of friendlies against the hosts as a warm up before the World Cup in late September.
Matches:
-Sat Jun 27
Egypt v USA
-Mon Jun 29
Egypt v USA
AMERICANS IN EUROPE
Goalkeeper Marcus Hahnemann who was released by Reading when they lost there promotion battle this past season, has signed with newly promoted Wolverhampton. So it's back to the English Premiership for our main metal man Marcus.
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Jermaine Jones the German-American midfielder from Schalke who has declared he wants to switch national team alliances to the USA will have paper work ready and approved by August 2. Should he be an instant call up?
-Soccernet has an article on Jones and his shitstirring ways. "All of the rest just follow and keep quiet. But that is not me."
MEXICO
Jared Borgetti has signed with Puebla. When was the last time he went 2 seasons in a row at the same club?
ENGLAND
Chelsea players Didier Drogba and Jose Bosingwa were given suspension from Champions League play next season of 4 games and 3 games respectively, with an additional 2 and 1 to be tacked on if they misbehave during the next 2 seasons.
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Gregory Sicca at Sports Illustrated wonders where Carlos Tevez will end up if not at Manchester United.
EUROPE
Pitch Invasion reports that Red Bull has bought a 3rd soccer team and renamed it. This time in the 5th division of German Fussball. The team is in older Eastern Block and now hip arty city of Leipzig. (thanks to Gary for the heads up, via Twitter.)
dN
Reuters is reporting the CSKA Sofia has decided to go with a new policy of signing only Bulgarian players. Interesting.
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Lazio has hired Davide Ballardini as their new manager. He was formerly the coach at Palermo.
SOUTH AMERICA
Boca Juniors has fired coach Carlos Ischia with 2 games left to go in the season. They are out of the running for the title, and have now apparently moved on to next year.
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)
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Semifinals
-Wed Jun 24 & Wed Jul 1
Final
-Wed Jul 8 & Wed Jul 15
WORLD CUP QUALIFYING
ASIA
Australia 2-1 Japan
S Korea 1-1 Iran
Bahrain 1-0 Uzbekistan
Saudi Arabia 0-0 N Korea
dN
North Korea joins Australia, Japan and South Korea at the World Cup. Write this down now: N Korea will be in the same group at USA at the World Cup.
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Bahrain & Saudi Arabia will play a home and away series to determine who plays a home and away series against Oceania confederation winner New Zealand for another spot at the World Cup.
ENDERS
A lesson in why you should not pull your shirt over your head or take it off after scoring (click image to enlarge):
Thursday morning, USA v Brazil, at 8:55am Central time. Where will you be watching? I will be at the Sweetwater as usual. See you there. (location details in the right hand column) Please come say hi!
dN
Wow! Am I a dumbass or what? Yesterday I made a little fuss over the fact that 4 MLS teams have this coming weekend off. Then this morning I realize, of course you idiot, they have SuperLiga games. A classic move on my part.
dN
Me on Twitta: dunord
TEAM USA - CONFEDERATIONS CUP
Freddy Adu getting spazzy on his Twitter feed today: "whats up with people saying i cant defend? are we talking about 14year old freddy or 20year old freddy? Ive actually gotten alot better."
dN
Jozy Altidore shows another side of the young elite athlete n this Twitter post: "10am tomorrow on espn. Where amazing will happen..."
dN
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 v Brazil - 8:30am Central on ESPN2
Venue: Loftus Versfeld Stadium - Pretoria
-Sun Jun 21
USA v Egypt - 1:25pm Central on ESPN2
Venue: Royal Bafokeng Stadium - Rustenburg
dN
USMNT Official Blog
dN
US Soccer has audio of coach Bob Bradley and forward Landon Donovan previewing the game against Brazil. Download or listen here.
dN
US Soccer gives us facts, figures, fun and funk in a preview of Thursday's game against Brazil.
dN
Simon Evans on the Reuters Soccer Blog rips all of us who are dogging Giuseppe Rossi. Please be noted that I don't actually HATE the guy. I am being satirically reactionary. Am I happy for Rossi? No. But it's a different level.
dN
Mark Zeigler of the San Diego Union Tribune, one of the best in the business, takes on the Rossi situation.
dN
Michael Lewis of the NY Daily News with his view on the Rossi saga.
dN
The Boston Globe does not like the odds for Team USA in the coming months. This article comes off as being written by a Johnny-come-lately to me. It also comes across like the crap you read in English or German tabloids.
dN
AP with an article on the progress or lack-there-of for Freddy Adu. Via USA Today.
dN
Brent Latham with a match preview of USA v Brazil.
dN
The Mail & Guardian of South Africa preview USA v Brazil.
dN
The Johannesburg Times on the prospects of USA or Egypt advancing to the semifinals.
CONFEDERATIONS CUP SOUTH AFRICA 2009
Reuters says that Spain coach Vincente Del Bosque credits so many of his national team players being in England for their success.
dN
World Soccer with an article on Iraq - where did that amazing team go that won the Asian Cup last year?
dN
Standings:
Group A
6 Spain
4 South Africa
1 Iraq
0 New Zealand
Group B
3 Italy (+2)
3 Brazil (+1)
0 Egypt (-1)
0 USA (-2)
dN
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 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 14 Matches:
-Wed Jun 17
Seattle Sounders FC v DC United - 9:30pm Central on ESPN2 & ESPN Deportes
Venue: Qwest Field - Seattle WA
Match preview by Don Ruiz of the Tacoma News Tribune.
Match preview by John Haydon of the Washington Times.
-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
dN
Toronto has the weekend off. The leagues other 4 teams not playing are in SuperLiga action.
dN
Jeff Carlisle reporting for MLSnet says San Jose forward Cornell Glenn is having problems getting back into the country due to a screw up with his work visa, and the US Embassy refused him an expedited hearing to clear it up. He is expected back next week, 10 days later than planned.
dN
From the Colorado Rapids official blog Undercurrent: "the Rapids and defender Ivan Guerrero have come to an agreement to terminate his contract with the club." The word that he is headed back to his native Honduras to play looks to be finally happening. Good luck to you Ivan.
-Also check out Colorado player Omar Cummings and Kosuke Kimura hanging with Ziggy Marley.
dN
The Washington Post with an article on DC attacking midfielder Christian Gomez who has been slow to fit back in with this old team, but is finally getting it together.
dN
Shawn Mitchell of the Columbus Dispatch has a (fairly lighthearted) Q & A with injured Crew goalkeeper William Hesmer. It's mainly about the Rolling Stones. No kidding. The Rolling Stones album Beggars Banquet is one of my all time faves.
dN
Mitchell also reports that Columbus is again chasing forward Stern John who had a fantastic season with the team 10 years ago.
dN
U Kentucky with an article on their former, now Columbus Crew, goalkeeper Andy Gruenebaum.
dN
Daniel Girard of the Toronto Star with an article on TFC's rookie forward O'Brian White who they hope lives up to his potential.
dN
Word from Scotland has TFC chasing Aberdeen midfielder Jamie Smith who has spent the better part of the past 4 season injured. That sounds like a good idea to me!?!?
dN
I am hearing from north of here that TFC and Rohan Ricketts are no longer a couple. They are both free to date others.
dN
James Edward of the Deseret News on the style of RSL coach Jason Kreis.
dN
Edward also wrote an article on RSL wide midfielder Will Johnson.
dN
Edward on player evaluation, and stats.
dN
Steve Kelly of the Seattle Times on Houston forward Cam Weaver and the motivation he gets from a friends battle cancer.
dN
Hispanic Market Weekly with an article on the marketing behind Chivas USA. (This article is a couple of weeks old, but still very relevant.)
dN
Beefcake Alert: Brian Ching shirtless at his ranch on the porch. Hahahahahaha!
US OPEN CUP
Great fun was had last night at the National Sports Center as my Minnesota Thunder beat Chicago Fire PDL 4-0 in the rain. For whatever reason I love rain games, and our team tends to play great in the rain as well. After a simply rotten start to the season the team has begun to get it together and won 3 in a row (2 Open Cup and 1 First Division). They host the Kansas City Wizards on June 30th in the 3rd round. Our boys went to KC in 2005 for a Quarterfinal match and came home with a 1-3 triumph of epic proportions. I have no doubt we will do it again.
dN
2nd Division Wilmington pulled off the big upset of the round knocking out 1st Division team Carolina (who appear to be falling apart)
dN
The most convincing win was by Portland going on the road and winning 0-3 over PDL side Sonoma County.
dN
2nd Round Scores:
-Tue Jun 16
Minnesota Thunder 4-0 Chicago Fire PDL
Venue: National Sports Center, Blaine MN
Carolina RailHawks 3-3 Wilmington Hammerheads - Wilm advance 4-3 on PK's
Venue: WakeMed Soccer Park, Cary NC
Rochester Rhinos 2-1 Cleveland City Stars - Extra time
Venue: Marina Auto Stadium, Rochester NY
Harrisburg City Islanders 0-0 Western Mass Pioneers - Harr advance 4-3 on PK's
Venue: Skyline Sports Complex, Harrisburg PA
Miami FC Blues 0-1 Charleston Battery
Venue: Tropical Park, Miami FL
Austin Aztex 2-0 El Paso Patriots
Venue: Nelson Field, Austin TX
Sonoma County Sol 0-3 Portland Timbers
Venue: Santa Rosa High School, Santa Rosa CA
Ocean City Barons 1-0 Real Maryland Monarchs - Extra time
Venue: Carey Stadium - Ocean City NJ
dN
A couple of doozy's in the next round to check out - the renewal of the Portland v Seattle derby, a first ever meaningful meeting between Austin & Houston, and a shot at glory for Ocean City as they take on the Cup holders from DC.
dN
3rd Round (round of 16) Matches:
-Tue Jun 30
Minnesota Thunder v Kansas City Wizards
Venue: National Sports Center - Blaine, MN
New England Revolution v Harrisburg City Islanders
Venue: Veterans Stadium - New Britain, CT
DC United v Ocean City Barons
Venue: Maryland Soccerplex - Boyds, MD
Wilmington Hammerheads v Chicago Fire
Venue: Legion Stadium - Wilmington, NC
Charleston Battery v Chivas USA
Venue: Blackbaud Stadium - Charleston, SC
Rochester Rhinos v Columbus Crew
Venue: Marina Auto Stadium - Rochester, NY
Austin Aztex v Houston Dynamo
Venue: Nelson Field - Austin, TX
Portland Timbers v Seattle Sounders FC
Venue: PGE Park - Portland, OR
SUPERLIGA 2009
The 3rd edition of this tournament between 4 MLS & 4 FMF sides begins this weekend - Sat Jun 20. All games on TeleFutura.
dN
Orrin Schwarz of Chicago's Daily Herald previews the tournament.
dN
Official Site
SOCCER IN AMERICA
Hispanic Market Weekly with an article on the tying together of mobile devices, futbol and SUM (the marketing arm of MLS) into a potential gold mine. (thanks to BQ for this one)
US SOCCER NEWS
The World Cup Bid Committee has shortened their list of potential stadiums to 45 in 37 host cities. [CORRECTED] It is a very impressive list.
dN
The USA U20 team heads to Cairo, Egypt, and played a couple of friendlies against the hosts as a warm up before the World Cup in late September.
Matches:
-Sat Jun 27
Egypt v USA
-Mon Jun 29
Egypt v USA
AMERICANS IN EUROPE
Goalkeeper Marcus Hahnemann who was released by Reading when they lost there promotion battle this past season, has signed with newly promoted Wolverhampton. So it's back to the English Premiership for our main metal man Marcus.
dN
Jermaine Jones the German-American midfielder from Schalke who has declared he wants to switch national team alliances to the USA will have paper work ready and approved by August 2. Should he be an instant call up?
-Soccernet has an article on Jones and his shitstirring ways. "All of the rest just follow and keep quiet. But that is not me."
MEXICO
Jared Borgetti has signed with Puebla. When was the last time he went 2 seasons in a row at the same club?
ENGLAND
Chelsea players Didier Drogba and Jose Bosingwa were given suspension from Champions League play next season of 4 games and 3 games respectively, with an additional 2 and 1 to be tacked on if they misbehave during the next 2 seasons.
dN
Gregory Sicca at Sports Illustrated wonders where Carlos Tevez will end up if not at Manchester United.
EUROPE
Pitch Invasion reports that Red Bull has bought a 3rd soccer team and renamed it. This time in the 5th division of German Fussball. The team is in older Eastern Block and now hip arty city of Leipzig. (thanks to Gary for the heads up, via Twitter.)
dN
Reuters is reporting the CSKA Sofia has decided to go with a new policy of signing only Bulgarian players. Interesting.
dN
Lazio has hired Davide Ballardini as their new manager. He was formerly the coach at Palermo.
SOUTH AMERICA
Boca Juniors has fired coach Carlos Ischia with 2 games left to go in the season. They are out of the running for the title, and have now apparently moved on to next year.
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)
dN
Semifinals
-Wed Jun 24 & Wed Jul 1
Final
-Wed Jul 8 & Wed Jul 15
WORLD CUP QUALIFYING
ASIA
Australia 2-1 Japan
S Korea 1-1 Iran
Bahrain 1-0 Uzbekistan
Saudi Arabia 0-0 N Korea
dN
North Korea joins Australia, Japan and South Korea at the World Cup. Write this down now: N Korea will be in the same group at USA at the World Cup.
dN
Bahrain & Saudi Arabia will play a home and away series to determine who plays a home and away series against Oceania confederation winner New Zealand for another spot at the World Cup.
ENDERS
A lesson in why you should not pull your shirt over your head or take it off after scoring (click image to enlarge):
posted by brucio at 16:23
7 Comments:
Love the picture
Have to say I am somewhat surprised at the number of pundits and fans who think it is just peachy that Rossi is "living his Italian dream." One of the commenters on the Zeigler story actually says Arena and Landon are acting like "ugly Americans" because they aren't thrilled little Guiseppe chose to play for the Azzurri. And yet he gives a pass to Rossi's celebration and clueless after the match remarks. Amazing. Now that I have calmed down I agree with Brucio, it would be stupid to hate Rossi, but I will NEVER be a fan of his and, yes, I do resent his decision.
"Satirically reactionary"= best phrase ever. That's fantastic, Bruce!
Kevin A.--
I thought Red Bull had another soccer investment in Ghana (or another African country). Also, they couldn't name the club Red Bull Leipzig due to naming restrictions (Bayer Leverkusen is different!) and named the club RasenBallsport Leipzig instead. That translates into LawnBallsport. Anyway, it should be interesting to see all three major Leipzig teams battle in the same division next year--fights among fans should be expected.
Love the picture at the end.
I believe there are still 48 venues in 37 cities in the runnning.
!!US-BRAZIL SPOILER ALERT!!
I think what Jozy meant to say was, "Where amazing(ly bad things) will happen..."
thanks everyone for the comments
and special thanks to frank for the great info on red bull and leipzig, and the correction
much appreicated
ps. frank can you drop me an email, thanks
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