Some News for Fri Jul 17

TEAM USA GOLD CUP

Up Next - Quarterfinal Match:
-Sat Jul 18
USA v Panama - 7pm Central on FSC
Venue: Lincoln Financial Field - Philadelphia PA

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The Philadelphia Inquirer writes about the type of players on the current USA team.

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John Smallwood of the Philadelphia Daily News says the USA team is building depth.

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Beau Dure of USA Today also writes about the make up of the USA roster.

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Brent Latham of Yanks Abroad previews the game.

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USMNT Official Blog

CONCACAF GOLD CUP

Official Gold Cup Website

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Steve Davis of ESPN Soccernet gives Canada & Honduras the Dark Horse label to win the tournament.

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See all games on FSC & Univision/Galavision.

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Quarterfinal Matches:
-Sat Jul 18
Canada v Honduras - 4pm Central
USA v Panama - 7pm Central
Venue: Lincoln Financial Field - Philadelphia PA
-Sun Jul 19
Guadeloupe v Costa Rica - 3pm Central
Mexico v Haiti - 6pm Central
Venue: Cowboys Stadium - Arlington TX

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Semifinals
-Thu Jul 23
6pm & 9pm Central
Venue: Soldier Field - Chicago IL

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Final
-Sun Jul 26
2pm Central
Venue: Giants Stadium - East Rutherford NJ

MLS

MLS Week 18 Matches & Scores:
-Thu Jul 16
New York Red Bulls 1-3 Los Angeles Galaxy - NYRB goal by Juan Pablo Angel(PK). LAG goals by Alecko Eskandarian, Landon Donovan & Eddie Lewis.
Attendance: 23,238
Venue: Giants Stadium - East Rutherford NJ
-Sat Jul 18
Toronto FC v Houston Dynamo - 12pm Central on ESPN2 & ESPN Deportes
Venue: BMO Field - Toronto ON
DC United v Colorado Rapids - 7pm Central on Direct Kick
Venue: RFK Stadium - Washington DC
Columbus Crew v Real Salt Lake - 7pm Central on Direct Kick
Venue: Crew Stadium - Columbus OH
Chicago Fire v San Jose Earthquakes - 7:30pm Central on Direct Kick
Venue: Toyota Park - Bridgeview IL
-Sun Jul 19
New England Revolution v Chivas USA - 5pm Central on Direct Kick
Venue: Gillette Stadium - Foxborough MA

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For three years now David Beckham has played at Giants Stadium in New Jersey with the LA Galaxy, and each time the attendance (which was amazing in year 1) has taken a dramatic drop. This year was 1/3 the number from 2 years ago:
-2007: 66,237
-2008: 46,754
-2009: 23,238

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Michael C Lewis of the Salt Lake Tribune reports that RSL has signed Dutch forward Rachid El Khalifi from Cambuur in the Netherlands 2nd tier. The deal is still pending a work permit.

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Our friend Ives Galarcep of Soccer By Ives gives us his thoughts on the Galaxy's 4th win in a row. Impressive.

THE BECKMAN BOOK

The Beckham Experiment: How The World's Most Famous Athlete Tried To Conquer America
By Grant Wahl

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See the du Nord Question & Answer Session With.... Grant Wahl posted Thursday.

MLS SUMMER EXHIBITIONS

-Sat Jul 18
Seattle Sounders FC v Chelsea (England) - 2pm Central time on ESPN2
Venue: Qwest Field - Seattle WA
-Sun Jul 19
Los Angeles Galaxy v AC Milan - 9pm Central on ESPN
Venue: Home Depot Center - Carson CA

WORLD FOOTBALL CHALLENGE

Some of the worlds biggest clubs come to America for preseason training and exhibition matches. This series of matches kicks off this weekend.

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Matches & Scores
-Sun Jul 19
Club America v Inter Milan
Venue: Stanford Stadium - Palo Alto CA

USL FIRST DIVISION

Matches & Scores:
-Fri Jul 17
Cleveland City Stars v Charleston Battery
Miami FC Blues v Portland Timbers
Carolina RailHawks v Vancouver Whitecaps
-Sat Jul 18
Rochester Rhinos v Charleston Battery
Minnesota Thunder v Austin Aztex
-Sun Jul 19
Montreal Impact v Puerto Rico Islanders
Miami FC Blues v Portland Timbers

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Standings:
31 Puerto Rico
30 Portland(+15)
30 Charleston(+8)
27 Carolina
25 Rochester
20 Miami
18 Vancouver(+1)
- - Out of Playoffs - -
18 Montreal(-4)
15 Austin
11 Minnesota(-9)
11 Cleveland(-14)

US SOCCER 2009 DEVELOPMENT ACADEMY FINALS

Championship Tournament being held July 10-17 at Home Depot Center in Carson CA.

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Carmel United of Indiana beat DC United in the U18 Final to retain the championship they won last year. Huge congrats to them.

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Here are all the scores: U18 - and - U16.

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U18 Final
-Thu Jul 16
1st/2nd Place: Carmel United 1-0 DC United - CU goal by Nikita Kotlov.
3rd/4th Place: IMG 1-0 Real Colorado
5th/6th Place: FC Greater Boston 2-3 PDA
7th/8th Place: Dallas Texans 1-0 CASL Chelsea FC

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U16 Final
-Fri Jul 17
1st/2nd Place: Cal Odyssey v Derby County Wolves - 9pm Central on ESPN Classic.
3rd/4th Place: PDA v Chicago Magic AS Monaco
5th/6th Place: Washington Premier v FC Dallas
7th/8th Place: Greensboro Youth Soccer v New York Red Bulls

USA U17 TEAM

The USA U17 team is headed to Brazil for the Copa Macae.

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Group Stage Matches:
-Sat Jul 18
USA v Flamengo
-Sun Jul 19
USA v Artsul
-Tue Jul 21
USA v Cidade do Sol

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Followed by Quarterfinals on Jul 23, Semifinals on Jul 25 and Finals on Jul 26.

AMERICANS IN EUROPE

Clint Dempsey & Fulham will play the winner of Vetra (Lithuania) and Helsinki (Finland) in the Third Qualifying Round of the Europa League. The games will take place on Thu Jul 30 & Thu Aug 6.

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Brent Latham of Yanks Abroad talks to potential American U20 star Mikkel Diskerud.

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Mix Diskerud - Stabaek
UEFA Champions League - 2nd qualifying round
Second Leg
-Tue Jul 21
v Tirana (1-1)

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Marcus Tracy - Aalborg
UEFA Europa League - 2nd round qualifying
Second Leg
-Thu Jul 23
at Slavija (0-0)

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Ryan Guy - St Patrick's Athletic
UEFA Europa League - 2nd round qualifying
Second Leg
-Thu Jul 23
at Valletta (1-1)

ENGLAND

Scary stuff: Manchester United were due to play in Jakarta, Indonesia on Monday but the hotel they were supposed to stay in was bombed early Friday morning. 9 people were killed.

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Leaders In Football takes a look at the long and short term implications of ESPN buying English broadcast rights for Premiership games. (ESPN has also acquired UK & Ireland TV rights for the Scottish Premier League.)

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LIF also reports that "Stan Kroenke has acquired another 160 shares in Arsenal for £1.5 million, bringing his total shareholding to 28.58 per cent of the London club."

EUROPE

Inter has finally made a move to strength the centerback spots by signing Brazilian Lucio from Bayern Munich.

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The other huge Inter story is that they are negotiating with Barcelona to swap Zlatan Ibrahimovic for Samuel Eto'o, Alexandre Hleb and 35 Million Euros. Wow. Will this happen?

WORLD CUP SOUTH AFRICA 2010

Rob Hughes of the International Herald Tribune talks to Archbishop Desmond Tutu about what the World Cup will do for his still struggling country.