Some News for Fri Oct 23, 2009
STARTERS
Columbus has won the Supporters Shield for the 2nd year in a row!
dN
Chicago got the win they needed last night to secure their spot in the playoffs.
dN
This leaves 6 MLS teams battling it out this weekend for just 2 playoff spots. Wow!
dN
Some great Charlie Davies news too - according to US Soccer he has had more surgery, then gotten out of bed for the first time in 10 days!
MLS
Week 32 - The Final Round
Matches & Scores:
-Thursday, October 22
Chicago Fire 1-0 Chivas USA - CF goal by Eduardo Llilingston(OG).
Venue: Toyota Park - Bridgeview IL
Attendance:
Value: Chciago needs a point to clinch a playoff spot, while Chivas is hoping to improve their seeding.
-Saturday, October 24
New York Red Bulls v Toronto FC - 6:30pm Central on Direct Kick
Venue: Giants Stadium - East Rutherford NJ
Value: Toronto is on the outside of the playoffs need the win and help from others to get a postseason spot.
Kansas City Wizards v DC United - 7:30pm Central on Direct Kick
Venue: Community America Ballpark - Kansas City KS
Value: DC is on the outside of the playoffs need the win and help from others to get a postseason spot.
Real Salt Lake v Colorado Rapids - 8pm Central on FSC & FSE
Venue: Rio Tinto Stadium - Sandy UT
Value: Salt Lake on the outside of the playoffs need the win and help from others, while Colorado has to hang on to their playoffs spot.
Seattle Sounders FC v FC Dallas - 9:30pm Central on Direct Kick
Venue: Qwest Field - Seattle WA
Value: Seattle playing for seeding, and Dallas needs to maintain to miraculously claim a the playoff spot.
Los Angeles Galaxy v San Jose Earthquakes - 9:30pm Central on Direct Kick
Venue: Home Depot Center - Carson CA
Value: LA wants the #1 spot in the West.
-Sunday, October 25
Chivas USA v Houston Dynamo - 2pm Central on Telefutura
Venue: Home Depot Center - Carson CA
Value: both teams want the top seed in the West.
Columbus Crew v New England Revolution - 5pm Central [UPDATED] on ESPN2 & ESPN Deportes
Venue: Crew Stadium - Columbus OH
Value: New Eng is on the outside of the playoffs need the win and help from others to get a postseason spot.
dN
Twitter today from: dwaynederosario "On route to NY for the Biggest game in TFC history vs NY Red Bulls."
dN
Chris Armas was inducted into the Chicago "Ring of Fire" last night, joining other Fire luminaries Peter Nowak, Frank Klopas, Lubos Kubik, Peter Wilt and Bob Bradley.
dN
Freddie Llungberg writing for ESPN Soccernet tells us about his first season in MLS. How's it been so far? There is also a link to her own blog, which I had never seen before. (thanks to John for the heads up on this one)
-No offense, but I would be shocked if Freddie wrote this himself. I was bummed when I learned that players in England have their columns ghost written for them. (IE David James in the Observer/Guardian.)
dN
Ives Galarcep of Soccer By Ives bids farewell to Giants Stadium.
dN
NYRB's Spanish midfielder Albert Celades has announced that he will retire after the teams game this weekend.
USA @ U17 WORLD CUP
Group Stage Matches & Scores:
-Mon Oct 26
Spain v USA - 1pm Central on ESPNU & Galavision
-Thu Oct 29
USA v Malawi - 10am Central on ESPNU
-Sun Nov 1
USA v UAE - 9am Central on ESPNU
-You can also watch all 3 games online at ESPN360.com
CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
Last night was the last day of the last round of the group stage.
dN
DC United were knocked out of the competition aftering Marathon
dN
Marathon of Honduras and Communicaciones of Guatemala join Arabe Unido, Columbus, Pachuca, Toluca, Cruz Azul and Pumas in the knock out stage.
dN
The Quarterfinals will happen in February of 2010.
dN
Official Web Site, and video highlights from all the games.
dN
Matchday 6:
-Tue Oct 20
Toluca 1-1 DC United - Tol goal by Israel Lopez(PK). DCU goal by Chris Pontius.
Puerto Rico Islanders v Columbus Crew - PRI goal by Noah Delgado. CC goal by Emilio Renteria.
Saprissa 1-2 Cruz Azul - Sap goal by Kendall Watson. CA goals by Ramon Nunez & Pablo Zeballos.
-Wed Oct 21
Pachuca 2-0 Arabe Unido - Pac goals both by Ulises Mendivil.
W Connection 3-2 Real Espana - WC goals by Jose Carlos Diaz(2) & Jose Luis Seabra-Filho. RE goals by Douglas Matosso & Carlos Pavon.
Metapan 3-2 Houston Dynamo - Met goals by Elias Montes, Anel Canales & Emerson Umana. HD goals by Geoff Cameron & Tally Hall.
-Thu Oct 22
San Juan Jabloteh 2-4 Marathon - SJJ goals by Cryano Glen & Travis Mulraine. Mar goals by Walter Martinez & Jerry Nelson Palacios(3).
Comunicaciones 2-1 UNAM Pumas - Com goals by Humberto Gonzalez(OG) & Transito Montepeque. UP goal by Humberto Gonzalez.
dN
Standings:
Group A
ADV - 15 Pachuca
ADV - 10 Arabe Unido
ELIM - 7 Houston Dynamo
ELIM - 3 Metapan
Group B
ADV - 13 Toluca
ADV - 12 Marathon
ELIM - 10 DC United
ELIM - 0 San Juan Jabloteh
Group C
ADV - 16 Cruz Azul
ADV - 8 Columbus Crew
ELIM - 5 Saprissa
ELIM - 3 Puerto Rico Islanders
Group D
ADV - 13 UNAM Pumas
ADV - 9 Comunicaciones
ELIM - 7 W Connection
ELIM - 6 Real Espana
AMERICANS IN EUROPE
Oguchi Onyewu has had his knee surgery to repair a torn tendon and will now need 6 months of recovery time. That leaves very little time to prepare for the World Cup. Not good.
dN
Of the 7 Americans on teams that were in the Europa League this week, only Tim Howard at Everton saw action, and he was creamed for 5 goals at Benfica. Oof!
dN
Game Action: (only those that played are listed)
UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - Thu Oct 22
Tim Howard - Everton - went the full 90 and lost 5-0 at Benfica.
AMERICANS IN MEXICO
The 4 Americans in the top flight are pair up against each other in 2 games during Round 13 (of 17) this weekend.
Unfortunately none of their teams is having great seasons. Indios is already out of the run for the playoffs, while the other 3 are fading from contention, but could still make a late run.
dN
Coming Up:
PRIMERA DIVISION
Edgar Castillo - UANL Tigres - Sat Oct 24 v San Luis
Michael Orozco - San Luis - Sat Oct 24 at Tigres
Jose Francisco Torres - Pachuca - Sat Oct 24 v Indios
Marco Vidal - Indios Juarez - Sat Oct 24 at Pachuca
MEXICO
The Associated Press reports that Mexico will play 8 friendlies in 2010 BEFORE the World Cup. That is a lot of games. 3 will be played in the USA, and who knows how many in other countries. How many do you think will be played on home soil?
BIG EUROPEAN CLUB MATCHES
-Sun Oct 25
Liverpool v Manchester United - could this be the fall off the cliff for Liverpool?
Schalke v Hamburg - #3 hosts #2
Marseille v Paris Saint-Germain - the biggest and ugliest rivalry in France
Fenerbahce v Galatasaray - another of the worlds biggest and most heated rivalries
UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
Matchday 4 will be played on Tue Nov 3 and Wed Nov 4.
dN
Group Stage Standings
UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE
Here are the results from the 3rd of 6 Group Stage games that were played on Thursday.
dN
Matchday 4 will be played on Thu Nov 5.
BRAZIL
With 4 rounds left to play in the Campeanato Brasileiro there are an astonishing 13 teams still technically alive.
dN
Standings - after 30 games played:
54 Palmeiras (31 games played) - Next: Week off
50 Atletico MG - Next: Sat Oct 24 v EC Vitoria
49 Internacional - Next: Sun Oct 25 v Gremio
49 Sao Paulo - Next: Sun Oct 25 at Santos
48 Flamengo - Next: Sun Oct 25 v Botafogo
46 Goias - Next: Sun Oct 25 v Fluminense
45 Cruzeiro - Next: Sun Oct 25 at Corinthians
44 Gremio - Next: Sun Oct 25 at Internacional
44 EC Vitoria - Next: Sat Oct 24 at Atletico MG
43 Avai - Next: Sun Oct 25 v Sport
42 Corinthians - Next: Sun Oct 25 v Cruzeiro
41 Gremio Barueri - Next: Sat Oct 24 at Nautico
41 Santos - Next: Sun Oct 25 v Sao Paulo
ARGENTINA
The biggest derby in the Western Hemisphere is in Argentina on Sunday. And while both are having terrible seasons, the rivalry is still very strong. Boca are in 10th place after 9 (of 19) rounds if the Apertura, while River are way down in 16th.
-Sun Oct 25
River Plate v Boca Juniors
U17 WORLD CUP NIGERIA
Here we go!
Group Stage
Matches & Scores:
-Sat Oct 24
Nigeria v Germany
Brazil v Japan
Honduras v Argentina
Mexico v Switzerland
-Sun Oct 25
Iran v Gambia
Colombia v Netherlands
Turkey v Burkina Faso
Costa Rica v New Zealand
-Mon Oct 26
United Arab Emirates v Malawi
Spain v USA
Uruguay v S Korea
Algeia v Italy
PODCASTS
Jared Montz does an interview with San Jose's Jamaican forward Ryan Johnson who had a breakout season scoring 10 goals.
ENDERS
Our FIF (Friend In Futbol) Mike Biglin of the Boston Herald gets to pimp The Damned United in Roger Eberts film column this week. Very cool indeed.
Columbus has won the Supporters Shield for the 2nd year in a row!
dN
Chicago got the win they needed last night to secure their spot in the playoffs.
dN
This leaves 6 MLS teams battling it out this weekend for just 2 playoff spots. Wow!
dN
Some great Charlie Davies news too - according to US Soccer he has had more surgery, then gotten out of bed for the first time in 10 days!
MLS
Week 32 - The Final Round
Matches & Scores:
-Thursday, October 22
Chicago Fire 1-0 Chivas USA - CF goal by Eduardo Llilingston(OG).
Venue: Toyota Park - Bridgeview IL
Attendance:
Value: Chciago needs a point to clinch a playoff spot, while Chivas is hoping to improve their seeding.
-Saturday, October 24
New York Red Bulls v Toronto FC - 6:30pm Central on Direct Kick
Venue: Giants Stadium - East Rutherford NJ
Value: Toronto is on the outside of the playoffs need the win and help from others to get a postseason spot.
Kansas City Wizards v DC United - 7:30pm Central on Direct Kick
Venue: Community America Ballpark - Kansas City KS
Value: DC is on the outside of the playoffs need the win and help from others to get a postseason spot.
Real Salt Lake v Colorado Rapids - 8pm Central on FSC & FSE
Venue: Rio Tinto Stadium - Sandy UT
Value: Salt Lake on the outside of the playoffs need the win and help from others, while Colorado has to hang on to their playoffs spot.
Seattle Sounders FC v FC Dallas - 9:30pm Central on Direct Kick
Venue: Qwest Field - Seattle WA
Value: Seattle playing for seeding, and Dallas needs to maintain to miraculously claim a the playoff spot.
Los Angeles Galaxy v San Jose Earthquakes - 9:30pm Central on Direct Kick
Venue: Home Depot Center - Carson CA
Value: LA wants the #1 spot in the West.
-Sunday, October 25
Chivas USA v Houston Dynamo - 2pm Central on Telefutura
Venue: Home Depot Center - Carson CA
Value: both teams want the top seed in the West.
Columbus Crew v New England Revolution - 5pm Central [UPDATED] on ESPN2 & ESPN Deportes
Venue: Crew Stadium - Columbus OH
Value: New Eng is on the outside of the playoffs need the win and help from others to get a postseason spot.
dN
Twitter today from: dwaynederosario "On route to NY for the Biggest game in TFC history vs NY Red Bulls."
dN
Chris Armas was inducted into the Chicago "Ring of Fire" last night, joining other Fire luminaries Peter Nowak, Frank Klopas, Lubos Kubik, Peter Wilt and Bob Bradley.
dN
Freddie Llungberg writing for ESPN Soccernet tells us about his first season in MLS. How's it been so far? There is also a link to her own blog, which I had never seen before. (thanks to John for the heads up on this one)
-No offense, but I would be shocked if Freddie wrote this himself. I was bummed when I learned that players in England have their columns ghost written for them. (IE David James in the Observer/Guardian.)
dN
Ives Galarcep of Soccer By Ives bids farewell to Giants Stadium.
dN
NYRB's Spanish midfielder Albert Celades has announced that he will retire after the teams game this weekend.
USA @ U17 WORLD CUP
Group Stage Matches & Scores:
-Mon Oct 26
Spain v USA - 1pm Central on ESPNU & Galavision
-Thu Oct 29
USA v Malawi - 10am Central on ESPNU
-Sun Nov 1
USA v UAE - 9am Central on ESPNU
-You can also watch all 3 games online at ESPN360.com
CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
Last night was the last day of the last round of the group stage.
dN
DC United were knocked out of the competition aftering Marathon
dN
Marathon of Honduras and Communicaciones of Guatemala join Arabe Unido, Columbus, Pachuca, Toluca, Cruz Azul and Pumas in the knock out stage.
dN
The Quarterfinals will happen in February of 2010.
dN
Official Web Site, and video highlights from all the games.
dN
Matchday 6:
-Tue Oct 20
Toluca 1-1 DC United - Tol goal by Israel Lopez(PK). DCU goal by Chris Pontius.
Puerto Rico Islanders v Columbus Crew - PRI goal by Noah Delgado. CC goal by Emilio Renteria.
Saprissa 1-2 Cruz Azul - Sap goal by Kendall Watson. CA goals by Ramon Nunez & Pablo Zeballos.
-Wed Oct 21
Pachuca 2-0 Arabe Unido - Pac goals both by Ulises Mendivil.
W Connection 3-2 Real Espana - WC goals by Jose Carlos Diaz(2) & Jose Luis Seabra-Filho. RE goals by Douglas Matosso & Carlos Pavon.
Metapan 3-2 Houston Dynamo - Met goals by Elias Montes, Anel Canales & Emerson Umana. HD goals by Geoff Cameron & Tally Hall.
-Thu Oct 22
San Juan Jabloteh 2-4 Marathon - SJJ goals by Cryano Glen & Travis Mulraine. Mar goals by Walter Martinez & Jerry Nelson Palacios(3).
Comunicaciones 2-1 UNAM Pumas - Com goals by Humberto Gonzalez(OG) & Transito Montepeque. UP goal by Humberto Gonzalez.
dN
Standings:
Group A
ADV - 15 Pachuca
ADV - 10 Arabe Unido
ELIM - 7 Houston Dynamo
ELIM - 3 Metapan
Group B
ADV - 13 Toluca
ADV - 12 Marathon
ELIM - 10 DC United
ELIM - 0 San Juan Jabloteh
Group C
ADV - 16 Cruz Azul
ADV - 8 Columbus Crew
ELIM - 5 Saprissa
ELIM - 3 Puerto Rico Islanders
Group D
ADV - 13 UNAM Pumas
ADV - 9 Comunicaciones
ELIM - 7 W Connection
ELIM - 6 Real Espana
AMERICANS IN EUROPE
Oguchi Onyewu has had his knee surgery to repair a torn tendon and will now need 6 months of recovery time. That leaves very little time to prepare for the World Cup. Not good.
dN
Of the 7 Americans on teams that were in the Europa League this week, only Tim Howard at Everton saw action, and he was creamed for 5 goals at Benfica. Oof!
dN
Game Action: (only those that played are listed)
UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - Thu Oct 22
Tim Howard - Everton - went the full 90 and lost 5-0 at Benfica.
AMERICANS IN MEXICO
The 4 Americans in the top flight are pair up against each other in 2 games during Round 13 (of 17) this weekend.
Unfortunately none of their teams is having great seasons. Indios is already out of the run for the playoffs, while the other 3 are fading from contention, but could still make a late run.
dN
Coming Up:
PRIMERA DIVISION
Edgar Castillo - UANL Tigres - Sat Oct 24 v San Luis
Michael Orozco - San Luis - Sat Oct 24 at Tigres
Jose Francisco Torres - Pachuca - Sat Oct 24 v Indios
Marco Vidal - Indios Juarez - Sat Oct 24 at Pachuca
MEXICO
The Associated Press reports that Mexico will play 8 friendlies in 2010 BEFORE the World Cup. That is a lot of games. 3 will be played in the USA, and who knows how many in other countries. How many do you think will be played on home soil?
BIG EUROPEAN CLUB MATCHES
-Sun Oct 25
Liverpool v Manchester United - could this be the fall off the cliff for Liverpool?
Schalke v Hamburg - #3 hosts #2
Marseille v Paris Saint-Germain - the biggest and ugliest rivalry in France
Fenerbahce v Galatasaray - another of the worlds biggest and most heated rivalries
UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
Matchday 4 will be played on Tue Nov 3 and Wed Nov 4.
dN
Group Stage Standings
UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE
Here are the results from the 3rd of 6 Group Stage games that were played on Thursday.
dN
Matchday 4 will be played on Thu Nov 5.
BRAZIL
With 4 rounds left to play in the Campeanato Brasileiro there are an astonishing 13 teams still technically alive.
dN
Standings - after 30 games played:
54 Palmeiras (31 games played) - Next: Week off
50 Atletico MG - Next: Sat Oct 24 v EC Vitoria
49 Internacional - Next: Sun Oct 25 v Gremio
49 Sao Paulo - Next: Sun Oct 25 at Santos
48 Flamengo - Next: Sun Oct 25 v Botafogo
46 Goias - Next: Sun Oct 25 v Fluminense
45 Cruzeiro - Next: Sun Oct 25 at Corinthians
44 Gremio - Next: Sun Oct 25 at Internacional
44 EC Vitoria - Next: Sat Oct 24 at Atletico MG
43 Avai - Next: Sun Oct 25 v Sport
42 Corinthians - Next: Sun Oct 25 v Cruzeiro
41 Gremio Barueri - Next: Sat Oct 24 at Nautico
41 Santos - Next: Sun Oct 25 v Sao Paulo
ARGENTINA
The biggest derby in the Western Hemisphere is in Argentina on Sunday. And while both are having terrible seasons, the rivalry is still very strong. Boca are in 10th place after 9 (of 19) rounds if the Apertura, while River are way down in 16th.
-Sun Oct 25
River Plate v Boca Juniors
U17 WORLD CUP NIGERIA
Here we go!
Group Stage
Matches & Scores:
-Sat Oct 24
Nigeria v Germany
Brazil v Japan
Honduras v Argentina
Mexico v Switzerland
-Sun Oct 25
Iran v Gambia
Colombia v Netherlands
Turkey v Burkina Faso
Costa Rica v New Zealand
-Mon Oct 26
United Arab Emirates v Malawi
Spain v USA
Uruguay v S Korea
Algeia v Italy
PODCASTS
Jared Montz does an interview with San Jose's Jamaican forward Ryan Johnson who had a breakout season scoring 10 goals.
ENDERS
Our FIF (Friend In Futbol) Mike Biglin of the Boston Herald gets to pimp The Damned United in Roger Eberts film column this week. Very cool indeed.
posted by brucio at 08:11
1 Comments:
Ya no way Freddy wrote that, waaaay to polished and thought out / cobbled together from stuff I've already seen published.
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