Thursday, November 05, 2009

Some News for Thu Nov 5, 2009

STARTERS

Columbus & Salt Lake square off in the 2nd leg of their first round playoff series. The winner advances to the Semifinals.

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6 teams have already secured their spot in the Round of 16 knock out stage - Chelsea, Porto & Sevilla, Bordeaux, Lyon & Manchester United.

MLS PLAYOFF NEWS

Shawn Mitchell of the Columbus Dispatch says the Crew will not panic tonight, even though they are trailing in the series.

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I would lay some serious cash on the line to bet that Guillermo Barros Schelotto and Alejandro Moreno both start for Columbus tonight. But then again, I don't have an enormous bag of cash to use.

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James Edward of the Deseret News looks at Salt Lake's constant struggles away from home.
-They are 2-11-2 away from home this season.
-Team note: RSL defender Tony Beltran is probable (quadricep muscle strain)

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Michael C Lewis of the Salt Lake Tribune feels that RSL's postseason will have a big effect in one way or another on the team's offseason.
-More notes from Lewis on his blog.

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Jeff Carlisle of ESPN Soccernet previews tonight's big game in Columbus.
-The Crew has not scored a goal in the last 324 minutes of play.

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Bernardo Fallas of the Houston Chronicle repors that the city of Houston is going Orange on Friday. It will all Dynamo all day in the City of Syrup.

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Fallas also writes about the impact of the young guys on the Dynamo - Stuart Holden and Geoff Cameron.

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Jose Miguel Romero of the Seattle Times on the Sounders remarkable first year success story.

MLS PLAYOFF SCHEDULE

First Round playoff matches, home and away series:

2nd Leg (with first leg scores included)
EASTERN CONCERENCE
-Thu Nov 5
Columbus Crew (1) v Real Salt Lake (4) (0-1) - 7pm Central on ESPN2
Venue: Crew Stadium - Columbus OH
-Sat Nov 7
Chicago Fire (2) v New England Revolution (3) (1-2) - 7:30pm Central on FSC
Venue: Toyota Park - Bridgeview IL
WESTERN CONCERENCE
-Sun Nov 8
Houston Dynamo (2) v Seattle Sounder FC (3) (0-0) - 2pm Central on Telefutura
Venue: Robertson Stadium - Houston TX
-Sun Nov 8
Los Angeles Galaxy (1) v Chivas USA (4) (2-2) - 6:30pm Central on ESPN2
Venue: Home Depot Center - Carson CA

MLS POST SEASON AWARDS

Chad Marshall of the Columbus Crew repeats as the Defender Of The Year!

USL NEWS

The league has issued a press release talking about a big get-together they just finished in Oregon with all their First Division team owners, potential owners, and business partners. Read on.

USA U17 TEAM

The USA was knocked out of the World Cup on Wednesday by Italy 2-1 in the Round of 16.

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Brent Latham at ESPN Soccernet with a post-mortem on the USA teams inadequate showing at the World Cup.

AMERICANS IN EUROPE

Coming Up:

UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - Matchday 4:
-Thu Nov 5
Bryan Arguez - Hertha Berlin - at Heerenveen
Dominic Cervi - Celtic - at Hamburg
Clint Dempsey - Fulham - at Roma
Greg Garza - Sporting - v Ventspils
Tim Howard - Everton - v Benfica
Jared Jeffrey - Club Brugge - at Partizan Belgrade
Eddie Johnson - Fulham - at Roma
Matt Luzunaris - Rapid Wien - v Hapoel Tel-Aviv

AMERICANS IN MEXICO

Another round goes by without a win for any of our boys.

Game Action:

PRIMERA DIVISION
-Wed Nov 4
Michael Orozco - San Luis - played all 90 and drew 1-1 at UAdG Tecos.
Jose Francisco Torres - Pachuca - started and played 66 minutes but they lost 1-3 at home to Cruz Azul.
Marco Vidal - Indios Juarez - went the full 90, got a Yellow Card, and drew 1-1 at Guadalajara Chivas.

ENGLAND

The Times of London confirms that American Stan Kroenke has bought more Arsenal stock for the 2nd time this week, taking him to 29.9% ownership of the club, which by London law is the maximum one can hold without buying out the entire team. What happens next?

ITALY

Clarence Seedorf of Milan answers viewer mail at the New York Times blog Goal.

UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

6 teams have already secured their spot in the Round of 16 knock out stage - Chelsea, Porto & Sevilla, Bordeaux, Lyon & Manchester United.

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WEDNESDAY HIGHLIGHTS:
-Barcelona went to Russia, donned ski masks, and got a scoreless draw with Rubin Kazan. Doubtful that is what they wanted.
-Arsenal & Fiorentina both rolled hard over their opponents.
-Liverpool are near disaster (where have we heard that before) and they could only get 1 point against Lyon, who only need that single point to advance.
-Inter Milan made an insane late game comeback in Kyiv. After trailing since early in the game they scored 2 goals in the last 5 minutes to break all Dynamo hearts. Inter had not won in the previous 8 Champions League games.

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I was running around the house like an idiot, just like Jose, when Inter scored the 2nd goal!
















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Rob Hughes of the International Herald Tribune wraps up the 2nd day of this round.

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Matchday 4
-Tue Nov 3
Bayern Munchen 0-2 Bordeaux - Bor goals by Yoann Gourcuff & Marouane Chamakh.
Maccabi Haifa 0-1 Juventus - Juv goal by Mauro Camoranesi.
Manchester United 3-3 CSKA Moskva - MU goals by Michael Owen, Paul Scholes & Antonio Valencia. CM goals by Alan Dzogoev, Milos Krasic & Vasili Berezutski.
Besiktas 0-3 Wolfsburg - Wol goals by Zvjezdan Misimovic, Christian Gentner & Edin Dzeko.
AC Milan 1-1 Real Madrid - ACM goal by Ronaldinho(PK). RM goal by Karim Benzema.
Marseille 6-1 Zurich - Mar goals by Silvan Aegerter(OG), Fabrice Abriel, Mamadou Niang, Hilton, Benoit Cheryrou & Brandao. Zur goal by Alexandre Alphonse.
APOEL 0-1 Porto - Por goal by Falcao.
Atletico Madrid 2-2 Chelsea - AM goals both by Kun Aguero. Che goals both by Didier Drogba.
-Wed Nov 4
Fiorentina 5-2 Debreceni - Fio goals by Adrian Mutu, Dario Dainelli, Riccardo Montolivo, Marco Marchionni & Alberto Gilardino. Deb goals by Gergely Rudolf & Adamo Coulibaly.
Lyon 1-1 Liverpool - Lyo goal by Lisandro. Liv goal by Ryan Babel.
Rubin Kazan 0-0 Barcelona
Dynamo Kyiv 2-1 Inter - DK goal by Andryi Schevchenko. IM goals by Diego Milito & Wesley Schneider.
Unirea Urziceni 1-1 Rangers - UU goal by Marias Onofras. Ran goal by Lee McCulloch.
Sevilla 1-1 Stuttgart - Sev goal by Jesus Navas. Stu goal by Zdravko Kuzmanovic.
Arsenal 4-1 AZ Alkmaar - Ars goals by Cesc Fabregas(2), Samir Nasri & Abou Diaby. AZA goal by Jeremain Lens.
Standard Liege 2-0 Olympiacos - SL goals by Dieudonne Mbokani & Milan Jovanovic.

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Group Stage Standings (after 4 of 6 rounds played):
Group A
+10 Bordeaux
8 Juventus
4 Bayern Munich
0 Maccabi Haifa
Group B
+10 Manchester United
7 Wolfsburg
4 CSKA
1 Besiktas
Group C
7 AC Milan
7 Real Madrid
6 Marseille
3 Zurich
Group D
+10 Chelsea
+9 Porto
2 Atletico Madrid
1 APOEL
Group E
+10 Lyon
9 Fiorentina
4 Liverpool
0 Debrecen
Group F
6 Inter Milan
5 Rubin Kazan
5 Barcelona
4 Dynamo Kyiv
Group G
+10 Sevilla
5 Unirea Urziceni
3 Stuttgart
2 Rangers
Group H
10 Arsenal
6 Olympiacos
4 Standard Liege
2 AZ Alkmaar
+Has secured their spot in the knock out rounds.

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The top 2 teams from each group will advance. While the 3rd place teams move down to the Europa League.

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Matchday 5 will be played on Tue Nov 24 & Wed Nov 25.

UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE

Matchday 4 will be played on Thu Nov 5. See those matches & results here.

ARGENTINA

Gregory Sica of Sports Illustrated writes about young & talented, but sometimes troubled, striker Kun Aguero.

WORLD CUP SOUTH AFRICA 2010

Two journalists from the Guardian are touring SA in advance of the World Cup. Here is day two - and - day three.

U17 WORLD CUP NIGERIA

Official web site

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Round of 16
Matches & Scores:
-Wed Nov 4
Argentina 2-3 Colombia - Arg goals by Leandro Gonzalez Pirez & Sergio Araujo. Col goals by Jeison Murillo, Jean Blanco & Hector Quinones.
Turkey 2-0 UAE - Tur goals by Furkan Seker & Ufuk Ozbek.
Switzerland 4-3 Germany - Swi goals by Ricardo Rodriguez, Haris Seferovic, Andre Goncalves & Nassim Ben Khalifa(PK). Ger goals by Mario Goetze, Florian Trinks & Yunus Malli.
Italy 2-1 USA - Ita goals by Giacomo Beretta & Pietro Iemmello. USA goal by Nick Palodichuk.
-Thu Nov 5
Spain 4-1 Burkina Faso - Spa goals by Sergi Roberto(3) & Adria Carmona(PK). BF goals by Abdoulaye Ibrango.
Iran 1-2 Uruguay - Ira goal by Afshin Esmaeilzadeh. Uru goals both by Gallegos.
Mexico 1-1 South Korea - game ends tied, and SK advance 5-3 in Penalty Kick shootout - Mex goal by Guillermo Madrigal. SK goal by Kim Dong Jin.
Nigeria 5-0 New Zealand - Nuig goals by Edafe Egbedi(2), Stanley Okoro & Sani Emmanuel(2).

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Quarterfinals
Matches & Scores:
-Sun Nov 8
Colombia v Turkey
Italy v Switzerland
-Mon Nov 9
Spain v Uruguay
South Korea v Nigeria

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Semifinals - Thu Nov 12
Final - Sun Nov 15

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Bracket

ENDERS

Adam Spangler of This is American Soccer does a Q & A with author Simon Kuper about the book he just wrote called Soccernomics. (thanks to EM for the link)

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