Some News for Thu Dec 10, 2009
STARTERS
Not good news from the Schalke website: "Jermaine Jones' return to team training is still uncertain. Last week he was back on the training ground, but the comeback was short-lived." See Americans In Europe section for all the details.
dN
The New York Times reports that the loss to Algeria in World Cup qualifying has flamed civil unrest in Egypt.
dN
Here are the 16 teams that have advanced to the knock out stage of the UEFA Champions League: Stuttgart, Barcelona, Inter & Olympiacos join Bayern Munich, CSKA Moskva, Real Madrid, Milan the teams that are through: Arsenal, Bordeaux, Chelsea, Fiorentina, Lyon, Manchester United, Porto & Sevilla.
MLS
Simon Evans of Reuters ponders what could be behind Landon Donovan's potential temporary move to Europe.
dN
Steve Davis of the Daily Soccer Fix hands out a real zinger to the Landon Donovan doubters.
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Sam Stejskal of Chicago Now talks to Fire tech director Frank Klopas about what his team needs to accomplish this off season.
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My Suburban Life.com has an article on Real Salt Lake general manager Garth Lagerway.
MLS RUMORS
Real Madrid goal scoring legend Raul is talking about coming to MLS.
dN
Down The Byline has word that two Kansas City Wizards players could be leaving - Kei Kamara - and - Santiago Hirsig.
dN
Does former Dallas fullback Chris Gbandi want to come back to MLS?
MLS COACHES MERRY-GO-ROUND
Has RSL assistant coach Robin Fraser been to Chicago to talk about becoming the new Fire coach? My friends in the Windy City say yes, he has.
MLS EXPANSION
The Montreal Gazzette reports on commish Don Garber making a visit to Montreal to talk turkey.
MLS STADIUM BUILDING
The Guardian takes a video tour of Red Bull Arena in Harrison.
SOCCER IN AMERICA
The US National Soccer Players Association gives us 10 American players to watch in '10.
USA WORLD CUP 2010 SOUTH AFRICA
Jere Longman of the New York Times talks to Walter Bahr about the famous USA team in 1950 that beat England in the World Cup.
AMERICANS IN EUROPE
I checked in on the Schalke website this morning for progress on the return to the field for Jermaine Jones, and the outlook is not good (in German). Last week we all got excited when it was reported that he had returned to practice. But the pain from a hair line fracture in his left shin returned immediately. No word now on what the plan is. Stay tuned.
dN
The Telegraph reports that contrary to reports yesterday DaMarcus Beasley has not "shut the door" on Rangers just yet.
dN
Game Action: (only those that played are listed)
UEFA - Champions League
DaMarcus Beasley - Rangers - started and went 45 minutes as they lost 1-0 at Sevilla.
MEXICO
Primera Division Liguilla
All playoff rounds are 2 Legs.
Final Matches & Scores:
1st Leg
-Thu Dec 10
Monterrey v Cruz Azul
2nd Leg
-Sun Dec 13
Cruz Azul v Monterrey
UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
The group stage is now over.
dN
Here are the 16 teams that have advanced to the knock out stage: Stuttgart, Barcelona, Inter & Olympiacos join Bayern Munich, CSKA Moskva, Real Madrid, Milan the teams that are through: Arsenal, Bordeaux, Chelsea, Fiorentina, Lyon, Manchester United, Porto & Sevilla.
dN
And here are the 8 that will move down to the Europa League: Juventus, Wolfsburg, Marseille, Atletico Madrid, Liverpool, Rubin Kazan, Unirea Urziceni & Standard Liege.
dN
Juventus joins Liverpool on the list of big names out of the Champions League knock out stage.
dN
Matchday 6
Matches & Scores:
-Tue Dec 8
Juventus 1-4 Bayern Munich - Juv goal by David Trezeguet. BM goals by Hans Jorg Butt(PK), Ivica Olic, Mario Gomez & Anatoliy Tymoshchuk.
Maccabi Haifa 0-1 Bordeaux - Bor goal by Jussie.
Besiktas 1-2 CSKA Moskva - Bes goal by Bobo. CM goals by Milos Krasic & Evgeni Aldonin.
Wolfsburg 1-3 Manchester United - Wol goal by Edin Dzeko. MU goals all by Michael Owen.
Zurich 1-1 Milan - Zur goal by Milan Gajic. Mil goal by Ronaldinho(PK).
Marseille 1-3 Real Madrid - Mar goal by Lucho. RM goals by Cristiano Ronaldo(2) & Raul Albiol.
Chelsea 2-2 APOEL - Che goals by Michael Essien & didier Drgoba. APO goals by Marcin Zewlakow & Nenad Mirosavljevic.
Atletico Madrid 0-3 Porto - Por goals by Bruno Alves, Falcao & Hulk.
-Wed Dec 9
Liverpool 1-2 Fiorentina - Liv goal by Yossi Benayoun. Fio goals by Martin Jorgenson & Alberto Gilardino.
Lyon 4-0 Debreceni - Lyo goals by Bafetimbi Gomis, Michel Bastos, Miralem Pjanic & Aly Cissokho.
Inter 2-0 Rubin Kazan - Int goal by Samuel Eto'o & Mario Balotelli.
Dynamo Kyiv 1-2 Barcelona - DK goal by Milevsky. Bar goals by Xavi Hernandez & Lionel Messi.
Stuttgart 3-1 Unirea Urziceni - Stu goals by Ciprian Marica, Christian Trasch & Pavel Pogrebnyak. UU goal by Antonio Semedo.
Sevilla 1-0 Rangers - Sev goal by Frederic Kanoute.
Olympiacos 1-0 Arsenal - Oly goal by Leonardo.
Standard Liege 1-1 AZ Alkmaar SL goal by Sinan Bolat. AZA goal by Jeremain Lens.
dN
Final Group Standings
dN
The draw for the knockout rounds will be on Fri Dec 18, the day after the Europa League group stage ends.
dN
The first leg of the first round of knockout games begins Tue Feb 16.
ARGENTINA
Just 1 round left now in the Primera Apertura, and 2 teams want the crown. The final round is on Sunday!
dN
Standings, Matches & Scores - after 17 of 19 games played:
41 Banfield - Last: Wed Dec 9 W 1-0 v Tigre - Finale: Sun Dec 13 at Boca Juniors
39 Newell's Old Boys - Last: Wed Dec 9 W 0-2 at Gimnasia La Plata - Finale: Sun Dec 13 v San Lorenzo
- - OUT - -
33 Velez Sarsfield - Next: Thu Dec 10 at Chacarita Juniors - Finale: Sun Dec 13 v Rosario Central
33 Independiente - Last: Tue Dec 8 D 1-1 v Argentinos Juniors
CLUB WORLD CUP
The tournament is being played in Abu Dhabi, and began on Wednesday.
dN
-Wed Dec 9 - Match 1
Al Ahli FC 0-2 Auckland City FC - Auc goals by Adam Dickinson & Chad Coombes.
-Fri Dec 11 - Match 2
TP Mazembe v Pohang Steelers FC
Sat Dec 12 - Match 3
winner Match 1 v Atlante FC
-Tue Dec 15 - Semifinal
Winner Match 2 v Estudiantes de La Plata
-Wed Dec 16 - Semifinal
Winner Match 3 v FC Barcelona
-Sat Dec 19
Final
PODCASTS
I made an appearance on Tuesday night on The Orange Slice from Houston with Brian Balboa and his crew. Download or listen here.
ENDERS
Gabriel Pellizzon has put together a fantastic video montage of Flamengo's triumphant winning of the Brazilian Championship last weekend. All power to the Red & Black.
Not good news from the Schalke website: "Jermaine Jones' return to team training is still uncertain. Last week he was back on the training ground, but the comeback was short-lived." See Americans In Europe section for all the details.
dN
The New York Times reports that the loss to Algeria in World Cup qualifying has flamed civil unrest in Egypt.
dN
Here are the 16 teams that have advanced to the knock out stage of the UEFA Champions League: Stuttgart, Barcelona, Inter & Olympiacos join Bayern Munich, CSKA Moskva, Real Madrid, Milan the teams that are through: Arsenal, Bordeaux, Chelsea, Fiorentina, Lyon, Manchester United, Porto & Sevilla.
MLS
Simon Evans of Reuters ponders what could be behind Landon Donovan's potential temporary move to Europe.
dN
Steve Davis of the Daily Soccer Fix hands out a real zinger to the Landon Donovan doubters.
dN
Sam Stejskal of Chicago Now talks to Fire tech director Frank Klopas about what his team needs to accomplish this off season.
dN
My Suburban Life.com has an article on Real Salt Lake general manager Garth Lagerway.
MLS RUMORS
Real Madrid goal scoring legend Raul is talking about coming to MLS.
dN
Down The Byline has word that two Kansas City Wizards players could be leaving - Kei Kamara - and - Santiago Hirsig.
dN
Does former Dallas fullback Chris Gbandi want to come back to MLS?
MLS COACHES MERRY-GO-ROUND
Has RSL assistant coach Robin Fraser been to Chicago to talk about becoming the new Fire coach? My friends in the Windy City say yes, he has.
MLS EXPANSION
The Montreal Gazzette reports on commish Don Garber making a visit to Montreal to talk turkey.
MLS STADIUM BUILDING
The Guardian takes a video tour of Red Bull Arena in Harrison.
SOCCER IN AMERICA
The US National Soccer Players Association gives us 10 American players to watch in '10.
USA WORLD CUP 2010 SOUTH AFRICA
Jere Longman of the New York Times talks to Walter Bahr about the famous USA team in 1950 that beat England in the World Cup.
AMERICANS IN EUROPE
I checked in on the Schalke website this morning for progress on the return to the field for Jermaine Jones, and the outlook is not good (in German). Last week we all got excited when it was reported that he had returned to practice. But the pain from a hair line fracture in his left shin returned immediately. No word now on what the plan is. Stay tuned.
dN
The Telegraph reports that contrary to reports yesterday DaMarcus Beasley has not "shut the door" on Rangers just yet.
dN
Game Action: (only those that played are listed)
UEFA - Champions League
DaMarcus Beasley - Rangers - started and went 45 minutes as they lost 1-0 at Sevilla.
MEXICO
Primera Division Liguilla
All playoff rounds are 2 Legs.
Final Matches & Scores:
1st Leg
-Thu Dec 10
Monterrey v Cruz Azul
2nd Leg
-Sun Dec 13
Cruz Azul v Monterrey
UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
The group stage is now over.
dN
Here are the 16 teams that have advanced to the knock out stage: Stuttgart, Barcelona, Inter & Olympiacos join Bayern Munich, CSKA Moskva, Real Madrid, Milan the teams that are through: Arsenal, Bordeaux, Chelsea, Fiorentina, Lyon, Manchester United, Porto & Sevilla.
dN
And here are the 8 that will move down to the Europa League: Juventus, Wolfsburg, Marseille, Atletico Madrid, Liverpool, Rubin Kazan, Unirea Urziceni & Standard Liege.
dN
Juventus joins Liverpool on the list of big names out of the Champions League knock out stage.
dN
Matchday 6
Matches & Scores:
-Tue Dec 8
Juventus 1-4 Bayern Munich - Juv goal by David Trezeguet. BM goals by Hans Jorg Butt(PK), Ivica Olic, Mario Gomez & Anatoliy Tymoshchuk.
Maccabi Haifa 0-1 Bordeaux - Bor goal by Jussie.
Besiktas 1-2 CSKA Moskva - Bes goal by Bobo. CM goals by Milos Krasic & Evgeni Aldonin.
Wolfsburg 1-3 Manchester United - Wol goal by Edin Dzeko. MU goals all by Michael Owen.
Zurich 1-1 Milan - Zur goal by Milan Gajic. Mil goal by Ronaldinho(PK).
Marseille 1-3 Real Madrid - Mar goal by Lucho. RM goals by Cristiano Ronaldo(2) & Raul Albiol.
Chelsea 2-2 APOEL - Che goals by Michael Essien & didier Drgoba. APO goals by Marcin Zewlakow & Nenad Mirosavljevic.
Atletico Madrid 0-3 Porto - Por goals by Bruno Alves, Falcao & Hulk.
-Wed Dec 9
Liverpool 1-2 Fiorentina - Liv goal by Yossi Benayoun. Fio goals by Martin Jorgenson & Alberto Gilardino.
Lyon 4-0 Debreceni - Lyo goals by Bafetimbi Gomis, Michel Bastos, Miralem Pjanic & Aly Cissokho.
Inter 2-0 Rubin Kazan - Int goal by Samuel Eto'o & Mario Balotelli.
Dynamo Kyiv 1-2 Barcelona - DK goal by Milevsky. Bar goals by Xavi Hernandez & Lionel Messi.
Stuttgart 3-1 Unirea Urziceni - Stu goals by Ciprian Marica, Christian Trasch & Pavel Pogrebnyak. UU goal by Antonio Semedo.
Sevilla 1-0 Rangers - Sev goal by Frederic Kanoute.
Olympiacos 1-0 Arsenal - Oly goal by Leonardo.
Standard Liege 1-1 AZ Alkmaar SL goal by Sinan Bolat. AZA goal by Jeremain Lens.
dN
Final Group Standings
dN
The draw for the knockout rounds will be on Fri Dec 18, the day after the Europa League group stage ends.
dN
The first leg of the first round of knockout games begins Tue Feb 16.
ARGENTINA
Just 1 round left now in the Primera Apertura, and 2 teams want the crown. The final round is on Sunday!
dN
Standings, Matches & Scores - after 17 of 19 games played:
41 Banfield - Last: Wed Dec 9 W 1-0 v Tigre - Finale: Sun Dec 13 at Boca Juniors
39 Newell's Old Boys - Last: Wed Dec 9 W 0-2 at Gimnasia La Plata - Finale: Sun Dec 13 v San Lorenzo
- - OUT - -
33 Velez Sarsfield - Next: Thu Dec 10 at Chacarita Juniors - Finale: Sun Dec 13 v Rosario Central
33 Independiente - Last: Tue Dec 8 D 1-1 v Argentinos Juniors
CLUB WORLD CUP
The tournament is being played in Abu Dhabi, and began on Wednesday.
dN
-Wed Dec 9 - Match 1
Al Ahli FC 0-2 Auckland City FC - Auc goals by Adam Dickinson & Chad Coombes.
-Fri Dec 11 - Match 2
TP Mazembe v Pohang Steelers FC
Sat Dec 12 - Match 3
winner Match 1 v Atlante FC
-Tue Dec 15 - Semifinal
Winner Match 2 v Estudiantes de La Plata
-Wed Dec 16 - Semifinal
Winner Match 3 v FC Barcelona
-Sat Dec 19
Final
PODCASTS
I made an appearance on Tuesday night on The Orange Slice from Houston with Brian Balboa and his crew. Download or listen here.
ENDERS
Gabriel Pellizzon has put together a fantastic video montage of Flamengo's triumphant winning of the Brazilian Championship last weekend. All power to the Red & Black.
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