Some News for Mon Jan 4, 2010
STARTERS
Everton gives us the first pictures of Landon Donovan upon his arrival in Liverpool on Saturday. He looks thrilled!
dN
All Twitter addresses with a Chicago Fire bias are burning up today saying that Carlos de los Cobos will be the Fire's new head coach.
-There is also talk that left fullback Gonzalo Segares is not coming back to Chicago for next season. I don't think I had heard that before.
dN
Brad Guzan did it again, saving a Penalty Kick for Aston Villa in a FA Cup match. How many has he saved for them now?
dN
Fulham presents .... An Evening With Brian McBride. Very cool.
MLS RUMORS
Big Apple Soccer is reporting that Red Bulls midfielder Jorge Rojas has signed with a club in Venezuela.
MLS GENERATION ADIDAS 2010
Two more players are signing the nice high paying development contracts(bringing the total to 8 so far), both from Wake Forest:
-Corben Bone - Forward
-Ike Opara - Centerback
MLS COACHES MERRY-GO-ROUND
Michael Lewis of Big Apple Soccer with the latest on the New York Red Bulls coaching search.
TEAM USA JANUARY TRAINING CAMP
Here's the official team blog. Expect updates throughout the month.
-Some details on the roster.
USA WORLD CUP 2018/22 BID
Movie director Spike Lee is the latest big name to join the USA Bid Committee. Still no representative of the fans.
AMERICANS IN EUROPE
Mike Grella didn't play at all, but his team Leeds pulled off a huge upset beating Manchester United 0-1 at Old Trafford in the FA Cup.
dN
Greg Lalas at Sports Illustrated wonders if Eddie Johnson will find his chi in Greece.
dN
Fanhouse UK also has a few words from Johnson about his new adventure.
dN
Landon Donovan's first potential games for Everton are both league games, Sat Jan 9 at Arsenal and Sat Jan 16 v Manchester City.
dN
Game Action: (only those that played are listed)
ENGLAND - FA Cup 3rd Round
Jozy Altidore - Hull City - came on as a sub in the 79th minute but lost 4-1 at Wigan.
Jay DeMerit - Watford - went the whole 90 but lost badly 5-0 at Chelsea.
Clint Dempsey - Fulham - played the whole game as they won 1-0 at home against Swindon Town.
Brad Guzan - Aston Villa - went the full 90 saving a PK attempt and won 3-1 at home over Blackburn Rovers.
Tim Howard - Everton - went the distance winning 3-1 at home over Carlisle United.
Frank Simek - Sheffield Wednesday - played the entire match and lost at home 1-2 to Crystal Palace.
ENGLAND - League One
Jon-Paul Pittman - Wycombe - played all 90 in a 0-1 home loss to Norwich City.
SCOTLAND - Premiership
Maurice Edu - Rangers - came on as a sub in the 13th minute for an injury as they drew 1-1 at Celtic.
AMERICANS IN EUROPE - RUMORS
Stories in the ether have Freddy Adu being loaned out to Aris in Greece (just like Eddie Johnson), and Hull City in England (just like Jozy Altidore.) My money says it's neither.
MEXICO
Interliga
Official Web Site
2 teams from this tournament get a spot in the 2010 Copa Libertadores.
The 8 teams are split into 2 groups and the teams in each group play a round robin.
Then the winner of Group A plays the runner up from Group B for one spot, and winner of Group B plays the runner up from Group A for the other spot.
Group A
3 America (+2)
3 Atlante (+1)
0 Estudiantes (-1)
0 Santos (-2)
Group B
3 Puebla (+3)
1 Chiapas (0)
1 Monterrey (0)
0 Tigres (-3)
Matches & Scores:
-Sat Jan 2
Atlante 2-1 Estudiantes Tecos - Atl goals by Daniel Arreola & Guillermo Rojas. ET goal by Mauro Cejas.
America 3-1 Santos Laguna - Ame goals by Alejandro Esqueda, Daniel Montenegro & Salvador Cabanas(PK). SL goal by Juan Pablo Rodriguez(PK).
Venue: Robertson Stadium - Houston TX
Attendance: 10,037
-Sun Jan 3
UANL Tigres 1-4 Puebla UANL goal by Itamar Batista. Pue goals by Alvaro Gonzalez(2) & Carlos Ruiz(2).
Monterrey 0-0 Chiapas Jaguares
Venue: Pizza Hut Park - Frisco TX
Attendance: 4,148
-Tue Jan 5
Estudiantes Tecos v Santos Laguna
Atlante v America
Venue: Pizza Hut Park - Frisco TX
-Wed Jan 6
Chiapas Jaguares v Puebla
UANL Tigres v Monterrey
Venue: Robertson Stadium - Houston TX
-Sat Jan 9
Santos Laguna v Atlante
America v Estudiantes Tecos
Venue: Home Depot Center - Carson CA
-Sun Jan 10
Puebla v UANL Tigres
Monterrey v Chiapas Jaguares
Venue: Home Depot Center - Carson CA
-Wed Jan 13
Final 1 - A1 v B2
Final 2 - B1 v A2
Venue: Home Depot Center - Carson CA
ENGLAND
Looks like Bolton is going to steal Burnley's manager. How do they get away with this in the middle of the season?
dN
Barney Ronay gives us Five Things We Learned From The FA Cup This Weekend.
dN
Here are the scores from the 3rd round of the FA Cup. And 4th round matches that were drawn today.
SPAIN
Sid Lowe of the Guardian tells us about Atletico Madrid's near miracle 3 points and the rest of the weekend in La Liga.
dN
Rob Hughes of the International Herald Tribune wonders how Barcelona plans to come close to repeating their amazing run in 2009 where they won all 6 tournaments they entered. Astonishing.
dN
Top Team Standings (after 15 played) & Next Matches:
40 Barcelona - Last: D 1-1 v Villarreal - Next: Sun Jan 10 at Tenerife
38 Real Madrid - Last: D 0-0 at Osasuna - Next: Sun Jan 10 v Mallorca
32 Valencia - Last: W 1-0 v Espnayol - Next: Sun Jan 10 at Xerez
30 Mallorca - Last: W 2-0 v Athletic Bilbao - Next: Sun Jan 10 at Real Madrid
30 Sevilla - Last: L 2-1 at Atletico Madrid - Next: Sat Jan 9 v Racing Santander
28 Deportivo La Coruna - Last: D 0-0 at Real Zaragoza - Next: Sun Jan 10 v Osasuna
dN
Top Goal Scorers:
12 David Villa - Valencia
11 Zlatan Ibrahimovic - Barcelona
10 Roberto Soldado - Getafe
10 Gonzalo Higuain - Real Madrid
9 Lionel Messi - Barcelona
8 Luis Fabiano - Sevilla
8 Artiz Aduriz - Mallorca
ITALY
Serie A returns from Xmas break with all 18 teams playing games on Wed Jan 6.
Top Team Standings and Next Matches:
39 Inter - Next: Wed Jan 6 at Chievo Verona
31 Milan - Next: Wed Jan 6 v Genoa
30 Juventus - Next: Wed Jan 6 at Parma
28 Roma - Next: Wed Jan 6 at Cagliari
28 Parma - Next: Wed Jan 6 v Juventus
27 Napoli - Next: Wed Jan 6 at Atlanta
AFRICA CUP OF NATIONS
Paul Doyle of the Guardian feels that Ivory Coast has what it takes to win the tournament, which begins this coming weekend!!! Hooray Beer!
ALL AROUND THE WORLD
World Football Insider has a list of who they think will be the 10 most influential people in the game in 2010. Here is 10-6. The top 5 will be listed on Tuesday.
Everton gives us the first pictures of Landon Donovan upon his arrival in Liverpool on Saturday. He looks thrilled!
dN
All Twitter addresses with a Chicago Fire bias are burning up today saying that Carlos de los Cobos will be the Fire's new head coach.
-There is also talk that left fullback Gonzalo Segares is not coming back to Chicago for next season. I don't think I had heard that before.
dN
Brad Guzan did it again, saving a Penalty Kick for Aston Villa in a FA Cup match. How many has he saved for them now?
dN
Fulham presents .... An Evening With Brian McBride. Very cool.
MLS RUMORS
Big Apple Soccer is reporting that Red Bulls midfielder Jorge Rojas has signed with a club in Venezuela.
MLS GENERATION ADIDAS 2010
Two more players are signing the nice high paying development contracts(bringing the total to 8 so far), both from Wake Forest:
-Corben Bone - Forward
-Ike Opara - Centerback
MLS COACHES MERRY-GO-ROUND
Michael Lewis of Big Apple Soccer with the latest on the New York Red Bulls coaching search.
TEAM USA JANUARY TRAINING CAMP
Here's the official team blog. Expect updates throughout the month.
-Some details on the roster.
USA WORLD CUP 2018/22 BID
Movie director Spike Lee is the latest big name to join the USA Bid Committee. Still no representative of the fans.
AMERICANS IN EUROPE
Mike Grella didn't play at all, but his team Leeds pulled off a huge upset beating Manchester United 0-1 at Old Trafford in the FA Cup.
dN
Greg Lalas at Sports Illustrated wonders if Eddie Johnson will find his chi in Greece.
dN
Fanhouse UK also has a few words from Johnson about his new adventure.
dN
Landon Donovan's first potential games for Everton are both league games, Sat Jan 9 at Arsenal and Sat Jan 16 v Manchester City.
dN
Game Action: (only those that played are listed)
ENGLAND - FA Cup 3rd Round
Jozy Altidore - Hull City - came on as a sub in the 79th minute but lost 4-1 at Wigan.
Jay DeMerit - Watford - went the whole 90 but lost badly 5-0 at Chelsea.
Clint Dempsey - Fulham - played the whole game as they won 1-0 at home against Swindon Town.
Brad Guzan - Aston Villa - went the full 90 saving a PK attempt and won 3-1 at home over Blackburn Rovers.
Tim Howard - Everton - went the distance winning 3-1 at home over Carlisle United.
Frank Simek - Sheffield Wednesday - played the entire match and lost at home 1-2 to Crystal Palace.
ENGLAND - League One
Jon-Paul Pittman - Wycombe - played all 90 in a 0-1 home loss to Norwich City.
SCOTLAND - Premiership
Maurice Edu - Rangers - came on as a sub in the 13th minute for an injury as they drew 1-1 at Celtic.
AMERICANS IN EUROPE - RUMORS
Stories in the ether have Freddy Adu being loaned out to Aris in Greece (just like Eddie Johnson), and Hull City in England (just like Jozy Altidore.) My money says it's neither.
MEXICO
Interliga
Official Web Site
2 teams from this tournament get a spot in the 2010 Copa Libertadores.
The 8 teams are split into 2 groups and the teams in each group play a round robin.
Then the winner of Group A plays the runner up from Group B for one spot, and winner of Group B plays the runner up from Group A for the other spot.
Group A
3 America (+2)
3 Atlante (+1)
0 Estudiantes (-1)
0 Santos (-2)
Group B
3 Puebla (+3)
1 Chiapas (0)
1 Monterrey (0)
0 Tigres (-3)
Matches & Scores:
-Sat Jan 2
Atlante 2-1 Estudiantes Tecos - Atl goals by Daniel Arreola & Guillermo Rojas. ET goal by Mauro Cejas.
America 3-1 Santos Laguna - Ame goals by Alejandro Esqueda, Daniel Montenegro & Salvador Cabanas(PK). SL goal by Juan Pablo Rodriguez(PK).
Venue: Robertson Stadium - Houston TX
Attendance: 10,037
-Sun Jan 3
UANL Tigres 1-4 Puebla UANL goal by Itamar Batista. Pue goals by Alvaro Gonzalez(2) & Carlos Ruiz(2).
Monterrey 0-0 Chiapas Jaguares
Venue: Pizza Hut Park - Frisco TX
Attendance: 4,148
-Tue Jan 5
Estudiantes Tecos v Santos Laguna
Atlante v America
Venue: Pizza Hut Park - Frisco TX
-Wed Jan 6
Chiapas Jaguares v Puebla
UANL Tigres v Monterrey
Venue: Robertson Stadium - Houston TX
-Sat Jan 9
Santos Laguna v Atlante
America v Estudiantes Tecos
Venue: Home Depot Center - Carson CA
-Sun Jan 10
Puebla v UANL Tigres
Monterrey v Chiapas Jaguares
Venue: Home Depot Center - Carson CA
-Wed Jan 13
Final 1 - A1 v B2
Final 2 - B1 v A2
Venue: Home Depot Center - Carson CA
ENGLAND
Looks like Bolton is going to steal Burnley's manager. How do they get away with this in the middle of the season?
dN
Barney Ronay gives us Five Things We Learned From The FA Cup This Weekend.
dN
Here are the scores from the 3rd round of the FA Cup. And 4th round matches that were drawn today.
SPAIN
Sid Lowe of the Guardian tells us about Atletico Madrid's near miracle 3 points and the rest of the weekend in La Liga.
dN
Rob Hughes of the International Herald Tribune wonders how Barcelona plans to come close to repeating their amazing run in 2009 where they won all 6 tournaments they entered. Astonishing.
dN
Top Team Standings (after 15 played) & Next Matches:
40 Barcelona - Last: D 1-1 v Villarreal - Next: Sun Jan 10 at Tenerife
38 Real Madrid - Last: D 0-0 at Osasuna - Next: Sun Jan 10 v Mallorca
32 Valencia - Last: W 1-0 v Espnayol - Next: Sun Jan 10 at Xerez
30 Mallorca - Last: W 2-0 v Athletic Bilbao - Next: Sun Jan 10 at Real Madrid
30 Sevilla - Last: L 2-1 at Atletico Madrid - Next: Sat Jan 9 v Racing Santander
28 Deportivo La Coruna - Last: D 0-0 at Real Zaragoza - Next: Sun Jan 10 v Osasuna
dN
Top Goal Scorers:
12 David Villa - Valencia
11 Zlatan Ibrahimovic - Barcelona
10 Roberto Soldado - Getafe
10 Gonzalo Higuain - Real Madrid
9 Lionel Messi - Barcelona
8 Luis Fabiano - Sevilla
8 Artiz Aduriz - Mallorca
ITALY
Serie A returns from Xmas break with all 18 teams playing games on Wed Jan 6.
Top Team Standings and Next Matches:
39 Inter - Next: Wed Jan 6 at Chievo Verona
31 Milan - Next: Wed Jan 6 v Genoa
30 Juventus - Next: Wed Jan 6 at Parma
28 Roma - Next: Wed Jan 6 at Cagliari
28 Parma - Next: Wed Jan 6 v Juventus
27 Napoli - Next: Wed Jan 6 at Atlanta
AFRICA CUP OF NATIONS
Paul Doyle of the Guardian feels that Ivory Coast has what it takes to win the tournament, which begins this coming weekend!!! Hooray Beer!
ALL AROUND THE WORLD
World Football Insider has a list of who they think will be the 10 most influential people in the game in 2010. Here is 10-6. The top 5 will be listed on Tuesday.
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