Some News for Thu Jan 14, 2010
STARTERS
The USA has confirmed a friendly on Wed Feb 24 against El Salvador in Tampa Florida. Expect this to be another USA second string team.
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Brad Guzan was in goal for Aston Villa as the won the first leg of the English League Cup Semifinal 0-1 at Blackburn!
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Estudiantes (formerly UAdG) Tecos & Monterrey have this years Mexican Interliga and will now claim spots in Copa Libertadores.
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David Conn of the Guardian looks at the huge debts that are piling up on Manchester United.
MLS NEWS
The Washington Post has a fantastic anecdote from new Red Bulls head coach Hans Backe. (scroll down a bit)
MLS DRAFT DAY DEALINGS APLENTY
DC United gave up a ton to reacquire goalkeeper Troy Perkins, who they let walk away to Norway for free just 2 years ago. Philly had the rights to Perkins, so DC had to make a deal with them to get him back. They gave up:
-Money
-Midfielder Fred
-And #7 college draft pick this year
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LA acquired Clint Mathis from Real Salt Lake for a swap of draft spots in the First round this year, and a future Third rounder, really not much.
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New York ditched draft picks #31 & #48 for New England right fullback Chris Albright.
MLS COLLEGE PLAYER DRAFT
Here is a list of the complete First Round of selections:
1 Danny Mwanga - F - Philadelphia Union
2 Tony Tchani - M/F - Red Bull New York
3 Ike Opara - D - San Jose Earthquakes
4 Teal Bunbury - F - Kansas City Wizards
5 Zach Lloyd - D/M - FC Dallas
6 Amobi Okugo - M - Philadelphia Union
7 Jack McInerney - F - Philadelphia Union
8 Dilly Duka - M - Columbus Crew
9 Zack Schilawski - F - New England Revolution
10 Blair Gavin - M/F - Chivas USA
11 David Estrada - M/F - Seattle Sounders
12 Bright Dike - F - Columbus Crew
13 Corben Bone - M - Chicago Fire
14 Austin da Luz - M - Red Bull New York
15 Collen Warner - - Real Salt Lake
16 Michael Stephens - M - Los Angeles Galaxy
dN
You can see the other rounds of the draft right here.
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San Jose pick Ike Opara has said he will stay in school and finish the semester in May, then report to team. So he is not immediately help for the struggling Earthquakes.
MLS RUMORS
Nick Green of the Daily Breeze reports that Chivas USA midfielder Paulo Nagamura is likely headed to UANL Tigres.
dN
Soccer 365 with all the latest rumors including whispers concerning Jamsion Olvave, Josh Tudela & Ramon Morales.
SOCCER IN AMERICA
Thomas Dooley and Preki were announced today as the next 2 people to be inducted into the USA Soccer Hall of Fame.
TEAM USA JANUARY TRAINING CAMP
Official Blog
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Marcus Tracy has left camp to deal with tendinitis in his knees. Ouch.
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Yanks Abroad with an article on Alejandro Bedoya.
AMERICANS IN EUROPE
The Associated Press reports on Jozy Altidore's desperate search for family members in Haiti. Via CBA News.
-CNN has a video interview with Jozy.
dN
Arch Bell of Yanks Abroad talks to Clarence Goodson about life at Start, and the January USA training camp.
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GAME ACTION
ENGLAND - League Cup
Brad Guzan - Aston Villa - went the full 90 in goal and won 0-1 at Blackburn in the 1st Leg.
FRANCE - Coupe de Ligue
Carlos Bocanegra - Rennes - started and went a full 120 minutes (added extra times) but lost 3-1 at Lille.
GREECE - League Cup
Eddie Johnson - Aris - came on as a sub in the 79th minute as they beat Asteras Tripolis 2-0.
MEXICO INTERLIGA
Official Web Site
dN
Tecos and Reyados are you winners who now advance to Copa Libertadores.
dN
Playoff Matches & Scores:
-Wed Jan 13
Final 1 - America 0-0 Monterrey - Mon win it 3-1 on Penalty Kicks.
Final 2 - Puebla 2-3 Estudiantes - Pue goals by Alejandro Acosta & Nicolas Olivera. Est goals by Rodrigo Ruiz(2) & Rubens Sambueza.
Venue: Home Depot Center - Carson CA
CANADA
Friendly Match & Score:
-Sun Jan 31
Jamaica v Canada
dN
Here is Canada's roster for that game:
G:
David Monsalve - Inter Turku
D:
Nana Attakora - FC
Adrian Cann - Esbjerg
Andre Hainault - Houston Dynamo
Tylre Hemming - Montreal Impact
Dejan Jakovic - DC United
Ante Jazic - Chivas USA
Adrian Serioux - Toronto FC
Eddy Sidra - Energie Cottbus
M:
Julian de Guzman - Toronto FC
Dwayne DeRosario - Toronto FC
Will Johnson - Real Salt Lake
Samurai Ribeiro - San Jose Earthquakes
Carlo Rivas - Universidad Concepcion
Massih Wassey - Schalke
F:
Stephen Ademolu - Tromso
Ali Gerba - Toronto FC
ENGLAND
On Wednesday Liverpool found themselves bounced from yet another competition as Reading went to Anfield and beat them 1-2 in the FA Cup. Ugh. The season just keeps getting worse.
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LEAGUE CUP - Semifinals
1st Leg - Matches & Scores:
-Thu Jan 14
Blackburn 0-1 Aston Villa
-Tue Jan 19
Manchester City v Manchester United
2nd Leg - Matches & Scores:
-Wed Jan 20
Aston Villa v Blackburn (1-0)
-Wed Jan 27
Manchester United v Manchester City
SPAIN
Barcelona are now officially off the 2009 pace of winning 6 trophies after being knocked out of the Copa Del Rey.
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COPA DEL REY - Round of 16
2nd Leg - Matches & Scores:
-Tue Jan 12
Villarreal 0-1 Celta de Vigo - Celta advance 2-1 on aggregate
-Wed Jan 13
Sevilla 0-1 Barcelona - series ends tied 2-2, and Sevilla advance on the away goals tiebreaker.
Racing Santander 0-0 Alcorcon - Racing advance 3-2 on aggregate.
Deportivo La Coruna 2-2 Valencia - Depor advance 4-3 on aggregate.
Osasuna 1-0 Hercules - series ends tied 2-2, with Osasuna advancing on the away goals tiebreaker.
Getafe 5-1 Malaga - Getafe advance 6-3 on aggregate.
-Thu Jan 14
Mallorca 3-1 Rayo Vallecano - Mallorca advance 4-3 on aggregate.
Atletico Madrid 5-1 Recreativo Huelva - Atletico advance 5-4 on aggregate.
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Quarterfinals
1st Leg
-Wed Jan 20
Deportivo La Coruna v Sevilla
Mallorca v Getafe
Atletico Madrid v Celta Vigo
Racing Santander v Osasuna
2nd Leg
-Wed Jan 27
Sevilla v Deportivo La Coruna
Getafe v Mallorca
Celta Vigo v Atletico Madrid
Osasuna v Racing Santander
ITALY
COPPA ITALIA - Round of 16
Matches & Scores:
-Wed Dec 16
Inter 1-0 Livorno
-Tue Jan 12
Roma 3-1 Triestina
-Wed Jan 13
Milan 2-1 Novara
Genoa 1-2 Catania
Juventus 3-0 Napoli
-Thu Jan 14
Fiorentina 3-2 Chievo
Udinese 2-0 Lumezzane
Lazio 2-0 Palermo
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Quaterfinals
-Dates TBD
Fiorentina v Lazio
Inter v Juventus
Milan v Udinese
Catania v Roma
FRANCE
COUPE DE LA LIGUE - Round of 16
Matches & Scores:
-Tue Jan 12
Sedan 1-0 Clermont Foot
Le Mans v Bordeaux - POSTPONED
-Wed Jan 13
Guingamp 1-0 Paris St Germain
Lyon 3-0 Metz
Lens 1-2 Lorient
Lille 3-1 Rennes
Toulouse 3-0 Nancy
St Etienne 2-3 Marseille
dN
Quarterfinals
-Tue Jan 26
Lorient v Lyon
Le Mans/Bordeaux winner v Sedan
Marseille v Lille
Guingamp v Toulouse
The USA has confirmed a friendly on Wed Feb 24 against El Salvador in Tampa Florida. Expect this to be another USA second string team.
dN
Brad Guzan was in goal for Aston Villa as the won the first leg of the English League Cup Semifinal 0-1 at Blackburn!
dN
Estudiantes (formerly UAdG) Tecos & Monterrey have this years Mexican Interliga and will now claim spots in Copa Libertadores.
dN
David Conn of the Guardian looks at the huge debts that are piling up on Manchester United.
MLS NEWS
The Washington Post has a fantastic anecdote from new Red Bulls head coach Hans Backe. (scroll down a bit)
MLS DRAFT DAY DEALINGS APLENTY
DC United gave up a ton to reacquire goalkeeper Troy Perkins, who they let walk away to Norway for free just 2 years ago. Philly had the rights to Perkins, so DC had to make a deal with them to get him back. They gave up:
-Money
-Midfielder Fred
-And #7 college draft pick this year
dN
LA acquired Clint Mathis from Real Salt Lake for a swap of draft spots in the First round this year, and a future Third rounder, really not much.
dN
New York ditched draft picks #31 & #48 for New England right fullback Chris Albright.
MLS COLLEGE PLAYER DRAFT
Here is a list of the complete First Round of selections:
1 Danny Mwanga - F - Philadelphia Union
2 Tony Tchani - M/F - Red Bull New York
3 Ike Opara - D - San Jose Earthquakes
4 Teal Bunbury - F - Kansas City Wizards
5 Zach Lloyd - D/M - FC Dallas
6 Amobi Okugo - M - Philadelphia Union
7 Jack McInerney - F - Philadelphia Union
8 Dilly Duka - M - Columbus Crew
9 Zack Schilawski - F - New England Revolution
10 Blair Gavin - M/F - Chivas USA
11 David Estrada - M/F - Seattle Sounders
12 Bright Dike - F - Columbus Crew
13 Corben Bone - M - Chicago Fire
14 Austin da Luz - M - Red Bull New York
15 Collen Warner - - Real Salt Lake
16 Michael Stephens - M - Los Angeles Galaxy
dN
You can see the other rounds of the draft right here.
dN
San Jose pick Ike Opara has said he will stay in school and finish the semester in May, then report to team. So he is not immediately help for the struggling Earthquakes.
MLS RUMORS
Nick Green of the Daily Breeze reports that Chivas USA midfielder Paulo Nagamura is likely headed to UANL Tigres.
dN
Soccer 365 with all the latest rumors including whispers concerning Jamsion Olvave, Josh Tudela & Ramon Morales.
SOCCER IN AMERICA
Thomas Dooley and Preki were announced today as the next 2 people to be inducted into the USA Soccer Hall of Fame.
TEAM USA JANUARY TRAINING CAMP
Official Blog
dN
Marcus Tracy has left camp to deal with tendinitis in his knees. Ouch.
dN
Yanks Abroad with an article on Alejandro Bedoya.
AMERICANS IN EUROPE
The Associated Press reports on Jozy Altidore's desperate search for family members in Haiti. Via CBA News.
-CNN has a video interview with Jozy.
dN
Arch Bell of Yanks Abroad talks to Clarence Goodson about life at Start, and the January USA training camp.
dN
GAME ACTION
ENGLAND - League Cup
Brad Guzan - Aston Villa - went the full 90 in goal and won 0-1 at Blackburn in the 1st Leg.
FRANCE - Coupe de Ligue
Carlos Bocanegra - Rennes - started and went a full 120 minutes (added extra times) but lost 3-1 at Lille.
GREECE - League Cup
Eddie Johnson - Aris - came on as a sub in the 79th minute as they beat Asteras Tripolis 2-0.
MEXICO INTERLIGA
Official Web Site
dN
Tecos and Reyados are you winners who now advance to Copa Libertadores.
dN
Playoff Matches & Scores:
-Wed Jan 13
Final 1 - America 0-0 Monterrey - Mon win it 3-1 on Penalty Kicks.
Final 2 - Puebla 2-3 Estudiantes - Pue goals by Alejandro Acosta & Nicolas Olivera. Est goals by Rodrigo Ruiz(2) & Rubens Sambueza.
Venue: Home Depot Center - Carson CA
CANADA
Friendly Match & Score:
-Sun Jan 31
Jamaica v Canada
dN
Here is Canada's roster for that game:
G:
David Monsalve - Inter Turku
D:
Nana Attakora - FC
Adrian Cann - Esbjerg
Andre Hainault - Houston Dynamo
Tylre Hemming - Montreal Impact
Dejan Jakovic - DC United
Ante Jazic - Chivas USA
Adrian Serioux - Toronto FC
Eddy Sidra - Energie Cottbus
M:
Julian de Guzman - Toronto FC
Dwayne DeRosario - Toronto FC
Will Johnson - Real Salt Lake
Samurai Ribeiro - San Jose Earthquakes
Carlo Rivas - Universidad Concepcion
Massih Wassey - Schalke
F:
Stephen Ademolu - Tromso
Ali Gerba - Toronto FC
ENGLAND
On Wednesday Liverpool found themselves bounced from yet another competition as Reading went to Anfield and beat them 1-2 in the FA Cup. Ugh. The season just keeps getting worse.
dN
LEAGUE CUP - Semifinals
1st Leg - Matches & Scores:
-Thu Jan 14
Blackburn 0-1 Aston Villa
-Tue Jan 19
Manchester City v Manchester United
2nd Leg - Matches & Scores:
-Wed Jan 20
Aston Villa v Blackburn (1-0)
-Wed Jan 27
Manchester United v Manchester City
SPAIN
Barcelona are now officially off the 2009 pace of winning 6 trophies after being knocked out of the Copa Del Rey.
dN
COPA DEL REY - Round of 16
2nd Leg - Matches & Scores:
-Tue Jan 12
Villarreal 0-1 Celta de Vigo - Celta advance 2-1 on aggregate
-Wed Jan 13
Sevilla 0-1 Barcelona - series ends tied 2-2, and Sevilla advance on the away goals tiebreaker.
Racing Santander 0-0 Alcorcon - Racing advance 3-2 on aggregate.
Deportivo La Coruna 2-2 Valencia - Depor advance 4-3 on aggregate.
Osasuna 1-0 Hercules - series ends tied 2-2, with Osasuna advancing on the away goals tiebreaker.
Getafe 5-1 Malaga - Getafe advance 6-3 on aggregate.
-Thu Jan 14
Mallorca 3-1 Rayo Vallecano - Mallorca advance 4-3 on aggregate.
Atletico Madrid 5-1 Recreativo Huelva - Atletico advance 5-4 on aggregate.
dN
Quarterfinals
1st Leg
-Wed Jan 20
Deportivo La Coruna v Sevilla
Mallorca v Getafe
Atletico Madrid v Celta Vigo
Racing Santander v Osasuna
2nd Leg
-Wed Jan 27
Sevilla v Deportivo La Coruna
Getafe v Mallorca
Celta Vigo v Atletico Madrid
Osasuna v Racing Santander
ITALY
COPPA ITALIA - Round of 16
Matches & Scores:
-Wed Dec 16
Inter 1-0 Livorno
-Tue Jan 12
Roma 3-1 Triestina
-Wed Jan 13
Milan 2-1 Novara
Genoa 1-2 Catania
Juventus 3-0 Napoli
-Thu Jan 14
Fiorentina 3-2 Chievo
Udinese 2-0 Lumezzane
Lazio 2-0 Palermo
dN
Quaterfinals
-Dates TBD
Fiorentina v Lazio
Inter v Juventus
Milan v Udinese
Catania v Roma
FRANCE
COUPE DE LA LIGUE - Round of 16
Matches & Scores:
-Tue Jan 12
Sedan 1-0 Clermont Foot
Le Mans v Bordeaux - POSTPONED
-Wed Jan 13
Guingamp 1-0 Paris St Germain
Lyon 3-0 Metz
Lens 1-2 Lorient
Lille 3-1 Rennes
Toulouse 3-0 Nancy
St Etienne 2-3 Marseille
dN
Quarterfinals
-Tue Jan 26
Lorient v Lyon
Le Mans/Bordeaux winner v Sedan
Marseille v Lille
Guingamp v Toulouse
posted by brucio at 21:12
1 Comments:
I don't think Perkins left for free. I think DC got something like $750k for him. Still - they paid ALOT to get him back
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