Some News for Wed Jan 27, 2010
STARTERS
El D! LD! Lando! Landycakes! Landon Frickin Donovan! Call him what you want, he scored his first Everton goal today as they beat Sunderland 2-0!! Nicely done! See it here (scroll down.)
dN
We read today that over 30% of all World Cup tickets are still unsold. I can only hope that this means that all those ticket scalpers that bought boat loads of them hoping to make big bucks off Americans will have their greed rammed right back down their throats. And shame on FIFA for opening the door to these criminals in the first place.
dN
Baseball writer, former MLS press guy, and all around sports junkie Jeff Bradley is chronicling his trip througth Angola for the Africa Cup of Nations. Some extraordinary stuff here. I am really jealous. Thanks to Beau Dure of USA Today for the heads up.
dN
Estudiantes Tecos (formerly UAdG) of Mexico begins their Copa Libertadores hopes tonight in their 1st Leg game of the Play-In round. They travel to Chiclayo, Peru to face Club Juan Aurich, then host Leg 2 next Wed.
FACT OF THE DAY
It's official, Setanta USA will not last 3 seasons as Feb 28 has been announced as their shutdown date. Fox Soccer Channel has acquired most of the assets and will launch their new subscription channel presumably on Mar 1.
TWITTERVERSE
John Molinaro of the CBC: "@JohnMolinaro Onstad on labour talks: we only have 2 or 3 major stumbling blocks, which is a lot better where we were 2 weeks ago when we had 15 or 16"
dN
Inside Minnesota Soccer: "@MinnesotaSoccer - Anybody notice that Tampa Bay Rowdies don't seem to be called the Rowdies anymore? Website changed from tbrowdies.com site to fctampabay.com"
WHY?
So I was reading today that Colorado is going to host Seattle in a preseason game on March 19 as a charity fundraiser, and they are going to call it the Charity Shield. Why? That is the name of an English preseason game that pits the previous seasons Premier League champions against the FA Cup winners. We know that Seattle won the equivalent Open Cup last year, but what has Colorado won? Ever? Their lack of originality is killing me.
MLS NEWS
The Philadelphia Inquirer - and - the Delaware County Times - and - the Philadelphia Daily News all on day 1 in Union-land.
dN
The Seattle Post Intelligencer looks at Sounders season ticket sales - passed 30,000 already and will be capped at 32,000. Wow. Plus other teams notes.
dN
Chicago has made the loan signing of Polish left fullback Kryzsztof Krol official.
MLS RUMORS
Is New York serious about signing semi-ancient Eintracht Frankfurt keeper Oka Nikolov, who has been there for 18 years?
MLS COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT
Ridge Mahoney of Soccer America gives us some update on the negotiations. Not much, but something. And better than nothing.
dN
The current deal expires on Jan 31, 2010. If no deal is in place by then the players could strike or the owners could lock them out.
USSF DIVISION 2
John Molinaro of the CBC talks to former DC United head coach Tom Soehn who is the new technical director of the Vancouver Whitecaps.
USA U20 TEAM
Copa Chivas
Jan 22 - 30 in Guadalajara Mexico
Official website
Group Stage Matches & Scores:
USA 1-3 Pachuca
USA 1-1 Brazil
USA 0-1 UANL Tigres
USA 1-1 Atlas
USA v Saprissa
Group B (4 of 5 games played)
10 Atlas (+7 GD)
7 Saprissa (+1 GD)
7 UANL Tigres (0 GD)
3 Brazil (-1 GD)
3 Pachuca (-4 GD)
2 USA (-3 GD)
There are 3 groups and the 1st & 2nd place team from each group, and the two best 3rd place teams will advance to the Quarterfinals.
Quarterfinals
A1 v 3-1
B1 v 3-2
C1 v A-2
C2 v B-2
NOTE: There are 3 teams from the United States in this tournament, and all are doing quite poorly: Houston Dynamo U18s are in last place of Group c with 0 points from 4 games and a -13 goal differential. Chivas USA U18 is in 5th place (out of 6 teams) in Group A with 3 points from 4 games and a -1 goal differential. And as noted above the USA U20s are in last place in Group B with 2 points from 4 games and a -3 goal differential.
AMERICANS IN EUROPE
Game Action: (only those that played are listed)
ENGLAND - Premiership
Landon Donovan - Everton - started, played 76 minutes, scored the second goal, his debut, and won 2-0 at home over Sunderland.
Brad Friedel - Aston Villa - goes the full 90 as always, grabs another clean sheet as usual and draws 0-0 at home against Arsenal.
Tim Howard - Everton - went the full 90 and won 2-0 at home against Sunderland.
ENGLAND
LEAGUE CUP - Semifinals
2nd Leg - Matches & Scores:
-Wed Jan 27
Manchester United 3-1 Manchester City - Man U advance 4-3 on aggregate.
FINAL - Match & Score:
Aston Villa v Manchester United
dN
Top Premier League Team Standings (22 games played)
51 Chelsea - Last: Wed Jan 27 W 3-0 v Birmingham City
50 Manchester United (23 games played) - Next: Sun Jan 31 at Arsenal
49 Arsenal (23 games played) - Last: Wed Jan 27 D 0-0 at Aston Villa
41 Tottenham (23 games played) - Next: Sat Jan 30 at Birmingham City
38 Manchester City (21 games played) - Next: Sun Jan 31 v Portsmouth
38 Liverpool (23 games played) - Next: Sat Jan 30 v Bolton
SPAIN
COPA DEL REY - Quarterfinals
2nd Leg
-Wed Jan 27
Sevilla 0-1 Deportivo La Coruna - Sev advance 3-1 on aggregate.
Osasuna 0-3 Racing Santander - RC advance 5-1 on aggregate.
-Thu Jan 28
Getafe v Mallorca (2-1)
Celta Vigo v Atletico Madrid (1-1)
FRANCE
COUPE DE FRANCE Round of 32
-Wed Jan 27
Colmar 1-2 Boulogne
Nancy 0-2 Plabennec
-Tue Feb 2
Toulouse v Brest
-Wed Feb 3
Villefranche v Saint Etienne
dN
COUPE DE LA LIGUE
Round of 16
-Tue Jan 26
Le Mans 2-3 Bordeaux
Quarterfinals
-Wed Jan 27
Lorient 1-0 Lyon
Guingamp 0-1 Toulouse
Marseille 2-1 Lille
-Mon Feb 1
Bordeaux v Sedan
ITALY
COPPA ITALIA
Quarterfinals - Matches & Scores:
-Wed Jan 27
Milan 0-1 Udinese
-Thu Jan 28
Inter v Juvenus
Semifinalists:
Fiorentina, Roma, Udinese & ?
COPA LIBERTADORES
The Preliminary (Llave) Round kicks off today with 12 teams play home and away for the final 6 spots (Ganador) in the 8 groups.
Llave Matches & Scores:
1st Leg
-Tue Jan 26
Depotivo Tachira (Venezuela) 1-0 Libertad (Paraguay) - Ganador 1 - DT goal by Armando Maita.
Colon (Argentina) 3-2 Universidad Catolica (Chile) - Ganador 3 - Col goals by Federico Nieto, Esteban Fuertes & Facundo Bertoglio. UC goals both by Juan Morales.
-Wed Jan 27
Juan Aurich (Peru) v Estudiantes Tecos (Mexico) - Ganador 2
Real Potosi (Bolivia) v Cruzeiro (Brazil) - Ganador 4
Newell's Old Boys (Argentina) v Emelec (Ecudador) - Ganador 5
-Thu Jan 28
Junior (Colombia) v Racing Club (Uruguay) - Ganador 6
WORLD CUP 2010 - SOUTH AFRICA
Ronald Blum of the Associated Press talks to management at ESPN about their broadcast plans for the tournament.
El D! LD! Lando! Landycakes! Landon Frickin Donovan! Call him what you want, he scored his first Everton goal today as they beat Sunderland 2-0!! Nicely done! See it here (scroll down.)
dN
We read today that over 30% of all World Cup tickets are still unsold. I can only hope that this means that all those ticket scalpers that bought boat loads of them hoping to make big bucks off Americans will have their greed rammed right back down their throats. And shame on FIFA for opening the door to these criminals in the first place.
dN
Baseball writer, former MLS press guy, and all around sports junkie Jeff Bradley is chronicling his trip througth Angola for the Africa Cup of Nations. Some extraordinary stuff here. I am really jealous. Thanks to Beau Dure of USA Today for the heads up.
dN
Estudiantes Tecos (formerly UAdG) of Mexico begins their Copa Libertadores hopes tonight in their 1st Leg game of the Play-In round. They travel to Chiclayo, Peru to face Club Juan Aurich, then host Leg 2 next Wed.
FACT OF THE DAY
It's official, Setanta USA will not last 3 seasons as Feb 28 has been announced as their shutdown date. Fox Soccer Channel has acquired most of the assets and will launch their new subscription channel presumably on Mar 1.
TWITTERVERSE
John Molinaro of the CBC: "@JohnMolinaro Onstad on labour talks: we only have 2 or 3 major stumbling blocks, which is a lot better where we were 2 weeks ago when we had 15 or 16"
dN
Inside Minnesota Soccer: "@MinnesotaSoccer - Anybody notice that Tampa Bay Rowdies don't seem to be called the Rowdies anymore? Website changed from tbrowdies.com site to fctampabay.com"
WHY?
So I was reading today that Colorado is going to host Seattle in a preseason game on March 19 as a charity fundraiser, and they are going to call it the Charity Shield. Why? That is the name of an English preseason game that pits the previous seasons Premier League champions against the FA Cup winners. We know that Seattle won the equivalent Open Cup last year, but what has Colorado won? Ever? Their lack of originality is killing me.
MLS NEWS
The Philadelphia Inquirer - and - the Delaware County Times - and - the Philadelphia Daily News all on day 1 in Union-land.
dN
The Seattle Post Intelligencer looks at Sounders season ticket sales - passed 30,000 already and will be capped at 32,000. Wow. Plus other teams notes.
dN
Chicago has made the loan signing of Polish left fullback Kryzsztof Krol official.
MLS RUMORS
Is New York serious about signing semi-ancient Eintracht Frankfurt keeper Oka Nikolov, who has been there for 18 years?
MLS COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT
Ridge Mahoney of Soccer America gives us some update on the negotiations. Not much, but something. And better than nothing.
dN
The current deal expires on Jan 31, 2010. If no deal is in place by then the players could strike or the owners could lock them out.
USSF DIVISION 2
John Molinaro of the CBC talks to former DC United head coach Tom Soehn who is the new technical director of the Vancouver Whitecaps.
USA U20 TEAM
Copa Chivas
Jan 22 - 30 in Guadalajara Mexico
Official website
Group Stage Matches & Scores:
USA 1-3 Pachuca
USA 1-1 Brazil
USA 0-1 UANL Tigres
USA 1-1 Atlas
USA v Saprissa
Group B (4 of 5 games played)
10 Atlas (+7 GD)
7 Saprissa (+1 GD)
7 UANL Tigres (0 GD)
3 Brazil (-1 GD)
3 Pachuca (-4 GD)
2 USA (-3 GD)
There are 3 groups and the 1st & 2nd place team from each group, and the two best 3rd place teams will advance to the Quarterfinals.
Quarterfinals
A1 v 3-1
B1 v 3-2
C1 v A-2
C2 v B-2
NOTE: There are 3 teams from the United States in this tournament, and all are doing quite poorly: Houston Dynamo U18s are in last place of Group c with 0 points from 4 games and a -13 goal differential. Chivas USA U18 is in 5th place (out of 6 teams) in Group A with 3 points from 4 games and a -1 goal differential. And as noted above the USA U20s are in last place in Group B with 2 points from 4 games and a -3 goal differential.
AMERICANS IN EUROPE
Game Action: (only those that played are listed)
ENGLAND - Premiership
Landon Donovan - Everton - started, played 76 minutes, scored the second goal, his debut, and won 2-0 at home over Sunderland.
Brad Friedel - Aston Villa - goes the full 90 as always, grabs another clean sheet as usual and draws 0-0 at home against Arsenal.
Tim Howard - Everton - went the full 90 and won 2-0 at home against Sunderland.
ENGLAND
LEAGUE CUP - Semifinals
2nd Leg - Matches & Scores:
-Wed Jan 27
Manchester United 3-1 Manchester City - Man U advance 4-3 on aggregate.
FINAL - Match & Score:
Aston Villa v Manchester United
dN
Top Premier League Team Standings (22 games played)
51 Chelsea - Last: Wed Jan 27 W 3-0 v Birmingham City
50 Manchester United (23 games played) - Next: Sun Jan 31 at Arsenal
49 Arsenal (23 games played) - Last: Wed Jan 27 D 0-0 at Aston Villa
41 Tottenham (23 games played) - Next: Sat Jan 30 at Birmingham City
38 Manchester City (21 games played) - Next: Sun Jan 31 v Portsmouth
38 Liverpool (23 games played) - Next: Sat Jan 30 v Bolton
SPAIN
COPA DEL REY - Quarterfinals
2nd Leg
-Wed Jan 27
Sevilla 0-1 Deportivo La Coruna - Sev advance 3-1 on aggregate.
Osasuna 0-3 Racing Santander - RC advance 5-1 on aggregate.
-Thu Jan 28
Getafe v Mallorca (2-1)
Celta Vigo v Atletico Madrid (1-1)
FRANCE
COUPE DE FRANCE Round of 32
-Wed Jan 27
Colmar 1-2 Boulogne
Nancy 0-2 Plabennec
-Tue Feb 2
Toulouse v Brest
-Wed Feb 3
Villefranche v Saint Etienne
dN
COUPE DE LA LIGUE
Round of 16
-Tue Jan 26
Le Mans 2-3 Bordeaux
Quarterfinals
-Wed Jan 27
Lorient 1-0 Lyon
Guingamp 0-1 Toulouse
Marseille 2-1 Lille
-Mon Feb 1
Bordeaux v Sedan
ITALY
COPPA ITALIA
Quarterfinals - Matches & Scores:
-Wed Jan 27
Milan 0-1 Udinese
-Thu Jan 28
Inter v Juvenus
Semifinalists:
Fiorentina, Roma, Udinese & ?
COPA LIBERTADORES
The Preliminary (Llave) Round kicks off today with 12 teams play home and away for the final 6 spots (Ganador) in the 8 groups.
Llave Matches & Scores:
1st Leg
-Tue Jan 26
Depotivo Tachira (Venezuela) 1-0 Libertad (Paraguay) - Ganador 1 - DT goal by Armando Maita.
Colon (Argentina) 3-2 Universidad Catolica (Chile) - Ganador 3 - Col goals by Federico Nieto, Esteban Fuertes & Facundo Bertoglio. UC goals both by Juan Morales.
-Wed Jan 27
Juan Aurich (Peru) v Estudiantes Tecos (Mexico) - Ganador 2
Real Potosi (Bolivia) v Cruzeiro (Brazil) - Ganador 4
Newell's Old Boys (Argentina) v Emelec (Ecudador) - Ganador 5
-Thu Jan 28
Junior (Colombia) v Racing Club (Uruguay) - Ganador 6
WORLD CUP 2010 - SOUTH AFRICA
Ronald Blum of the Associated Press talks to management at ESPN about their broadcast plans for the tournament.
posted by brucio at 15:43
1 Comments:
Nikolov is still a quality goalkeeper and will keep on till 40 i guess. greetings from germany.
christof
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