Some News for Tue Feb 16, 2010
STARTERS
Landon Donovan & Tim Howard got a shot at some UEFA Europa League action today as they hosted Sporting of Portugal in a Round of 32 First Leg match. Everton won the game 2-1, but the away goal could cost them dearly. They held the lead until very late when a defender was called for a Penalty and given a Red Card. Howard could not stop the PK. Donovan was voted by Everton fans as the Man of the Match.
UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
The competition has resumed with the 1st Leg of the Round of 16!
A variation to the format this year sees the matches spread out over 4 days instead of 2, giving more TV space for the teams.
dN
Matches & Scores - Round of 16 - 1st Leg:
-Tue Feb 16
Olympique Lyonnais v Real Madrid Club de Futbol - Live at 1:30pm Central on FSC
Associazione Calcio Milan v Manchester United Football Club - Delayed at 4:00pm Central on FSC
-Wed Feb 17
Futebol Clube do Porto v Arsenal Football Club - Live at 1:30pm Central on FSC
Fussball-Club Bayern Munchen v Associazione Calcio Fiorentina e Florentia Viola - Delayed at 4:00pm Central on FSC
-Tue Feb 23
Verein fur Bewegungsspiele Stuttgart 1893 e. V v Futbol Club Barcelona
Olympiacos Club of Fans of Piraeus v Football Club des Girondins de Bordeaux
-Wed Feb 24
Football Club Internazionale Milano Societa per Azioni v Chelsea Football Club
Central Sports Army Club Moscow v Sevilla Futbol Club Sociedad Anonima Deportiva
dN
Noah Davis of Goal.com wonders whether or not a David can slay the Goliaths is this years tournament.
TRAGEDY IN HAITI
CNN gives us a Q & A with Ynes Jean-Bart, the head of the Haitian Football Federation.
-He was one of the lucky few to get out of the headquarters building alive. 30 other members died in the earthquake.
CNN also has an article on rebuilding the countries football infrastructure.
Thanks to Steph for sending this our way.
TWITTERVERSE
CharlieDavies9: "Last Night in the US for a while. Enjoying some good home cooking. Then rehabbing like a beast in France and back on the field soon. Bless"
Wow, just wow.
Thanks to BQ for the heads up on this very exciting post.
THIS IS WHAT ITS ALL ABOUT
Greg Seltzer writing for Soccer 365 clears his mind of all current things football.
MLS NEWS
Ridge Mahoney of Soccer America looks at the situation of former KC Wiz goalkeeper Kevin Hartman. Where does he go next?
dN
Seattle has done new deals with 3 of their players - the team has bought outright the contract of centerback Jonh Kennedy Hurtado (he had been on loan from Deportivo Cali), given midfielder Brad Evans a contract extension, and resigned centerback Tyson Wahl.
dN
The Delaware County Daily Times talks to Union head coach Peter Nowak about his team's start to preseason.
dN
Rumor has it that the Union will play friendlies in Mexico in the next two weeks against the 3 Guadalajara teams Chivas, Atlas and Estudiantes Tecos (formerly UAdG). Thanks to Ronny for the news. [And thanks to Andrew for the correction on where Los Tecos are stationed.]
dN
New Kansas City signing Stephane Auvray from Guadeloupe writes a "welcome" article for the KC Star.
-He played last year at Nimes Olympique in France Ligue 2
dN
David Falk of the Examiner reports that former New York centerback and Jungle Warfare user Jeff Parke is getting another try out with Seattle.
dN
The Seattle Times with an article on the Sounders talented Latino contingent.
dN
Nat Borchers of Real Salt Lake jumps on the Salt Lake Tribune soccer blog to tell us about his team in early preseason.
MLS COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT
The current deal expired on Jan 31, 2010, but the two sides agreed to originally extend it until Feb 12, and now a further 13 days to Feb 25. Negotiations are said to be going well.
dN
Nick Green of the Daily Breeze says that MLS needs to "loosen its purse strings."
-He has a few more things to say on his blog, 100 Percent Soccer.
dN
John Smallwood of the Philadelphia Daily News looks at what happens when you go the other way and just spend spend spend.
USL NEWS
The USL has begun posting their countdown of the Top 25 USL First Division players of the past Decade:
25-21
20
19
18
17
16
15
14
Will any of my beloved Thunder make this list??
SOCCER IN AMERICA
Coming May 20 & 21 to the Silverdome in Detroit: the Green Soccer Bowl - Ghana v Puerto Rico and Kenya v Malaysia.
-More from the Detroit Free Press.
-I don't want to be Mr. Negative here, but what do you think the odds are of this event actually taking place? I give it 6-1 against.
TEAM USA
JERMAINE JONES UPATE! JERMAINE JONES UPATE! JERMAINE JONES UPATE!
Ives Galarcep of Soccer By Ives gives a link to the first Jermaine Jones update we have had all year long. (Here is the original article from Der Westen in German.)
-He is making slow progress, but the injury appears healed and he is working with a ball at his feet.
dN
Official Team Blog
dN
The Original Winger has a video interview with Jonathan Bornstein.
dN
Friendly Match & Score:
USA v El Salvador - 6pm Central on ESPN Classic
Venue: Raymond James Stadium - Tampa FL
AMERICANS IN EUROPE
The Liverpool Daily Echo talks to Everton captain Phil Neville who very much wants the team to buy Landon Donovan.
-They know their best bet to get Donovan is again next January in a similar move as this year. That's not much.
dN
Yanks Abroad talks to former USA great and current Technical Director at NAC Breda in the Netherlands, Earnie Stewart.
dN
Game Action: (only those that played are listed)
ENGLAND - Championship League
Kenny cooper - Plymouth Argyle - Tue Feb 16 v Swansea City
Jay DeMerit - Watford - Tue Feb 16 at Queens Park Rangers
Frank Simek - Sheffield Wednesday - Tue Feb 16 v Doncaster Rovers
ENGLAND - League One
Mike Grella - Leeds - Tue Feb 16 v Walsall
UEFA - Europa League - Round of 32 - 1st Leg
Landon Donovan - Everton - went the distance as they beat Sporting at home 2-1. They second leg is in Lisbon.
Tim Howard - Everton - played the entire match as usual and beat Sporting at home 2-1.
dN
Coming Up: (all possible players are listed)
ENGLAND - Premier League
Stuart Holden - Bolton - Wed Feb 17 at Wigan
ENGLAND - Championship League
Frank Simek - Sheffield Wednesday - Tue Feb 16 v Doncaster Rovers
GREECE - League Cup - Quarterfinal - Replay
Freddy Adu - Aris - Wed Feb 17 v Xanthi
Eddie Johnson - Aris - Wed Feb 17 v Xanthi
AMERICANS IN MEXICO
Coming Up - Mid-week matches:
PRIMERA DIVISION
Edgar Castillo - UANL Tigres - Wed Feb 17 v Santos Laguna
Herculez Gomez - Pueblo - Wed Feb 17 v San Luis
Jose Francisco Torres - Pachuca - Wed Feb 17 v Guadalajara
Marco Vidal - Indios Juarez - Wed Feb 17 at Atlas
UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE
Round of 32, 1st Leg happens this week with one game on Tue Feb 16 and the rest on Thu Feb 18. Here are the match-ups.
ENGLAND
Everton's giant mop-head Marouane Fellaini will be out 6 months after surgery to repair ruptured ankle ligaments.
FRANCE
COUPE DE FRANCE - Round of 16
-Wed Feb 17
Brest v Lens
-Already advanced: PSG, Quevilly, Boulogne, Sochaux, Auxerre, Monaco & St Etienne.
dN
COUPE DE LA LIGUE - Semifinals
-Wed Feb 17
Lorient v Bordeaux
-Marseille has already advanced to the Final.
ITALY
Rob Hughes looks at the still influential dirtiest man in Italian footbal, Lucky Luciano Moggi. He of the Juventus referee fixing scandal of '06.
COPA LIBERTADORES
The Group Stage, which runs through to Apr 22.
dN
Tim Vickery of the BBC looks at the role the Mexican teams play in this tournament.
-That TV money is an important factor.
dN
GROUP STAGE - February Matches & Scores:
-Tue Feb 16
Libertad v Blooming
Colo Colo v Italia
-Wed Feb 17
Universitario v Lanus
Cuenca v Banfield
-Thu Feb 18
Alianza v Estudiantes
Universidad v Caracas
Landon Donovan & Tim Howard got a shot at some UEFA Europa League action today as they hosted Sporting of Portugal in a Round of 32 First Leg match. Everton won the game 2-1, but the away goal could cost them dearly. They held the lead until very late when a defender was called for a Penalty and given a Red Card. Howard could not stop the PK. Donovan was voted by Everton fans as the Man of the Match.
UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
The competition has resumed with the 1st Leg of the Round of 16!
A variation to the format this year sees the matches spread out over 4 days instead of 2, giving more TV space for the teams.
dN
Matches & Scores - Round of 16 - 1st Leg:
-Tue Feb 16
Olympique Lyonnais v Real Madrid Club de Futbol - Live at 1:30pm Central on FSC
Associazione Calcio Milan v Manchester United Football Club - Delayed at 4:00pm Central on FSC
-Wed Feb 17
Futebol Clube do Porto v Arsenal Football Club - Live at 1:30pm Central on FSC
Fussball-Club Bayern Munchen v Associazione Calcio Fiorentina e Florentia Viola - Delayed at 4:00pm Central on FSC
-Tue Feb 23
Verein fur Bewegungsspiele Stuttgart 1893 e. V v Futbol Club Barcelona
Olympiacos Club of Fans of Piraeus v Football Club des Girondins de Bordeaux
-Wed Feb 24
Football Club Internazionale Milano Societa per Azioni v Chelsea Football Club
Central Sports Army Club Moscow v Sevilla Futbol Club Sociedad Anonima Deportiva
dN
Noah Davis of Goal.com wonders whether or not a David can slay the Goliaths is this years tournament.
TRAGEDY IN HAITI
CNN gives us a Q & A with Ynes Jean-Bart, the head of the Haitian Football Federation.
-He was one of the lucky few to get out of the headquarters building alive. 30 other members died in the earthquake.
CNN also has an article on rebuilding the countries football infrastructure.
Thanks to Steph for sending this our way.
TWITTERVERSE
CharlieDavies9: "Last Night in the US for a while. Enjoying some good home cooking. Then rehabbing like a beast in France and back on the field soon. Bless"
Wow, just wow.
Thanks to BQ for the heads up on this very exciting post.
THIS IS WHAT ITS ALL ABOUT
Greg Seltzer writing for Soccer 365 clears his mind of all current things football.
MLS NEWS
Ridge Mahoney of Soccer America looks at the situation of former KC Wiz goalkeeper Kevin Hartman. Where does he go next?
dN
Seattle has done new deals with 3 of their players - the team has bought outright the contract of centerback Jonh Kennedy Hurtado (he had been on loan from Deportivo Cali), given midfielder Brad Evans a contract extension, and resigned centerback Tyson Wahl.
dN
The Delaware County Daily Times talks to Union head coach Peter Nowak about his team's start to preseason.
dN
Rumor has it that the Union will play friendlies in Mexico in the next two weeks against the 3 Guadalajara teams Chivas, Atlas and Estudiantes Tecos (formerly UAdG). Thanks to Ronny for the news. [And thanks to Andrew for the correction on where Los Tecos are stationed.]
dN
New Kansas City signing Stephane Auvray from Guadeloupe writes a "welcome" article for the KC Star.
-He played last year at Nimes Olympique in France Ligue 2
dN
David Falk of the Examiner reports that former New York centerback and Jungle Warfare user Jeff Parke is getting another try out with Seattle.
dN
The Seattle Times with an article on the Sounders talented Latino contingent.
dN
Nat Borchers of Real Salt Lake jumps on the Salt Lake Tribune soccer blog to tell us about his team in early preseason.
MLS COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT
The current deal expired on Jan 31, 2010, but the two sides agreed to originally extend it until Feb 12, and now a further 13 days to Feb 25. Negotiations are said to be going well.
dN
Nick Green of the Daily Breeze says that MLS needs to "loosen its purse strings."
-He has a few more things to say on his blog, 100 Percent Soccer.
dN
John Smallwood of the Philadelphia Daily News looks at what happens when you go the other way and just spend spend spend.
USL NEWS
The USL has begun posting their countdown of the Top 25 USL First Division players of the past Decade:
25-21
20
19
18
17
16
15
14
Will any of my beloved Thunder make this list??
SOCCER IN AMERICA
Coming May 20 & 21 to the Silverdome in Detroit: the Green Soccer Bowl - Ghana v Puerto Rico and Kenya v Malaysia.
-More from the Detroit Free Press.
-I don't want to be Mr. Negative here, but what do you think the odds are of this event actually taking place? I give it 6-1 against.
TEAM USA
JERMAINE JONES UPATE! JERMAINE JONES UPATE! JERMAINE JONES UPATE!
Ives Galarcep of Soccer By Ives gives a link to the first Jermaine Jones update we have had all year long. (Here is the original article from Der Westen in German.)
-He is making slow progress, but the injury appears healed and he is working with a ball at his feet.
dN
Official Team Blog
dN
The Original Winger has a video interview with Jonathan Bornstein.
dN
Friendly Match & Score:
USA v El Salvador - 6pm Central on ESPN Classic
Venue: Raymond James Stadium - Tampa FL
AMERICANS IN EUROPE
The Liverpool Daily Echo talks to Everton captain Phil Neville who very much wants the team to buy Landon Donovan.
-They know their best bet to get Donovan is again next January in a similar move as this year. That's not much.
dN
Yanks Abroad talks to former USA great and current Technical Director at NAC Breda in the Netherlands, Earnie Stewart.
dN
Game Action: (only those that played are listed)
ENGLAND - Championship League
Kenny cooper - Plymouth Argyle - Tue Feb 16 v Swansea City
Jay DeMerit - Watford - Tue Feb 16 at Queens Park Rangers
Frank Simek - Sheffield Wednesday - Tue Feb 16 v Doncaster Rovers
ENGLAND - League One
Mike Grella - Leeds - Tue Feb 16 v Walsall
UEFA - Europa League - Round of 32 - 1st Leg
Landon Donovan - Everton - went the distance as they beat Sporting at home 2-1. They second leg is in Lisbon.
Tim Howard - Everton - played the entire match as usual and beat Sporting at home 2-1.
dN
Coming Up: (all possible players are listed)
ENGLAND - Premier League
Stuart Holden - Bolton - Wed Feb 17 at Wigan
ENGLAND - Championship League
Frank Simek - Sheffield Wednesday - Tue Feb 16 v Doncaster Rovers
GREECE - League Cup - Quarterfinal - Replay
Freddy Adu - Aris - Wed Feb 17 v Xanthi
Eddie Johnson - Aris - Wed Feb 17 v Xanthi
AMERICANS IN MEXICO
Coming Up - Mid-week matches:
PRIMERA DIVISION
Edgar Castillo - UANL Tigres - Wed Feb 17 v Santos Laguna
Herculez Gomez - Pueblo - Wed Feb 17 v San Luis
Jose Francisco Torres - Pachuca - Wed Feb 17 v Guadalajara
Marco Vidal - Indios Juarez - Wed Feb 17 at Atlas
UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE
Round of 32, 1st Leg happens this week with one game on Tue Feb 16 and the rest on Thu Feb 18. Here are the match-ups.
ENGLAND
Everton's giant mop-head Marouane Fellaini will be out 6 months after surgery to repair ruptured ankle ligaments.
FRANCE
COUPE DE FRANCE - Round of 16
-Wed Feb 17
Brest v Lens
-Already advanced: PSG, Quevilly, Boulogne, Sochaux, Auxerre, Monaco & St Etienne.
dN
COUPE DE LA LIGUE - Semifinals
-Wed Feb 17
Lorient v Bordeaux
-Marseille has already advanced to the Final.
ITALY
Rob Hughes looks at the still influential dirtiest man in Italian footbal, Lucky Luciano Moggi. He of the Juventus referee fixing scandal of '06.
COPA LIBERTADORES
The Group Stage, which runs through to Apr 22.
dN
Tim Vickery of the BBC looks at the role the Mexican teams play in this tournament.
-That TV money is an important factor.
dN
GROUP STAGE - February Matches & Scores:
-Tue Feb 16
Libertad v Blooming
Colo Colo v Italia
-Wed Feb 17
Universitario v Lanus
Cuenca v Banfield
-Thu Feb 18
Alianza v Estudiantes
Universidad v Caracas
posted by brucio at 16:16
3 Comments:
that Liverpool Echo article ought to debunk a lot of the Bigsoccer group-think on the subject of Neville hating Donovan
Estudiantes is also a Guadalajara team...
-Andrew
the farmer will definitely make the USL all-time team
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