Some News for Tue Feb 9, 2010
STARTERS
I had a thought last night that all these injuries to Team USA members right now is actually a good thing. This means that when it comes time for the big games in South Africa all of our players will be rested, repaired and ready to go, while other countries will feel their injuries at the wrong time. I am trying to spin this all positive!
dN
This video has been storming the internets today - A compilation of all 42 international goals scored by Landon Donovan. From 723 Football Films. (thanks to Jimmy for the link)
HAITIAN RELIEF EFFORTS
The Daily Mail with a big article on Jozy Altidore and Haitian relief.
TWITTERVERSE/FACEBOOKING
DaMarcus Beasley on his hamstring injury that has kept him out for several weeks now: "No not injured again.. Still the same injury, jus taken a lot longer than expected.."
QUOTE OF THE DAY
San Francisco 49er's QB Alex Smith to Yahoo Sports UK: "I follow the MLS a little, which they are trying to build up, and also the English Premier League. I'm not as big into it as some of my friends but I will absolutely be cheering for the USA against England in the World Cup."
MLS NEWS
Sam Stejskal of Chicago Now talks to Dutch striker Collins John who is getting a shot to try and make the Chicago Fire roster.
dN
I am sorry for missing this late last week:
Buzz Carrick of 3rd Degree fills us in on early FC Dallas preseason - Practice Observations.
dN
Soccer America notes all the MLS roster moves since the end of last season.
-It is interesting to note that 4 long time names have entered retirement:
Jay Heaps
Jesse Marsch
Ben Olsen
Brandon Prideaux
dN
Jed Zayner, fullback for the Columbus Crew has been talking his teammates into contributing to his blog. Some really good stuff here in between the typical athlete blather (not from Zayner - from the other guys).
dN
Marc Narducci of the Philly Inquirer on how the team is being shaped and the bonding going on at Union spring training.
-"Union manager Peter Nowak insists that he will fit his system around the players rather than the other way around."
dN
Jonathan Tannewald of Philly.com with some info on the Union training in Mexico, and whole bunch of quotes from the coaching staff about preseason so far.
dN
Jose Romero of the Seattle Times reports that a Chinese player is training with the Sounders.
dN
Seattle PI with injury reports and "praise" from Sounders camp.
dN
DC will have a competition between Honduran centerback Quiarol Arzu and Jamaican centerback Jermaine Taylor for a precious spot on the roster.
dN
Frank Giase of the Newark Star Ledger is another who sees promise in the new Red Bulls management team.
MLS/SUM BUSINESS
Kyle McCarthy of Goal.com dips inside the machine to show us how the yearly match schedule is made.
USSF DIVISION 2
Peter Wilt at Pitch Invasion does a Q & A with St Louis owner & NASL Commissioner Jeff Cooper.
dN
Coming in 2011 - the Edmonton Drillers. But contrary to what was rumored earlier, they will NOT be affiliated with the Vancouver Whitecaps.
-And they have hired a head coach already too, unlike my Stars who still don't have a coach or any players, and have their first game in 60 days!
TEAM USA
The USA gathers a squad of players from MLS on Wed Feb 10 to prepare for a game the following Wed in Tampa v El Salvador.
dN
Nick Green of the Daily Breeze looks at the openings still available on the roster for South Africa.
AMERICANS IN EUROPE
Game Action: (only those that played are listed)
ENGLAND - Championship
Kenny Cooper - Plymouth Argyle - came on as a sub at half time but lost 2-1 at Reading.
Jay DeMerit - Watford - played the whole game and won 2-0 at home over Bristol City.
Frank Simek - Sheffield Wednesday - went the full 90 and beat Blackpool 2-0 at home.
ENGLAND - Football League Trophy Semifinal 2nd Leg
Mike Grella - Leeds - came on as a sub in the 79th minute and scored in the 90th, which tied the series with Carlisle United at 4-4, but they lost in a Penalty Kick Shootout 6-5.
FRANCE - Coupe de France
Carlos Bocanegra - Rennes - lost 1-0 at US Quevilly in the Round of 16.
dN
Coming Up: (all possible players are listed)
ENGLAND - Premiership
Jozy Altidore - Hull City - Wed Feb 10 at Blackburn
Landon Donovan - Everton - Wed Feb 10 v Chelsea
Brad Friedel - Aston Villa - Wed Feb 10 v Manchester United
Brad Guzan - Aston Villa - Wed Feb 10 v Manchester United
Marcus Hahnemann - Wolverhampton - Wed Feb 10 v Tottenham
Tim Howard - Everton - Wed Feb 10 v Chelsea
Jonathan Spector - West Ham - Wed Feb 10 v Birmingham
SCOTLAND - Premiership
DaMarcus Beasley - Rangers - Wed Feb 10 at Motherwell
Dominic Cervi - Celtic - Wed Feb 10 v Hearts
Maurice Edu - Rangers - Wed Feb 10 at Motherwell
CANADA
The Toronto Globe & Mail with a quasi-editorial on the lack of development of young Canadian players.
dN
Paul James of the G & M says that Toronto FC is not to blame for the slim pickin's.
UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
The competition resumes next week - Tue Feb 16, with the 1st Leg of the knock out rounds!
A variation to the format this year sees the legs spread out over 4 days instead of 2, giving more TV space for the teams.
Here is the game schedule.
ENGLAND
Top Premier League Team Standings (25 games played)
58 Chelsea - Next: Wed Feb 10 at Everton
55 Manchester United - Next: Wed Feb 10 at Aston Villa
49 Arsenal - Next: Wed Feb 10 v Liverpool
44 Liverpool - Next: Wed Feb 10 at Arsenal
- - - - -
44 Manchester City (24 games played) - Next: Tue Feb 9 W 2-0 v Bolton
43 Tottenham - Next: Wed Feb 10 at Wolverhampton
41 Aston Villa - Next: Wed Feb 10 v Manchester United
dN
The FA Cup Round of 16 is this coming weekend.
SPAIN
COPA DEL REY - Semifinals
2nd Leg
-Wed Feb 10
Getafe v Sevilla (0-2)
-Thu Feb 11
Racing Santander v Atletico Madrid (0-4)
FRANCE
COUPE DE FRANCE - Round of 32
-Wed Feb 10
Toulouse v Brest
Lens v Marseille
Round of 16
-Tue Feb 9
Vesoul 0-1 Paris St Germain
Quevilly 1-0 Rennes
Boulogne 1-0 Guingamp
Beauvais 1-4 Sochaux
-Wed Feb 10
Auxerre v Plabennec
Bordeaux v Monaco
St Etienne v Vannes
-Pairings TBD
Toulouse/Brest winner v Lens/Marseille winner
GERMANY
DFB POKAL - Quarterfinals
-Tue Feb 9
Werder Bremen 2-1 Hoffenheim
-Wed Feb 10
Bayern Munchen v Gruther Furth
Augsburg v Koln
Osnabruck v Schalke
ARGENTINA
Dan Brennan of World Soccer does a Q & A with Kun Aguero. via Sports Illustrated.
COPA LIBERTADORES
The Preliminary (Llave) Round is into the 2nd Leg with 12 teams play home and away for the final 6 spots (Ganador) in the 8 groups.
dN
Racing Club joins Cruziero, Juan Aurich & Libertad in advancing to the Group Stage winning Ganador 1.
-The final two teams will qualify next week.
dN
Llave Matches & Scores:
2nd Leg
-Tue Feb 09
Universidad Catolica v Colon (2-3) - Ganador 3
-Wed Feb 10
Emelec v Newell's Old Boys (0-0) - Ganador 5
dN
The Group Stage begins on Tue Feb 9.
JACK WARNER/SEPP BLATTER ODDITIES
The Trinidad & Tobago Express quotes Jack Warner as saying he will no longer personally fund the T & T football federation. (thanks to CONCACAFJack for the heads up)
-What happened Slappy Jack? Did the kick backs dry up?
ALL AROUND THE WORLD
Simon Kuper of the Financial Times looks at why the January transfer window has gone so quiet in the past few years.
I had a thought last night that all these injuries to Team USA members right now is actually a good thing. This means that when it comes time for the big games in South Africa all of our players will be rested, repaired and ready to go, while other countries will feel their injuries at the wrong time. I am trying to spin this all positive!
dN
This video has been storming the internets today - A compilation of all 42 international goals scored by Landon Donovan. From 723 Football Films. (thanks to Jimmy for the link)
HAITIAN RELIEF EFFORTS
The Daily Mail with a big article on Jozy Altidore and Haitian relief.
TWITTERVERSE/FACEBOOKING
DaMarcus Beasley on his hamstring injury that has kept him out for several weeks now: "No not injured again.. Still the same injury, jus taken a lot longer than expected.."
QUOTE OF THE DAY
San Francisco 49er's QB Alex Smith to Yahoo Sports UK: "I follow the MLS a little, which they are trying to build up, and also the English Premier League. I'm not as big into it as some of my friends but I will absolutely be cheering for the USA against England in the World Cup."
MLS NEWS
Sam Stejskal of Chicago Now talks to Dutch striker Collins John who is getting a shot to try and make the Chicago Fire roster.
dN
I am sorry for missing this late last week:
Buzz Carrick of 3rd Degree fills us in on early FC Dallas preseason - Practice Observations.
dN
Soccer America notes all the MLS roster moves since the end of last season.
-It is interesting to note that 4 long time names have entered retirement:
Jay Heaps
Jesse Marsch
Ben Olsen
Brandon Prideaux
dN
Jed Zayner, fullback for the Columbus Crew has been talking his teammates into contributing to his blog. Some really good stuff here in between the typical athlete blather (not from Zayner - from the other guys).
dN
Marc Narducci of the Philly Inquirer on how the team is being shaped and the bonding going on at Union spring training.
-"Union manager Peter Nowak insists that he will fit his system around the players rather than the other way around."
dN
Jonathan Tannewald of Philly.com with some info on the Union training in Mexico, and whole bunch of quotes from the coaching staff about preseason so far.
dN
Jose Romero of the Seattle Times reports that a Chinese player is training with the Sounders.
dN
Seattle PI with injury reports and "praise" from Sounders camp.
dN
DC will have a competition between Honduran centerback Quiarol Arzu and Jamaican centerback Jermaine Taylor for a precious spot on the roster.
dN
Frank Giase of the Newark Star Ledger is another who sees promise in the new Red Bulls management team.
MLS/SUM BUSINESS
Kyle McCarthy of Goal.com dips inside the machine to show us how the yearly match schedule is made.
USSF DIVISION 2
Peter Wilt at Pitch Invasion does a Q & A with St Louis owner & NASL Commissioner Jeff Cooper.
dN
Coming in 2011 - the Edmonton Drillers. But contrary to what was rumored earlier, they will NOT be affiliated with the Vancouver Whitecaps.
-And they have hired a head coach already too, unlike my Stars who still don't have a coach or any players, and have their first game in 60 days!
TEAM USA
The USA gathers a squad of players from MLS on Wed Feb 10 to prepare for a game the following Wed in Tampa v El Salvador.
dN
Nick Green of the Daily Breeze looks at the openings still available on the roster for South Africa.
AMERICANS IN EUROPE
Game Action: (only those that played are listed)
ENGLAND - Championship
Kenny Cooper - Plymouth Argyle - came on as a sub at half time but lost 2-1 at Reading.
Jay DeMerit - Watford - played the whole game and won 2-0 at home over Bristol City.
Frank Simek - Sheffield Wednesday - went the full 90 and beat Blackpool 2-0 at home.
ENGLAND - Football League Trophy Semifinal 2nd Leg
Mike Grella - Leeds - came on as a sub in the 79th minute and scored in the 90th, which tied the series with Carlisle United at 4-4, but they lost in a Penalty Kick Shootout 6-5.
FRANCE - Coupe de France
Carlos Bocanegra - Rennes - lost 1-0 at US Quevilly in the Round of 16.
dN
Coming Up: (all possible players are listed)
ENGLAND - Premiership
Jozy Altidore - Hull City - Wed Feb 10 at Blackburn
Landon Donovan - Everton - Wed Feb 10 v Chelsea
Brad Friedel - Aston Villa - Wed Feb 10 v Manchester United
Brad Guzan - Aston Villa - Wed Feb 10 v Manchester United
Marcus Hahnemann - Wolverhampton - Wed Feb 10 v Tottenham
Tim Howard - Everton - Wed Feb 10 v Chelsea
Jonathan Spector - West Ham - Wed Feb 10 v Birmingham
SCOTLAND - Premiership
DaMarcus Beasley - Rangers - Wed Feb 10 at Motherwell
Dominic Cervi - Celtic - Wed Feb 10 v Hearts
Maurice Edu - Rangers - Wed Feb 10 at Motherwell
CANADA
The Toronto Globe & Mail with a quasi-editorial on the lack of development of young Canadian players.
dN
Paul James of the G & M says that Toronto FC is not to blame for the slim pickin's.
UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
The competition resumes next week - Tue Feb 16, with the 1st Leg of the knock out rounds!
A variation to the format this year sees the legs spread out over 4 days instead of 2, giving more TV space for the teams.
Here is the game schedule.
ENGLAND
Top Premier League Team Standings (25 games played)
58 Chelsea - Next: Wed Feb 10 at Everton
55 Manchester United - Next: Wed Feb 10 at Aston Villa
49 Arsenal - Next: Wed Feb 10 v Liverpool
44 Liverpool - Next: Wed Feb 10 at Arsenal
- - - - -
44 Manchester City (24 games played) - Next: Tue Feb 9 W 2-0 v Bolton
43 Tottenham - Next: Wed Feb 10 at Wolverhampton
41 Aston Villa - Next: Wed Feb 10 v Manchester United
dN
The FA Cup Round of 16 is this coming weekend.
SPAIN
COPA DEL REY - Semifinals
2nd Leg
-Wed Feb 10
Getafe v Sevilla (0-2)
-Thu Feb 11
Racing Santander v Atletico Madrid (0-4)
FRANCE
COUPE DE FRANCE - Round of 32
-Wed Feb 10
Toulouse v Brest
Lens v Marseille
Round of 16
-Tue Feb 9
Vesoul 0-1 Paris St Germain
Quevilly 1-0 Rennes
Boulogne 1-0 Guingamp
Beauvais 1-4 Sochaux
-Wed Feb 10
Auxerre v Plabennec
Bordeaux v Monaco
St Etienne v Vannes
-Pairings TBD
Toulouse/Brest winner v Lens/Marseille winner
GERMANY
DFB POKAL - Quarterfinals
-Tue Feb 9
Werder Bremen 2-1 Hoffenheim
-Wed Feb 10
Bayern Munchen v Gruther Furth
Augsburg v Koln
Osnabruck v Schalke
ARGENTINA
Dan Brennan of World Soccer does a Q & A with Kun Aguero. via Sports Illustrated.
COPA LIBERTADORES
The Preliminary (Llave) Round is into the 2nd Leg with 12 teams play home and away for the final 6 spots (Ganador) in the 8 groups.
dN
Racing Club joins Cruziero, Juan Aurich & Libertad in advancing to the Group Stage winning Ganador 1.
-The final two teams will qualify next week.
dN
Llave Matches & Scores:
2nd Leg
-Tue Feb 09
Universidad Catolica v Colon (2-3) - Ganador 3
-Wed Feb 10
Emelec v Newell's Old Boys (0-0) - Ganador 5
dN
The Group Stage begins on Tue Feb 9.
JACK WARNER/SEPP BLATTER ODDITIES
The Trinidad & Tobago Express quotes Jack Warner as saying he will no longer personally fund the T & T football federation. (thanks to CONCACAFJack for the heads up)
-What happened Slappy Jack? Did the kick backs dry up?
ALL AROUND THE WORLD
Simon Kuper of the Financial Times looks at why the January transfer window has gone so quiet in the past few years.
posted by brucio at 16:18
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Very disappointing to still have heard nothing about Minnesota's Players or Coaches. Season will be very interesting.
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