Some News for Wed Feb 10, 2010
STARTERS
It looks like Fox, and not their cable channel FX will show the UEFA Champions League final on Sat May 22. Wow.
dN
A very big night for almost all the Americans in England as LD & Timmay beat Chelsea, Spector beats Birmingham, Friedel draws with Man U and Hahnemann beats Tottenham. Only Jozy's close loss kept it from being a clean sweep. Hooray Beer!
-And Freddy Adu get's his first start in Greece. When was the last time he started any game?
-See all the details on those American players in the Americans in Europe section below.
NSC MINNESOTA STARS
Stars announce Manny Lagos as first ever head coach. He was already director of soccer for the team.
-Two things from me on this:
1 Huge congrats to Manny.
2 Now get busy and sign someone!
CLINT DEMPSEY/CHARLIE DAVIES INJURY
Charlie Twittered this picture this morning of his elbow post surgery. Gruesome!
MLS NEWS
Steve Davis at ESPN Soccernet looks at all of MLS and gives us some early preseason thoughts as only he can.
dN
Marc Narducci of the Philadelphia Inquirer with an article on Union centerback Dan Callif.
dN
Keith Gabriel of the Philadelphia Daily Mail with an article on Union fullback Michael Orozco, who is off to join Team USA today.
dN
Stefan Bondy of The Record in North Jersey on the new Red Bull regime.
dN
KC Wiz forward Josh Wolff checks in with us via the Kansas city Star. How's training camp going?
dN
Michael C Lewis of the Salt Lake Tribune on day 1 from the defending champs of Salt Lake City.
dN
Toronto has acquired centerback Ty Harden from Colorado. I guess you can call this trying.
dN
San Jose has signed a Brazilian left midfielder/forward named Eduardo. The 30 year old who played for Basel in Switzerland the past 4 seasons scoring 11 goals.
USSF DIVISION 2
That new team for 2011 in Edmonton will not be called the Drillers as I wrote yesterday. They are called FC Edmonton.
TEAM USA
Official Team Blog.
(BTW who is this pinhead that is always the first to comment on every single USA blog post? The comments are always inane too. Get a life dumbass. Or is it a 9 year old and I am busting him chops for no reason?)
dN
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
Fullback Kevin Alston is out of action before it even starts - same hamstring injury that sent him home last month.
dN
Friendly Match & Score:
USA v El Salvador - 6pm Central on ESPN Classic
Venue: Raymond James Stadium - Tampa FL
AMERICANS IN EUROPE
Paul Kennedy of Soccer America tells us about Carlos Bocanegra and his team Rennes getting knocked out of the Coupe de France by a 4th Division team. Ouch.
dN
A huge win for Jonanthan Spector and West Ham today as 3 points take them from 19th up to 14th just like that!
dN
Game Action: (only those that played are listed)
ENGLAND - Premier League
Jozy Altidore - Hull City - goes the distance, gets a yellow card and loses 1-0 at Blackburn.
Landon Donovan - Everton - plays the whole match setting up the first goal and drawing a failed penalty chance as they beat Chelsea 2-1 at home.
Brad Friedel - Aston Villa - goes the distance and nabs a 1-1 at home against Manchester United.
Marcus Hahnemann - Wolverhampton - goes the full 90 as they knock off Tottenham 1-0 at home.
Tim Howard - Everton - in the net as usual and they win at home 2-1 over Chelsea.
Jonathan Spector - West Ham - comes on as a sub at half time as they won 2-0 at home over Birmingham.
FRANCE - Coupe de France Round of 16
Carlos Bocanegra - Rennes - played the full 90 but they lost 1-0 at Quevilly.
Greece - Football Cup Quarterfinals
Eddie Johnson - Aris Thessalonika - came on as a sub in the 74th as they draw 1-1 at Xanthi.
Freddy Adu - Aris Thessalonika - started and went 67 minutes as they draw 1-1 at Xanthi.
CONCACAF
International Friendly Match & Score:
-Wed Feb 10
Argentina v Jamaica
ENGLAND
Top Premier League Team Standings (26 games played)
58 Chelsea (25 games played) - Last: Wed Feb 10 L 2-1 at Everton
57 Manchester United - Last: Wed Feb 10 D 1-1 at Aston Villa
52 Arsenal - Last: Wed Feb 10 W 1-0 v Liverpool
44 Liverpool - Last: Wed Feb 10 L 1-0 at Arsenal
- - - - -
44 Manchester City (24 games played) - Last: Tue Feb 9 W 2-0 v Bolton
43 Tottenham - Last: Wed Feb 10 L 2-0 at Wolverhampton
42 Aston Villa - Last: Wed Feb 10 D 1-1 v Manchester United
dN
The FA Cup Round of 16 is coming up this weekend.
SPAIN
COPA DEL REY - Semifinals
2nd Leg
-Wed Feb 10
Getafe 1-0 Sevilla - Sev advance 2-1 on aggregate.
-Thu Feb 11
Racing Santander v Atletico Madrid (0-4)
FRANCE
COUPE DE FRANCE - Round of 32
-Wed Feb 10
Toulouse 0-2 Brest
Lens 3-1 Marseille
Round of 16
-Wed Feb 10
Auxerre 4-0 Plabennec
Bordeaux 0-2 Monaco
St Etienne 2-0 Vannes
-TBD
Brest v Lens
-Already advanced: PSG, Quevilly, Boulogne, Sochaux
GERMANY
DFB POKAL - Quarterfinals
-Wed Feb 10
Bayern Munchen 6-2 Gruther Furth
Augsburg 2-0 Koln
Osnabruck 0-1 Schalke
-Already advanced: Werder
ITALY
Top Serie A Team Standings (23 games played)
53 Inter - Last: Wed Feb 10 D 1-1 Parma - Next: Sun Feb 14 at Napoli
44 Roma - Next: Sat Feb 13 v Palermo
42 Milan (22 games played) - Next: Fri Feb 12 v Udinese
38 Napoli - Next: Sun Feb 14 v Inter
- - - - -
37 Palermo - Next: Sat Feb 13 at Roma
36 Sampdoria - Next: Sat Feb 13 v Fiorentina
COPA LIBERTADORES
The Preliminary (Llave) Round is nearly over with only one 2nd Leg match left for the final 6 spots (Ganador) in the 8 groups.
-The final team will qualify on Wed night.
Universidad Catolica joins Racing Club, Cruziero, Juan Aurich & Libertad in advancing to the Group Stage.
dN
And the regular Group Stage is now also started, and runs through Apr 22.
dN
Llave Matches & Scores:
2nd Leg
-Tue Feb 09
Universidad Catolica 3-2 Colon - Ganador 3 - series ends tied 5-5 - UC wins it 5-3 in Penalty Kick Shootout.
-Wed Feb 10
Emelec v Newell's Old Boys (0-0) - Ganador 5
dN
GROUP STAGE - February Matches & Scores:
-Tue Feb 9
Nacional 0-2 Once Caldas OC goals by Jaime Castrillon & Danny Santoya.
Lanus 0-2 Libertad - Lib goals by Rodolfo Gamarra & Pablo Velazquez.
Cerro 2-0 Quito - Cer goals by Claudio Dadomo & Rodrigo Mora.
-Wed Feb 10
Sao Paulo v Monterrey
Bolivar v Alianza
Banfield v Morelia
Velez Sarsfield v Cruzeiro
-Thu Feb 11
Estudiantes v Juan Aurich
Cerro Porteno v Independiente
Blooming v Universitario
Nacional v Cuenca
-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
-Tue Feb 23
Morelia v Nacional
Internacional v Ganador G5
Italia v Velez Sarsfield
-Wed Feb 24
Corinthians v Racing Club
Monterrey v Nacional
Juan Aurich v Bolivar
Cruzeiro v Colo Colo
Flamengo v Universidad Catolica
-Thu Feb 25
Once Caldas v Sao Paulo
Blooming v Lanus
Universitario v Libertad
dN
Standings:
Grupo 1
Cerro Porteno (Paraguay)
Corinthians (Brazil)
Independiente Medellin (Colombia)
Racing Club (Uruguay)
Grupo 2
3 Once Caldas (Colombia)
0 Nacional (Paraguay)
Sao Paulo (Brazil)
Monterrey (Mexico)
Grupo 3
Bolivar (Bolivia)
Alianza Lima (Peru)
Estudiantes de la Plata (Argentina)
Juan Aurich (Peru)
Grupo 4
3 Libertad (Paraguay)
0 Lanus (Argentina)
Blooming (Bolivia)
Universitario (Peru)
Grupo 5
3 Cerro (Uruguay)
0 Deportivo Quito (Ecudador)
Internacional (Brazil)
Ganador G5
Grupo 6
Banfield (Argentina)
Morelia (Mexico)
Club Nacional (Uruguay)
Deportivo Cuenca (Ecudador)
Grupo 7
Velez Sarsfield (Argentina)
Cruzeiro (Brazil)
Colo Colo (Chile)
Deportivo Italia (Venezuela)
Grupo 8
Universidad de Chile (Chile)
Caracas FC (Venezuela)
Flamengo (Brazil)
Universidad Catolica (Chile)
It looks like Fox, and not their cable channel FX will show the UEFA Champions League final on Sat May 22. Wow.
dN
A very big night for almost all the Americans in England as LD & Timmay beat Chelsea, Spector beats Birmingham, Friedel draws with Man U and Hahnemann beats Tottenham. Only Jozy's close loss kept it from being a clean sweep. Hooray Beer!
-And Freddy Adu get's his first start in Greece. When was the last time he started any game?
-See all the details on those American players in the Americans in Europe section below.
NSC MINNESOTA STARS
Stars announce Manny Lagos as first ever head coach. He was already director of soccer for the team.
-Two things from me on this:
1 Huge congrats to Manny.
2 Now get busy and sign someone!
CLINT DEMPSEY/CHARLIE DAVIES INJURY
Charlie Twittered this picture this morning of his elbow post surgery. Gruesome!
MLS NEWS
Steve Davis at ESPN Soccernet looks at all of MLS and gives us some early preseason thoughts as only he can.
dN
Marc Narducci of the Philadelphia Inquirer with an article on Union centerback Dan Callif.
dN
Keith Gabriel of the Philadelphia Daily Mail with an article on Union fullback Michael Orozco, who is off to join Team USA today.
dN
Stefan Bondy of The Record in North Jersey on the new Red Bull regime.
dN
KC Wiz forward Josh Wolff checks in with us via the Kansas city Star. How's training camp going?
dN
Michael C Lewis of the Salt Lake Tribune on day 1 from the defending champs of Salt Lake City.
dN
Toronto has acquired centerback Ty Harden from Colorado. I guess you can call this trying.
dN
San Jose has signed a Brazilian left midfielder/forward named Eduardo. The 30 year old who played for Basel in Switzerland the past 4 seasons scoring 11 goals.
USSF DIVISION 2
That new team for 2011 in Edmonton will not be called the Drillers as I wrote yesterday. They are called FC Edmonton.
TEAM USA
Official Team Blog.
(BTW who is this pinhead that is always the first to comment on every single USA blog post? The comments are always inane too. Get a life dumbass. Or is it a 9 year old and I am busting him chops for no reason?)
dN
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
Fullback Kevin Alston is out of action before it even starts - same hamstring injury that sent him home last month.
dN
Friendly Match & Score:
USA v El Salvador - 6pm Central on ESPN Classic
Venue: Raymond James Stadium - Tampa FL
AMERICANS IN EUROPE
Paul Kennedy of Soccer America tells us about Carlos Bocanegra and his team Rennes getting knocked out of the Coupe de France by a 4th Division team. Ouch.
dN
A huge win for Jonanthan Spector and West Ham today as 3 points take them from 19th up to 14th just like that!
dN
Game Action: (only those that played are listed)
ENGLAND - Premier League
Jozy Altidore - Hull City - goes the distance, gets a yellow card and loses 1-0 at Blackburn.
Landon Donovan - Everton - plays the whole match setting up the first goal and drawing a failed penalty chance as they beat Chelsea 2-1 at home.
Brad Friedel - Aston Villa - goes the distance and nabs a 1-1 at home against Manchester United.
Marcus Hahnemann - Wolverhampton - goes the full 90 as they knock off Tottenham 1-0 at home.
Tim Howard - Everton - in the net as usual and they win at home 2-1 over Chelsea.
Jonathan Spector - West Ham - comes on as a sub at half time as they won 2-0 at home over Birmingham.
FRANCE - Coupe de France Round of 16
Carlos Bocanegra - Rennes - played the full 90 but they lost 1-0 at Quevilly.
Greece - Football Cup Quarterfinals
Eddie Johnson - Aris Thessalonika - came on as a sub in the 74th as they draw 1-1 at Xanthi.
Freddy Adu - Aris Thessalonika - started and went 67 minutes as they draw 1-1 at Xanthi.
CONCACAF
International Friendly Match & Score:
-Wed Feb 10
Argentina v Jamaica
ENGLAND
Top Premier League Team Standings (26 games played)
58 Chelsea (25 games played) - Last: Wed Feb 10 L 2-1 at Everton
57 Manchester United - Last: Wed Feb 10 D 1-1 at Aston Villa
52 Arsenal - Last: Wed Feb 10 W 1-0 v Liverpool
44 Liverpool - Last: Wed Feb 10 L 1-0 at Arsenal
- - - - -
44 Manchester City (24 games played) - Last: Tue Feb 9 W 2-0 v Bolton
43 Tottenham - Last: Wed Feb 10 L 2-0 at Wolverhampton
42 Aston Villa - Last: Wed Feb 10 D 1-1 v Manchester United
dN
The FA Cup Round of 16 is coming up this weekend.
SPAIN
COPA DEL REY - Semifinals
2nd Leg
-Wed Feb 10
Getafe 1-0 Sevilla - Sev advance 2-1 on aggregate.
-Thu Feb 11
Racing Santander v Atletico Madrid (0-4)
FRANCE
COUPE DE FRANCE - Round of 32
-Wed Feb 10
Toulouse 0-2 Brest
Lens 3-1 Marseille
Round of 16
-Wed Feb 10
Auxerre 4-0 Plabennec
Bordeaux 0-2 Monaco
St Etienne 2-0 Vannes
-TBD
Brest v Lens
-Already advanced: PSG, Quevilly, Boulogne, Sochaux
GERMANY
DFB POKAL - Quarterfinals
-Wed Feb 10
Bayern Munchen 6-2 Gruther Furth
Augsburg 2-0 Koln
Osnabruck 0-1 Schalke
-Already advanced: Werder
ITALY
Top Serie A Team Standings (23 games played)
53 Inter - Last: Wed Feb 10 D 1-1 Parma - Next: Sun Feb 14 at Napoli
44 Roma - Next: Sat Feb 13 v Palermo
42 Milan (22 games played) - Next: Fri Feb 12 v Udinese
38 Napoli - Next: Sun Feb 14 v Inter
- - - - -
37 Palermo - Next: Sat Feb 13 at Roma
36 Sampdoria - Next: Sat Feb 13 v Fiorentina
COPA LIBERTADORES
The Preliminary (Llave) Round is nearly over with only one 2nd Leg match left for the final 6 spots (Ganador) in the 8 groups.
-The final team will qualify on Wed night.
Universidad Catolica joins Racing Club, Cruziero, Juan Aurich & Libertad in advancing to the Group Stage.
dN
And the regular Group Stage is now also started, and runs through Apr 22.
dN
Llave Matches & Scores:
2nd Leg
-Tue Feb 09
Universidad Catolica 3-2 Colon - Ganador 3 - series ends tied 5-5 - UC wins it 5-3 in Penalty Kick Shootout.
-Wed Feb 10
Emelec v Newell's Old Boys (0-0) - Ganador 5
dN
GROUP STAGE - February Matches & Scores:
-Tue Feb 9
Nacional 0-2 Once Caldas OC goals by Jaime Castrillon & Danny Santoya.
Lanus 0-2 Libertad - Lib goals by Rodolfo Gamarra & Pablo Velazquez.
Cerro 2-0 Quito - Cer goals by Claudio Dadomo & Rodrigo Mora.
-Wed Feb 10
Sao Paulo v Monterrey
Bolivar v Alianza
Banfield v Morelia
Velez Sarsfield v Cruzeiro
-Thu Feb 11
Estudiantes v Juan Aurich
Cerro Porteno v Independiente
Blooming v Universitario
Nacional v Cuenca
-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
-Tue Feb 23
Morelia v Nacional
Internacional v Ganador G5
Italia v Velez Sarsfield
-Wed Feb 24
Corinthians v Racing Club
Monterrey v Nacional
Juan Aurich v Bolivar
Cruzeiro v Colo Colo
Flamengo v Universidad Catolica
-Thu Feb 25
Once Caldas v Sao Paulo
Blooming v Lanus
Universitario v Libertad
dN
Standings:
Grupo 1
Cerro Porteno (Paraguay)
Corinthians (Brazil)
Independiente Medellin (Colombia)
Racing Club (Uruguay)
Grupo 2
3 Once Caldas (Colombia)
0 Nacional (Paraguay)
Sao Paulo (Brazil)
Monterrey (Mexico)
Grupo 3
Bolivar (Bolivia)
Alianza Lima (Peru)
Estudiantes de la Plata (Argentina)
Juan Aurich (Peru)
Grupo 4
3 Libertad (Paraguay)
0 Lanus (Argentina)
Blooming (Bolivia)
Universitario (Peru)
Grupo 5
3 Cerro (Uruguay)
0 Deportivo Quito (Ecudador)
Internacional (Brazil)
Ganador G5
Grupo 6
Banfield (Argentina)
Morelia (Mexico)
Club Nacional (Uruguay)
Deportivo Cuenca (Ecudador)
Grupo 7
Velez Sarsfield (Argentina)
Cruzeiro (Brazil)
Colo Colo (Chile)
Deportivo Italia (Venezuela)
Grupo 8
Universidad de Chile (Chile)
Caracas FC (Venezuela)
Flamengo (Brazil)
Universidad Catolica (Chile)
posted by brucio at 17:20
6 Comments:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2010/feb/10/everton-chelsea-premier-league-match-report
"That was Landon's best game for us," said Moyes. "But I don't think we'll be able to keep him when his three-month loan expires unfortunately."
Wishful thinking by us US fans?
Yabby You!!! Yes man...it's my favorite of all the mighty Blood and Fire releases. From the hood to the woods. dang
The commenter on the US blog actually is a kid and that is all I'm going to say.
why do you hate children?
"why do you hate children?"
cuz they are never enough for a full meal
Freddy started the October 12th home match between Belenenses and CD Nacional. And was pulled at half time.
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