Some News for Thu Mar 25, 2010
CONTEST du NORD - WINNER
John C of McLean VA is du Nord Twitter follower #1000. He is a long time du Nord reader, and for being that lucky number he has chosen a Werder Bremen cap as a prize.
STARTERS
Season 15 for Major League Soccer begins tonight!
dN
Arch Bell of Yanks Abroad talks to Charlie Davies about recovery.
dN
Former DC United great Christian Gomez signs with Miami FC Blues of the D2. Wow.
QUESTION OF THE DAY
Which other expansion team do you think the Philadelphia Union will most resemble with their first season ends - Chicago and Seattle, or is it Toronto, Chivas, Salt Lake and San Jose Mk II?
WHY NOT!
My new favorite named player in the world is Cruzeiro forward Pedro Ken!
MLS WEEK 1 MATCHES & SCORES
First Game of the Season:
-Thu Mar 25
Seattle Sounders v Philadelphia Union - 8:30pm Central on ESPN2
Lots of press for tonight's season opener.
Philadelphia:
-Marc Narducci of the Philadelphia Inquirer - Union awaiting loud debut in Seattle
-Kerith Gabriel of Philly.com - Philly's pro-soccer drought ends tonight with Union opener
-John Smallwood of the Philadelphia Daily News - Union debut is dream come true
-Delaware County Daily Times - Nowak signals Union is ready to get started
-Bob Ford of the Philadelphia Inquirer - Union's manager promises effort, if nothing else
-Jonathan Tannenwald of Philly.com - The Goalkeeper Blog - various notes
-Jeff Carlisle of ESPN Soccer - Philadelphia Union season preview
-The Orgeonian - Danny Mwanga, Philadelphia Union ready for MLS debut (thanks to Brian for this one)
Seattle:
-Don Ruiz of The Olympian - Bigger, better second year for Sounders?
-Seattle Post Intelligencer - Sounders host Union to kickoff MLS season
-Joshua Mayers of the Seattle Times - What can Sounders FC do for an encore?
-Joshua Mayers of the Seattle Times - First look at the Philadelphia Union (preview and prediction)
-Jeff Carlisle of ESPN Soccer - Seattle Sounders season preview
-Seattle forward Nate Jaqua will be out of action until at least May with a groin injury.
dN
More Matches & Scores:
-Fri Mar 26
Chivas USA v Colorado Rapids - 9:30pm Central on Direct Kick
-Sat Mar 27
Columbus Crew v Toronto FC - 3pm Central on Direct Kick
FC Dallas v Houston Dynamo - 3pm Central on Telefutura
New York Red Bulls v Chicago Fire - 6pm Central on ESPN
Kansas City Wizards v DC United - 7:30pm Central on Direct Kick
San Jose Earthquakes v Real Salt Lake - 8pm Central on FSC
LA Galaxy v New England Revolution - 10pm Central on FSC
MLS TEAM & PLAYER NEWS
Toronto sent right fullback Marvell Wynne packing to Colorado in exchange for defensive midfielder Nick LaBrocca.
dN
Long time Houston & San Jose left fullback Wade Barrett announced his retirement today. He will become a Dynamo assistant coach immediately.
dN
Steve Davis at Sports Illustrated gives us 10 things to keep our eyes on as the season begins.
dN
Simon Evans with the exact same premise as Davis.
dN
The Attleboro Sun Chronicle on Houston midfielder Geoff Cameron.
dN
The Telegraph of London on the New York season ahead and the new home stadium.
dN
That same Telegraph reports extensively on a deal to bring Thierry Henry to New York.
dN
Chris Young of the Toronto Star doesn't like the looks of TFC today.
dN
Big Apple Soccer asks Red Bull GM Erik Soler about opening the new season as the new guy in charge.
-NYRB is hoping Juan Pablo Angel is healthy for Saturday.
dN
90:00 Soccer Magazine with an article on Eddie Gaven of Columbus.
dN
Martin Rogers of Yahoo with a season preview.
dN
Graham Jones of the LA times with a season preview.
MLS/SUM BUSINESS
Steve Davis at Sports Illustrated talks to Commissioner Don Garber about all things labor deal and the state for MLS as 2010 kicks off.
-More from Garber on Davis's blog Daily Soccer Fix.
MLS STADIUM BUILDING
The Houston Chronicle reports that the Dynamo have crossed yet another bridge on the way to getting a stadium built. Two more left to go. Beware of bridge trolls.
MLS RUMORS
Will DC United snap up defender Carey Talley? They would be fools not to.
USL NEWS
The Top 25 USL First Division players of the past Decade:
#3 - Eduardo Sebrango
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
25-21
USA U20 TEAM
Yanks Abroad talks to Jack McInerney who will be counted on to lead the U20's in the Dallas Cup starting Sunday.
AMERICANS IN EUROPE
Yanks Abroad readers pose questions that Brad Guzan answers.
dN
Game Action: (only those that played are listed)
ENGLAND - FA Cup Quarterfinal replay
Clint Dempsey - Fulham - came on as a sub in the 69th minute but lost 3-1 at Tottenham.
ENGLAND - Premier League
Brad Friedel - Aston Villa - went the distance and got a 1-1 home draw against Sunderland.
Tim Howard - Everton - played the full game and winning big 0-2 at Manchester City.
ENGLAND - Championship League
Jay DeMerit - Watford - played the entire match but lost 2-1 at Sheffield Wednesday.
SCOTLAND - Scottish Cup
DaMarcus Beasley - Rangers - went the full 90 but were beaten 1-0 at Dundee United.
Maurice Edu - Rangers - played the whole game but lost 1-0 at Dundee United.
dN
Coming Up: (all possible players are listed)
Greece - League Cup
Freddy Adu - Aris - Thu Mar 25 v Kavala - 2nd Leg up 3-1
Eddie Johnson - Aris - Thu Mar 25 v Kavala - 2nd Leg up 3-1
CONCACAF
International Friendly Matches & Scores:
-Wed Mar 24
Mexico 0-0 Iceland in Charlotte NC
Scott Fowler of the Charlotte Observer wrote about his experience attending the game. And in the comments section after the first couple of the usual "soccer is boring" troglodytes, we get some great feedback from non-futbol fans who attended.
ENGLAND
FA CUP - Quarterfinals Replay
-Wed Mar 24
Tottenham 3-1 Fulham
dN
Top Premier League Team Standings (31 of 38 games played)
69 Manchester United - Next: weekend
68 Chelsea - Last: Wed Mar 24 W 0-5 at Portsmouth
67 Arsenal - Next: weekend
55 Tottenham - 30 Played - Next: weekend
- - - - -
53 Manchester City - 30 played - Last: Wed Mar 24 L 0-2 v Everton
51 Liverpool - Next: weekend
51 Aston Villa - 30 played - Last: Wed Mar 24 D 1-1 v Sunderland
SPAIN
Top La Liga Team Standings (28 of 38 games played)
68 Real Madrid - 27 played - Last: Thu Mar 25 W 2-4 at Getafe
71 Barcelona - Last: Wed Mar 24 W 2-0 v Osasuna
53 Valencia - Last: Wed Mar 24 W 1-0 v Malaga
47 Mallorca - Last: Wed Mar 24 D 1-1 at Racing Santander
- - - - -
45 Sevilla - Last: Tue Mar 23 D 1-1 v Xerez
42 Athletic Bilbao - 27 played - Next: Thu Mar 25 at Atletico Madrid
42 Deportivo La Coruna - 29 played - Last: Tue Mar 23 L 2-1 at Sporting Gijon
FRANCE
COUPE DE LA LIGUE - Final
-Sat Mar 27
Marseille v Bordeaux
COUPE DE FRANCE
Lens, Monaco, Quevilly & PSG are in the Semifinals.
GERMANY
DFB POKAL - Final
-Date TBA
Werder Bremen v Bayern Munich
COPA LIBERTADORES
Sao Paulo & Alianza Lima have advanced to the knock out stages.
dN
Blooming & Nacional of Paraguay have been eliminated.
dN
GROUP STAGE (runs through to Apr 22) - This Weeks Matches & Scores:
-Tue Mar 23
Estudiantes 2-0 Bolivar - Est goals by Jose Ernesto Sosa & Mauro Boselli.
Libertad 1-1 Universitario - Lib goal by Victor Ayala. Uni goal by 1 1.
-Wed Mar 24
Lanus 1-0 Blooming - Lan goal by Santiago Salcedo(PK).
Cruzeiro 2-0 Italia - Cru goals by Fabinho & Pedro Ken.
Universidad Catolica 1-1 Caracas - UC goal by Juan Morales. Car goal by Jaime Bustamante.
-Thu Mar 25
Racing Club v Independiente
Quito v Emelec
Velez Sarsfield v Colo Colo
dN
Standings (6 Rounds):
Grupo 1 (3 played)
7 Corinthians (Brazil)
4 Racing Club (Uruguay)
3 Independiente Medellin (Colombia)
1 Cerro Porteno (Paraguay)
Grupo 2 (4 played)
ADV-9 Sao Paulo (Brazil)
8 Once Caldas (Colombia)
2 Monterrey (Mexico)
OUT-0 Nacional (Paraguay)
Grupo 3 (4 played)
ADV-12 Alianza Lima (Peru)
7 Estudiantes de la Plata (Argentina)
3 Juan Aurich (Peru)
1 Bolivar (Bolivia)
Grupo 4 (4 played)
8 Libertad (Paraguay)
8 Universitario (Peru)
6 Lanus (Argentina)
OUT - 0 Blooming (Bolivia)
Grupo 5 (2 played)
7 Cerro (Uruguay) (3 played)
5 Internacional (Brazil) (3 played)
1 Deportivo Quito (Ecudador)
0 Emelec (Ecuador)
Grupo 6 (4 played)
10 Banfield (Argentina)
5 Nacional (Uruguay)
4 Morelia (Mexico)
3 Cuenca (Ecudador)
Grupo 7 (3 played)
7 Velez Sarsfield (Argentina)
7 Cruzeiro (Brazil) (4 played)
4 Colo Colo (Chile)
1 Italia (Venezuela) (4 played)
Grupo 8 (3 played)
7 Universidad Chile (Chile)
6 Flamengo (Brazil)
3 Universidad Catolica (Chile) (4 played)
2 Caracas FC (Venezuela) (4 played)
John C of McLean VA is du Nord Twitter follower #1000. He is a long time du Nord reader, and for being that lucky number he has chosen a Werder Bremen cap as a prize.
STARTERS
Season 15 for Major League Soccer begins tonight!
dN
Arch Bell of Yanks Abroad talks to Charlie Davies about recovery.
dN
Former DC United great Christian Gomez signs with Miami FC Blues of the D2. Wow.
QUESTION OF THE DAY
Which other expansion team do you think the Philadelphia Union will most resemble with their first season ends - Chicago and Seattle, or is it Toronto, Chivas, Salt Lake and San Jose Mk II?
WHY NOT!
My new favorite named player in the world is Cruzeiro forward Pedro Ken!
MLS WEEK 1 MATCHES & SCORES
First Game of the Season:
-Thu Mar 25
Seattle Sounders v Philadelphia Union - 8:30pm Central on ESPN2
Lots of press for tonight's season opener.
Philadelphia:
-Marc Narducci of the Philadelphia Inquirer - Union awaiting loud debut in Seattle
-Kerith Gabriel of Philly.com - Philly's pro-soccer drought ends tonight with Union opener
-John Smallwood of the Philadelphia Daily News - Union debut is dream come true
-Delaware County Daily Times - Nowak signals Union is ready to get started
-Bob Ford of the Philadelphia Inquirer - Union's manager promises effort, if nothing else
-Jonathan Tannenwald of Philly.com - The Goalkeeper Blog - various notes
-Jeff Carlisle of ESPN Soccer - Philadelphia Union season preview
-The Orgeonian - Danny Mwanga, Philadelphia Union ready for MLS debut (thanks to Brian for this one)
Seattle:
-Don Ruiz of The Olympian - Bigger, better second year for Sounders?
-Seattle Post Intelligencer - Sounders host Union to kickoff MLS season
-Joshua Mayers of the Seattle Times - What can Sounders FC do for an encore?
-Joshua Mayers of the Seattle Times - First look at the Philadelphia Union (preview and prediction)
-Jeff Carlisle of ESPN Soccer - Seattle Sounders season preview
-Seattle forward Nate Jaqua will be out of action until at least May with a groin injury.
dN
More Matches & Scores:
-Fri Mar 26
Chivas USA v Colorado Rapids - 9:30pm Central on Direct Kick
-Sat Mar 27
Columbus Crew v Toronto FC - 3pm Central on Direct Kick
FC Dallas v Houston Dynamo - 3pm Central on Telefutura
New York Red Bulls v Chicago Fire - 6pm Central on ESPN
Kansas City Wizards v DC United - 7:30pm Central on Direct Kick
San Jose Earthquakes v Real Salt Lake - 8pm Central on FSC
LA Galaxy v New England Revolution - 10pm Central on FSC
MLS TEAM & PLAYER NEWS
Toronto sent right fullback Marvell Wynne packing to Colorado in exchange for defensive midfielder Nick LaBrocca.
dN
Long time Houston & San Jose left fullback Wade Barrett announced his retirement today. He will become a Dynamo assistant coach immediately.
dN
Steve Davis at Sports Illustrated gives us 10 things to keep our eyes on as the season begins.
dN
Simon Evans with the exact same premise as Davis.
dN
The Attleboro Sun Chronicle on Houston midfielder Geoff Cameron.
dN
The Telegraph of London on the New York season ahead and the new home stadium.
dN
That same Telegraph reports extensively on a deal to bring Thierry Henry to New York.
dN
Chris Young of the Toronto Star doesn't like the looks of TFC today.
dN
Big Apple Soccer asks Red Bull GM Erik Soler about opening the new season as the new guy in charge.
-NYRB is hoping Juan Pablo Angel is healthy for Saturday.
dN
90:00 Soccer Magazine with an article on Eddie Gaven of Columbus.
dN
Martin Rogers of Yahoo with a season preview.
dN
Graham Jones of the LA times with a season preview.
MLS/SUM BUSINESS
Steve Davis at Sports Illustrated talks to Commissioner Don Garber about all things labor deal and the state for MLS as 2010 kicks off.
-More from Garber on Davis's blog Daily Soccer Fix.
MLS STADIUM BUILDING
The Houston Chronicle reports that the Dynamo have crossed yet another bridge on the way to getting a stadium built. Two more left to go. Beware of bridge trolls.
MLS RUMORS
Will DC United snap up defender Carey Talley? They would be fools not to.
USL NEWS
The Top 25 USL First Division players of the past Decade:
#3 - Eduardo Sebrango
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
25-21
USA U20 TEAM
Yanks Abroad talks to Jack McInerney who will be counted on to lead the U20's in the Dallas Cup starting Sunday.
AMERICANS IN EUROPE
Yanks Abroad readers pose questions that Brad Guzan answers.
dN
Game Action: (only those that played are listed)
ENGLAND - FA Cup Quarterfinal replay
Clint Dempsey - Fulham - came on as a sub in the 69th minute but lost 3-1 at Tottenham.
ENGLAND - Premier League
Brad Friedel - Aston Villa - went the distance and got a 1-1 home draw against Sunderland.
Tim Howard - Everton - played the full game and winning big 0-2 at Manchester City.
ENGLAND - Championship League
Jay DeMerit - Watford - played the entire match but lost 2-1 at Sheffield Wednesday.
SCOTLAND - Scottish Cup
DaMarcus Beasley - Rangers - went the full 90 but were beaten 1-0 at Dundee United.
Maurice Edu - Rangers - played the whole game but lost 1-0 at Dundee United.
dN
Coming Up: (all possible players are listed)
Greece - League Cup
Freddy Adu - Aris - Thu Mar 25 v Kavala - 2nd Leg up 3-1
Eddie Johnson - Aris - Thu Mar 25 v Kavala - 2nd Leg up 3-1
CONCACAF
International Friendly Matches & Scores:
-Wed Mar 24
Mexico 0-0 Iceland in Charlotte NC
Scott Fowler of the Charlotte Observer wrote about his experience attending the game. And in the comments section after the first couple of the usual "soccer is boring" troglodytes, we get some great feedback from non-futbol fans who attended.
ENGLAND
FA CUP - Quarterfinals Replay
-Wed Mar 24
Tottenham 3-1 Fulham
dN
Top Premier League Team Standings (31 of 38 games played)
69 Manchester United - Next: weekend
68 Chelsea - Last: Wed Mar 24 W 0-5 at Portsmouth
67 Arsenal - Next: weekend
55 Tottenham - 30 Played - Next: weekend
- - - - -
53 Manchester City - 30 played - Last: Wed Mar 24 L 0-2 v Everton
51 Liverpool - Next: weekend
51 Aston Villa - 30 played - Last: Wed Mar 24 D 1-1 v Sunderland
SPAIN
Top La Liga Team Standings (28 of 38 games played)
68 Real Madrid - 27 played - Last: Thu Mar 25 W 2-4 at Getafe
71 Barcelona - Last: Wed Mar 24 W 2-0 v Osasuna
53 Valencia - Last: Wed Mar 24 W 1-0 v Malaga
47 Mallorca - Last: Wed Mar 24 D 1-1 at Racing Santander
- - - - -
45 Sevilla - Last: Tue Mar 23 D 1-1 v Xerez
42 Athletic Bilbao - 27 played - Next: Thu Mar 25 at Atletico Madrid
42 Deportivo La Coruna - 29 played - Last: Tue Mar 23 L 2-1 at Sporting Gijon
FRANCE
COUPE DE LA LIGUE - Final
-Sat Mar 27
Marseille v Bordeaux
COUPE DE FRANCE
Lens, Monaco, Quevilly & PSG are in the Semifinals.
GERMANY
DFB POKAL - Final
-Date TBA
Werder Bremen v Bayern Munich
COPA LIBERTADORES
Sao Paulo & Alianza Lima have advanced to the knock out stages.
dN
Blooming & Nacional of Paraguay have been eliminated.
dN
GROUP STAGE (runs through to Apr 22) - This Weeks Matches & Scores:
-Tue Mar 23
Estudiantes 2-0 Bolivar - Est goals by Jose Ernesto Sosa & Mauro Boselli.
Libertad 1-1 Universitario - Lib goal by Victor Ayala. Uni goal by 1 1.
-Wed Mar 24
Lanus 1-0 Blooming - Lan goal by Santiago Salcedo(PK).
Cruzeiro 2-0 Italia - Cru goals by Fabinho & Pedro Ken.
Universidad Catolica 1-1 Caracas - UC goal by Juan Morales. Car goal by Jaime Bustamante.
-Thu Mar 25
Racing Club v Independiente
Quito v Emelec
Velez Sarsfield v Colo Colo
dN
Standings (6 Rounds):
Grupo 1 (3 played)
7 Corinthians (Brazil)
4 Racing Club (Uruguay)
3 Independiente Medellin (Colombia)
1 Cerro Porteno (Paraguay)
Grupo 2 (4 played)
ADV-9 Sao Paulo (Brazil)
8 Once Caldas (Colombia)
2 Monterrey (Mexico)
OUT-0 Nacional (Paraguay)
Grupo 3 (4 played)
ADV-12 Alianza Lima (Peru)
7 Estudiantes de la Plata (Argentina)
3 Juan Aurich (Peru)
1 Bolivar (Bolivia)
Grupo 4 (4 played)
8 Libertad (Paraguay)
8 Universitario (Peru)
6 Lanus (Argentina)
OUT - 0 Blooming (Bolivia)
Grupo 5 (2 played)
7 Cerro (Uruguay) (3 played)
5 Internacional (Brazil) (3 played)
1 Deportivo Quito (Ecudador)
0 Emelec (Ecuador)
Grupo 6 (4 played)
10 Banfield (Argentina)
5 Nacional (Uruguay)
4 Morelia (Mexico)
3 Cuenca (Ecudador)
Grupo 7 (3 played)
7 Velez Sarsfield (Argentina)
7 Cruzeiro (Brazil) (4 played)
4 Colo Colo (Chile)
1 Italia (Venezuela) (4 played)
Grupo 8 (3 played)
7 Universidad Chile (Chile)
6 Flamengo (Brazil)
3 Universidad Catolica (Chile) (4 played)
2 Caracas FC (Venezuela) (4 played)
posted by brucio at 16:10
1 Comments:
Pedro Ken?
Seriously?
Dude, Two-Boys Gumede is 8000x better.
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