Friday, April 23, 2010

Some News For Fri Apr 23, 2010

TWITTER

Join us on Twitter: @dunord - Come on #1100.

STARTERS

Just a little reality check for everyone who went crazy on Monday after seeing that Portland had over 15,000 at their season opener, they played at home last night to 5900.

BIG CLUB MATCHES THIS WEEKEND

-Sat Apr 24
Manchester United v Tottenham Hotspur - #2 v #4
Arsenal v Manchester City - #3 v #5
Barcelona v Xerez - #1 v #20
Palermo v Milan - #5 v #3
-Sun Apr 25
Roma v Sampdoria - #1 v #4

TWITTERVERSE/FACEBOOKING

From @MAEAgency: "Freddy Montero to Russia in June according to his agent"

and

From @stevendrozd: "Something I've known for a long time but want to express: I love being a Flaming Lip. Yep...."

WHY?

Attention American Football fans - do you really want a guy that looks like this big of a dipshit on your team?




















MLS WEEK 5

Matches & Scores:
-Thu Apr 22
FC Dallas 2-2 Seattle Sounders FC - FCD goals both by Jeff Cunningham(both via PK). SSFC goals by Steve Zakuani & Fredy Montero.
Venue: Pizza Hut Park - Frisco TX
Attendance: 8,512
-Sat Apr 24
New York Red Bulls v Philadelphia Union - 3PM Central on TeleFutura
Venue: Red Bull Arena - Harrison NJ
New England Revolution v Colorado Rapids - 6:30PM Central on Direct Kick
Venue: Gillette Stadium - Foxborough MA
Columbus Crew v Real Salt Lake - 6:30PM Central on Direct Kick
Venue: Crew Stadium - Columbus OH
Kansas City Wizards v Los Angeles Galaxy - 7:30PM Central on Direct Kick
Venue: CommunityAmerica Ballpark - Kansas City KS
Chicago Fire v Houston Dynamo - 7:30PM Central on Direct Kick
Venue: Toyota Park - Bridgeview IL
Chivas USA v San Jose Earthquakes - 9:30PM Central on FSC
Venue: Home Depot Center - Carson CA
-Sun Apr 25
Toronto FC v Seattle Sounders FC - 1PM Central on Direct Kick
Venue: BMO Field - Toronto ON

DC is off this weekend.

USSF DIVISION 2

Matches & Scores:
-Wed Apr 21
Puerto Rico Islanders 3-1 NSC Minnesota Stars
-Thu Apr 22
Portland Timbers 3-0 AC St Louis
-Sat Apr 24
Vancouver Whitecaps v AC St Louis
NSC Minnesota Stars v Tampa Bay Rowdies
Crystal Palace Baltimore v Puerto Rico Islanders
-Sun Apr 25
Montreal Impact v Portland Timbers
Austin Aztex v Rochester Rhinos

dN

Standings (As of Thu Apr 22):
NASL Conference>
4 Vancouver - 2 played (+2 GD)
3 Carolina - 2 played (+1 GD)
2 Miami - 2 played (0 GD)
0 Baltimore - 1 played (-1 GD)
0 Montreal - 1 played (-2 GD)
0 St Louis - 3 played (-6 GD)
USL Conference>
6 Portland - 2 played (+4 GD)
6 Austin - 2 played (+3 GD)
3 Puerto Rico - 0 played (+3 GD)
3 Tampa Bay - 1 played (+1 GD)
3 Minnesota - 3 played (-3 GD)
1 Rochester - 2 played (-1 GD)

AMERICANS IN EUROPE

Game Action: (only those that played are listed)

UEFA - EUROPA League Semifinals Leg 1
Clint Dempsey - Fulham - Thu Apr 22 - came on the 52nd minute as a sub as they drew 0-0 at Hamburg.

MEXICO

In the Mexican Primera Division the 2 top teams in each group plus the 2 team with the next best records make the playofs or Liguilla.

Guadalajara, Toluca, Monterrey, UNAM and Santos are all in the playoffs already. That leaves 3 spots still to fight for.

Clausura Standings after 16 of 17 Rounds:
Group 1
ADV-31 Guadalajara - NEXT: Sat Apr 24 at Cruz Azul
ADV-27 Toluca - NEXT: Sun Apr 25 v Puebla
- - - - -
*23 Atlas - NEXT: Sat Apr 24 Chiapas
21 Queretaro - NEXT: Sat Apr 24 at San Luis
12 Juarez Indios - NEXT: Sun Apr 25 v UNAM
11 San Luis - NEXT: Sat Apr 24 v Queretaro

Group 2
ADV-35 Monterrey - NEXT: Sat Apr 24 at Morelia
24 Morelia - NEXT: Sat Apr 24 v Monterrey
- - - - -
22 America - NEXT: Sun Apr 25 v Santos
22 Pachuca - NEXT: Sat Apr 24 at UANL
19 Puebla - NEXT: Sun Apr 25 at Toluca
18 Chiapas - NEXT: Sat Apr 24 at Atlas

Group 3
ADV-28 UNAM Pumas - NEXT: Sun Apr 25 at Indios
ADV-28 Santos Laguna - NEXT: Sun Apr 25 at America
- - - - -
*24 Cruz Azul - NEXT: Sat Apr 24 v Guadalajara
19 UANL Tigres - NEXT: Sat Apr 24 v Pachuca
16 Atlante - NEXT: Fri Apr 23 at Estudiantes
16 Estudiantes Tecos - NEXT: Fri Apr 23 v Atlante

ENGLAND

The Premier League Relegation Battle (38 points will save you right now) - 3 go down:
35 Bolton Wanderers
35 Wigan Athletic
34 Wolverhampton
31 West Ham
- - - - -
28 Hull City
27 Burnley
OUT-15 Portsmouth

dN

Top Premier League Team Standings (35 of 38 games played)
77 Chelsea - Next: Sun Apr 25 v Stoke
76 Manchester United - Next: Sat Apr 24 v Tottenham
71 Arsenal - Next: Sat Apr 24 v Manchester City

dN

Top Goal Scorers in the Premier League:
26 Wayne Rooney - Manchester United
25 Didier Drogba - Chelsea
23 Darren Bent - Sunderland
22 Carlos Tevez - Manchester City
18 Fernando Torres - Liverpool
18 Jermain Defoe - Tottenham Hotspur
18 Frank Lampard - Chelsea

SPAIN

Teams 8-20 are all possible for La Liga relegation with 5 rounds left to play (48 points is the line right now) - 3 go down:
47 Getafe
44 Deportivo La Coruna
40 Atletico Madrid
38 Osasuna
38 Almeria
38 Espanyol
37 Sporting Gijon
36 Racing Santander
34 Real Zaragoza
32 Malaga
- - - - -
29 Tenerife
29 Valladolid
27 Xerez

dN

Top La Liga Team Standings (33 of 38 games played)
84 Barcelona - Next: Sat Apr 24 v Xerez
83 Real Madrid - Next: Sat Apr 24 at Zaragoza

dN

Top Goal Scorers in La Liga:
27 Lionel Messi - Barcelona
25 Gonzalo HiguaĆ­n - Real Madrid
20 David Villa - Valencia
20 Cristiano Ronaldo - Real Madrid
17 Diego Forlan - Atletico Madrid
15 Zlatan Ibrahimovic - Barcelona

FRANCE

The bottom 3 teams from Ligue 1 will be relegated (44 is the magic numbers) - 5 games left to play:
43 Toulouse
43 Nancy Lorraine
39 Lens
38 Sochaux
37 Nice
36 St Etienne
- - - - -
28 Le Mans
24 Boulogne
OUT-16 Grenoble

dN

Top Ligue 1 Team Standings (33 of 38 games played)
68 Marseille - Next: Sun Apr 25 v St Etienne
63 Auxerre - Next: Sun Apr 25 at Tououse
59 Lyon - Next: Weekend off
59 Montpellier - Next: Sat Apr 24 at Nancy
58 Lille - Next: Sat Apr 24 at Le Mans
57 Bordeaux - 32 played - Next: Sat Apr 24 at Lorient

dN

Top Goal Scorers in Ligue 1:
15 Mamadou Niang - Marseille
14 Anderson Luiz de Carvalho Nene - Monaco
14 Kevin Gameiro - Lorient
13 Asamoah - Rennes
13 Lisandro Lopez - Lyon
13 Mevlut Erding - Paris St Germain
12 Gervinho - Lille
12 Pierre-Alain Frau

GERMANY

The struggle against relegation will see 3 teams fail (bottom 2 go down automatically, and 3rd from bottom plays 3rd from top in B2 in a 2 legged playoff) (38 is the safety number) - with 3 games left to play:
37 Cologne
37 Monchengladbach
35 Hoffenheim
28 Nurnberg
28 Bochum
- - - - -
28 Freiburg
- - - - -
27 Hannover
23 Hertha Berlin

dN

Top Bundesliga Team Standings (31 of 34 games played)
63 Bayern Munich - Next: Sat Apr 24 at Monchengladbach
61 Schalke - Next: Sat Apr 24 at Hertha
54 Werder Bremen - Next: Sat Apr 24 v Koln
54 Bayer Leverkusen - Next: Sat Apr 24 v Hannover

dN

Top Goal Scorers in the Bundesliga:
20 Edin Dzeko - Wolfsburg
19 Stefan Kiessling - Bayer Leverkusen
18 Kevin Kuranyi - Schalke
15 Lucas Barrios - Borussia Dortmund
15 Claudio Pizarro - Werder Bremen
14 Arjen Robben - Bayern Munich
12 Eren Derdiyok - Bayer Leverkusen
12 Albert Bunjaku - Nurnberg

ITALY

Relegation from Serie A happens to the bottom 3 teams (47 is the lucky number) - there are 4 games left to be played:
46 Fiorentina
46 Parma
43 Bari
41 Cagliari
41 Chievo Verona
40 Catania
39 Udinese
37 Lazio
36 Bologna
- - - - -
34 Atalanta
30 Siena
26 Livorno

dN

Top Serie A Team Standings (34 of 38 games played)
71 Roma - Next: Sun Apr 25 v Sampdoria
70 Inter - Next: Sat Apr 24 v Atalanta
64 Milan - Next: Sat Apr 24 at Palermo

dN

Top Goal Scorers in Serie A:
22 Antonio Di Natale - Udinese
18 Diego Milito - Inter
15 Alberto Gilardino - Fiorentina
14 Giampaolo Pazzini - Sampdoria
13 Fabrizio Miccoli - Palermo
13 Alessandro Matri - Cagliari
12 Paulo Vito Barreto - Bari
12 Pato - Milan

EUROPE

Dutch Cup - Final
-Sun Apr 24
Ajax Amsterdam v Feyenoord Rotterdam

ARGENTINA

Top Primera Division Team Standings (15 of 19 games played)
30 Estudiantes la Plata - Next: Sat Apr 24 v River Plate
30 Independiente - Next: Sat Apr 24 at Huracan
29 Argentinos Juniors - Next: Sun Apr 25 v Gimnasia
28 Godoy Cruz - Next: Fri Apr 23 v Chacarita Juniors

COPA LIBERTADORES

16 teams are now all set to advance from the Group Stage that ended last night. Here are those teams:
8 Group Winners:
16 Corinthians (Brazil)
13 Sao Paulo (Brazil)
13 Estudiantes de la Plata (Argentina)
13 Velez Sarsfield (Argentina)
12 Libertad (Paraguay)
12 Internacional (Brazil)
12 Nacional (Uruguay)
12 Universidad Chile (Chile)
6 Runners Up:
12 Alianza Lima (Peru)
11 Cruzeiro (Brazil)
11 Once Caldas (Colombia)
11 Banfield (Argentina)
10 Flamengo (Brazil)
10 Universitario (Peru)
2 Automatic Entrants:
Guadalajara (Mexico)
San Luis (Mexico)

dN

GROUP STAGE - This Weeks Matches & Scores:
-Tue Apr 20
Bolivar 2-0 Juan Aurich - Bol goals by Walter Flores & Alex Da Rosa(PK).
Estudiantes 1-0 Alianza - Est goal by Juan Sebastian Veron.
-Wed Apr 21
Nacional (Para) 2-0 Monterrey - Nac goals by Aldo Paniaqua & Guillermo Beltran.
Sao Paulo 1-0 Once Caldas - SP goal by Fernando.
Nacional (Uru) 2-0 Morelia - Nac goals by Mario Pintos & Mauricio Pereira.
Banfield 4-1 Cuenca - Ban goals by Ruben Ramirez(2), Walter Erviti & Cristian Lucchetti(PK). Cue goal by Gabriel Mendez.
Universidad Chile 0-0 Universidad Catolica
Flamengo 3-2 Caracas - Fla goals by Ronadlo Angelim, Michael & David. Car goals by Rafael Castellin & Jesus Gomez.
-Thu Apr 22
Corinthians 1-0 Independiente - Cor goal by Juan Valencia.
Internacional 3-0 Quito - Int goals by Andrezinho, Bolivar Guedes & Giuliano.
Cerro 0-0 Emelec
Cerro Porteno v Racing Club

dN

Standings (6 Rounds):

Grupo 1 (DONE)
ADV-16 Corinthians (Brazil)
OUT-8 Racing Club (Uruguay)
OUT-6 Independiente Medellin (Colombia)
OUT-2 Cerro Porteno (Paraguay)

Grupo 2 DONE
ADV-13 Sao Paulo (Brazil)
ADV-11 Once Caldas (Colombia)
OUT-3 Monterrey (Mexico)
OUT-3 Nacional (Paraguay)

Grupo 3 (DONE)
ADV-13 Estudiantes de la Plata (Argentina)
ADV-12 Alianza Lima (Peru)
OUT-4 Bolivar (Bolivia)
OUT-3 Juan Aurich (Peru)

Grupo 4 (DONE)
ADV-12 Libertad (Paraguay)
ADV-10 Universitario (Peru)
OUT-8 Lanus (Argentina)
OUT-1 Blooming (Bolivia)

Grupo 5 (DONE)
ADV-12 Internacional (Brazil)
OUT-10 Deportivo Quito (Ecudador)
OUT-8 Cerro (Uruguay)
OUT-2 Emelec (Ecuador)

Grupo 6 DONE
ADV-12 Nacional (Uruguay)
ADV-11 Banfield (Argentina)
OUT-5 Morelia (Mexico)
OUT-4 Cuenca (Ecudador)

Grupo 7 (DONE)
ADV-13 Velez Sarsfield (Argentina)
ADV-11 Cruzeiro (Brazil)
OUT-8 Colo Colo (Chile)
OUT-1 Italia (Venezuela)

Grupo 8 DONE
ADV-12 Universidad Chile (Chile)
ADV-10 Flamengo (Brazil)
OUT-7 Universidad Catolica (Chile)
OUT-2 Caracas FC (Venezuela)

dN

Here is the Knockout Stage Round of 16 Bracket:

-Wed Aug 28
1 Corinthians v 16 Flamengo
-Thu Aug 29
8 Universitario Chile v 9 Alianza Lima

-Thu Aug 29
5 Libertad v 12 Once Caldas
-Tue Aug 27
4 Velez Sarsfield v 13 Guadalajara


-Tue Aug 27
3 Estudiantes de la Plata v 14 San Luis
-Wed Aug 28
6 Internacional v 11 Banfield

-Thu Aug 29
7 Nacional (Uruguay) v 10 Cruzeiro
-Wed Aug 28
2 Sao Paulo v 15 Universitario (Peru)

ENDERS

Saw a great performance on the Colbert Report last night by Gorillaz, featuring Mick Jones & Paul Simonon of the Clash in the band! Check it out here.

2 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

From a Carolina Panthers fan, of course I dont want that douche on my team, agreed!!

9:29 PM  
Blogger eLove - pdx said...

that crowd of almost 6000 was small for sure, but the Portland Trailblazers were playing San Antonio, for their first home playoff game, on the same night at the same time.

That's going to take a huge number of the fans from PGE Park, over to the Rose Garden.

12:07 AM  

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