Some News for Fri Apr 9, 2010
STARTERS
All that scratchin' is making me itch!
RIP Malcom McLaren.
McLaren was the manager of the Sex Pistols, a fashion designer and a musical artist in his own right.
See his video for the infamous "Buffalo Gals" right here.
dN
Players in Spain announced that will NOT strike this weekend. Many teams are way behind in paying players with no communication going on between parties that indicates this will be resolved. But all bets are off for a strike the following weekend.
BIG CLUB MATCHES THIS WEEKEND
-Sat Apr 10
Real Madrid v Barcelona - tied for first, this is for all the marbles. (RM will be without Ricky Kaka.)
Fiorentina v Inter - the team giving one last push for a place in Europe next year hosts the team hanging on for dear life at the top.
Bayer Leverkusen v Bayern Munich - the desperate former #1, now in 3rd, hosts the red hot top team in Germany.
FUN OF THE DAY
Nice! Buzz Carrick of 3rd Degree gives us his Bold Predictions 2010.
-I love it when people go a little nuts like this.
THIS IS WHAT ITS ALL ABOUT
I recently came across 3 more Canadian based soccer blogs, and Kasey Keller's very own site. Enjoy them, won't you:
Fighting for Canadian Supremacy
Maple Leaf Forever
RedNation
Kasey's Last Line
MLS WEEK 3
All 8 games are on Saturday! And there are some really big ones for early in the season!
Matches & Scores:
-Sat Apr 10
Chivas USA v New York Red Bulls - 3PM Central on TeleFutura
Venue: The Home Depot Center - Carson CA
Philadelphia Union v DC United - 5PM Central on Direct Kick
Venue: Lincoln Financial Field
New England Revolution v Toronto FC - 6:30 PM Central on Direct Kick
Venue: Gillette Stadium
Kansas City Wizards v Colorado Rapids - 7:30 PM Central on Direct Kick
Venue: Community America Ballpark
Houston Dynamo v Los Angeles Galaxy - 7:30 PM Central on Direct Kick
Venue: Robertson Stadium
FC Dallas v Columbus Crew - 7:30 PM Central on Direct Kick
Venue: Pizza Hut Park
Chicago Fire v San Jose Earthquakes - 7:30 PM Central on Direct Kick
Venue: Toyota Park
Real Salt Lake v Seattle Sounders FC - 8PM Central on Direct Kick
Venue: Rio Tinto Stadium - Sandy UT
MLS TEAM & PLAYER NEWS
Vice President Joe Biden will kick out the first ball for the Philadelphia Union inaugural home game. I would rather have seen Dick Cheney do it!
dN
Philadelphia has officially signed centerback Cristian Arrieta from the Puerto Rico Islanders.
-He is good, and he will help them.
dN
New England's new midfield signing Marko Perovic has his work permit and is in Boston, ready to go for this weekend.
-Kyle McCarthy sees Perovic being used on the left side and in the center of midfield. Definitely weak spots on the field for the team.
dN
Kyle McCarthy of the Boston Herald looks at the key to any New England success - their defense.
dN
Frank Dell'Apa of the Boston Globe talks to New England forward Kheli Dube about what it means to have an African country hosting the World Cup.
dN
Jeff Carlisle of ESPN Soccernet on Philadelphia and their already famous fans.
MLS/SUM BUSINESS
LE Eisenmenger of The Examiner gives us an update on new MLS roster rules - rosters are increasing from 24 to 26, and there will be even more incentive to bring in players from their own academy teams. Plus much more.
MLS RUMORS
Big Apple Soccer reports that New York is bringing in a forward from head coach Hans Backe's previous club Notts County in England.
USSF DIVISION 2
The new season starts on Saturday!
US Soccer with info on opening weekend, and how to watch all the games this season online.
Soccer America previews.
Matches & Scores:
-Sat Apr 10
Carolina RailHawks v AC St Louis
Miami FC Blues v Rochester Rhinos
-Sun Apr 11
Austin Aztex v Montreal Impact
Vancouver Whitecaps v NSC Minnesota Stars
NSC MINNESOTA STARS
The Minneapolis Star Tribune has a story on our new team, but really it's just another story on the old team, the Minnesota Thunder, owing people lots of money.
-There isn't any mention of the players on the new team.
US SOCCER NEWS
Paul Gardner of Soccer America gives the thumbs up to Claudio Reyna being named to head up youth development in America.
dN
Steve Davis of Sports Illustrated sees good in Reyna's appointment as well.
AMERICANS IN EUROPE
Coming Up: (all possible players are listed)
GERMANY - Bundesliga
Michael Bradley - Monchengladbach - Fri Apr 9 v Eintract Frankfurt
Ricardo Clark - Eintracht Frankfurt - Fri Apr 9 at Monchengladbach
GERMANY - 2 Bundesliga
David Yelldell - Koblenz - Fri Apr 9 at Alemania Aachen
NETHERLANDS - Eerste Divisie
Charles Kazlauskas - Helmond Sport - Fri Apr 9 at Dordrecht
AMERICANS IN MEXICO
PRIMERA DIVISION - Game Action
Edgar Castillo - UANL Tigres - Fri Apr 9 at Estudiantes
Sammy Ochoa - Estudiantes Tecos - Fri Apr 9 v Tigres
UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE
Semifinals
-Dates TBA
Fulham v Hamburg
Liverpool v Atletico Madrid
ENGLAND
FA CUP - Semifinals
-Sat Apr 10
Aston Villa v Chelsea
Tottenham v Portsmouth
dN
Top Premier League Team Standings (33 of 38 games played)
74 Chelsea
72 Manchester United
71 Arsenal
59 Manchester City - 32 played
- - - - -
58 Tottenham - 32 Played
55 Liverpool
54 Aston Villa - 32 played
SPAIN
Top La Liga Team Standings (30 of 38 games played)
77 Real Madrid
77 Barcelona
56 Valencia
48 Sevilla
- - - - -
48 Mallorca
45 Athletic Bilbao
43 Villarreal
FRANCE
Top Ligue 1 Team Standings (31 of 38 games played)
59 Marseille - 30 played
57 Lyon
57 Montpellier
57 Auxerre
- - - - -
56 Bordeaux - 29 played
54 Lille
GERMANY
Raphael Honigstein at Sports Illustrated on the failure of Lukas Podolski to live up to high expectations.
dN
Top Bundesliga Team Standings (29 of 34 games played)
59 Bayern Munich
58 Schalke
53 Bayer Leverkusen
- - - - -
52 Dortmund
48 Werder Bremen
45 Hamburg
ITALY
Top Serie A Team Standings (32 of 38 games played)
66 Inter
65 Roma
63 Milan
51 Palermo
- - - - -
51 Sampdoria
49 Napoli
48 Juventus
45 Fiorentina
45 Genoa
ARGENTINA
The mightly Boca Juniors are in free fall. They just fired their 3rd coach in 2 seasons, and have slumped to 19th place!
-And Gregory Sica of South American Futbol reports that Guillermo Barros Schelotto is the top candidate to become the next head coach.
COPA LIBERTADORES
No more teams advanced or were elminated after this weeks games.
dN
6 of 16 spots are set:
Corinthians join Once Caldas, Banfield, Estudiantes la Plata, Sao Paulo and Alianza Lima in advancing to the knock out stages.
dN
Emelec joins Monterrey, Italia of Venezuela, Juan Aurich, Bolivar, Blooming and Nacional of Paraguay in the eliminated pile.
dN
Just 3 weeks left in the Group Stage.
dN
GROUP STAGE (runs through to Apr 22) - This Weeks Matches & Scores:
-Tue Apr 6
Universitario 0-0 Blooming
Italia 2-3 Colo Colo - Ita goals by Emerson Pangutti & Richard Blanco(PK). CC goals by Cristian Bogado & Ezequiel Miralles(2).
-Wed Apr 7
Cuenca 0-0 Nacional
-Thu Apr 8
Flamengo 2-2 Universidad - Fla goals by Michael & Leonardo Moura. UC goals by Walter Montillo & Matias Rodriguez.
Independiente Medellin 1-0 Cerro Porteno - IM goal by Luis Arias.
Alianza 1-0 Bolivar - Ali goal by Jose Fernandez.
dN
Standings (6 Rounds):
Grupo 1 (4 played)
ADV-10 Corinthians (Brazil)
7 Racing Club (Uruguay)
6 Independiente Medellin (Colombia) (5 played)
1 Cerro Porteno (Paraguay) (5 played)
Grupo 2 (5 played)
ADV-11 Once Caldas (Colombia)
ADV-10 Sao Paulo (Brazil)
OUT-3 Monterrey (Mexico)
OUT-0 Nacional (Paraguay)
Grupo 3 (5 played)
ADV-15 Alianza Lima (Peru)
ADV-10 Estudiantes de la Plata (Argentina)
OUT-3 Juan Aurich (Peru)
OUT-1 Bolivar (Bolivia)
Grupo 4 (5 played)
9 Libertad (Paraguay)
9 Universitario (Peru)
7 Lanus (Argentina)
OUT - 1 Blooming (Bolivia)
Grupo 5 (4 played)
8 Internacional (Brazil)
7 Cerro (Uruguay)
7 Deportivo Quito (Ecudador)
OUT-0 Emelec (Ecuador)
Grupo 6 (5 played)
ADV - 11 Banfield (Argentina)
6 Nacional (Uruguay)
5 Morelia (Mexico)
4 Cuenca (Ecudador)
Grupo 7 (5 played)
10 Velez Sarsfield (Argentina)
10 Cruzeiro (Brazil)
7 Colo Colo (Chile)
OUT-1 Italia (Venezuela)
Grupo 8 (4 played)
8 Universidad Chile (Chile)
7 Flamengo (Brazil)
3 Universidad Catolica (Chile)
2 Caracas FC (Venezuela)
All that scratchin' is making me itch!
RIP Malcom McLaren.
McLaren was the manager of the Sex Pistols, a fashion designer and a musical artist in his own right.
See his video for the infamous "Buffalo Gals" right here.
dN
Players in Spain announced that will NOT strike this weekend. Many teams are way behind in paying players with no communication going on between parties that indicates this will be resolved. But all bets are off for a strike the following weekend.
BIG CLUB MATCHES THIS WEEKEND
-Sat Apr 10
Real Madrid v Barcelona - tied for first, this is for all the marbles. (RM will be without Ricky Kaka.)
Fiorentina v Inter - the team giving one last push for a place in Europe next year hosts the team hanging on for dear life at the top.
Bayer Leverkusen v Bayern Munich - the desperate former #1, now in 3rd, hosts the red hot top team in Germany.
FUN OF THE DAY
Nice! Buzz Carrick of 3rd Degree gives us his Bold Predictions 2010.
-I love it when people go a little nuts like this.
THIS IS WHAT ITS ALL ABOUT
I recently came across 3 more Canadian based soccer blogs, and Kasey Keller's very own site. Enjoy them, won't you:
Fighting for Canadian Supremacy
Maple Leaf Forever
RedNation
Kasey's Last Line
MLS WEEK 3
All 8 games are on Saturday! And there are some really big ones for early in the season!
Matches & Scores:
-Sat Apr 10
Chivas USA v New York Red Bulls - 3PM Central on TeleFutura
Venue: The Home Depot Center - Carson CA
Philadelphia Union v DC United - 5PM Central on Direct Kick
Venue: Lincoln Financial Field
New England Revolution v Toronto FC - 6:30 PM Central on Direct Kick
Venue: Gillette Stadium
Kansas City Wizards v Colorado Rapids - 7:30 PM Central on Direct Kick
Venue: Community America Ballpark
Houston Dynamo v Los Angeles Galaxy - 7:30 PM Central on Direct Kick
Venue: Robertson Stadium
FC Dallas v Columbus Crew - 7:30 PM Central on Direct Kick
Venue: Pizza Hut Park
Chicago Fire v San Jose Earthquakes - 7:30 PM Central on Direct Kick
Venue: Toyota Park
Real Salt Lake v Seattle Sounders FC - 8PM Central on Direct Kick
Venue: Rio Tinto Stadium - Sandy UT
MLS TEAM & PLAYER NEWS
Vice President Joe Biden will kick out the first ball for the Philadelphia Union inaugural home game. I would rather have seen Dick Cheney do it!
dN
Philadelphia has officially signed centerback Cristian Arrieta from the Puerto Rico Islanders.
-He is good, and he will help them.
dN
New England's new midfield signing Marko Perovic has his work permit and is in Boston, ready to go for this weekend.
-Kyle McCarthy sees Perovic being used on the left side and in the center of midfield. Definitely weak spots on the field for the team.
dN
Kyle McCarthy of the Boston Herald looks at the key to any New England success - their defense.
dN
Frank Dell'Apa of the Boston Globe talks to New England forward Kheli Dube about what it means to have an African country hosting the World Cup.
dN
Jeff Carlisle of ESPN Soccernet on Philadelphia and their already famous fans.
MLS/SUM BUSINESS
LE Eisenmenger of The Examiner gives us an update on new MLS roster rules - rosters are increasing from 24 to 26, and there will be even more incentive to bring in players from their own academy teams. Plus much more.
MLS RUMORS
Big Apple Soccer reports that New York is bringing in a forward from head coach Hans Backe's previous club Notts County in England.
USSF DIVISION 2
The new season starts on Saturday!
US Soccer with info on opening weekend, and how to watch all the games this season online.
Soccer America previews.
Matches & Scores:
-Sat Apr 10
Carolina RailHawks v AC St Louis
Miami FC Blues v Rochester Rhinos
-Sun Apr 11
Austin Aztex v Montreal Impact
Vancouver Whitecaps v NSC Minnesota Stars
NSC MINNESOTA STARS
The Minneapolis Star Tribune has a story on our new team, but really it's just another story on the old team, the Minnesota Thunder, owing people lots of money.
-There isn't any mention of the players on the new team.
US SOCCER NEWS
Paul Gardner of Soccer America gives the thumbs up to Claudio Reyna being named to head up youth development in America.
dN
Steve Davis of Sports Illustrated sees good in Reyna's appointment as well.
AMERICANS IN EUROPE
Coming Up: (all possible players are listed)
GERMANY - Bundesliga
Michael Bradley - Monchengladbach - Fri Apr 9 v Eintract Frankfurt
Ricardo Clark - Eintracht Frankfurt - Fri Apr 9 at Monchengladbach
GERMANY - 2 Bundesliga
David Yelldell - Koblenz - Fri Apr 9 at Alemania Aachen
NETHERLANDS - Eerste Divisie
Charles Kazlauskas - Helmond Sport - Fri Apr 9 at Dordrecht
AMERICANS IN MEXICO
PRIMERA DIVISION - Game Action
Edgar Castillo - UANL Tigres - Fri Apr 9 at Estudiantes
Sammy Ochoa - Estudiantes Tecos - Fri Apr 9 v Tigres
UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE
Semifinals
-Dates TBA
Fulham v Hamburg
Liverpool v Atletico Madrid
ENGLAND
FA CUP - Semifinals
-Sat Apr 10
Aston Villa v Chelsea
Tottenham v Portsmouth
dN
Top Premier League Team Standings (33 of 38 games played)
74 Chelsea
72 Manchester United
71 Arsenal
59 Manchester City - 32 played
- - - - -
58 Tottenham - 32 Played
55 Liverpool
54 Aston Villa - 32 played
SPAIN
Top La Liga Team Standings (30 of 38 games played)
77 Real Madrid
77 Barcelona
56 Valencia
48 Sevilla
- - - - -
48 Mallorca
45 Athletic Bilbao
43 Villarreal
FRANCE
Top Ligue 1 Team Standings (31 of 38 games played)
59 Marseille - 30 played
57 Lyon
57 Montpellier
57 Auxerre
- - - - -
56 Bordeaux - 29 played
54 Lille
GERMANY
Raphael Honigstein at Sports Illustrated on the failure of Lukas Podolski to live up to high expectations.
dN
Top Bundesliga Team Standings (29 of 34 games played)
59 Bayern Munich
58 Schalke
53 Bayer Leverkusen
- - - - -
52 Dortmund
48 Werder Bremen
45 Hamburg
ITALY
Top Serie A Team Standings (32 of 38 games played)
66 Inter
65 Roma
63 Milan
51 Palermo
- - - - -
51 Sampdoria
49 Napoli
48 Juventus
45 Fiorentina
45 Genoa
ARGENTINA
The mightly Boca Juniors are in free fall. They just fired their 3rd coach in 2 seasons, and have slumped to 19th place!
-And Gregory Sica of South American Futbol reports that Guillermo Barros Schelotto is the top candidate to become the next head coach.
COPA LIBERTADORES
No more teams advanced or were elminated after this weeks games.
dN
6 of 16 spots are set:
Corinthians join Once Caldas, Banfield, Estudiantes la Plata, Sao Paulo and Alianza Lima in advancing to the knock out stages.
dN
Emelec joins Monterrey, Italia of Venezuela, Juan Aurich, Bolivar, Blooming and Nacional of Paraguay in the eliminated pile.
dN
Just 3 weeks left in the Group Stage.
dN
GROUP STAGE (runs through to Apr 22) - This Weeks Matches & Scores:
-Tue Apr 6
Universitario 0-0 Blooming
Italia 2-3 Colo Colo - Ita goals by Emerson Pangutti & Richard Blanco(PK). CC goals by Cristian Bogado & Ezequiel Miralles(2).
-Wed Apr 7
Cuenca 0-0 Nacional
-Thu Apr 8
Flamengo 2-2 Universidad - Fla goals by Michael & Leonardo Moura. UC goals by Walter Montillo & Matias Rodriguez.
Independiente Medellin 1-0 Cerro Porteno - IM goal by Luis Arias.
Alianza 1-0 Bolivar - Ali goal by Jose Fernandez.
dN
Standings (6 Rounds):
Grupo 1 (4 played)
ADV-10 Corinthians (Brazil)
7 Racing Club (Uruguay)
6 Independiente Medellin (Colombia) (5 played)
1 Cerro Porteno (Paraguay) (5 played)
Grupo 2 (5 played)
ADV-11 Once Caldas (Colombia)
ADV-10 Sao Paulo (Brazil)
OUT-3 Monterrey (Mexico)
OUT-0 Nacional (Paraguay)
Grupo 3 (5 played)
ADV-15 Alianza Lima (Peru)
ADV-10 Estudiantes de la Plata (Argentina)
OUT-3 Juan Aurich (Peru)
OUT-1 Bolivar (Bolivia)
Grupo 4 (5 played)
9 Libertad (Paraguay)
9 Universitario (Peru)
7 Lanus (Argentina)
OUT - 1 Blooming (Bolivia)
Grupo 5 (4 played)
8 Internacional (Brazil)
7 Cerro (Uruguay)
7 Deportivo Quito (Ecudador)
OUT-0 Emelec (Ecuador)
Grupo 6 (5 played)
ADV - 11 Banfield (Argentina)
6 Nacional (Uruguay)
5 Morelia (Mexico)
4 Cuenca (Ecudador)
Grupo 7 (5 played)
10 Velez Sarsfield (Argentina)
10 Cruzeiro (Brazil)
7 Colo Colo (Chile)
OUT-1 Italia (Venezuela)
Grupo 8 (4 played)
8 Universidad Chile (Chile)
7 Flamengo (Brazil)
3 Universidad Catolica (Chile)
2 Caracas FC (Venezuela)
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