Some News for Thu Jul 15, 2010

THIERRY HENRY

NYRB introduced their new player today. It was not nearly the circus the Beckman intro was, and I suspect Henry will not cause nearly the turmoil in his team either, while on the other hand being successful much quicker.













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Rob Hughes of the New York Times on Thierry Henry's potential impact in America.

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Henry told press last night that he is calling an end to his play for the French national team.

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His 1st potential MLS game is Sat Jul 31 at Houston. It will only be 107 degrees that night! Welcome to MLS buddy!

STARTERS

Sad news out of DC - Ongoing symptoms of concussions has forced United fullback Bryan Namoff into semi-retirement. He will join the teams off field staff for now, and hope that he will get healthy enough to pull the black shirt back on.

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Revs get the win, while Chicago gets pummeled in SuperLiga.

MLS WEEK 17

Matches & Scores:
-Wed Jul 14
Columbus Crew 0-1 Kansas City Wizards - KCW goal by Teal Bunbury.
Venue: Crew Stadium - Columbus OH
Attendance: 11,304
-Thu Jul 15
DC United v Seattle Sounders FC - 7PM Central on ESPN2
Venue: RFK Stadium - Washington DC
-Sat Jul 17
Philadelphia Union v Toronto FC - 2:30PM Central on Direct Kick
Venue: PPL Park - Chester PA
Columbus Crew v New York Red Bulls - 6:30PM Central on Direct Kick
Venue: Crew Stadium - Columbus OH
FC Dallas v Real Salt Lake - 7:30PM Central on Direct Kick
Venue: Pizza Hut Park - Frisco TX
Colorado Rapids v Kansas City Wizards - 8PM Central on Direct Kick
Venue: Dick's Sporting Goods Park - Commerce City CO
-Sun Jul 18
DC United v Los Angeles Galaxy - 6:30PM Central on FSC
Venue: RFK Stadium - Washington DC

MLS TEAM & PLAYER NEWS

Chivas USA makes it official in signing attacking midfielder Rodolfo Espinoza from Universitario in Peru. He is Mexican.

MLS STADIUM BUILDING

Great new photo from the Kansas City Wizards showing the insane progress being made on their stadium. Is there any chance this thing could be ready for opening day?!?!?!
















MLS EXHIBITIONS

Philly takes down Celtic in dominating fashion.

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Coming Up:
-Wed Jul 14
Philadelphia Union 1-0 Glasgow Celtic (Scotland) - PU goal by Sebastian Le Toux.
Venue: PPL Park - Chester PA
Match report by Kerith Gabriel of the Philadelphia Daily News.
Match report by Mario Aguirre of the Philadelphia Inquirer.
Match report from the Delaware County Daily News.

Superliga 2010

The Group Stage began Wed Jul 14.

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Group A (1 of 3 played)
3 Morelia (+4)
3 New England Revolution (+1)
0 UNAM Pumas (-1)
0 Chicago Fire (-4)
Group B (0 of 3 played)
- Chivas USA
- Houston Dynamo
- Pachuca
- Puebla

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Group Stage Matches & Scores:
-Wed Jul 14
New England Revolution 1-0 UNAM Pumas - NER goal by Zack Schilawski.
Venue: Gillette Stadium – Foxborough MA
Chicago Fire 1-5 Morelia - CF goal by Steve Kinney. Mor goals by Elias Hernandez, Luis Gabriel Rey, Miguel Sabah, Rafael Marquez Lugo, & Jaime Lozan.
Venue: Toyota Park – Bridgeview IL
-Thu Jul 15
Houston Dynamo v Pachuca - 7pm Central on Telefutura
Venue: Robertson Stadium – Houston TX
Chivas USA v Puebla - 9:30pm Central on Telefutura
Venue: Home Depot Center – Carson CA
-Sat Jul 17
Chicago Fire v New England Revolution - 6pm Central on Telefutura
Venue: Toyota Park – Bridgeview IL
UNAM Pumas v Morelia - 8:30pm Central on Telefutura
Venue: Toyota Park – Bridgeview IL
-Sun Jul 18
Houston Dynamo v Chivas USA - 7pm Central on Telefutura
Venue: Robertson Stadium – Houston TX
Pachuca v Puebla - 9:30pm Central on Telefutura
Venue: Robertson Stadium – Houston TX

USSF DIVISION 2

Brian Quarstad at Inside Minnesota Soccer gives us Part 3 of a 4 part series looking at the future of second division soccer in North America.
Part 2
Part 1

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Matches & Scores:
-Wed Jul 14
Crystal Palace Baltimore 0-0 Rochester Rhinos
Montreal Impact 1-0 Carolina RailHawks
NSC Minnesota Stars 2-2 AC St Louis
Vancouver Whitecaps 3-1 Miami FC Blues
-Thu Jul 15
Tampa Bay Rowdies v Puerto Rico Islanders
-Sat Jul 17
Rochester Rhinos v Carolina Railhawks
Miami Blues FC v Puerto Rico
Austin Aztex v AC St Louis
Montreal Impact v Crystal Palace Baltimore

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Standings (As of Wed Jul 14):
32 Austin - 16 played
29 Vancouver - 17 played
27 Rochester - 16 played
24 Minnesota - 19 played
23 Portland - 16 played
21 Carolina - 14 played
19 Tampa Bay - 15 played
20 Montreal - 16 played
17 Puerto Rico - 14 played
16 Baltimore - 16 played
14 Miami - 16 played
13 St Louis - 15 played

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Pro-Rated Standings based on Points Per Game:
2.00 Austin
1.71 Vancouver
1.69 Rochester
1.50 Carolina
1.44 Portland
1.27 Tampa Bay
1.26 Minnesota
1.25 Montreal
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OUT OF PLAY OFF SPOTS
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1.21 Puerto Rico
1.00 Baltimore
0.88 Miami
0.87 St Louis

USL/NASL INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONS

Matches & Scores:
-Wed Jul 14
Charlotte Eagles (USL 2) 0-3 Bolton Wanderers (England)
Venue: Transamerica Field - Charlotte NC

AMERICANS IN EUROPE

Dominic Cervi got the start last night for Celtic and they lost an exhibition game to Philadelphia 1-0.

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Soccer America with a report on Eddie Johnson who is in preseason training with Fulham, and most likely looking for a new team.
-He scored a goal in a friendly.

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Coming Up: (all possible players are listed)

EUROPA LEAGUE - 2nd Qualifying Round 1st Leg
Mikkel Diskerud - Stabaek - Thu Jul 15 v Dnepr Mogilev (Belarus)
Erik Benjaminsen - Stabaek - Thu Jul 15 v Dnepr Mogilev (Belarus)
Johan Smith - Kalmar - Thu Jul 15 v Dacia (Moldova)

AMERICANS IN MEXICO

Coming Up:

SUPERLIGA Group Stage:
Herculez Gomez - Pachuca - Thu Jul 15 at Houston
Jose Torres - Pachuca - Thu Jul 15 at Houston
Marco Vidal - Pachuca - Thu Jul 15 at Houston

GERMANY

Der Spiegel with an article on the "rebirth" of the German national team.

BRAZIL

Clemente Lisi of the US Socccer Players Assoc does a Q & A with Brazil legend Romario. Talking World Cup's past, present and future.

ENDERS

People begged for more Diego Forlan. Have at it.