Some News for Thu Jul 29, 2010
STARTERS
On back to back nights Bruce Arena coached teams lost 1-4 and 2-5 at home. I bet he wants to take a few days off and just get drunk as a skunk.
MLS ALL STARS
Now that's an ass kicking! Plain and simple. And it started just 21 seconds into the game. The brutal opening that saw Kevin Alston put a lazy backpass right on to the foot of Federico Macheda, and then Macheda smash home a corner kick 11 minutes later, the All Stars actually got back into the back in the second half when Brian Ching scored on a very typical (for him) headed corner. Then it just fell apart, with DDR getting a late goal in a flurry to take the game back from disaster into simply embarrassing territory.
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Match & Score:
-Wed Jul 28
MLS All Stars 2-5 Manchester United - MLS goals by Brian Ching and Dwayne DeRosario. MU goals by Federico Macheda, Darron Gibson, Tom Cleverley & Javier Hernandez.
Match report by Jose de Jesus Ortiz of the Houston Chronicle.
Match report from the Guardian.
Match report by Simon Evans of Reuters.
Venue: Reliant Stadium - Houston TX
Attendance: 70,728
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The Houston Chronicle on the night had by Dynamo All Star Brian Ching.
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Jose de Jesus Ortiz of the Houston Chronicle with notes on the Dynamo organization and MLS big wigs.
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Steve Davis of Sports Illustrated finds it hard to come up with positives for MLS at this game.
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Grant Wahl of SI also has a few notes.
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Simon Evans of Reuters on Manchester United's massive world wide support.
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Ridge Mahoney of Soccer America on the good and bad from last night.
CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
The Preliminary Round of the knock out stage starts now. 16 teams are paired to play home and away for 8 spots in the Group Stage.
dN
Seattle dominated the Meatpan (sic) last night but could only score once and that was on a horrible goalkeeping blunder.
dN
Preliminary Round Matches & Scores:
1st Leg
-Tue Jul 27
Toronto FC (Canada) 1-0 Motagua (Honduras) - TFC goal by Chad Barrett.
San Juan Jabloteh (Trinidad & Tobago) 0-1 Santos Laguna (Mexico) - SL goal by Rodrigo Ruiz.
San Francisco (Panama) 2-3 Cruz Azul (Mexico) - SF goals by Eduardo Jimenez & Gabriel Torres. CZ goals all by Emaunuel Villa(3).
Los Angeles Galaxy (USA) 1-4 Puerto Rico Islanders (Puerto Rico) - LAG goal by Richard Martinez(OG). PRI goals by David Foley, Nicholas Addlery(2) & Josh Hansen.
-Wed Jul 28
Tauro FC (Panama) 0-3 Marathon (Honduras) - Mar goals by Claudio Labarinas(2) & Milton Palacios.
Seattle Sounders (USA) 1-0 Isidro Metapan (El Salvador) - SS goal by Fredy Montero.
Match report by Don Ruiz of the Tacoma News Tribune.
Brujas (Costa Rica) 2-2 Joe Public (Trinidad & Tobago) - Bru goals by Andres Nunez & Jose Cordero. JP goals by Kerry Baptiste & Trent Noel.
-Thu Jul 29
CD FAS (El Salvador) v Xelaju (Guatemala)
PICTURE OF THE DAY
The Seattle Sounders appear to have a new member of their ownership group. At least in "appearance." Meet the new 80 pounds lighter Drew Carey:
MLS WEEK 18
Matches & Scores:
-Sat Jul 31
Philadelphia Union v New England Revolution - 2:30pm Central on Direct Kick
Venue: PPL Park - Chester PA
Colorado Rapids v FC Dallas - 3:00pm Central on Direct Kick
Venue: Dick's Sporting Goods Park - Commerce City CO
Kansas City Wizards v Toronto FC - 7:30pm Central on Direct Kick
Venue: CommunityAmerica Ballpark - Kansas City KS
Houston Dynamo v New York Red Bulls - 8:30pm Central on Direct Kick
Venue: Robertson Stadium - Houston TX
Real Salt Lake v DC United - 9:00pm Central on Direct Kick
Venue: Rio Tinto Stadium - Sandy UT
San Jose Earthquakes v Seattle Sounders - 9:00pm Central on Direct Kick
Venue: Buck Shaw Stadium - Santa Clara CA
Chivas USA v Columbus Crew - 9:30pm Central on Direct Kick
Venue: Home Depot Center - Carson CA
-Sun Aug 1
Los Angeles v Chicago - 6:30pm Central on FSC
Venue: Home Depot Center - Carson CA
MLS TEAM & PLAYER NEWS
Our old pal Luis Arroyave of the Chicago Tribune introduces us to new Fire attacker Nery Castillo.
-I really hope this move works out for Chicago.
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Frank Dell'Apa of the Boston Globe takes us through the first half of a terrible season for the New England Revolution. The Steve Nicol era has never looked this bad.
MLS PLAYER MOVEMENT
Joshua Mayers of the Seattle Times on the Sounders newest signing Uruguayan Alvaro Fernandez.
-Mayers does a short Q & A with Sounders honcho Adrian Hanauer about the teams 3rd DP.
-Here is a reprint of what we wrote about Fernandez last week:
He signed with Nacional (Uruguay) in 09, but played the last 2 seasons on loan at Vitoria Setubal (Portugal) & Universidad de Chile (Chile.)
He was also just on the Uruguay World Cup team, starting against Ghana (subbed out at half time), coming on as a sub in the 84th against S Korea, coming on as a sub in the 85th against Mexico and coming on as a sub in the 71st against South Africa.
MLS/SUM BUSINESS
Charles Gooch of the Kansas City Star reports on the Wizards hiring a PR company to looking to renaming and recoloring the team.
MLS EXPANSION
Geoff Arnold of the Oregonian on the coin flip between Portland and Vancouver (won by the Whitecaps) that will determine which teams picks first in the MLS expansion and MLS Super drafts etc next winter.
-Arnold also has a few words on "not-yet" head coach Jon Spencer.
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Bruce Constantineau of the Vancouver Sun on the Whitecaps winning this initial coin toss that will set many more things in motion for next seasons expansion.
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Doug Roberson of the Atlanta Journal Constitution with another in his string of stories looking at the viability of MLS in that geographically important city.
-Atlanta hosted Club America v Manchester City last night at the Georgia Dome. The game ended tied 1-1, with Man City winning 4-1 in a Penalty Kick Shoot Out. Attendance was 33,721.
MLS STADIUM BUILDING
The Baltimore Sun wonders if a new DC United Stadium could be built in Charm City rather than the Capital City.
-The NFL Baltimore Ravens home M&T Bank Stadium will host Inter Milan v Manchester City on Sat Jul 31.
USSF DIVISION 2
Matches & Scores:
-Tue Jul 27
-Wed Jul 28
AC St. Louis 3-0 Portland Timbers
Montreal Impact 0-1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC
-Sat Jul 31
Crystal Palace Baltimore v Montreal Impact
Carolina RailHawks v Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Tampa Bay Rowdies v Portland Timbers
Austin Aztex v Miami FC Blues
-Sun Aug 1
AC St Louis v NSC Minnesota Stars
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Standings (Thru Wed Jul 28):
35 Austin - 17 played
33 Rochester - 20 played
33 Vancouver - 20 played
26 Portland - 18 played
26 Minnesota - 21 played
24 Carolina - 16 played
23 Montreal - 19 played
23 Tampa Bay - 18 played
23 Puerto Rico - 18 played
19 Baltimore - 18 played
19 St Louis - 19 played
15 Miami - 18 played
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Pro-Rated Standings based on Points Per Game:
2.06 Austin
1.65 Rochester
1.65 Vancouver
1.50 Carolina
1.44 Portland
1.28 Tampa Bay
1.28 Puerto Rico
1.24 Minnesota
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
OUT OF PLAY OFF SPOTS
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
1.21 Montreal
1.06 Baltimore
1.00 St Louis
0.83 Miami
SOCCER IN AMERICA
Mike Woitalla of Soccer America does a Q & A with former USA star international Tab Ramos.
USA U20 TEAM
The team is playing for the title today in Ballymena, Northern Ireland at the annual Milk Cup tournament.
dN
Championship Match & Score:
USA U20 v N Ireland - Milk Cup Final - Watch online Fri Jul 30 at 12noon Central
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Group Stage Matches & Scores:
-Mon Jul 26
USA 1-0 China - USA goal by Omar Salgado.
-Wed Jul 28
USA 3-2 Denmark - USA goals by Adrian Ruelas(2) & Fuad Ibrahim.
AMERICANS IN EUROPE
Coming Up: (all possible players are listed)
UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - Third Qualifying Round
1st Leg
-Thu Jul 29
Daniel Antunez - Inter Turku - v Genk
Michael Parkhurst - Nordsjaelland - v Sporting
AMERICANS IN MEXICO
Game Action:
COPA LIBERTADORES - Semifinals 2nd Leg
Miguel Ponce - Guadalajara - Tue Aug 3 - at Universidad de Chile with series tied 1-1.
CENTRAL AMERICA & THE CARIBBEAN
Reinaldo Rueda who led Honduras to the World Cup has stepped down as head coach.
ENGLAND
Clemente Lisi of the US Soccer Players Assoc does a Q & A with Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini.
FRANCE
French Champions Trophy
-Wed Jul 28
Marseille 0-0 Paris St Germain - Mar wins 5-4 in Penalty Kick Shoot Out.
COPA LIBERTADORES
Inter took the narrowest lead over Sao Paolo thanks to SP's goalkeeper standing on his head most of the game.
2nd Leg matches are both next week.
dN
Matches & Scores - Semifinals:
1st Leg
-Tue Jul 27
Guadalajara Chivas 1-1 Universidad de Chile - GC goal by Omar Arellano. UdC goal by Rafael Olarra.
-Wed Jul 28
Internacional 1-0 Sao Paulo FC - Int goal by Giuliano.
2nd Leg
-Tue Aug 3
Universidad de Chile v Guadalajara Chivas (1-1)
-Thu Aug 5
Sao Paulo FC v Internacional (0-1)
Away goals is the tie breaker.
ARGENTINA
Tim Vickery of the BBC tells us why Maradona is no longer coach of the national team.
On back to back nights Bruce Arena coached teams lost 1-4 and 2-5 at home. I bet he wants to take a few days off and just get drunk as a skunk.
MLS ALL STARS
Now that's an ass kicking! Plain and simple. And it started just 21 seconds into the game. The brutal opening that saw Kevin Alston put a lazy backpass right on to the foot of Federico Macheda, and then Macheda smash home a corner kick 11 minutes later, the All Stars actually got back into the back in the second half when Brian Ching scored on a very typical (for him) headed corner. Then it just fell apart, with DDR getting a late goal in a flurry to take the game back from disaster into simply embarrassing territory.
dN
Match & Score:
-Wed Jul 28
MLS All Stars 2-5 Manchester United - MLS goals by Brian Ching and Dwayne DeRosario. MU goals by Federico Macheda, Darron Gibson, Tom Cleverley & Javier Hernandez.
Match report by Jose de Jesus Ortiz of the Houston Chronicle.
Match report from the Guardian.
Match report by Simon Evans of Reuters.
Venue: Reliant Stadium - Houston TX
Attendance: 70,728
dN
The Houston Chronicle on the night had by Dynamo All Star Brian Ching.
dN
Jose de Jesus Ortiz of the Houston Chronicle with notes on the Dynamo organization and MLS big wigs.
dN
Steve Davis of Sports Illustrated finds it hard to come up with positives for MLS at this game.
dN
Grant Wahl of SI also has a few notes.
dN
Simon Evans of Reuters on Manchester United's massive world wide support.
dN
Ridge Mahoney of Soccer America on the good and bad from last night.
CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
The Preliminary Round of the knock out stage starts now. 16 teams are paired to play home and away for 8 spots in the Group Stage.
dN
Seattle dominated the Meatpan (sic) last night but could only score once and that was on a horrible goalkeeping blunder.
dN
Preliminary Round Matches & Scores:
1st Leg
-Tue Jul 27
Toronto FC (Canada) 1-0 Motagua (Honduras) - TFC goal by Chad Barrett.
San Juan Jabloteh (Trinidad & Tobago) 0-1 Santos Laguna (Mexico) - SL goal by Rodrigo Ruiz.
San Francisco (Panama) 2-3 Cruz Azul (Mexico) - SF goals by Eduardo Jimenez & Gabriel Torres. CZ goals all by Emaunuel Villa(3).
Los Angeles Galaxy (USA) 1-4 Puerto Rico Islanders (Puerto Rico) - LAG goal by Richard Martinez(OG). PRI goals by David Foley, Nicholas Addlery(2) & Josh Hansen.
-Wed Jul 28
Tauro FC (Panama) 0-3 Marathon (Honduras) - Mar goals by Claudio Labarinas(2) & Milton Palacios.
Seattle Sounders (USA) 1-0 Isidro Metapan (El Salvador) - SS goal by Fredy Montero.
Match report by Don Ruiz of the Tacoma News Tribune.
Brujas (Costa Rica) 2-2 Joe Public (Trinidad & Tobago) - Bru goals by Andres Nunez & Jose Cordero. JP goals by Kerry Baptiste & Trent Noel.
-Thu Jul 29
CD FAS (El Salvador) v Xelaju (Guatemala)
PICTURE OF THE DAY
The Seattle Sounders appear to have a new member of their ownership group. At least in "appearance." Meet the new 80 pounds lighter Drew Carey:
MLS WEEK 18
Matches & Scores:
-Sat Jul 31
Philadelphia Union v New England Revolution - 2:30pm Central on Direct Kick
Venue: PPL Park - Chester PA
Colorado Rapids v FC Dallas - 3:00pm Central on Direct Kick
Venue: Dick's Sporting Goods Park - Commerce City CO
Kansas City Wizards v Toronto FC - 7:30pm Central on Direct Kick
Venue: CommunityAmerica Ballpark - Kansas City KS
Houston Dynamo v New York Red Bulls - 8:30pm Central on Direct Kick
Venue: Robertson Stadium - Houston TX
Real Salt Lake v DC United - 9:00pm Central on Direct Kick
Venue: Rio Tinto Stadium - Sandy UT
San Jose Earthquakes v Seattle Sounders - 9:00pm Central on Direct Kick
Venue: Buck Shaw Stadium - Santa Clara CA
Chivas USA v Columbus Crew - 9:30pm Central on Direct Kick
Venue: Home Depot Center - Carson CA
-Sun Aug 1
Los Angeles v Chicago - 6:30pm Central on FSC
Venue: Home Depot Center - Carson CA
MLS TEAM & PLAYER NEWS
Our old pal Luis Arroyave of the Chicago Tribune introduces us to new Fire attacker Nery Castillo.
-I really hope this move works out for Chicago.
dN
Frank Dell'Apa of the Boston Globe takes us through the first half of a terrible season for the New England Revolution. The Steve Nicol era has never looked this bad.
MLS PLAYER MOVEMENT
Joshua Mayers of the Seattle Times on the Sounders newest signing Uruguayan Alvaro Fernandez.
-Mayers does a short Q & A with Sounders honcho Adrian Hanauer about the teams 3rd DP.
-Here is a reprint of what we wrote about Fernandez last week:
He signed with Nacional (Uruguay) in 09, but played the last 2 seasons on loan at Vitoria Setubal (Portugal) & Universidad de Chile (Chile.)
He was also just on the Uruguay World Cup team, starting against Ghana (subbed out at half time), coming on as a sub in the 84th against S Korea, coming on as a sub in the 85th against Mexico and coming on as a sub in the 71st against South Africa.
MLS/SUM BUSINESS
Charles Gooch of the Kansas City Star reports on the Wizards hiring a PR company to looking to renaming and recoloring the team.
MLS EXPANSION
Geoff Arnold of the Oregonian on the coin flip between Portland and Vancouver (won by the Whitecaps) that will determine which teams picks first in the MLS expansion and MLS Super drafts etc next winter.
-Arnold also has a few words on "not-yet" head coach Jon Spencer.
dN
Bruce Constantineau of the Vancouver Sun on the Whitecaps winning this initial coin toss that will set many more things in motion for next seasons expansion.
dN
Doug Roberson of the Atlanta Journal Constitution with another in his string of stories looking at the viability of MLS in that geographically important city.
-Atlanta hosted Club America v Manchester City last night at the Georgia Dome. The game ended tied 1-1, with Man City winning 4-1 in a Penalty Kick Shoot Out. Attendance was 33,721.
MLS STADIUM BUILDING
The Baltimore Sun wonders if a new DC United Stadium could be built in Charm City rather than the Capital City.
-The NFL Baltimore Ravens home M&T Bank Stadium will host Inter Milan v Manchester City on Sat Jul 31.
USSF DIVISION 2
Matches & Scores:
-Tue Jul 27
-Wed Jul 28
AC St. Louis 3-0 Portland Timbers
Montreal Impact 0-1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC
-Sat Jul 31
Crystal Palace Baltimore v Montreal Impact
Carolina RailHawks v Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Tampa Bay Rowdies v Portland Timbers
Austin Aztex v Miami FC Blues
-Sun Aug 1
AC St Louis v NSC Minnesota Stars
dN
Standings (Thru Wed Jul 28):
35 Austin - 17 played
33 Rochester - 20 played
33 Vancouver - 20 played
26 Portland - 18 played
26 Minnesota - 21 played
24 Carolina - 16 played
23 Montreal - 19 played
23 Tampa Bay - 18 played
23 Puerto Rico - 18 played
19 Baltimore - 18 played
19 St Louis - 19 played
15 Miami - 18 played
dN
Pro-Rated Standings based on Points Per Game:
2.06 Austin
1.65 Rochester
1.65 Vancouver
1.50 Carolina
1.44 Portland
1.28 Tampa Bay
1.28 Puerto Rico
1.24 Minnesota
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
OUT OF PLAY OFF SPOTS
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
1.21 Montreal
1.06 Baltimore
1.00 St Louis
0.83 Miami
SOCCER IN AMERICA
Mike Woitalla of Soccer America does a Q & A with former USA star international Tab Ramos.
USA U20 TEAM
The team is playing for the title today in Ballymena, Northern Ireland at the annual Milk Cup tournament.
dN
Championship Match & Score:
USA U20 v N Ireland - Milk Cup Final - Watch online Fri Jul 30 at 12noon Central
dN
Group Stage Matches & Scores:
-Mon Jul 26
USA 1-0 China - USA goal by Omar Salgado.
-Wed Jul 28
USA 3-2 Denmark - USA goals by Adrian Ruelas(2) & Fuad Ibrahim.
AMERICANS IN EUROPE
Coming Up: (all possible players are listed)
UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - Third Qualifying Round
1st Leg
-Thu Jul 29
Daniel Antunez - Inter Turku - v Genk
Michael Parkhurst - Nordsjaelland - v Sporting
AMERICANS IN MEXICO
Game Action:
COPA LIBERTADORES - Semifinals 2nd Leg
Miguel Ponce - Guadalajara - Tue Aug 3 - at Universidad de Chile with series tied 1-1.
CENTRAL AMERICA & THE CARIBBEAN
Reinaldo Rueda who led Honduras to the World Cup has stepped down as head coach.
ENGLAND
Clemente Lisi of the US Soccer Players Assoc does a Q & A with Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini.
FRANCE
French Champions Trophy
-Wed Jul 28
Marseille 0-0 Paris St Germain - Mar wins 5-4 in Penalty Kick Shoot Out.
COPA LIBERTADORES
Inter took the narrowest lead over Sao Paolo thanks to SP's goalkeeper standing on his head most of the game.
2nd Leg matches are both next week.
dN
Matches & Scores - Semifinals:
1st Leg
-Tue Jul 27
Guadalajara Chivas 1-1 Universidad de Chile - GC goal by Omar Arellano. UdC goal by Rafael Olarra.
-Wed Jul 28
Internacional 1-0 Sao Paulo FC - Int goal by Giuliano.
2nd Leg
-Tue Aug 3
Universidad de Chile v Guadalajara Chivas (1-1)
-Thu Aug 5
Sao Paulo FC v Internacional (0-1)
Away goals is the tie breaker.
ARGENTINA
Tim Vickery of the BBC tells us why Maradona is no longer coach of the national team.
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