Some News for Tue Jul 20, 2010
STARTERS
Jonathan Bornstein of Team USA and Chivas USA will leave his club in the January transfer period to sign with UANL Tigres in Mexico. Fantastic for Jonny B! His MLS contract is up in December so he is going on a free transfer. Not good for MLS.
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And it looks like Sal Zizzo is headed home. After a couple of quiet and injury slowed seasons at Hannover in Germany the former U20 star has signed with MLS, but its still not known who he will play for. If he is healthy he could be a great right winger for someone.
MLS ALL STARS
Match & Score:
-Wed Jul 28
MLS All Stars v Manchester United
Venue: Reliant Stadium - Houston TX
dN
Next week MLS will announce a further 8 players who will receive All Star bonuses, but not be on the active roster for the game.
WORLD CUP WRAP UP
Rob Hughes of the New York Times on the worlds 3 "best" players, who all stumbled at the World Cup, and what they do next: Messi, Ronaldo & Rooney.
THIS IS WHAT ITS ALL ABOUT
Greg Seltzer of MLS Soccer talks to former Salt Lake forward Yura Movsisyan who is really starting to hit his stride in Denmark at Randers, and he very much wants to play for the USA.
STORY OF THE DAY
Francesco Totti doesn't speak to the press very often, but when he does its usually worth reading.
La Gazzetta has an interview with the Roma captain Francesco Totti.
PHOTO OF THE DAY
What a great father/son combo they are - Peter Lorre and his boy Mesut Oliz:
WHY NOT!
When Saturday Comes gives us a primer on the J-League (Japan), which is 3 years older than MLS, and I bet most of us know little about it. Quick name 3 teams.
MLS WEEK 17
Matches & Scores:
-Thu Jul 22
vLos Angeles Galaxy v San Jose Earthquakes - 9:30 PM Central on ESPN2
Venue: Home Depot Center - Carson CA
-Sat Jul 24
Toronto FC v FC Dallas - 3PM Central on Direct Kick
Venue: BMO Field - Toronto ON
Columbus Crew v Houston Dynamo - 6:30 PM Central on Direct Kick
Venue: Crew Stadium - Columbus OH
Real Salt Lake v Chivas USA - 9PM Central on Direct Kick
Venue: Rio Tinto Stadium - Sandy UT
-Sun Jul 25
Seattle Sounders FC v Colorado Rapids - 9:30PM Central on FSC
Venue: Qwest Field - Seattle WA
MLS TEAM & PLAYER NEWS
Frank Dell'Apa of the Boston Globe reports that Steve Ralston will become the new assistant coach in Houston, replacing the departed Jon Spencer.
-And Spencer is almost certain to become the first head coach of the Portland Timbers in MLS.
dN
Dell'Apa on Ralston's retirement.
dN
Rich Thompson of the Boston Herald on the retirement of Ralston.
dN
Michael C Lewis of the Salt Lake Tribune lets us know that RSL leader Kyle Beckerman is almost back from his long time on the sidelines due to a foot injury.
-Former Dallas destroyer Pablo Ricchetti has been training with RSL.
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Frank Giase of the Newark Star Ledger feels that the Red Bulls have still not filled their greatest need - a true playmaker.
dN
Tim Cronin of the Chicago Southtown Star wonders if the Fire is taking too big of a risk signing a troubled player like Nery Castillo.
dN
Long time Fire assistant coach Daryl Shore has left the team to become the new head coach of Miami FC in D2.
dN
Don Ruiz of the Olympians talks to Seattle bigbossman Adrian Hanauer about the Designated Player.
dN
Charles Gooch of the Kansas City Star on the Wizards rough season so far.
-Personally I think they have a roster full of stiffs, and only a few really good players. They need a change in leadership.
dN
Gooch also reports on the Wizards official signing of centerback Nikos Kounenakis.
-The team released Pablo Escobar to make room on the roster.
dN
Jack Bell of the NY Times on Thierry Henry, and the fun of making his Red Bulls debut against Tottenham.
dN
Brian Strauss of Fanhouse on Landon Donovan's present and future.
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Paul Oberjuerge of The National with an article on big name foreign veterans coming to MLS.
-A list of best and worst foreign imports to MLS over the years.
MLS/SUM BUSINESS
Pete Grathoff of the Kansas City Star says this is a great time to be a soccer fan in KC thanks to the Wizards ownership.
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Nick Green of the Daily Breeze joins the growing voices who are not fans of the midseason international friendlies.
MLS RUMORS
It sounds more and more each day that Freddie Ljungberg is done in Seattle, and they are looking to find a new home for him.
-Joshua Mayers of the Seattle Times talks to both coach Sigi Schmid and technical director Chris Henderson about the saga.
dN
American forward Jemal Johnson who has spent his entire career in England is reportedly hooking up with DC United.
MLS EXHIBITIONS
The TFC website has a video interview with American midfielder Stuart Holden of Bolton, who has just joined up with the team after the World Cup.
dN
Mario Aquirre of the Philadelphia Inquirer and Kerith Gabriel of the Philadelphia Daily News both preview Manchester United's trip to Philly.
dN
Matches & Scores:
-Wed Jul 21
Philadelphia Union v Manchester United (England)
Venue: Lincoln Financial Field - Philadelphia PA
Toronto FC v Bolton Wanderers(England)
Venue: BMO Field - Toronto ON
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Terez Paylor of the Kansas City Star talks to Manchester United midfielder Paul Scholes about coming to play against the Wizards next Sunday.
US OPEN CUP
Quarterfinal Matches & Scores:
-Wed Jul 21
DC United (MLS) v Harrisburg City Islanders (USL-2)
Venue: Maryland SoccerPlex - Boyds MD
Superliga 2010
Group Stage game 2 saw New England and Puebla advance to the knock out stage, with Pachuca and Chicago eliminated.
dN
Group A (2 of 3 played)
ADV-6 New England Revolution (+2)
4 Morelia (+4)
1 UNAM Pumas (-1)
OUT-0 Chicago Fire (-5)
Group B (2 of 3 played)
ADV-6 Puebla (+3)
4 Houston Dynamo (+1)
1 Chivas USA (-1)
OUT-0 Pachuca (-3)
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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 2-1 Pachuca - HD goals both by Joseph Ngwenya. Pac goal by Damian Manso.
Venue: Robertson Stadium – Houston TX
Match report by Jose de Jesus Ortiz of the Houston Chronicle.
Chivas USA 1-2 Puebla - CU goal by Michael Umana. Pue goals by Nicolas Olivera and Álvaro Gonzalez.
Venue: Home Depot Center – Carson CA
-Sat Jul 17
Chicago Fire 0-1 New England Revolution - NER goal by Marko Perovic.
Venue: Toyota Park – Bridgeview IL
UNAM Pumas 2-2 Morelia - UP goals by Leandro Augusto & Javier Cortes. Mor goals by Luis Gabriel Rey & Hugo Droguett.
Venue: Toyota Park – Bridgeview IL
-Sun Jul 18
Houston Dynamo 1-1 Chivas USA - HD goal by Lovell Palmer. CU goal by Jesus Padilla.
Venue: Robertson Stadium – Houston TX
Pachuca 1-3 Puebla - Pac goal Franco Arizala. Pue goal by Gabriel Pereyra & Mario Ortiz(2).
Venue: Robertson Stadium – Houston TX
-Tue Jul 20
New England Revolution v Morelia - 7pm Central on Telefutura
Venue: Gillette Stadium - Foxborough MA
Chicago Fire v UNAM Pumas - 8:30pm Central on Galavision
Venue: Toyota Park – Bridgeview IL
-Wed Jul 21
Houston Dynamo v Puebla - 7pm Central on Telefutura
Venue: Robertson Stadium – Houston TX
Chivas USA v Pachuca - 9:30pm Central on Telefutura
Venue: Home Depot Center – Carson CA
COLLEGE SOCCER
The Washington Post looks at the real dead zone of soccer in America - that 19-23 year old range.
US SOCCER DEVELOPMENT ACADEMY
League championships were won in both divisions this past weekend:
-Vardar (of Detroit) - U18
-Chicago Fire - U16
Congrats to both.
ENGLAND
Arsenal, Birmingham and West Ham have joined Tottenham as Premier League teams that are banning vuvuzelas from their stadiums.
GERMANY
National team head coach Joachim Low has signed a contract extension that keeps him in charge of the team through the 2012 European Championship.
Jonathan Bornstein of Team USA and Chivas USA will leave his club in the January transfer period to sign with UANL Tigres in Mexico. Fantastic for Jonny B! His MLS contract is up in December so he is going on a free transfer. Not good for MLS.
dN
And it looks like Sal Zizzo is headed home. After a couple of quiet and injury slowed seasons at Hannover in Germany the former U20 star has signed with MLS, but its still not known who he will play for. If he is healthy he could be a great right winger for someone.
MLS ALL STARS
Match & Score:
-Wed Jul 28
MLS All Stars v Manchester United
Venue: Reliant Stadium - Houston TX
dN
Next week MLS will announce a further 8 players who will receive All Star bonuses, but not be on the active roster for the game.
WORLD CUP WRAP UP
Rob Hughes of the New York Times on the worlds 3 "best" players, who all stumbled at the World Cup, and what they do next: Messi, Ronaldo & Rooney.
THIS IS WHAT ITS ALL ABOUT
Greg Seltzer of MLS Soccer talks to former Salt Lake forward Yura Movsisyan who is really starting to hit his stride in Denmark at Randers, and he very much wants to play for the USA.
STORY OF THE DAY
Francesco Totti doesn't speak to the press very often, but when he does its usually worth reading.
La Gazzetta has an interview with the Roma captain Francesco Totti.
PHOTO OF THE DAY
What a great father/son combo they are - Peter Lorre and his boy Mesut Oliz:
WHY NOT!
When Saturday Comes gives us a primer on the J-League (Japan), which is 3 years older than MLS, and I bet most of us know little about it. Quick name 3 teams.
MLS WEEK 17
Matches & Scores:
-Thu Jul 22
vLos Angeles Galaxy v San Jose Earthquakes - 9:30 PM Central on ESPN2
Venue: Home Depot Center - Carson CA
-Sat Jul 24
Toronto FC v FC Dallas - 3PM Central on Direct Kick
Venue: BMO Field - Toronto ON
Columbus Crew v Houston Dynamo - 6:30 PM Central on Direct Kick
Venue: Crew Stadium - Columbus OH
Real Salt Lake v Chivas USA - 9PM Central on Direct Kick
Venue: Rio Tinto Stadium - Sandy UT
-Sun Jul 25
Seattle Sounders FC v Colorado Rapids - 9:30PM Central on FSC
Venue: Qwest Field - Seattle WA
MLS TEAM & PLAYER NEWS
Frank Dell'Apa of the Boston Globe reports that Steve Ralston will become the new assistant coach in Houston, replacing the departed Jon Spencer.
-And Spencer is almost certain to become the first head coach of the Portland Timbers in MLS.
dN
Dell'Apa on Ralston's retirement.
dN
Rich Thompson of the Boston Herald on the retirement of Ralston.
dN
Michael C Lewis of the Salt Lake Tribune lets us know that RSL leader Kyle Beckerman is almost back from his long time on the sidelines due to a foot injury.
-Former Dallas destroyer Pablo Ricchetti has been training with RSL.
dN
Frank Giase of the Newark Star Ledger feels that the Red Bulls have still not filled their greatest need - a true playmaker.
dN
Tim Cronin of the Chicago Southtown Star wonders if the Fire is taking too big of a risk signing a troubled player like Nery Castillo.
dN
Long time Fire assistant coach Daryl Shore has left the team to become the new head coach of Miami FC in D2.
dN
Don Ruiz of the Olympians talks to Seattle bigbossman Adrian Hanauer about the Designated Player.
dN
Charles Gooch of the Kansas City Star on the Wizards rough season so far.
-Personally I think they have a roster full of stiffs, and only a few really good players. They need a change in leadership.
dN
Gooch also reports on the Wizards official signing of centerback Nikos Kounenakis.
-The team released Pablo Escobar to make room on the roster.
dN
Jack Bell of the NY Times on Thierry Henry, and the fun of making his Red Bulls debut against Tottenham.
dN
Brian Strauss of Fanhouse on Landon Donovan's present and future.
dN
Paul Oberjuerge of The National with an article on big name foreign veterans coming to MLS.
-A list of best and worst foreign imports to MLS over the years.
MLS/SUM BUSINESS
Pete Grathoff of the Kansas City Star says this is a great time to be a soccer fan in KC thanks to the Wizards ownership.
dN
Nick Green of the Daily Breeze joins the growing voices who are not fans of the midseason international friendlies.
MLS RUMORS
It sounds more and more each day that Freddie Ljungberg is done in Seattle, and they are looking to find a new home for him.
-Joshua Mayers of the Seattle Times talks to both coach Sigi Schmid and technical director Chris Henderson about the saga.
dN
American forward Jemal Johnson who has spent his entire career in England is reportedly hooking up with DC United.
MLS EXHIBITIONS
The TFC website has a video interview with American midfielder Stuart Holden of Bolton, who has just joined up with the team after the World Cup.
dN
Mario Aquirre of the Philadelphia Inquirer and Kerith Gabriel of the Philadelphia Daily News both preview Manchester United's trip to Philly.
dN
Matches & Scores:
-Wed Jul 21
Philadelphia Union v Manchester United (England)
Venue: Lincoln Financial Field - Philadelphia PA
Toronto FC v Bolton Wanderers(England)
Venue: BMO Field - Toronto ON
dN
Terez Paylor of the Kansas City Star talks to Manchester United midfielder Paul Scholes about coming to play against the Wizards next Sunday.
US OPEN CUP
Quarterfinal Matches & Scores:
-Wed Jul 21
DC United (MLS) v Harrisburg City Islanders (USL-2)
Venue: Maryland SoccerPlex - Boyds MD
Superliga 2010
Group Stage game 2 saw New England and Puebla advance to the knock out stage, with Pachuca and Chicago eliminated.
dN
Group A (2 of 3 played)
ADV-6 New England Revolution (+2)
4 Morelia (+4)
1 UNAM Pumas (-1)
OUT-0 Chicago Fire (-5)
Group B (2 of 3 played)
ADV-6 Puebla (+3)
4 Houston Dynamo (+1)
1 Chivas USA (-1)
OUT-0 Pachuca (-3)
dN
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 2-1 Pachuca - HD goals both by Joseph Ngwenya. Pac goal by Damian Manso.
Venue: Robertson Stadium – Houston TX
Match report by Jose de Jesus Ortiz of the Houston Chronicle.
Chivas USA 1-2 Puebla - CU goal by Michael Umana. Pue goals by Nicolas Olivera and Álvaro Gonzalez.
Venue: Home Depot Center – Carson CA
-Sat Jul 17
Chicago Fire 0-1 New England Revolution - NER goal by Marko Perovic.
Venue: Toyota Park – Bridgeview IL
UNAM Pumas 2-2 Morelia - UP goals by Leandro Augusto & Javier Cortes. Mor goals by Luis Gabriel Rey & Hugo Droguett.
Venue: Toyota Park – Bridgeview IL
-Sun Jul 18
Houston Dynamo 1-1 Chivas USA - HD goal by Lovell Palmer. CU goal by Jesus Padilla.
Venue: Robertson Stadium – Houston TX
Pachuca 1-3 Puebla - Pac goal Franco Arizala. Pue goal by Gabriel Pereyra & Mario Ortiz(2).
Venue: Robertson Stadium – Houston TX
-Tue Jul 20
New England Revolution v Morelia - 7pm Central on Telefutura
Venue: Gillette Stadium - Foxborough MA
Chicago Fire v UNAM Pumas - 8:30pm Central on Galavision
Venue: Toyota Park – Bridgeview IL
-Wed Jul 21
Houston Dynamo v Puebla - 7pm Central on Telefutura
Venue: Robertson Stadium – Houston TX
Chivas USA v Pachuca - 9:30pm Central on Telefutura
Venue: Home Depot Center – Carson CA
COLLEGE SOCCER
The Washington Post looks at the real dead zone of soccer in America - that 19-23 year old range.
US SOCCER DEVELOPMENT ACADEMY
League championships were won in both divisions this past weekend:
-Vardar (of Detroit) - U18
-Chicago Fire - U16
Congrats to both.
ENGLAND
Arsenal, Birmingham and West Ham have joined Tottenham as Premier League teams that are banning vuvuzelas from their stadiums.
GERMANY
National team head coach Joachim Low has signed a contract extension that keeps him in charge of the team through the 2012 European Championship.
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