Some News for Mon Aug 9, 2010
STARTERS - ALL BOB BRADLEY EDITION
USA coach Bob Bradley is rumored to be the top candidate for the open managers position at Aston Villa in England. AV's boss Martin O'Neill suddenly resigned today.
-England's Daily Mirror reports that they want Michael Bradley and Landon Donovan too. (Not a chance on Donovan if they are as broke as they supposedly are.)
-Simon Evans of Reuters says Bradley is interested, in Bob's own vaguely worded way.
-Martin Jol of Ajax is the favorite to get the job.
Ronald Blum of the Associted Press tells us that Bradley and US Soccer will hold talks about his future with Team USA after the Brazil game. Via USA Today.
TEAM USA
Our team is back in action on Tuesday.
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Some of the fellas visited the Empire State Building today. (du Nord's favorite building we've ever been to.) The teams official blog has some pics and stuff.
dN
Steve Davis of Sports Illustrated previews Tuesday's game.
dN
Friendly Match & Score:
-Tue Aug 10
USA v Brazil - 7:00pm Central on ESPN2
Venue: New Giants Stadium - East Rutherford NJ
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USA Today reports on some pregame US Soccer Hall of Fame inductions tomorrow.
dN
Pele is gonna be at the game too.
COPA LIBERTADORES
Internacional of Brazil meets Guadalajara of Mexico for the crown!!
Final Match & Score:
1st Leg
-Wed Aug 11
Guadalajara v Internacional
2nd Leg
-Wed Aug 18
Internacional v Guadalajara
STORY OF THE DAY
Ridge Mahoney of Soccer America uses the Los Angeles Galaxy v Real Madrid match as a way to show where MLS really stands in the hierarchy of world football.
HMMMMM, VERY INTERESTING
Yura Movsisyan, who is Armenian, has been touted as a possible Team USA player, has accepted an invitation to play for his homeland in a friendly tomorrow against Iran.
-They play Euro qualifiers starting next month, and playing in those games would tie him to Armenia forever.
FACT OF THE DAY
Houston has gone 9 league games without a win. We hear a lot about the losses of Stuart Holden and Ricardo Clark as a reason for the drop in quality for this team, but I take it one step further back and look at the loss of Dwayne DeRosario as a much bigger factor. They have also never solved their lack of forward goal scoring even though they have had a revolving door of candidates on the roster.
MLS WEEK 19
Matches & Scores:
-Thu Aug 5
Philadelphia Union 1-2 Columbus Crew - PU goal by Sebastien Le Toux(PK). CC goals both by Steven Lenhart.
Venue: PPL Park - Chester PA
Attendance: 18,001
-Sat Aug 7
Toronto FC 2-1 CD Chivas USA - TFC goals by Nana Attakora & Chad Barrett. CU goal by Giancarlo Moldonado.
Venue: BMO Field - Toronto ON
Attendance: 20,648
New England Revolution 1-0 DC United - NER goal by Pat Phelan.
Venue: Gillette Stadium - Foxborough MA
Attendance: 12,218
Kansas City Wizards 1-1 Real Salt Lake - KCW goal by Kei Kamara. RSL goal by Robbie Findley.
Venue: CommunityAmerica Ballpark - Kansas City KS
Attendance: 10,385
Colorado Rapids 1-0 San Jose Earthquakes - - CR goal by Jon Busch(OG).
Venue: Dick's Sporting Goods Park - Commerce City CO
Attendance: 12,701
-Sun Aug 8
FC Dallas 3-1 Philadelphia Union - FCD goals by David Ferreira(PK) & Jeff Cunningham(2). PU goal by Alejandro Moreno.
Venue: Pizza Hut Park - Frisco TX
Attendance: 8,732
Chicago Fire SC 0-0 New York Red Bulls
Venue: Toyota Park - Bridgeview IL
Attendance: 21,868
Seattle Sounders FC 2-0 Houston Dynamo - SS goals by Fredy Montero & Alvaro Fernandez.
Venue: Qwest Field - Seattle WA
Attendance:36,111
dN
EJECTIONS:
Brad Knighton - Philadelphia - Red Card
dN
Ahead in Week 20
-Wed Aug 11
Philadelphia Union v Real Salt Lake - 6:30pm Central on Direct Kick
Venue: PPL Park - Chester PA
New York Red Bulls v Toronto FC - 6:30pm Central on Direct Kick
Venue: Red Bull Arena - Harrison NJ
MLS TEAM & PLAYER NEWS
Steve Davis of Sports Illustrated gives us five things to take away from Week 19.
-Davis also gives us his top 10 most underrated MLS players. Good list.
dN
Dallas forward Jeff Cunningham has been named MLS Player Of The Week.
dN
Can you believe that TFC is unbeaten in thier last 17 home games. Very very impressive.
dN
New England midfielder Pat Phelan not only got the game winner on Saturday but it was hi first career goal! Hooray Beer!
dN
Steve Hunt of the Philadelphia Daily News on the Unions decision to make a change at keeper from Chris Seitz to Brad Knighton, but that didnt last long.
dN
James Clark of the Press of Atlantic City on Philadelphia's continued serious lack of concentration.
dN
The Houston Press laments the struggles of the Dynamo.
dN
Don Ruiz of the Tacoma News Tribune on Seattle's destruction of Houston.
dN
Shawn Mitchell of the Columbus Dispatch sees the Crew in need of healing quickly.
-And some other Crew notes from the weekend - including news on Chad Marshall's knee troubles.
MLS PLAYER MOVEMENT
Nick Firchau of MLS Soccer does a Q & A with Chicago Fire technical director Frank Klopas on the team's acquisition of Freddy Ljungberg.
IF MLS HAD SINGLE TABLE STANDINGS
Points - Team - Games Played
40 Los Angeles - 19
37 Columbus - 19
35 Salt Lake -19
30 Dallas - 18
28 New York - 18
28 Seattle - 20
27 Colorado - 18
26 Toronto - 18
23 San Jose - 17
21 Chicago - 16
20 Kansas City - 18
20 Houston - 19
18 New England - 17
18 Chivas - 18
15 Philadelphia - 17
12 DC - 19
MLS INJURY REPORT
David Beckham is reported to be ready to train with the LA Galaxy in mid to late September.
dN
Colorado left winger Colin Clark tore his left ACL last year on Aug 11. Unfortunately for him it looks like this year on Aug 8 he may have retorn that same left ACL. We will know more Tuesday.
dN
Maicon Santos of Toronto will miss their mid-week game due to a vague left knee strain.
MLS RUMORS
Pete Grathoff of the Kansas City Star with the latest on the possible signing of Mexican forward Omar Bravo by the Wizards. Oddness abounds.
MLS EXPANSION
The Detroit Free Press reports on the Milan-Panathinaikos game last Friday night at the Silverdome, where investors hope to bring MLS.
-The Port Huron Times Herald with more thoughts from the Silverdome.
-Attendance: 30,514
MLS EXHIBITIONS
Over 89 thousand fans saw the LA Galaxy drop a 2-0 lead to Spain's big spenders who came back strong in the second half.
Matches & Scores:
-Sat Aug 7
Los Angeles Galaxy 2-3 Real Madrid (Spain) - LAG goals by Todd Dunivant & Landon Donovan(PK). RM goals by Gonzalo Higuain(2) & Xabi Alonso.
Venue: Rose Bowl - Pasadena CA
Attendance: 89,134
Nick Green of the Daily Breeze with a really good recap of the LA-Real game on his blog 100 Percent Soccer.
USSF DIVISION 2
Brian Quarstad of Inside Minnesota Soccer reports today that US Soccer is convening a meeting this week to set new standards for Division 2 teams in the future. There could be big consequences.
dN
Matches & Scores:
AC St. Louis 0-0 Vancouver Whitecaps FC
-Sat Aug 7
Carolina RailHawks 2-0 Montreal Impact
Austin Aztex 4-2 Tampa Bay Rowdies
Puerto Rico Islanders 1-1 Miami FC Blues
-Wed Aug 11
Portland Timbers v NSC Minnesota Stars
Carolina RailHawks v Rochester Rhinos
Montreal Impact v Crystal Palace Baltimore
Puerto Rico Islanders v Tampa Bay Rowdies
dN
Standings (As of Sat Aug 7):
41 Austin - 19 played
36 Rochester - 21 played
35 Vancouver - 22 played
28 Carolina - 18 played
27 Portland - 20 played
27 Minnesota - 22 played
24 Puerto Rico - 19 played
24 Tampa Bay - 20 played
24 Montreal - 21 played
21 St Louis - 21 played
20 Baltimore - 20 played
19 Miami - 21 played
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Pro-Rated Standings based on Points Per Game:
2.16 Austin
1.71 Rochester
1.59 Vancouver
1.56 Carolina
1.35 Portland
1.26 Puerto Rico
1.23 Minnesota
1.20 Tampa Bay
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
OUT OF PLAY OFF SPOTS
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
1.14 Montreal
1.00 Baltimore
1.00 St Louis
0.90 Miami
SOCCER IN AMERICA
LE Eisenmenger of the Examiner talks to Alexi Lalas who never misses a chances to open his mouth.
Frank Dell'Apa of the Boston Globe talks to Lalas too, and gives us some thoughts on the New England Revolution along with the rest.
dN
The Tuscon Sentinel with a piece that wonders what is in store for the game in our country between now and the next World Cup.
USA U20 TEAM
Brian Sciaretta of Yanks Abroad talks to Alex Molano about the teams triumphant Milk Cup.
-Molano is part of the Dinamo Zagreb youth team.
AMERICANS IN EUROPE
Charlie Davies did not dress for Sochaux as they opened league play.
dN
Nick Leyden of Yanks Abroad talks to Kamani Hill who was released right before pre-season from Vitoria de Guimaraes in Portugal. He is looking for a new team.
dN
Game Action: (only those that played are listed)
BELGIUM - Pro League
Sacha Kljestan - Anderlecht - started and played 58 minutes of a scoreless road draw at Charleroi.
DENMARK - Superliga
Michael Parkhurst - Nordsjaelland - played the full 90 but they lost at home 1-3 to Brondby.
ENGLAND - Championship League
Mike Grella - Leeds - came on as a sub in the 86th minute but they lost 1-2 at home to Derby.
ENGLAND - League One
Anton Peterlin - Plymouth Argyle - went the distance in his first game for the club and they won on the road 0-1 over Southampton.
Frank Simek - Carlisle United - went the full 90 as they opened the season with a 2-0 home win over Brentford.
FINLAND - Veikkausliiga
Daniel Antunez - Inter Turku - started but was pulled at half time as they lost at home 1-3 to KuPS.
FRANCE - Ligue 1
Carlos Bocanegra - St Etienne - went the full 90 but lost 3-1 at Paris St Germain.
NORWAY - Eliteserien
Mikkel Diskerud - Stabaek - played the whole game but lost at home 1-2 to Stromsgodset.
Hunter Freeman - Start - went the full 90 getting a yellow card as they won 3-1 at home over Brann.
Clarence Goodson - Start - went the distance as they won 3-1 at home over Brann.
Di Vita Jensen - Honefoss - went the full 90 as the drew 3-3 on the road at Kongsvinger.
PORTUGAL - League Cup
Bryan Arguez - Estoril-Praia -started but was subbed off at half time as they drew 1-1 at home with Varzim.
Tony Taylor - Estoril-Praia - went the distance and scored as they drew 1-1 at home against Varzim.
RUSSIA - Premier Division
Yevgeni Starikov - FC Tom Tomsk - came on as a sub in the 83rd minute but they lost 2-1 at Rubin Kazan.
SWEDEN - Allsvenskan Liga
Alejandro Bedoya - Orebro - went the distance but got smoked at home 0-3 by Malmo.
Ryan Miller - Halmstad - played the entire match but they lost at home 1-3 to Elfsborg.
AMERICANS IN EUROPE - RUMORS
The Glasgow Evening Times says that Rangers are scouting Alejandro Bedoya and Benny Feilhaber among others.
AMERICANS IN MEXICO
Game Action:
PRIMERA DIVISION
Edgar Castillo - San Luis - came on as a sub in the 35th minute but lost at home 0-1 to Guadalajara.
Herculez Gomez - Pachuca - came on as a sub in the 67th minute but they lost at home 0-3 to Santos Laguna.
Sammy Ochoa - Estudiantes Tecos - came on as a sub in the 19th minute, already down 0-2, and lost 1-3 at home to Puebla.
Miguel Ponce - Guadalajara - came on as a sub in the 70th minute, getting a yellow card, but they won on the road 0-1 at San Luis.
dN
Coming Up:
COPA LIBERTADORES - Finals 1st Leg
Miguel Ponce - Guadalajara - Wed Aug 11 - v Internacional
ENGLAND
Amy Lawrence of the Guardian chats with Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger. He begins year 15 in charge of the club.
dN
The English League Cup first round begin today.
dN
The annual season kickoff friendly pits the previous seasons League winner against the FA Cup winner, but seeing as Chelsea won both last season, the League runner up Manchester United were given the second spot in this match. The Premier League begins next Saturday.
Community Shield Match & Score:
-Sun Aug 8
Chelsea 1-3 Manchester United - Che goals by Salomon Kalou. MU goals by Antonio Valencia, Javier Hernandez & Dimitar Berbatov.
THE GUARDIAN: PREMIER LEAGUE 2010 PREVIEWS
Arsenal
Aston Villa
Birmingham
Blackburn
Blackpool
Bolton
Chelsea
Everton
Fulham
Liverpool
Manchester City
Manchester United
Newcastle
Stoke
Sunderland
Tottenham
West Brom
West Ham
Wigan
Wolverhampton
FRANCE
The opening weekend of Ligue 1 saw last years top teams mostly disappoint.
-The biggest stunner was that Champions Marseille lost 1-2 at home to newly promoted Caen!
-#2 Lyon had a scoreless draw at home with Monaco.
-#3 Auxerre had a 2-2 home draw with Lorient.
-#4 Lille drew 1-1 at Rennes.
-And #5 Montpellier won 1-0 at home over #6 Bordeaux.
GERMANY
DFL Super Cup
-Fri Aug 6
Bayern Munchen 2-0 Schalke - BM goals by Miroslav Klose & Thomas Muller.
BRAZIL
Fluminense has lured playmaker Deco back to his home country after many seasons at top teams in Europe.
TACTICS
Jonathan Wilson of the Guardian sees defensive minded tactics ruling the strategy meetings of coaches around the Premier League this season.
USA coach Bob Bradley is rumored to be the top candidate for the open managers position at Aston Villa in England. AV's boss Martin O'Neill suddenly resigned today.
-England's Daily Mirror reports that they want Michael Bradley and Landon Donovan too. (Not a chance on Donovan if they are as broke as they supposedly are.)
-Simon Evans of Reuters says Bradley is interested, in Bob's own vaguely worded way.
-Martin Jol of Ajax is the favorite to get the job.
Ronald Blum of the Associted Press tells us that Bradley and US Soccer will hold talks about his future with Team USA after the Brazil game. Via USA Today.
TEAM USA
Our team is back in action on Tuesday.
dN
Some of the fellas visited the Empire State Building today. (du Nord's favorite building we've ever been to.) The teams official blog has some pics and stuff.
dN
Steve Davis of Sports Illustrated previews Tuesday's game.
dN
Friendly Match & Score:
-Tue Aug 10
USA v Brazil - 7:00pm Central on ESPN2
Venue: New Giants Stadium - East Rutherford NJ
dN
USA Today reports on some pregame US Soccer Hall of Fame inductions tomorrow.
dN
Pele is gonna be at the game too.
COPA LIBERTADORES
Internacional of Brazil meets Guadalajara of Mexico for the crown!!
Final Match & Score:
1st Leg
-Wed Aug 11
Guadalajara v Internacional
2nd Leg
-Wed Aug 18
Internacional v Guadalajara
STORY OF THE DAY
Ridge Mahoney of Soccer America uses the Los Angeles Galaxy v Real Madrid match as a way to show where MLS really stands in the hierarchy of world football.
HMMMMM, VERY INTERESTING
Yura Movsisyan, who is Armenian, has been touted as a possible Team USA player, has accepted an invitation to play for his homeland in a friendly tomorrow against Iran.
-They play Euro qualifiers starting next month, and playing in those games would tie him to Armenia forever.
FACT OF THE DAY
Houston has gone 9 league games without a win. We hear a lot about the losses of Stuart Holden and Ricardo Clark as a reason for the drop in quality for this team, but I take it one step further back and look at the loss of Dwayne DeRosario as a much bigger factor. They have also never solved their lack of forward goal scoring even though they have had a revolving door of candidates on the roster.
MLS WEEK 19
Matches & Scores:
-Thu Aug 5
Philadelphia Union 1-2 Columbus Crew - PU goal by Sebastien Le Toux(PK). CC goals both by Steven Lenhart.
Venue: PPL Park - Chester PA
Attendance: 18,001
-Sat Aug 7
Toronto FC 2-1 CD Chivas USA - TFC goals by Nana Attakora & Chad Barrett. CU goal by Giancarlo Moldonado.
Venue: BMO Field - Toronto ON
Attendance: 20,648
New England Revolution 1-0 DC United - NER goal by Pat Phelan.
Venue: Gillette Stadium - Foxborough MA
Attendance: 12,218
Kansas City Wizards 1-1 Real Salt Lake - KCW goal by Kei Kamara. RSL goal by Robbie Findley.
Venue: CommunityAmerica Ballpark - Kansas City KS
Attendance: 10,385
Colorado Rapids 1-0 San Jose Earthquakes - - CR goal by Jon Busch(OG).
Venue: Dick's Sporting Goods Park - Commerce City CO
Attendance: 12,701
-Sun Aug 8
FC Dallas 3-1 Philadelphia Union - FCD goals by David Ferreira(PK) & Jeff Cunningham(2). PU goal by Alejandro Moreno.
Venue: Pizza Hut Park - Frisco TX
Attendance: 8,732
Chicago Fire SC 0-0 New York Red Bulls
Venue: Toyota Park - Bridgeview IL
Attendance: 21,868
Seattle Sounders FC 2-0 Houston Dynamo - SS goals by Fredy Montero & Alvaro Fernandez.
Venue: Qwest Field - Seattle WA
Attendance:36,111
dN
EJECTIONS:
Brad Knighton - Philadelphia - Red Card
dN
Ahead in Week 20
-Wed Aug 11
Philadelphia Union v Real Salt Lake - 6:30pm Central on Direct Kick
Venue: PPL Park - Chester PA
New York Red Bulls v Toronto FC - 6:30pm Central on Direct Kick
Venue: Red Bull Arena - Harrison NJ
MLS TEAM & PLAYER NEWS
Steve Davis of Sports Illustrated gives us five things to take away from Week 19.
-Davis also gives us his top 10 most underrated MLS players. Good list.
dN
Dallas forward Jeff Cunningham has been named MLS Player Of The Week.
dN
Can you believe that TFC is unbeaten in thier last 17 home games. Very very impressive.
dN
New England midfielder Pat Phelan not only got the game winner on Saturday but it was hi first career goal! Hooray Beer!
dN
Steve Hunt of the Philadelphia Daily News on the Unions decision to make a change at keeper from Chris Seitz to Brad Knighton, but that didnt last long.
dN
James Clark of the Press of Atlantic City on Philadelphia's continued serious lack of concentration.
dN
The Houston Press laments the struggles of the Dynamo.
dN
Don Ruiz of the Tacoma News Tribune on Seattle's destruction of Houston.
dN
Shawn Mitchell of the Columbus Dispatch sees the Crew in need of healing quickly.
-And some other Crew notes from the weekend - including news on Chad Marshall's knee troubles.
MLS PLAYER MOVEMENT
Nick Firchau of MLS Soccer does a Q & A with Chicago Fire technical director Frank Klopas on the team's acquisition of Freddy Ljungberg.
IF MLS HAD SINGLE TABLE STANDINGS
Points - Team - Games Played
40 Los Angeles - 19
37 Columbus - 19
35 Salt Lake -19
30 Dallas - 18
28 New York - 18
28 Seattle - 20
27 Colorado - 18
26 Toronto - 18
23 San Jose - 17
21 Chicago - 16
20 Kansas City - 18
20 Houston - 19
18 New England - 17
18 Chivas - 18
15 Philadelphia - 17
12 DC - 19
MLS INJURY REPORT
David Beckham is reported to be ready to train with the LA Galaxy in mid to late September.
dN
Colorado left winger Colin Clark tore his left ACL last year on Aug 11. Unfortunately for him it looks like this year on Aug 8 he may have retorn that same left ACL. We will know more Tuesday.
dN
Maicon Santos of Toronto will miss their mid-week game due to a vague left knee strain.
MLS RUMORS
Pete Grathoff of the Kansas City Star with the latest on the possible signing of Mexican forward Omar Bravo by the Wizards. Oddness abounds.
MLS EXPANSION
The Detroit Free Press reports on the Milan-Panathinaikos game last Friday night at the Silverdome, where investors hope to bring MLS.
-The Port Huron Times Herald with more thoughts from the Silverdome.
-Attendance: 30,514
MLS EXHIBITIONS
Over 89 thousand fans saw the LA Galaxy drop a 2-0 lead to Spain's big spenders who came back strong in the second half.
Matches & Scores:
-Sat Aug 7
Los Angeles Galaxy 2-3 Real Madrid (Spain) - LAG goals by Todd Dunivant & Landon Donovan(PK). RM goals by Gonzalo Higuain(2) & Xabi Alonso.
Venue: Rose Bowl - Pasadena CA
Attendance: 89,134
Nick Green of the Daily Breeze with a really good recap of the LA-Real game on his blog 100 Percent Soccer.
USSF DIVISION 2
Brian Quarstad of Inside Minnesota Soccer reports today that US Soccer is convening a meeting this week to set new standards for Division 2 teams in the future. There could be big consequences.
dN
Matches & Scores:
AC St. Louis 0-0 Vancouver Whitecaps FC
-Sat Aug 7
Carolina RailHawks 2-0 Montreal Impact
Austin Aztex 4-2 Tampa Bay Rowdies
Puerto Rico Islanders 1-1 Miami FC Blues
-Wed Aug 11
Portland Timbers v NSC Minnesota Stars
Carolina RailHawks v Rochester Rhinos
Montreal Impact v Crystal Palace Baltimore
Puerto Rico Islanders v Tampa Bay Rowdies
dN
Standings (As of Sat Aug 7):
41 Austin - 19 played
36 Rochester - 21 played
35 Vancouver - 22 played
28 Carolina - 18 played
27 Portland - 20 played
27 Minnesota - 22 played
24 Puerto Rico - 19 played
24 Tampa Bay - 20 played
24 Montreal - 21 played
21 St Louis - 21 played
20 Baltimore - 20 played
19 Miami - 21 played
dN
Pro-Rated Standings based on Points Per Game:
2.16 Austin
1.71 Rochester
1.59 Vancouver
1.56 Carolina
1.35 Portland
1.26 Puerto Rico
1.23 Minnesota
1.20 Tampa Bay
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
OUT OF PLAY OFF SPOTS
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
1.14 Montreal
1.00 Baltimore
1.00 St Louis
0.90 Miami
SOCCER IN AMERICA
LE Eisenmenger of the Examiner talks to Alexi Lalas who never misses a chances to open his mouth.
Frank Dell'Apa of the Boston Globe talks to Lalas too, and gives us some thoughts on the New England Revolution along with the rest.
dN
The Tuscon Sentinel with a piece that wonders what is in store for the game in our country between now and the next World Cup.
USA U20 TEAM
Brian Sciaretta of Yanks Abroad talks to Alex Molano about the teams triumphant Milk Cup.
-Molano is part of the Dinamo Zagreb youth team.
AMERICANS IN EUROPE
Charlie Davies did not dress for Sochaux as they opened league play.
dN
Nick Leyden of Yanks Abroad talks to Kamani Hill who was released right before pre-season from Vitoria de Guimaraes in Portugal. He is looking for a new team.
dN
Game Action: (only those that played are listed)
BELGIUM - Pro League
Sacha Kljestan - Anderlecht - started and played 58 minutes of a scoreless road draw at Charleroi.
DENMARK - Superliga
Michael Parkhurst - Nordsjaelland - played the full 90 but they lost at home 1-3 to Brondby.
ENGLAND - Championship League
Mike Grella - Leeds - came on as a sub in the 86th minute but they lost 1-2 at home to Derby.
ENGLAND - League One
Anton Peterlin - Plymouth Argyle - went the distance in his first game for the club and they won on the road 0-1 over Southampton.
Frank Simek - Carlisle United - went the full 90 as they opened the season with a 2-0 home win over Brentford.
FINLAND - Veikkausliiga
Daniel Antunez - Inter Turku - started but was pulled at half time as they lost at home 1-3 to KuPS.
FRANCE - Ligue 1
Carlos Bocanegra - St Etienne - went the full 90 but lost 3-1 at Paris St Germain.
NORWAY - Eliteserien
Mikkel Diskerud - Stabaek - played the whole game but lost at home 1-2 to Stromsgodset.
Hunter Freeman - Start - went the full 90 getting a yellow card as they won 3-1 at home over Brann.
Clarence Goodson - Start - went the distance as they won 3-1 at home over Brann.
Di Vita Jensen - Honefoss - went the full 90 as the drew 3-3 on the road at Kongsvinger.
PORTUGAL - League Cup
Bryan Arguez - Estoril-Praia -started but was subbed off at half time as they drew 1-1 at home with Varzim.
Tony Taylor - Estoril-Praia - went the distance and scored as they drew 1-1 at home against Varzim.
RUSSIA - Premier Division
Yevgeni Starikov - FC Tom Tomsk - came on as a sub in the 83rd minute but they lost 2-1 at Rubin Kazan.
SWEDEN - Allsvenskan Liga
Alejandro Bedoya - Orebro - went the distance but got smoked at home 0-3 by Malmo.
Ryan Miller - Halmstad - played the entire match but they lost at home 1-3 to Elfsborg.
AMERICANS IN EUROPE - RUMORS
The Glasgow Evening Times says that Rangers are scouting Alejandro Bedoya and Benny Feilhaber among others.
AMERICANS IN MEXICO
Game Action:
PRIMERA DIVISION
Edgar Castillo - San Luis - came on as a sub in the 35th minute but lost at home 0-1 to Guadalajara.
Herculez Gomez - Pachuca - came on as a sub in the 67th minute but they lost at home 0-3 to Santos Laguna.
Sammy Ochoa - Estudiantes Tecos - came on as a sub in the 19th minute, already down 0-2, and lost 1-3 at home to Puebla.
Miguel Ponce - Guadalajara - came on as a sub in the 70th minute, getting a yellow card, but they won on the road 0-1 at San Luis.
dN
Coming Up:
COPA LIBERTADORES - Finals 1st Leg
Miguel Ponce - Guadalajara - Wed Aug 11 - v Internacional
ENGLAND
Amy Lawrence of the Guardian chats with Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger. He begins year 15 in charge of the club.
dN
The English League Cup first round begin today.
dN
The annual season kickoff friendly pits the previous seasons League winner against the FA Cup winner, but seeing as Chelsea won both last season, the League runner up Manchester United were given the second spot in this match. The Premier League begins next Saturday.
Community Shield Match & Score:
-Sun Aug 8
Chelsea 1-3 Manchester United - Che goals by Salomon Kalou. MU goals by Antonio Valencia, Javier Hernandez & Dimitar Berbatov.
THE GUARDIAN: PREMIER LEAGUE 2010 PREVIEWS
Arsenal
Aston Villa
Birmingham
Blackburn
Blackpool
Bolton
Chelsea
Everton
Fulham
Liverpool
Manchester City
Manchester United
Newcastle
Stoke
Sunderland
Tottenham
West Brom
West Ham
Wigan
Wolverhampton
FRANCE
The opening weekend of Ligue 1 saw last years top teams mostly disappoint.
-The biggest stunner was that Champions Marseille lost 1-2 at home to newly promoted Caen!
-#2 Lyon had a scoreless draw at home with Monaco.
-#3 Auxerre had a 2-2 home draw with Lorient.
-#4 Lille drew 1-1 at Rennes.
-And #5 Montpellier won 1-0 at home over #6 Bordeaux.
GERMANY
DFL Super Cup
-Fri Aug 6
Bayern Munchen 2-0 Schalke - BM goals by Miroslav Klose & Thomas Muller.
BRAZIL
Fluminense has lured playmaker Deco back to his home country after many seasons at top teams in Europe.
TACTICS
Jonathan Wilson of the Guardian sees defensive minded tactics ruling the strategy meetings of coaches around the Premier League this season.
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