Some News for Thu Aug 26, 2010
CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
The Group Stage is underway. The set up has 4 groups of 4 with everyone playing the others in their group home and away for a total of 6 games. At the end, the top 2 from each group will advance to the quarterfinals etc, which will also be home and away.
dN
It was a big week for MLS v FMF showdowns! With the Mexicans dominating 3-0!
dN
"Holy Shit!" I got no less than three emails since last night that used that exact phrase. If you did not see the insane game from Azul Stadium in Mexico City pitting Cruz Azul against Real Salt Lake then do yourself a huuuuuuge favor and track it down. It is MUST SEE TO BELIEVE viewing!
-Real Salt Lake delivered one of the all time great collapses in modern American soccer history.
-There were 4 goal scored after the 87th minute! FOUR! Three of those by Cruz Azul.
-After RSL subbed off Espindola and Morales you could just see the team start to spin slowly and then build momentum as they headed for that drain pipe. They just fell apart.
-Javier Orozco was an amazing machine scoring 4 goals and Chano Gimenez did to RSL what he has done to Houston so many times.
-I have yet to mention the massive downpour that turned the field into the Boundray Waters Canoe Area.
-We also haven't gotten to the 2 huge referee mistakes in the first 5 minutes that contributed to the final. First RSL scored in the first 60 seconds but had the goal wrongly wiped out by an offside call. Then CA came back with a goal in the 5th minute that started with a free kick taken while the ball was still rolling, a no no. 2 rotten calls that were big in the end.
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The Salt Lake Tribune with a match report.
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Michael Black of the Deseret News with a match report.
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Here is the back page of El Universal in Mexico City - singing the praises of Chuletita.
dN
Sorry that I don't have a better round up for the Seattle v Monterrey game, but I barely watched it, not on purpose, but it got late, and i was drowsy.... what I did say looked like Monterrey were simply better.
dN
Joshua Mayers of the Seattle Times with a match report.
dN
Yet again the great fans of Seattle showed up in big numbers, 22,513 attendance.
dN
Matches & Scores
Round Two
-Wed Aug 25
Cruz Azul 5-4 Real Salt Lake - CA goals by Javier Orozco(4) & Chaco Gimenez. RSL goals by Alvaro Saborio(2 - 1 via PK), Fabian Espindola & Will Johnson.
Seattle Sounders 0-2 Monterrey - Mon goals by Neri Cardoza & Aldo De Nigris.
Puerto Rico Islanders 4-1 CD FAS - PRI goals by Jonathan Fana Frias(2), David Foley & Nicolas Addlery. FAS goal by Williams Reyes.
-Thu Aug 26
Toluca v Olimpia
Saprissa v Marathon
Municipal v Joe Public
dN
Round Three will be played Sep 14-16.
dN
Check out the dead parity in Group A after 2 rounds!
dN
GROUP STANDINGS:
Group A
3 Real Salt Lake (USA) (0)
3 Arabe Unido (Panama) (0)
3 Toronto (Canada) (0)
3 Cruz Azul (Mexico) (0)
Group B
6 Santos Laguna (Mexico) (+4)
3 Columbus Crew (USA) (0)
0 Municipal (Guatemala) (-1)
0 Joe Public (Trinidad & Tobago) (-3)
Group C
6 Monterrey (Mexico) (+3)
3 Marathon (Honduras) (+1)
0 Seattle Sounders (USA) (-3)
0 Saprissa (Costa Rica) (-1)
Group D
4 Puerto Rico Islanders (Puerto Rico) (+3)
1 Olimpia (Honduras) (0)
1 Toluca (Mexico) (0)
1 FAS (El Salvador) (-3)
STORY OF THE DAY
Steve Rushin of Sports Illustrated (and Minnesota) tells of his falling in love with football in a hard way. Great story.
TWITTERVERSE/FACEBOOKING
DaMarcus Beasley - looks like he has found a new team!
@DaMarcusBeasley: "Good morning friends... Guess its time to start learning a new language!!! know there been alot of rumors, but will fill u guys in VERY soon"
MLS TEAM & PLAYER NEWS
Steve Sirk from the Crew website reviews the past week with his beloved team.
USSF DIVISION 2
It looks like my NSC Stars (5 games left to play) will be battling with 2 other teams for the last two playoff spots - Montreal and Tampa Bay (both with 6 games left to play.) Montreal plays on Friday night, and TB on Sunday. Keep your eyes peeled.
dN
In a weird flashback for me, last night Ricardo Sanchez beat Nic Platter with one of his trademark free kicks for a goal. Those two were the best players on our Minnesota Thunder the past couple of years and now they play in Tampa and Carolina respectively. I sure do wish they were in the Twin Cities playing for the home team.
dN
Matches & Scores:
-Wed Aug 25
Tampa Bay Rowdies 1-2 Carolina RailHawks
-Thu Aug 26
Portland Timbers v Austin Aztex
-Fri Aug 27
Montreal Impact v Rochester Rhinos
-Sat Aug 28
Carolina RailHawks v Puerto Rico Islanders
-Sun Aug 29
Vancouver Whitecaps v Austin Aztex
Tampa Bay Rowdies v AC St Louis
Portland Timbers v Crystal Palace Baltimore
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Standings (As of Wed Aug 25):
48 Rochester - 25 played
44 Austin - 21 played
39 Vancouver - 24 played
34 Carolina - 23 played
34 Portland - 23 played
29 Puerto Rico - 22 played
28 Montreal - 24 played
28 Minnesota - 25 played
27 Tampa Bay - 24 played
24 Baltimore - 24 played
22 St Louis - 23 played
20 Miami - 24 played
dN
Pro-Rated Standings based on Points Per Game:
2.10 Austin
1.92 Rochester
1.63 Vancouver
1.48 Carolina
1.48 Portland
1.32 Puerto Rico
1.17 Montreal
1.13 Tampa Bay
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OUT OF PLAY OFF SPOTS
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
1.12 Minnesota
1.00 Baltimore
0.96 St Louis
0.83 Miami
USA U20 TEAM
George Dohrmann of Sports Illustrated with an article on 6'2" goalkeeper Zac MacMath who looks to be a contender for #1 spot.
-He is not on the roster for the upcoming tournament in Peru.
dN
The team is in a 4 team international tournament in Arequipa Peru Sep 1-13.
Matches & Scores:
-Mon Sep 6
USA v Paraguay
-Wed Sep 8
USA v Colombia
-Fri Sep 10
USA v Peru
AMERICANS IN EUROPE
Greg Seltzer of MLS Soccer with an article on Clarence Goodson and his career plans.
dN
Game Action: (only those that played are listed)
UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - Playoff Round 2nd Leg
Jozy Altidore - Villarreal - Thu Aug 26 - started and went 72 minutes as they won 1-2 at Dnepr, and advance 7-1 on aggregate.
Brad Guzan - Aston Villa - Thu Aug 26 - went the distance but lost 2-3 at home to Rapid Wien, and were eliminated 4-3 on aggregate.
SPAIN
The new Primera Liga season starts this coming weekend!
Opening Weekend of the Spanish Primera Liga
Matches & Scores:
-Sun Aug 29
Deportivo La Coruna v Real Zaragoza
Espanyol v Getafe
Hercules v Athletic Bilbao
Levante v Sevilla
Malaga v Valencia
Mallorca v Real Madrid
Osasuna v Almeria
Racing Santander v Barcelona
Real Sociedad v Villarreal
-Mon Aug 30
Atletico Madrid v Sporting Gijon
ITALY
The new Serie A season starts this coming weekend!
Opening Weekend of the Italian Serie A
Matches & Scores:
-Sat Aug 28
Udinese v Genoa
Roma v Cesena
-Sun Aug 29
Bari v Juventus
Milan v Lecce
Chievo v Catania
Fiorentina v Napoli
Palermo v Cagliari
Parma v Brescia
Sampdoria v Lazio
-Mon Aug 30
Bologna v Inter
UEFA
Clean Sweep Again! All 5 awards won by players from Inter!
The federation named their club players of the year today:
Goalkeeper: Julio Cesar - Inter
Defender: Maicon - Inter
Midfielder: Wesley Snjeider - Inter
Forward: Diego Milito - Inter
Footballer of the Year: Diego Milito - Inter
dN
UEFA Super Cup
-Fri Aug 27
Inter v Atletico Madrid
UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
The groups have been set for the next stage of the tournament:
Group A
Inter Milan
Werder Bremen
Tottenham
Twente
Group B
Lyon
Benfica
Schalke
Hapoel Tel-Aviv
Group C
Manchester United
Valencia
Rangers
Bursaspor
Group D
Barcelona
Panathinaikos
Kobenhavn
Rubin Kazan
Group E
Bayern Munich
Roma
Basel
Cluj
Group F
Chelsea
Marseille
Spartak Moscow
Zilinia
Group G
AC Milan
Real Madrid
Ajax
Auxerre
Group H
Arsenal
Shakhtar Donetsk
Braga
Partizan Belgrade
dN
Games begin Tue Sep 14.
dN
Not one of Braga, Bursapor, Hapoel Tel Aviv, Tottenham, Twente & Zilina has never been in the CL group stage before.
ENDERS
You really need to get yourself some beautiful football themed art work.
The Group Stage is underway. The set up has 4 groups of 4 with everyone playing the others in their group home and away for a total of 6 games. At the end, the top 2 from each group will advance to the quarterfinals etc, which will also be home and away.
dN
It was a big week for MLS v FMF showdowns! With the Mexicans dominating 3-0!
dN
"Holy Shit!" I got no less than three emails since last night that used that exact phrase. If you did not see the insane game from Azul Stadium in Mexico City pitting Cruz Azul against Real Salt Lake then do yourself a huuuuuuge favor and track it down. It is MUST SEE TO BELIEVE viewing!
-Real Salt Lake delivered one of the all time great collapses in modern American soccer history.
-There were 4 goal scored after the 87th minute! FOUR! Three of those by Cruz Azul.
-After RSL subbed off Espindola and Morales you could just see the team start to spin slowly and then build momentum as they headed for that drain pipe. They just fell apart.
-Javier Orozco was an amazing machine scoring 4 goals and Chano Gimenez did to RSL what he has done to Houston so many times.
-I have yet to mention the massive downpour that turned the field into the Boundray Waters Canoe Area.
-We also haven't gotten to the 2 huge referee mistakes in the first 5 minutes that contributed to the final. First RSL scored in the first 60 seconds but had the goal wrongly wiped out by an offside call. Then CA came back with a goal in the 5th minute that started with a free kick taken while the ball was still rolling, a no no. 2 rotten calls that were big in the end.
dN
The Salt Lake Tribune with a match report.
dN
Michael Black of the Deseret News with a match report.
dN
Here is the back page of El Universal in Mexico City - singing the praises of Chuletita.
dN
Sorry that I don't have a better round up for the Seattle v Monterrey game, but I barely watched it, not on purpose, but it got late, and i was drowsy.... what I did say looked like Monterrey were simply better.
dN
Joshua Mayers of the Seattle Times with a match report.
dN
Yet again the great fans of Seattle showed up in big numbers, 22,513 attendance.
dN
Matches & Scores
Round Two
-Wed Aug 25
Cruz Azul 5-4 Real Salt Lake - CA goals by Javier Orozco(4) & Chaco Gimenez. RSL goals by Alvaro Saborio(2 - 1 via PK), Fabian Espindola & Will Johnson.
Seattle Sounders 0-2 Monterrey - Mon goals by Neri Cardoza & Aldo De Nigris.
Puerto Rico Islanders 4-1 CD FAS - PRI goals by Jonathan Fana Frias(2), David Foley & Nicolas Addlery. FAS goal by Williams Reyes.
-Thu Aug 26
Toluca v Olimpia
Saprissa v Marathon
Municipal v Joe Public
dN
Round Three will be played Sep 14-16.
dN
Check out the dead parity in Group A after 2 rounds!
dN
GROUP STANDINGS:
Group A
3 Real Salt Lake (USA) (0)
3 Arabe Unido (Panama) (0)
3 Toronto (Canada) (0)
3 Cruz Azul (Mexico) (0)
Group B
6 Santos Laguna (Mexico) (+4)
3 Columbus Crew (USA) (0)
0 Municipal (Guatemala) (-1)
0 Joe Public (Trinidad & Tobago) (-3)
Group C
6 Monterrey (Mexico) (+3)
3 Marathon (Honduras) (+1)
0 Seattle Sounders (USA) (-3)
0 Saprissa (Costa Rica) (-1)
Group D
4 Puerto Rico Islanders (Puerto Rico) (+3)
1 Olimpia (Honduras) (0)
1 Toluca (Mexico) (0)
1 FAS (El Salvador) (-3)
STORY OF THE DAY
Steve Rushin of Sports Illustrated (and Minnesota) tells of his falling in love with football in a hard way. Great story.
TWITTERVERSE/FACEBOOKING
DaMarcus Beasley - looks like he has found a new team!
@DaMarcusBeasley: "Good morning friends... Guess its time to start learning a new language!!! know there been alot of rumors, but will fill u guys in VERY soon"
MLS TEAM & PLAYER NEWS
Steve Sirk from the Crew website reviews the past week with his beloved team.
USSF DIVISION 2
It looks like my NSC Stars (5 games left to play) will be battling with 2 other teams for the last two playoff spots - Montreal and Tampa Bay (both with 6 games left to play.) Montreal plays on Friday night, and TB on Sunday. Keep your eyes peeled.
dN
In a weird flashback for me, last night Ricardo Sanchez beat Nic Platter with one of his trademark free kicks for a goal. Those two were the best players on our Minnesota Thunder the past couple of years and now they play in Tampa and Carolina respectively. I sure do wish they were in the Twin Cities playing for the home team.
dN
Matches & Scores:
-Wed Aug 25
Tampa Bay Rowdies 1-2 Carolina RailHawks
-Thu Aug 26
Portland Timbers v Austin Aztex
-Fri Aug 27
Montreal Impact v Rochester Rhinos
-Sat Aug 28
Carolina RailHawks v Puerto Rico Islanders
-Sun Aug 29
Vancouver Whitecaps v Austin Aztex
Tampa Bay Rowdies v AC St Louis
Portland Timbers v Crystal Palace Baltimore
dN
Standings (As of Wed Aug 25):
48 Rochester - 25 played
44 Austin - 21 played
39 Vancouver - 24 played
34 Carolina - 23 played
34 Portland - 23 played
29 Puerto Rico - 22 played
28 Montreal - 24 played
28 Minnesota - 25 played
27 Tampa Bay - 24 played
24 Baltimore - 24 played
22 St Louis - 23 played
20 Miami - 24 played
dN
Pro-Rated Standings based on Points Per Game:
2.10 Austin
1.92 Rochester
1.63 Vancouver
1.48 Carolina
1.48 Portland
1.32 Puerto Rico
1.17 Montreal
1.13 Tampa Bay
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
OUT OF PLAY OFF SPOTS
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
1.12 Minnesota
1.00 Baltimore
0.96 St Louis
0.83 Miami
USA U20 TEAM
George Dohrmann of Sports Illustrated with an article on 6'2" goalkeeper Zac MacMath who looks to be a contender for #1 spot.
-He is not on the roster for the upcoming tournament in Peru.
dN
The team is in a 4 team international tournament in Arequipa Peru Sep 1-13.
Matches & Scores:
-Mon Sep 6
USA v Paraguay
-Wed Sep 8
USA v Colombia
-Fri Sep 10
USA v Peru
AMERICANS IN EUROPE
Greg Seltzer of MLS Soccer with an article on Clarence Goodson and his career plans.
dN
Game Action: (only those that played are listed)
UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - Playoff Round 2nd Leg
Jozy Altidore - Villarreal - Thu Aug 26 - started and went 72 minutes as they won 1-2 at Dnepr, and advance 7-1 on aggregate.
Brad Guzan - Aston Villa - Thu Aug 26 - went the distance but lost 2-3 at home to Rapid Wien, and were eliminated 4-3 on aggregate.
SPAIN
The new Primera Liga season starts this coming weekend!
Opening Weekend of the Spanish Primera Liga
Matches & Scores:
-Sun Aug 29
Deportivo La Coruna v Real Zaragoza
Espanyol v Getafe
Hercules v Athletic Bilbao
Levante v Sevilla
Malaga v Valencia
Mallorca v Real Madrid
Osasuna v Almeria
Racing Santander v Barcelona
Real Sociedad v Villarreal
-Mon Aug 30
Atletico Madrid v Sporting Gijon
ITALY
The new Serie A season starts this coming weekend!
Opening Weekend of the Italian Serie A
Matches & Scores:
-Sat Aug 28
Udinese v Genoa
Roma v Cesena
-Sun Aug 29
Bari v Juventus
Milan v Lecce
Chievo v Catania
Fiorentina v Napoli
Palermo v Cagliari
Parma v Brescia
Sampdoria v Lazio
-Mon Aug 30
Bologna v Inter
UEFA
Clean Sweep Again! All 5 awards won by players from Inter!
The federation named their club players of the year today:
Goalkeeper: Julio Cesar - Inter
Defender: Maicon - Inter
Midfielder: Wesley Snjeider - Inter
Forward: Diego Milito - Inter
Footballer of the Year: Diego Milito - Inter
dN
UEFA Super Cup
-Fri Aug 27
Inter v Atletico Madrid
UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
The groups have been set for the next stage of the tournament:
Group A
Inter Milan
Werder Bremen
Tottenham
Twente
Group B
Lyon
Benfica
Schalke
Hapoel Tel-Aviv
Group C
Manchester United
Valencia
Rangers
Bursaspor
Group D
Barcelona
Panathinaikos
Kobenhavn
Rubin Kazan
Group E
Bayern Munich
Roma
Basel
Cluj
Group F
Chelsea
Marseille
Spartak Moscow
Zilinia
Group G
AC Milan
Real Madrid
Ajax
Auxerre
Group H
Arsenal
Shakhtar Donetsk
Braga
Partizan Belgrade
dN
Games begin Tue Sep 14.
dN
Not one of Braga, Bursapor, Hapoel Tel Aviv, Tottenham, Twente & Zilina has never been in the CL group stage before.
ENDERS
You really need to get yourself some beautiful football themed art work.
posted by brucio at 17:16
1 Comments:
The best part of the Europa League results from yesterday was that Ricky van Wolfswinkel scored a hat trick for Utrecht. That has to be the greatest name I've seen in a long time.
Van Wolfswinkel!
Ricky!
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