Some News for Fri Sep 10, 2010
USA WORLD CUP 2018/22 BID
The FIFA team has now seen what the USA has to offer, and returned to their dark and perfectly refrigerated lair in the mountains of Zurich.
Jose de Jesus Ortiz of the Houston Chronicle sums up the FIFA inspection delegation's final stop in Houston on Thursday.
-A couple more notes from Ortiz.
The Associated Press with a wrap up as the FIFA inspection team leaves. Via ESPN.
How this shot - Ching & Ming - Wow that dude is massive!
And then the dynamic duo great the FIFAers.
Three things from US Soccer:
-The conclusion in Houston.
-Parting quotes from the FIFA delegation.
-Final words from US Soccer pres Sunil Gulati.
My one thought on this is that if there were some flaws with this inspection, like stadiums not being the absolute perfect size, and some buses being needed to transport people around, then what was the inspection of South Africa like? Come on. This country could hold the World Cup next month, and everybody knows that. Its just a matter of if they want it to be here or not. I find the whole weird scene to be a bit of a charade.
PODCASTS/VIDEOCASTS
The playa's from the Seeing Red podcast chat with Mike Petke who is a beloved Metro Stars/Red Bulls player who just announced that this is his last season.
BIG EUROPEAN CLUB MATCHES COMING UP THIS WEEKEND
Prepare thyself for Derby du Nord!
-Sat Sep 11
Lens v Lille
More Matches & Scores:
-Fri Sep 10
Hoffenheim v Schalke - both want to be contenders not pretenders this season
-Sat Sep 11
Athletic Bilbao v Atletico Madrid - neither can win the league, but they can both make it to the Champions League for next year
Bayern Munich v Werder Bremen - The champs take on one of their challengers
Porto v Braga - the perennial leaders v last years surprise champs
-Sun Sep 12
Juventus v Sampdoria - did Juve spend all that money for a reason and is Samp for real
CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
Round Three of the Group Stage is here next week. Including Seattle's trip to the Purple Monster!
dN
Matches & Scores:
Round Three
-Tue Sep 14
Columbus Crew v Joe Public
Monterrey v Marathon
Municipal v Santos Laguna
Saprissa v Seattle Sounders
-Wed Sep 15
Toluca v Puerto Rico Islanders
Arabe Unido v Cruz Azul
Real Salt Lake v Toronto FC
-Thu Sep 16
Olimpia v FAS
THIS IS WHAT ITS ALL ABOUT
The original owner of the New York/New Jersey MetroStars John Kluge passed away this week at age 95. So we feel the need to honor another of the pioneers of MLS, and show our gratitude for helping start our great league. RIP John.
PICTURE OF THE DAY
I saw this nice new billboard yesterday for the Portland Timbers launch into MLS next season, and thought it was good. Then I found it that the billboard is in SEATTLE! Ho Ho Ho! Nice shot across the bow!
Geoffrey Arnold of the Oregonian with some details.
Thank to our friend Brian Costello with the Timbers for the photo.
MLS WEEK 24
Steve Davis of Sports Illustrated looks at the playoff big implications of this weekend's games.
dN
Matches & Scores:
-Wed Sep 8
Chicago Fire SC 0-0 Toronto FC
Venue: Toyota Park - Bridegeview IL
Attendance: 12,891
-Thu Sep 9
Seattle Sounders FC 0-0 Real Salt Lake
Venue: Qwest Field - Seattle WA
Attendance: 36,078
-Fri Sep 10
CD Chivas USA v New England Revolution - 9:30pm Central on Direct Kick
Venue: The Home Depot Center - Carson CA
-Sat Sep 11
Toronto FC v DC United - 3:00pm Central on Direct Kick
Venue: BMO Field - Toronto ON
New York Red Bulls v Colorado Rapids - 3:00pm Central on Telefutura
Venue: Red Bull Arena - Harrison NJ
Philadelphia Union v Chicago Fire SC - 5:00pm Central on FSC/FSE
Venue: PPL Park - Chester PA
San Jose Earthquakes v FC Dallas - 9:00pm Central on Direct Kick
Venue: Buck Shaw Stadium - Santa Clara CA
Los Angeles Galaxy v Columbus Crew - 9:30pm Central on Direct Kick
Venue: The Home Depot Center - Carson CA
MLS TEAM & PLAYER NEWS
2 scoreless draws so far this week - Ugh. Let's hope tonight's game in livelier.
dN
LA midfielder Eddie Lewis has announced that he will retire at the end of this season. Another great USA player calls it a day.
dN
Joshua Mayers of the Seattle Times on the Sounders settling for a point, when they needed 3.
dN
Michael C Lewis of the Salt Lake Tribune says RSL just didn't get the job done last night, even though the chance was right there for them.
-Rookie centerback Chris Shuler came out of nowhere to have a very solid debut for RSL last night.
dN
Lewis also reports that RSL general manager Garth Lagerway has signed a new 5 year contract with the club.
dN
James Edward of the Deseret News looks at RSL's 4th consecutive road draw.
dN
Brian Lewis the NY Post talks to Red Bulls captain Juan Pablo Angel who does not know what his future is beyond this season.
dN
Michael Lewis of Big Apple Soccer on the continued learning curve of Red Bulls rookie centerback Tim Ream.
dN
The Shin Guardian does a big Q & A with Kansas City's outstanding English winger Ryan Smith.
dN
Steve Hunt writing for MLS Soccer does a Q & A with new FC Dallas president Doug Quinn.
-He was formerly the president of SUM, meaning he has very indepth knowledge of the league, and shows the club is serious about getting their act together.
-Some very interesting stuff here.
dN
John Meyer of the Denver Post says the Rapids know what they have to do - not lose their last 7 games like they did last season. Wow, I forgot how bad they choked it away.
dN
Kerith Gabriel of the Philadelphia Daily News wonders if the Union will stick with goalkeeper Chris Seitz despite the repeated bungling, or if Brad Knighton will get another chance to anchor the team.
dN
Jack McCarthy of the Chicago Tribune tells us about a kid fighting cancer who got to spend time with the Chicago Fire players. Very cool.
dN
Billy Witz of the New York Times on the return of the Beckman.
MLS PLAYER MOVEMENT
Michael C Lewis of the Salt Lake Tribune says RSL feels they may have unearthed a gem. They have acquired forward Paulo Aruajo JR from Miami FC Blues on a loan deal.
-I saw him play earlier this season and didn't notice much at all. We shall see.
And let's make sure everyone knows this - Miami FC is owned by Traffic, and Traffic is a company from Brazil that owns players rights and tries to find places to sell them off. Miami doesn't seem to care if they draw any fans to their games, as long as they keep turning up great players to move along for a nice profit.
Evan Drexler of the Miami Herald talks to Miami FC's Fernando Clavijo about Araujo.
-I think Clavijo has one of the best eyes for talent in America. He may not be a great coach, but he sure knows players. IE almost all the great New England players were brought in by Clavijo.
MLS INJURY REPORT
Columbus still has Danny O'Rourke, Gino Padula and Robbie Rogers out with injuries.
MLS YOUTH DEVELOPMENT
Bob Hunter of the Columbus Dispatch with a note in his column about the Crew's successful youth teams, and the future of those players. (scroll down a bit)
MLS EXPANSION
The Vancouver Courier introduces us to Paul Barber the man running the Whitecaps show.
-He was formerly a big with with Tottenham in London.
-We learn here the Bell Canada will be the team's shirt sponsor.
USSF DIVISION 2
Bay New 9 with an story on Tampa Bay owner Andrew Nestor.
dN
Matches & Scores:
-Sat Sep 11
Crystal Palace Baltimore v Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Rochester Rhinos v Tampa Bay Rowdies
Carolina RailHawks v Portland Timbers
AC St Louis v NSC Minnesota Stars
Miami FC Blues v Montreal Impact
Puerto Rico Islanders v Austin Aztex
dN
Standings (As of Wed Sep 8):
49 Austin - 24 played
48 Rochester - 26 played
41 Vancouver - 26 played
41 Portland - 26 played
37 Carolina - 25 played
34 Montreal - 26 played
33 Puerto Rico - 26 played
28 Tampa Bay - 25 played
28 Minnesota - 26 played
26 St Louis - 25 played
24 Baltimore - 26 played
20 Miami - 25 played
dN
Pro-Rated Standings based on Points Per Game:
2.04 Austin
1.85 Rochester
1.58 Vancouver
1.58 Portland
1.48 Carolina
1.31 Montreal
1.27 Puerto Rico
1.12 Tampa Bay
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
OUT OF PLAY OFF SPOTS
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
1.08 Minnesota
1.04 St Louis
0.92 Baltimore
0.80 Miami
TEAM USA
US Soccer has a video of Big Bad Bob answering a couple of fan questions submitted via Twitter. Pretty short, but one question is about Ricardo Clark at the World Cup.
dN
Chicagoist has many words from coach Bradley who visited that city on Wednesday night.
AMERICANS IN EUROPE
Greg Seltzer of MLS Soccer previews the weekend ahead for our players.
UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
The Group Stage begins on Tue Sep 14!
Match Day 1 (of 6 Group Stage games)
-Tue Sep 14
Twente v Inter
Bremen v Tottenham
Lyon v Schalke
Benfica v H Tel-Aviv
Manchester United v Rangers
Bursaspor v Valencia
Barcelona v Panathinaikos
Kobenhavn v Rubin
-Wed Sep 15
Bayern v Roma
CFR Cluj v Basel
Marseille v Spartak Moskva
Zilina v Chelsea
Real Madrid v Ajax
Milan v Auxerre
Arsenal v Braga
Shakhtar Donetsk v Partizan
UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE
Matchday 1 heads our way on Thu Sep 16. That's my awesome brother's birthday!
FIFA
Martin Rogers of Yahoo sums up speculation of FIFA's plans for future World Cups.
ENDERS
Brooks over at Dirty Tackle found this video of a classic goalkeeper blunder! Outstanding!
The FIFA team has now seen what the USA has to offer, and returned to their dark and perfectly refrigerated lair in the mountains of Zurich.
Jose de Jesus Ortiz of the Houston Chronicle sums up the FIFA inspection delegation's final stop in Houston on Thursday.
-A couple more notes from Ortiz.
The Associated Press with a wrap up as the FIFA inspection team leaves. Via ESPN.
How this shot - Ching & Ming - Wow that dude is massive!
And then the dynamic duo great the FIFAers.
Three things from US Soccer:
-The conclusion in Houston.
-Parting quotes from the FIFA delegation.
-Final words from US Soccer pres Sunil Gulati.
My one thought on this is that if there were some flaws with this inspection, like stadiums not being the absolute perfect size, and some buses being needed to transport people around, then what was the inspection of South Africa like? Come on. This country could hold the World Cup next month, and everybody knows that. Its just a matter of if they want it to be here or not. I find the whole weird scene to be a bit of a charade.
PODCASTS/VIDEOCASTS
The playa's from the Seeing Red podcast chat with Mike Petke who is a beloved Metro Stars/Red Bulls player who just announced that this is his last season.
BIG EUROPEAN CLUB MATCHES COMING UP THIS WEEKEND
Prepare thyself for Derby du Nord!
-Sat Sep 11
Lens v Lille
More Matches & Scores:
-Fri Sep 10
Hoffenheim v Schalke - both want to be contenders not pretenders this season
-Sat Sep 11
Athletic Bilbao v Atletico Madrid - neither can win the league, but they can both make it to the Champions League for next year
Bayern Munich v Werder Bremen - The champs take on one of their challengers
Porto v Braga - the perennial leaders v last years surprise champs
-Sun Sep 12
Juventus v Sampdoria - did Juve spend all that money for a reason and is Samp for real
CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
Round Three of the Group Stage is here next week. Including Seattle's trip to the Purple Monster!
dN
Matches & Scores:
Round Three
-Tue Sep 14
Columbus Crew v Joe Public
Monterrey v Marathon
Municipal v Santos Laguna
Saprissa v Seattle Sounders
-Wed Sep 15
Toluca v Puerto Rico Islanders
Arabe Unido v Cruz Azul
Real Salt Lake v Toronto FC
-Thu Sep 16
Olimpia v FAS
THIS IS WHAT ITS ALL ABOUT
The original owner of the New York/New Jersey MetroStars John Kluge passed away this week at age 95. So we feel the need to honor another of the pioneers of MLS, and show our gratitude for helping start our great league. RIP John.
PICTURE OF THE DAY
I saw this nice new billboard yesterday for the Portland Timbers launch into MLS next season, and thought it was good. Then I found it that the billboard is in SEATTLE! Ho Ho Ho! Nice shot across the bow!
Geoffrey Arnold of the Oregonian with some details.
Thank to our friend Brian Costello with the Timbers for the photo.
MLS WEEK 24
Steve Davis of Sports Illustrated looks at the playoff big implications of this weekend's games.
dN
Matches & Scores:
-Wed Sep 8
Chicago Fire SC 0-0 Toronto FC
Venue: Toyota Park - Bridegeview IL
Attendance: 12,891
-Thu Sep 9
Seattle Sounders FC 0-0 Real Salt Lake
Venue: Qwest Field - Seattle WA
Attendance: 36,078
-Fri Sep 10
CD Chivas USA v New England Revolution - 9:30pm Central on Direct Kick
Venue: The Home Depot Center - Carson CA
-Sat Sep 11
Toronto FC v DC United - 3:00pm Central on Direct Kick
Venue: BMO Field - Toronto ON
New York Red Bulls v Colorado Rapids - 3:00pm Central on Telefutura
Venue: Red Bull Arena - Harrison NJ
Philadelphia Union v Chicago Fire SC - 5:00pm Central on FSC/FSE
Venue: PPL Park - Chester PA
San Jose Earthquakes v FC Dallas - 9:00pm Central on Direct Kick
Venue: Buck Shaw Stadium - Santa Clara CA
Los Angeles Galaxy v Columbus Crew - 9:30pm Central on Direct Kick
Venue: The Home Depot Center - Carson CA
MLS TEAM & PLAYER NEWS
2 scoreless draws so far this week - Ugh. Let's hope tonight's game in livelier.
dN
LA midfielder Eddie Lewis has announced that he will retire at the end of this season. Another great USA player calls it a day.
dN
Joshua Mayers of the Seattle Times on the Sounders settling for a point, when they needed 3.
dN
Michael C Lewis of the Salt Lake Tribune says RSL just didn't get the job done last night, even though the chance was right there for them.
-Rookie centerback Chris Shuler came out of nowhere to have a very solid debut for RSL last night.
dN
Lewis also reports that RSL general manager Garth Lagerway has signed a new 5 year contract with the club.
dN
James Edward of the Deseret News looks at RSL's 4th consecutive road draw.
dN
Brian Lewis the NY Post talks to Red Bulls captain Juan Pablo Angel who does not know what his future is beyond this season.
dN
Michael Lewis of Big Apple Soccer on the continued learning curve of Red Bulls rookie centerback Tim Ream.
dN
The Shin Guardian does a big Q & A with Kansas City's outstanding English winger Ryan Smith.
dN
Steve Hunt writing for MLS Soccer does a Q & A with new FC Dallas president Doug Quinn.
-He was formerly the president of SUM, meaning he has very indepth knowledge of the league, and shows the club is serious about getting their act together.
-Some very interesting stuff here.
dN
John Meyer of the Denver Post says the Rapids know what they have to do - not lose their last 7 games like they did last season. Wow, I forgot how bad they choked it away.
dN
Kerith Gabriel of the Philadelphia Daily News wonders if the Union will stick with goalkeeper Chris Seitz despite the repeated bungling, or if Brad Knighton will get another chance to anchor the team.
dN
Jack McCarthy of the Chicago Tribune tells us about a kid fighting cancer who got to spend time with the Chicago Fire players. Very cool.
dN
Billy Witz of the New York Times on the return of the Beckman.
MLS PLAYER MOVEMENT
Michael C Lewis of the Salt Lake Tribune says RSL feels they may have unearthed a gem. They have acquired forward Paulo Aruajo JR from Miami FC Blues on a loan deal.
-I saw him play earlier this season and didn't notice much at all. We shall see.
And let's make sure everyone knows this - Miami FC is owned by Traffic, and Traffic is a company from Brazil that owns players rights and tries to find places to sell them off. Miami doesn't seem to care if they draw any fans to their games, as long as they keep turning up great players to move along for a nice profit.
Evan Drexler of the Miami Herald talks to Miami FC's Fernando Clavijo about Araujo.
-I think Clavijo has one of the best eyes for talent in America. He may not be a great coach, but he sure knows players. IE almost all the great New England players were brought in by Clavijo.
MLS INJURY REPORT
Columbus still has Danny O'Rourke, Gino Padula and Robbie Rogers out with injuries.
MLS YOUTH DEVELOPMENT
Bob Hunter of the Columbus Dispatch with a note in his column about the Crew's successful youth teams, and the future of those players. (scroll down a bit)
MLS EXPANSION
The Vancouver Courier introduces us to Paul Barber the man running the Whitecaps show.
-He was formerly a big with with Tottenham in London.
-We learn here the Bell Canada will be the team's shirt sponsor.
USSF DIVISION 2
Bay New 9 with an story on Tampa Bay owner Andrew Nestor.
dN
Matches & Scores:
-Sat Sep 11
Crystal Palace Baltimore v Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Rochester Rhinos v Tampa Bay Rowdies
Carolina RailHawks v Portland Timbers
AC St Louis v NSC Minnesota Stars
Miami FC Blues v Montreal Impact
Puerto Rico Islanders v Austin Aztex
dN
Standings (As of Wed Sep 8):
49 Austin - 24 played
48 Rochester - 26 played
41 Vancouver - 26 played
41 Portland - 26 played
37 Carolina - 25 played
34 Montreal - 26 played
33 Puerto Rico - 26 played
28 Tampa Bay - 25 played
28 Minnesota - 26 played
26 St Louis - 25 played
24 Baltimore - 26 played
20 Miami - 25 played
dN
Pro-Rated Standings based on Points Per Game:
2.04 Austin
1.85 Rochester
1.58 Vancouver
1.58 Portland
1.48 Carolina
1.31 Montreal
1.27 Puerto Rico
1.12 Tampa Bay
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
OUT OF PLAY OFF SPOTS
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
1.08 Minnesota
1.04 St Louis
0.92 Baltimore
0.80 Miami
TEAM USA
US Soccer has a video of Big Bad Bob answering a couple of fan questions submitted via Twitter. Pretty short, but one question is about Ricardo Clark at the World Cup.
dN
Chicagoist has many words from coach Bradley who visited that city on Wednesday night.
AMERICANS IN EUROPE
Greg Seltzer of MLS Soccer previews the weekend ahead for our players.
UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
The Group Stage begins on Tue Sep 14!
Match Day 1 (of 6 Group Stage games)
-Tue Sep 14
Twente v Inter
Bremen v Tottenham
Lyon v Schalke
Benfica v H Tel-Aviv
Manchester United v Rangers
Bursaspor v Valencia
Barcelona v Panathinaikos
Kobenhavn v Rubin
-Wed Sep 15
Bayern v Roma
CFR Cluj v Basel
Marseille v Spartak Moskva
Zilina v Chelsea
Real Madrid v Ajax
Milan v Auxerre
Arsenal v Braga
Shakhtar Donetsk v Partizan
UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE
Matchday 1 heads our way on Thu Sep 16. That's my awesome brother's birthday!
FIFA
Martin Rogers of Yahoo sums up speculation of FIFA's plans for future World Cups.
ENDERS
Brooks over at Dirty Tackle found this video of a classic goalkeeper blunder! Outstanding!
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Montreal visited Puerto Rico and I think
it was around 1,200-1,500 fans and the
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