Some News for Wed Sep 29, 2010
MLS COACHES HOT SEAT AND A LOOK AHEAD TO 2011
Let's take a look at the current temperature:
Carlos The Conch in Chicago is surely out the door if they don't make the playoffs, and that does not look likely.
-Ives Galarcep of Fox calls De Los Cobos a bust.
Peter Vermes would probably leave the bench if KC does not make the playoffs, opening the job for assistant Octavio Zambrano.
We already know that DC & TFC will be searching for new leaders.
Martin Vasquez has failed to put any of his own stamp on Chivas USA. Will he get another shot? Does Chivas USA actually have a master plan as an organization?
None of the other Western Conf teams will make a change unless a coach decides on his own to move.
Could Steve Nicol finally say ENOUGH! in New England and move to a team where management will finance a team for him?
-I once co-hosted a music radio show called ENOUGH!
Columbus? No supporters shield and a poor playoff run could mean trouble for Robert Warzycha.
New York and Philly are set for next season.
STORY OF THE DAY
Grant Wahl of Sports Illustrated talks to FIFA/CONCACAF honcho Chuck Blazer who all but confirms that the days of those glorious USA-Mexico World Cup qualifiers is over.
-FUCK ME!
-It would never be said out loud by anyone involved but of course its all about CONCACAF Jack his pocket lining ways.
-The USA is powerless to do anything about this.
-The minnows will all get to play a bunch more meaningless qualifying games.
-As a USA fan we will be forced to get excited about our biggest games being against Costa Rica or Honduras.
-The more I think about this, the sadder I get.
CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE GROUP STAGE
Look Out! It's Round 5! Plenty will get decided this week.
Salt Lake, Cruz Azul and Monterrey all advanced to the knock out rounds last night.
While Toronto, Arabe and Seattle were all eliminated.
dN
Shawn Mitchell of the Columbus Dispatch on Crew backup keeper Andy Gruenebaum who has lead the team in this tournament.
dN
Round Five Matches & Scores:
-Tue Sep 28
Toronto FC 1-1 Real Salt Lake - TFC goal by Jacob Peterson. RSL goal by Javier Morales.
Cruz Azul 2-0 Arabe Unido - CA goals by Emanuel Villa & Adrian Cortes.
Saprissa 2-2 Monterrey - Sap goals by Severo Meza(OG) & Jose Mena. Mon goals by Luis Rodriguez & Abraham Carreno.
-Wed Sep 29
Puerto Rico Islanders v Toluca
Municipal v Columbus Crew - 9pm Central on FSC
Santos Laguna v Joe Public
Seattle Sounders v Marathon - DELAYED at 3am Central on FSC
-Thu Sep 30
FAS v Olimpia
dN
The Salt Lake Tribune and the Deseret News both report on RSL advancing with a tie.
The Toronto Globe & Mail reviews the TFC v RSL game, and the end of their chance to advance.
Paul James of the Globe & Mail with post game analysis.
Gareth Wheeler of the Toronto Sun turns out the lights on TFC 2010.
Daniel Girard of the Toronto Star reviews TFC v RSL.
dN
GROUP STANDINGS (4 rounds played):
Group A
ADV-10 Cruz Azul (Mexico) (+8) (5 rounds played)
ADV-10 Real Salt Lake (USA) (+4) (5 rounds played)
OUT-5 Toronto (Canada) (-3) (5 rounds played)
OUT-3 Arabe Unido (Panama) (-9) (5 rounds played)
Group B
9 Columbus Crew (USA) (+4)
7 Santos Laguna (Mexico) (+3)
5 Municipal (Guatemala) (0)
1 Joe Public (Trinidad & Tobago) (-7)
Group C
ADV-13 Monterrey (Mexico) (+6) (5 rounds played)
7 Saprissa (Costa Rica) (+3) (5 rounds played)
6 Marathon (Honduras) (-3)
OUT-0 Seattle Sounders (USA) (-6)
Group D
7 Toluca (Mexico) (+6)
7 Olimpia (Honduras) (-1)
5 Puerto Rico Islanders (Puerto Rico) 0)
2 FAS (El Salvador) (-5)
UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE GROUP STAGE
Match Day 2 (of 6 Group Stage games)
Nothing of real significance happened on Tuesday with all the favorites getting what they needed from the matches.
But Wednesday saw a little chaos (isn't that what you really want in a group stage.)
-Barca stumbled at Rubin.
-Inter and Tottenaham romped to huge home wins.
-While Lyon, Schalke, Rangers, Man U & Kobenhavn all got the needed wins.
dN
Matches & Scores:
-Wed Sep 29
Rubin Kazan 1-1 Barcelona - RK goal by Christian Noboa(PK). Bar goal by David Villa(PK).
Inter 4-0 Werder Bremen - Int goals by Samuel Eto'o(3) & Wesley Sneijder.
Tottenham 4-1 Twente - Tot goals by Roman Pavlyuchenko(2, both via PK). Rafael Van der Vaart & Gareth Bale. Twe goal by Nacer Chadi.
Hapoel Tel Aviv 1-3 Lyon - HTA goal by Vincent Enyeama(PK). Lyo goals by Michel Bastos(2, 1 via PK) & Miralem Pjanic.
Schalke 2-0 Benfica - Sch goals by Jefferson Farfan & Klaas Jan Huntelaar.
Rangers 1-0 Bursaspor - Ran goal by James Naismith.
Valencia 0-1 Manchester United - MU goals by Javier Hernandez.
Panathinaikos 0-2 Kobenhavn - Kob goals by Dame N'Doye & Martin Vingaard.
-Tue Sep 28
Spartak Moskva 3-0 Zilina - SM goals by Ari(2) & Ibson.
Basel 1-2 Bayern Munchen - Bas goal by Alexander Frei. BM goals both by Bastien Schweinsteiger.
Roma 2-1 CFR Cluj - Rom goals by Philippe Mexes & Marco Borriello. CC goal by Ionut Rada.
Chelsea 2-0 Marsielle - Che goals by John Terry & Nicolas Anelka.
Ajax 1-1 Milan - Aja goal by Mounir El Hamdaoui. Mil goal by Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
Braga 0-3 Shakhtar Donetsk - SD goals by Luis Adriano(2) & Douglas Costa.
Auxerre 0-1 Real Madrid - RM goal by Angel Di Maria.
Partizan 1-3 Arsenal - Par goal by Cleo. Ars goals by Andre Arshavin, Marouane Chamakh & Sebastien Squillaci.
dN
Group Standings.
MLS WEEK 27
Matches & Scores:
-Wed Sep 29
Colorado Rapids v Philadelphia Union - 8:30pm Central on Direct Kick
Venue: Dick's Sporting Goods Park - Commerce City CO
San Jose Earthquakes v Chicago Fire - 10:00pm Central on Direct Kick
Venue: Buck Shaw Stadium - Santa Clara CA
-Sat Oct 2
Seattle Sounder FC v Toronto FC - 2:30pm Central on Direct Kick
Venue: Qwest Field - Seattle WA
Philadelphia Union v Houston Dynamo - 3:00pm Central on Telefutura
Venue: PPL Park - Chester PA
New York Red Bulls v Kansas City Wizards - 6:30pm Central on Direct Kick
Venue: Red Bull Arena - Harrison NJ
New England Revolution v Real Salt Lake - 6:30pm Central on Direct Kick
Venue: Gillette Stadium - Foxborough MA
Columbus Crew v San Jose Earthquakes - 6:30pm Central on Direct Kick
Venue: Columbus Crew Stadium - Columbus OH
FC Dallas v Chicago Fire SC - 7:30pm Central on FSC
Venue: Pizza Hut Park - Frisco TX
Colorado Rapids v DC United - 8:00pm Central on Direct Kick
Venue: Dick's Sporting Goods Park - Commerce City CO
-Sun Oct 3
CD Chivas USA v Los Angeles Galaxy - 7:00pm Central on ESPN2
Venue: The Home Depot Center - Carson CA
MLS TEAM & PLAYER NEWS
General News
MLS Soccer continues with their list of the 24 best players under the age of 24 - #'s 20 to 16.
CHICAGO FIRE
Nery Castillo is still out injured. And it's now obvious that the team is going to have to get him into shape for next season.
Orrin Schwarz of the Daily Herald sees the Fire season as all but over at this point.
COLORADO RAPIDS
Conor Casey will not play tonight due to yellow card accumulation suspension.
PHILADELPHIA UNION
Kerith Gabriel of the Philadelphia Daily News has to deal with a headline that suggests the Union are nearly good enough to be in the playoffs. Uh, no. But they do play tonight.
SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES
Elliot Almond of the Mercury News on the Earthquakes strong steady build toward the playoffs for the first time in this incarnation.
Robert Jonas of Center Line Soccer attended practice on Tuesday and fills us in on where the team is at.
SEATTLE SOUNDERS
Joshua Mayers of the Seattle Times on the Sounders top quality Uruguayan signing El Flaco - Alvaro Fernandez.
TORONTO FC
John Molinaro of the CBC sees TFC circling the drain, and their captain Dwayne DeRosario paddling as fast as he can to help them go down.
Brian Strauss of FanHouse listens to a DDR radio interview and tries to interpret the intent and apology.
MLS POST SEASON AWARDS
Jeff Carlisle of ESPN on Coach of the Year candidates.
-Me and Demko were talking the other night, and we said one of these two guys is the clear winner, while the other is the runner up.
MLS YOUTH DEVELOPMENT
Omar Salgado who has signed with MLS and will enter the league via the SuperDraft in January, is headed over to Everton in England for training.
AMERICANS IN EUROPE
The Bolton News with an article on Stuart Holden who blew his defensive assignment and allowed Man U to comeback for a tie last weekend.
-But the coach just continues to blubber over Stuart.
dN
Game Action: (only those that played are listed)
UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE - Group Stage
Maurice Edu - Rangers - Wed Sep 29 - went the full 90 as they won 1-0 at home over Bursaspor.
Jermaine Jones - Schalke - Wed Sep 29 - came on as a sub in the 66th minute of a 2-0 home win against Benfinca.
dN
Coming Up: (all possible players are listed)
UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - Group Stage
Jozy Altidore - Villarreal - Thu Sep 30 v Clubb Brugge
Sacha Kljestan - Anderlecht - Thu Sep 30 at Hajduk Split
MEXICO
The federation intends to name their new national team head coach around the middle of Oct.
GERMANY
When Saturday Comes on the crazy parity in the Bundesliga so far this season.
EUROPE
Phil Minshull of the BBC re-introduces us to one time great Belgian keeper Michel Preudhomme who now leads reigning Dutch champions Twente.
UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE
Matchday 2 is coming up on Thu Sep 30. Matches & Scores here.
FIFA
FIFA is now doing all player transfers via a computer database. (thanks to BQ for the heads up on this one)
-Welcome to the 1990's FIFA!
BIDDING TO HOST WORLD CUP 2018 & 2022
Matt Slater of the BBC sees Australia as a great host for 2022.
GRATUITOUS DIEGO FORLAN PHOTO
ENDERS
I am feeling slightly insane these days. And not in a good way. What do you do to get rid of that feeling?
Let's take a look at the current temperature:
Carlos The Conch in Chicago is surely out the door if they don't make the playoffs, and that does not look likely.
-Ives Galarcep of Fox calls De Los Cobos a bust.
Peter Vermes would probably leave the bench if KC does not make the playoffs, opening the job for assistant Octavio Zambrano.
We already know that DC & TFC will be searching for new leaders.
Martin Vasquez has failed to put any of his own stamp on Chivas USA. Will he get another shot? Does Chivas USA actually have a master plan as an organization?
None of the other Western Conf teams will make a change unless a coach decides on his own to move.
Could Steve Nicol finally say ENOUGH! in New England and move to a team where management will finance a team for him?
-I once co-hosted a music radio show called ENOUGH!
Columbus? No supporters shield and a poor playoff run could mean trouble for Robert Warzycha.
New York and Philly are set for next season.
STORY OF THE DAY
Grant Wahl of Sports Illustrated talks to FIFA/CONCACAF honcho Chuck Blazer who all but confirms that the days of those glorious USA-Mexico World Cup qualifiers is over.
-FUCK ME!
-It would never be said out loud by anyone involved but of course its all about CONCACAF Jack his pocket lining ways.
-The USA is powerless to do anything about this.
-The minnows will all get to play a bunch more meaningless qualifying games.
-As a USA fan we will be forced to get excited about our biggest games being against Costa Rica or Honduras.
-The more I think about this, the sadder I get.
CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE GROUP STAGE
Look Out! It's Round 5! Plenty will get decided this week.
Salt Lake, Cruz Azul and Monterrey all advanced to the knock out rounds last night.
While Toronto, Arabe and Seattle were all eliminated.
dN
Shawn Mitchell of the Columbus Dispatch on Crew backup keeper Andy Gruenebaum who has lead the team in this tournament.
dN
Round Five Matches & Scores:
-Tue Sep 28
Toronto FC 1-1 Real Salt Lake - TFC goal by Jacob Peterson. RSL goal by Javier Morales.
Cruz Azul 2-0 Arabe Unido - CA goals by Emanuel Villa & Adrian Cortes.
Saprissa 2-2 Monterrey - Sap goals by Severo Meza(OG) & Jose Mena. Mon goals by Luis Rodriguez & Abraham Carreno.
-Wed Sep 29
Puerto Rico Islanders v Toluca
Municipal v Columbus Crew - 9pm Central on FSC
Santos Laguna v Joe Public
Seattle Sounders v Marathon - DELAYED at 3am Central on FSC
-Thu Sep 30
FAS v Olimpia
dN
The Salt Lake Tribune and the Deseret News both report on RSL advancing with a tie.
The Toronto Globe & Mail reviews the TFC v RSL game, and the end of their chance to advance.
Paul James of the Globe & Mail with post game analysis.
Gareth Wheeler of the Toronto Sun turns out the lights on TFC 2010.
Daniel Girard of the Toronto Star reviews TFC v RSL.
dN
GROUP STANDINGS (4 rounds played):
Group A
ADV-10 Cruz Azul (Mexico) (+8) (5 rounds played)
ADV-10 Real Salt Lake (USA) (+4) (5 rounds played)
OUT-5 Toronto (Canada) (-3) (5 rounds played)
OUT-3 Arabe Unido (Panama) (-9) (5 rounds played)
Group B
9 Columbus Crew (USA) (+4)
7 Santos Laguna (Mexico) (+3)
5 Municipal (Guatemala) (0)
1 Joe Public (Trinidad & Tobago) (-7)
Group C
ADV-13 Monterrey (Mexico) (+6) (5 rounds played)
7 Saprissa (Costa Rica) (+3) (5 rounds played)
6 Marathon (Honduras) (-3)
OUT-0 Seattle Sounders (USA) (-6)
Group D
7 Toluca (Mexico) (+6)
7 Olimpia (Honduras) (-1)
5 Puerto Rico Islanders (Puerto Rico) 0)
2 FAS (El Salvador) (-5)
UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE GROUP STAGE
Match Day 2 (of 6 Group Stage games)
Nothing of real significance happened on Tuesday with all the favorites getting what they needed from the matches.
But Wednesday saw a little chaos (isn't that what you really want in a group stage.)
-Barca stumbled at Rubin.
-Inter and Tottenaham romped to huge home wins.
-While Lyon, Schalke, Rangers, Man U & Kobenhavn all got the needed wins.
dN
Matches & Scores:
-Wed Sep 29
Rubin Kazan 1-1 Barcelona - RK goal by Christian Noboa(PK). Bar goal by David Villa(PK).
Inter 4-0 Werder Bremen - Int goals by Samuel Eto'o(3) & Wesley Sneijder.
Tottenham 4-1 Twente - Tot goals by Roman Pavlyuchenko(2, both via PK). Rafael Van der Vaart & Gareth Bale. Twe goal by Nacer Chadi.
Hapoel Tel Aviv 1-3 Lyon - HTA goal by Vincent Enyeama(PK). Lyo goals by Michel Bastos(2, 1 via PK) & Miralem Pjanic.
Schalke 2-0 Benfica - Sch goals by Jefferson Farfan & Klaas Jan Huntelaar.
Rangers 1-0 Bursaspor - Ran goal by James Naismith.
Valencia 0-1 Manchester United - MU goals by Javier Hernandez.
Panathinaikos 0-2 Kobenhavn - Kob goals by Dame N'Doye & Martin Vingaard.
-Tue Sep 28
Spartak Moskva 3-0 Zilina - SM goals by Ari(2) & Ibson.
Basel 1-2 Bayern Munchen - Bas goal by Alexander Frei. BM goals both by Bastien Schweinsteiger.
Roma 2-1 CFR Cluj - Rom goals by Philippe Mexes & Marco Borriello. CC goal by Ionut Rada.
Chelsea 2-0 Marsielle - Che goals by John Terry & Nicolas Anelka.
Ajax 1-1 Milan - Aja goal by Mounir El Hamdaoui. Mil goal by Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
Braga 0-3 Shakhtar Donetsk - SD goals by Luis Adriano(2) & Douglas Costa.
Auxerre 0-1 Real Madrid - RM goal by Angel Di Maria.
Partizan 1-3 Arsenal - Par goal by Cleo. Ars goals by Andre Arshavin, Marouane Chamakh & Sebastien Squillaci.
dN
Group Standings.
MLS WEEK 27
Matches & Scores:
-Wed Sep 29
Colorado Rapids v Philadelphia Union - 8:30pm Central on Direct Kick
Venue: Dick's Sporting Goods Park - Commerce City CO
San Jose Earthquakes v Chicago Fire - 10:00pm Central on Direct Kick
Venue: Buck Shaw Stadium - Santa Clara CA
-Sat Oct 2
Seattle Sounder FC v Toronto FC - 2:30pm Central on Direct Kick
Venue: Qwest Field - Seattle WA
Philadelphia Union v Houston Dynamo - 3:00pm Central on Telefutura
Venue: PPL Park - Chester PA
New York Red Bulls v Kansas City Wizards - 6:30pm Central on Direct Kick
Venue: Red Bull Arena - Harrison NJ
New England Revolution v Real Salt Lake - 6:30pm Central on Direct Kick
Venue: Gillette Stadium - Foxborough MA
Columbus Crew v San Jose Earthquakes - 6:30pm Central on Direct Kick
Venue: Columbus Crew Stadium - Columbus OH
FC Dallas v Chicago Fire SC - 7:30pm Central on FSC
Venue: Pizza Hut Park - Frisco TX
Colorado Rapids v DC United - 8:00pm Central on Direct Kick
Venue: Dick's Sporting Goods Park - Commerce City CO
-Sun Oct 3
CD Chivas USA v Los Angeles Galaxy - 7:00pm Central on ESPN2
Venue: The Home Depot Center - Carson CA
MLS TEAM & PLAYER NEWS
General News
MLS Soccer continues with their list of the 24 best players under the age of 24 - #'s 20 to 16.
CHICAGO FIRE
Nery Castillo is still out injured. And it's now obvious that the team is going to have to get him into shape for next season.
Orrin Schwarz of the Daily Herald sees the Fire season as all but over at this point.
COLORADO RAPIDS
Conor Casey will not play tonight due to yellow card accumulation suspension.
PHILADELPHIA UNION
Kerith Gabriel of the Philadelphia Daily News has to deal with a headline that suggests the Union are nearly good enough to be in the playoffs. Uh, no. But they do play tonight.
SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES
Elliot Almond of the Mercury News on the Earthquakes strong steady build toward the playoffs for the first time in this incarnation.
Robert Jonas of Center Line Soccer attended practice on Tuesday and fills us in on where the team is at.
SEATTLE SOUNDERS
Joshua Mayers of the Seattle Times on the Sounders top quality Uruguayan signing El Flaco - Alvaro Fernandez.
TORONTO FC
John Molinaro of the CBC sees TFC circling the drain, and their captain Dwayne DeRosario paddling as fast as he can to help them go down.
Brian Strauss of FanHouse listens to a DDR radio interview and tries to interpret the intent and apology.
MLS POST SEASON AWARDS
Jeff Carlisle of ESPN on Coach of the Year candidates.
-Me and Demko were talking the other night, and we said one of these two guys is the clear winner, while the other is the runner up.
MLS YOUTH DEVELOPMENT
Omar Salgado who has signed with MLS and will enter the league via the SuperDraft in January, is headed over to Everton in England for training.
AMERICANS IN EUROPE
The Bolton News with an article on Stuart Holden who blew his defensive assignment and allowed Man U to comeback for a tie last weekend.
-But the coach just continues to blubber over Stuart.
dN
Game Action: (only those that played are listed)
UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE - Group Stage
Maurice Edu - Rangers - Wed Sep 29 - went the full 90 as they won 1-0 at home over Bursaspor.
Jermaine Jones - Schalke - Wed Sep 29 - came on as a sub in the 66th minute of a 2-0 home win against Benfinca.
dN
Coming Up: (all possible players are listed)
UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - Group Stage
Jozy Altidore - Villarreal - Thu Sep 30 v Clubb Brugge
Sacha Kljestan - Anderlecht - Thu Sep 30 at Hajduk Split
MEXICO
The federation intends to name their new national team head coach around the middle of Oct.
GERMANY
When Saturday Comes on the crazy parity in the Bundesliga so far this season.
EUROPE
Phil Minshull of the BBC re-introduces us to one time great Belgian keeper Michel Preudhomme who now leads reigning Dutch champions Twente.
UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE
Matchday 2 is coming up on Thu Sep 30. Matches & Scores here.
FIFA
FIFA is now doing all player transfers via a computer database. (thanks to BQ for the heads up on this one)
-Welcome to the 1990's FIFA!
BIDDING TO HOST WORLD CUP 2018 & 2022
Matt Slater of the BBC sees Australia as a great host for 2022.
GRATUITOUS DIEGO FORLAN PHOTO
ENDERS
I am feeling slightly insane these days. And not in a good way. What do you do to get rid of that feeling?
posted by brucio at 19:49
2 Comments:
Bruce: Perhaps more cowbell?
I once risked getting fired from my NE Revolution summer internship in order to get my picture taken with Michel Preudhomme. He was with Benfica then...and us lowly interns weren't supposed to bother the players.
Bruce, when I'm feeling slightly insane, I disconnect from the Internet for a week. We'd all hate to be without dunord posts for the short term, but we also don't want you to go insane.
(unrealted note, my word verification word is "tical"! Word to Method Man! Roll that sh!t, light that sh!t, smoke it! Another option for your creeping insanity...a possible sign from the Blogger Gods)
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