Some News for Wed Sep 8, 2010
STARTERS
Today I finally found FIFA's official World Cup post-tournament report. It's 289 pages long. Let me know if you find anything really interesting.
USA WORLD CUP 2018/22 BID
A FIFA delegation of technical inspectors is in the USA this week to review some of the facilities that could be used for the World Cup. Their trip began Mon night in New York and will end in Houston and Dallas on Thu.
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The Washington Post on the inspectors stop in DC.
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NBC6 in Miami on the cities preparedness for the delegation's visit today.
STORY OF THE DAY
USL announced today that they are merging their USL1 and USL2 leagues into one new league for next season called USL Pro. How this fits in with US Soccer's new standards for the second division of soccer in America I don't know. There is also no list of teams for this league yet. But basically it eliminates thethird division which is currently USL2 second division which is currently USL1. (Thanks to BQ for the clarification)
dN
Brian Quarstad of Inside Minnesota Soccer breaks down the press release and tries to define the reality of the wording a little more clearly.
HMMMMM, VERY INTERESTING
Steven Sandor of the Toronto Sun on the old problem of MLS playing through FIFA international dates. And reasonably knows, unlike some people, that there is no easy answer.
MLS WEEK 24
Matches & Scores:
-Wed Sep 8
Chicago Fire SC v Toronto FC - 7:30pm Central on Direct Kick
Venue: Toyota Park - Bridegeview IL
-Thu Sep 9
Seattle Sounders FC v Real Salt Lake - 10:00pm Central on ESPN2
Venue: Qwest Field - Seattle WA
-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
Len Ziehm of the Chicago Southtown Star previews tonight's important Chicago-Toronto game. Serious playoff implications at hand.
dN
Guillermo Rivera of Chicago Now previews Chicago v Toronto too.
dN
Steve Sandor of the Toronto Sun on Chicago's young and promising goalkeeper Sean Johnson.
dN
Shawn Mitchell of the Columbus Dispatch tells us about the Crew's latest attempt at finding a striker that can score some serious goals - Andres Mendoza.
dN
Our Friend-In-Football Beau Dure writes a little something for his former full time employers USA Today, telling us about Guillermo Barros Schelotto and his near perfect fit professionally and personally with Columbus Ohio.
MLS INTERNATIONALS
The New England Revolution tell us about their two players, Mansally & Nyassi, traveling to Gambia for a national team game over the weekend. They are in qualifying for the African Cup of Nations.
-Nyassi scored their first goal in a 3-1 win over Namibia.
dN
Charles Gooch of the Kansas City Star tells us about the Wizards players, Roger Espinoza, Shavar Thomas, Kei Kamara & Sunil Chhetri, performances in international matches this past week.
MLS RUMORS
San Jose says that English goalkeeper Richard Wright is NOT getting a try out with the team. He is in the city though, and worked out with the Earthquakes. But he is not there looking for a job.
MLS EXPANSION
Marc Weber of the Vancouver Province on the Whitecaps scrutinization of their roster in anticipation of next season.
dN
Weber also tells us the story of the attempted re-birth of the once highly promising Terry Dunfield, at Vancouver. (thanks to David for the article tip)
USSF DIVISION 2
Matches & Scores:
-Wed Sep 8
Puerto Rico Islanders v Montreal Impact
-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 Sun Sep 5):
49 Austin - 24 played
48 Rochester - 26 played
41 Vancouver - 26 played
41 Portland - 26 played
37 Carolina - 25 played
33 Puerto Rico - 25 played
31 Montreal - 25 played
28 Tampa Bay - 25 played
28 Minnesota - 26 played
26 St Louis - 25 played
24 Baltimore - 26 played
20 Miami - 25 played
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Pro-Rated Standings based on Points Per Game:
2.04 Austin
1.85 Rochester
1.58 Vancouver
1.58 Portland
1.48 Carolina
1.32 Puerto Rico
1.24 Montreal
1.12 Tampa Bay
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
OUT OF PLAY OFF SPOTS
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
1.08 Minnesota
1.04 St Louis
0.92 Baltimore
0.80 Miami
TEAM USA
The Washington Post has word on a possible USA game in Capetown, South Africa on Wed Nov 17.
USA U20 TEAM
The team is in the Cuadrangular Internacional tournament in Arequipa Peru Sep 1-13.
dN
Soccer America has tracked down video clips of the USA's embarrassing 5-0 loss to Paraguay.
dN
Matches & Scores:
-Mon Sep 6
USA 0-5 Paraguay
-Wed Sep 8
USA v Colombia
-Fri Sep 10
USA v Peru
dN
USA Roster:
G:
Samir Badr - Porto
Cody Cropper - Ipswich Town
D:
Gale Agbossoumonde - Braga
Anthony Brooks - Hertha Berlin
Bryan De La Fuente - Chivas USA
Christian Flores - Club Tijuana
Greg Garza - Estoril
Emilio Orozco - Tigres
Korey Veeder - Crystal Palace Baltimore
M:
Victor Garza - Tigres
Kevin Huezo - Pachuca
Francisco Navas Cobo - Houston Dynamo
Ernest Nungaray - Morelia
Moises Orozco - Tigres
Conor Shanosky - DC United
Cesar Zamora - Chivas USA
F:
Juan Agudelo - New York Red Bulls
Jerome Kiesewetter - Hertha Berlin
Adrian Ruelas - Santos Laguna
Omar Salgado - Portland Timbers
AMERICANS IN EUROPE
Yanks Abroad reports that two more Americans have joined the top Finnish league, and for the same team no less - Mason Trafford and Lamar Neagle at Mariehamn.
-Just like that there are 5 Americans in the league!
AMERICANS IN SOUTH AMERICA
Cameron Smith of Yahoo with an article on Nick May who is at the youth academy of Estudiantes in Argentina. (thanks to TB for the link)
Michael Hoyos is also at Estudiantes and has made some appearances with the senior team.
CONCACAF & CONMEBOL
Grant Wahl of Sports Illustrated would love to see a combined tournament of the Americas instead of Gold Cup and Copa America, to compete with the Euro Championship.
-The problem with that is where does CONCACAF Jack get his mega-slice of that deal. Would South America put up with his all-encompassing manner? Doubtful, they got guys just like him who all need their taste.
CONCACAF
Guatemala, Mexico, Canada and Panama were all winners on Tuesday. Guatemala also lost on Tuesday as they split their team and sent one to Japan and the other to Washington DC. And Jamaica fell in Florida.
dN
Paul James of the Toronto Globe & Mail approves of Canada's performance against Honduras after losing to Peru on Saturday.
dN
International Friendly
Matches & Scores:
-Tue Sep 7
Japan 2-1 Guatemala B - Jap goals both by Takayuki Morimoto. Gua goal by Mario Rodriguez.
El Salvador 0-2 Guatemala A - Gua goals by Fredy Thompson & Transito Montepeque.
Mexico 1-0 Colombia - Mex goal by Elias Hernandez.
Canada 2-1 Honduras - Can goals by Josh Simpson & Kevin McKenna. Hon goal by Erick Norales.
Panama 3-0 Trinidad & Tobago - Pan goals by Edwin Aguilar, Luis Tejada & Gabriel Gomez.
Jamaica 1-2 Peru - Jam goal by Omar Cummings. Per goals by Demar Phillips(OG) & Jose Carlos Fernandez.
-Wed Sep 8
Belize v Trinidad & Tobago
ENGLAND
Man City's new big buck forward Mario Balotelli has injured his knee requiring surgery which will keep him out of the line up for around 6 weeks.
FRANCE
Paul Doyle of the Guardian wonders if the national team got things back on track with their Tuesday win at Bosnia & Herzegovina.
dN
Are you ready for the Derby du Nord?!?!
-Fri Sep 10
Lens v Lille
GERMANY
The Bundesliga website with a story on the two players that Wolfsburg is counting on to take them to the top - Diego and Dzeko.
ITALY
Phil Minshull of the BBC feels that Milan made an error in signing Zlatan Ibrahimovic. I agree.
UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
Resumes, with the group stage starting next Tuesday!
EURO 2012
Deutsche Welle looks at the problems faced by the tournaments co-host Ukraine, and the chances of games being moved to another country.
ARGENTINA
Tim Vickery of Sports Illustrated looks at the players who lined up for the national team against Spain this week - the key man being Ever Banega.
AFRICA
Reuters reports that 4 recently fired Nigerian football federation officials have been arrested and charged with corruption.
ALL AROUND THE WORLD
Reuters on the continued reluctance of openly gay players to step forward. via Yahoo.
Today I finally found FIFA's official World Cup post-tournament report. It's 289 pages long. Let me know if you find anything really interesting.
USA WORLD CUP 2018/22 BID
A FIFA delegation of technical inspectors is in the USA this week to review some of the facilities that could be used for the World Cup. Their trip began Mon night in New York and will end in Houston and Dallas on Thu.
dN
The Washington Post on the inspectors stop in DC.
dN
NBC6 in Miami on the cities preparedness for the delegation's visit today.
STORY OF THE DAY
USL announced today that they are merging their USL1 and USL2 leagues into one new league for next season called USL Pro. How this fits in with US Soccer's new standards for the second division of soccer in America I don't know. There is also no list of teams for this league yet. But basically it eliminates the
dN
Brian Quarstad of Inside Minnesota Soccer breaks down the press release and tries to define the reality of the wording a little more clearly.
HMMMMM, VERY INTERESTING
Steven Sandor of the Toronto Sun on the old problem of MLS playing through FIFA international dates. And reasonably knows, unlike some people, that there is no easy answer.
MLS WEEK 24
Matches & Scores:
-Wed Sep 8
Chicago Fire SC v Toronto FC - 7:30pm Central on Direct Kick
Venue: Toyota Park - Bridegeview IL
-Thu Sep 9
Seattle Sounders FC v Real Salt Lake - 10:00pm Central on ESPN2
Venue: Qwest Field - Seattle WA
-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
Len Ziehm of the Chicago Southtown Star previews tonight's important Chicago-Toronto game. Serious playoff implications at hand.
dN
Guillermo Rivera of Chicago Now previews Chicago v Toronto too.
dN
Steve Sandor of the Toronto Sun on Chicago's young and promising goalkeeper Sean Johnson.
dN
Shawn Mitchell of the Columbus Dispatch tells us about the Crew's latest attempt at finding a striker that can score some serious goals - Andres Mendoza.
dN
Our Friend-In-Football Beau Dure writes a little something for his former full time employers USA Today, telling us about Guillermo Barros Schelotto and his near perfect fit professionally and personally with Columbus Ohio.
MLS INTERNATIONALS
The New England Revolution tell us about their two players, Mansally & Nyassi, traveling to Gambia for a national team game over the weekend. They are in qualifying for the African Cup of Nations.
-Nyassi scored their first goal in a 3-1 win over Namibia.
dN
Charles Gooch of the Kansas City Star tells us about the Wizards players, Roger Espinoza, Shavar Thomas, Kei Kamara & Sunil Chhetri, performances in international matches this past week.
MLS RUMORS
San Jose says that English goalkeeper Richard Wright is NOT getting a try out with the team. He is in the city though, and worked out with the Earthquakes. But he is not there looking for a job.
MLS EXPANSION
Marc Weber of the Vancouver Province on the Whitecaps scrutinization of their roster in anticipation of next season.
dN
Weber also tells us the story of the attempted re-birth of the once highly promising Terry Dunfield, at Vancouver. (thanks to David for the article tip)
USSF DIVISION 2
Matches & Scores:
-Wed Sep 8
Puerto Rico Islanders v Montreal Impact
-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 Sun Sep 5):
49 Austin - 24 played
48 Rochester - 26 played
41 Vancouver - 26 played
41 Portland - 26 played
37 Carolina - 25 played
33 Puerto Rico - 25 played
31 Montreal - 25 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
1.32 Puerto Rico
1.24 Montreal
1.12 Tampa Bay
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
OUT OF PLAY OFF SPOTS
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
1.08 Minnesota
1.04 St Louis
0.92 Baltimore
0.80 Miami
TEAM USA
The Washington Post has word on a possible USA game in Capetown, South Africa on Wed Nov 17.
USA U20 TEAM
The team is in the Cuadrangular Internacional tournament in Arequipa Peru Sep 1-13.
dN
Soccer America has tracked down video clips of the USA's embarrassing 5-0 loss to Paraguay.
dN
Matches & Scores:
-Mon Sep 6
USA 0-5 Paraguay
-Wed Sep 8
USA v Colombia
-Fri Sep 10
USA v Peru
dN
USA Roster:
G:
Samir Badr - Porto
Cody Cropper - Ipswich Town
D:
Gale Agbossoumonde - Braga
Anthony Brooks - Hertha Berlin
Bryan De La Fuente - Chivas USA
Christian Flores - Club Tijuana
Greg Garza - Estoril
Emilio Orozco - Tigres
Korey Veeder - Crystal Palace Baltimore
M:
Victor Garza - Tigres
Kevin Huezo - Pachuca
Francisco Navas Cobo - Houston Dynamo
Ernest Nungaray - Morelia
Moises Orozco - Tigres
Conor Shanosky - DC United
Cesar Zamora - Chivas USA
F:
Juan Agudelo - New York Red Bulls
Jerome Kiesewetter - Hertha Berlin
Adrian Ruelas - Santos Laguna
Omar Salgado - Portland Timbers
AMERICANS IN EUROPE
Yanks Abroad reports that two more Americans have joined the top Finnish league, and for the same team no less - Mason Trafford and Lamar Neagle at Mariehamn.
-Just like that there are 5 Americans in the league!
AMERICANS IN SOUTH AMERICA
Cameron Smith of Yahoo with an article on Nick May who is at the youth academy of Estudiantes in Argentina. (thanks to TB for the link)
Michael Hoyos is also at Estudiantes and has made some appearances with the senior team.
CONCACAF & CONMEBOL
Grant Wahl of Sports Illustrated would love to see a combined tournament of the Americas instead of Gold Cup and Copa America, to compete with the Euro Championship.
-The problem with that is where does CONCACAF Jack get his mega-slice of that deal. Would South America put up with his all-encompassing manner? Doubtful, they got guys just like him who all need their taste.
CONCACAF
Guatemala, Mexico, Canada and Panama were all winners on Tuesday. Guatemala also lost on Tuesday as they split their team and sent one to Japan and the other to Washington DC. And Jamaica fell in Florida.
dN
Paul James of the Toronto Globe & Mail approves of Canada's performance against Honduras after losing to Peru on Saturday.
dN
International Friendly
Matches & Scores:
-Tue Sep 7
Japan 2-1 Guatemala B - Jap goals both by Takayuki Morimoto. Gua goal by Mario Rodriguez.
El Salvador 0-2 Guatemala A - Gua goals by Fredy Thompson & Transito Montepeque.
Mexico 1-0 Colombia - Mex goal by Elias Hernandez.
Canada 2-1 Honduras - Can goals by Josh Simpson & Kevin McKenna. Hon goal by Erick Norales.
Panama 3-0 Trinidad & Tobago - Pan goals by Edwin Aguilar, Luis Tejada & Gabriel Gomez.
Jamaica 1-2 Peru - Jam goal by Omar Cummings. Per goals by Demar Phillips(OG) & Jose Carlos Fernandez.
-Wed Sep 8
Belize v Trinidad & Tobago
ENGLAND
Man City's new big buck forward Mario Balotelli has injured his knee requiring surgery which will keep him out of the line up for around 6 weeks.
FRANCE
Paul Doyle of the Guardian wonders if the national team got things back on track with their Tuesday win at Bosnia & Herzegovina.
dN
Are you ready for the Derby du Nord?!?!
-Fri Sep 10
Lens v Lille
GERMANY
The Bundesliga website with a story on the two players that Wolfsburg is counting on to take them to the top - Diego and Dzeko.
ITALY
Phil Minshull of the BBC feels that Milan made an error in signing Zlatan Ibrahimovic. I agree.
UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
Resumes, with the group stage starting next Tuesday!
EURO 2012
Deutsche Welle looks at the problems faced by the tournaments co-host Ukraine, and the chances of games being moved to another country.
ARGENTINA
Tim Vickery of Sports Illustrated looks at the players who lined up for the national team against Spain this week - the key man being Ever Banega.
AFRICA
Reuters reports that 4 recently fired Nigerian football federation officials have been arrested and charged with corruption.
ALL AROUND THE WORLD
Reuters on the continued reluctance of openly gay players to step forward. via Yahoo.
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