Some News for Mon Nov 8, 2010
STARTERS
US Soccer has begun taking nominees for their 2010 Best Ofs. The 4 categories are: Best Soccer Blog, Best Soccer Bar, Best Soccer Specialty Store and Best Fan Costume.
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Lionel Messi has 63 goals in his last 63 games for Barcelona! Stunning!
MLS PLAYOFFS
3 big boys are down, but the biggest is still standing, and now more favored than ever.
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San Jose, Colorado, Dallas and Los Angeles move on. New York, Columbus, Salt Lake and Seattle go home! Many folks thought the latter 4 were the better 4.
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And its really no surprise that all 4 teams left are from the much stronger Western Conference.
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Huge congrats goes out to both Los Angeles and Salt Lake for selling out their playoff games. Gigantic BOOOOOOOOO to Columbus for barely scaling the 10,000 mark. And a "What's going on?" to the Red Bulls for drawing less than 23,000 to their amazing stadium and #1 seeded team with big name stars.
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Quarterfinals
Matches & Scores:
2nd Leg
-Thu Nov 4
New York Red Bulls 1-3 San Jose Earthquakes - SJE advances 3-2 on aggregate - NYRB goal by Juan Pablo Angel. SJE goals by Bobby Convey(2) & Chris Wondolowski.
Venue: Red Bull Arena - Harrison NJ
Attendance: 22,839
-Sat Nov 6
Columbus Crew 2-1 Colorado Rapids - series ends tied 2-2, and CR advances 5-4 in a Penalty Kick Shootout - CC goals by Eddie Gaven & Robbie Rogers. CR goal by Conor Casey.
Venue: Crew Stadium - Columbus OH
Attendance: 10,322
Real Salt Lake 1-1 FC Dallas FCD advances 3-2 on aggregate - RSL goal by Robbie Findley. FCD goal by Dax McCarty.
Venue: Rio Tinto Stadium - Sandy UT
Attendance: 19,324
-Sun Nov 7
Los Angeles Galaxy 2-1 Seattle Sounders FC LAG advances 3-1 on aggregate - LAG goals by Edson Buddle & Omar Gonzalez. SSFC goal by Steve Zakuani.
Venue: The Home Depot Center - Carson CA
Attendance: 27,000
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EJECTIONS: None
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Semifinals
Matches & Scores:
-Sat Nov 13
Colorado Rapids v San Jose Earthquakes - 8:30pm Central on FSC
Venue: Dick's Sporting Goods Park - Commerce City CO
-Sun Nov 14
Los Angeles Galaxy v FC Dallas - 8pm Central on ESPN2
Venue: The Home Depot Center - Carson CA
GENERAL NEWS
Steve Davis of Sports Illustrated with 5 things we learned in the first round of the playoffs.
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FIFA.com (FIFA?, Yes FIFA!) reviews all 4 series quite well.
COLORADO RAPIDS
Nothing. Fucking nothing in the Denver Post except a short match report not written by anyone at that newspaper. Great job Rapids PR Staff - You stink at your jobs.
COLUMBUS CREW
You tell me - Does head coach Robert Warzycha deserve another season leading the team, or do they need to find a new manager?
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The Disptach with the always quality Crew Review recapping the whole season this time.
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Shawn Mitchell of the Dispatch match reports the loss to Colorado.
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Michael Arace of the Dispatch with his post mortem.
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And Bob Hunter of the Disp tells us he does not like the Penalty Kick Shootout to decide the series.
-Hunter says they should just play till someone wins. Baseball style. I agree. Give me both 1 extra sub for every 30 minute period.
FC DALLAS
The Dallas Morning News with a match report.
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3rd Degree grades the FCD players performances against RSL.
LOS ANGELES GALAXY
Luis Bueno of the Press Enterprise with a match report on LA's win.
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Phil Collin of the Daily News on LA's overpowering win.
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Scott French of ESPN LA gives us the 3 reasons LA beat Seattle.
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The Seattle Times has lots of post game quotes from Galaxy head coach Bruce Arena & players Landon Donovan, Edson Buddle, Omar Gonzalez, David Beckham, Donovan Ricketts and Todd Dunivant.
NEW YORK RED BULLS
Metrofanatic says Thank You, Mike Petke.
-Awesome. I concur.
REAL SALT LAKE
Michael C Lewis of the Tribune reflects on the team 2 days after they were stopped from defending their MLS Cup title from '09.
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Lewis says that RSL could have really used their general, Javier Morales, on Saturday.
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Dan Rasmussen of the Deseret News sees that the team didn't cope with the favorite role and as well as they did with the underdog role.
SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES
Greg Seltzer of Soccer 365 talks to Bobby Convey. Success!
SEATTLE SOUNDERS
Joshua Mayers of the Times with a match report on the loss.
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The Times has post game quotes from Sounders head coach Sigi Schmid.
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Don Ruiz of the Tacoma News Tribune with a match recap.
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Ruiz also has some of those same Schmid quotes, but he also has them from some Sounders players.
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Then Ruiz gives us some post game & future analysis on the Sounders.
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Sigi Schmid is 100% WRONG in complaining about which side LA took the corner kick from when they scored their first goal. The replay (which I sadly cannot find) from straight behind the opposite goal shows the ball go just right of the middle of the goal. The referee was correct. Schmid was wrong. Right Scott French? Right!
USA WORLD CUP 2022 BID
24 days until the rights to host the next 2 World Cups will be awarded.
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President Bill Clinton will represent the USA at the announcement in Zurich Switzerland.
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Noah Davis at MLSsoccer.com gets the latest from USA bid executive director David Downs.
TEAM USA
Next Match:
-Wed Nov 17
South Africa v USA - live at 1pm Central on ESPN2.
STORY OF THE DAY
Brain Straus of Fanhouse tells us that our main man Oguchi Onyewu was sick of taking crap from teammate Zlatan Ibrahimovic, so he decided to do something about it! Kick Ass!
VIDEO CLIPS OF THE DAY
In Germany Karim Haggui got a 5 game suspension for this kick.
While in England Tom Huddleston got nothing for this kick. (Start watching around the 8:40 mark.)
BIG EUROPEAN CLUB MATCHES COMING UP THIS WEEKEND
Some wild & crazy and some predictable results in the weekends many huge games.
Matches & Scores:
-Sun Nov 7
Lazio 0-2 Roma - the Rome derby, with surprising Lazio losing to their more famous cousins, but remaining in 1st place.
Liverpool 2-0 Chelsea - a good omen for the Liver People - knocking off the champs who are still in 1st place.
Stuttgart 6-0 Werder Bremen - both in desperate need of a kickstart, and #14 destroyed #11.
Paris St Germain 2-1 Marseille - the French Classic, with no away fans allowed in the stadium, sees PSG leap over the Martians into 3rd place.
Real Madrid 2-0 Atletico Madrid - the Madrid derby had a convincing win for the #1 team in the league and the city.
PICTURE OF THE DAY
Last week the soccer world went wild for young Gary Bale, but this week we drop back a few decades - It's Dallas coach Schellas Hyndman's Jacket! Wow! Tan, leather and baggy! No not Schellas's skin! His coat!
Let's see it! I scoured the interwebs for some pics. Sorry if I stole yours. I am not making any money off it, so don't get too pissed at me.
Steve Davis of the Daily Soccer Fix asks the man himself about the now famous jacket.
WTF???
Scott French of ESPN LA reports that Chivas USA head coach Martin Vasquez lost his job last week because he would not replace one of his assistants.
-Are you serious? That is quite the stubborn move on the part of Vasquez. And I should know about being stubborn, it has gotten to where I am in the world today.
MLS TEAM & PLAYER NEWS
NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION
Jeff Bradley of ESPN on Taylor Twellman, head injuries, and David Beckham feeding crosses to Twellman.
PHILADELPHIA UNION
Andrew Rogers of Soccer 365 with a feature on Sheanon Williams who came to the team late in the season and rocked the right fullback spot. But things haven't always been so great for him.
OFFICIAL MLS POST SEASON AWARDS
Defender of the Year
Jamison Olave (Real Salt Lake)
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Humanitarian of the Year
Seth Stammler (New York Red Bulls)
MLS RUMORS
Glenn Davis on Soccer Matters hears talk of the Houston Dynamo being the next team to try and make a club team player out of Mexican Giovanni dos Santos.
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Greg Seltzer of MLSsoccer.com talks to Marcus Hahnemann about a possible return to MLS.
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And Soccer 365 gives us two batches of grapes - Fri Nov 5, and Mon Nov 8, featuring Landon Donovan, Filip Krstic, Jerome Rothen, Mateja Kezman, Ivan Hurtado, Giovanni Dos Santos, Andy Najar and more more more.
USA U20 TEAM
Here is the 18 player roster for the Torneo de las Americas in Kennesaw GA over Thanksgiving weekend where the USA will take on both Colombia & Mexico.
G:
Cody Cropper - Ipswich Town (England)
Eduardo Fernandez - Real Salt Lake AZ (USA)
D:
Gale Agbossoumonde - Estoril Praia (Portugal)
Bryan De La Fuente - Chivas USA (USA)
Greg Garza - Estoril Praia (Portugal)
Korey Veeder - Crystal Palace Baltimore (USA)
Parker Walsh - Karlsruher SC (Germany)
M:
Sebastian Lletget - West Ham (England)
Alex Molano - Dinamo Zagreb (Croatia)
Amobi Okugo - Philadelphia Union (USA)
Moises Orozco - UANL Tigres (Mexico)
Conor Shanosky - DC United (USA)
Alex Zahavi - Maccabi Haifa (Israel)
Cesar Zamora - Chivas USA (USA)
F:
Juan Agudelo - New York Red Bulls (USA)
Tristan Bowen - Los Angeles Galaxy (USA)
Fuad Ibrahim - Toronto FC (Canada)
Omar Salgado - No Club
USA U17 TEAM
The team is in England training and playing some friendlies.
Matches & Scores:
-Wed Nov 3
Manchester City Academy 0-2 USA U17 - USA goals by Andy Oliver & Mario Rodriguez.
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Blackburn Youth v USA U17 - CANCELED
-Wed Nov 10
Scotland U17 v USA U17
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Roster:
G:
Kendall McIntosh - Mustang Academy
Fernando Pina - Houston Dynamo
D:
Kellyn Acosta - FC Dallas
Mobi Fehr - Tokyo Verdy 1969
Alessandro Mion - Kendall SC
Nathan Smith - Cal Odyssey
Andrew Souders - Crew Soccer Academy
Danny Zaid - Camp Elite Guatemala
M:
Joe Amon - South Carolina United FC
Alejandro Guido - Aztecs Premier
Nico Melo - Florida Rush
Marc Pelosi - De Anza Force
Esteban Rodriguez - Cosmos Academy West
Tarik Salkicic - Strictly Soccer
Dillon Serna - Colorado Rapids
F:
Daniel Flores - Cal Odyssey
Kellen Gulley - MS Chicago Fire Juniors
Alex Muyl - Cosmos Academy East
Andrew Oliver - Westside United
Mario Rodriguez - Central Aztecs
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They will also play 3 international friendlies in Phoenix AZ.
Matches & Scores:
-wed Dec 1
USA v South Korea
-Fri Dec 3
USA v Brazil
-Sun Dec 5
USA v Turkey
AMERICANS IN EUROPE
Jonathan Spector has to get out of West Ham. They are a horrible team, and he still can't get on the field. The Doctor's orders: Leave in January!
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Carlos Bocanegra is still out with the neck muscle injury at Saint Etienne, and they lost again dropping down to 6th from a high in 2nd just two weeks ago.
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The season is now over in Sweden, and Alejandro Bedoya & Orebro finished in 3rd place.
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I don't know what its going to take for Steve Clark to get back on the field guarding the net for Honefoss, but they lost on 6-1 on Sunday to the worst team in the league (by far.) I would says its time for a change.
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The Shin Guardian has Part III of Preston Zimmerman answering viewer mail.
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Game Action: (only those that played are listed)
BELGIUM - Pro League
Sacha Kljestan - Anderlecht - went the full 90 getting a yellow card as they drew 2-2 at home against Club Brugge.
ENGLAND - Premier League
Clint Dempsey - Fulham - played the full game but tied 1-1 at home against Aston Villa.
Brad Friedel - Aston Villa - went the distance and got a 1-1 draw at Fulham.
Marcus Hahnemann - Wolverhampton - played the whole game but lost 2-1 at Man U.
Stuart Holden - Bolton - went the distance as they won 4-2 at home over Tottenham.
Tim Howard - Everton - went the entire game and drew 2-2 at Blackpool.
ENGLAND - Championship League
Conor Doyle - Derby County - came on as a sub for the final seconds as they won 2-0 at home over Portsmouth.
GERMANY - Bundesliga
DaMarcus Beasley - Hannover - came on as a sub in the 77th minute but they lost badly 0-4 at home to Dortmund.
Michael Bradley - Monchengladbach - went the full 90 as they drew 3-3 at home against Bayern Munchen.
Steve Cherundolo - Hannover - played the whole game but lost 0-4 at home to Dortmund.
Jermaine Jones - Schalke - started and played 81 minutes, getting a yellow card, as they won 3-0 at home over St Pauli.
Daniel Williams - Freiburg - played the entire game as they won 1-0 at home over Mainz.
GERMANY - 2 Bundesliga
Luis Robles - Karlsruher - played the full match as they got a scoreless draw at Osnabruck.
David Yelldell - Duisburg - went the distance as they won 2-0 at home over Greuther Furth.
NETHERLANDS - Eerste Divisie
Charles Kazlauskas - Helmond Sport - went the distance as they drew 1-1 at Sparta Rotterdam.
NORWAY - Eliteserien
Mikkel Diskerud - Stabaek - went the full 90 but lost 1-0 at Molde.
Clarence Goodson - Start - played the entire game as they drew 3-3 v Haugesund.
Di Vita Jensen - Honefoss - went the distance but they were crushed 6-1 at Sandefjord.
RUSSIA - Premier Division
Yevgeni Starikov - FC Tom Tomsk - went the full 90 but lost 1-0 at Anzhi Makhachkala.
SCOTLAND - Premier League
Maurice Edu - Rangers - went the distance as they won 1-3 at St Mirren.
SWEDEN - Allsvenskan Liga - LAST ROUND OF THE SEASON
Alejandro Bedoya - Orebro - went the full 90 getting a yellow card as they lost 1-0 at Trelleborg. The finished in 3rd place.
Ryan Miller - Halmstad - played the entire match as they won 0-2 at Djurgarden. They finished in 12th place.
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Coming Up: (all possible players are listed)
ENGLAND - Premier League
Clint Dempsey - Fulham - Wed Nov 10 at Chelsea
Brad Friedel - Aston Villa - Wed Nov 10 v Blackpool
Brad Guzan - Aston Villa - Wed Nov 10 v Blackpool
Marcus Hahnemann - Wolverhampton - Wed Nov 10 v Arsenal
Stuart Holden - Bolton - Wed Nov 10 at Everton
Tim Howard - Everton - Wed Nov 10 v Bolton
Eddie Johnson - Fulham - Wed Nov 10 at Chelsea
Eric Lichaj - Aston Villa - Wed Nov 10 v Blackpool
Jonathan Spector - West Ham - Wed Nov 10 v West Brom
ENGLAND - Championship League
Conor Doyle - Derby County - Tue Nov 11 at Ipswich
FRANCE - Coupe de la Ligue Quarterfinals
Carlos Bocanegra - St Etienne - Tue Nov 9 at Auxerre
SCOTLAND - Premier League
Maurice Edu - Rangers - Wed Nov 11 v Hibernian
SPAIN - Copa Del Rey
Jozy Altidore - Villarreal - Tue Nov 9 - 2nd Leg v Polideportivo Ejido. (1-0)
AMERICANS IN EUROPE - RUMORS
Af Sporten in Denmark reports that financially chaotic Brondby who last week signed Clarence Goodson are now on the trail of Robbie Findley from Real Salt Lake. In Danish. Thanks for Henrik for the heads up.
AMERICANS IN MEXICO
Games Action: (only those that played are listed)
PRIMERA DIVISION
Edgar Castillo - San Luis - came on in the dying moments as they drew 1-1 at home against Santos Laguna.
Herculez Gomez - Pachuca - came on as a sub in the 77th minute as they won 2-1 at home over Queretaro.
Miguel Ponce - Guadalajara - went the full 90 picking up a yellow card as they drew 0-0 at home with Cruz Azul.
Jose Torres - Pachuca - went the full 90 as they won 2-1 at home over Queretaro.
MEXICO
Just 1 round of the Apertura left before the Playoffs now:
5 teams are IN the playoffs; 6 teams are OUT; 3 teams are sitting in the last spots (6th, 7th & 8th); And 4 final teams want to take their places.
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After Round 16 - Standings:
IN-36 Cruz Azul 39
IN-32 Monterrey 35
IN-27 Santos Laguna 30
IN-27 America 30
IN-26 San Luis 29
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6th 24 Jaguares 27 - Sat Nov 13 at Queretaro
7th 23 Tigres 26 - Sat Nov 13 at Atlas
8th 22 Pachuca 25 - Fri Nov 12 at Necaxa
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-22 Pumas 25 - Sun Nov 14 at America
-21 Toluca 24 - Sun Nov 14 v Atlante
-20 Morelia 23 - Sun Nov 14 v Puebla
-19 Guadalajara 22 - Sun Nov 14 v Monterrey
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OUT-18 Queretaro 21
OUT-18 Puebla 21
OUT-16 Necaxa 19
OUT-15 Atlante 18
OUT-15 Tecos 18
OUT-12 Atlas 15
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FIFA.com a Q & A with former Mexico head coach Hugo Sanchez.
-This good ole boy shows he is still completely delusional when it comes to Mexico and USA.
THE CARIBBEAN
Caribbean Cup 2010 - Group Stage
Matches & Scores:
-Sat Nov 6
Trinidad & Tobago 4-0 Haiti
Guyana 2-0 St Vincent & Grendadines
-Nov 10
Cuba v Dominica
Antigua & Barbuda v Suriname
-Nov 12
Suriname v Cuba
Antigua & Barbuda v Dominica
-Nov 14
Dominica v Suriname
Antigua & Barbuda v Cuba
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Groups & Standings
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The knock-out rounds will all be played in Fort-de-France, Martinique from Nov 26 - Dec 5.
ENGLAND
Barney Ronay of the Guardian with five things we learned from the Prem this weekend.
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There is a Midweek Premier League round headed our way. This is the schedule.
-Coming up on Wednesday is one of the more meaningful Manchester derbies ever played.
SPAIN
Sid Lowe of the Guardian on Real's all too easy win over Atletico in another Madrid derby, and the rest of the weekend in La Liga.
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Phil Ball of ESPN ponders the Madrid derby, and other Primera goodies.
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Midweek brings the next round of the Copa del Rey. I believe it is the round of 32, 2nd leg matches. See the details here.
FRANCE
Coupe de la Ligue Quarterfinals
Matches & Scores:
-Tue Nov 9
Auxerre v St Etienne
-Wed Nov 10
Valenciennes v Paris St Germain
Montpellier v Lille
Marsielle v Monaco
GERMANY
Rafael Honigstein of the Guardian on the Bundesliga's newest goalscoring machine Theo Gekas (remember Vedad Ibisevic of '08?), and a round up of the rest of the league's weekend games.
ITALY
Paolo Bandini of the Guardian on the Romans taking an Eagle Beater to Lazio, and the rest of the weekend in Serie A.
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Genoa has fired their head coach of the past 5 seasons Gian Piero Gasperini - they are in 14th place. He brought them up from Serie B in 07-08. I guess they want more. Davide Ballardini has been hired as the replacement.
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There is a full slate of Midweek league games. Here they are.
EUROPE
Celtic beat Aberdeen 9-0 on Saturday. Yes, 9-0!
ARGENTINA
In the week before El clasico with Boca Juniors, River Plate has fired head coach Angel Cappa. Wow.
US Soccer has begun taking nominees for their 2010 Best Ofs. The 4 categories are: Best Soccer Blog, Best Soccer Bar, Best Soccer Specialty Store and Best Fan Costume.
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Lionel Messi has 63 goals in his last 63 games for Barcelona! Stunning!
MLS PLAYOFFS
3 big boys are down, but the biggest is still standing, and now more favored than ever.
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San Jose, Colorado, Dallas and Los Angeles move on. New York, Columbus, Salt Lake and Seattle go home! Many folks thought the latter 4 were the better 4.
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And its really no surprise that all 4 teams left are from the much stronger Western Conference.
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Huge congrats goes out to both Los Angeles and Salt Lake for selling out their playoff games. Gigantic BOOOOOOOOO to Columbus for barely scaling the 10,000 mark. And a "What's going on?" to the Red Bulls for drawing less than 23,000 to their amazing stadium and #1 seeded team with big name stars.
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Quarterfinals
Matches & Scores:
2nd Leg
-Thu Nov 4
New York Red Bulls 1-3 San Jose Earthquakes - SJE advances 3-2 on aggregate - NYRB goal by Juan Pablo Angel. SJE goals by Bobby Convey(2) & Chris Wondolowski.
Venue: Red Bull Arena - Harrison NJ
Attendance: 22,839
-Sat Nov 6
Columbus Crew 2-1 Colorado Rapids - series ends tied 2-2, and CR advances 5-4 in a Penalty Kick Shootout - CC goals by Eddie Gaven & Robbie Rogers. CR goal by Conor Casey.
Venue: Crew Stadium - Columbus OH
Attendance: 10,322
Real Salt Lake 1-1 FC Dallas FCD advances 3-2 on aggregate - RSL goal by Robbie Findley. FCD goal by Dax McCarty.
Venue: Rio Tinto Stadium - Sandy UT
Attendance: 19,324
-Sun Nov 7
Los Angeles Galaxy 2-1 Seattle Sounders FC LAG advances 3-1 on aggregate - LAG goals by Edson Buddle & Omar Gonzalez. SSFC goal by Steve Zakuani.
Venue: The Home Depot Center - Carson CA
Attendance: 27,000
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EJECTIONS: None
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Semifinals
Matches & Scores:
-Sat Nov 13
Colorado Rapids v San Jose Earthquakes - 8:30pm Central on FSC
Venue: Dick's Sporting Goods Park - Commerce City CO
-Sun Nov 14
Los Angeles Galaxy v FC Dallas - 8pm Central on ESPN2
Venue: The Home Depot Center - Carson CA
GENERAL NEWS
Steve Davis of Sports Illustrated with 5 things we learned in the first round of the playoffs.
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FIFA.com (FIFA?, Yes FIFA!) reviews all 4 series quite well.
COLORADO RAPIDS
Nothing. Fucking nothing in the Denver Post except a short match report not written by anyone at that newspaper. Great job Rapids PR Staff - You stink at your jobs.
COLUMBUS CREW
You tell me - Does head coach Robert Warzycha deserve another season leading the team, or do they need to find a new manager?
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The Disptach with the always quality Crew Review recapping the whole season this time.
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Shawn Mitchell of the Dispatch match reports the loss to Colorado.
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Michael Arace of the Dispatch with his post mortem.
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And Bob Hunter of the Disp tells us he does not like the Penalty Kick Shootout to decide the series.
-Hunter says they should just play till someone wins. Baseball style. I agree. Give me both 1 extra sub for every 30 minute period.
FC DALLAS
The Dallas Morning News with a match report.
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3rd Degree grades the FCD players performances against RSL.
LOS ANGELES GALAXY
Luis Bueno of the Press Enterprise with a match report on LA's win.
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Phil Collin of the Daily News on LA's overpowering win.
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Scott French of ESPN LA gives us the 3 reasons LA beat Seattle.
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The Seattle Times has lots of post game quotes from Galaxy head coach Bruce Arena & players Landon Donovan, Edson Buddle, Omar Gonzalez, David Beckham, Donovan Ricketts and Todd Dunivant.
NEW YORK RED BULLS
Metrofanatic says Thank You, Mike Petke.
-Awesome. I concur.
REAL SALT LAKE
Michael C Lewis of the Tribune reflects on the team 2 days after they were stopped from defending their MLS Cup title from '09.
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Lewis says that RSL could have really used their general, Javier Morales, on Saturday.
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Dan Rasmussen of the Deseret News sees that the team didn't cope with the favorite role and as well as they did with the underdog role.
SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES
Greg Seltzer of Soccer 365 talks to Bobby Convey. Success!
SEATTLE SOUNDERS
Joshua Mayers of the Times with a match report on the loss.
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The Times has post game quotes from Sounders head coach Sigi Schmid.
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Don Ruiz of the Tacoma News Tribune with a match recap.
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Ruiz also has some of those same Schmid quotes, but he also has them from some Sounders players.
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Then Ruiz gives us some post game & future analysis on the Sounders.
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Sigi Schmid is 100% WRONG in complaining about which side LA took the corner kick from when they scored their first goal. The replay (which I sadly cannot find) from straight behind the opposite goal shows the ball go just right of the middle of the goal. The referee was correct. Schmid was wrong. Right Scott French? Right!
USA WORLD CUP 2022 BID
24 days until the rights to host the next 2 World Cups will be awarded.
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President Bill Clinton will represent the USA at the announcement in Zurich Switzerland.
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Noah Davis at MLSsoccer.com gets the latest from USA bid executive director David Downs.
TEAM USA
Next Match:
-Wed Nov 17
South Africa v USA - live at 1pm Central on ESPN2.
STORY OF THE DAY
Brain Straus of Fanhouse tells us that our main man Oguchi Onyewu was sick of taking crap from teammate Zlatan Ibrahimovic, so he decided to do something about it! Kick Ass!
VIDEO CLIPS OF THE DAY
In Germany Karim Haggui got a 5 game suspension for this kick.
While in England Tom Huddleston got nothing for this kick. (Start watching around the 8:40 mark.)
BIG EUROPEAN CLUB MATCHES COMING UP THIS WEEKEND
Some wild & crazy and some predictable results in the weekends many huge games.
Matches & Scores:
-Sun Nov 7
Lazio 0-2 Roma - the Rome derby, with surprising Lazio losing to their more famous cousins, but remaining in 1st place.
Liverpool 2-0 Chelsea - a good omen for the Liver People - knocking off the champs who are still in 1st place.
Stuttgart 6-0 Werder Bremen - both in desperate need of a kickstart, and #14 destroyed #11.
Paris St Germain 2-1 Marseille - the French Classic, with no away fans allowed in the stadium, sees PSG leap over the Martians into 3rd place.
Real Madrid 2-0 Atletico Madrid - the Madrid derby had a convincing win for the #1 team in the league and the city.
PICTURE OF THE DAY
Last week the soccer world went wild for young Gary Bale, but this week we drop back a few decades - It's Dallas coach Schellas Hyndman's Jacket! Wow! Tan, leather and baggy! No not Schellas's skin! His coat!
Let's see it! I scoured the interwebs for some pics. Sorry if I stole yours. I am not making any money off it, so don't get too pissed at me.
Steve Davis of the Daily Soccer Fix asks the man himself about the now famous jacket.
WTF???
Scott French of ESPN LA reports that Chivas USA head coach Martin Vasquez lost his job last week because he would not replace one of his assistants.
-Are you serious? That is quite the stubborn move on the part of Vasquez. And I should know about being stubborn, it has gotten to where I am in the world today.
MLS TEAM & PLAYER NEWS
NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION
Jeff Bradley of ESPN on Taylor Twellman, head injuries, and David Beckham feeding crosses to Twellman.
PHILADELPHIA UNION
Andrew Rogers of Soccer 365 with a feature on Sheanon Williams who came to the team late in the season and rocked the right fullback spot. But things haven't always been so great for him.
OFFICIAL MLS POST SEASON AWARDS
Defender of the Year
Jamison Olave (Real Salt Lake)
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Humanitarian of the Year
Seth Stammler (New York Red Bulls)
MLS RUMORS
Glenn Davis on Soccer Matters hears talk of the Houston Dynamo being the next team to try and make a club team player out of Mexican Giovanni dos Santos.
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Greg Seltzer of MLSsoccer.com talks to Marcus Hahnemann about a possible return to MLS.
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And Soccer 365 gives us two batches of grapes - Fri Nov 5, and Mon Nov 8, featuring Landon Donovan, Filip Krstic, Jerome Rothen, Mateja Kezman, Ivan Hurtado, Giovanni Dos Santos, Andy Najar and more more more.
USA U20 TEAM
Here is the 18 player roster for the Torneo de las Americas in Kennesaw GA over Thanksgiving weekend where the USA will take on both Colombia & Mexico.
G:
Cody Cropper - Ipswich Town (England)
Eduardo Fernandez - Real Salt Lake AZ (USA)
D:
Gale Agbossoumonde - Estoril Praia (Portugal)
Bryan De La Fuente - Chivas USA (USA)
Greg Garza - Estoril Praia (Portugal)
Korey Veeder - Crystal Palace Baltimore (USA)
Parker Walsh - Karlsruher SC (Germany)
M:
Sebastian Lletget - West Ham (England)
Alex Molano - Dinamo Zagreb (Croatia)
Amobi Okugo - Philadelphia Union (USA)
Moises Orozco - UANL Tigres (Mexico)
Conor Shanosky - DC United (USA)
Alex Zahavi - Maccabi Haifa (Israel)
Cesar Zamora - Chivas USA (USA)
F:
Juan Agudelo - New York Red Bulls (USA)
Tristan Bowen - Los Angeles Galaxy (USA)
Fuad Ibrahim - Toronto FC (Canada)
Omar Salgado - No Club
USA U17 TEAM
The team is in England training and playing some friendlies.
Matches & Scores:
-Wed Nov 3
Manchester City Academy 0-2 USA U17 - USA goals by Andy Oliver & Mario Rodriguez.
-Date Unknown
Blackburn Youth v USA U17 - CANCELED
-Wed Nov 10
Scotland U17 v USA U17
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Roster:
G:
Kendall McIntosh - Mustang Academy
Fernando Pina - Houston Dynamo
D:
Kellyn Acosta - FC Dallas
Mobi Fehr - Tokyo Verdy 1969
Alessandro Mion - Kendall SC
Nathan Smith - Cal Odyssey
Andrew Souders - Crew Soccer Academy
Danny Zaid - Camp Elite Guatemala
M:
Joe Amon - South Carolina United FC
Alejandro Guido - Aztecs Premier
Nico Melo - Florida Rush
Marc Pelosi - De Anza Force
Esteban Rodriguez - Cosmos Academy West
Tarik Salkicic - Strictly Soccer
Dillon Serna - Colorado Rapids
F:
Daniel Flores - Cal Odyssey
Kellen Gulley - MS Chicago Fire Juniors
Alex Muyl - Cosmos Academy East
Andrew Oliver - Westside United
Mario Rodriguez - Central Aztecs
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They will also play 3 international friendlies in Phoenix AZ.
Matches & Scores:
-wed Dec 1
USA v South Korea
-Fri Dec 3
USA v Brazil
-Sun Dec 5
USA v Turkey
AMERICANS IN EUROPE
Jonathan Spector has to get out of West Ham. They are a horrible team, and he still can't get on the field. The Doctor's orders: Leave in January!
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Carlos Bocanegra is still out with the neck muscle injury at Saint Etienne, and they lost again dropping down to 6th from a high in 2nd just two weeks ago.
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The season is now over in Sweden, and Alejandro Bedoya & Orebro finished in 3rd place.
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I don't know what its going to take for Steve Clark to get back on the field guarding the net for Honefoss, but they lost on 6-1 on Sunday to the worst team in the league (by far.) I would says its time for a change.
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The Shin Guardian has Part III of Preston Zimmerman answering viewer mail.
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Game Action: (only those that played are listed)
BELGIUM - Pro League
Sacha Kljestan - Anderlecht - went the full 90 getting a yellow card as they drew 2-2 at home against Club Brugge.
ENGLAND - Premier League
Clint Dempsey - Fulham - played the full game but tied 1-1 at home against Aston Villa.
Brad Friedel - Aston Villa - went the distance and got a 1-1 draw at Fulham.
Marcus Hahnemann - Wolverhampton - played the whole game but lost 2-1 at Man U.
Stuart Holden - Bolton - went the distance as they won 4-2 at home over Tottenham.
Tim Howard - Everton - went the entire game and drew 2-2 at Blackpool.
ENGLAND - Championship League
Conor Doyle - Derby County - came on as a sub for the final seconds as they won 2-0 at home over Portsmouth.
GERMANY - Bundesliga
DaMarcus Beasley - Hannover - came on as a sub in the 77th minute but they lost badly 0-4 at home to Dortmund.
Michael Bradley - Monchengladbach - went the full 90 as they drew 3-3 at home against Bayern Munchen.
Steve Cherundolo - Hannover - played the whole game but lost 0-4 at home to Dortmund.
Jermaine Jones - Schalke - started and played 81 minutes, getting a yellow card, as they won 3-0 at home over St Pauli.
Daniel Williams - Freiburg - played the entire game as they won 1-0 at home over Mainz.
GERMANY - 2 Bundesliga
Luis Robles - Karlsruher - played the full match as they got a scoreless draw at Osnabruck.
David Yelldell - Duisburg - went the distance as they won 2-0 at home over Greuther Furth.
NETHERLANDS - Eerste Divisie
Charles Kazlauskas - Helmond Sport - went the distance as they drew 1-1 at Sparta Rotterdam.
NORWAY - Eliteserien
Mikkel Diskerud - Stabaek - went the full 90 but lost 1-0 at Molde.
Clarence Goodson - Start - played the entire game as they drew 3-3 v Haugesund.
Di Vita Jensen - Honefoss - went the distance but they were crushed 6-1 at Sandefjord.
RUSSIA - Premier Division
Yevgeni Starikov - FC Tom Tomsk - went the full 90 but lost 1-0 at Anzhi Makhachkala.
SCOTLAND - Premier League
Maurice Edu - Rangers - went the distance as they won 1-3 at St Mirren.
SWEDEN - Allsvenskan Liga - LAST ROUND OF THE SEASON
Alejandro Bedoya - Orebro - went the full 90 getting a yellow card as they lost 1-0 at Trelleborg. The finished in 3rd place.
Ryan Miller - Halmstad - played the entire match as they won 0-2 at Djurgarden. They finished in 12th place.
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Coming Up: (all possible players are listed)
ENGLAND - Premier League
Clint Dempsey - Fulham - Wed Nov 10 at Chelsea
Brad Friedel - Aston Villa - Wed Nov 10 v Blackpool
Brad Guzan - Aston Villa - Wed Nov 10 v Blackpool
Marcus Hahnemann - Wolverhampton - Wed Nov 10 v Arsenal
Stuart Holden - Bolton - Wed Nov 10 at Everton
Tim Howard - Everton - Wed Nov 10 v Bolton
Eddie Johnson - Fulham - Wed Nov 10 at Chelsea
Eric Lichaj - Aston Villa - Wed Nov 10 v Blackpool
Jonathan Spector - West Ham - Wed Nov 10 v West Brom
ENGLAND - Championship League
Conor Doyle - Derby County - Tue Nov 11 at Ipswich
FRANCE - Coupe de la Ligue Quarterfinals
Carlos Bocanegra - St Etienne - Tue Nov 9 at Auxerre
SCOTLAND - Premier League
Maurice Edu - Rangers - Wed Nov 11 v Hibernian
SPAIN - Copa Del Rey
Jozy Altidore - Villarreal - Tue Nov 9 - 2nd Leg v Polideportivo Ejido. (1-0)
AMERICANS IN EUROPE - RUMORS
Af Sporten in Denmark reports that financially chaotic Brondby who last week signed Clarence Goodson are now on the trail of Robbie Findley from Real Salt Lake. In Danish. Thanks for Henrik for the heads up.
AMERICANS IN MEXICO
Games Action: (only those that played are listed)
PRIMERA DIVISION
Edgar Castillo - San Luis - came on in the dying moments as they drew 1-1 at home against Santos Laguna.
Herculez Gomez - Pachuca - came on as a sub in the 77th minute as they won 2-1 at home over Queretaro.
Miguel Ponce - Guadalajara - went the full 90 picking up a yellow card as they drew 0-0 at home with Cruz Azul.
Jose Torres - Pachuca - went the full 90 as they won 2-1 at home over Queretaro.
MEXICO
Just 1 round of the Apertura left before the Playoffs now:
5 teams are IN the playoffs; 6 teams are OUT; 3 teams are sitting in the last spots (6th, 7th & 8th); And 4 final teams want to take their places.
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After Round 16 - Standings:
IN-36 Cruz Azul 39
IN-32 Monterrey 35
IN-27 Santos Laguna 30
IN-27 America 30
IN-26 San Luis 29
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6th 24 Jaguares 27 - Sat Nov 13 at Queretaro
7th 23 Tigres 26 - Sat Nov 13 at Atlas
8th 22 Pachuca 25 - Fri Nov 12 at Necaxa
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-22 Pumas 25 - Sun Nov 14 at America
-21 Toluca 24 - Sun Nov 14 v Atlante
-20 Morelia 23 - Sun Nov 14 v Puebla
-19 Guadalajara 22 - Sun Nov 14 v Monterrey
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OUT-18 Queretaro 21
OUT-18 Puebla 21
OUT-16 Necaxa 19
OUT-15 Atlante 18
OUT-15 Tecos 18
OUT-12 Atlas 15
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FIFA.com a Q & A with former Mexico head coach Hugo Sanchez.
-This good ole boy shows he is still completely delusional when it comes to Mexico and USA.
THE CARIBBEAN
Caribbean Cup 2010 - Group Stage
Matches & Scores:
-Sat Nov 6
Trinidad & Tobago 4-0 Haiti
Guyana 2-0 St Vincent & Grendadines
-Nov 10
Cuba v Dominica
Antigua & Barbuda v Suriname
-Nov 12
Suriname v Cuba
Antigua & Barbuda v Dominica
-Nov 14
Dominica v Suriname
Antigua & Barbuda v Cuba
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Groups & Standings
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The knock-out rounds will all be played in Fort-de-France, Martinique from Nov 26 - Dec 5.
ENGLAND
Barney Ronay of the Guardian with five things we learned from the Prem this weekend.
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There is a Midweek Premier League round headed our way. This is the schedule.
-Coming up on Wednesday is one of the more meaningful Manchester derbies ever played.
SPAIN
Sid Lowe of the Guardian on Real's all too easy win over Atletico in another Madrid derby, and the rest of the weekend in La Liga.
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Phil Ball of ESPN ponders the Madrid derby, and other Primera goodies.
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Midweek brings the next round of the Copa del Rey. I believe it is the round of 32, 2nd leg matches. See the details here.
FRANCE
Coupe de la Ligue Quarterfinals
Matches & Scores:
-Tue Nov 9
Auxerre v St Etienne
-Wed Nov 10
Valenciennes v Paris St Germain
Montpellier v Lille
Marsielle v Monaco
GERMANY
Rafael Honigstein of the Guardian on the Bundesliga's newest goalscoring machine Theo Gekas (remember Vedad Ibisevic of '08?), and a round up of the rest of the league's weekend games.
ITALY
Paolo Bandini of the Guardian on the Romans taking an Eagle Beater to Lazio, and the rest of the weekend in Serie A.
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Genoa has fired their head coach of the past 5 seasons Gian Piero Gasperini - they are in 14th place. He brought them up from Serie B in 07-08. I guess they want more. Davide Ballardini has been hired as the replacement.
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There is a full slate of Midweek league games. Here they are.
EUROPE
Celtic beat Aberdeen 9-0 on Saturday. Yes, 9-0!
ARGENTINA
In the week before El clasico with Boca Juniors, River Plate has fired head coach Angel Cappa. Wow.
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The Highbury isn't on the list of best soccer bars? Weird.
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