Some News for Thu Nov 11, 2010
STARTERS
Grant Wahl of Sports Illustrated names the modern pioneers of American soccer as his Sportsman of the Year.
-Its a fantastic list of players!
dN
Brian Sciaretta of Yanks Abroad reports that USA U20 coach Thomas Rongen has named former DC United great Jaime Moreno as an assistant coach for the team's upcoming series of friendlies over Thanksgiving Weekend in Atlanta.
dN
Didier Drogba got worldwide headlines yesterday when we found out he had Malaria. Today we get quite the same reaction world wide, but just as seriously, New England winger Sainey Nyassi is also suffering from the disease.
MLS PLAYOFFS
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
Dave Dir at 3rd Degree breaks down the semifinal matches, with a special emphasis on Dallas.
dN
Jonah Friedman of MLSsoccer.com says San Jose, Dallas and Colorado all have something to prove this weekend.
dN
Jeff Bradley of ESPN sees the forwards as being the keys to success in the semis.
dN
Jeff Carlisle of ESPN previews LA v Dallas.
dN
Leander Schaerlaeckens of ESPN previews Colorado v San Jose.
COLORADO RAPIDS
They take a helluva beating as Rapids fans, but the die hards are for real, and people at No Fan Alone have been doing it a long time. How has the last week been for them. Donna Feldman fills us in.
-I am really happy for these good people
dN
John Meyer of the Denver Post on the 2 teams build up for Saturday.
FC DALLAS
Schellas Hyndman was today named MLS Coach of the Year.
dN
Buzz Carrick of 3rd Degree turns us on to a hip hop track from KD of the B.O.C. - Red & White!
dN
Steve Hunt of the Dallas Morning News on the bond of the FCD players.
LOS ANGELES GALAXY
Ronald Blum of the Associated Press with an article on Landon Donovan. Via NBC Sports.
dN
Jim Alexander of the Press Enterprise on the importance of goalkeeper Donovan Ricketts to the Galaxy's stability.
dN
Nick Green of the Daily Breeze on this blog gives us some of the meatier bits of the LA-Dallas press conference yesterday.
dN
Grant Wahl of SI looks at Beckman's new level of success in LA, and some other fun/timely topics.
SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES
In case you missed it yesterday, Bobby Convey was name the league's Comeback Player of the Year.
USA WORLD CUP 2022 BID
21 days until the rights to host the next 2 World Cups will be awarded.
BIDDING TO HOST WORLD CUP 2018 & 2022
Bloomberg reports that the CONCACAF rep from Guatemala has not promised his vote for the USA in 2022.
TEAM USA
The USA roster for next weeks game in South Africa was posted earlier today on du Nord.
dN
Shawn Francis of MLSsoccer.com talked to Teal Bunbury about his decision to pick the USA over Canada.
I have an inkling that Bunbury's choice is going to cause a shitstorm north of the border.
dN
Greg Seltzer of MLSsoccer.com with a few words from Mix Diskerud about getting his first call in for the senior team.
dN
Friendly
Match & Score:
-Wed Nov 17
South Africa v USA - live at 1pm Central on ESPN2.
Venue: Green Point Stadium - Cape Town, SA
TWITTER
Sign up for Twitter and then "follow" @dunord
STORY OF THE DAY
John Molinaro of the CBC talks to Jurgen Klinsmann who has recently been hired by Toronto FC as a consultant. And he gets the big topic out of the way first - Will Grinsi be the team's head coach or general manager?
AAARRRRGGGGHHHH
Pippo Inzaghi of (the wretched) AC Milan blew out his knee in yesterday's game against Palermo and is most likely done for the season. And at 37 years old, could he be done for good?
-Even though he plays for that awful team, I still love the weird skinny dude!
PODCASTS
Greg Roche of the Pitch Pass does an audio interview with Bobby Convey. Listen or download here. (thanks to Kyle for the heads up)
-I heard Roche's last podcast, which was an interview with Mike Petke, and it was really well done.
QUOTE OF THE DAY
“For the first six months, I was trying to establish culture of winning. It took almost a year-and-a-half.”
-Dallas head coach Schellas Hyndman.
(see full article above in MLS Playoff General News section.)
MLS TEAM & PLAYER NEWS
NEW YORK RED BULLS
Ridge Mahoney of Soccer America sees the Red Bulls season ending with a whimper instead of the bang they had hoped for.
REAL SALT LAKE
James Edward of the Deseret News wonders if forward Robbie Findley will stay with RSL and look for greener pastures.
TORONTO FC
The Globe & Mail reports that beyond TFC looking for new management, their owners are looking for a new headbossman too.
OFFICIAL MLS POST SEASON AWARDS
Coach of the Year - Nov 11
Hans Backe (New York Red Bulls)
Schellas Hyndman (FC Dallas) - WINNER
Jason Kreis (Real Salt Lake)
NOTE: THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO POINTED OUT MY ERROR IN THE WINNER
USL/NASL NEWS
The NASL's announcement that the league has applied for 2nd Division status with the US Soccer Federation for 2011.
dN
Inside Minnesota Soccer has much more on the subject in 2 articles - the original article - and - the follow up.
AMERICANS IN EUROPE
Maurice Edu is supposed to learn the extent of his knee injury on Friday. It is the same knee that he hurt badly in May 09.
THE CARIBBEAN
Caribbean Cup 2010 - Here are the last 3 dates of the Group Stage.
Matches & Scores:
-Wed Nov 10
Cuba 4-2 Dominica
Antigua & Barbuda 2-1 Suriname
-Fri Nov 12
Suriname v Cuba
Antigua & Barbuda v Dominica
-Sun Nov 14
Dominica v Suriname
Antigua & Barbuda v Cuba
Groups & Standings
ENGLAND
Sachin Nakrani of the Guardian with 5 things we learned from the midweek Premier League action.
SPAIN
The Round of 32 in the Copa Del Rey saw these teams advancing: Real Madrid, Barcelona, Sevilla, UD Logrones, Cordoba, Espanyol, Levante, Villarreal, Getafe, Sporting Gijon, Malaga, Real Zaragoza, Atletico Madrid, Athletic Bilbao, Deportivo La Coruna & Almeria.
-The biggest name teams that were eliminated: Valencia, Racing Santander, Valladolid, Mallorca, Betis, Osasuna & Real Sociedad.
ITALY
Paolo Bandini of the Guardian on Milan's long awaited return to #1 in Serie A, and a wrap up of all the league's midweek games.
dN
And don't miss the Derby della Madonnina aka Milan derby this weekend:
-Sun Nov 14
Inter Milan v AC Milan
GRATUITOUS DIEGO FORLAN PHOTO
It's been a while:
Grant Wahl of Sports Illustrated names the modern pioneers of American soccer as his Sportsman of the Year.
-Its a fantastic list of players!
dN
Brian Sciaretta of Yanks Abroad reports that USA U20 coach Thomas Rongen has named former DC United great Jaime Moreno as an assistant coach for the team's upcoming series of friendlies over Thanksgiving Weekend in Atlanta.
dN
Didier Drogba got worldwide headlines yesterday when we found out he had Malaria. Today we get quite the same reaction world wide, but just as seriously, New England winger Sainey Nyassi is also suffering from the disease.
MLS PLAYOFFS
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
Dave Dir at 3rd Degree breaks down the semifinal matches, with a special emphasis on Dallas.
dN
Jonah Friedman of MLSsoccer.com says San Jose, Dallas and Colorado all have something to prove this weekend.
dN
Jeff Bradley of ESPN sees the forwards as being the keys to success in the semis.
dN
Jeff Carlisle of ESPN previews LA v Dallas.
dN
Leander Schaerlaeckens of ESPN previews Colorado v San Jose.
COLORADO RAPIDS
They take a helluva beating as Rapids fans, but the die hards are for real, and people at No Fan Alone have been doing it a long time. How has the last week been for them. Donna Feldman fills us in.
-I am really happy for these good people
dN
John Meyer of the Denver Post on the 2 teams build up for Saturday.
FC DALLAS
Schellas Hyndman was today named MLS Coach of the Year.
dN
Buzz Carrick of 3rd Degree turns us on to a hip hop track from KD of the B.O.C. - Red & White!
dN
Steve Hunt of the Dallas Morning News on the bond of the FCD players.
LOS ANGELES GALAXY
Ronald Blum of the Associated Press with an article on Landon Donovan. Via NBC Sports.
dN
Jim Alexander of the Press Enterprise on the importance of goalkeeper Donovan Ricketts to the Galaxy's stability.
dN
Nick Green of the Daily Breeze on this blog gives us some of the meatier bits of the LA-Dallas press conference yesterday.
dN
Grant Wahl of SI looks at Beckman's new level of success in LA, and some other fun/timely topics.
SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES
In case you missed it yesterday, Bobby Convey was name the league's Comeback Player of the Year.
USA WORLD CUP 2022 BID
21 days until the rights to host the next 2 World Cups will be awarded.
BIDDING TO HOST WORLD CUP 2018 & 2022
Bloomberg reports that the CONCACAF rep from Guatemala has not promised his vote for the USA in 2022.
TEAM USA
The USA roster for next weeks game in South Africa was posted earlier today on du Nord.
dN
Shawn Francis of MLSsoccer.com talked to Teal Bunbury about his decision to pick the USA over Canada.
I have an inkling that Bunbury's choice is going to cause a shitstorm north of the border.
dN
Greg Seltzer of MLSsoccer.com with a few words from Mix Diskerud about getting his first call in for the senior team.
dN
Friendly
Match & Score:
-Wed Nov 17
South Africa v USA - live at 1pm Central on ESPN2.
Venue: Green Point Stadium - Cape Town, SA
Sign up for Twitter and then "follow" @dunord
STORY OF THE DAY
John Molinaro of the CBC talks to Jurgen Klinsmann who has recently been hired by Toronto FC as a consultant. And he gets the big topic out of the way first - Will Grinsi be the team's head coach or general manager?
AAARRRRGGGGHHHH
Pippo Inzaghi of (the wretched) AC Milan blew out his knee in yesterday's game against Palermo and is most likely done for the season. And at 37 years old, could he be done for good?
-Even though he plays for that awful team, I still love the weird skinny dude!
PODCASTS
Greg Roche of the Pitch Pass does an audio interview with Bobby Convey. Listen or download here. (thanks to Kyle for the heads up)
-I heard Roche's last podcast, which was an interview with Mike Petke, and it was really well done.
QUOTE OF THE DAY
“For the first six months, I was trying to establish culture of winning. It took almost a year-and-a-half.”
-Dallas head coach Schellas Hyndman.
(see full article above in MLS Playoff General News section.)
MLS TEAM & PLAYER NEWS
NEW YORK RED BULLS
Ridge Mahoney of Soccer America sees the Red Bulls season ending with a whimper instead of the bang they had hoped for.
REAL SALT LAKE
James Edward of the Deseret News wonders if forward Robbie Findley will stay with RSL and look for greener pastures.
TORONTO FC
The Globe & Mail reports that beyond TFC looking for new management, their owners are looking for a new headbossman too.
OFFICIAL MLS POST SEASON AWARDS
Coach of the Year - Nov 11
Hans Backe (New York Red Bulls)
Schellas Hyndman (FC Dallas) - WINNER
Jason Kreis (Real Salt Lake)
NOTE: THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO POINTED OUT MY ERROR IN THE WINNER
USL/NASL NEWS
The NASL's announcement that the league has applied for 2nd Division status with the US Soccer Federation for 2011.
dN
Inside Minnesota Soccer has much more on the subject in 2 articles - the original article - and - the follow up.
AMERICANS IN EUROPE
Maurice Edu is supposed to learn the extent of his knee injury on Friday. It is the same knee that he hurt badly in May 09.
THE CARIBBEAN
Caribbean Cup 2010 - Here are the last 3 dates of the Group Stage.
Matches & Scores:
-Wed Nov 10
Cuba 4-2 Dominica
Antigua & Barbuda 2-1 Suriname
-Fri Nov 12
Suriname v Cuba
Antigua & Barbuda v Dominica
-Sun Nov 14
Dominica v Suriname
Antigua & Barbuda v Cuba
Groups & Standings
ENGLAND
Sachin Nakrani of the Guardian with 5 things we learned from the midweek Premier League action.
SPAIN
The Round of 32 in the Copa Del Rey saw these teams advancing: Real Madrid, Barcelona, Sevilla, UD Logrones, Cordoba, Espanyol, Levante, Villarreal, Getafe, Sporting Gijon, Malaga, Real Zaragoza, Atletico Madrid, Athletic Bilbao, Deportivo La Coruna & Almeria.
-The biggest name teams that were eliminated: Valencia, Racing Santander, Valladolid, Mallorca, Betis, Osasuna & Real Sociedad.
ITALY
Paolo Bandini of the Guardian on Milan's long awaited return to #1 in Serie A, and a wrap up of all the league's midweek games.
dN
And don't miss the Derby della Madonnina aka Milan derby this weekend:
-Sun Nov 14
Inter Milan v AC Milan
GRATUITOUS DIEGO FORLAN PHOTO
It's been a while:
posted by brucio at 19:08
1 Comments:
"Coach of the Year - Nov 11
Hans Backe (New York Red Bulls) - WINNER
Schellas Hyndman (FC Dallas)
Jason Kreis (Real Salt Lake)"
That's how it should have gone but Coach Butter Leather won.
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