Some News for Tue Nov 23, 2010

STARTERS

Thank you Toronto! We had an incredible time over 4 days. The Social Bar, and the Drake Hotel bar deserve special notice for making us feel so comfortable.

dN

Sporting Kansas City will now & forever be known as the SporKs!

BIDDING TO HOST WORLD CUP 2018 & 2022

9 days until the rights to host the next 2 World Cups will be awarded.

dN

The announcement of the 2 host countries will be made live Thu Dec 2 at 9am Central on FIFA.com.

UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

Matchday 5

Real Madrid & Milan join Bayern Munich & Chelsea as the first 4 teams who have advanced to the knock out stage.

dN

Matches & Scores:
-Tue Nov 23
Spartak Moskva 0-3 Marseille - Mar goals by Mathieu Valbuena, Loic Remy & Bandao.
Roma 3-2 Bayern Munich - Rom goals by Marco Borriello, Daniele De Rossi & Francesco Totti. BM goals both by Mario Gomez.
Basel 1-0 CFR Cluj - Bas goal by Federico Almerares.
Chelsea 2-1 Zilina - Che goals by Daniel Sturridge & Flourent Malouda. Zil goal by Issiaka Bello.
Ajax 0-4 Real Madrid - RM goals by Karim Benzema, Alvaro Arbeloa & Cristiano Ronaldo(2).
Auxerre 0-2 Milan - Mil goals by Zlatan Ibrahimovic & Ronaldinho.
Partizan 0-3 Shakhtar Donetsk - SD goals by Taras Stepanenko, Jadson & Eduardo Da Silva.
Braga 2-0 Arsenal - Bra goals both by Matheus Nascimento.
-Wed Nov 24
Rubin Kazan v Kobenhavn
Inter v Twente
Tottenham v Werder Bremen
Schalke v Lyon
Hapoel Tel Aviv v Benfica
Rangers v Manchester United
Valencia v Bursaspor
Panathinaikos v Barcelona

dN

Group Standings

SOCCER IN MINNESOTA

Last weekend, the 2 Minnesota team's play their first ever home games (all games played at Shattuck St Mary's Sports Complex due to weather.)

Matches & Scores:
U15/16
-Sat Nov 20
Minnesota Thunder Academy 2-0 FC Milwaukee - MTA goals by Brandon Welter & Ismaila Jome.
Shattuck-St Mary's 2-2 Sockers FC
-Sun Nov 21
Shattuck-St Mary's 2-1 FC Milwaukee
Minnesota Thunder Academy 1-1 Sockers FC - MTA goal by Adama Keita.
U17/18
-Sat Nov 20
Minnesota Thunder Academy 4-4 FC Milwaukee - MTA goals by Gerald Ben(2), Issac Kannah & Thomas Obarski.
Shattuck-St Mary's 0-2 Sockers FC
-Sun Nov 21
Shattuck-St Mary's 2-3 FC Milwaukee
Minnesota Thunder Academy 1-2 Sockers FC - MTA goal by Thomas Obarski.

COLLEGE SOCCER

Here is the schedule for the Division I championship tournament:

FIRST ROUND
Matches & Scores
-Thu Nov 18
Coll of Charleston 3-2 E Tennessee St
Providence 6-2 St Peter's
Monmouth 0-4 Dartmouth
Sacramento St 2-1 Santa Clara
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Creighton 4-1 New Mexico
Princeton 1-2 UMBC
Michigan State 2-0 Oakland
Georgetown 3-0 UNC Greensboro
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West Virginia 4-2 Xavier
Tulsa 2-0 Bradley
Brown 2-1 Boston College
UC Santa Barbara 1-0 Denver
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Duke 2-1 Coastal Carolina
UCF 3-0 USF
Virginia 0-1 Old Dominion
Pennsylvania 1-0 Bucknell

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SECOND ROUND
Matches & Scores:
#1 Louisville 3-1 Coll. of Charleston
#16 Ohio State 2-1 Providence
#9 Notre Dame 1-2 Dartmouth
#8 UCLA 4-1 Sacramento State
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#5 SMU 2-2 Creighton - SMU advances in Penalty Kick Shootout
#12 William & Mary 0-0 UMBC - W&M advances in Penalty Kick Shootout
#13 Butler 0-1 Michigan State
#4 North Carolina 0-0 Georgetown - NC advances in Penalty Kick Shootout
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#3 Akron 3-2 West Virginia
#14 Indiana 5-1 Tulsa
#11 Connecticut 1-1 Brown - Bro advances in Penalty Kick Shootout
#6 California 2-1 Santa Barbara
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#7 South Carolina 1-0 Duke
#10 Michigan 2-1 UCF
#15 Penn State 4-1 Old Dominion
#2 Maryland 4-0 Pennsylvania

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THIRD ROUND
Matches & Scores:
-Sun Nov 28
Louisville v Ohio St
Dartmoutyh v UCLA
SMU v William & Mary
Michigain St v North Carolina
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Akron v Indiana
Brown v California
South Carolina v Michigan St
Penn St v Maryland

AMERICANS IN EUROPE - RUMORS

Freddy Adu news involving Denmark club Randers from our friend-in-football Henrik (all in Danish):
-Adu is playing for Randers reserves 8AM Eastern. I wonder if the Greeks allowed that?
-Randers admits interest in Adu, but says he lacks physique
-... and here is how he played: full 90, 2 shots on the sidebars, showed good technique
-Randers reject rumors that they are planning to sign Adu

AMERICANS IN MEXICO

There are no Americans left in the Apertura playoffs after San Luis and Pachuca were both knocked out in the Quarterfinal round.

MEXICO

Laguilla (Playoffs)

Quarterfinal
Matches & Scores:
1st Leg
-Wed Nov 17
UNAM Pumas 1-2 Cruz Azul Cementeros
San Luis Gladiadores 0-0 America Aguilas
-Thu Nov 18
Pachuca Tuzos 1-1 Monterrey Rayados
Chiapas Jaguares 1-1 Santos Laguna
2nd Leg
-Sat Nov 20
Cruz Azul 0-2 Pumas - Pum advance 3-2 on aggregate.
America 4-1 San Luis - Ame advance 4-1 on aggregate.
-Sun Nov 21
Monterrey 3-3 Pachuca - series ends tied 4-4. Mon advances due to higher seed tie breaker rule.
Santos 1-0 Jaguares - San advance 2-1 on aggregate.

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Semifinal
Matches & Scores:
1st Leg
-Thu Nov 25
UNAM Pumas v Monterrey
America v Santos Laguna
2nd Leg
-Sun Nov 28
Monterrey v UNAM Pumas (-)
Santos Laguna v America (-)

COPA SUDAMERICANA

Semifinal
Matches & Scores:
1st Leg
-Wed Nov 17
Goias (Brazil) 0-1 Palmeiras (Brazil) - Pal goal by Marcos Assuncao.
-Thu Nov 18
Liga de Quito (Ecuador) 3-2 Independiente (Argentina) - LDQ goals by Juan Salgueiro, Miller Bolanos & Neicer Reasco. Ind goals by Nestor Silvera & Lucas Mareque.
2nd Leg
-Wed Nov 24
Palmeiras v Goias (1-0)
-Thu Nov 25
Independiente v Liga de Quito (2-3)