Some News for Thu Dec 30, 2010
Hey all! Just a little fill-in work today of items I have collected this week. And Happy New Year to everyone!
MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER
DDR strikes again! Dwayne DeRosario is always providing dramatic headlines, and this time he has dome it by bolting to Celtic on a try out that was supposedly not even known about by his team Toronto FC or MLS. Wow!
-Ridge Mahoney of Soccer America puts it about as well as can be put.
dN
Freddie Ljungberg is also with Celtic, and has actually signed a deal to play for them.
dN
Columbus has signed 30 year old Chilean right fullback Sebastian Miranda from Union Espanola where he was the team's captain. He is expected to fill the hole left by the departure of Frankie Hejduk.
dN
Now the rumor mill says Juan Carlos Osorio will NOT be the new head coach of Chivas USA!
dN
Long time MLS standout centerback Diego Gutierez has been named technical director of the Philadelphia Union.
dN
Soccer 365 with MLS related rumors on Rodrigo Brasesco, Miguel Lopez, Alex, Marco Matterazi, Adrian Mutu and more.
dN
LATE EDITION: Rumor has it that Paul Mariner is headed to Toronto FC as their new head coach?!?!?!
dN
Scott French of ESPN Los Angeles reports that the LA Galaxy has signed veteran right fullback Frankie Hejduk.
dN
Wayne Rooney's younger brother John has signed a contract with MLS and will be in the SuperDraft.
dN
The first list of young players that MLS has signed to special developmental contracts known as Generation Adidas has been finalized. Here is that list:
-Will Bruin - forward - Indiana
-Corey Hertzog - forward - Penn State
-Perry Kitchen - defensive midfielder - Akron
-Zac MacMath - goalkeeper - Maryland
-Darlington Nagbe - forward - Akron
-Michael Nanchoff - midfielder - Akron
-Omar Salgado - forward - Guadalajara
-Kofi Sarkodie - defender - Akron
-Zarek Valentin - defender - Akron
I am not sure if more names will be added to this list in the next week or so or not.
ENGLAND
The Premier League is one of the very few around the world to play through Christmas and New Years etc, with as astonishing 4 rounds played in just 11 days. Here are some of the marquee games from the Top Four Clubs, and a look at our American players in the Prem.
dN
Standings (as of Thu Dec 30):
38 Man United (18 played)
38 Man City (20 played)
36 Arsenal (19 played)
34 Chelsea (19 played)
- - - - - -
33 Tottenham (19 played)
29 Bolton (20 played)
27 Sunderland (20 played)
dN
At the other end of the table there are on 5 points between 11th place Everton and 20th place West Ham.
dN
Matches & Scores:
-Sun Dec 26
Man United 2-0 Sunderland
Newcastle 1-3 Man City
-Mon Dec 27
Arsenal 3-1 Chelsea
-Tue Dec 28
Man City 4-0 Aston Villa
Birmingham 1-1 Man United
-Wed Dec 29
Chelsea 1-0 Bolton
Wigan 2-2 Arsenal
- - - - - -
-Sat Jan 1
West Brom v Man United
Man City v Blackpool
Birmingham v Arsenal
-Sun Jan 2
Chelsea v Aston Villa
-Tue Jan 4
Man United v Stoke
-Wed Jan 5
Arsenal v Man City
Wolverhampton v Chelsea
dN
And here is what our America players are up against during this stretch:
ENGLAND - Premier League
Clint Dempsey - Fulham - Previous: Sun Dec 26 started and played 53 minutes as they lost 1-3 v West Ham - Last: Tue Dec 28 went the full 90 getting a yellow card as they won 0-2 at Stoke - Next: Sat Jan 1 at Tottenham - And Then: Tue Jan 4 v West Brom.
-Currently in 18th place with 19 points from 19 games.
Brad Friedel - Aston Villa - Previous: Sun Dec 26 played the full 90 but lost 1-2 v Tottenham - Last: Tue Dec 28 went the distance losing 4-0 at Man City - Next: Sun Jan 2 at Chelsea - And Then: Wed Jan 5 v Sunderland.
-Currently in 15th place with 20 points from 19 games.
Brad Guzan - Aston Villa - Previous: Sun Dec 26 on the bench as they lost 1-2 v Tottenham - Last: Tue Dec 28 on the bench as they lost 4-0 at Man City - Next: Sun Jan 2 at Chelsea - And Then: Wed Jan 5 v Sunderland.
-Currently in 15th place with 20 points from 19 games.
Marcus Hahnemann - Previous: Sun Dec 26 on the bench as they lost 1-2 v Wigan - Last: Wed Dec 29 on the bench as they won 0-1 at Liverpool - Wolverhampton - Next: Sat Jan 1 at West Ham - And Then: Wed Jan 5 v Chelsea.
-Currently in 19th place with 18 points from 19 games.
Stuart Holden - Bolton - Previous: Sun Dec 26 went the full 90 and they won 2-0 v West Brom - Last: Wed Dec 29 started and went 82 minutes as they lost 1-0 at Chelsea - Next: Sat Jan 1 at Liverpool - And Then: Wed Jan 5 v Wigan.
-Currently in 6th place with 29 points from 2 games.
Tim Howard - Everton - Previous: Sun Dec 26 postponed v Birmingham - Last: Tue Dec 28 played the entire game as they drew 1-1 at West Ham - Next: Sat Jan 1 at Stoke - And Then: Wed Jan 5 v Tottenham.
-Currently in 11th place with 22 points from 19 games.
Eddie Johnson - Fulham - Previous: Sun Dec 26 came on as a sub in the 53rd minute as they lost 1-3 v West Ham - Last: Tue Dec 28 did not dress as they won 0-2 at Stoke - Next: Sat Jan 1 at Tottenham - And Then: Tue Jan 4 v West Brom.
-Currently in 18th place with 19 points from 19 games.
Eric Lichaj - Aston Villa - Previous: Sun Dec 26 played the full 90 but lost 1-2 v Tottenham - Last: Tue Dec 28 played the whole game getting a yellow card and losing 4-0 at Man City - Next: Sun Jan 2 at Chelsea - And Then: Wed Jan 5 v Sunderland.
-Currently in 15th place with 20 points from 19 games.
Jonathan Spector - West Ham - Previous: Sun Dec 26 dressed but did not play as they won 1-3 at Fulham - Last: Tue Dec 28 came on as a sub in the 34th minute as they drew 1-1 v Everton - Next: Sat Jan 1 v Wolverhampton - And Then: Wed Jan 5 at Newcastle.
-Currently in 20th place with 17 points from 20 games.
USA RELATED
Paul Kennedy of Soccer America looks at the new and quickly improving USA U20 team, with players from all over the world joining in.
Noah Davis of MLSsoccer does a Q & A with USA U20 prospect Joseph Gyau of Hoffenheim.
Reports from Scotland say Mo Edu has still not recovered from his knee injury suffered 7 weeks ago.
Clemente Lisi of the US Soccer Players Assoc does a Q & A with GolTV commentator Phil Schoen.
CONCACAF
The current Elo World Football Ratings for CONCACAF teams (FIFA rankings in parentheses):
11 Mexico (27)
24 USA (18)
43 Honduras (59)
44 Costa Rica (69)
45 Jamaica (58)
60 Canada (84)
61 Panama (64)
84 Guadeloupe (-)
88 Cuba (62)
90 Trinidad & Tobago (89)
95 El Salvador (117)
99 Guatemala (118)
105 Haiti (90)
133 Guyana (109)
134 Grenada (94)
143 Antigua and Barbuda (106)
144 Suriname (115)
144 Barbados (131)
159 Bermuda (175)
163 St Vincent & the Grenadines (142)
164 St Kitts & Nevis (121)
175 Dominica (129)
176 Nicaragua (158)
178 St Lucia (181)
178 Dominican Republic (168)
180 Belize (172)
185 Puerto Rico (133)
189 Cayman Islands (157)
196 Aruba (199)
201 Bahamas (194)
206 British Virgin Islands (176)
215 Turks & Caicos (187)
216 US Virgin Islands (200)
221 Anguilla (203)
222 Montserrat (203)
-/173/177 Netherlands Antilles(151)/Curacao(-)/Sint Maarten(-)
NOTE from Wikipedia: The Netherlands Antilles was dissolved on 10 October 2010, resulting in two new constituent countries, Curacao and Sint Maarten, with the other islands joining the Netherlands as "special municipalities", officially public bodies, and sometimes now unofficially referred to as the Netherlands Antilles.
MEXICO
Mexico's 2011 Primera Clausura season kicks off next week on Thu Jan 6 with Necaxa hosting Chiapas Jaguares.
dN
Here are the full schedule for opening weekend.
Matches & Scores:
-Thu Jan 6
Necaxa v Chiapas Jaguares
-Fri Jan 7
Cruz Azul v Estudiantes Tecos
Queretaro v UANL Tigres
Monterrey v San Luis
-Sat Jan 8
Santos Laguna v Atlante
Atlas v Morelia
-Sun Jan 9
Toluca v UNAM Pumas
Puebla v Guadalajara
dN
America & Pachuca are off the first weekend. Then they open round 2 against each other at Estadio Azteca.
INTERNATIONAL
Marcelo Bielsa is back in charge of Chile, the team he led to a very good World Cup last summer. He had quit the team after Jorge Segovia has been elected the new federation president. But Segovia was recently ousted due to a illegal voting, and a new regime has been installed, returning Bielsa to the coaches job.
dN
The Asian Cup begins on Fri Jan 7 with 16 teams in 4 groups. The first game pits hosts Qatar v Uzbekistan.
-I must say that Group A might be the weakest group I have ever seen in modern confederation championships: China, Kuwait, Qatar & Uzbekistan. These teams are currently ranked 87, 102, 114 & 109 by FIFA.
dN
New head coach Leonardo gets to work at Inter.
-Here is a picture of technical director Marco Branca, new head coach Leonardo and president Mossimo Moratti.
ENDERS
Something a little different for ya:
Paco de Lucia Shreds video by the brilliant St Sanders.
MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER
DDR strikes again! Dwayne DeRosario is always providing dramatic headlines, and this time he has dome it by bolting to Celtic on a try out that was supposedly not even known about by his team Toronto FC or MLS. Wow!
-Ridge Mahoney of Soccer America puts it about as well as can be put.
dN
Freddie Ljungberg is also with Celtic, and has actually signed a deal to play for them.
dN
Columbus has signed 30 year old Chilean right fullback Sebastian Miranda from Union Espanola where he was the team's captain. He is expected to fill the hole left by the departure of Frankie Hejduk.
dN
Now the rumor mill says Juan Carlos Osorio will NOT be the new head coach of Chivas USA!
dN
Long time MLS standout centerback Diego Gutierez has been named technical director of the Philadelphia Union.
dN
Soccer 365 with MLS related rumors on Rodrigo Brasesco, Miguel Lopez, Alex, Marco Matterazi, Adrian Mutu and more.
dN
LATE EDITION: Rumor has it that Paul Mariner is headed to Toronto FC as their new head coach?!?!?!
dN
Scott French of ESPN Los Angeles reports that the LA Galaxy has signed veteran right fullback Frankie Hejduk.
dN
Wayne Rooney's younger brother John has signed a contract with MLS and will be in the SuperDraft.
dN
The first list of young players that MLS has signed to special developmental contracts known as Generation Adidas has been finalized. Here is that list:
-Will Bruin - forward - Indiana
-Corey Hertzog - forward - Penn State
-Perry Kitchen - defensive midfielder - Akron
-Zac MacMath - goalkeeper - Maryland
-Darlington Nagbe - forward - Akron
-Michael Nanchoff - midfielder - Akron
-Omar Salgado - forward - Guadalajara
-Kofi Sarkodie - defender - Akron
-Zarek Valentin - defender - Akron
I am not sure if more names will be added to this list in the next week or so or not.
ENGLAND
The Premier League is one of the very few around the world to play through Christmas and New Years etc, with as astonishing 4 rounds played in just 11 days. Here are some of the marquee games from the Top Four Clubs, and a look at our American players in the Prem.
dN
Standings (as of Thu Dec 30):
38 Man United (18 played)
38 Man City (20 played)
36 Arsenal (19 played)
34 Chelsea (19 played)
- - - - - -
33 Tottenham (19 played)
29 Bolton (20 played)
27 Sunderland (20 played)
dN
At the other end of the table there are on 5 points between 11th place Everton and 20th place West Ham.
dN
Matches & Scores:
-Sun Dec 26
Man United 2-0 Sunderland
Newcastle 1-3 Man City
-Mon Dec 27
Arsenal 3-1 Chelsea
-Tue Dec 28
Man City 4-0 Aston Villa
Birmingham 1-1 Man United
-Wed Dec 29
Chelsea 1-0 Bolton
Wigan 2-2 Arsenal
- - - - - -
-Sat Jan 1
West Brom v Man United
Man City v Blackpool
Birmingham v Arsenal
-Sun Jan 2
Chelsea v Aston Villa
-Tue Jan 4
Man United v Stoke
-Wed Jan 5
Arsenal v Man City
Wolverhampton v Chelsea
dN
And here is what our America players are up against during this stretch:
ENGLAND - Premier League
Clint Dempsey - Fulham - Previous: Sun Dec 26 started and played 53 minutes as they lost 1-3 v West Ham - Last: Tue Dec 28 went the full 90 getting a yellow card as they won 0-2 at Stoke - Next: Sat Jan 1 at Tottenham - And Then: Tue Jan 4 v West Brom.
-Currently in 18th place with 19 points from 19 games.
Brad Friedel - Aston Villa - Previous: Sun Dec 26 played the full 90 but lost 1-2 v Tottenham - Last: Tue Dec 28 went the distance losing 4-0 at Man City - Next: Sun Jan 2 at Chelsea - And Then: Wed Jan 5 v Sunderland.
-Currently in 15th place with 20 points from 19 games.
Brad Guzan - Aston Villa - Previous: Sun Dec 26 on the bench as they lost 1-2 v Tottenham - Last: Tue Dec 28 on the bench as they lost 4-0 at Man City - Next: Sun Jan 2 at Chelsea - And Then: Wed Jan 5 v Sunderland.
-Currently in 15th place with 20 points from 19 games.
Marcus Hahnemann - Previous: Sun Dec 26 on the bench as they lost 1-2 v Wigan - Last: Wed Dec 29 on the bench as they won 0-1 at Liverpool - Wolverhampton - Next: Sat Jan 1 at West Ham - And Then: Wed Jan 5 v Chelsea.
-Currently in 19th place with 18 points from 19 games.
Stuart Holden - Bolton - Previous: Sun Dec 26 went the full 90 and they won 2-0 v West Brom - Last: Wed Dec 29 started and went 82 minutes as they lost 1-0 at Chelsea - Next: Sat Jan 1 at Liverpool - And Then: Wed Jan 5 v Wigan.
-Currently in 6th place with 29 points from 2 games.
Tim Howard - Everton - Previous: Sun Dec 26 postponed v Birmingham - Last: Tue Dec 28 played the entire game as they drew 1-1 at West Ham - Next: Sat Jan 1 at Stoke - And Then: Wed Jan 5 v Tottenham.
-Currently in 11th place with 22 points from 19 games.
Eddie Johnson - Fulham - Previous: Sun Dec 26 came on as a sub in the 53rd minute as they lost 1-3 v West Ham - Last: Tue Dec 28 did not dress as they won 0-2 at Stoke - Next: Sat Jan 1 at Tottenham - And Then: Tue Jan 4 v West Brom.
-Currently in 18th place with 19 points from 19 games.
Eric Lichaj - Aston Villa - Previous: Sun Dec 26 played the full 90 but lost 1-2 v Tottenham - Last: Tue Dec 28 played the whole game getting a yellow card and losing 4-0 at Man City - Next: Sun Jan 2 at Chelsea - And Then: Wed Jan 5 v Sunderland.
-Currently in 15th place with 20 points from 19 games.
Jonathan Spector - West Ham - Previous: Sun Dec 26 dressed but did not play as they won 1-3 at Fulham - Last: Tue Dec 28 came on as a sub in the 34th minute as they drew 1-1 v Everton - Next: Sat Jan 1 v Wolverhampton - And Then: Wed Jan 5 at Newcastle.
-Currently in 20th place with 17 points from 20 games.
USA RELATED
Paul Kennedy of Soccer America looks at the new and quickly improving USA U20 team, with players from all over the world joining in.
Noah Davis of MLSsoccer does a Q & A with USA U20 prospect Joseph Gyau of Hoffenheim.
Reports from Scotland say Mo Edu has still not recovered from his knee injury suffered 7 weeks ago.
Clemente Lisi of the US Soccer Players Assoc does a Q & A with GolTV commentator Phil Schoen.
CONCACAF
The current Elo World Football Ratings for CONCACAF teams (FIFA rankings in parentheses):
11 Mexico (27)
24 USA (18)
43 Honduras (59)
44 Costa Rica (69)
45 Jamaica (58)
60 Canada (84)
61 Panama (64)
84 Guadeloupe (-)
88 Cuba (62)
90 Trinidad & Tobago (89)
95 El Salvador (117)
99 Guatemala (118)
105 Haiti (90)
133 Guyana (109)
134 Grenada (94)
143 Antigua and Barbuda (106)
144 Suriname (115)
144 Barbados (131)
159 Bermuda (175)
163 St Vincent & the Grenadines (142)
164 St Kitts & Nevis (121)
175 Dominica (129)
176 Nicaragua (158)
178 St Lucia (181)
178 Dominican Republic (168)
180 Belize (172)
185 Puerto Rico (133)
189 Cayman Islands (157)
196 Aruba (199)
201 Bahamas (194)
206 British Virgin Islands (176)
215 Turks & Caicos (187)
216 US Virgin Islands (200)
221 Anguilla (203)
222 Montserrat (203)
-/173/177 Netherlands Antilles(151)/Curacao(-)/Sint Maarten(-)
NOTE from Wikipedia: The Netherlands Antilles was dissolved on 10 October 2010, resulting in two new constituent countries, Curacao and Sint Maarten, with the other islands joining the Netherlands as "special municipalities", officially public bodies, and sometimes now unofficially referred to as the Netherlands Antilles.
MEXICO
Mexico's 2011 Primera Clausura season kicks off next week on Thu Jan 6 with Necaxa hosting Chiapas Jaguares.
dN
Here are the full schedule for opening weekend.
Matches & Scores:
-Thu Jan 6
Necaxa v Chiapas Jaguares
-Fri Jan 7
Cruz Azul v Estudiantes Tecos
Queretaro v UANL Tigres
Monterrey v San Luis
-Sat Jan 8
Santos Laguna v Atlante
Atlas v Morelia
-Sun Jan 9
Toluca v UNAM Pumas
Puebla v Guadalajara
dN
America & Pachuca are off the first weekend. Then they open round 2 against each other at Estadio Azteca.
INTERNATIONAL
Marcelo Bielsa is back in charge of Chile, the team he led to a very good World Cup last summer. He had quit the team after Jorge Segovia has been elected the new federation president. But Segovia was recently ousted due to a illegal voting, and a new regime has been installed, returning Bielsa to the coaches job.
dN
The Asian Cup begins on Fri Jan 7 with 16 teams in 4 groups. The first game pits hosts Qatar v Uzbekistan.
-I must say that Group A might be the weakest group I have ever seen in modern confederation championships: China, Kuwait, Qatar & Uzbekistan. These teams are currently ranked 87, 102, 114 & 109 by FIFA.
dN
New head coach Leonardo gets to work at Inter.
-Here is a picture of technical director Marco Branca, new head coach Leonardo and president Mossimo Moratti.
ENDERS
Something a little different for ya:
Paco de Lucia Shreds video by the brilliant St Sanders.
posted by brucio at 20:36
2 Comments:
No more Netherlands Antilles? Dang -- another useless bit of knowledge from geography browsing and shortwave radio is now outmoded.
AND.... the Guardian named your blog one of the 100 football blogs you should read.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/blog/2010/dec/31/100-football-blogs-to-follow-2011
Now, I'm really glad I made out with your blog.
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