Some News for Thu Dec 9, 2010
STARTERS
Independiente of Argentina won the Copa Sudamericana tournament last night, tying with Goias 3-3, then winning 5-3 in a Penalty Kick Shootout. Hooray Jerome!
dN
Serie A avoided a players strike this weekend as the league and union agreed on a new collective bargaining agreement. The strike date was set for this weekend.
UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
The draw for the knockout stage will be held on Fri Dec 17.
#1 Seeds
Barcelona
Bayern Munich
Chelsea
Manchester United
Real Madrid
Schalke
Shakhtar Donetsk
Tottenham
#2 Seeds
Arsenal
Inter Milan
Kobenhavn
Lyon
Marseille
Milan
Roma
Valencia
FIFA CLUB WORLD CUP
United Arab Emirates - The club champion from each of the 6 federations (plus the host) face off for the world title.
dN
Matches & Scores:
Quarterfinals
-Fri Dec 10
TP Mazembe Englebert (DR Congo) v CF Pachuca (Mexico)
-Sat Dec 11
Al Wahda SC (UAE) v Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma FC (South Korea)
dN
Semifinals
-Tue Dec 14
Fri Dec 10 Winner v Internacional (Brazil)
-Wed Dec 15
Sat Dec 11 Winner v Inter Milan (Italy)
dN
Final
-Sat Dec 18
Winners
BIG EUROPEAN CLUB MATCHES COMING UP THIS WEEKEND
-Sun Dec 12
Tottenham v Chelsea - one of the most meaningful meetings between these two London rivals in a long time. #5 hosts #3.
Juventus v Lazio - #3 v #2
-Mon Dec 13
Manchester United v Arsenal - #2 v #1 - and bitter rivals over the past decade!
PICTURE OF THE DAY
Presenting the 2011 Portland Timbers shirt. (click to giganticize) The team's second shirt is the same design but replace the green with firetruck red.
I am a big fan of little details like this (even though I don't think the Rising Sun flag is such a good idea):
ANOTHER PICTURE OF THE DAY
Is Fredy Montero wearing a new Seattle shirt for 2011?
MLS TEAM & PLAYER NEWS
General News
MLS will again hold a mass tryout/combine for college players. this year it will be Jan 7-11 in Ft Lauderdale. The Superdraft of these and other college players will be held right after that on Jan 13 in Baltimore.
Here is the list of those invited. It will change between now and the actual event.
G:
Jeff Attinella - South Florida
Josh Ford - UConn
Jimmy Maurer - South Carolina
Bryan Meredith - Monmouth
Joe Willis - Denver
D:
A.J. Soares - California
Bilal Duckett - Notre Dame
Bobby Warshaw - Stanford
Christopher Korb - Akron
Colin Givens - Michigan State
Curtis Ushedo - UAB
Demitrius Omphroy - California
Eddie Ababio - UNC
Greg Klazura - Notre Dame
Greg King - UConn
Indy Smith - UNC Wilmington
Jalil Anibaba - UNC
J.T. Murray - Louisville
Juan Cruz - SMU
Michael Boxall - UCSB
Rich Balchan - Indiana
Tyler Lassiter - North Carolina State
M:
Anthony Ampaipitakwong - Akron
Jimmy Banks - Green Bay
Matheus Braga - Penn State
Blake Brettschneider - South Carolina
Jeb Brovsky - Notre Dame
Ernesto Carranza - Sacramento State
Servando Carrasco - California
Guillermo Cortes - Maryland
Tommy Drake - Clemson
Michael Farfan - UNC
Matt Gold - Ohio State
Cole Grossman - Duke
Hector Jimenez - California
Daniel Keat - Dartmouth
Stephen McCarthy - UNC
Dustin McCarty - UNC
Jon Okafor - Brown
Lebogang Pila - St Peter's
Karl Reddick - Boston College
Josue Soto - SMU
Konrad Warzycha - Ohio State
F:
Philip Bannister - Loyola Maryland
Efrain Burgos - Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
Jason Herrick - Maryland
Levi Houapeu - UMBC
Brayan Martinez - Seton Hall
Ashley McInnes - Tulsa
Justin Meram - Michigan
Davis Paul - California
Steven Perry - Notre Dame
CJ Sapong - James Madison
Amani Walker - UCI
COLORADO RAPIDS
Clemente Lisi of the US Soccer Players Assoc does a Q & A with captain Pablo Mastroeni.
PORTLAND TIMBERS
The Oregonian the the process of Adidas creating a new look for the Timbs.
REAL SALT LAKE
Randy Davis at MLSsoccer.com does a Q & A with head coach Jason Kreis.
MLS YOUTH DEVELOPMENT
Luis Bueno at MLSsoccer.com talks to Chris Klein who recently retired from the Galaxy and was given the role as director of the youth academy program.
COLLEGE SOCCER
Division I championship tournament:
Semifinals
-Fri Dec 10
North Carolina v Louisville - 7:30pm Central on ESPNU/2
Akron v Michigan - 10pm Central on ESPNU/2
Venue: Harder Stadium - Santa Barbara CA
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Final
-Sun Dec 12 - 3pm Central on ESPN2
Semifinal Winners
Venue: Harder Stadium - Santa Barbara CA
AMERICANS IN MEXICO
Coming Up:
FIFA CLUB WORLD CUP - Quarterfinals
-Fri Dec 10
Pachuca v Mazembe Englebert
-Herculez Gomez
-Jose Torres
-Marco Vidal
COPA SUDAMERICANA
Independiente of Argentina came back from a 2-0 deficit to with the 2nd biggest tournament in South America.
Final
Matches & Scores:
-Wed Dec 1
Goias 2-0 Independiente - Goi goals by Rafael Moura & Otacilio Neto.
-Wed Dec 8
Independiente 3-1 Goias - series ends tied 3-3 - Ind wins 5-3 in a Penalty Kick Shootout.
ARGENTINA
Primera Apertura
Only 2 teams and 1 round left in the season! Estudiantes leads Velez by 2 points.
Here are the leaders and who they face in the finale:
42 Estudiantes - Last: Wed Dec 8 W 0-4 at River Plate - Next: Sun Dec 12 v Arsenal de Sarandi
40 Velez Sarsfield - Last: Wed Dec 8 W 2-0 v Huracan - Next: Sun Dec 12 at Racing Club
Independiente of Argentina won the Copa Sudamericana tournament last night, tying with Goias 3-3, then winning 5-3 in a Penalty Kick Shootout. Hooray Jerome!
dN
Serie A avoided a players strike this weekend as the league and union agreed on a new collective bargaining agreement. The strike date was set for this weekend.
UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
The draw for the knockout stage will be held on Fri Dec 17.
#1 Seeds
Barcelona
Bayern Munich
Chelsea
Manchester United
Real Madrid
Schalke
Shakhtar Donetsk
Tottenham
#2 Seeds
Arsenal
Inter Milan
Kobenhavn
Lyon
Marseille
Milan
Roma
Valencia
FIFA CLUB WORLD CUP
United Arab Emirates - The club champion from each of the 6 federations (plus the host) face off for the world title.
dN
Matches & Scores:
Quarterfinals
-Fri Dec 10
TP Mazembe Englebert (DR Congo) v CF Pachuca (Mexico)
-Sat Dec 11
Al Wahda SC (UAE) v Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma FC (South Korea)
dN
Semifinals
-Tue Dec 14
Fri Dec 10 Winner v Internacional (Brazil)
-Wed Dec 15
Sat Dec 11 Winner v Inter Milan (Italy)
dN
Final
-Sat Dec 18
Winners
BIG EUROPEAN CLUB MATCHES COMING UP THIS WEEKEND
-Sun Dec 12
Tottenham v Chelsea - one of the most meaningful meetings between these two London rivals in a long time. #5 hosts #3.
Juventus v Lazio - #3 v #2
-Mon Dec 13
Manchester United v Arsenal - #2 v #1 - and bitter rivals over the past decade!
PICTURE OF THE DAY
Presenting the 2011 Portland Timbers shirt. (click to giganticize) The team's second shirt is the same design but replace the green with firetruck red.
I am a big fan of little details like this (even though I don't think the Rising Sun flag is such a good idea):
ANOTHER PICTURE OF THE DAY
Is Fredy Montero wearing a new Seattle shirt for 2011?
MLS TEAM & PLAYER NEWS
General News
MLS will again hold a mass tryout/combine for college players. this year it will be Jan 7-11 in Ft Lauderdale. The Superdraft of these and other college players will be held right after that on Jan 13 in Baltimore.
Here is the list of those invited. It will change between now and the actual event.
G:
Jeff Attinella - South Florida
Josh Ford - UConn
Jimmy Maurer - South Carolina
Bryan Meredith - Monmouth
Joe Willis - Denver
D:
A.J. Soares - California
Bilal Duckett - Notre Dame
Bobby Warshaw - Stanford
Christopher Korb - Akron
Colin Givens - Michigan State
Curtis Ushedo - UAB
Demitrius Omphroy - California
Eddie Ababio - UNC
Greg Klazura - Notre Dame
Greg King - UConn
Indy Smith - UNC Wilmington
Jalil Anibaba - UNC
J.T. Murray - Louisville
Juan Cruz - SMU
Michael Boxall - UCSB
Rich Balchan - Indiana
Tyler Lassiter - North Carolina State
M:
Anthony Ampaipitakwong - Akron
Jimmy Banks - Green Bay
Matheus Braga - Penn State
Blake Brettschneider - South Carolina
Jeb Brovsky - Notre Dame
Ernesto Carranza - Sacramento State
Servando Carrasco - California
Guillermo Cortes - Maryland
Tommy Drake - Clemson
Michael Farfan - UNC
Matt Gold - Ohio State
Cole Grossman - Duke
Hector Jimenez - California
Daniel Keat - Dartmouth
Stephen McCarthy - UNC
Dustin McCarty - UNC
Jon Okafor - Brown
Lebogang Pila - St Peter's
Karl Reddick - Boston College
Josue Soto - SMU
Konrad Warzycha - Ohio State
F:
Philip Bannister - Loyola Maryland
Efrain Burgos - Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
Jason Herrick - Maryland
Levi Houapeu - UMBC
Brayan Martinez - Seton Hall
Ashley McInnes - Tulsa
Justin Meram - Michigan
Davis Paul - California
Steven Perry - Notre Dame
CJ Sapong - James Madison
Amani Walker - UCI
COLORADO RAPIDS
Clemente Lisi of the US Soccer Players Assoc does a Q & A with captain Pablo Mastroeni.
PORTLAND TIMBERS
The Oregonian the the process of Adidas creating a new look for the Timbs.
REAL SALT LAKE
Randy Davis at MLSsoccer.com does a Q & A with head coach Jason Kreis.
MLS YOUTH DEVELOPMENT
Luis Bueno at MLSsoccer.com talks to Chris Klein who recently retired from the Galaxy and was given the role as director of the youth academy program.
COLLEGE SOCCER
Division I championship tournament:
Semifinals
-Fri Dec 10
North Carolina v Louisville - 7:30pm Central on ESPNU/2
Akron v Michigan - 10pm Central on ESPNU/2
Venue: Harder Stadium - Santa Barbara CA
dN
Final
-Sun Dec 12 - 3pm Central on ESPN2
Semifinal Winners
Venue: Harder Stadium - Santa Barbara CA
AMERICANS IN MEXICO
Coming Up:
FIFA CLUB WORLD CUP - Quarterfinals
-Fri Dec 10
Pachuca v Mazembe Englebert
-Herculez Gomez
-Jose Torres
-Marco Vidal
COPA SUDAMERICANA
Independiente of Argentina came back from a 2-0 deficit to with the 2nd biggest tournament in South America.
Final
Matches & Scores:
-Wed Dec 1
Goias 2-0 Independiente - Goi goals by Rafael Moura & Otacilio Neto.
-Wed Dec 8
Independiente 3-1 Goias - series ends tied 3-3 - Ind wins 5-3 in a Penalty Kick Shootout.
ARGENTINA
Primera Apertura
Only 2 teams and 1 round left in the season! Estudiantes leads Velez by 2 points.
Here are the leaders and who they face in the finale:
42 Estudiantes - Last: Wed Dec 8 W 0-4 at River Plate - Next: Sun Dec 12 v Arsenal de Sarandi
40 Velez Sarsfield - Last: Wed Dec 8 W 2-0 v Huracan - Next: Sun Dec 12 at Racing Club
posted by brucio at 17:27
3 Comments:
That Sounders jersey is the 2011 third kit (replacing the electric yellow methinks...). Fredy debuted it last Friday when they announced his DP signing.
The color is apparently and officially "shale."
Thanks as always for the news, Bruce!
On the timbers new kit, I too, enjoy the finer details ... the rising sun motif 'may' come from a special scarf that the supporters made after the tragic death of (the first) Timber Jim's daughter.
I am sooooo jealous for the Cascadian fans who will once again face eachother in competition.
DIVING HEADER screams the man red faced with drink ....
Peace and futbol.
Come on Bruce. I'm not even a USL/NASL fan, much less a Timbers fan (Galaxy fan myself), and even I have heard about the "Sunshine" tribute they do for Timber Jim's daughter.
Educate yourself: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0gvdQ7E790&feature=related
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