Some News for Tue Dec 7, 2010
UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
Matchday 6 (the last group stage round) will be played Tue Dec 7 & Wed Dec 8.
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Advanced:
A1 - Tottenham
B1 - Schalke
C1 - Manchester United
D1 - Barcelona
- - - -
A2 - Inter Milan
B2 - Lyon
C2 - Valencia
D2 - Kobenhavn
- - - -
E1 -
F1 - Chelsea
G1 - Real Madrid
H1 -
- - - -
E2 -
F2 -
G2 - Milan
H2 -
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Real Madrid, Milan, Bayern Munich & Chelsea have qualified out of the lower bracket, and we await the other 4 from Wednesday's games to fill out the knock out stage list.
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On Tuesday we saw Inter go down hard once again, this time with the top seed slipping away to Tottenham, Schalke besting their terrible league form to win their group, and Kobenhavn advancing to the knockout stages for the first time ever. Very cool.
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*These games will affect who advances.
Matches & Scores:
-Tue Dec 7
Benfica 1-2 Schalke - Ben goal by Luisao. Sch goals by Jose Manuel Jurado & Benedikt Howedes.
Man United 1-1 Valencia - MU goal by Anderson. Val goal by Pablo Hernandez.
Twente 3-3 Tottenham - Twe goals by Denny Landzaat(PK), Roberto Rosales & Nacer Chadli. Tot goals by Peter Wisgerhof(OG) & Jermain Defoe(2).
Werder Bremen 3-0 Inter - WB goals by Sebastian Prodl, Marko Arnautovic & Claudio Pizarro.
Lyon 2-2 Hapoel Tel-Aviv - Lyo goals by Lisandro & Alexandre Lacazette. HTA goals by Ben Sahar & Eran Zahavi.
Barcelona 2-0 Rubin Kazan - Bar goals by Andreu Fontas & Victor Vazquez.
Kobenhavn 3-1 Panathinaikos - Kob goals by Martin Vingaard, Jesper Gronkjaer(PK) & Djibril Cisse(OG). Pan goal by Cedric Kante.
Bursaspor 1-1 Rangers - Bur goal by Sercan Yildrim. Ran goal by Kenny Miller.
-Wed Dec 8
*Bayern Munich v Basel
*CFR Cluj v Roma
*Marseille v Chelsea
*Zilina v Spartak Moskva
Real Madrid v Auxerre
Milan v Ajax
*Arsenal v Partizan
*Shakhtar Donetsk v Braga
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Group Standings
STORY OF THE DAY
The Shin Guardian gives us Part 1 of a long Q & A with Taylor Twellman.
HMMMMM, VERY INTERESTING
Word from Mexico is that a deal between Puebla and former Chicago centerback Wilman Conde has fallen apart after the player began training with the team. What now? Back to the Fire? Another MLS team perhaps?
THIS IS WHAT ITS ALL ABOUT
Steve Davis at Sports Illustrated writes that not getting the World Cup won't derail the growth the soccer in America, it just means that a lot of hard work is still ahead.
MLS TEAM & PLAYER NEWS
General News
Jack Bell of the New York Times with a general soccer news roundup, including word that the Red Bulls are looking for a cheaper alternative to goalkeeper Bouna Coundoul.
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MLS Young All Stars in Spain
The Generation Adidas team is playing a series of friendly matches in Spain, with the next one coming up on Tuesday.
The team won their second game of the trip today, 0-1 over Rayo Vallecano.
-MLSsoccer.com gives us a match report and game highlights video.
-The field they played on today was a waterlogged mess.
Matches & Scores:
-Thu Dec 2
MLS Up & Comers 2-1 Real Madrid Reserves - MLS goals by Teal Bunbury & Dilly Duka. RMR goal by Salinas.
-Tue Dec 7
MLS Up & Comers 1-0 Rayo Vallecano Reserves - MLS goal by Peri Marosevic.
-Wed Dec 8
MLS Up & Comers v Atletico Madrid Reserves
MLS youth roster:
G:
Stefan Frei - Toronto
Sean Johnson - Chicago
D:
Jeremy Hall - Portland
Ike Opara - San Jose
M:
Corben Bone - Chicago
Danny Cruz - Houston
Dilly Duka - Columbus
Luis Gil - Salt Lake
Baggio Husidic - Chicago
Amobi Okugo - Philadelphia
Brek Shea - Dallas
Tony Tchani - New York
F:
Juan Agudelo - New York
Tristan Bowen - Los Angeles
Teal Bunbury - Kansas City
Peri Marosevic - Dallas
Jack McInerney - Philadelphia
Danny Mwanga - Philadelphia
Andrew Wiedeman - Dallas
-Head coach: Schellas Hyndman - Dallas
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HOUSTON DYNAMO
Jesus Ortiz of the Chronicle on the teams new shirt sponsor deal.
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Ortiz also reports that the team is close to finalizing new contracts with centerback Eddie Robinson and winger Corey Ashe.
REAL SALT LAKE
Michael C Lewis of the Tribune talks to owner Dave Checketts who says the team is dying to get back on the field and make up for losing in the playoffs. They want the CONCACAF title!
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In the meantime they have to replace striker Robbie Findley. While guys like Andy Williams and Robbie Russell are not getting any younger.
SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES
Jonah Freedman of MLSsoccer.com does a Q & A with head coach Frank Yallop.
SEATTLE SOUNDERS
Players Jhon Kennedy Hurtado, Blaise Nkufo and Steve Zakuani all got their Green Cards this week, and will no longers be labeled as "International" players on the roster.
-How did Nkufo get a card less than 4 months??
VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC
Bruce Constantineau of the Sun reports on a 12 day training cap the Caps just finished. All their players currently under contract participated, including Jay DeMerit.
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Marc Weber of the Province says the club has brought back one of their 70's stars in a coaching capacity.
MLS RUMORS
The Ronaldinho to Los Angeles rumors have started again. And this time LA wants an answer.
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Herculez Gomez is headed north again?
NASL NEWS
Brian Quarstad of IM Soccer gives us a big update from around the league.
USA U20 TEAM
Coach Thomas Rongen will bring a group of players to Florida in a few weeks for training and 2 matches against Canada.
-We will have details as they are released.
AMERICANS IN EUROPE
The Shin Guardian does a Q & A with Mo Edu. (I went back through the archive and realized I never posted this article from nearly 3 weeks ago. Very good stuff.)
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Edu did not play in the Champions League today as he is still recovering from his latest knee injury.
COPA SUDAMERICANA
Goias has a 2-0 advantage in the Championship round which will see the final leg played Wednesday at Independiente.
Final
Matches & Scores:
-Wed Dec 1
Goias 2-0 Independiente - Goi goals by Rafael Moura & Otacilio Neto.
-Wed Dec 8
Independiente v Goias (0-2)
ARGENTINA
Primera Apertura
Only 2 teams and 2 rounds left in the season! Estudiantes leads Velez by what else, 2 points.
Here are the leaders and who they face next:
39 Estudiantes - Next: Wed Dec 8 at River Plate
37 Velez Sarsfield - Next: Wed Dec 8 v Huracan
FIFA
Rob Hughes of the International Herald Tribune on the decision to award the World Cup's to Russia and Qatar.
FIFA CLUB WORLD CUP
Taking place in the United Arab Emirates.
The club champion from each of the 6 federations (plus the host) face off for the world title.
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Matches & Scores:
Preliminary
-Wed Dec 8
Al Wahda SC (UAE) v Hekari United FC (Papua New Guinea)
Quarterfinals
-Fri Dec 10
TP Mazembe Englebert (DR Congo) v CF Pachuca (Mexico)
-Sat Dec 11
Prelim Winner v Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma FC (South Korea)
Semifinals
-Tue Dec 14
Fri Dec 10 Winner v Internacional (Brazil)
-Wed Dec 15
Sat Dec 11 Winner v Inter Milan (Italy)
Final
-Sat Dec 18
Winners
Matchday 6 (the last group stage round) will be played Tue Dec 7 & Wed Dec 8.
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Advanced:
A1 - Tottenham
B1 - Schalke
C1 - Manchester United
D1 - Barcelona
- - - -
A2 - Inter Milan
B2 - Lyon
C2 - Valencia
D2 - Kobenhavn
- - - -
E1 -
F1 - Chelsea
G1 - Real Madrid
H1 -
- - - -
E2 -
F2 -
G2 - Milan
H2 -
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Real Madrid, Milan, Bayern Munich & Chelsea have qualified out of the lower bracket, and we await the other 4 from Wednesday's games to fill out the knock out stage list.
dN
On Tuesday we saw Inter go down hard once again, this time with the top seed slipping away to Tottenham, Schalke besting their terrible league form to win their group, and Kobenhavn advancing to the knockout stages for the first time ever. Very cool.
dN
*These games will affect who advances.
Matches & Scores:
-Tue Dec 7
Benfica 1-2 Schalke - Ben goal by Luisao. Sch goals by Jose Manuel Jurado & Benedikt Howedes.
Man United 1-1 Valencia - MU goal by Anderson. Val goal by Pablo Hernandez.
Twente 3-3 Tottenham - Twe goals by Denny Landzaat(PK), Roberto Rosales & Nacer Chadli. Tot goals by Peter Wisgerhof(OG) & Jermain Defoe(2).
Werder Bremen 3-0 Inter - WB goals by Sebastian Prodl, Marko Arnautovic & Claudio Pizarro.
Lyon 2-2 Hapoel Tel-Aviv - Lyo goals by Lisandro & Alexandre Lacazette. HTA goals by Ben Sahar & Eran Zahavi.
Barcelona 2-0 Rubin Kazan - Bar goals by Andreu Fontas & Victor Vazquez.
Kobenhavn 3-1 Panathinaikos - Kob goals by Martin Vingaard, Jesper Gronkjaer(PK) & Djibril Cisse(OG). Pan goal by Cedric Kante.
Bursaspor 1-1 Rangers - Bur goal by Sercan Yildrim. Ran goal by Kenny Miller.
-Wed Dec 8
*Bayern Munich v Basel
*CFR Cluj v Roma
*Marseille v Chelsea
*Zilina v Spartak Moskva
Real Madrid v Auxerre
Milan v Ajax
*Arsenal v Partizan
*Shakhtar Donetsk v Braga
dN
Group Standings
STORY OF THE DAY
The Shin Guardian gives us Part 1 of a long Q & A with Taylor Twellman.
HMMMMM, VERY INTERESTING
Word from Mexico is that a deal between Puebla and former Chicago centerback Wilman Conde has fallen apart after the player began training with the team. What now? Back to the Fire? Another MLS team perhaps?
THIS IS WHAT ITS ALL ABOUT
Steve Davis at Sports Illustrated writes that not getting the World Cup won't derail the growth the soccer in America, it just means that a lot of hard work is still ahead.
MLS TEAM & PLAYER NEWS
General News
Jack Bell of the New York Times with a general soccer news roundup, including word that the Red Bulls are looking for a cheaper alternative to goalkeeper Bouna Coundoul.
dN
MLS Young All Stars in Spain
The Generation Adidas team is playing a series of friendly matches in Spain, with the next one coming up on Tuesday.
The team won their second game of the trip today, 0-1 over Rayo Vallecano.
-MLSsoccer.com gives us a match report and game highlights video.
-The field they played on today was a waterlogged mess.
Matches & Scores:
-Thu Dec 2
MLS Up & Comers 2-1 Real Madrid Reserves - MLS goals by Teal Bunbury & Dilly Duka. RMR goal by Salinas.
-Tue Dec 7
MLS Up & Comers 1-0 Rayo Vallecano Reserves - MLS goal by Peri Marosevic.
-Wed Dec 8
MLS Up & Comers v Atletico Madrid Reserves
MLS youth roster:
G:
Stefan Frei - Toronto
Sean Johnson - Chicago
D:
Jeremy Hall - Portland
Ike Opara - San Jose
M:
Corben Bone - Chicago
Danny Cruz - Houston
Dilly Duka - Columbus
Luis Gil - Salt Lake
Baggio Husidic - Chicago
Amobi Okugo - Philadelphia
Brek Shea - Dallas
Tony Tchani - New York
F:
Juan Agudelo - New York
Tristan Bowen - Los Angeles
Teal Bunbury - Kansas City
Peri Marosevic - Dallas
Jack McInerney - Philadelphia
Danny Mwanga - Philadelphia
Andrew Wiedeman - Dallas
-Head coach: Schellas Hyndman - Dallas
dN
HOUSTON DYNAMO
Jesus Ortiz of the Chronicle on the teams new shirt sponsor deal.
dN
Ortiz also reports that the team is close to finalizing new contracts with centerback Eddie Robinson and winger Corey Ashe.
REAL SALT LAKE
Michael C Lewis of the Tribune talks to owner Dave Checketts who says the team is dying to get back on the field and make up for losing in the playoffs. They want the CONCACAF title!
dN
In the meantime they have to replace striker Robbie Findley. While guys like Andy Williams and Robbie Russell are not getting any younger.
SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES
Jonah Freedman of MLSsoccer.com does a Q & A with head coach Frank Yallop.
SEATTLE SOUNDERS
Players Jhon Kennedy Hurtado, Blaise Nkufo and Steve Zakuani all got their Green Cards this week, and will no longers be labeled as "International" players on the roster.
-How did Nkufo get a card less than 4 months??
VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC
Bruce Constantineau of the Sun reports on a 12 day training cap the Caps just finished. All their players currently under contract participated, including Jay DeMerit.
dN
Marc Weber of the Province says the club has brought back one of their 70's stars in a coaching capacity.
MLS RUMORS
The Ronaldinho to Los Angeles rumors have started again. And this time LA wants an answer.
dN
Herculez Gomez is headed north again?
NASL NEWS
Brian Quarstad of IM Soccer gives us a big update from around the league.
USA U20 TEAM
Coach Thomas Rongen will bring a group of players to Florida in a few weeks for training and 2 matches against Canada.
-We will have details as they are released.
AMERICANS IN EUROPE
The Shin Guardian does a Q & A with Mo Edu. (I went back through the archive and realized I never posted this article from nearly 3 weeks ago. Very good stuff.)
dN
Edu did not play in the Champions League today as he is still recovering from his latest knee injury.
COPA SUDAMERICANA
Goias has a 2-0 advantage in the Championship round which will see the final leg played Wednesday at Independiente.
Final
Matches & Scores:
-Wed Dec 1
Goias 2-0 Independiente - Goi goals by Rafael Moura & Otacilio Neto.
-Wed Dec 8
Independiente v Goias (0-2)
ARGENTINA
Primera Apertura
Only 2 teams and 2 rounds left in the season! Estudiantes leads Velez by what else, 2 points.
Here are the leaders and who they face next:
39 Estudiantes - Next: Wed Dec 8 at River Plate
37 Velez Sarsfield - Next: Wed Dec 8 v Huracan
FIFA
Rob Hughes of the International Herald Tribune on the decision to award the World Cup's to Russia and Qatar.
FIFA CLUB WORLD CUP
Taking place in the United Arab Emirates.
The club champion from each of the 6 federations (plus the host) face off for the world title.
dN
Matches & Scores:
Preliminary
-Wed Dec 8
Al Wahda SC (UAE) v Hekari United FC (Papua New Guinea)
Quarterfinals
-Fri Dec 10
TP Mazembe Englebert (DR Congo) v CF Pachuca (Mexico)
-Sat Dec 11
Prelim Winner v Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma FC (South Korea)
Semifinals
-Tue Dec 14
Fri Dec 10 Winner v Internacional (Brazil)
-Wed Dec 15
Sat Dec 11 Winner v Inter Milan (Italy)
Final
-Sat Dec 18
Winners
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