Some News for Fri Jan 28, 2011
STARTERS
The Derby du Nord!
-Sat Jan 29
Lille v Lens - 2pm Central
dN
Don't be surprised if this USA game in Cairo against Egypt on Feb 9 gets canceled. The political unrest is really cranking up, and the people who are going after the president are also going after the USA for "propping him up."
dN
The back injury suffered by Oguchi Onyewu is said to be NOT serious, but he will still be out of action for a couple of weeks most likely.
dN
Michael Bradley looks all but certain to be heading for Galatasaray as early as this weekend. Rumors are hot.
-Or is that Sunderland. Or Palermo. Or.... Bunky County?
STORY OF THE DAY
Steve Davis of Sports Illustrated is pretty convinced that Bob Bradley is moving Team USA into the 4-2-3-1 formation as their new standard.
-AAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHH - this makes me insane!
ASIA
Asian Cup
Jan 7-29
Qatar
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Final
-Sat Jan 29
Japan v Australia - 9am Central
QUESTIONS OF THE DAY
Scott French of ESPN does a quick Q & A with the man Landon Donovan.
HMMMMM, VERY INTERESTING
World Cup hand-ball-off-the-line-expert Luis Suarez has been sold by Ajax to Liverpool. Could be big!?
STAT OF THE DAY
The MLS salary cap for the 2011 season is $2.68M.
FACT OF THE DAY
In a MLS restructuring of the 2 conferences Houston has moved to the Eastern Division, and the two new teams Portland and Vancouver are in the Western.
Here is how the 2 conferences will look now:
Eastern
Chicago Fire SC
Columbus Crew
DC United
Houston Dynamo
New England Revolution
New York Red Bulls
Philadelphia Union
Sporting Kansas City
Toronto FC
Western
CD Chivas USA
Colorado Rapids
FC Dallas
LA Galaxy
Portland Timbers
Real Salt Lake
San Jose Earthquakes
Seattle Sounders FC
Vancouver Whitecaps FC
MLS/USA & RELATED RUMORS
Soccer 365's rumor machine for a Friday.
MLS TEAM & PLAYER NEWS
General News
John Molinaro of the CBC has an update on roster status of domestic/international players for the 2 Canadian squads in the league.
dN
Soccer America gives us the full list of all the academy players that MLS teams have signed in the past year.
-28 players have been signed by the senior clubs, while 5 teams have not signed any (Columbus, Portland, Salt Lake, San Jose & Seattle.)
dN
You can read the official roster rules for the 2011 season.
COLORADO RAPIDS
The Raps signed winger Jaime Smith to a new contract.
COLUMBUS CREW
Jeff Cunningham is officially back in the canary and black uni for 2011.
SPORTING KANSAS CITY SC
William Browning of Yahoo writes about the significance of the new stadium.
dN
Andrea Canales of Goal.com talks to Super Spork Omar Bravo.
LA GALAXY
LA has signed midfielder Miguel Lopez on a loan deal from Quilmes in Argentina.
dN
And goalkeeper Donovan Ricketts now has a Green Card and is no longer considered an international player.
dN
Phil Collin of the Daily News looks at the roster as preseason begins.
dN
LA has signed 16 year old academy player Jack McBean.
NEW YORK RED BULLS
After nearly 12 months of red tape the team has finally signed forward Luke Rodgers, who had played for Bakke at Notts County in '09.
SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES
Tony Donatelli who has played against my teams Thunder/Stars and killed us so many damn times I could scream, has signed with San Jose. Great pick up.
NASL NEWS
Brian Straus of Fanhouse on the leagues plan for earning official sanctioning from US Soccer.
AMERICANS IN EUROPE
Greg Seltzer reports that Ricardo Clark has suffered a fractured left cheekbone that will keep him out of action until March 1.
dN
Andrew Vorce of Yanks Abroad talks to Brad Guzan.
dN
Coming Up: (all possible players are listed)
Americans in FA Cup - 4th Round
Clint Dempsey - Fulham - Sun Jan 30 v Tottenham
Robbie Findley - Nottingham Forest - Sun Jan 30 at West Ham
Brad Friedel - Aston Villa - Sat Jan 29 v Blackburn
Marcus Hahnemann - Wolverhampton - Sat Jan 29 v Stoke
Stuart Holden - Bolton - Sat Jan 29 v Wigan
Tim Howard - Everton - Sat Jan 29 v Chelsea
Eddie Johnson - Fulham - Sun Jan 30 v Tottenham
Jermiane Jones - Blackburn - Sat Jan 29 at Aston Villa
Eric Lichaj - Aston Villa - Sat Jan 29 v Blackburn
Jonathan Spector - West Ham - Sun Jan 30 v Nottingham Forest
MEXICO
ultra-talented but troubled Mexican international Carlos Vela has been loaned out to West Bromich Albion by Arsenal where he never could get on the field.
ENGLAND
FA CUP - 4th Round
-Sat Jan 29
Everton v Chelsea
Swansea City v Leyton Orient
Aston Villa v Blackburn
Torquay United v Crawley Town
Watford v Brighton & Hove Albion
Bolton v Wigan
Burnley v Burton Albion
Birmingham v Coventry
Wolverhampton v Stoke
Stevenage v Reading
Sheffield Wednesday v Hereford United
Southampton v Manchester United
-Sun Jan 30
Arsenal or Leeds v Huddersfield Town
Notts County v Manchester City
West Ham v Nottingham Forest
Fulham v Tottenham
SPAIN
Top of La Liga Table:
55 Barcelona - Sat Jan 29 at Hercules (20 GP)
51 Real Madrid - Sun Jan 30 at Osasuna (20 GP)
42 Villarreal - Sun Jan 30 at Espanyol (20 GP)
40 Valencia - Mon Jan 31 at Racing Santander (20 GP)
37 Espnayol - Sun Jan 30 v Villarreal(20 GP)
GERMANY
Top of the Bundesliga Table:
47 Borussia Dortmund - Sat Jan 29 at Wolfsburg (19 GP)
36 Bayer Leverkusen - Fri Jan 28 v Hannover (19 GP)
34 Hannover - Fri Jan 28 at Leverkusen (19 GP)
33 Bayern Munich - Sat Jan 29 at Werder Bremen (19 GP)
33 Mainz - Sat Jan 29 at Kaiserslautern (19 GP)
ITALY
Inter has shipped Jonathan Biabiany and a boat load of cash to Sampdoria for striker Giampaolo Pazzini.
dN
Top of the Serie A Table:
44 Milan - Sat Jan 29 at Catania (21 GP)
40 Napoli - Sun Jan 30 v Sampdoria (21 GP)
38 Roma - Sun Jan 30 at Bologna (21 GP)
37 Lazio - Sat Jan 29 v Fioretina (21 GP)
35 Inter - Sun Jan 30 v Palermo (20 GP)
35 Juventus - Sun Jan 30 v Udinese (21 GP)
dN
COPPA ITALIA - Quarterfinals
-Tue Jan 25
Palermo 0-0 Parma - Pal advances 5-4 in a Penalty Kick Shootout.
-Wed Jan 26
Napoli 0-0 Inter - Int advances 5-4 in a Penalty Kick Shootout.
Sampdoria 1-2 Milan
-Thu Jan 27
Juventus 0-2 Roma
Roma, Palermo, Inter and Milan are in the Semifinals.
EUROPE
NETHERLANDS - KNVB BEKER - Quarterfinals
-Tue Jan 25
RKC Waalwijk 6-0 Noordwijk
-Wed Jan 26
Twente 1-1 PSV - Twe advances 7-6 in Penalty Kick Shootout.
Utrecht 3-2 Groningen
-Thu Jan 27
Ajax 4-1 NAC Breda
Ajax, Waalwijk, Twente & Utrecht advance to the Semifinals next week.
COPA LIBERTADORES
Intial Round (to fill the final 6 spots in the Group Stage)
Matches & Scores:
1st Leg
-Tue Jan 25
#5 Independiente (Argentina) 2-0 Quito (Ecuador) - Ind goals by Matias Defederico & Patricio Rodriguez.
-Wed Jan 26
#1 Corinthians(Brazil) 0-0 Tolima (Colombia)
#2 Alianza (Peru) 0-2 Chiapas Jaguares (Mexico) - CJ goals by Michael Pedroza & Jorge Rodriguez(PK).
#6 Liverpool (Uruguay) 2-2 Gremio (Brazil) - Liv goals by Maureen Franco & Nicolas Guevara. Gre goals by Andre Lima & Douglas.
-Thu Jan 27
#3 Cerro Porteno (Paraguay) 1-0 Petare (Venezuela) - CP goal by Roberto Nanni.
#4 Bolivar (Bolivia) 0-1 Union Espanola (Chile) - UE goal by Fernando Cordero.
The Derby du Nord!
-Sat Jan 29
Lille v Lens - 2pm Central
dN
Don't be surprised if this USA game in Cairo against Egypt on Feb 9 gets canceled. The political unrest is really cranking up, and the people who are going after the president are also going after the USA for "propping him up."
dN
The back injury suffered by Oguchi Onyewu is said to be NOT serious, but he will still be out of action for a couple of weeks most likely.
dN
Michael Bradley looks all but certain to be heading for Galatasaray as early as this weekend. Rumors are hot.
-Or is that Sunderland. Or Palermo. Or.... Bunky County?
STORY OF THE DAY
Steve Davis of Sports Illustrated is pretty convinced that Bob Bradley is moving Team USA into the 4-2-3-1 formation as their new standard.
-AAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHH - this makes me insane!
ASIA
Asian Cup
Jan 7-29
Qatar
dN
Final
-Sat Jan 29
Japan v Australia - 9am Central
QUESTIONS OF THE DAY
Scott French of ESPN does a quick Q & A with the man Landon Donovan.
HMMMMM, VERY INTERESTING
World Cup hand-ball-off-the-line-expert Luis Suarez has been sold by Ajax to Liverpool. Could be big!?
STAT OF THE DAY
The MLS salary cap for the 2011 season is $2.68M.
FACT OF THE DAY
In a MLS restructuring of the 2 conferences Houston has moved to the Eastern Division, and the two new teams Portland and Vancouver are in the Western.
Here is how the 2 conferences will look now:
Eastern
Chicago Fire SC
Columbus Crew
DC United
Houston Dynamo
New England Revolution
New York Red Bulls
Philadelphia Union
Sporting Kansas City
Toronto FC
Western
CD Chivas USA
Colorado Rapids
FC Dallas
LA Galaxy
Portland Timbers
Real Salt Lake
San Jose Earthquakes
Seattle Sounders FC
Vancouver Whitecaps FC
MLS/USA & RELATED RUMORS
Soccer 365's rumor machine for a Friday.
MLS TEAM & PLAYER NEWS
General News
John Molinaro of the CBC has an update on roster status of domestic/international players for the 2 Canadian squads in the league.
dN
Soccer America gives us the full list of all the academy players that MLS teams have signed in the past year.
-28 players have been signed by the senior clubs, while 5 teams have not signed any (Columbus, Portland, Salt Lake, San Jose & Seattle.)
dN
You can read the official roster rules for the 2011 season.
COLORADO RAPIDS
The Raps signed winger Jaime Smith to a new contract.
COLUMBUS CREW
Jeff Cunningham is officially back in the canary and black uni for 2011.
SPORTING KANSAS CITY SC
William Browning of Yahoo writes about the significance of the new stadium.
dN
Andrea Canales of Goal.com talks to Super Spork Omar Bravo.
LA GALAXY
LA has signed midfielder Miguel Lopez on a loan deal from Quilmes in Argentina.
dN
And goalkeeper Donovan Ricketts now has a Green Card and is no longer considered an international player.
dN
Phil Collin of the Daily News looks at the roster as preseason begins.
dN
LA has signed 16 year old academy player Jack McBean.
NEW YORK RED BULLS
After nearly 12 months of red tape the team has finally signed forward Luke Rodgers, who had played for Bakke at Notts County in '09.
SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES
Tony Donatelli who has played against my teams Thunder/Stars and killed us so many damn times I could scream, has signed with San Jose. Great pick up.
NASL NEWS
Brian Straus of Fanhouse on the leagues plan for earning official sanctioning from US Soccer.
AMERICANS IN EUROPE
Greg Seltzer reports that Ricardo Clark has suffered a fractured left cheekbone that will keep him out of action until March 1.
dN
Andrew Vorce of Yanks Abroad talks to Brad Guzan.
dN
Coming Up: (all possible players are listed)
Americans in FA Cup - 4th Round
Clint Dempsey - Fulham - Sun Jan 30 v Tottenham
Robbie Findley - Nottingham Forest - Sun Jan 30 at West Ham
Brad Friedel - Aston Villa - Sat Jan 29 v Blackburn
Marcus Hahnemann - Wolverhampton - Sat Jan 29 v Stoke
Stuart Holden - Bolton - Sat Jan 29 v Wigan
Tim Howard - Everton - Sat Jan 29 v Chelsea
Eddie Johnson - Fulham - Sun Jan 30 v Tottenham
Jermiane Jones - Blackburn - Sat Jan 29 at Aston Villa
Eric Lichaj - Aston Villa - Sat Jan 29 v Blackburn
Jonathan Spector - West Ham - Sun Jan 30 v Nottingham Forest
MEXICO
ultra-talented but troubled Mexican international Carlos Vela has been loaned out to West Bromich Albion by Arsenal where he never could get on the field.
ENGLAND
FA CUP - 4th Round
-Sat Jan 29
Everton v Chelsea
Swansea City v Leyton Orient
Aston Villa v Blackburn
Torquay United v Crawley Town
Watford v Brighton & Hove Albion
Bolton v Wigan
Burnley v Burton Albion
Birmingham v Coventry
Wolverhampton v Stoke
Stevenage v Reading
Sheffield Wednesday v Hereford United
Southampton v Manchester United
-Sun Jan 30
Arsenal or Leeds v Huddersfield Town
Notts County v Manchester City
West Ham v Nottingham Forest
Fulham v Tottenham
SPAIN
Top of La Liga Table:
55 Barcelona - Sat Jan 29 at Hercules (20 GP)
51 Real Madrid - Sun Jan 30 at Osasuna (20 GP)
42 Villarreal - Sun Jan 30 at Espanyol (20 GP)
40 Valencia - Mon Jan 31 at Racing Santander (20 GP)
37 Espnayol - Sun Jan 30 v Villarreal(20 GP)
GERMANY
Top of the Bundesliga Table:
47 Borussia Dortmund - Sat Jan 29 at Wolfsburg (19 GP)
36 Bayer Leverkusen - Fri Jan 28 v Hannover (19 GP)
34 Hannover - Fri Jan 28 at Leverkusen (19 GP)
33 Bayern Munich - Sat Jan 29 at Werder Bremen (19 GP)
33 Mainz - Sat Jan 29 at Kaiserslautern (19 GP)
ITALY
Inter has shipped Jonathan Biabiany and a boat load of cash to Sampdoria for striker Giampaolo Pazzini.
dN
Top of the Serie A Table:
44 Milan - Sat Jan 29 at Catania (21 GP)
40 Napoli - Sun Jan 30 v Sampdoria (21 GP)
38 Roma - Sun Jan 30 at Bologna (21 GP)
37 Lazio - Sat Jan 29 v Fioretina (21 GP)
35 Inter - Sun Jan 30 v Palermo (20 GP)
35 Juventus - Sun Jan 30 v Udinese (21 GP)
dN
COPPA ITALIA - Quarterfinals
-Tue Jan 25
Palermo 0-0 Parma - Pal advances 5-4 in a Penalty Kick Shootout.
-Wed Jan 26
Napoli 0-0 Inter - Int advances 5-4 in a Penalty Kick Shootout.
Sampdoria 1-2 Milan
-Thu Jan 27
Juventus 0-2 Roma
Roma, Palermo, Inter and Milan are in the Semifinals.
EUROPE
NETHERLANDS - KNVB BEKER - Quarterfinals
-Tue Jan 25
RKC Waalwijk 6-0 Noordwijk
-Wed Jan 26
Twente 1-1 PSV - Twe advances 7-6 in Penalty Kick Shootout.
Utrecht 3-2 Groningen
-Thu Jan 27
Ajax 4-1 NAC Breda
Ajax, Waalwijk, Twente & Utrecht advance to the Semifinals next week.
COPA LIBERTADORES
Intial Round (to fill the final 6 spots in the Group Stage)
Matches & Scores:
1st Leg
-Tue Jan 25
#5 Independiente (Argentina) 2-0 Quito (Ecuador) - Ind goals by Matias Defederico & Patricio Rodriguez.
-Wed Jan 26
#1 Corinthians(Brazil) 0-0 Tolima (Colombia)
#2 Alianza (Peru) 0-2 Chiapas Jaguares (Mexico) - CJ goals by Michael Pedroza & Jorge Rodriguez(PK).
#6 Liverpool (Uruguay) 2-2 Gremio (Brazil) - Liv goals by Maureen Franco & Nicolas Guevara. Gre goals by Andre Lima & Douglas.
-Thu Jan 27
#3 Cerro Porteno (Paraguay) 1-0 Petare (Venezuela) - CP goal by Roberto Nanni.
#4 Bolivar (Bolivia) 0-1 Union Espanola (Chile) - UE goal by Fernando Cordero.
posted by brucio at 18:15
1 Comments:
Why the hate for the 4-2-3-1, Bruce? We have four really good central midfielders (Bradley, Jones, Edu and Holden) and only one decent and (somewhat) proven striker (Jozy).
Unless Charlie comes back, or Teal and/or Juan show something against top level competition like Argentina or Paraguay, then we really only have one legitimate starting striker and that's Jozy. Herculez Gomez seems to have been a bit of a flash in the pan and as much as I love Edson Buddle he still has to show he can make the transition from top MLS striker to a productive member of the USMNT. I thought Bob should have played him more in South Africa, but it is what it is.
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