Some News for Tue Jan 18, 2011

STARTERS

Jermaine Jones deal to Blackburn was a LOAN not a sale.

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The Copa Centroamericana tournament finishes group play today.

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The Asian Cup finishes group play on Wednesday.

STORY OF THE DAY

Simon Evans of Reuters talks to the USA FIFA representative Chuck Blazer about the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, and the entire voting process.

TEAM USA

The annual January training camp for young and out-of season players with national team potential begins tomorrow Tue Jan 4 in Carson CA and ends with a friendly game on Sat Jan 22 at the Home Depot Center.

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Adam Serrano of Soccer By Ives on Juan Agudelo.

Brian Sciaretta of Yanks Abroad on Chris Wondolowski.

Noah Davis of MLSsoccer.com has 5 questions for Omar Gonzalez.

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Official team blog

Official Members of the USA Supporters got invited to training last week. Awesome. Here is some video from that day at practice.

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Match & Score:
-Sat Jan 22
USA v Chile - 9pm Central on Telefutura & ESPN3.com.
Venue: Home Depot Center, Carson CA

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USA Roster
G:
Dominic Cervi - Celtic
Sean Johnson - Chicago Fire
Matt Pickens - Colorado Rapids
Nick Rimando - Real Salt Lake
D:
A.J. DeLaGarza - Los Angeles Galaxy
Sean Franklin - Los Angeles Galaxy
Omar Gonzalez - Los Angeles Galaxy
Zach Loyd - FC Dallas
Ryan Miller - Halmstads
Tim Ream - New York Red Bulls
Anthony Wallace - Colorado Rapids
Marvell Wynne - Colorado Rapids
M:
Eric Alexander - FC Dallas
Alejandro Bedoya - Orebro
Sam Cronin - San Jose Earthquakes
Mikkel Diskerud - Stabaek
Jeff Larentowicz - Colorado Rapids
Dax McCarty - DC United
Brek Shea - FC Dallas
F:
Juan Agudelo - New York Red Bulls
Teal Bunbury - Sporting Kansas City
Yevgeni (Eugene) Starikov - Zenit/Tom Tomsk
Chris Wondolowski - San Jose Earthquakes

HMMMMM, VERY INTERESTING

The Nottingham Post in England with an article on what Forest coach Billy Davies thinks of soccer in America. (this article ran last week before the official signing of Robbie Findley - thank you Tommy for the link)

Billy Davies is the brother in law of Portland head coach John Spencer.

THIS IS WHAT ITS ALL ABOUT

Andrew Wiebe of MLSsoccer.com has a Q & A with Sporting Kansas City President Robb Heineman - Part 1 - and - Part 2.

PICTURE OF THE DAY

The French team has an interesting new look. Kinda look like the original Star Trek series to me. (click image to see in full glory)














And the TV ad - VIVE LE FOOTBALL LIBRE

MLS/USA & RELATED RUMORS

Claude Makelele is the latest old timer linked to the LA Galaxy.

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Robbie Savage's column last week in the English newspaper the Mirror about his interest in Vancouver is hilarious.

MLS TEAM & PLAYER NEWS

General News

Steve Davis of Sports Illustrated tells MLS teams that some of them could use a good goalkeeper that will cost designated player money, and they would be worth it.

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The Supplemental Draft took place today via conference call, which is essentially the SuperDraft Rounds 4 and beyond, until teams don't want to select the rights to any more players.
-The league gives us a full list of which players the teams selected.

COLORADO RAPIDS

Forward Omar Cummings was denied a work permit to go to Aston Villa on a loan deal. End of story.

FC DALLAS

The Dallas Business Journal reports that 4 unnamed companies are in a multi-million dollar battle for a spot on the front of the FCD jersey for 2011.

DC UNITED

The Washington Post with another update on the team's search for a new stadium site in the District.

LA GALAXY

The Galaxy has been able to secure another loan deal on 2 of their 3 Brazilian players from Sao Paolo and will keep central midfielder Juninho & centerback Leonardo, while not renewing the deal for left midfielder Alex Cazumba.

NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION

The Rev's signed Seth Sinovic to a new deal. The player was acquired from New York after the season ended. The player was drafted before last season and saw a decent amount of time on the field. Obviously coach Steve Nicol sees something he can work with. Thanks to those who sent me the corrections.

The team has also released centerback Emmanuel Osei from his contract.

NEW YORK RED BULLS

The RB's hired Jan Halvor Halvorsen as a new assistant coach. He was last with Notodden in Norway.

PORTLAND TIMBERS

Geoffrey Arnold of the Oregonian with an article on the team's new forward Kenny Cooper.

REAL SALT LAKE

RSL has replaced departed assistant coach Robin Fraser with former Fire centerback CJ Brown.
-Great move.

MLS EXPANSION

Frank Giase of the Newark Star Ledger on the latest news about a 2nd New York area team in MLS.

USL PRO NEWS

Brian Quarstad of IMSoccer gives us the full run down on the upcoming season.
-The whole set up is pretty normal, until you get to the insane parts!

SOCCER IN AMERICA

CONCACAF's 2012 Olympic qualifying will happen in the USA. No other details available yet.

AMERICANS IN EUROPE

Game Action:
-Tue Jan 18

SPAIN - Copa Del Rey - 2nd Leg
Jozy Altidore - Villarreal - Tue Jan 18 - started and went 62 minutes but lost 3-0 at Sevilla (Vil were eliminated 6-3 on agg.)

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Coming Up: (all possible players are listed)

NETHERLANDS - Eredivisie
Oguchi Onyewu - Twente - Wed Jan 19 v Heracles

AMERICANS IN EUROPE - RUMORS

Is Michael Bradley being chased by Sunderland?

COPA CENTROAMERICANA

The 7 country Central American (UNCAF) championship is underway, hosted by Panama.

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El Salvador, Panama & Costa Rica have advanced to the knock out stage.

The 4 semifinalists will be part of the Gold Cup CONCACAF championship next summer.

Belize & Nicaragua are out.

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Matches & Scores:
Group Stage
-Fri Jan 14
El Salvador 2-0 Nicaragua - ES goals by Jaime Alas & Rafael Burgus.
Costa Rica 1-1 Honduras - CR goal by Victor Nunez. Hon goal by Ramon Nunez.
Panama 2-0 Belize - Pan goals by Edwin Aguilar & Roberto Brown.
-Sun Jan 16
Belize 2-5 El Salvador - Bel goals by Elroy Smith & Orlando Jimenez. ES goals by Osael Romero, Rafael Burgos(2), Jaime Alas & Deris Umanzor.
Guatemala 0-2 Costa Rica - CR goals by Marcos Urena(2).
Panama 2-0 Nicaragua - Pan goals by Alice (Armando) Cooper & Luis Renteria.
-Tue Jan 18
Nicaragua v Belize
Honduras v Guatemala
Panama v El Salvador

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GROUP A
ADV-6 El Salvador (+5)
ADV-6 Panama (+4)
Out-0 Belize (-5)
Out-0 Nicaragua (-4)
GROUP B
ADV-4 Costa Rica (+2)
0 Guatemala (-2)
1 Honduras (0)

SPAIN

COPA DEL REY

Sevilla is team 1 to advance to the Semifinals.

Quarterfinals
Matches & Scores:
2nd Leg
-Tue Jan 18
Sevilla 3-0 Villarreal - Sev advance 6-3 on aggregate.
-Wed Jan 19
Real Betis v Barcelona (0-5)
Deportivo la Coruna v Almeria (0-1)
-Thu Jan 20
Atletico Madrid v Real Madrid (1-3)

ITALY

COPPA ITALIA
Round of 16
Matches & Scores:
-Tue Jan 18
Napoli 2-1 Bologna
-Wed Jan 19
Sampdoria v Udinese
Roma v Lazio
-Thu Jan 20
Milan v Bari

Napoli, Juventus, Parma, Palermo & Inter have advanced.

BRAZIL

Tim Vickery of the BBC on the return of Ronaldinho to his native league.

ASIA

Asian Cup
Jan 7-29
Qatar

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Uzbekistan advanced as A1, Qatar as A2, Japan as B1, Jordan as B2, Australia as C1, South Korea as C2, and Iran as D1 to the knockout rounds.

Bahrain, China, Kuwait, Syria, India and Saudi Arabia have been eliminated.

Iraq, N Korea & UAE remain in contention for the last Quarterfinal spot - D2.

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Group Stage
Matches & Scores:
-Fri Jan 7
Qatar 0-2 Uzbekistan - Uzb goals by Odil Ahmedov & Server Djeparov.
-Sat Jan 8
Kuwait 0-2 China - Chi goals by Zhang Linpeng & Deng Zhuoxiang.
-Sun Jan 9
Japan 1-1 Jordan - Jap goal by Maya Yoshida. Jor goal by Hassan Abdel Fattah.
Saudi Arabia 1-2 Syria - SA goal by Taisir Al Jassim. Syr goals both by Abdelrazaq Al Hussain.
-Mon Jan 10
India 0-4 Australia - Aus goals by Tim Cahill(2), Harry Kewel & Brett Holman.
S Korea 2-1 Bahrain - SK goals both by Ja-Cheol Koo. Bah goal by Fawzi Mubarak.
-Tue Jan 11
N Korea 0-0 UAE
Iraq 1-2 Iran - q goal by Younis Mahmoud. n goals by Gholamreza Rezaei & Iman Mobali.
-Wed Jan 12
Uzbekistan 2-1 Kuwait - Uzb goals by Maksim Shatskikh & Server Djeparov. Kuw goal by Bader Al Mutwa(PK).
China 0-2 Qatar - Qat goals both by Yousef Ahmad.
-Thu Jan 13
Jordan 1-0 Saudi Arabia - Jor goal by Baha'a Abdulrahman.
Syria 1-2 Japan - Syr goal by Firas Al Khatib. Jap goals by Makoto Hasebe & Keisuke Honda.
-Fri Jan 14
Australia 1-1 S Korea - Aus goal by Michael Jedinak. SK goal by Ja-Cheol Koo.
Bahrain 5-2 India - Bah goals by Fawzi Ayish(PK) & Ismaeel Abdulatif(4). Ind goals by Gouramangi Aingh & Sunil Chetri.
-Sat Jan 15
Iran 1-0 N Korea - n goal by Karim Ansarifard.
UAE 0-1 Iraq q goal by Waleed Abbas(OG).
-Sun Jan 16
China 2-2 Uzbekistan - Chi goals by Yu Hai & Hai Junmin. Uzb goals by Odil Ahmedov & Aleksandr Geynrikh.
Qatar 3-0 Kuwait - Qat goals by Bilal Mohammed, Mohammed Al Sayed & Fabio Montezine.
-Mon Jan 17
Jordan 2-1 Syria - Jor goals by Ali Diab(OG) & Odai Al Saifi. Syr goal by Mohamed Al Zeno.
Saudi Arabia 0-5 Japan - Jap goals by Shinji Okazaki(3) & Ryoichi Maeda(2).
-Tue Jan 18
Australia 1-0 Bahrain - Aus goal by Mihael Jedinak.
S Korea 4-1 India - SK goals by Dong-Won Ji(2), Ja-Cheol Koo & Heung-Min Son. Ind goal by Sunil Chetri(PK).
-Wed Jan 19
UAE v Iran
Iraq v N Korea

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GROUP A (3 played)
ADV-7 Uzbekistan (+3)
ADV-6 Qatar (+3)
OUT-4 China (0)
OUT-0 Kuwait (-3)
GROUP B (3 played)
ADV-7 Japan (+6)
ADV-7 Jordan (+2)
OUT-3 Syria (-1)
OUT-0 Saudi Arabia (-7)
GROUP C (2 played)
ADV-7 Australia (+5)
ADV-7 S Korea (+4)
OUT-3 Bahrain (+1)
OUT-0 India (-10)
GROUP D (2 played)
ADV-6 Iran (+2)
3 Iraq (0)
1 N Korea (-1)
1 UAE (-1)

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Quarterfinals
Matches & Scores:
-Fri Jan 21
Japan v Qatar
Uzbekistan v Jordan
-Sat Jan 22
Australia v D2
Iran v South Korea

ENDERS

Eco-Friendly robber. This dude with a plastic bag on his head tried to rob several stores in the LA area last month. He got nothing but arrested for his efforts. Honestly, what was this chucklehead thinking?