Some News for Tue Jan 25, 2011
STARTERS
Netherlands & Bayern Munich captain Mark Van Bommel has been sold to Milan.
-Message to all Serie A players - go buy some bigger shin and ankle guards.
dN
It will be Japan v Australia for the Asian Cup championship on Saturday morning.
STORY OF THE DAY
I never like it when someone loses their job, but Andy Gray has been justly fired by Sky Sports for horrible comments he made about a female referee and other sexist shit-talk.
Owen Gibson of the Guardian with news of another incident involving Andy Gray and a 3rd Sky reporter dissing the woman who was to be the assistant referee in a match (this time caught on video), on the same day that Gray and Richard Keys were caught spewing sexist remarks on air (they thought they were off.)
Cristina Odone of The Telegraph feels the duo should not be fired, which would only make them sympathetic victims.
TEAM USA
Kyle McCarthy of Goal.com sees a few positives from the just finished January camp.
FACT OF THE DAY
Wayne Rooney makes $41,000 per day.
That is more then I will make this whole year.
MLS/USA & RELATED RUMORS
Today's name for the hopper: Georgios Samaras.
MLS TEAM & PLAYER NEWS
CD CHIVAS USA
The team will have a new shirt sponsor for this season - Corona Extra.
FC DALLAS
The Kalamazoo Gazette with an article on hometown boy Eric Alexander.
DC UNITED
Steve Goff of the Washington Post writes about DCU as they officially begin 2011 on the field.
SPORTING KANSAS CITY SC
Great video from the team of forward Kei Kamara getting a taste for snow. Literally. Hilarious!
LA GALAXY
Here is the team's preseason schedule.
dN
Cobi Jones's spot on the assistant coaches bench has been filled by Bruce Arena protege and former KC/DC head coach Curt Onalfo.
NEW YORK RED BULLS
Michael Lewis of Big Apple Soccertalks to GM Erik Soler about what positions the team is stilling looking to fill for the new season.
dN
Lewis also talks to new signing Jan Gunnar Solli.
dN
And finally Lewis fill us in an the health of Thierry Henry.
-Henry is recharging his battery. But he is not 100%.
dN
The Hereford Times talks to Carl Robinson about the loss of his father, and football.
dN
Academy player Matt Kassel has officially signed a contract with the senior team.
PHILADELPHIA UNION
John Smallwood of the Daily News on year two for striker Danny Mwanga.
dN
Jeremiah White is getting a look in the Union preseason.
-White has spent the last several years at various teams around Europe.
SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES
The Philadelphia Inquirer on the return to top form last season for Bobby Convey.
-He is getting an award from his native Philadelphia Sports Writers Association.
VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC
Bruce Constantineau of the Sun on the start of Caps-camp.
NSC MINNESOTA STARS
Here is the Stars 2011 regular season schedule:
Sat Apr 09 at Atlanta
Sat Apr 16 at Miami
Tue Apr 26 at Puerto Rico
Sat Apr 30 v Carolina
Sat May 07 v Miami
Sat May 14 v Atlanta
Wed May 18 v Puerto Rico
Sun May 22 at Edmonton
Sat May 28 v Tampa Bay
Wed Jun 01 at Puerto Rico
Sat Jun 04 at Atlanta
Sat Jun 11 at Miami
Sat Jun 18 v Edmonton
Mon Jul 04 v Edmonton
Sat Jul 09 v Carolina
Sun Jul 17 v Tampa Bay
Fri Jul 22 v Montreal
Sat Aug 06 at Montreal
Wed Aug 10 v Miami
Sat Aug 13 at Tampa Bay
Wed Aug 17 at Carolina
Sat Aug 20 at Montreal
Sat Aug 27 v Montreal
Sat Sep 03 at Edmonton
Wed Sep 07 v Tampa Bay
Sat Sep 10 v Atlanta
Sat Sep 17 at Tampa Bay
Sat Sep 24 at Carolina
AMERICANS IN EUROPE
Rob Hughes of the New York Times on Brad Friedel's continued excellence in goal, but big financial troubles off the field.
dN
Game Action:
ENGLAND - Premier League
Brad Friedel - Aston Villa - Tue Jan 25 in goal for a 1-2 win at Wigan.
GERMANY - DFB Pokal Quarterfinals
Timothy Chandler - Nurnberg - Tue Jan 25 came on as a sub in the 88th min but lost 3-2 at Schalke and are out of the tourney.
dN
Coming Up: (all possible players are listed)
ENGLAND - League Cup Semifinals 2nd Leg
Jonathan Spector - West Ham - Wed Jan 26 at Birmingham leading 2-1
ENGLAND - Premier League
Clint Dempsey - Fulham - Wed Jan 26 at Liverpool
Eddie Johnson - Fulham - Wed Jan 26 at Liverpool
GERMANY - DFB Pokal Quarterfinals
David Yelldell - Duisburg - Wed Jan 26 v Kaiserslautern
SCOTLAND - Premier League
Mo Edu - Rangers - Wed Jan 26 at Hibs.
AMERICANS IN SOUTH AMERICA
Arch Bell of Yanks Abroad reports that goalkeeper Matt Glaeser has signed with Bolivian club Jorge Wilstermann (yes that is the real name), and will get a chance to play in this years Copa Libertadores.
AMERICANS IN ASIA
Jonah Freedman of MLSsoccer.com was on a trip to Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam and got a chance to sit down with former prodigy Lee Nguyen.
-Lee is the most popular soccer player in the country.
ENGLAND
LEAGUE CUP
Arsenal advances to the Final!
Semifinals
2nd Leg
-Tue Jan 25
Arsenal 3-0 Ipswich - Ars advances 3-1 on aggregate.
-Wed Jan 26
Birmingham v West Ham (1-2)
SPAIN
Giuseppe Rossi has signed a new contract with Villarreal that runs through the end of the 2015-16 season.
dN
COPA DEL REY
Semifinals
1st Leg
-Wed Jan 26
Barcelona v Almeria
Sevilla v Real Madrid
2nd Leg
-Wed Feb 2
Almeria V Barcelona (-)
Real Madrid v Sevilla (-)
GERMANY
DFB POKAL
Schalke is the first team to advance to the Semifinals.
Quarterfinals
-Tue Jan 25
Schalke 3-2 Nurnberg
-Wed Jan 26
Energie Cottbus v Hoffenheim
Duisburg v Kaiserslautern
Alemannia Aachen v Bayern Munchen
ITALY
COPPA ITALIA
Palermo has advanced to the Semifinals.
Quarterfinals
-Tue Jan 25
Palermo 0-0 Parma - Pal advances 5-4 in a Penalty Kick Shootout.
-Wed Jan 26
Napoli v Inter
Sampdoria v Milan
-Thu Jan 27
Juventus v Roma
EUROPE
Jack Bell of the New York Times on Europe's new breakout goalscorer for 2010-11 - Marc Janko of Twente.
COPA LIBERTADORES
Intial Round (to fill the final 6 spots in the Group Stage)
Matches & Scores:
1st Leg
-Tue Jan 25
#5 Independiente (Argentina) v Quito (Ecuador)
-Wed Jan 26
#1 Corinthians(Brazil) v Tolima (Colombia)
#2 Alianza (Peru) v Chiapas Jaguares (Mexico)
#6 Liverpool (Uruguay) v Gremio (Brazil)
-Thu Jan 27
#3 Cerro Porteno (Paraguay) v Petare (Venezuela)
#4 Bolivar (Bolivia) v Union Espanola (Chile)
ASIA
Asian Cup
Jan 7-29
Qatar
dN
Japan topped S Korea on penalty kicks as they two best teams in the region had to face off in the Semifinals.
Australia easily won the other Semi destroying the Uzbeks 6-0. Oof.
dN
Semifinals
Matches & Scores:
-Tue Jan 25
Japan 2-2 S Korea - Jap advances 3-0 in a Penalty Kick Shootout - Jap goals by Ryoichi Maeda & Hajime Hosogai. SK goals by Sung-Yong Ki & Jae-Won Hwang.
Uzbekistan 0-6 Australia - Aus goals by Harry Kewel, Sasa Ognenovski, David Carney, Brett Emerton, Carl Valeri & Robbie Kruse.
dN
Final
-Sat Jan 29
Japan v Australia
ENDERS
DJ Henry Rollins has been cooking up some big rock n roll mixes for us that don't have to adhere to the FCC rules like his radio show on KCRW has to. Included is a particularly vile and hilarious Bill Hicks romp on Rush Limburger. This is his second blast, and clocks in at around 1 hour 20 minutes. Download or listen here. Wild and fantastic stuff! Crank it Jack!
Netherlands & Bayern Munich captain Mark Van Bommel has been sold to Milan.
-Message to all Serie A players - go buy some bigger shin and ankle guards.
dN
It will be Japan v Australia for the Asian Cup championship on Saturday morning.
STORY OF THE DAY
I never like it when someone loses their job, but Andy Gray has been justly fired by Sky Sports for horrible comments he made about a female referee and other sexist shit-talk.
Owen Gibson of the Guardian with news of another incident involving Andy Gray and a 3rd Sky reporter dissing the woman who was to be the assistant referee in a match (this time caught on video), on the same day that Gray and Richard Keys were caught spewing sexist remarks on air (they thought they were off.)
Cristina Odone of The Telegraph feels the duo should not be fired, which would only make them sympathetic victims.
TEAM USA
Kyle McCarthy of Goal.com sees a few positives from the just finished January camp.
FACT OF THE DAY
Wayne Rooney makes $41,000 per day.
That is more then I will make this whole year.
MLS/USA & RELATED RUMORS
Today's name for the hopper: Georgios Samaras.
MLS TEAM & PLAYER NEWS
CD CHIVAS USA
The team will have a new shirt sponsor for this season - Corona Extra.
FC DALLAS
The Kalamazoo Gazette with an article on hometown boy Eric Alexander.
DC UNITED
Steve Goff of the Washington Post writes about DCU as they officially begin 2011 on the field.
SPORTING KANSAS CITY SC
Great video from the team of forward Kei Kamara getting a taste for snow. Literally. Hilarious!
LA GALAXY
Here is the team's preseason schedule.
dN
Cobi Jones's spot on the assistant coaches bench has been filled by Bruce Arena protege and former KC/DC head coach Curt Onalfo.
NEW YORK RED BULLS
Michael Lewis of Big Apple Soccertalks to GM Erik Soler about what positions the team is stilling looking to fill for the new season.
dN
Lewis also talks to new signing Jan Gunnar Solli.
dN
And finally Lewis fill us in an the health of Thierry Henry.
-Henry is recharging his battery. But he is not 100%.
dN
The Hereford Times talks to Carl Robinson about the loss of his father, and football.
dN
Academy player Matt Kassel has officially signed a contract with the senior team.
PHILADELPHIA UNION
John Smallwood of the Daily News on year two for striker Danny Mwanga.
dN
Jeremiah White is getting a look in the Union preseason.
-White has spent the last several years at various teams around Europe.
SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES
The Philadelphia Inquirer on the return to top form last season for Bobby Convey.
-He is getting an award from his native Philadelphia Sports Writers Association.
VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC
Bruce Constantineau of the Sun on the start of Caps-camp.
NSC MINNESOTA STARS
Here is the Stars 2011 regular season schedule:
Sat Apr 09 at Atlanta
Sat Apr 16 at Miami
Tue Apr 26 at Puerto Rico
Sat Apr 30 v Carolina
Sat May 07 v Miami
Sat May 14 v Atlanta
Wed May 18 v Puerto Rico
Sun May 22 at Edmonton
Sat May 28 v Tampa Bay
Wed Jun 01 at Puerto Rico
Sat Jun 04 at Atlanta
Sat Jun 11 at Miami
Sat Jun 18 v Edmonton
Mon Jul 04 v Edmonton
Sat Jul 09 v Carolina
Sun Jul 17 v Tampa Bay
Fri Jul 22 v Montreal
Sat Aug 06 at Montreal
Wed Aug 10 v Miami
Sat Aug 13 at Tampa Bay
Wed Aug 17 at Carolina
Sat Aug 20 at Montreal
Sat Aug 27 v Montreal
Sat Sep 03 at Edmonton
Wed Sep 07 v Tampa Bay
Sat Sep 10 v Atlanta
Sat Sep 17 at Tampa Bay
Sat Sep 24 at Carolina
AMERICANS IN EUROPE
Rob Hughes of the New York Times on Brad Friedel's continued excellence in goal, but big financial troubles off the field.
dN
Game Action:
ENGLAND - Premier League
Brad Friedel - Aston Villa - Tue Jan 25 in goal for a 1-2 win at Wigan.
GERMANY - DFB Pokal Quarterfinals
Timothy Chandler - Nurnberg - Tue Jan 25 came on as a sub in the 88th min but lost 3-2 at Schalke and are out of the tourney.
dN
Coming Up: (all possible players are listed)
ENGLAND - League Cup Semifinals 2nd Leg
Jonathan Spector - West Ham - Wed Jan 26 at Birmingham leading 2-1
ENGLAND - Premier League
Clint Dempsey - Fulham - Wed Jan 26 at Liverpool
Eddie Johnson - Fulham - Wed Jan 26 at Liverpool
GERMANY - DFB Pokal Quarterfinals
David Yelldell - Duisburg - Wed Jan 26 v Kaiserslautern
SCOTLAND - Premier League
Mo Edu - Rangers - Wed Jan 26 at Hibs.
AMERICANS IN SOUTH AMERICA
Arch Bell of Yanks Abroad reports that goalkeeper Matt Glaeser has signed with Bolivian club Jorge Wilstermann (yes that is the real name), and will get a chance to play in this years Copa Libertadores.
AMERICANS IN ASIA
Jonah Freedman of MLSsoccer.com was on a trip to Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam and got a chance to sit down with former prodigy Lee Nguyen.
-Lee is the most popular soccer player in the country.
ENGLAND
LEAGUE CUP
Arsenal advances to the Final!
Semifinals
2nd Leg
-Tue Jan 25
Arsenal 3-0 Ipswich - Ars advances 3-1 on aggregate.
-Wed Jan 26
Birmingham v West Ham (1-2)
SPAIN
Giuseppe Rossi has signed a new contract with Villarreal that runs through the end of the 2015-16 season.
dN
COPA DEL REY
Semifinals
1st Leg
-Wed Jan 26
Barcelona v Almeria
Sevilla v Real Madrid
2nd Leg
-Wed Feb 2
Almeria V Barcelona (-)
Real Madrid v Sevilla (-)
GERMANY
DFB POKAL
Schalke is the first team to advance to the Semifinals.
Quarterfinals
-Tue Jan 25
Schalke 3-2 Nurnberg
-Wed Jan 26
Energie Cottbus v Hoffenheim
Duisburg v Kaiserslautern
Alemannia Aachen v Bayern Munchen
ITALY
COPPA ITALIA
Palermo has advanced to the Semifinals.
Quarterfinals
-Tue Jan 25
Palermo 0-0 Parma - Pal advances 5-4 in a Penalty Kick Shootout.
-Wed Jan 26
Napoli v Inter
Sampdoria v Milan
-Thu Jan 27
Juventus v Roma
EUROPE
Jack Bell of the New York Times on Europe's new breakout goalscorer for 2010-11 - Marc Janko of Twente.
COPA LIBERTADORES
Intial Round (to fill the final 6 spots in the Group Stage)
Matches & Scores:
1st Leg
-Tue Jan 25
#5 Independiente (Argentina) v Quito (Ecuador)
-Wed Jan 26
#1 Corinthians(Brazil) v Tolima (Colombia)
#2 Alianza (Peru) v Chiapas Jaguares (Mexico)
#6 Liverpool (Uruguay) v Gremio (Brazil)
-Thu Jan 27
#3 Cerro Porteno (Paraguay) v Petare (Venezuela)
#4 Bolivar (Bolivia) v Union Espanola (Chile)
ASIA
Asian Cup
Jan 7-29
Qatar
dN
Japan topped S Korea on penalty kicks as they two best teams in the region had to face off in the Semifinals.
Australia easily won the other Semi destroying the Uzbeks 6-0. Oof.
dN
Semifinals
Matches & Scores:
-Tue Jan 25
Japan 2-2 S Korea - Jap advances 3-0 in a Penalty Kick Shootout - Jap goals by Ryoichi Maeda & Hajime Hosogai. SK goals by Sung-Yong Ki & Jae-Won Hwang.
Uzbekistan 0-6 Australia - Aus goals by Harry Kewel, Sasa Ognenovski, David Carney, Brett Emerton, Carl Valeri & Robbie Kruse.
dN
Final
-Sat Jan 29
Japan v Australia
ENDERS
DJ Henry Rollins has been cooking up some big rock n roll mixes for us that don't have to adhere to the FCC rules like his radio show on KCRW has to. Included is a particularly vile and hilarious Bill Hicks romp on Rush Limburger. This is his second blast, and clocks in at around 1 hour 20 minutes. Download or listen here. Wild and fantastic stuff! Crank it Jack!
posted by brucio at 17:24
3 Comments:
That Friedel Soccer camp sounds fantastic. I hope it succeeds.
Also, my wife suggested that Andy Gray and Richard Keys should have to do commentary for Women's soccer for 2 years.
Wes, the Friedel soccer academy went belly up a few years ago when the sponsorships dried up.
"Netherlands & Bayern Munich captain Mark Van Bommel has been sold to Milan.
-Message to all Serie A players - go buy some bigger shin and ankle guards."
Ah yes, Brucio. Let's all pray for those gentle, bambi-esque, sportsmanlike souls in Serie A! :p
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