Some News for Wed Jan 12, 2011
STARTERS
Lionel Messi grabbed 3 more goals today in the Copa Del Rey bringing his 2010-11 season total in all competitions for Barcelona to 33 goals in 28 games. Holy Hot Pistoli!
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After many rumors and rumors of rumors Ronaldinho is finally on a new team, and it is the name that popped up last - Flamengo of Rio De Janeiro. And like his former club Milan they too wear red and black stripes, but horizontal rather than vertical. The Vultures last won the Brazilian Serie A in 2009 when another troubled star was their big name player, Adriano. And if you go to their website right now, you will know how excited they are to have O Gaucho on their team. "The Best In The World!" the headline screams.
dN
Copa del Rey, Coppa Italia and League Cup matches today. See the Spain, Italy and England sections for details.
STORY OF THE DAY
Grant Wahl of Sports Illustrated does a Q & A with the public face of the new New York Cosmos Terry Byrne.
-You might remember that Byrne is the man who worked for Bex and was the inspiration for hiring Ruud Guillit to run the LA Galaxy.
The Cosmos are very serious about getting into MLS.
MLS SUPERDRAFT
Thursday is the MLS SuperDraft in Baltimore.
dN
Vancouver has the first overall pick, with Portland going next.
Bruce Constantineau of the Vancouver Sun on the Whitecaps choice for #1 overall.
dN
Here is the SuperDraft picking order for Round 1:
1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC
2 Portland Timbers
3 DC United
4 CD Chivas USA
5 Philadelphia Union
6 New England Revolution
7 Houston Dynamo
8 Vancouver Whitecaps FC (from TFC)
9 Chicago Fire SC
10 Sporting Kansas City
11 Seattle Sounders FC
12 Columbus Crew
13 New York Red Bulls
14 Real Salt Lake
15 San Jose Earthquakes
16 LA Galaxy
17 FC Dallas
18 Colorado Rapids
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And here is the order for subsequent rounds 2 & 3.
QUOTE OF THE DAY
"The Bundesliga must run from February to end-November rather than from August to May as it currently does. Of the 34 match days of the current season, you're 'frozen' during 20 of them."
-Former German star player and national team coach Rudi Voller.
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.
dN
Due to injuries both Justin Braun and Ugo Ihemelu have been released from the team.
Jack Bell of the New York Times on KC forward Teal Bunbury.
-And here is more on Bunbury from the Times blog.
Brian Sciaretta of Yanks Abroad talks to Sean Franklin about his experience.
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Official team blog
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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
MLS/USA & RELATED RUMORS
Rowdy Roddy Piper, I mean Robbie Savage, to Vancouver??
-Robbie is damned excited too, read his words from the BBC.
-He is also discussing it loud and clear on his Twitter feed.
dN
Soccer 365 gives us todays grapevine filled with rumors on Freddy Adu, Dwayne DeRosario, Andrew Ornoch, Edison Mendez, Joaquin Beltran and more.
MLS TEAM & PLAYER NEWS
CHICAGO FIRE
Leo Percovich has joined the Fire as their new goalkeeping coach.
FC DALLAS
FCD has signed their 5th academy player today - Jon Top.
LA GALAXY
This is what the second shirt will look like for '11.
NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION
Frank Dell'apa of the Globe on the teams new fullback Didier Domi.
Left midfielder Chris Tierney has signed a new contract with the team.
NEW YORK RED BULLS
Recently retired Mike Petke has been hired by the team in the roll of "Individual Developmental Coach and Business Operations Manager." What?
-Lets have the team tell us what that means.
Michael Lewis of Big Apple Soccer gives us the lowdown on the team's preseason plans.
PHILADELPHIA UNION
The Delaware County Daily Times on the team's new shirt sponsor - Bimbo.
The Daily News on the same topic.
Jeff Gammage of the Inquirer tells us what some fans think of the new shirts.
And lets give Jonathan Tannenwald of Philly.com the last word on this topic.
REAL SALT LAKE
Left sided midfielder Will Johnson has signed a new 4 year contract with the team.
SEATTLE SOUNDERS
Joshua Mayers of the Times has the transcript of a long Q & A with technical director Chris Henderson and head coach Sigi Schmid.
AMERICANS IN EUROPE
FYI: Oguchi Onyewu is one of 4 centerbacks at Twente, so he is going to have to fight for a spot in the first 11. We will really see where his repaired thigh tendon is at now.
dN
Greg Seltzer of MLSsoccer.com talks to Stuart Holden about Bolton's goal of earning a spot in next season's Europa League.
dN
Soccer 365 tells us that Josh Gatt has signed with Molde in Norway. Alright!
dN
Game Action:
SPAIN - Copa Del Rey Quarterfinals 1st Leg
Jozy Altidore - Villarreal - Wed Jan 12 gained more bench splinters as they drew 3-3 v Sevilla.
ENGLAND
Huge upset today as Arsenal lose.
LEAGUE CUP
Semifinals
1st leg
-Tue Jan 11
West Ham 2-1 Birmingham
-Wed Jan 12
Ipswich 1-0 Arsenal
2nd Leg
-Tue Jan 25
Arsenal v Ipswich
-Wed Jan 26
Birmingham v West Ham
SPAIN
Lionel Messi with 3 more goals today! Stunning!
COPA DEL REY
Quarterfinals
Matches & Scores:
1st Leg
-Wed Jan 12
Villarreal 3-3 Sevilla
Barcelona 5-0 Real Betis
-Thu Jan 13
Almeria v Deportivo la Coruna
Real Madrid v Atletico Madrid
ITALY
In the Cup today, Inter won their 3rd of 3 games under new head coach Leonardo.
COPPA ITALIA
Round of 16
Matches & Scores:
-Tue Dec 14
Parma 2-1 Fiorentina
-Wed Jan 12
Palermo 1-0 Chievo - Par goal by Fabrizio Miccoli(PK).
Inter 3-2 Genoa - Int goals by Samuel Eto'o(2) & McDonald Mariga. Gen goals by Houssine Kharja & Giuseppe Sculli(PK).
-Thu Jan 13
Juventus v Catania
-Tue Jan 18
Napoli v Bologna
-Wed Jan 19
Sampdoria v Udinese
Roma v Lazio
-Thu Jan 20
Milan v Bari
ASIA
Asian Cup
Jan 7-29
Qatar
dN
The Uzbies will again. Damn. 2 games, 6 points. Nicely done boys.
And how about China. Another tournament, another flop-aroo. They lose to the hosts today.
dN
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 v Saudi Arabia
Syria v Japan
-Fri Jan 14
Australia v S Korea
Bahrain v India
-Sat Jan 15
Iran v N Korea
UAE v Iraq
-Sun Jan 16
China v Uzbekistan
Qatar v Kuwait
-Mon Jan 17
Jordan v Syria
Saudi Arabia v Japan
-Tue Jan 18
Australia v Bahrain
S Korea v India
-Wed Jan 19
UAE v Iran
Iraq v N Korea
Lionel Messi grabbed 3 more goals today in the Copa Del Rey bringing his 2010-11 season total in all competitions for Barcelona to 33 goals in 28 games. Holy Hot Pistoli!
dN
After many rumors and rumors of rumors Ronaldinho is finally on a new team, and it is the name that popped up last - Flamengo of Rio De Janeiro. And like his former club Milan they too wear red and black stripes, but horizontal rather than vertical. The Vultures last won the Brazilian Serie A in 2009 when another troubled star was their big name player, Adriano. And if you go to their website right now, you will know how excited they are to have O Gaucho on their team. "The Best In The World!" the headline screams.
dN
Copa del Rey, Coppa Italia and League Cup matches today. See the Spain, Italy and England sections for details.
STORY OF THE DAY
Grant Wahl of Sports Illustrated does a Q & A with the public face of the new New York Cosmos Terry Byrne.
-You might remember that Byrne is the man who worked for Bex and was the inspiration for hiring Ruud Guillit to run the LA Galaxy.
The Cosmos are very serious about getting into MLS.
MLS SUPERDRAFT
Thursday is the MLS SuperDraft in Baltimore.
dN
Vancouver has the first overall pick, with Portland going next.
Bruce Constantineau of the Vancouver Sun on the Whitecaps choice for #1 overall.
dN
Here is the SuperDraft picking order for Round 1:
1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC
2 Portland Timbers
3 DC United
4 CD Chivas USA
5 Philadelphia Union
6 New England Revolution
7 Houston Dynamo
8 Vancouver Whitecaps FC (from TFC)
9 Chicago Fire SC
10 Sporting Kansas City
11 Seattle Sounders FC
12 Columbus Crew
13 New York Red Bulls
14 Real Salt Lake
15 San Jose Earthquakes
16 LA Galaxy
17 FC Dallas
18 Colorado Rapids
dN
And here is the order for subsequent rounds 2 & 3.
QUOTE OF THE DAY
"The Bundesliga must run from February to end-November rather than from August to May as it currently does. Of the 34 match days of the current season, you're 'frozen' during 20 of them."
-Former German star player and national team coach Rudi Voller.
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.
dN
Due to injuries both Justin Braun and Ugo Ihemelu have been released from the team.
Jack Bell of the New York Times on KC forward Teal Bunbury.
-And here is more on Bunbury from the Times blog.
Brian Sciaretta of Yanks Abroad talks to Sean Franklin about his experience.
dN
Official team blog
dN
Match & Score:
-Sat Jan 22
USA v Chile - 9pm Central on Telefutura & ESPN3.com.
Venue: Home Depot Center, Carson CA
dN
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
MLS/USA & RELATED RUMORS
Rowdy Roddy Piper, I mean Robbie Savage, to Vancouver??
-Robbie is damned excited too, read his words from the BBC.
-He is also discussing it loud and clear on his Twitter feed.
dN
Soccer 365 gives us todays grapevine filled with rumors on Freddy Adu, Dwayne DeRosario, Andrew Ornoch, Edison Mendez, Joaquin Beltran and more.
MLS TEAM & PLAYER NEWS
CHICAGO FIRE
Leo Percovich has joined the Fire as their new goalkeeping coach.
FC DALLAS
FCD has signed their 5th academy player today - Jon Top.
LA GALAXY
This is what the second shirt will look like for '11.
NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION
Frank Dell'apa of the Globe on the teams new fullback Didier Domi.
Left midfielder Chris Tierney has signed a new contract with the team.
NEW YORK RED BULLS
Recently retired Mike Petke has been hired by the team in the roll of "Individual Developmental Coach and Business Operations Manager." What?
-Lets have the team tell us what that means.
Michael Lewis of Big Apple Soccer gives us the lowdown on the team's preseason plans.
PHILADELPHIA UNION
The Delaware County Daily Times on the team's new shirt sponsor - Bimbo.
The Daily News on the same topic.
Jeff Gammage of the Inquirer tells us what some fans think of the new shirts.
And lets give Jonathan Tannenwald of Philly.com the last word on this topic.
REAL SALT LAKE
Left sided midfielder Will Johnson has signed a new 4 year contract with the team.
SEATTLE SOUNDERS
Joshua Mayers of the Times has the transcript of a long Q & A with technical director Chris Henderson and head coach Sigi Schmid.
AMERICANS IN EUROPE
FYI: Oguchi Onyewu is one of 4 centerbacks at Twente, so he is going to have to fight for a spot in the first 11. We will really see where his repaired thigh tendon is at now.
dN
Greg Seltzer of MLSsoccer.com talks to Stuart Holden about Bolton's goal of earning a spot in next season's Europa League.
dN
Soccer 365 tells us that Josh Gatt has signed with Molde in Norway. Alright!
dN
Game Action:
SPAIN - Copa Del Rey Quarterfinals 1st Leg
Jozy Altidore - Villarreal - Wed Jan 12 gained more bench splinters as they drew 3-3 v Sevilla.
ENGLAND
Huge upset today as Arsenal lose.
LEAGUE CUP
Semifinals
1st leg
-Tue Jan 11
West Ham 2-1 Birmingham
-Wed Jan 12
Ipswich 1-0 Arsenal
2nd Leg
-Tue Jan 25
Arsenal v Ipswich
-Wed Jan 26
Birmingham v West Ham
SPAIN
Lionel Messi with 3 more goals today! Stunning!
COPA DEL REY
Quarterfinals
Matches & Scores:
1st Leg
-Wed Jan 12
Villarreal 3-3 Sevilla
Barcelona 5-0 Real Betis
-Thu Jan 13
Almeria v Deportivo la Coruna
Real Madrid v Atletico Madrid
ITALY
In the Cup today, Inter won their 3rd of 3 games under new head coach Leonardo.
COPPA ITALIA
Round of 16
Matches & Scores:
-Tue Dec 14
Parma 2-1 Fiorentina
-Wed Jan 12
Palermo 1-0 Chievo - Par goal by Fabrizio Miccoli(PK).
Inter 3-2 Genoa - Int goals by Samuel Eto'o(2) & McDonald Mariga. Gen goals by Houssine Kharja & Giuseppe Sculli(PK).
-Thu Jan 13
Juventus v Catania
-Tue Jan 18
Napoli v Bologna
-Wed Jan 19
Sampdoria v Udinese
Roma v Lazio
-Thu Jan 20
Milan v Bari
ASIA
Asian Cup
Jan 7-29
Qatar
dN
The Uzbies will again. Damn. 2 games, 6 points. Nicely done boys.
And how about China. Another tournament, another flop-aroo. They lose to the hosts today.
dN
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 v Saudi Arabia
Syria v Japan
-Fri Jan 14
Australia v S Korea
Bahrain v India
-Sat Jan 15
Iran v N Korea
UAE v Iraq
-Sun Jan 16
China v Uzbekistan
Qatar v Kuwait
-Mon Jan 17
Jordan v Syria
Saudi Arabia v Japan
-Tue Jan 18
Australia v Bahrain
S Korea v India
-Wed Jan 19
UAE v Iran
Iraq v N Korea
posted by brucio at 17:42
5 Comments:
Robbie Savage. Gaack. He's likely to tally more red cards than goals.
"3 DC Untied" -- Freudian typo or purposeful joke? :)
Keith.
2 things.
First. I am not that clever.
Second. I am a Freud man all that way.
Doug.
Imagine the entertainment level though.
Talk about a villain!
Would love Robbie Savage in the MLS! Having great villains is one of the great things about sports. And Savage is a GREAT villain!
I'd love to see Savage in MLS. Despite his age, I can't imagine that guy ever half-assing anything. Villain? Yes, but he'll bring some fire, too.
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