Some News for Mon Feb 21, 2011
STARTERS
The USA U17 team will play in the CONCACAF World Cup qualifying Quarterfinals on Tuesday at 2pm Central time. They will face El Salvador and the game can be seen live on ESPN3.com.
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Frank Dell'Apa of the Boston Globe reports on more problems for long time New England Revolution star Shalrie Joseph. He and teammate Kevin Alston were sent away from team training camp in Florida for undisclosed disciplinary reasons.
-The team is in Florida for the another week, so the earliest these two will rejoin the Revs is next week back in the Boston area.
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After 2 months out of action due to a knee injury, the du Nord Fave Named Player of the Season Ricky van Wolfswinkel of Utrecht was back in the lineup and back on the goal scorers sheet. Hooray Ricky! (He's not old enough to drink beer.)
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Young American midfielder Alejandro Bedoya of Orebro in Sweden is going to get a look from Birmingham City in England this week. (Report from Orebro in Swedish.)
STORY OF THE DAY
Jonathan Tannenwald of Philly.com reports that the Union are all set to announce the signing of El Pescadito.
Sure Carlos Ruiz is nowhere near the player he was back in 2002 (9 years ago!), but despite his evil ways he has always been a du Nord favorite, so we are very glad to see him back in MLS!!
Welcome home my fishy little friend!
CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE GROUP STAGE
The first leg of the Quarterfinals get going this week.
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Jeff Carlisle of ESPN takes a look at a very revamped Columbus Crew.
James Edward of the Deseret News previews RSL who he says is heavily favored over Columbus.
-More preview from the Deseret.
Shawn Mitchell of the Columbus Dispatch tells us about all the "New" with the Crew.
-More notes on things like injuries and roster spots from Mitchell.
As of Monday night Columbus was getting some snow/rain mix as the temp hovers right around freezing where it will stay for the next days, but should be clear for Tuesday nights game!
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Quarterfinals]
Matches & Scores:
1st Leg
-Tue Feb 22p
Columbus Crew v Real Salt Lake - 7pm Central on FSC
Venue: Crew Stadium - Columbus OH
Cruz Azul v Santos Laguna
Venue: Estadio Azul - Mexico City DF
-Wed Feb 23
Toluca v Monterrey
Venue: Estadio Nemesio Diez - Toluca, Edomex
-Thu Feb 24
Saprissa v Olimpia
Venue: Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Ayma - San Jose
UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
Milan midfielder Gennaro Gattuso has been given a 4 game suspension for his verbal and physical attack on a Tottenham assistant coach in last weeks game.
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Round Of 16
Matches & Scores:
1st Leg
-Tue Feb 22
Kobenhavn v Chelsea - Live at 1:30pm Central
Lyon v Real Madrid - Delayed at 4pm Central
-Wed Feb 23
Marseille v Man United - Live at 1:30pm Central
Inter v Bayern - Delayed at 4pm Central
CONCACAF U17 WORLD CUP QUALIFYING
The 2011 CONCACAF U17 Championship/World Cup Qualifying is now under way in Jamaica.
-Mexico has already qualified as the hosts of the tournament. 4 more CONCACAF teams will advance.
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Costa Rica won Group A on Friday, while USA won Group B.
On Saturday Canada won Group C, with Jamaica winning Group D.
Guatemala, Cuba, Barbados and Haiti were the 4 teams eliminated after the Group stage.
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The winners of the 4 Quarterfinal games on Tue and Wed will advance to the U17 World Cup this summer in Mexico.
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Here is a preview of the Quarterfinal game from US Soccer.
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This is how the USA U17's play defense in front of goal. Good luck getting past 3 of them! Photo stolen from US Soccer.
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Quarterfinals
-Tue Feb 22
Costa Rica v Panama - 11am Central
USA v El Salvador - 2pm Central on ESPN3.com
-Wed Feb 23
Canada v Trinidad & Tobago - 11am Central
Jamaica v Honduras - 2pm Central
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Semifinals
-These 4 will go to the World Cup
Final
-CONCACAF Champion
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USA Roster
G:
Kendall McIntosh - Mustang Academy
Fernando Pina - Houston Dynamo Academy
D:
Kellyn Acosta - FC Dallas Academy
Joe Amon - South Carolina United
Zach Carroll - Vardar
Mobi Fehr - Tokyo Verdy
Nathan Smith - Cal Odyssey
Andrew Souders - Crew Soccer Academy
M:
Jordan Allen - Empire United
Matt Dunn - Koln
Alejandro Guido - Aztecs Premier
Marc Pelosi - De Anza Force
Esteban Rodriguez - Cosmos Academy West
Tarik Salkicic - Strictly Soccer
Dillon Serna - Colorado Rapids Academy
F:
Paul Arriola - Arsenal FC
Alfred Koroma - Solar Chelsea
Jack McBean - LA Galaxy
Andrew Oliver - Westside United
Mario Rodriguez - Central Aztecs
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The official blog of the USA youth national teams has some great stuff on the players in their squad.
BIG EUROPEAN CLUB MATCHES
-Sat Feb 19
Olympiakos 2-1 Panathinaikos - the Derby of the Eternal Enemies ends with an Oly win and now a 1- point lead over their rivals, at the top of the league.
-Sun Feb 20
Celtic 3-0 Rangers - Celtic crushes in the Old Firm derby and opens up an 8 point lead in Premier League. (But Rangers has 2 games in hand.)
HMMMMM, VERY INTERESTING
Keith Stuart of the Guardian reports on the video game makers Sports Interactive (Football Manager) who have invested in a youth academy in England.
FACT OF THE DAY
Barcelona manager Pepper Guardiola has now been in charge for 100 La Liga games, and they how won 79 of them!
PODCASTS
Charles Gooch of the Kansas City Star has launched a podcast. Its Sporting Kansas city centric of course. Download or listen to the debut here.
MLS/USA & RELATED RUMORS
Soccer 365 with rumors on Marko Babic, Adam Boyd, Diego Walsh, Dennis Cagara and more.
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Hey Columbus & KC fans - Four Four Two says Diego Walsh wants back in to MLS.
MLS TEAM & PLAYER NEWS
CD CHIVAS USA
Scott French of ESPN on right back options for the Goats.
FC DALLAS
FCD beat SMU 3-1 on Friday. They got their goals from Ruben Luna, Milton Rodriguez & Paul Ogunyemi.
Captain Daniel Hernandez is back from knee surgery! He suffered the injury in the second half of the MLS Cup final.
DC UNITED
Craig Stouffer of the Examiner reports that Fred is back with DCU. He was jettisoned to Philly before last season, and this offseason they unloaded him to New England, who have now sent him back "home" for a future draft pick.
DC beat the Ventura County Fusion 3-1 on Sunday. Goals by Blake Brettschneider(2) & Sergio Villarreal.
Scott French of ESPN tells us about DC's game against Ventura County.
HOUSTON DYNAMO
Played to a scoreless draw with Portland on Saturday.
LA GALAXY
LAG took down Vancouver 2-0 today on goals by Chris Birchall & Juan Pablo Angel.
NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION
The Revs beat the a USA U17 reserve team 2-0 today on goals by Chris Tierney & Pat Phelan.
NEW YORK RED BULLS
Michael Lewis of Big Apple Soccer talks to Bulls stylish midfielder Joel Lindpere about the start of the season just one month away.
PHILADELPHIA UNION
Philly lost to 3rd division Orland City 1-0 on Saturday.
PORTLAND TIMBERS
Geoffrey Arnold of the Oregonian with an article on centerback Eric Brunner who could be a big pickup for the Timbers.
Played to a scoreless draw with Houston on Saturday.
REAL SALT LAKE
James Edward of the Deseret News does a Q & A with RSL GM Garth Lagerway.
SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES
Opponents in England this week:
-Tue Feb 22
Birmingham City reserves
-Wed Feb 23
Tottenham reserves
-Thu Feb 24
Leicester City
Quakes president Dave Kaval talks directly to you the San Jose Earthquakes fan. Topics include training in London and the new stadium.
-Without coming off as a complete dick I have to admit that I have never head of this guy. And so for me at least I think this is a great step forward. Lets hope we hear more from inside this team.
Two Americans who have been playing in Europe Ellis McLoughlin and Matt Luzunaris are training with the Quakes this week.
VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC
The El Paso Times again talks to their hometown boy Omar Salgado about this first weeks as a pro with Vancouver.
Marc Weber of the Province on the team-to-team hopper himself - Attiba "The Hun" Harris.
The team lost to LA 2-0 today down in Arizona.
Bruce Constantineau of the Sun with an article on two Caps defenders Alain Rochat and Ryan O'Leary.
MLS/SUM BUSINESS
The New York Times reports on the bigger and bigger story on potential MLS owners the Wilpon family of New York on their alleged insider dealings with giant financial scammer Bernard Maddoff. (thanks to Tim for the link)
NSC MINNESOTA STARS
One of the most popular Minnesota players over the past 3 seasons centerback Andres Arango has parted ways with the team. He will be looking for new opportunities.
-This makes me sad. He was one of my faves, and I felt he was the best player on the team last season. Damn.
-The latest whisper is that he is signing with FC Tampa Bay.
TEAM USA
The NY Times looks at the teams depth in midfield.
AMERICANS IN EUROPE
Tim Howard lead Everton over Chelsea in a Penalty Kick Shootout win in the FA Cup.
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Jozy Altidore picked up some sort of incident (one story said injury and another said illness) on Saturday in his 2nd game at Bursaspor and had to be subbed out after just 34 minutes.
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Anton Peterlin and his English League One team Plymouth Argyle are now in a near impossible spot to avoid relegation as the owners have filed for bankruptcy protection and will be deducted 10 points per league rules. They had been in 19th place out of 24 with 33 points, but the subtraction will take them to 23 points, 5 behind the currently bottom team. Ugh.
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Freddy Adu debuted at Rizespor and was involved in their 2nd & 3rd goals. A very good start for him.
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John Godfrey of the NY Times with an article on Jonathan Spector.
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Game Action:
BELGIUM - Pro Leagues
Sacha Kljestan - Anderlecht - started but was subbed off at half time as they lost 2-0 at Westerlo.
ENGLAND - FA Cup - 4th Round Replay
Tim Howard - Everton - Sat Feb 19 - went the full 120 as they drew 1-1 at Chelsea, then advanced 4-3 in a Penalty Kick Shootout!
ENGLAND - FA Cup - 5th Round
Clint Dempsey - Fulham - Sun Feb 20 - went the full 90 but lost 0-1 v Bolton.
Stuart Holden - Bolton - Sun Feb 20 - played the full game getting a yellow card but winning 0-1 at Fulham.
Jonathan Spector - West Ham - Mon Feb 21 - came on as a sub in the 73rd min as they won 5-1 v Burnley.
ENGLAND - Premier League
Marcus Hahnemann - Wolverhampton - on the bench as they drew 1-1 at West Brom.
ENGLAND - Championship League
Conor Doyle - Derby County - on the bench for a scorelesss draw at Scunthorpe.
Brad Guzan - Hull City - in goal as usual and they drew 1-1 at Ipswich.
Eddie Johnson - Preston North End - started but came out in the 55th min of a 1-1 draw v QPR.
Eric Lichaj - Leeds - went the distance as they drew 2-2 v Norwich.
Zak Whitbread - Norwich - played the full 90 as they drew 2-2 at Leeds.
ENGLAND - League One
Frank Simek - Carlisle United - went the full 90 and won 0-1 at Swindon.
FRANCE - Ligue 1
Carlos Bocanegra - Saint Etienne - played the whole game but lost 2-1 at Marseille.
GERMANY - Bundesliga
Timothy Chandler - Nurnberg - played the whole game as they won 3-0 v Eintracht Frankfurt.
Steve Cherundolo - Hannover - went the full 90 in a 3-0 win v Kaiserslautern.
GERMANY - 2 Bundesliga
Edson Buddle - Ingolstadt - started and went 66 min but lost 0-2 v Greuther Furth.
Luis Robles - Karlsruher - in goal as usual and they won 1-2 at FSV Frankfurt.
Bobby Wood - 1860 Munich - on the bench as they lost 0-2 at Augsburg.
David Yelldell - Duisburg - went the distance but lost 0-1 at Union.
NETHERLANDS - Eredivisie
Oguchi Onyewu - Twente - played the full match but got a yellow card as they drew 1-1 v NEC Nijmegen.
NETHERLANDS - Eerste Divisie
Charles Kazlauskas - Helmond Sport - came on as a sub in the 74th min but lost 3-1 at Fortuna Sittard.
SCOTLAND - Premier League
Mo Edu - Rangers - went the full 90 but got badly beaten 3-0 at Celtic.
TURKEY - Super Lig
Jozy Altidore - Bursaspor - started but came out in the 34th min and they lost 1-4 v Gaziantepspor.
TURKEY - 1. Lig
Freddie Adu - Caykur Rizespor - started and went 84 minutes as they won 3-0.
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Coming Up:
ENGLAND - Championship League
Conor Doyle - Derby County - Tue Feb 22 v Hull
Robbie Findley - Nottingham Forest - Tue Feb 22 v Preston North End
Brad Guzan - Hull City - Tue Feb 22 at Derby
Eddie Johnson - Preston North End - Tue Feb 22 at Nottingham Forest
Eric Lichaj - Leeds - Tue Feb 22 v Barnsley
Zak Whitbread - Norwich - Tue Feb 22 v Doncaster
ENGLAND - League One
Anton Peterlin - Plymouth Argyle - Tue Feb 22 at Brighton & Hove
Frank Simek - Carlisle United - Tue Feb 22 v Exeter
UEFA - EUROPA LEAGUE - Round of 32 - 2nd Leg
Mo Edu - Rangers - Thu Feb 24 at Sporting (1-1)
Sacha Kljestan - Anderlecht - Thu Feb 24 at Ajax (3-0)
Oguchi Onyewu - Twente - Thu Feb 24 v Rubin Kazan (2-0)
AMERICANS IN MEXICO
Issac Acuna got his first start and first goal (the winner) of the season for Queretaro, on the road even!!
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Joe Corona was red carded 20 minutes in to Tijuana's game on Sunday.
Game Action:
PRIMERA DIVISION
Isaac Acuna - Queretaro - started and went 80 min scoring a goal in a 0-2 win at Santos Laguna.
Jonathan Bornstein - Tigres UANL - watched from the bench as they drew 0-0 at Monterrey.
Edgar Castillo - Puebla - on the bench as they won 1-0 v Jaguares.
Herculez Gomez - Pachuca - started and played 66 min in a 4-1 loss at Guadalajara.
Sonny Guadarrama - Atlante - on the bench for a 0-1 win at Tecos.
Jose Torres - Pachuca - went the full 90 but lost 4-1 at Guadalajara.
LIGA DE ASCENSO (2nd division)
Joe Benny Corona - Tijuana - started but was red carded in the 20th min as they drew 0-0 v Orizaba.
Marco Vidal - Leon - played the full game as they drew 1-1 at Veracruz.
ENGLAND
FA Cup
Matches & Scores:
4th Round Replay
-Sat Feb 19
Chelsea 1-1 Everton - Eve adv 4-3 in Penalty Kick Shootout.
-Sun Feb 20
Manchester City 5-0 Notts County
5th Round
-Sat Feb 19
Stoke 3-0 Brighton & Hove
Birmingham 3-0 Sheffield Wednesday
Manchester United 1-0 Crawley Town
-Sun Feb 20
Fulham 0-1 Bolton
Leyton Orient 1-1 Arsenal
-Mon Feb 21
West Ham 5-1 Burnley
-Tue Mar 1
Everton v Reading
-Wed Mar 2
Manchester City v Aston Villa
5th Round Replay
-Wed Mar 2
Arsenal v Leyton Orient
Quarterfinals
-Sat Mar 12
Birmingham v Bolton
Manchester City/Aston Villa winner v Everton/Reading winner
Manchester United v Leyton Orient/Arsenal winner
Stoke v West Ham
SPAIN
Recap du Nord: The rich got richer again as Barca & Real at the top both won, while #3 & 4 Valencia & Villarreal both drew and #5 Bilbao lost.
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Sid Lowe of the Guardian on the beyond-timely goal from Deportivo La Coruna goalkeeper Dani Aranzubia, and the rest of the round in La Liga.
-Watch the goal here. He nabbed it in 2nd half stoppage time.
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Phil Ball of ESPN on the Spanish theory of New Coach, Win Guaranteed, and the rest of the weekend in the Primera.
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Top of the Primera Division Table: (24 GP)
65 Barcelona - Sun Feb 20 W 2-1 v Athletic Bilbao
60 Real Madrid - Sat Feb 19 W 2-0 v Levante
48 Valencia - Sat Feb 19 D 0-0 v Sporting Gijon
46 Villarreal - Sun Feb 20 D 1-1 v Malaga
38 Athletic Bilbao - Sun Feb 20 L 2-1 at Barcelona
FRANCE
Recap du Nord: #1 Lille took a tumble losing to Montpellier, while #2-#5 all won leaving a gap of only 4 points between them all. I love it. The chase is on!
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Top of the Ligue 1 Table: (24 GP)
45 Lille - Sun Feb 20 L 1-0 at Montpellier
43 Rennes - Sun Feb 20 W 1-2 at Toulouse
42 Marsielle - Sat Feb 19 W 2-1 v St Etienne
41 Lyon - Fri Feb 18 W 4-0 v Nancy
41 PSG - Sun Feb 20 W 0-3 at Nice
GERMANY
Recap du Nord: Like a nearly silent breeze the top 4 in the league all won this week, leaving #5 Mainz to lose but still keep their spot in the standings.
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Raphael Honigstein of the Guardian says Wolfsburg has learned 2 weeks after they fired head coach Steve McClaren that he was doing a pretty good job, they lost again, and the rest of the weekend from the Bundesliga.
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Top of the Bundesliga Table: (23 GP)
55 Borussia Dortmund - Sat Feb 19 W 2-0 v St Pauli
45 Bayer Leverkusen - Sun Feb 20 W 4-2 v Stuttgart
42 Bayern Munich - Sat Feb 19 W 1-3 at Mainz
41 Hannover - Sat Feb 19 W 3-0 v Kaiselslautern
37 Mainz - Sat Feb 19 L 1-3 v Bayern
ITALY
Recap du Nord: Almost nothing changed at all as the top four all won, and #5 Udinese drew but still have a 3 point lead over the next team behind them.
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After another disastrous game for Roma, head coach Claudio Ranieri resigned on Sunday, and has now been replaced by Vincenzo Montella as an interim head coach.
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Top of the Serie A Table: (26 GP)
55 Milan - Sun Feb 20 W 1-2 at Chievo
52 Napoli - Sun Feb 20 W 1-0 v Catania
50 Inter - Sat Feb 19 W 1-0 v Cagliari
48 Lazio - Sun Feb 20 W 1-0 v Bari
44 Udinese - Sun Feb 20 D 0-0 v Brescia
The USA U17 team will play in the CONCACAF World Cup qualifying Quarterfinals on Tuesday at 2pm Central time. They will face El Salvador and the game can be seen live on ESPN3.com.
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Frank Dell'Apa of the Boston Globe reports on more problems for long time New England Revolution star Shalrie Joseph. He and teammate Kevin Alston were sent away from team training camp in Florida for undisclosed disciplinary reasons.
-The team is in Florida for the another week, so the earliest these two will rejoin the Revs is next week back in the Boston area.
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After 2 months out of action due to a knee injury, the du Nord Fave Named Player of the Season Ricky van Wolfswinkel of Utrecht was back in the lineup and back on the goal scorers sheet. Hooray Ricky! (He's not old enough to drink beer.)
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Young American midfielder Alejandro Bedoya of Orebro in Sweden is going to get a look from Birmingham City in England this week. (Report from Orebro in Swedish.)
STORY OF THE DAY
Jonathan Tannenwald of Philly.com reports that the Union are all set to announce the signing of El Pescadito.
Sure Carlos Ruiz is nowhere near the player he was back in 2002 (9 years ago!), but despite his evil ways he has always been a du Nord favorite, so we are very glad to see him back in MLS!!
Welcome home my fishy little friend!
CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE GROUP STAGE
The first leg of the Quarterfinals get going this week.
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Jeff Carlisle of ESPN takes a look at a very revamped Columbus Crew.
James Edward of the Deseret News previews RSL who he says is heavily favored over Columbus.
-More preview from the Deseret.
Shawn Mitchell of the Columbus Dispatch tells us about all the "New" with the Crew.
-More notes on things like injuries and roster spots from Mitchell.
As of Monday night Columbus was getting some snow/rain mix as the temp hovers right around freezing where it will stay for the next days, but should be clear for Tuesday nights game!
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Quarterfinals]
Matches & Scores:
1st Leg
-Tue Feb 22p
Columbus Crew v Real Salt Lake - 7pm Central on FSC
Venue: Crew Stadium - Columbus OH
Cruz Azul v Santos Laguna
Venue: Estadio Azul - Mexico City DF
-Wed Feb 23
Toluca v Monterrey
Venue: Estadio Nemesio Diez - Toluca, Edomex
-Thu Feb 24
Saprissa v Olimpia
Venue: Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Ayma - San Jose
UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
Milan midfielder Gennaro Gattuso has been given a 4 game suspension for his verbal and physical attack on a Tottenham assistant coach in last weeks game.
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Round Of 16
Matches & Scores:
1st Leg
-Tue Feb 22
Kobenhavn v Chelsea - Live at 1:30pm Central
Lyon v Real Madrid - Delayed at 4pm Central
-Wed Feb 23
Marseille v Man United - Live at 1:30pm Central
Inter v Bayern - Delayed at 4pm Central
CONCACAF U17 WORLD CUP QUALIFYING
The 2011 CONCACAF U17 Championship/World Cup Qualifying is now under way in Jamaica.
-Mexico has already qualified as the hosts of the tournament. 4 more CONCACAF teams will advance.
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Costa Rica won Group A on Friday, while USA won Group B.
On Saturday Canada won Group C, with Jamaica winning Group D.
Guatemala, Cuba, Barbados and Haiti were the 4 teams eliminated after the Group stage.
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The winners of the 4 Quarterfinal games on Tue and Wed will advance to the U17 World Cup this summer in Mexico.
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Here is a preview of the Quarterfinal game from US Soccer.
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This is how the USA U17's play defense in front of goal. Good luck getting past 3 of them! Photo stolen from US Soccer.
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Quarterfinals
-Tue Feb 22
Costa Rica v Panama - 11am Central
USA v El Salvador - 2pm Central on ESPN3.com
-Wed Feb 23
Canada v Trinidad & Tobago - 11am Central
Jamaica v Honduras - 2pm Central
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Semifinals
-These 4 will go to the World Cup
Final
-CONCACAF Champion
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USA Roster
G:
Kendall McIntosh - Mustang Academy
Fernando Pina - Houston Dynamo Academy
D:
Kellyn Acosta - FC Dallas Academy
Joe Amon - South Carolina United
Zach Carroll - Vardar
Mobi Fehr - Tokyo Verdy
Nathan Smith - Cal Odyssey
Andrew Souders - Crew Soccer Academy
M:
Jordan Allen - Empire United
Matt Dunn - Koln
Alejandro Guido - Aztecs Premier
Marc Pelosi - De Anza Force
Esteban Rodriguez - Cosmos Academy West
Tarik Salkicic - Strictly Soccer
Dillon Serna - Colorado Rapids Academy
F:
Paul Arriola - Arsenal FC
Alfred Koroma - Solar Chelsea
Jack McBean - LA Galaxy
Andrew Oliver - Westside United
Mario Rodriguez - Central Aztecs
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The official blog of the USA youth national teams has some great stuff on the players in their squad.
BIG EUROPEAN CLUB MATCHES
-Sat Feb 19
Olympiakos 2-1 Panathinaikos - the Derby of the Eternal Enemies ends with an Oly win and now a 1- point lead over their rivals, at the top of the league.
-Sun Feb 20
Celtic 3-0 Rangers - Celtic crushes in the Old Firm derby and opens up an 8 point lead in Premier League. (But Rangers has 2 games in hand.)
HMMMMM, VERY INTERESTING
Keith Stuart of the Guardian reports on the video game makers Sports Interactive (Football Manager) who have invested in a youth academy in England.
FACT OF THE DAY
Barcelona manager Pepper Guardiola has now been in charge for 100 La Liga games, and they how won 79 of them!
PODCASTS
Charles Gooch of the Kansas City Star has launched a podcast. Its Sporting Kansas city centric of course. Download or listen to the debut here.
MLS/USA & RELATED RUMORS
Soccer 365 with rumors on Marko Babic, Adam Boyd, Diego Walsh, Dennis Cagara and more.
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Hey Columbus & KC fans - Four Four Two says Diego Walsh wants back in to MLS.
MLS TEAM & PLAYER NEWS
CD CHIVAS USA
Scott French of ESPN on right back options for the Goats.
FC DALLAS
FCD beat SMU 3-1 on Friday. They got their goals from Ruben Luna, Milton Rodriguez & Paul Ogunyemi.
Captain Daniel Hernandez is back from knee surgery! He suffered the injury in the second half of the MLS Cup final.
DC UNITED
Craig Stouffer of the Examiner reports that Fred is back with DCU. He was jettisoned to Philly before last season, and this offseason they unloaded him to New England, who have now sent him back "home" for a future draft pick.
DC beat the Ventura County Fusion 3-1 on Sunday. Goals by Blake Brettschneider(2) & Sergio Villarreal.
Scott French of ESPN tells us about DC's game against Ventura County.
HOUSTON DYNAMO
Played to a scoreless draw with Portland on Saturday.
LA GALAXY
LAG took down Vancouver 2-0 today on goals by Chris Birchall & Juan Pablo Angel.
NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION
The Revs beat the a USA U17 reserve team 2-0 today on goals by Chris Tierney & Pat Phelan.
NEW YORK RED BULLS
Michael Lewis of Big Apple Soccer talks to Bulls stylish midfielder Joel Lindpere about the start of the season just one month away.
PHILADELPHIA UNION
Philly lost to 3rd division Orland City 1-0 on Saturday.
PORTLAND TIMBERS
Geoffrey Arnold of the Oregonian with an article on centerback Eric Brunner who could be a big pickup for the Timbers.
Played to a scoreless draw with Houston on Saturday.
REAL SALT LAKE
James Edward of the Deseret News does a Q & A with RSL GM Garth Lagerway.
SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES
Opponents in England this week:
-Tue Feb 22
Birmingham City reserves
-Wed Feb 23
Tottenham reserves
-Thu Feb 24
Leicester City
Quakes president Dave Kaval talks directly to you the San Jose Earthquakes fan. Topics include training in London and the new stadium.
-Without coming off as a complete dick I have to admit that I have never head of this guy. And so for me at least I think this is a great step forward. Lets hope we hear more from inside this team.
Two Americans who have been playing in Europe Ellis McLoughlin and Matt Luzunaris are training with the Quakes this week.
VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC
The El Paso Times again talks to their hometown boy Omar Salgado about this first weeks as a pro with Vancouver.
Marc Weber of the Province on the team-to-team hopper himself - Attiba "The Hun" Harris.
The team lost to LA 2-0 today down in Arizona.
Bruce Constantineau of the Sun with an article on two Caps defenders Alain Rochat and Ryan O'Leary.
MLS/SUM BUSINESS
The New York Times reports on the bigger and bigger story on potential MLS owners the Wilpon family of New York on their alleged insider dealings with giant financial scammer Bernard Maddoff. (thanks to Tim for the link)
NSC MINNESOTA STARS
One of the most popular Minnesota players over the past 3 seasons centerback Andres Arango has parted ways with the team. He will be looking for new opportunities.
-This makes me sad. He was one of my faves, and I felt he was the best player on the team last season. Damn.
-The latest whisper is that he is signing with FC Tampa Bay.
TEAM USA
The NY Times looks at the teams depth in midfield.
AMERICANS IN EUROPE
Tim Howard lead Everton over Chelsea in a Penalty Kick Shootout win in the FA Cup.
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Jozy Altidore picked up some sort of incident (one story said injury and another said illness) on Saturday in his 2nd game at Bursaspor and had to be subbed out after just 34 minutes.
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Anton Peterlin and his English League One team Plymouth Argyle are now in a near impossible spot to avoid relegation as the owners have filed for bankruptcy protection and will be deducted 10 points per league rules. They had been in 19th place out of 24 with 33 points, but the subtraction will take them to 23 points, 5 behind the currently bottom team. Ugh.
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Freddy Adu debuted at Rizespor and was involved in their 2nd & 3rd goals. A very good start for him.
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John Godfrey of the NY Times with an article on Jonathan Spector.
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Game Action:
BELGIUM - Pro Leagues
Sacha Kljestan - Anderlecht - started but was subbed off at half time as they lost 2-0 at Westerlo.
ENGLAND - FA Cup - 4th Round Replay
Tim Howard - Everton - Sat Feb 19 - went the full 120 as they drew 1-1 at Chelsea, then advanced 4-3 in a Penalty Kick Shootout!
ENGLAND - FA Cup - 5th Round
Clint Dempsey - Fulham - Sun Feb 20 - went the full 90 but lost 0-1 v Bolton.
Stuart Holden - Bolton - Sun Feb 20 - played the full game getting a yellow card but winning 0-1 at Fulham.
Jonathan Spector - West Ham - Mon Feb 21 - came on as a sub in the 73rd min as they won 5-1 v Burnley.
ENGLAND - Premier League
Marcus Hahnemann - Wolverhampton - on the bench as they drew 1-1 at West Brom.
ENGLAND - Championship League
Conor Doyle - Derby County - on the bench for a scorelesss draw at Scunthorpe.
Brad Guzan - Hull City - in goal as usual and they drew 1-1 at Ipswich.
Eddie Johnson - Preston North End - started but came out in the 55th min of a 1-1 draw v QPR.
Eric Lichaj - Leeds - went the distance as they drew 2-2 v Norwich.
Zak Whitbread - Norwich - played the full 90 as they drew 2-2 at Leeds.
ENGLAND - League One
Frank Simek - Carlisle United - went the full 90 and won 0-1 at Swindon.
FRANCE - Ligue 1
Carlos Bocanegra - Saint Etienne - played the whole game but lost 2-1 at Marseille.
GERMANY - Bundesliga
Timothy Chandler - Nurnberg - played the whole game as they won 3-0 v Eintracht Frankfurt.
Steve Cherundolo - Hannover - went the full 90 in a 3-0 win v Kaiserslautern.
GERMANY - 2 Bundesliga
Edson Buddle - Ingolstadt - started and went 66 min but lost 0-2 v Greuther Furth.
Luis Robles - Karlsruher - in goal as usual and they won 1-2 at FSV Frankfurt.
Bobby Wood - 1860 Munich - on the bench as they lost 0-2 at Augsburg.
David Yelldell - Duisburg - went the distance but lost 0-1 at Union.
NETHERLANDS - Eredivisie
Oguchi Onyewu - Twente - played the full match but got a yellow card as they drew 1-1 v NEC Nijmegen.
NETHERLANDS - Eerste Divisie
Charles Kazlauskas - Helmond Sport - came on as a sub in the 74th min but lost 3-1 at Fortuna Sittard.
SCOTLAND - Premier League
Mo Edu - Rangers - went the full 90 but got badly beaten 3-0 at Celtic.
TURKEY - Super Lig
Jozy Altidore - Bursaspor - started but came out in the 34th min and they lost 1-4 v Gaziantepspor.
TURKEY - 1. Lig
Freddie Adu - Caykur Rizespor - started and went 84 minutes as they won 3-0.
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Coming Up:
ENGLAND - Championship League
Conor Doyle - Derby County - Tue Feb 22 v Hull
Robbie Findley - Nottingham Forest - Tue Feb 22 v Preston North End
Brad Guzan - Hull City - Tue Feb 22 at Derby
Eddie Johnson - Preston North End - Tue Feb 22 at Nottingham Forest
Eric Lichaj - Leeds - Tue Feb 22 v Barnsley
Zak Whitbread - Norwich - Tue Feb 22 v Doncaster
ENGLAND - League One
Anton Peterlin - Plymouth Argyle - Tue Feb 22 at Brighton & Hove
Frank Simek - Carlisle United - Tue Feb 22 v Exeter
UEFA - EUROPA LEAGUE - Round of 32 - 2nd Leg
Mo Edu - Rangers - Thu Feb 24 at Sporting (1-1)
Sacha Kljestan - Anderlecht - Thu Feb 24 at Ajax (3-0)
Oguchi Onyewu - Twente - Thu Feb 24 v Rubin Kazan (2-0)
AMERICANS IN MEXICO
Issac Acuna got his first start and first goal (the winner) of the season for Queretaro, on the road even!!
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Joe Corona was red carded 20 minutes in to Tijuana's game on Sunday.
Game Action:
PRIMERA DIVISION
Isaac Acuna - Queretaro - started and went 80 min scoring a goal in a 0-2 win at Santos Laguna.
Jonathan Bornstein - Tigres UANL - watched from the bench as they drew 0-0 at Monterrey.
Edgar Castillo - Puebla - on the bench as they won 1-0 v Jaguares.
Herculez Gomez - Pachuca - started and played 66 min in a 4-1 loss at Guadalajara.
Sonny Guadarrama - Atlante - on the bench for a 0-1 win at Tecos.
Jose Torres - Pachuca - went the full 90 but lost 4-1 at Guadalajara.
LIGA DE ASCENSO (2nd division)
Joe Benny Corona - Tijuana - started but was red carded in the 20th min as they drew 0-0 v Orizaba.
Marco Vidal - Leon - played the full game as they drew 1-1 at Veracruz.
ENGLAND
FA Cup
Matches & Scores:
4th Round Replay
-Sat Feb 19
Chelsea 1-1 Everton - Eve adv 4-3 in Penalty Kick Shootout.
-Sun Feb 20
Manchester City 5-0 Notts County
5th Round
-Sat Feb 19
Stoke 3-0 Brighton & Hove
Birmingham 3-0 Sheffield Wednesday
Manchester United 1-0 Crawley Town
-Sun Feb 20
Fulham 0-1 Bolton
Leyton Orient 1-1 Arsenal
-Mon Feb 21
West Ham 5-1 Burnley
-Tue Mar 1
Everton v Reading
-Wed Mar 2
Manchester City v Aston Villa
5th Round Replay
-Wed Mar 2
Arsenal v Leyton Orient
Quarterfinals
-Sat Mar 12
Birmingham v Bolton
Manchester City/Aston Villa winner v Everton/Reading winner
Manchester United v Leyton Orient/Arsenal winner
Stoke v West Ham
SPAIN
Recap du Nord: The rich got richer again as Barca & Real at the top both won, while #3 & 4 Valencia & Villarreal both drew and #5 Bilbao lost.
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Sid Lowe of the Guardian on the beyond-timely goal from Deportivo La Coruna goalkeeper Dani Aranzubia, and the rest of the round in La Liga.
-Watch the goal here. He nabbed it in 2nd half stoppage time.
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Phil Ball of ESPN on the Spanish theory of New Coach, Win Guaranteed, and the rest of the weekend in the Primera.
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Top of the Primera Division Table: (24 GP)
65 Barcelona - Sun Feb 20 W 2-1 v Athletic Bilbao
60 Real Madrid - Sat Feb 19 W 2-0 v Levante
48 Valencia - Sat Feb 19 D 0-0 v Sporting Gijon
46 Villarreal - Sun Feb 20 D 1-1 v Malaga
38 Athletic Bilbao - Sun Feb 20 L 2-1 at Barcelona
FRANCE
Recap du Nord: #1 Lille took a tumble losing to Montpellier, while #2-#5 all won leaving a gap of only 4 points between them all. I love it. The chase is on!
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Top of the Ligue 1 Table: (24 GP)
45 Lille - Sun Feb 20 L 1-0 at Montpellier
43 Rennes - Sun Feb 20 W 1-2 at Toulouse
42 Marsielle - Sat Feb 19 W 2-1 v St Etienne
41 Lyon - Fri Feb 18 W 4-0 v Nancy
41 PSG - Sun Feb 20 W 0-3 at Nice
GERMANY
Recap du Nord: Like a nearly silent breeze the top 4 in the league all won this week, leaving #5 Mainz to lose but still keep their spot in the standings.
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Raphael Honigstein of the Guardian says Wolfsburg has learned 2 weeks after they fired head coach Steve McClaren that he was doing a pretty good job, they lost again, and the rest of the weekend from the Bundesliga.
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Top of the Bundesliga Table: (23 GP)
55 Borussia Dortmund - Sat Feb 19 W 2-0 v St Pauli
45 Bayer Leverkusen - Sun Feb 20 W 4-2 v Stuttgart
42 Bayern Munich - Sat Feb 19 W 1-3 at Mainz
41 Hannover - Sat Feb 19 W 3-0 v Kaiselslautern
37 Mainz - Sat Feb 19 L 1-3 v Bayern
ITALY
Recap du Nord: Almost nothing changed at all as the top four all won, and #5 Udinese drew but still have a 3 point lead over the next team behind them.
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After another disastrous game for Roma, head coach Claudio Ranieri resigned on Sunday, and has now been replaced by Vincenzo Montella as an interim head coach.
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Top of the Serie A Table: (26 GP)
55 Milan - Sun Feb 20 W 1-2 at Chievo
52 Napoli - Sun Feb 20 W 1-0 v Catania
50 Inter - Sat Feb 19 W 1-0 v Cagliari
48 Lazio - Sun Feb 20 W 1-0 v Bari
44 Udinese - Sun Feb 20 D 0-0 v Brescia
posted by brucio at 17:56
3 Comments:
Jozy's well enough to play FIFA 11 on his PS3.
Find him under user JozyTaughtU
Only Bruce would have a crush on Carlos Ruiz.
Everyone else thinks Ruiz is an asshole.
Were you tickled by the way he intentionally struck Kasey Keller in that qualifying game in 2001 ? How about the way he intentionally struck Carey Talley in 2003 or 2004or whenever it was ?
Then again, all you recovering alcoholics (Bruce, Carlos Ruiz) have to stick together, eh ?
Hahahahahaha. I love the bold brashness of Anonymous commenters. Such a strong backbone you show. And you might want to work on your facts as well. Just a few are way off base.
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