Some News for Tue Feb 8, 2011
STARTERS
We are told that the MLS schedule will be released on Thu Feb 10. Its about frickin time.
CHARLIE DAVIES
The Washington Post with today's Davies update.
EUROPE
Who are the top goal scorers so far: (as of Tue Feb 8, 2011)
Premier League
19 Dimitar Berbatov - Manchester United
18 Carlos Tevez - Manchester City
11 Andrew Carroll - Newcastle United
Primera Division
24 Lionel Messi - Barcelona
24 Cristiano Ronaldo - Real Madrid
14 David Villa - Barcelona
Serie A
18 Edinson Cavani - Napoli
16 Antonio Di Natale - Udinese
15 Samuel Eto'o - Inter
Bundesliga
16 Mario Gomez - Bayern Munich
15 Papiss Demba Cisse - Freiburg
14 Theofanis Gekas - Eintracht Frankfurt
Ligue 1
16 Moussa Sow - Lille
13 Nene - Paris St Germain
11 Youssef El Arabi - Caen
11 Kevin Gameiro - Lorient
Eredivisie
17 Bjorn Vleminckx - NEC Nijmegen
15 Tim Matavz - Gronigen
14 Marc Janko - Twente
Premeira Liga
19 Hulk - Porto
11 Joao Tomas - Rio Ave
9 Carlao - Uniao de Leiria
Premier League
15 Conor Sammon - Kilmarnock
12 Anthony Stokes - Celtic
11 Four players tied
Top Goal Scorers In Europes Biggest Leagues
24 Lionel Messi - Barcelona
24 Cristiano Ronaldo - Real Madrid
19 Dimitar Berbatov - Manchester United
19 Hulk - Porto
18 Edinson Cavani - Napoli
18 Carlos Tevez - Manchester City
17 Bjorn Vleminckx - NEC Nijmegen
16 Mario Gomez - Bayern Munich
16 Antonio Di Natale - Udinese
16 Moussa Sow - Lille
QUOTE OF THE DAY
"Last year, I was so comfortable. I think it was the best year of my career.”
-Joel Lindpere, New York Red Bulls midfielder
See the full article below in the NYRB section.
FACT OF THE DAY
Cristiano Ronaldo has 50 goals in his last 51 games at Real Madrid.
Lionel Messi has 83 goals in his last 82 games at Barcelona.
You have to wonder though if this says more about their immense talent, or the severe lack of competition from teams not called Real Madrid and Barcelona in Spain.
THIS IS WHAT ITS ALL ABOUT
I got a nice little chuckle today when I was looking at the Section 8 website and saw the Fire's first home game of the season listed like this:
3/26/2011: (HOME OPENER) Fire v. Sporking Kansas City
MLS/USA & RELATED RUMORS
Today's ridiculous name in the hopper: Dennis.
MLS TEAM & PLAYER NEWS
General News
Charles Gooch of the KC Star gives us his preseason power rankings.
-Gooch FTW! Nicely played.
CD CHIVAS USA
Nick Green of the Daily Breeze on the latest rebuild at CUSA. Lets hope its not another thankless task.
-More from his blog.
-Simon Elliot is getting a shot at a contract with the Amerigoats.
dN
Chivas topped San Jose 1-0 on a goal by Alan Gordon on Monday.
COLUMBUS CREW
The Dispatch with details on a Crew loss to Vancouver today.
-Eddie Gaven left the game with an ankle injury of some sort.
FC DALLAS
FCD has signed central midfielder Ricardo Villar from Brazil, who played last season with Spielvereinigung Unterhaching in the 3rd division of Germany.
HOUSTON DYNAMO
Jose de Jesus Ortiz of the Chronicle gives us feedback on the stadium groundbreaking from players Eddie Robinson and Brad Davis. They are two of the three original Dynamos still left on the roster. Brian Ching is the other.
LA GALAXY
I honestly don't know who the guy thinks he is but David Beckham has not found it important to be in preseason training with the team that pays him millions of dollars. Instead he remains in London training with Tottenham. He says he will be in LA on Feb 22. OK?!?!
NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION
Frank Dell'Apa of the Boston Globe reports that the team is just putting the finishing touches on a deal for veteran French midfielder Ousmane Dabo from Lazio.
NEW YORK RED BULLS
Jack Bell of the Times with an article on the teams best player last season Joel Lindpere, a truly surprising (in a good way) foreign signing.
PHILADELPHIA UNION
Whoa - The Onions released centerback Cristian Arrieta today. He started a lot of games for them last season.
PORTLAND TIMBERS
Kip Kesgard of the Oregonian with some updates on the team and the stadium, etc.
SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES
The Quakes lost 1-0 to Chivas on Monday.
SEATTLE SOUNDERS
Joshua Mayers of the Times with an article on Sounder right fullback James Riley, one of the teams genuine veteran players.
TORONTO FC
The Sun gets another preseason report from goalkeeper Stefan Frei with the team in Turkey.
-This is great to get things directly from a player during camp.
VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC
Most of you know that the Caps will begin the season at a temporary stadium, but we hear now that their permanent home BC Place is going to be ready by Sep 30. Cool.
USA U20 TEAM
With qualifying for their own World Cup coming up soon we get word that a former USA player Dustin Corea has played in two big matches for El Salvador, but he never filed FIFA transfer papers to make his one time switch in alliance. Therefore, El Salvador has been disqualified from the tournament. Wow!
-Here is the official ruling from CONCACAF.
USA U17 TEAM
World Cup qualifying starts in just 6 days!
Noah Davis of MLSsoccer.com tells us about a 6-0 beating the boys put on Honduras last weekend.
-Honduras did win big in one category though: a 5-1 victory in yellow cards earned.
Matches & Scores: (still waiting for any kind of internet or broadcast info)
-Mon Feb 14
Cuba v USA - 2pm Central
-Fri Feb 18
USA v Panama - 2pm Central
AMERICANS IN EUROPE
Greg Seltzer of MLSsoccer.com fills us in on the latest for two USA prodigies at Hoffenheim in Germany - Jospeh Gyau - and - Charles Renken.
CONCACAF
International Friendlies
Panama lost to Peru on Tuesday.
Matches & Scores:
-Tue Feb 8
Peru 1-0 Panama
-Wed Feb 9
Mexico v Bosnia-Herzegovina
Honduras v Ecuador
El Salvador v Haiti
Greece v Canada
CANADA
The Canadian Press previews the game against Greece on Wednesday. Via Sportsnet.
SPAIN
Barcelona head coach Pepper Guardiola has signed a new contract that will keep him in charge through the 2011/12 season.
GERMANY
Wolfsburg has suspended midfielder Diego for 1 game after he grabbed a ball last weekend and attempted a penalty kick (he missed) when he was distinctly told not to. Oops.
ITALY
Rob Hughes of the International Herald Tribune looks at the fresh approach being attempted by the Italian national team.
UEFA
International Friendlies
Ukraine, Sweden and Ireland were winners Tuesday.
Matches & Scores:
-Sun Feb 6
Poland 1-0 Moldova
-Tue Feb 8
Romania 2-2 Ukraine - Ukr wins 4-2 in Penalty Kick Shoot Out
Cyprus 0-2 Sweden
Ireland 3-0 Wales
-Wed Feb 9
Spain v Colombia
Denmark v England
France v Brazil
Argentina v Portugal
Germany v Italy
Netherlands v Austria
Luxembourg v Slovakia
Malta v Switzerland
Poland v Norway
Azerbaijan v Hungary
Estonia v Bulgaria
Iran v Russia
San Marino v Liechtenstein
Latvia v Bolivia
Northern Ireland v Scotland
Andorra v Moldova
Mexico v Bosnia-Herzegovina
Greece v Canada
Albania v Slovenia
Belarus v Kazakhstan
Belgium v Finland
Israel v Serbia
Turkey v S Korea
Croatia v Czech Republic
Armenia v Georgia
CONMEBOL
International Friendlies
Peru won Tuesday.
Matches & Scores:
-Tue Feb 8
Peru 1-0 Panama
-Wed Feb 9
Spain v Colombia
Argentina v Portugal
Latvia v Bolivia
Honduras v Ecuador
COPA LIBERTADORES
The Group Stage begins with 2 games this week.
Matches & Scores:
-Wed Feb 9
Fluminense v Argentinos Juniors
Tolima v Guarani
AFRICA
International Friendlies
Ivory Coast and Ghana were winners today.
Matches & Scores:
-Tue Feb 8
Cote d'Ivoire 1-0 Mali
Ghana 4-1 Togo
-Wed Feb 9
Mozambique v Botswana
Namibia v Malawi
Nigeria v Sierra Leone
Macedonia v Cameroon
Tanzania v Palestine
Libya v Benin
Equatorial Guinea v Chad
Kenya v Zambia
Cape Verde Islands v Burkina Faso
Congo DR v Gabon
Guinea-Bissau v Gambia
Senegal v Guinea
Morocco v Niger
ASIA
International Friendlies
Matches & Scores:
-Wed Feb 9
Iran v Russia
Kuwait v Uzbekistan
Tanzania v Palestine
Malaysia v Hong Kong
Philippines v Mongolia
Bhutan v Afghanistan
Cambodia v Macau
Chinese Taipei v Laos
Turkey v S Korea
We are told that the MLS schedule will be released on Thu Feb 10. Its about frickin time.
CHARLIE DAVIES
The Washington Post with today's Davies update.
EUROPE
Who are the top goal scorers so far: (as of Tue Feb 8, 2011)
Premier League
19 Dimitar Berbatov - Manchester United
18 Carlos Tevez - Manchester City
11 Andrew Carroll - Newcastle United
Primera Division
24 Lionel Messi - Barcelona
24 Cristiano Ronaldo - Real Madrid
14 David Villa - Barcelona
Serie A
18 Edinson Cavani - Napoli
16 Antonio Di Natale - Udinese
15 Samuel Eto'o - Inter
Bundesliga
16 Mario Gomez - Bayern Munich
15 Papiss Demba Cisse - Freiburg
14 Theofanis Gekas - Eintracht Frankfurt
Ligue 1
16 Moussa Sow - Lille
13 Nene - Paris St Germain
11 Youssef El Arabi - Caen
11 Kevin Gameiro - Lorient
Eredivisie
17 Bjorn Vleminckx - NEC Nijmegen
15 Tim Matavz - Gronigen
14 Marc Janko - Twente
Premeira Liga
19 Hulk - Porto
11 Joao Tomas - Rio Ave
9 Carlao - Uniao de Leiria
Premier League
15 Conor Sammon - Kilmarnock
12 Anthony Stokes - Celtic
11 Four players tied
Top Goal Scorers In Europes Biggest Leagues
24 Lionel Messi - Barcelona
24 Cristiano Ronaldo - Real Madrid
19 Dimitar Berbatov - Manchester United
19 Hulk - Porto
18 Edinson Cavani - Napoli
18 Carlos Tevez - Manchester City
17 Bjorn Vleminckx - NEC Nijmegen
16 Mario Gomez - Bayern Munich
16 Antonio Di Natale - Udinese
16 Moussa Sow - Lille
QUOTE OF THE DAY
"Last year, I was so comfortable. I think it was the best year of my career.”
-Joel Lindpere, New York Red Bulls midfielder
See the full article below in the NYRB section.
FACT OF THE DAY
Cristiano Ronaldo has 50 goals in his last 51 games at Real Madrid.
Lionel Messi has 83 goals in his last 82 games at Barcelona.
You have to wonder though if this says more about their immense talent, or the severe lack of competition from teams not called Real Madrid and Barcelona in Spain.
THIS IS WHAT ITS ALL ABOUT
I got a nice little chuckle today when I was looking at the Section 8 website and saw the Fire's first home game of the season listed like this:
3/26/2011: (HOME OPENER) Fire v. Sporking Kansas City
MLS/USA & RELATED RUMORS
Today's ridiculous name in the hopper: Dennis.
MLS TEAM & PLAYER NEWS
General News
Charles Gooch of the KC Star gives us his preseason power rankings.
-Gooch FTW! Nicely played.
CD CHIVAS USA
Nick Green of the Daily Breeze on the latest rebuild at CUSA. Lets hope its not another thankless task.
-More from his blog.
-Simon Elliot is getting a shot at a contract with the Amerigoats.
dN
Chivas topped San Jose 1-0 on a goal by Alan Gordon on Monday.
COLUMBUS CREW
The Dispatch with details on a Crew loss to Vancouver today.
-Eddie Gaven left the game with an ankle injury of some sort.
FC DALLAS
FCD has signed central midfielder Ricardo Villar from Brazil, who played last season with Spielvereinigung Unterhaching in the 3rd division of Germany.
HOUSTON DYNAMO
Jose de Jesus Ortiz of the Chronicle gives us feedback on the stadium groundbreaking from players Eddie Robinson and Brad Davis. They are two of the three original Dynamos still left on the roster. Brian Ching is the other.
LA GALAXY
I honestly don't know who the guy thinks he is but David Beckham has not found it important to be in preseason training with the team that pays him millions of dollars. Instead he remains in London training with Tottenham. He says he will be in LA on Feb 22. OK?!?!
NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION
Frank Dell'Apa of the Boston Globe reports that the team is just putting the finishing touches on a deal for veteran French midfielder Ousmane Dabo from Lazio.
NEW YORK RED BULLS
Jack Bell of the Times with an article on the teams best player last season Joel Lindpere, a truly surprising (in a good way) foreign signing.
PHILADELPHIA UNION
Whoa - The Onions released centerback Cristian Arrieta today. He started a lot of games for them last season.
PORTLAND TIMBERS
Kip Kesgard of the Oregonian with some updates on the team and the stadium, etc.
SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES
The Quakes lost 1-0 to Chivas on Monday.
SEATTLE SOUNDERS
Joshua Mayers of the Times with an article on Sounder right fullback James Riley, one of the teams genuine veteran players.
TORONTO FC
The Sun gets another preseason report from goalkeeper Stefan Frei with the team in Turkey.
-This is great to get things directly from a player during camp.
VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC
Most of you know that the Caps will begin the season at a temporary stadium, but we hear now that their permanent home BC Place is going to be ready by Sep 30. Cool.
USA U20 TEAM
With qualifying for their own World Cup coming up soon we get word that a former USA player Dustin Corea has played in two big matches for El Salvador, but he never filed FIFA transfer papers to make his one time switch in alliance. Therefore, El Salvador has been disqualified from the tournament. Wow!
-Here is the official ruling from CONCACAF.
USA U17 TEAM
World Cup qualifying starts in just 6 days!
Noah Davis of MLSsoccer.com tells us about a 6-0 beating the boys put on Honduras last weekend.
-Honduras did win big in one category though: a 5-1 victory in yellow cards earned.
Matches & Scores: (still waiting for any kind of internet or broadcast info)
-Mon Feb 14
Cuba v USA - 2pm Central
-Fri Feb 18
USA v Panama - 2pm Central
AMERICANS IN EUROPE
Greg Seltzer of MLSsoccer.com fills us in on the latest for two USA prodigies at Hoffenheim in Germany - Jospeh Gyau - and - Charles Renken.
CONCACAF
International Friendlies
Panama lost to Peru on Tuesday.
Matches & Scores:
-Tue Feb 8
Peru 1-0 Panama
-Wed Feb 9
Mexico v Bosnia-Herzegovina
Honduras v Ecuador
El Salvador v Haiti
Greece v Canada
CANADA
The Canadian Press previews the game against Greece on Wednesday. Via Sportsnet.
SPAIN
Barcelona head coach Pepper Guardiola has signed a new contract that will keep him in charge through the 2011/12 season.
GERMANY
Wolfsburg has suspended midfielder Diego for 1 game after he grabbed a ball last weekend and attempted a penalty kick (he missed) when he was distinctly told not to. Oops.
ITALY
Rob Hughes of the International Herald Tribune looks at the fresh approach being attempted by the Italian national team.
UEFA
International Friendlies
Ukraine, Sweden and Ireland were winners Tuesday.
Matches & Scores:
-Sun Feb 6
Poland 1-0 Moldova
-Tue Feb 8
Romania 2-2 Ukraine - Ukr wins 4-2 in Penalty Kick Shoot Out
Cyprus 0-2 Sweden
Ireland 3-0 Wales
-Wed Feb 9
Spain v Colombia
Denmark v England
France v Brazil
Argentina v Portugal
Germany v Italy
Netherlands v Austria
Luxembourg v Slovakia
Malta v Switzerland
Poland v Norway
Azerbaijan v Hungary
Estonia v Bulgaria
Iran v Russia
San Marino v Liechtenstein
Latvia v Bolivia
Northern Ireland v Scotland
Andorra v Moldova
Mexico v Bosnia-Herzegovina
Greece v Canada
Albania v Slovenia
Belarus v Kazakhstan
Belgium v Finland
Israel v Serbia
Turkey v S Korea
Croatia v Czech Republic
Armenia v Georgia
CONMEBOL
International Friendlies
Peru won Tuesday.
Matches & Scores:
-Tue Feb 8
Peru 1-0 Panama
-Wed Feb 9
Spain v Colombia
Argentina v Portugal
Latvia v Bolivia
Honduras v Ecuador
COPA LIBERTADORES
The Group Stage begins with 2 games this week.
Matches & Scores:
-Wed Feb 9
Fluminense v Argentinos Juniors
Tolima v Guarani
AFRICA
International Friendlies
Ivory Coast and Ghana were winners today.
Matches & Scores:
-Tue Feb 8
Cote d'Ivoire 1-0 Mali
Ghana 4-1 Togo
-Wed Feb 9
Mozambique v Botswana
Namibia v Malawi
Nigeria v Sierra Leone
Macedonia v Cameroon
Tanzania v Palestine
Libya v Benin
Equatorial Guinea v Chad
Kenya v Zambia
Cape Verde Islands v Burkina Faso
Congo DR v Gabon
Guinea-Bissau v Gambia
Senegal v Guinea
Morocco v Niger
ASIA
International Friendlies
Matches & Scores:
-Wed Feb 9
Iran v Russia
Kuwait v Uzbekistan
Tanzania v Palestine
Malaysia v Hong Kong
Philippines v Mongolia
Bhutan v Afghanistan
Cambodia v Macau
Chinese Taipei v Laos
Turkey v S Korea
posted by brucio at 18:58
1 Comments:
I watched the highlights of Toronto's exhibition against Red Star on TFC's website, they actually looked pretty sharp for preseason. The team looks like they are combining with each other well.
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