Some News for Wed Feb 2, 2011
STARTERS
Charlie Davies is headed to DC United to meet with coaches, doctors and conditioning personel to determine if he will be signed on a loan deal from Sochaux. We wish him all the best.
-Here is the official word from DCU.
-And FIFA has a big article on Charlie's recovery.
dN
Real Madrid and Barcelona will face off in the Copa Del Rey final. That game is on Wed Apr 20. And guess what, they meet just 3 days prior in their 2nd La Liga match of the season!!! WoooHooo!
TWITTERVERSE/FACEBOOKING
@CharlieDavies9: "I'm very excited to meet up with DC United in Florida tomorrow!! Looking forward to it & can't wait!! Thank you all for the support!!!"
HMMMMM, VERY INTERESTING
Ron Blum of the Associated Press has quotes from MLS chief Don Garber reminding everyone that the NY Cosmos are not the only ones vying for a new franchise in NYC. There are other serious bidders as well. And it takes more then a fancy name to get a team these days. Via Yahoo.
MLS TEAM & PLAYER NEWS
CHICAGO FIRE
Len Ziehm of the Sun Times on all the roster changes this offseason.
CD CHIVAS USA
Ridge Mahoney of Soccer America talks to head coach Robin Fraser about his first days in charge and the first preseason game, a win, against Fresno Fuego(PDL).
HOUSTON DYNAMO
Jose de Jesus Ortiz of the Chroncile reports that the Dynas will break ground on the new stadium this Sat Feb 5 at 2pm central time!!!!!
SPORTING KANSAS CITY SC
Charles Gooch of the Star on the battle for the Sporks international roster spots.
LA GALAXY
Phil Collin of the Daily Mail with a check-in from Galaxicamp. Lots of Landon Donovan and Bruce Arena speak.
-Plus bonus quotes.
Scott French of ESPN with more Donovan, Arena and Galaxy preseason.
NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION
Frank Dell'Apa of the Globe sees the Revs real struggle as being their defense.
NEW YORK RED BULLS
The Bulls signed 20 year old Brazilian midfielder Marcos Paullo from Paranaense.
PHILADELPHIA UNION
Jonathan Tannenwald of Philly.com on what head coach Peter Nowak expects from his troops this season.
-Includes lots of photos.
REAL SALT LAKE
Goalkeeper Nick Rimando has signed a new contract extension with the club.
Michael C Lewis of the Tribune has articles on 2 new players making an early impact in preseason - Arturo Alvarez - and - Paulo Jr.
SEATTLE SOUNDERS
Joshua Mayers of the Times says Brad Evans is back and ready for action after a season long injury last year.
TORONTO FC
TFC tied Partizan 1-1 today with Nana Attakora getting their goal. DDR missed a PK.
VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC
Marc Weber of the Province on the Caps first MLS preaseason game, and win.
-The Province gives us photos from the game.
Bruce Constantineau with his story on the game.
AMERICANS IN EUROPE
Avi Creditor of Sports Illustrated talks to Oguchi Onyewu about his move to Twente.
dN
Word from Nottingham is that Robbie Findley suffered a thigh injury in training, with the extent of the damage not yet known.
dN
Jamie Hill of Yanks Abroad talks to Erik Opsahl who just signed with Reading in England.
dN
Game Action:
ENGLAND - Premier League
Clint Dempsey - Fulham - Wed Feb 2 - went the distance in a 1-0 win v Newcastle.
Marcus Hahnemann - Wolverhampton - Wed Feb 2 - on the bench for a 1-0 loss at Bolton.
Stuart Holden - Bolton - Wed Feb 2 - went the 90 in a 1-0 v Wolverhampton.
Jermaine Jones - Blackburn - Wed Feb 2 - started and was subbed out in the 64th min, getting a yellow card as they lost 0-1 v Tottenham.
Jonathan Spector - West Ham - Wed Feb 2 - no JS on the game day roster as they won 1-3 at Blackpool.
ENGLAND
A full round of Premier League games are on tap for Tue and Wed.
Top of the Table: (24 GP)
54 Man United - Tue Feb 1 W 3-1 v Aston Villa
49 Arsenal - Tue Feb 1 W 2-1 v Everton
46 Man City - Wed Feb 2 D 2-2 at Birmingham (25 GP)
44 Chelsea - Tue Feb 1 W 2-4 at Sunderland
41 Tottenham - Wed Feb 2 W 0-1 at Blackburn
dN
Gary "Rat Fuck" Neville of Man U fame has retired. My favorite thing about Gary is that he stayed true to his Fischer-Price My First Mustache.
SPAIN
COPA DEL REY
It will be the Classico for the cup.
Semifinals
2nd Leg
-Wed Feb 2
Almeria 0-3 Barcelona - Bar advances 8-0 on aggregate.
Real Madrid 2-0 Sevilla - RM advances 3-0 on aggregate.
FRANCE
COUPE DE FRANCE
Sochaux & Nancy got knocked off on Wed, but PSG, Le Mans, Nice, Nancy and Lille all advanced.
Round of 16
Matches & Scores
-Tue Feb 1
Angers 2-0 Strasbourg
Lorient 3-0 Metz
Stade Rennes 3-4 Reims
-Wed Feb 2
Chambery 2-1 Sochaux
Martigues 1-4 PSG
Nancy 1-2 Le Mans
Drancy 0-1 Nice
Lille 1-1 Nantes - Lil adv 3-2 in Penalty Kick Shootout.
GERMANY
Uli Hesse of ESPN shows us the next batch of German superstars on the rise.
dN
Raphael Honigstein of Sports Illustrated describes the chaos at Schalke.
-Jermaine Jones should consider him lucky to be out of that scene.
ITALY
Were you like me and snickered when you saw Mark Van Bommel get a red card on Saturday in his second game for Milan! Yeah, I thought you did.
dN
A full compliment of mid-week games are on the way.
Top of the Table: (23 GP)
48 Milan - Tue Feb 1 - D 0-0 v Lazio
43 Napoli - Wed Feb 2 L 2-0 at Chievo
41 Lazio - Tue Feb 1 - D 0-0 at Milan
39 Roma - Wed Feb 2 D 1-1 Brescia (22 GP)
38 Inter - Thu Feb 3 at Bari (21 GP)
37 Palermo - Wed Feb 2 W 2-1 v Juventus
37 Udinese - Wed Feb 2 D 1-1 v Bologna
35 Juventus - Wed Feb 2 L 2-1 at Palermo
UEFA EURO 2012
Jonathan Wilson of the Guardian on the man behind Ukraine's role in co-hosting the tournament.
COPA LIBERTADORES
Intial Round (to fill the final 6 spots in the Group Stage)
Independiente and Jaguares have advanced to the groups. 4 more to go.
Matches & Scores:
2nd Leg
-Tue Feb 1
#5 Quito (Ecuador) 1-0 Independiente (Argentina) - Ind advances 2-1 on aggregate - DQ goal by Michael Jackson Quinonez.
#2 Chiapas Jaguares (Mexico) 2-0 Alianza (Peru) - CJ advances 4-0 on aggregate - CJ goals by Michael Pedroza & Antonio Salazar.
-Wed Feb 2
#1 Tolima (Colombia) v Corinthians(Brazil) (0-0)
#4 Union Espanola (Chile) v Bolívar (Bolivia) (1-0)
#6 Gremio (Brazil) v Liverpool (Uruguay) (2-2)
-Thu Feb 3
#3 Petare (Venezuela) v Cerro Porteno (Paraguay) (0-1)
Charlie Davies is headed to DC United to meet with coaches, doctors and conditioning personel to determine if he will be signed on a loan deal from Sochaux. We wish him all the best.
-Here is the official word from DCU.
-And FIFA has a big article on Charlie's recovery.
dN
Real Madrid and Barcelona will face off in the Copa Del Rey final. That game is on Wed Apr 20. And guess what, they meet just 3 days prior in their 2nd La Liga match of the season!!! WoooHooo!
TWITTERVERSE/FACEBOOKING
@CharlieDavies9: "I'm very excited to meet up with DC United in Florida tomorrow!! Looking forward to it & can't wait!! Thank you all for the support!!!"
HMMMMM, VERY INTERESTING
Ron Blum of the Associated Press has quotes from MLS chief Don Garber reminding everyone that the NY Cosmos are not the only ones vying for a new franchise in NYC. There are other serious bidders as well. And it takes more then a fancy name to get a team these days. Via Yahoo.
MLS TEAM & PLAYER NEWS
CHICAGO FIRE
Len Ziehm of the Sun Times on all the roster changes this offseason.
CD CHIVAS USA
Ridge Mahoney of Soccer America talks to head coach Robin Fraser about his first days in charge and the first preseason game, a win, against Fresno Fuego(PDL).
HOUSTON DYNAMO
Jose de Jesus Ortiz of the Chroncile reports that the Dynas will break ground on the new stadium this Sat Feb 5 at 2pm central time!!!!!
SPORTING KANSAS CITY SC
Charles Gooch of the Star on the battle for the Sporks international roster spots.
LA GALAXY
Phil Collin of the Daily Mail with a check-in from Galaxicamp. Lots of Landon Donovan and Bruce Arena speak.
-Plus bonus quotes.
Scott French of ESPN with more Donovan, Arena and Galaxy preseason.
NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION
Frank Dell'Apa of the Globe sees the Revs real struggle as being their defense.
NEW YORK RED BULLS
The Bulls signed 20 year old Brazilian midfielder Marcos Paullo from Paranaense.
PHILADELPHIA UNION
Jonathan Tannenwald of Philly.com on what head coach Peter Nowak expects from his troops this season.
-Includes lots of photos.
REAL SALT LAKE
Goalkeeper Nick Rimando has signed a new contract extension with the club.
Michael C Lewis of the Tribune has articles on 2 new players making an early impact in preseason - Arturo Alvarez - and - Paulo Jr.
SEATTLE SOUNDERS
Joshua Mayers of the Times says Brad Evans is back and ready for action after a season long injury last year.
TORONTO FC
TFC tied Partizan 1-1 today with Nana Attakora getting their goal. DDR missed a PK.
VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC
Marc Weber of the Province on the Caps first MLS preaseason game, and win.
-The Province gives us photos from the game.
Bruce Constantineau with his story on the game.
AMERICANS IN EUROPE
Avi Creditor of Sports Illustrated talks to Oguchi Onyewu about his move to Twente.
dN
Word from Nottingham is that Robbie Findley suffered a thigh injury in training, with the extent of the damage not yet known.
dN
Jamie Hill of Yanks Abroad talks to Erik Opsahl who just signed with Reading in England.
dN
Game Action:
ENGLAND - Premier League
Clint Dempsey - Fulham - Wed Feb 2 - went the distance in a 1-0 win v Newcastle.
Marcus Hahnemann - Wolverhampton - Wed Feb 2 - on the bench for a 1-0 loss at Bolton.
Stuart Holden - Bolton - Wed Feb 2 - went the 90 in a 1-0 v Wolverhampton.
Jermaine Jones - Blackburn - Wed Feb 2 - started and was subbed out in the 64th min, getting a yellow card as they lost 0-1 v Tottenham.
Jonathan Spector - West Ham - Wed Feb 2 - no JS on the game day roster as they won 1-3 at Blackpool.
ENGLAND
A full round of Premier League games are on tap for Tue and Wed.
Top of the Table: (24 GP)
54 Man United - Tue Feb 1 W 3-1 v Aston Villa
49 Arsenal - Tue Feb 1 W 2-1 v Everton
46 Man City - Wed Feb 2 D 2-2 at Birmingham (25 GP)
44 Chelsea - Tue Feb 1 W 2-4 at Sunderland
41 Tottenham - Wed Feb 2 W 0-1 at Blackburn
dN
Gary "Rat Fuck" Neville of Man U fame has retired. My favorite thing about Gary is that he stayed true to his Fischer-Price My First Mustache.
SPAIN
COPA DEL REY
It will be the Classico for the cup.
Semifinals
2nd Leg
-Wed Feb 2
Almeria 0-3 Barcelona - Bar advances 8-0 on aggregate.
Real Madrid 2-0 Sevilla - RM advances 3-0 on aggregate.
FRANCE
COUPE DE FRANCE
Sochaux & Nancy got knocked off on Wed, but PSG, Le Mans, Nice, Nancy and Lille all advanced.
Round of 16
Matches & Scores
-Tue Feb 1
Angers 2-0 Strasbourg
Lorient 3-0 Metz
Stade Rennes 3-4 Reims
-Wed Feb 2
Chambery 2-1 Sochaux
Martigues 1-4 PSG
Nancy 1-2 Le Mans
Drancy 0-1 Nice
Lille 1-1 Nantes - Lil adv 3-2 in Penalty Kick Shootout.
GERMANY
Uli Hesse of ESPN shows us the next batch of German superstars on the rise.
dN
Raphael Honigstein of Sports Illustrated describes the chaos at Schalke.
-Jermaine Jones should consider him lucky to be out of that scene.
ITALY
Were you like me and snickered when you saw Mark Van Bommel get a red card on Saturday in his second game for Milan! Yeah, I thought you did.
dN
A full compliment of mid-week games are on the way.
Top of the Table: (23 GP)
48 Milan - Tue Feb 1 - D 0-0 v Lazio
43 Napoli - Wed Feb 2 L 2-0 at Chievo
41 Lazio - Tue Feb 1 - D 0-0 at Milan
39 Roma - Wed Feb 2 D 1-1 Brescia (22 GP)
38 Inter - Thu Feb 3 at Bari (21 GP)
37 Palermo - Wed Feb 2 W 2-1 v Juventus
37 Udinese - Wed Feb 2 D 1-1 v Bologna
35 Juventus - Wed Feb 2 L 2-1 at Palermo
UEFA EURO 2012
Jonathan Wilson of the Guardian on the man behind Ukraine's role in co-hosting the tournament.
COPA LIBERTADORES
Intial Round (to fill the final 6 spots in the Group Stage)
Independiente and Jaguares have advanced to the groups. 4 more to go.
Matches & Scores:
2nd Leg
-Tue Feb 1
#5 Quito (Ecuador) 1-0 Independiente (Argentina) - Ind advances 2-1 on aggregate - DQ goal by Michael Jackson Quinonez.
#2 Chiapas Jaguares (Mexico) 2-0 Alianza (Peru) - CJ advances 4-0 on aggregate - CJ goals by Michael Pedroza & Antonio Salazar.
-Wed Feb 2
#1 Tolima (Colombia) v Corinthians(Brazil) (0-0)
#4 Union Espanola (Chile) v Bolívar (Bolivia) (1-0)
#6 Gremio (Brazil) v Liverpool (Uruguay) (2-2)
-Thu Feb 3
#3 Petare (Venezuela) v Cerro Porteno (Paraguay) (0-1)
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