Some News for Fri Mar 4, 2011
STARTERS
Happy Birthday to Landon Dononvan!
dN
The Barclays Premier League sends out an amazingly in depth preview of this weekends matches. If you are an EPL fan, then this is completely for you.
CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE GROUP STAGE
Quarterfinals 2nd Leg games are finished.
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Saprissa completes the Semifinals line up.
Monterrey, Real Salt Lake & Cruz Azul have already advance to the Semifinals.
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Matches & Scores:
Quarterfinals
2nd Leg
-Tue Mar 1
Real Salt Lake 4-1 Columbus Crew - RSL advances 4-1 on aggregate - RSL goals by Alvaro Saborio, Javier Morales(2) & Andy Williams. CC goals by Andres Mendoza.
Venue: Rio Tinto Stadium - Sandy UT
Santos Laguna 1-3 Cruz Azul - CA advances 5-1 on aggregate - SL goal by Christian Benitez. CA goals by Emanuel Villa(2) & Chaco Gimenez.
Venue: Estadio Corona - Torreen, Coahuila
-Wed Mar 2
Monterrey 1-0 Toluca - Mon advances 2-0 on aggregate - Mon goal by Neri Cardozo.
Venue: Tecnologico - Monterrey, Nuevo Leon
-Thu Mar 3
Olimpia 1-2 Saprissa - Sap advances 3-1 on aggregate. Oli goal by Roger Rojas. Sap goals by Armando Alonso & Luis Diego Cordero.
Venue: Estadio Carias Andino - Tegucigalpa
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Semifinals
1st Leg
-Tue Mar 15
Real Salt Lake v Saprissa
-Wed Mar 16
Cruz Azul v Monterrey
2nd Leg
-Tue Apr 5
Saprissa v Real Salt Lake
-Wed Apr 6
Monterrey v Cruz Azul
UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
2nd leg Quarterfinal matches start next Tuesday! Are you ready Beav?
BIG EUROPEAN CLUB MATCHES
Matches & Scores:
-Sat Mar 5
Hannover v Bayern Munchen - #3 v #4 and another must win for Bayern.
Juvetus v Milan - long long long time rivals, and Milan needs to keep up the winning pace
-Sun Mar 6
Liverpool v Manchester United - another old rivalry with Man U needing to keep pushing at the top this time
Marsielle v Lille - #3 v #1 with just one point between them
VIDEO OF THE DAY
15 days until the start of the MLS season! And Vancouver lines up their opponents for a little target practice. Pinanta style.
MLS TEAM & PLAYER NEWS
General News
The League has signed a deal to have all statistics tracked by the very popular European company Opta.
-Here is the press release from Opta.
-MLS continues its relationship with Elias here in America.
Former MLS player Chris Gbandi writing for Simply Futbol tells us what he thinks New England and Kansas City have to do to become contenders again.
-Great to see people with the insight Gbandi has chiming in.
NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION
The Revs signed 3 young players yesterday: SuperDraft picks Ryan Kinne & Alan Koger, and Supplemental pick Andrew Sousa.
NEW YORK RED BULLS
Kristian Dyer of MLSsoccer.com on the growing bond between Thierry Henry and Juan Agudelo.
VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC
The Caps signed 29 year old French forward Eric Hassli FC Zurich in Switzerland, where he has been since 2007 scoring 23 goals in 80 games.
MLS EXHIBITIONS
CASCADIA SUMMIT
Alaska Airlines magazine has a cover story on the huge rivalry between the three, written by Geoffrey Arnold of the Oregonian. Thanks to Dan for the link.
Venue: Starfire Sports Complex - Tukwila WA
-Fri Mar 4
Seattle Sounders v Portland Timbers - 9:30pm Central
-Sat Mar 5
Portland Timbers v Vancouver Whitecaps - 6:00pm Central
-Sun Mar 6
Seattle Sounders v Vancouver Whitecaps - 5:00pm Central
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DESERT CUP
Venue: Hi Corbett Field - Tucson AZ
Matches & Scores:
-Fri Mar 4
Sporting Kansas City v Arizona Sahuaros
New York Red Bulls v FC Tucson
-Sat Mar 5
FC Tucson v Arizona Sahuaros
New York Red Bulls v Sporting Kansas City
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CAROLINA CHALLENGE CUP
Venue: Blackbaud Stadium - Charleston SC
-Sat Mar 5
Charleston Battery v DC United
Toronto FC v Chicago Fire
-Wed Mar 9
Charleston Battery v Toronto FC
DC United v Chicago Fire
-Sat Mar 12
Charleston Battery v Chicago Fire
DC United v Toronto FC
MLS YOUTH DEVELOPMENT
Geoff Lepper of MLSsoccer.com talks to 4 players from the San Jose Earthquakes academy squad who just returned from a week training at Tottenham in London. Great quotes from the players.
AMERICANS IN EUROPE
Yevgeni Starikov has again been sent from Zenit to Tom Tomsk on loan for 2011. He spent all over last season there and was a starter in the final several weeks of the season.
ENGLAND
Top of the Premier League Table: (27 GP)
60 Man United - Sun Mar 6 at Liverpool (28 GP)
56 Arsenal - Sat Mar 5 v Sunderland
50 Man City - Sat Mar 5 v Wigan (28 GP)
48 Chelsea - Mon Mar 7 at Blackpool
47 Tottenham - Sun Mar 6 at Wolverhampton
SPAIN
Top of the Primera Division Table: (26 GP)
71 Barcelona - Sat Mar 5 v Real Zaragoza
64 Real Madrid - Sun Mar 6 at Racing Santander
51 Valencia - Sat Mar 5 at Mallorca
50 Villarreal - Sat Mar 5 at Atletico Madrid
40 Espanyol - Sun Mar 6 at Levante
FRANCE
Top of the Ligue 1 Table: (25 GP)
46 Lille - Sun Mar 6 at Marsielle
46 Rennes - Sat Mar 5 at Montpellier
45 Marsielle - Sun Mar 6 v Lille
44 PSG - Sat Mar 5 at Auxerre
42 Lyon - Sun Mar 6 v Arles
GERMANY
Top of the Bundesliga Table: (24 GP)
58 Borussia Dortmund - Fri Mar 4 v Koln
46 Bayer Leverkusen - Sat Mar 5 v Wolfsburg
44 Hannover - Sat Mar 5 v Bayern Munich
42 Bayern Munich - Sat Mar 5 at Hannover
40 Mainz - Sun Mar 6 at Hamburg
ITALY
Top of the Serie A Table: (27 GP)
58 Milan - Sat Mar 5 at Juventus
53 Inter - Sun Mar 6 v Genoa
52 Napoli - Sun Mar 6 v Brescia
48 Lazio - Sun Mar 6 v Palermo
47 Udinese - Sun Mar 6 v Bari
COPA LIBERTADORES
Lots and lots of goals scored on Thursday night.
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Group Stage
Matches & Scores:
-Tue Mar 1
Godoy Cruz 1-3 Penarol - GC goal by Ruben Ramirez. Pen goals by Juan Olivera(2) & Luis Aguiar.
Tachira 2-4 Colo Colo - Tac goals both by Julio Gutierrez. CC goals by Ezequiel Miralles(2), Esteban Paredes & Lucas Wilchez.
-Wed Mar 2
Santos 1-1 Cerro Porteno - San goal by Elano(PK). CP goal by Roberto Nanni(PK).
Nacional 0-1 Argentinos Juniors - AJ goal by Franco Niell.
Tolima 0-0 Cruzeiro
America 1-0 Fluminense - Ame goal by Daniel Marquez.
San Luis 1-1 Once Caldas - SL goal by Michael Arroyo. OC goal by Wason Renteria.
-Thu Mar 3
Velez Sarsfield 3-4 Catolica - VS goals by Fernando Ortiz, Augusto Fernandez & Emiliano Papa. Cat goals by Lucas Pratto(2), Tomas Costa & Francisco Pizarro.
Gremio 2-0 Leon Huanuco - Gre goals by Andre Lima & Borges(PK).
LDU Quito 3-0 Independiente - LDU goals by Paul Ambrosi, Miller Bolanos & Patricio Urrutia.
Caracas 2-0 Union Espanola - Car goals by Edgar Jimenez(PG) & Nelson Barahona.
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Standings:
Group 1
6 Universidad San Martin (Peru) (+5 gd) (2 gp)
4 Libertad (Paraguay) (+1 gd) (2 gp)
2 Once Caldas (Colombia) (-3 gd) (3 gp)
1 San Luis (Mexico) (-3 gd) (3 gp)
Group 2
6 Junior (Colombia) (+2 gd) (2 gp)
6 Gremio (Brazil) (+4 gd) (3 gp)
3 Leon de Huanuco (Peru) (-2 gd) (3 gp)
0 Oriente Petrolo (Bolivia) (-4 gd) (2 gp)
Group 3
7 Argentinos Juniors (Argentina) (+3 gd) (3 gp)
6 America (Mexico) (+1 gd) (3 gp)
2 Fluminense (Brazil) (-1 gd) (3 gp)
1 Nacional (Uruguay) (-3 gd) (3 gp)
Group 4
4 Universidad Catolica (Chile) (+1 gd) (2 gp)
3 Velez Sarsfield (Argentina) (+2 gd) (2 gp)
3 Caracas (Venezuela) (-1 gd) (2 gp)
1 Union Espanola (Chile) (-2 gd) (2 gp)
Group 5
4 Cerro Porteno (Paraguay) (+3 gd) (2 gp)
3 Colo-Colo (Chile) (-1 gd) (2 gp)
2 Santos (Brazil) (0 gd) (2 gp)
1 Tachira (Venezuela) (-2 gd) (2 gp)
Group 6
4 Internacional (Brazil) (+4 gd) (2 gp)
4 Emelec (Ecuador) (+1 gd) (2 gp)
3 Chiapas Jaguares (-2 gd) (2 gp)
0 Jorge Wilstermann (Bolivia) (-3 gd) (2 gp)
Group 7
7 Cruzeiro (Brazil) (+9 gd) (3 gp)
4 Tolima (Colombia) (0 gd) (3 gp)
3 Estudiantes (Argentina) (-4 gd) (2 gp)
0 Guarani (Paraguay) (-5 gd) (2 gp)
Group 8
3 Penarol (Uruguay) (+3 gd) (2 gp)
3 Liga Quito (Ecuador) (+2 gd) (2 gp)
3 Independiente (Argentina) (0 gd) (2 gp)
3 Gody Cruz (Argentina) (-1 gd) (2 gp)
ENDERS
I saw this headline on an article by veteran soccer writer Paul Gardner today, "GLT and the Gnat Eyebrow Factor", and I thought, Holy Shit, Paul watches Jersey Shore too - GLT: Gym, Laundry, Tanning!
Happy Birthday to Landon Dononvan!
dN
The Barclays Premier League sends out an amazingly in depth preview of this weekends matches. If you are an EPL fan, then this is completely for you.
CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE GROUP STAGE
Quarterfinals 2nd Leg games are finished.
dN
Saprissa completes the Semifinals line up.
Monterrey, Real Salt Lake & Cruz Azul have already advance to the Semifinals.
dN
Matches & Scores:
Quarterfinals
2nd Leg
-Tue Mar 1
Real Salt Lake 4-1 Columbus Crew - RSL advances 4-1 on aggregate - RSL goals by Alvaro Saborio, Javier Morales(2) & Andy Williams. CC goals by Andres Mendoza.
Venue: Rio Tinto Stadium - Sandy UT
Santos Laguna 1-3 Cruz Azul - CA advances 5-1 on aggregate - SL goal by Christian Benitez. CA goals by Emanuel Villa(2) & Chaco Gimenez.
Venue: Estadio Corona - Torreen, Coahuila
-Wed Mar 2
Monterrey 1-0 Toluca - Mon advances 2-0 on aggregate - Mon goal by Neri Cardozo.
Venue: Tecnologico - Monterrey, Nuevo Leon
-Thu Mar 3
Olimpia 1-2 Saprissa - Sap advances 3-1 on aggregate. Oli goal by Roger Rojas. Sap goals by Armando Alonso & Luis Diego Cordero.
Venue: Estadio Carias Andino - Tegucigalpa
dN
Semifinals
1st Leg
-Tue Mar 15
Real Salt Lake v Saprissa
-Wed Mar 16
Cruz Azul v Monterrey
2nd Leg
-Tue Apr 5
Saprissa v Real Salt Lake
-Wed Apr 6
Monterrey v Cruz Azul
UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
2nd leg Quarterfinal matches start next Tuesday! Are you ready Beav?
BIG EUROPEAN CLUB MATCHES
Matches & Scores:
-Sat Mar 5
Hannover v Bayern Munchen - #3 v #4 and another must win for Bayern.
Juvetus v Milan - long long long time rivals, and Milan needs to keep up the winning pace
-Sun Mar 6
Liverpool v Manchester United - another old rivalry with Man U needing to keep pushing at the top this time
Marsielle v Lille - #3 v #1 with just one point between them
VIDEO OF THE DAY
15 days until the start of the MLS season! And Vancouver lines up their opponents for a little target practice. Pinanta style.
MLS TEAM & PLAYER NEWS
General News
The League has signed a deal to have all statistics tracked by the very popular European company Opta.
-Here is the press release from Opta.
-MLS continues its relationship with Elias here in America.
Former MLS player Chris Gbandi writing for Simply Futbol tells us what he thinks New England and Kansas City have to do to become contenders again.
-Great to see people with the insight Gbandi has chiming in.
NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION
The Revs signed 3 young players yesterday: SuperDraft picks Ryan Kinne & Alan Koger, and Supplemental pick Andrew Sousa.
NEW YORK RED BULLS
Kristian Dyer of MLSsoccer.com on the growing bond between Thierry Henry and Juan Agudelo.
VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC
The Caps signed 29 year old French forward Eric Hassli FC Zurich in Switzerland, where he has been since 2007 scoring 23 goals in 80 games.
MLS EXHIBITIONS
CASCADIA SUMMIT
Alaska Airlines magazine has a cover story on the huge rivalry between the three, written by Geoffrey Arnold of the Oregonian. Thanks to Dan for the link.
Venue: Starfire Sports Complex - Tukwila WA
-Fri Mar 4
Seattle Sounders v Portland Timbers - 9:30pm Central
-Sat Mar 5
Portland Timbers v Vancouver Whitecaps - 6:00pm Central
-Sun Mar 6
Seattle Sounders v Vancouver Whitecaps - 5:00pm Central
dN
DESERT CUP
Venue: Hi Corbett Field - Tucson AZ
Matches & Scores:
-Fri Mar 4
Sporting Kansas City v Arizona Sahuaros
New York Red Bulls v FC Tucson
-Sat Mar 5
FC Tucson v Arizona Sahuaros
New York Red Bulls v Sporting Kansas City
dN
CAROLINA CHALLENGE CUP
Venue: Blackbaud Stadium - Charleston SC
-Sat Mar 5
Charleston Battery v DC United
Toronto FC v Chicago Fire
-Wed Mar 9
Charleston Battery v Toronto FC
DC United v Chicago Fire
-Sat Mar 12
Charleston Battery v Chicago Fire
DC United v Toronto FC
MLS YOUTH DEVELOPMENT
Geoff Lepper of MLSsoccer.com talks to 4 players from the San Jose Earthquakes academy squad who just returned from a week training at Tottenham in London. Great quotes from the players.
AMERICANS IN EUROPE
Yevgeni Starikov has again been sent from Zenit to Tom Tomsk on loan for 2011. He spent all over last season there and was a starter in the final several weeks of the season.
ENGLAND
Top of the Premier League Table: (27 GP)
60 Man United - Sun Mar 6 at Liverpool (28 GP)
56 Arsenal - Sat Mar 5 v Sunderland
50 Man City - Sat Mar 5 v Wigan (28 GP)
48 Chelsea - Mon Mar 7 at Blackpool
47 Tottenham - Sun Mar 6 at Wolverhampton
SPAIN
Top of the Primera Division Table: (26 GP)
71 Barcelona - Sat Mar 5 v Real Zaragoza
64 Real Madrid - Sun Mar 6 at Racing Santander
51 Valencia - Sat Mar 5 at Mallorca
50 Villarreal - Sat Mar 5 at Atletico Madrid
40 Espanyol - Sun Mar 6 at Levante
FRANCE
Top of the Ligue 1 Table: (25 GP)
46 Lille - Sun Mar 6 at Marsielle
46 Rennes - Sat Mar 5 at Montpellier
45 Marsielle - Sun Mar 6 v Lille
44 PSG - Sat Mar 5 at Auxerre
42 Lyon - Sun Mar 6 v Arles
GERMANY
Top of the Bundesliga Table: (24 GP)
58 Borussia Dortmund - Fri Mar 4 v Koln
46 Bayer Leverkusen - Sat Mar 5 v Wolfsburg
44 Hannover - Sat Mar 5 v Bayern Munich
42 Bayern Munich - Sat Mar 5 at Hannover
40 Mainz - Sun Mar 6 at Hamburg
ITALY
Top of the Serie A Table: (27 GP)
58 Milan - Sat Mar 5 at Juventus
53 Inter - Sun Mar 6 v Genoa
52 Napoli - Sun Mar 6 v Brescia
48 Lazio - Sun Mar 6 v Palermo
47 Udinese - Sun Mar 6 v Bari
COPA LIBERTADORES
Lots and lots of goals scored on Thursday night.
dN
Group Stage
Matches & Scores:
-Tue Mar 1
Godoy Cruz 1-3 Penarol - GC goal by Ruben Ramirez. Pen goals by Juan Olivera(2) & Luis Aguiar.
Tachira 2-4 Colo Colo - Tac goals both by Julio Gutierrez. CC goals by Ezequiel Miralles(2), Esteban Paredes & Lucas Wilchez.
-Wed Mar 2
Santos 1-1 Cerro Porteno - San goal by Elano(PK). CP goal by Roberto Nanni(PK).
Nacional 0-1 Argentinos Juniors - AJ goal by Franco Niell.
Tolima 0-0 Cruzeiro
America 1-0 Fluminense - Ame goal by Daniel Marquez.
San Luis 1-1 Once Caldas - SL goal by Michael Arroyo. OC goal by Wason Renteria.
-Thu Mar 3
Velez Sarsfield 3-4 Catolica - VS goals by Fernando Ortiz, Augusto Fernandez & Emiliano Papa. Cat goals by Lucas Pratto(2), Tomas Costa & Francisco Pizarro.
Gremio 2-0 Leon Huanuco - Gre goals by Andre Lima & Borges(PK).
LDU Quito 3-0 Independiente - LDU goals by Paul Ambrosi, Miller Bolanos & Patricio Urrutia.
Caracas 2-0 Union Espanola - Car goals by Edgar Jimenez(PG) & Nelson Barahona.
dN
Standings:
Group 1
6 Universidad San Martin (Peru) (+5 gd) (2 gp)
4 Libertad (Paraguay) (+1 gd) (2 gp)
2 Once Caldas (Colombia) (-3 gd) (3 gp)
1 San Luis (Mexico) (-3 gd) (3 gp)
Group 2
6 Junior (Colombia) (+2 gd) (2 gp)
6 Gremio (Brazil) (+4 gd) (3 gp)
3 Leon de Huanuco (Peru) (-2 gd) (3 gp)
0 Oriente Petrolo (Bolivia) (-4 gd) (2 gp)
Group 3
7 Argentinos Juniors (Argentina) (+3 gd) (3 gp)
6 America (Mexico) (+1 gd) (3 gp)
2 Fluminense (Brazil) (-1 gd) (3 gp)
1 Nacional (Uruguay) (-3 gd) (3 gp)
Group 4
4 Universidad Catolica (Chile) (+1 gd) (2 gp)
3 Velez Sarsfield (Argentina) (+2 gd) (2 gp)
3 Caracas (Venezuela) (-1 gd) (2 gp)
1 Union Espanola (Chile) (-2 gd) (2 gp)
Group 5
4 Cerro Porteno (Paraguay) (+3 gd) (2 gp)
3 Colo-Colo (Chile) (-1 gd) (2 gp)
2 Santos (Brazil) (0 gd) (2 gp)
1 Tachira (Venezuela) (-2 gd) (2 gp)
Group 6
4 Internacional (Brazil) (+4 gd) (2 gp)
4 Emelec (Ecuador) (+1 gd) (2 gp)
3 Chiapas Jaguares (-2 gd) (2 gp)
0 Jorge Wilstermann (Bolivia) (-3 gd) (2 gp)
Group 7
7 Cruzeiro (Brazil) (+9 gd) (3 gp)
4 Tolima (Colombia) (0 gd) (3 gp)
3 Estudiantes (Argentina) (-4 gd) (2 gp)
0 Guarani (Paraguay) (-5 gd) (2 gp)
Group 8
3 Penarol (Uruguay) (+3 gd) (2 gp)
3 Liga Quito (Ecuador) (+2 gd) (2 gp)
3 Independiente (Argentina) (0 gd) (2 gp)
3 Gody Cruz (Argentina) (-1 gd) (2 gp)
ENDERS
I saw this headline on an article by veteran soccer writer Paul Gardner today, "GLT and the Gnat Eyebrow Factor", and I thought, Holy Shit, Paul watches Jersey Shore too - GLT: Gym, Laundry, Tanning!
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