Some News for Tue Mar 15, 2011

STARTERS

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MLS FIRST KICK 2011

This is the day, your life will surely change.

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Season 16 is upon us!

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-Tue Mar 15
Seattle Sounders FC v LA Galaxy - 8:30pm CT on ESPN
Venue: Qwest Field

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-Sat Mar 19
Vancouver v Toronto - 5:30pm CT on Direct Kick
Venue: Empire Field
DC v Columbus - 6:30pm CT on Direct Kick
Venue: RFK Stadium
New York v Seattle - 6:30pm CT on Direct Kick
Venue: Red Bull Arena
Houston v Philadelphia - 7:30pm CT on Direct Kick
Venue: Robertson Stadium
Dallas v Chicago - 7:30pm CT on Direct Kick
Venue: Pizza Hut Park
Colorado v Portland - 8:00pm CT on FSC
Venue: Dick's Sporting Goods Park
Chivas v Kansas City - 9:30pm CT on Direct Kick
Venue: Home Depot Center
San Jose v Salt Lake - 9:30pm CT on Direct Kick
Venue: Buck Shaw Stadium
-Sun Mar 20
LA v New England - 7:00pm CT on Telefutura
Venue: Home Depot Center

MLS TEAM & PLAYER NEWS

General News

Steve Davis of Sports Illustrated gives us previews of both the Eastern Conference and the Western Conference.

Jack Bell of the NY Times on the Northwest as the new epicenter of MLS.

Ives Galarcep of Fox with a little season preview.
-And he ranks the 18 teams as they season kicks off.

Reuters gives us 10 things to watch for this season.

DC UNITED

The Washington Post sees 19 year old rookie centerback Perry Kitchen stepping right into the first 11.

HOUSTON DYNAMO

Odeen Domingo of AZ Central does a Q & A with Dynamo midfielder Danny Cruz.

LA GALAXY

Scott French of ESPN on the all new Galaxy forward line.

ESPN has an article and video interview with Beckman.
-Don't expect anything beyond fluff though.

NEW YORK RED BULLS

More cloack and dagger shit from the Red Bulls. Just weeks after firing two coaches for reasons unexplained, the team has cut former academy prodigy Giorgio Chirgadze and again refuse to explain why, only hinting that it had nothing to do with on field performance.

PORTLAND TIMBERS

Geoff Arnold talks to Timbers coach John Spencer about the opening of a season in a whole new world for Portland.

SEATTLE SOUNDERS

Don Ruiz of the Tacoma News Trib says the hardcore Sounders fans are not satisfied with their relationship with the team.

TORONTO FC

Dan Ilika of the Sun sees 5 important factors for TFC this season.

VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC

TSN reports that both Jay DeMerit and John Thorrington are struggling with nagging injuries that could keep them out of the lineup for game 1.

The Caps signed three more players today:
-Goalkeeper Brian Sylvestre from their academy team
-Defender Bilal Duckett a Superdraft pick from Notre Dame
-Midfielder Jeb Brovsky another Superdraft pick also from Notre Dame

UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

Round of 16 second leg matches on Tuesday & Wednesday!

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Inter and Man United both advance to the Quarterfinals in dramatic fashion. Much more tomorrow.

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-Tue Mar 15
Man United 2-1 Marseille - MU advances 2-1 on aggregate - MU goals both by Javier Hernandez. Mar goal by Wes Brown(OG).
Bayern 2-3 Inter - series ends tied 3-3 and Int advance on the away goal tie breaker - BM goals by Mario Gomez & Tomas Muller - Int goals by Samuel Eto'o, Wesley Sneijder & Goran Pandev.
-Wed Mar 16
Chelsea v Kobenhavn (2-0) - Live at 2:30pm CT
Real Madrid v Lyon (1-1) - Delayed at 5:00pm CT

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NOTE: Games start 1 hour later than usual as North America changes their clocks to standard hours two weeks before Europe does.

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Tottenham, Schalke, Barcelona and Shakhtar have already advanced to the next round.

CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

1st Leg Semifinals Tuesday & Wednesday!

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Semifinals
1st Leg
-Tue Mar 15
Real Salt Lake v Saprissa - 9pm CT
-Wed Mar 16
Cruz Azul v Monterrey