Some News for Tue Apr 5, 2011

STARTERS

Schalke & Real Madrid fans are already partying in the streets as they head to the UEFA Champions League Semifinals, after just one leg.

On the other hand, Inter & Tottenham fans have all stuck their heads in the sand together. In denial.

UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

Quarterfinals
Matches & Scores:
1st Leg
-Tue Apr 5
Real Madrid 4-0 Tottenham - RM goals by Emmanuel Adebayor(2), Angel Di Maria & Cristiano Ronaldo.
Inter 2-5 Schalke - Int goals by Dejan Stankovic & Diego Milito. Sch goals by Joel Matip, Edu(2), Raul & Andrea Ranocchia(OG).
-Wed Apr 6
Chelsea v Manchester United - Live at 1:30pm CT on FSC
Barcelona v Shakhtar Donetsk - Live at 1:30pm CT on Fox Soccer Plus, or delayed at 4:00pm CT on FSC

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2nd Leg matches on Apr 12/13.

CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

Semifinals 2nd Leg.

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The Tico Times with a short Saprissa-centric preview.

Michael C Lewis of the Salt Lake Tribune on RSL's mission - to win it all.

Lewis also writes about RSL forward Alvaro Saborio's return to face his old club Saprissa.

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Semifinals
Matches & Scores:
2nd Leg
-Tue Apr 5
Saprissa v Real Salt Lake (0-2) - Live at 9:00pm CT on FSC
-Wed Apr 6
Monterrey v Cruz Azul (2-1) - Live at 9:00pm CT on FSC

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Final
1st Leg
-Wed Apr 20
2nd Leg
-Wed Apr 27

QUOTE OF THE DAY

"In this league, it's 90 minutes like you play at the very start. They never tire, you know? When I was a little bit younger, you try to get the opponent on your side tired. When you saw him very tired you tried to make more effort, but (on Saturday) I watched on my side and they were never tired. I was getting tired! But it's OK. It was my first game and I enjoyed it a lot."

-Maura Rosales - Seattle Sounders new Argentine attacking midfielder was surprised by the level of fitness in MLS.

THIS IS WHAT ITS ALL ABOUT

Jay Hipps at Centerline Soccer does a Q & A with long time USA, international club and Seattle goalkeeper Kasey Keller.

MLS MATCHES, SCORES & STANDINGS

Week 4

Matches & Scores:
-Wed Apr 06, 2011
Vancouver Whitecaps FC v New England Revolution - 9:00pm CT on TSN
Venue: Empire Field - Vancouver BC
-Fri Apr 08, 2011
FC Dallas v Colorado Rapids - 8:00pm CT on FSC
Venue: Pizza Hut Park - Frisco TX
-Sat Apr 09, 2011
Seattle Sounders FC v Chicago Fire SC - 3:00pm CT on Direct Kick
Venue: Qwest Field - Seattle WA
Philadelphia Union v New York Red Bulls - 6:00pm CT on ESPN2
Venue: PPL Park - Chester PA
New England Revolution v Real Salt Lake - 6:30pm CT on Direct Kick
Venue: Gillette Stadium - Foxborough MA
DC United v LA Galaxy - 6:30pm CT on Direct Kick
Venue: RFK Stadium - Washington DC
CD Chivas USA v Columbus Crew - 9:30pm CT on Direct Kick
Venue: The Home Depot Center - Carson CA
San Jose Earthquakes v Toronto FC - 9:30pm CT on Direct Kick
Venue: Buck Shaw Stadium - Santa Clara CA
-Sun Apr 10, 2011
Houston Dynamo v Vancouver Whitecaps FC - 6:00pm CT on Galavision
Venue: Robertson Stadium - Houston TX

MLS TEAM & PLAYER NEWS

General News

The Akron Beacon Journal follows Akron players in MLS: This week Bunbury, Nagbe, U20s and more.http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif

DC UNITED

The Washingtonian with a big big big feature story on young Andy Najar. (Thanks to Dave for the link)

LA GALAXY

The BBC has a nice feature story on Chris Birchall. Audio included. (Thanks to BE for the link.)

NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION

Frank Dell'Apa of the Boston Globe with post-game notes from last weekend: The Revs are making things harder than they should be.

Also Dell'Apa reports that the team has signed 29 year old Danish forward Rajko Lekic from Silkeborg where he had a fantastic rate of 24 goals in 47 games.

SEATTLE SOUNDERS

Don Ruiz of the Tacoma News Tribune on the return of the Reserve League and what it will do for Sounders players.

Joshua Mayers of the Times reports that O'Brian White and Nate Jaqua are both healthy now and will have to battle it out for a starting position.

Mayers gives us quotes after training on Monday from Schmid, Keller, White and Rosales.

Stanley Holmes of Sportspress Northwest sees 6 starting midfielder on the Sounders roster, but only 4 places on the field.

VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC

Marc Weber of the Province with an article on the Caps striker Camilo who came out of nowhere to score 2 goals last weekend and claim the league's Player of the Week award.

US OPEN CUP

MLS team qualifying:

1st Stage
-Wed Apr 6
DC United v Philadelphia Union

2nd Stage
-Wed Apr 6
Houston Dynamo v Sporting Kansas City

USA U20 TEAM

CONCACAF U20 World Cup Qualifying is at the crucial stage.

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Quarterfinals
Matches & Scores:
-Wed Apr 6
Guatemala v USA

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Roster
G:
Zac MacMath - Philadelphia Union
Cody Cropper - Ipswich
D:
Gale Agbossoumonde - Djurgardens
Greg Garza - Estoril Praia
Moises Hernandez - FC Dallas
Sacir Hot - New York Red Bulls
Sebastien Ibeagha - Duke
Perry Kitchen - DC United
Zarek Valentin - Chivas USA
Korey Veeder - Columbus Crew
M:
Sebastian Lletget - West Ham
Amobi Okugo - Philadelphia Union
Moises Orozco - UANL Tigres
Dillon Powers - Notre Dame
Kelyn Rowe - UCLA
F:
Eder Arreola - UCLA
Conor Doyle - Derby County
Joseph Gyau - Hoffenheim
Omar Salgado - Vancouver Whitecaps
Bobby Wood - 1860 Munich

CONCACAF U20 WORLD CUP QUALIFYING

The tournament is now set for the important Quarterfinals in Guatemala, and 4 teams will advance to the World Cup in Colombia.

Quarterfinals
Matches & Scores:
-Tue Apr 5
Costa Rica v Cuba
Mexico v Canada
-Wed Apr 6
USA v Guatemala
Honduras v Panama
-The 4 winners go to the World Cup.

AMERICANS IN EUROPE

The Fulham web site has a rave from head coach Mark Hughes about Clint Dempsey. (Thanks to BQ for the link)

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Coming Up:

ENGLAND - Championship League
Eddie Johnson - Preston North End - Tue Apr 5 - started and went 83 min in a 2-1 loss at Reading.

ENGLAND - League One
Anton Peterlin - Plymouth Argyle - Tue Apr 5 - went the full 90 but lost 2-0 at Leyton Orient.

ITALY

Parma fired head coach Pasquale Marino on Monday and today hired Franco Colomba to take over.

EUROPE

Who are the top goal scorers so far: (as of Tue Apr 5, 2011)

Premier League
20 Dimitar Berbatov - Manchester United
19 Carlos Tevez - Manchester City
13 Daren Bent - Aston Villa

Primera Division
27 Lionel Messi - Barcelona
27 Cristiano Ronaldo - Real Madrid
17 David Villa - Barcelona

Serie A
25 Antonio Di Natale - Udinese
25 Edinson Cavani - Napoli
19 Samuel Eto'o - Inter
19 Marco Di Vaio - Bologna

Bundesliga
19 Mario Gomez - Bayern Munich
19 Papiss Demba Cisse - Freiburg
16 Theofanis Gekas - Eintracht Frankfurt

Ligue 1
20 Moussa Sow - Lille
16 Kevin Gameiro - Lorient
15 Youssef El Arabi - Caen

Eredivisie
18 Dmitry Bulykin - ADO Den Haag
18 Bjorn Vleminckx - NEC Nijmegen
15 3 players tied

Premeira Liga
21 Hulk - Porto
13 Joao Tomas - Rio Ave
11 Radamel Falcao - Porto

Premier League
15 Conor Sammon - Kilmarnock
14 David Goodwillie - Dundee United
13 4 players tied

Others
19 Alex - Fenerbache - Turkey
19 Djibril Cisse - Panathinaikos - Greece
17 Jelle Vossen - Genk - Belgium

Top Goal Scorers In Europe's Biggest Leagues
27 Lionel Messi - Barcelona
27 Cristiano Ronaldo - Real Madrid
25 Edinson Cavani - Napoli
25 Antonio Di Natale - Udinese
21 Hulk - Porto
20 Dimitar Berbatov - Manchester United
20 Moussa Sow - Lille
19 Alex - Fenerbache
19 Djibril Cisse - Panathinaikos - Greece
19 Papiss Demba Cisse - Freiburg
19 Samuel Eto'o - Inter
19 Mario Gomez - Bayern Munich
19 Carlos Tevez - Manchester City
19 Marco Di Vaio - Bologna
18 Dmitry Bulykin - ADO Den Haag
18 Bjorn Vleminckx - NEC Nijmegen
17 David Villa - Barcelona
17 Jelle Vossen - Genk - Belgium

UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE

Round of 16 2nd Leg matches will be played this Thursday.

Matches & Scores.

COPA LIBERTADORES

Group Stage
Matches & Scores:
-Tue Apr 5
Independiente v LDU Quito
Union Espanola v Caracas
-Wed Apr 6
Deportivo Tachira v Cerro Porteno
Jaguares v Internacional
Nacional v Fluminense
Santos v Colo Colo
America v Argentinos Juniors
-Thu Apr 7
Gremio v Junior
Jorge Wilstermann v Emelec
Univ Catolica v Velez Sarsfield

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Standings:
Group 1
ADV-11 Libertad (Paraguay) (+6 gd) (5 gp)
6 Univ San Martin (Peru) (-2 gd) (5 gp)
5 San Luis (Mexico) (-1 gd) (5 gp)
4 Once Caldas (Colombia) (-3 gd) (5 gp)
Group 2
ADV-12 Junior (Colombia) (+4 gd) (4 gp)
7 Gremio (Brazil) (+4 gd) (4 gp)
OUT-4 Leon de Huanuco (Peru) (-4 gd) (5 gp)
OUT-3 Oriente Petrolero (Bolivia) (-4 gd) (5 gp)
Group 3
7 Argentinos Juniors (Argentina) (+2 gd) (4 gp)
6 America (Mexico) (0 gd) (4 gp)
5 Fluminense (Brazil) (0 gd) (4 gp)
4 Nacional (Uruguay) (-2 gd) (4 gp)
Group 4
7 Univ Catolica (Chile) (+1 gd) (4 gp)
6 Velez Sarsfield (Argentina) (+2 gd) (4 gp)
6 Caracas (Venezuela) (-1 gd) (4 gp)
4 Union Espanola (Chile) (-2 gd) (4 gp)
Group 5
5 Cerro Porteno (Paraguay) (+3 gd) (3 gp)
6 Colo-Colo (Chile) (0 gd) (3 gp)
2 Santos (Brazil) (-1 gd) (3 gp)
2 Depor Tachira (Venezuela) (-2 gd) (3 gp)
Group 6
10 Internacional (Brazil) (+10 gd) (4 gp)
7 Emelec (Ecuador) (+1 gd) (4 gp)
6 Chiapas Jaguares (-2 gd) (4 gp)
OUT-0 Jorge Wilstermann (Bolivia) (-9 gd) (4 gp)
Group 7
ADV-13 Cruzeiro (Brazil) (+16 gd) (5 gp)
ADV-10 Estudiantes (Argentina) (+1 gd) (5 gp)
OUT-5 Depor Tolima (Colombia) (-5 gd) (5 gp)
OUT-0 Guarani (Paraguay) (-12 gd) (5 gp)
Group 8
9 Penarol (Uruguay) (-4 gd) (5 gp)
7 Gody Cruz (Argentina) (0 gd) (5 gp)
6 Liga Quito (Ecuador) (+6 gd) (4 gp)
4 Independiente (Argentina) (-2 gd) (4 gp)