Some News for Wed Apr 27, 2011
STARTERS
In all competitions in the 2010/11 season at Barcelona Lionel Messi has scored an astounding 53 goals in 51 games.
STORY OF THE DAY
Clint Dempsey had a big had for Fulham scoring their first two goals in a 3-0 home win over Bolton.
-Match report from the BBC with post-game audio from Dempsey
CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
Final
From the Salt Lake Tribune:
-Historic opportunity arrives for RSL in Champions League
-RSL game sold out, but fans still looking
-Bearded man of the world leads RSL
-RSL won’t hold back offensively
Some pretty convincing stats from the Tribune:
-The team is 7-0-3 at home without Kyle Beckerman during the past two seasons.
-It was 4-1-2 overall without him when he was out with an injury last season.
-The team has played 20 straight home games without allowing more than one goal
-The team has allowed only two total goals in four home games this year in all competitions.
The Tribune also reports on the sidelight to this whole story, the business meetings between officials from Utah and Monterrey that have taken place.
From the Deseret News:
-Real Salt Lake on the brink of history
-Nick Rimando a big reason why RSL is in final
-RSL brass aims to ensure it's a true home crowd
-Advancing would give RSL crack at soccer's big boys
-Net gains: RSL riding CCL run to the bank
-What a long, strange trip for Real Salt Lake
Kyle Beckerman of RSL is suspended for this game.
Aldo de Nigris & Jesus Zavala of Monterrey are suspended for this game.
Luis Perez of Monterrey is out of this game due to injury.
Matches & Scores:
2nd Leg (1st Leg score included)
-Wed Apr 27
Real Salt Lake v Monterrey (2-2) - 9pm CT on FSC
NSC MINNESOTA STARS
Home Opener
-Sat Apr 30
NSC Minnesota Stars v Carolina RailHawks - 7:30pm
Venue: National Sports Center Stadium - Blaine MN
NOTE: I have an extra ticket for this game. Would you like to be my guest? Drop me an email!
Tickets
Tailgating begins around 5:30.
UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
Semifinals
A 0-2 win by Barcelona gives them a huuuuuuuuge advantage for the home game next week.
-Of course Lionel Messi scored both goals for Barca.
-The win was really marred by a red card that should not have been given, and Real Madrid falling apart after that.
There was shameful play-acting from both teams that should be punished using post-game video. Sergio Busquets of Barcelona in particular should be banned for a year after the crap he pulls game in and game out.
Rob Hughes of the New York Times on Manchester United rolling over Schalke.
George Vecsey of the NY Times with a feature on the better-with-age Ryan Giggs.
Review of the Wednesday game coming tomorrow.
dN
Matches & Scores:
1st Leg
-Tue Apr 26
Schalke 0-2 Manchester United - MU goals by Ryan Giggs & Wayne Rooney.
Venue: Arena AufSchalke - Gelsenkirchen
-Wed Apr 27
Real Madrid 0-2 Barcelona - Bar goals both by Lionel Messi.
Venue: Estadio Santiago Bernabeu - Madrid
dN
2nd Leg matches next Tue and Wed.
THE QUADRACLASICO - MADRID V BARCA 2011
Real Madrid & Barcelona face off 4 times in 3 competitions in 18 days beginning on Saturday April 16.
dN
After 3 games the series is tied dead even at 1-1-1 each.
dN
Matches & Scores:
-Sat Apr 16
Real Madrid 1-1 Barcelona - Primera Division - RM goal by Cristiano Ronaldo(PK). Bar goal by Lionel Messi(PK).
Venue: Estadio Santiago Bernabeu - Madrid
-Wed Apr 20
Barcelona 0-1 Real Madrid - Copa Del Rey Final - RM goal by Cristiano Ronaldo.
Venue: Estadio Mestalla - Valencia
-Wed Apr 27
Real Madrid 0-2 Barcelona - UEFA Champions League Semifinal Leg 1 - Bar goals both by Lionel Messi.
Venue: Estadio Santiago Bernabeu - Madrid
-Tue May 3
Barcelona v Real Madrid - UEFA Champions League Semifinal Leg 2 - 1:45pm CT on FSC
Venue: Camp Nou - Barcelona
dN
SCOREBOARD
Team - Win - Tie - Loss
Barcelona - 1 -- 1 --- 1
Real Madrid 1 -- 1 --- 1
WHAT'S WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE?
Lazio was fined less than $12,000 for racist chants by their fans last weekend.
MLS TEAM & PLAYER NEWS
PHILADELPHIA UNION
Officially announced friendly match
-Wed Jul 20
Philadelphia Union v Everton (England)
Venue: PPL Park - Chester PA
SEATTLE SOUNDERS
Don Ruiz of the Olympian on Fredy Montero looking like he might be back in the groove.
TORONTO FC
Daniel Girard of the Star on the recent debut for TFC academy graduate Oscar Cordon Jr. (missed from last week)
NSC MINNESOTA STARS
The folks at Brave New Media have been filming the NSC Minnesota Stars since preseason began this year. They were out at the watch party the other night, and give us this at times surreal video. Yours truly makes an appearance, and it looks as though I am talking out the side of my mouth at first. What is that about?
-Its not always this weird at the Sweetwater, just the odd Friday night game.
NASL SCOREBOARD
Matches & Scores:
-Tue Apr 26
Puerto Rico Islanders 3-1 NSC Minnesota Stars - PRI goals by Nicolas Addlery & Jonathan Fana(2). NSC goal by Kyle Altman.
-Fri Apr 29
Puerto Rico Islanders v Fort Lauderdale Strikers
-Sat Apr 30
FC Tampa Bay v Atlanta Silverbacks
NSC Minnesota Stars v Carolina RailHawks
-Sun May 1
FC Edmonton v Montreal Impact
dN
Standings:
9 Puerto Rico Islanders (+5 GD) (3 GP)
6 Carolina RailHawks (+2 GD) (3 GP)
6 FC Edmonton (0 GD) (3 GP)
4 NSC Minnesota Stars (-1 GD) (3 GP)
3 FC Tampa Bay (-1 GD) (2 GP)
1 Fort Lauderdale Strikers (-1 GD) (2 GP)
0 Atlanta Silverbacks (-2 GD) (2 GP)
0 Montreal Impact (-2 GD) (2 GP)
US OPEN CUP
MLS Qualifying
New England went to DC and held off a late rally to advance to the final round of qualifying.
-15 year old Diego Fagundez made his New England debut in the 76th minute. Wow. I remember where I was at age 15 it was nowhere near being a pro at anything. Well maybe a professional Rush and Aerosmith fan.
Matches & Scores:
2nd Stage
-Tue Apr 26
DC United 2-3 New England Revolution - DCU goals by Branko Baskovic(2). NER goals by Kheli Dube(2) & Alan Koger..
-Tue May 3
San Jose Earthquakes v Portland Timbers
dN
3rd Stage
-Wed May 25
Sporting Kansas City v New England Revolution - venue TBA
-DATE TBD
PT/SJE winner v Chicago Fire
-The 2 winners of this stage advance to the tournament proper.
USA U17 TEAM
A more senior version of the U17 team, and the one made up primarily of players who will be going to the World Cup this summer are off to train and play some games in Mexico.
dN
Matches & Scores:
-Wed Apr 27
Mexico U17 v USA U17
-Sun May 1
Mexico U17 v USA U17
dN
Roster
G:
Wade Hamilton - Arsenal FC
Kendall McIntosh - San Jose Earthquakes Academy
Fernando Pina - Houston Dynamo
D:
Kellyn Acosta - FC Dallas Juniors
Joe Amon - South Carolina United FC
Zach Carroll - Vardar
Mobi Fehr - Tokyo Verdy 1969
Alessandro Mion - Kendall SC
Reed Norton - Concorde Fire
Nathan Smith - Cal Odyssey
Andrew Souders - Crew Soccer Academy
M:
Matt Dunn - FC Koln
Alejandro Guido - Aztecs Premier
Fernando Laverde - FC Dallas Juniors
Nico Melo - Florida Rush
Marc Pelosi - De Anza Force
Esteban Rodriguez - Cosmos Academy West
Tarik Salkicic - Strictly Soccer
Dillon Serna - Colorado Rapids Academy
Colton Storm - HMMS Eagle FC
F:
Kellen Gulley - MS Chicago Fire Juniors
Alfred Koroma - Solar Chelsea FC
Jack McBean - LA Galaxy
Mario Rodriguez - Central Aztecs
AMERICANS IN EUROPE
Game Action:
ENGLAND - Premier League
Clint Dempsey - Fulham - Wed Apr 27 - went the full 90 scoring two goals as they won 3-0 v Bolton.
Marcus Hahnemann - Wolverhampton - Tue Apr 26 - on the bench as they lost 3-0 at Stoke.
CONCACAF
The very first games of CONCACAF World Cup qualifying will be played as a 2 legged series on Jun 3 & 7.
-Here are those 5 matchups between the 10 lowest rated teams in the region:
Montserrat - Belize
Anguilla - Dominican Republic
US Virgin Islands - British Virgin Islands
Aruba - St. Luca
Bahamas - Turks & Caicos Islands
The 5 winners will advance to join the next 19 highest rated teams in a six, four team group stage.
CANADA
The Canadian Championship begins tonight.
This year there are 4 teams involved. The winner goes to the CONCACAF Champions League preliminary round.
dN
Match preview from the Vancouver Sun.
Match preview from the Montreal Gazette.
Match preview from the Edmonton Journal.
Match preview from the Toronto Sun.
dN
Matches & Scores:
Semifinals
1st Leg
-Wed Apr 27
Montreal Impact v Vancover Whitecaps
FC Edmonton v Toronto FC
2nd Leg
-Wed May 4
Vancover Whitecaps v Montreal Impact
Toronto FC v FC Edmonton
dN
Final
1st Leg
-Wed May 18
Winners
2nd Leg
-Wed May 25
Winners
COPA LIBERTADORES
Round Of 16
Tonight is the first night of the knock out rounds.
dN
Matches & Scores:
1st Leg
-Tue Apr 26
Velez Sarsfield v LDU Quito
Gremio v Univ Catolica
-Wed Apr 27
Once Caldas v Cruzeiro
Santos v America
Chiapas Jaguares v Junior
Estuniantes v Cerro Porteno
-Thu Apr 28
Fluminense v Libertad
Penarol v Internacional
In all competitions in the 2010/11 season at Barcelona Lionel Messi has scored an astounding 53 goals in 51 games.
STORY OF THE DAY
Clint Dempsey had a big had for Fulham scoring their first two goals in a 3-0 home win over Bolton.
-Match report from the BBC with post-game audio from Dempsey
CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
Final
From the Salt Lake Tribune:
-Historic opportunity arrives for RSL in Champions League
-RSL game sold out, but fans still looking
-Bearded man of the world leads RSL
-RSL won’t hold back offensively
Some pretty convincing stats from the Tribune:
-The team is 7-0-3 at home without Kyle Beckerman during the past two seasons.
-It was 4-1-2 overall without him when he was out with an injury last season.
-The team has played 20 straight home games without allowing more than one goal
-The team has allowed only two total goals in four home games this year in all competitions.
The Tribune also reports on the sidelight to this whole story, the business meetings between officials from Utah and Monterrey that have taken place.
From the Deseret News:
-Real Salt Lake on the brink of history
-Nick Rimando a big reason why RSL is in final
-RSL brass aims to ensure it's a true home crowd
-Advancing would give RSL crack at soccer's big boys
-Net gains: RSL riding CCL run to the bank
-What a long, strange trip for Real Salt Lake
Kyle Beckerman of RSL is suspended for this game.
Aldo de Nigris & Jesus Zavala of Monterrey are suspended for this game.
Luis Perez of Monterrey is out of this game due to injury.
Matches & Scores:
2nd Leg (1st Leg score included)
-Wed Apr 27
Real Salt Lake v Monterrey (2-2) - 9pm CT on FSC
NSC MINNESOTA STARS
Home Opener
-Sat Apr 30
NSC Minnesota Stars v Carolina RailHawks - 7:30pm
Venue: National Sports Center Stadium - Blaine MN
NOTE: I have an extra ticket for this game. Would you like to be my guest? Drop me an email!
Tickets
Tailgating begins around 5:30.
UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
Semifinals
A 0-2 win by Barcelona gives them a huuuuuuuuge advantage for the home game next week.
-Of course Lionel Messi scored both goals for Barca.
-The win was really marred by a red card that should not have been given, and Real Madrid falling apart after that.
There was shameful play-acting from both teams that should be punished using post-game video. Sergio Busquets of Barcelona in particular should be banned for a year after the crap he pulls game in and game out.
Rob Hughes of the New York Times on Manchester United rolling over Schalke.
George Vecsey of the NY Times with a feature on the better-with-age Ryan Giggs.
Review of the Wednesday game coming tomorrow.
dN
Matches & Scores:
1st Leg
-Tue Apr 26
Schalke 0-2 Manchester United - MU goals by Ryan Giggs & Wayne Rooney.
Venue: Arena AufSchalke - Gelsenkirchen
-Wed Apr 27
Real Madrid 0-2 Barcelona - Bar goals both by Lionel Messi.
Venue: Estadio Santiago Bernabeu - Madrid
dN
2nd Leg matches next Tue and Wed.
THE QUADRACLASICO - MADRID V BARCA 2011
Real Madrid & Barcelona face off 4 times in 3 competitions in 18 days beginning on Saturday April 16.
dN
After 3 games the series is tied dead even at 1-1-1 each.
dN
Matches & Scores:
-Sat Apr 16
Real Madrid 1-1 Barcelona - Primera Division - RM goal by Cristiano Ronaldo(PK). Bar goal by Lionel Messi(PK).
Venue: Estadio Santiago Bernabeu - Madrid
-Wed Apr 20
Barcelona 0-1 Real Madrid - Copa Del Rey Final - RM goal by Cristiano Ronaldo.
Venue: Estadio Mestalla - Valencia
-Wed Apr 27
Real Madrid 0-2 Barcelona - UEFA Champions League Semifinal Leg 1 - Bar goals both by Lionel Messi.
Venue: Estadio Santiago Bernabeu - Madrid
-Tue May 3
Barcelona v Real Madrid - UEFA Champions League Semifinal Leg 2 - 1:45pm CT on FSC
Venue: Camp Nou - Barcelona
dN
SCOREBOARD
Team - Win - Tie - Loss
Barcelona - 1 -- 1 --- 1
Real Madrid 1 -- 1 --- 1
WHAT'S WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE?
Lazio was fined less than $12,000 for racist chants by their fans last weekend.
MLS TEAM & PLAYER NEWS
PHILADELPHIA UNION
Officially announced friendly match
-Wed Jul 20
Philadelphia Union v Everton (England)
Venue: PPL Park - Chester PA
SEATTLE SOUNDERS
Don Ruiz of the Olympian on Fredy Montero looking like he might be back in the groove.
TORONTO FC
Daniel Girard of the Star on the recent debut for TFC academy graduate Oscar Cordon Jr. (missed from last week)
NSC MINNESOTA STARS
The folks at Brave New Media have been filming the NSC Minnesota Stars since preseason began this year. They were out at the watch party the other night, and give us this at times surreal video. Yours truly makes an appearance, and it looks as though I am talking out the side of my mouth at first. What is that about?
-Its not always this weird at the Sweetwater, just the odd Friday night game.
NASL SCOREBOARD
Matches & Scores:
-Tue Apr 26
Puerto Rico Islanders 3-1 NSC Minnesota Stars - PRI goals by Nicolas Addlery & Jonathan Fana(2). NSC goal by Kyle Altman.
-Fri Apr 29
Puerto Rico Islanders v Fort Lauderdale Strikers
-Sat Apr 30
FC Tampa Bay v Atlanta Silverbacks
NSC Minnesota Stars v Carolina RailHawks
-Sun May 1
FC Edmonton v Montreal Impact
dN
Standings:
9 Puerto Rico Islanders (+5 GD) (3 GP)
6 Carolina RailHawks (+2 GD) (3 GP)
6 FC Edmonton (0 GD) (3 GP)
4 NSC Minnesota Stars (-1 GD) (3 GP)
3 FC Tampa Bay (-1 GD) (2 GP)
1 Fort Lauderdale Strikers (-1 GD) (2 GP)
0 Atlanta Silverbacks (-2 GD) (2 GP)
0 Montreal Impact (-2 GD) (2 GP)
US OPEN CUP
MLS Qualifying
New England went to DC and held off a late rally to advance to the final round of qualifying.
-15 year old Diego Fagundez made his New England debut in the 76th minute. Wow. I remember where I was at age 15 it was nowhere near being a pro at anything. Well maybe a professional Rush and Aerosmith fan.
Matches & Scores:
2nd Stage
-Tue Apr 26
DC United 2-3 New England Revolution - DCU goals by Branko Baskovic(2). NER goals by Kheli Dube(2) & Alan Koger..
-Tue May 3
San Jose Earthquakes v Portland Timbers
dN
3rd Stage
-Wed May 25
Sporting Kansas City v New England Revolution - venue TBA
-DATE TBD
PT/SJE winner v Chicago Fire
-The 2 winners of this stage advance to the tournament proper.
USA U17 TEAM
A more senior version of the U17 team, and the one made up primarily of players who will be going to the World Cup this summer are off to train and play some games in Mexico.
dN
Matches & Scores:
-Wed Apr 27
Mexico U17 v USA U17
-Sun May 1
Mexico U17 v USA U17
dN
Roster
G:
Wade Hamilton - Arsenal FC
Kendall McIntosh - San Jose Earthquakes Academy
Fernando Pina - Houston Dynamo
D:
Kellyn Acosta - FC Dallas Juniors
Joe Amon - South Carolina United FC
Zach Carroll - Vardar
Mobi Fehr - Tokyo Verdy 1969
Alessandro Mion - Kendall SC
Reed Norton - Concorde Fire
Nathan Smith - Cal Odyssey
Andrew Souders - Crew Soccer Academy
M:
Matt Dunn - FC Koln
Alejandro Guido - Aztecs Premier
Fernando Laverde - FC Dallas Juniors
Nico Melo - Florida Rush
Marc Pelosi - De Anza Force
Esteban Rodriguez - Cosmos Academy West
Tarik Salkicic - Strictly Soccer
Dillon Serna - Colorado Rapids Academy
Colton Storm - HMMS Eagle FC
F:
Kellen Gulley - MS Chicago Fire Juniors
Alfred Koroma - Solar Chelsea FC
Jack McBean - LA Galaxy
Mario Rodriguez - Central Aztecs
AMERICANS IN EUROPE
Game Action:
ENGLAND - Premier League
Clint Dempsey - Fulham - Wed Apr 27 - went the full 90 scoring two goals as they won 3-0 v Bolton.
Marcus Hahnemann - Wolverhampton - Tue Apr 26 - on the bench as they lost 3-0 at Stoke.
CONCACAF
The very first games of CONCACAF World Cup qualifying will be played as a 2 legged series on Jun 3 & 7.
-Here are those 5 matchups between the 10 lowest rated teams in the region:
Montserrat - Belize
Anguilla - Dominican Republic
US Virgin Islands - British Virgin Islands
Aruba - St. Luca
Bahamas - Turks & Caicos Islands
The 5 winners will advance to join the next 19 highest rated teams in a six, four team group stage.
CANADA
The Canadian Championship begins tonight.
This year there are 4 teams involved. The winner goes to the CONCACAF Champions League preliminary round.
dN
Match preview from the Vancouver Sun.
Match preview from the Montreal Gazette.
Match preview from the Edmonton Journal.
Match preview from the Toronto Sun.
dN
Matches & Scores:
Semifinals
1st Leg
-Wed Apr 27
Montreal Impact v Vancover Whitecaps
FC Edmonton v Toronto FC
2nd Leg
-Wed May 4
Vancover Whitecaps v Montreal Impact
Toronto FC v FC Edmonton
dN
Final
1st Leg
-Wed May 18
Winners
2nd Leg
-Wed May 25
Winners
COPA LIBERTADORES
Round Of 16
Tonight is the first night of the knock out rounds.
dN
Matches & Scores:
1st Leg
-Tue Apr 26
Velez Sarsfield v LDU Quito
Gremio v Univ Catolica
-Wed Apr 27
Once Caldas v Cruzeiro
Santos v America
Chiapas Jaguares v Junior
Estuniantes v Cerro Porteno
-Thu Apr 28
Fluminense v Libertad
Penarol v Internacional
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