Friday, May 27, 2011

Some News for Fri May 27, 2011

JACK WARNER/SEPP BLATTER/FIFA CIRCUS

And the train kept a rollin' all night long!

The Telegraph reports that Sepp Blater has been added to the list of people being investigated for FIFA ethics violations.

David Conn of the Guardian asks and does his best to answer 10 questions regarding the whole farce.

STORY OF THE DAY

Jere Longman of the New York Times takes us inside the Barcelona training academy, where all those great players are created.
-From their current team, 8 of the usual 11 starters were home grown.

UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FINAL

Rob Hughes of the New York Times previews the huge game.

Sid Lowe of the Guardian tells us about Barca's Sergio Busquets, a great player.
-He is also a massive diving wanker.

dN

Match & Score:
Barcelona v Manchester United - 1pm CT on Fox
Venue: Wembley Stadium - London

The game should kick off around 1:45pm CT.

QUESTION OF THE DAY

Who has the best centerback pairing, Barcelona with Carles Puyol & Gerard Pique, or Manchester United with Rio Ferdinand & Nemanja Vidic?

Vote in the official du Nord Poll.

TEAM USA

The team is training in Cary NC.

The official team blog.

Matches & Scores:
Friendly
-Sat Jun 4
USA v Spain
Venue: Gillette Stadium - Foxborough MA

PICTURE OF THE DAY

Lionel Messi is going to wear these eyeball burning shoes in the UCL final. They weigh just under 6 ounces! Holy Crap.



















Here are some more cool Messi photos from his facebook page.

MLS MATCHES, SCORES & STANDINGS

Week 11

Matches & Scores:
-Sat May 28
Toronto FC v Philadelphia Union - 11:30AM CT on Direct Kick
Venue: BMO Field
Vancouver Whitecaps FC v New York Red Bulls - 4:30PM CT on Direct Kick
Venue: Empire Field
Columbus Crew v CD Chivas USA - 6:30PM CT on Direct Kick
Venue: Crew Stadium
New England Revolution v LA Galaxy - 7:00PM CT on Galavision
Venue: Gillette Stadium
Chicago Fire SC v San Jose Earthquakes - 7:30PM CT on Direct Kick
Venue: Toyota Park
Houston Dynamo v FC Dallas - 7:30PM CT on Direct Kick
Venue: Robertson Stadium
Colorado Rapids v Sporting Kansas City - 8:00PM CT on Direct Kick
Venue: Dick's Sporting Goods Park
Real Salt Lake v Seattle Sounders FC - 8:00PM CT on Direct Kick
Venue: Rio Tinto Stadium
-Sun May 29
Portland Timbers v DC United - 4:00PM CT on Direct Kick
Venue: JELD-WEN Field

dN

Standings:
EASTERN CONFERENCE
17 Philadelphia Union (+1 GD) (10 GP)
17 New York Red Bulls (+7 GD) (11 GP)
14 Houston Dynamo (+2 GD) (12 GP)
13 Columbus Crew (-2 GD) (10 GP)
13 New England Revolution (-4 GD) (11 GP)
12 DC United (-5 GD) (10 GP)
12 Toronto FC (-6 GD) (12 GP)
8 Chicago Fire SC (-4 GD) (10 GP)
4 Sporting Kansas City (-7 GD) (8 GP)

WESTERN CONFERENCE
26 LA Galaxy (+7 GD) (14 GP)
21 FC Dallas (+4 GD) (12 GP)
17 Real Salt Lake (+7 GD) (8 GP)
17 Portland Timbers (-1 GD) (10 GP)
17 Colorado Rapids (+2 GD) (12 GP)
17 Seattle Sounders FC (+2 GD) (13 GP)
12 CD Chivas USA (+1 GD) (10 GP)
12 San Jose Earthquakes (0 GD) (10 GP)
8 Vancouver Whitecaps FC (-4 GD) (11 GP)

MLS TEAM & PLAYER NEWS

CD CHIVAS USA

I think this is a great sales idea: For the first time the Los Angeles Dodgers and Chivas USA will offer ticket packages for a Dodgers game on Jun 19 v Houston Astros and a Chivas USA match on Jul 16 v New York Red Bulls. Heath Pearce will also throw out the first pitch at the Dodgers game.

MLS RESERVE LEAGUE

Matches & Scores:
-Sun May 29
Colorado Rapids v Sporting Kansas City
Houston Dynamo v FC Dallas
Toronto FC v Philadelphia Union
-Mon May 30
New York Red Bulls v Columbus Crew
Portland Timbers v Seattle Sounders

dN

Standings Etc.

NASL SCOREBOARD

Matches & Scores:
-Sat May 28
Carolina RailHawks v Atlanta Silverbacks
Fort Lauderdale Strikers v Montreal Impact
NSC Minnesota Stars v FC Tampa Bay
-Tue May 31
FC Edmonton v FC Tampa Bay
-Wed Jun 1
Puerto Rico Islanders v NSC Minnesota Stars

dN

Standings (as of Mon May 23):
19 Carolina RailHawks (+10 GD) (8 GP) 2.38 PPG
13 FC Edmonton (-2 GD) (7 GP) 1.86 PPG
12 NSC Minnesota Stars (+3 GD) (8 GP) 1.50 PPG
10 Puerto Rico Islanders (0 GD) (6 GP) 1.67 PPG
9 FC Tampa Bay (0 GD) (7 GP) 1.29 PPG
7 Fort Lauderdale Strikers (-2 GD) (7 GP) 1.00 PPG
4 Montreal Impact (-1 GD) (6 GP) 0.67 PPG
2 Atlanta Silverbacks (-8 GD) (7 GP) 0.29 PPG

USA U18 TEAM

USA U18 team in Portugal for the Lisbon International tournament.

The USA tied in their first game. And lost their second.

Matches & Scores:
-Wed May 25
USA 1-1 Netherlands - USA goal by Victor Pineda.
-Thu May 26
USA 0-1 Portugal
-Sat May 28
USA v Finland

Roster
G:
Jeff Gal - Sockers FC
Jon Kempin - Sporting Kansas City
D:
Michael Ambrose - FC Dallas Academy
Jack Coleman - FC Dallas Academy
Bryan Gallego - New York Red Bulls Academy
Jordan McCrary - U North Carolina
Juan Pablo Ocegueda - UANL Tigres
Boyd Okwuonu - FC Dallas Academy
Walker Zimmerman - Furman U
M:
Luis Gil - Real Salt Lake
Daniel Metzger - New York Red Bulls Academy
William Packwood - Birmingham City
Victor Pineda - Chicago Fire
Alex Shinksy - U Maryland
Christopher Somerville - Baltimore Bays Chelsea
Wil Trapp - Crew Soccer Academy
F:
Villyan Bijev - Cal Odyssey
Luis Rendon - FC Richmond Magic
Khiry Shelton - Lonestar SC
Jonathan Top - FC Dallas Academy

AMERICANS IN EUROPE

Twente has declined on their option to buy Oguchi Onyewu from Milan. Back to the quicksand for him.

dN

Coming Up:

DENMARK - Superliga - (final game of the season)
Clarence Goodson - Brondy - Sun May 29 at SonderjyskE
Michael Parkhurst - Nordsjaelland - Sun May 29 v Midtjylland
Chris Rolfe - AaB - Sun May 29 at Kobenhavn

NETHERLANDS - Eerste Divisie - Promotion Playoff
Charles Kazlauskas - Helmond Sport - 2nd Leg Sun May 29 at Excelsior - trailing 1-5.

ENGLAND

Championship Division - Promotion to Premier League - Final
-Mon May 30
Swansea City v Reading

ITALY

COPPA ITALIA
Final
-Sun May 29
Palermo v Inter

UEFA EURO 2012

Qualifying

Matches & Scores:
-Fri Jun 3
Faroe Islands v Slovenia
Kazakhstan v Azerbaijan
Liechtenstein v Lithuania
Croatia v Georgia
Austria v Germany
San Marino v Finland
Belgium v Turkey
Italy v Estonia
Romania v Bosnia-Herzegovina
Moldova v Sweden
Belarus v France
-Sat Jun 4
England v Switzerland
Iceland v Denmark
Russia v Armenia
Latvia v Israel
Slovakia v Andorra
Montenegro v Bulgaria
Portugal v Norway
Macedonia v Ireland
Greece v Malta
-Tue Jun 7
Faroe Islands v Estonia
Belarus v Luxembourg
Sweden v Finland
Bosnia-Herzegovina v Albania
San Marino v Hungary

ARGENTINA

Primera Division Clausura - Standings - 4 games to go
30 Velez Sarsfield (+15) - Sun May 29 at Tigre
27 Godoy Cruz (+5) - Mon May 30 v Gimnasia La Plata
26 Lanus (+9) - Mon May 30 v Huracan
25 Olimpio (+6) - Sun May 29 v River Plate
23 River Plate (+1) - Sun May 29 at Olimpio

COPA LIBERTADORES

Semifinals

Penarol holds serve at home.

There was only 1 goal scored in each 1st Leg game this week, so the door for a comeback is definitely wide open.

Matches & Scores:
1st Leg
-Wed May 25
Santos Futebol Clube 1-0 Club Cerro Porteno - San goal by Edu Dracena.
-Thu May 26
Club Atletico Penarol 1-0 Club Atletico Velez Sarsfield - Pen goal by Dario Rodriguez.
2nd Leg (with 1st Leg scores included)
-Wed Jun 1
Club Cerro Porteno v Santos Futebol Clube (0-1)
-Thu Jun 2
Club Atletico Velez Sarsfield v Club Atletico Penarol (0-1)

AFRICA CUP OF NATIONS 2012

Qualifying

Matches & Scores:
-Sat Jun 4
Zambia v Mozambique
Central African Republic v Tanzania
Morocco v Algeria
Cameroon v Senegal
Sierra Leone v Niger
Ghana v Congo
Uganda v Guinea-Bissau
-Sun Jun 5
Zimbabwe v Mali
Liberia v Cape Verde Islands
Guinea v Madagascar
Ethiopia v Nigeria
Comoros v Libya
Mauritius v Congo DR
Namibia v Burkina Faso
Egypt v South Africa
Burundi v Rwanda
Benin v Cote d'Ivoire
Swaziland v Sudan
Angola v Kenya
Botswana v Malawi
Tunisia v Chad

INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLIES

Matches & Scores:
-Thu May 26
Cuba v Nicaragua
-Fri May 27
Grenada v Antigua & Barbuda
Barbados v St. Vincent & Grenadines
Wales v N Ireland
-Sat May 28
Mexico v Ecuador
Cuba v Nicaragua
-Sun May 29
El Salvador v Honduras
Swaziland v Malawi
Namibia v Kenya
Barbados v Guyana
Tunisia v Central African Republic
Panama v Grenada
Ireland v Scotland
Germany v Uruguay
-Wed Jun 1
Nigeria v Argentina
Canada v Ecuador
Mexico v New Zealand
Japan v Peru
Guatemala v Venezuela
Ukraine v Uzbekistan
-Fri Jun 3
Hong Kong v Malaysia
S Korea v Serbia
Luxembourg v Hungary
-Sat Jun 4
Brazil v Netherlands
USA v Spain
Bolivia v Paraguay
Peru v Czech Republic
-Sun Jun 5
China v Uzbekistan
Australia v New Zealand
Poland v Argentina
-Mon Jun 6
Ukraine v France
-Tue Jun 7
Paraguay v Bolivia
Norway v Lithuania
Brazil v Romania
Japan v Czech Republic
Ecuador v Greece
Venezuela v Spain
Russia v Cameroon
Gabon v Gambia
Australia v Serbia
Singapore v Maldives
S Korea v Ghana
Austria v Latvia
Italy v Ireland
Azerbaijan v Germany

2 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

The Chivas/Dodgers promotion would be alot better if the team wasn't called "Chivas".... what dumb idea that was

5:01 AM  
Anonymous Minnesota Nice FC said...

Right, how dumb for them to tap into a huge market with a tie in to a major Latin American brand.

Anyway, I love the Chivas/Dodgers idea. I hope NSC Minnesota Stars are paying attention and maybe they can start reaching out to the Swarm or other teams around town.

3:31 PM  

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