Some News for Tue Jun 21, 2011

DING DONG THE WITCH IS DEAD

"I’ve been hung out to dry." - Jack Warner

Yes you have Jack. On a clothesline that you were a chief architect in imagining, building, stealing from, hiding behind, and using to line your pockets for over two decades.

I love how he hid behind his role as guardian of fellow Caribbean nations only to bully them all into kowtowing to his every whim. Sure he helped them. Just enough to get them excited and stand in straight lines behind him. And for every dollar he acquired for them he took many more for himself. A classic dictator.

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Lets see what the Trinidad newspapers have to say:

-Guardian
























Jack Warner resigns as FIFA VP
Warner's departure poses more questions
I’ve been hung out to dry
Football’s loss may be T&T’s gain
Warner: My new role is problems of T&T
Resignation a year too late
PNM: Jack’s sights set on local football

-Express
























Jack Shocker
Sad day for Caribbean football, says Camps
Roberts: Warner will be missed
TTTI: Open independent probe to clear Warner's name
CoP still waiting on FIFA for info
Rowley: Gibbs must probe if Jack broke laws

-Newsday
























Jack Quits FIFA
TTFF praise Warner contributions
Business as usual for Jack

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The New York Times weighs in after the fact - FIFA Power Broker Is Out After Years of Whispers
-I have asked it many times before, Where have they been all these years?

STARTERS

Lyon has fired head coach Claude Puel.

COPA LIBERTADORES

Final

Matches & Scores:
2nd Leg (with 1st Leg scores included)
-Wed Jun 22
Santos v Penarol (0-0)

TEAM USA

Gold Cup

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The official team blog.

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Semifinal

US Soccer gives us some match-preview-notes galore.

Matches & Scores:
-Wed Jun 22
USA v Panama - 6pm CT on Fox Soccer
Venue: Reliant Stadium, Houston TX

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USA Roster
G:
Marcus Hahnemann - Wolverhampton
Tim Howard - Everton
Nick Rimando - Real Salt Lake
D:
Carlos Bocanegra - Saint-Etienne
Jonathan Bornstein - UANL Tigres
Steve Cherundolo - Hannover
Clarence Goodson - Brondby
Eric Lichaj - Aston Villa
Oguchi Onyewu - Twente
Tim Ream - New York Red Bulls
Jonathan Spector - West Ham
M:
Freddy Adu - Rizespor
Alejandro Bedoya - Orebro
Michael Bradley - Aston Villa
Clint Dempsey - Fulham
Landon Donovan - LA Galaxy
Maurice Edu - Rangers
Jermaine Jones - Blackburn
Sacha Kljestan - Anderlecht
Robbie Rogers - Columbus Crew
F:
Juan Agudelo - New York Red Bulls
Jozy Altidore - Bursaspor
Chris Wondolowski - San Jose Earthquakes

CONCACAF GOLD CUP

Matches & Scores:
Semifinals
-Wed Jun 22
USA v Panama - 6pm CT
Honduras v Mexico - 9pm CT

Final
-Sat Jun 25
S1 v S2 - 8pm CT

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All team rosters

2011 WOMEN'S WORLD CUP

Starts in 5 days.

The USA is in Group C with Colombia, North Korea and Sweden, and play their first game 8 days from now.

Matches & Scores:
-Tue Jun 28
USA v N Korea
-Sat Jul 2
USA v Colombia
-Wed Jul 6
USA v Sweden

THIS IS WHAT ITS ALL ABOUT

Jon Arnold at The USA 10 Kit with an article on the past, present and future of Guadeloupe.

VIDEO OF THE DAY

The Timbers team-up with Alaska Airlines has brought us these two fantastic TV commercials:
-Head coach John Spencer is your flight attendant
-Mascot Timber Joey helps you with your luggage

WHAT'S WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE?

The New England Revolution ownership decided last weekend to come down hard on fans for using profanity at Gillette stadium. We had some good info and links yesterday.

Here is a more complete round-up of the whole story from Brian at The Drug Is Football who lives in New England and attends Revs games.

I really hope this issue won't get swept under the rug, and that the ownership will see a way to turn this all positive and build the organization up instead of the burning down they have been doing.

On a positive note, the team is letting people vent all they want on Facebook, and have posted on Twitter that they have not removed any posts no matter how negative.

MLS MATCHES, SCORES & STANDINGS

Week 15

Matches & Scores
-Wed Jun 22
6:30PM CT on Direct Kick
Philadelphia Union v Sporting Kansas City
Venue: PPL Park
7:30PM CT on Direct Kick
Chicago Fire SC v Real Salt Lake
Venue: Toyota Park
-Thu Jun 23
Seattle Sounders FC v New York Red Bulls - 9:00PM CT on ESPN2
Venue: CenturyLink Field
-Sat Jun 25
DC United v Houston Dynamo - 5:00PM CT on Galavision
Venue: RFK Stadium
San Jose Earthquakes v LA Galaxy - 5:30PM CT on FOX Soccer
Venue: Buck Shaw Stadium
Philadelphia Union v CD Chivas USA - 6:30PM CT on Direct Kick
Venue: PPL Park
FC Dallas v Portland Timbers - 7:30PM CT on Direct Kick
Venue: Pizza Hut Park
Sporting Kansas City v Vancouver Whitecaps FC - 7:30PM CT on Direct Kick
Venue: Livestrong Sporting Park
Real Salt Lake v Toronto FC - 8:00PM CT on Direct Kick
Venue: Rio Tinto Stadium
-Sun Jun 26
Chicago Fire SC v New York Red Bulls - 1:00PM CT on ESPN
Venue: Toyota Park
Seattle Sounders FC v New England Revolution - 3:00PM CT on Direct Kick
Venue: Qwest Field
Columbus Crew v Colorado Rapids - 7:00PM CT on Direct Kick
Venue: Crew Stadium

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Standings:
EASTERN CONFERENCE
23 New York Red Bulls (+8 GD) (15 GP)
22 Philadelphia Union (+4 GD) (14 GP)
21 Columbus Crew (0 GD) (15 GP)
18 Houston Dynamo (-1 GD) (16 GP)
17 DC United (-6 GD) (14 GP)
15 Chicago Fire SC (-3 GD) (15 GP)
15 New England Revolution (-7 GD) (16 GP)
15 Toronto FC (-11 GD) (17 GP)
13 Sporting Kansas City (-3 GD) (13 GP)

WESTERN CONFERENCE
34 LA Galaxy (+10 GD) (18 GP)
28 FC Dallas (+3 GD) (16 GP)
25 Seattle Sounders FC (+4 GD) (17 GP)
22 Real Salt Lake (+7 GD) (13 GP)
22 Colorado Rapids (+1 GD) (16 GP)
19 San Jose Earthquakes (+3 GD) (14 GP)
18 Portland Timbers (-4 GD) (14 GP)
17 CD Chivas USA (0 GD) (15 GP)
14 Vancouver Whitecaps FC (-5 GD) (16 GP)

MY THOUGHTS

Some great goals again this past weekend:

Like this classic from New York's Thierry Henry. How many of these will be on his highlight reel?

Kevin Goldthwaite of Portland with an awesome behind the leg flick just like the one Chicharito had the same night. Again, awesome! (Or was it an own goal by Carlos Mendez?)

The Red Bulls go half the length of the field on three quick passes then Austin Da Luz makes a great move to finish.

Then we have the defensive blunder of the week as Michael Lahoud of Chivas forgets to play the ball and Jackson steals it to win the game for Dallas.

Juninho of LA jacks another long distance bomb of a goal, this time beating the keeper to the back post. He has had 3 of these this season.

Fredy Montero hits a brilliant free kick to win the game for Seattle, and he makes it look effortless.

But my favorite of the week comes from Vancouver where Davide Chiumiento makes a fantastic weaving run from midfield then feeds Alan Rochat who hits a curly rockets to the far post!

MLS TEAM & PLAYER NEWS

DC UNITED

Fred is leaving DC and has signed with Melbourne Hearts in Australia. He will leave when the official summer transfer window opens.
-The Age has an article on Fred's return. (thanks to Bart for the link)

SPORTING KANSAS CITY

English midfielder Ryan Smith has been released from his contract. The team says he was released due to family issues back in England and the player wanted to return there.

NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION

The Revs can't catch a break with the news that attacking midfielder Marko Perovich is out for the rest of the season due to knee surgery.

And the can't expect Benny Feilhaber to be back from him ankle injury for 3 more weeks or so.

MLS RESERVE LEAGUE

Wins this week for LA, New England and Portland.

Matches & Scores:
-Mon Jun 20
LA Galaxy 2-1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC - LAG goals by Gregg Berhalter & Adam Cristman. VW goal by Omar Salgado.
-Tue Jun 21
Toronto FC 2-3 New England Revolution - TFC goals both by Demitrius Omphroy. NER goals by Dominik Machado & Otto Loewy & Ryan Guy.
Portland Timbers v San Jose Earthquakes - PT goals by Eddie Johnson & Brandon McDonald(OG). SJE goal by Chris Leitch.

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Standings Etc.

MLS COACHES HOT SEAT

Predictions as of Tue Jun 21.

Wobbly Ground:
Dominic Kinnear - Houston Dynamo
Steve Nicol - New England Revolution
Peter Vermes - Sporting Kansas City
Aron Winter - Toronto FC

First Year Question Marks:
Robin Fraser - CD Chivas USA
Ben Olsen - DC United
John Spencer - Portland Timbers

Fairly Safe:
Hans Backe - New York Red Bulls
Peter Nowak - Philadelphia Union
Sigi Schmid - Seattle Sounders FC
Robert Warczycha - Columbus Crew
Frank Yallop - San Jose Earthquakes

Interim Anti-Safety:
Frank Klopas - Chicago Fire SC
Tom Soehn - Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Completely Safe:
Bruce Arena - LA Galaxy
Schellas Hyndeman - FC Dallas
Jason Kreis - Real Salt Lake
Gary Smith - Colorado Rapids

NASL NEWS

On Monday the NASL announced that Ottawa will join the league next season.
-They will play their games at Lansdowne Park which is located in downtown Ottawa and holds 24,000.

And don't forget that San Antonio joins the league next season too.

US OPEN CUP

Second Round

Matches & Scores:
-Tue Jun 21
FC New York (USL PRO) v NY Pancyprian Freedoms (USASA)
Harrisburg City Islanders (USL PRO) v Rochester Rhinos (USL PRO)
Richmond Kickers (USL PRO) v Pittsburgh Riverhounds (USL PRO)
Wilmington Hammerheads (USL PRO) v Charlotte Eagles (USL PRO)
Charleston Battery (USL PRO) v Orlando City SC (USL PRO)
Madison 56ers (NPSL) v Chicago Fire PDL (PDL)
Kitsap Pumas (PDL) v Real Colorado Foxes (PDL)
Ventura County Fusion (PDL) v Los Angeles Blues (USL PRO)

USA U17 TEAM

U17 World Cup

Brent Latham of The USA 10 Kit talks to Alfred Koroma about game 2 on Wednesday.

Match preview from FIFA.com.
-Video highlights from the USA's 3-0 win on Sunday.

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The official team blog.

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Matches & Scores
-Sun Jun 19
USA 3-0 Czech Republic - USA goals by Aljedanro Guido, Esteban Rodriquez & Alfredo Koroma.
-Wed Jun 22
USA v Uzbekistan - 3pm CT
-Sat Jun 25
USA v New Zealand - 6pm CT

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Standings
GROUP D
3 New Zealand
3 USA
0 Czech Republic
0 Uzbekistan

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USA roster
G:
Wade Hamilton - Arsenal FC
Kendall McIntosh - San Jose Earthquakes Academy
Fernando Pina - Houston Dynamo
D:
Kellyn Acosta - FC Dallas Academy
Joe Amon - South Carolina United
Zach Carroll - Vardar
Mobi Fehr - Tokyo Verdy 1969
Alessandro Mion - Kendall SC
Nathan Smith - Cal Odyssey
M:
Matt Dunn - FC Cologne
Alejandro Guido - Aztecs Premier
Nico Melo - Florida Rush
Marc Pelosi - De Anza Force
Esteban Rodriguez - Cosmos Academy West
Tarik Salkicic - Strictly Soccer
Dillon Serna - Colorado Rapids Academy
Andrew Souders - Crew Soccer Academy
F:
Paul Arriola - Arsenal FC
Alfred Koroma - Solar SC
Jack McBean - LA Galaxy
Mario Rodriguez - Central Aztecs

MEXICO 2011 - USA U17 WORLD CUP

June 18 to July 10. Official website

All games are shown on ESPN3.com, and some are shown on TV channel ESPNU.

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Group Stage

Matches & Scores
-Sat Jun 18
Congo 1-0 Netherlands
France 3-0 Argentina
Mexico 3-1 N Korea
Japan 1-0 Jamaica
-Sun Jun 19
Rwanda 0-2 England
Uzbekistan 1-4 New Zealand
Uruguay 3-0 Canada
USA 3-0 Czech Republic
-Mon Jun 20
Germany 6-1 Ecuador
Brazil 3-0 Denmark
Burkina Faso 0-1 Panama
Australia 2-1 Cote d'Ivoire
-Tue Jun 21
N Korea v Netherlands
Japan v France
Mexico v Congo
Jamaica v Argentina
-Wed Jun 22
Uruguay v Rwanda
USA v Uzbekistan
Canada v England
Czech Republic v New Zealand
-Thu Jun 23
Burkina Faso v Germany
Australia v Brazil
Panama v Ecuador
Cote d'Ivoire v Denmark
-Fri Jun 24
Japan v Argentina
Jamaica v France
N Korea v Congo
Mexico v Netherlands
-Sat Jun 25
Uruguay v England
Canada v Rwanda
USA v New Zealand
Czech Republic v Uzbekistan
-Sun Jun 26
Burkina Faso v Ecuador
Panama v Germany
Cote d'Ivoire v Brazil
Australia v Denmark

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Standings
GROUP A
3 Congo
3 Mexico
0 Netherlands
0 N Korea
GROUP B
3 France
3 Japan
0 Argentina
0 Jamaica
GROUP C
3 England
3 Uruguay
0 Canada
0 Rwanda
GROUP D
3 New Zealand
3 USA
0 Czech Republic
0 Uzbekistan
GROUP E
3 Germany
3 Panama
0 Burkina Faso
0 Ecuador
GROUP F
3 Australia
3 Brazil
0 Cote d'Ivoire
0 Denmark

US SOCCER DEVELOPMENT ACADEMY

The field is set for the 2010-11 Playoffs which take place Jun 24-28 at Pizza Hut Park in Frisco TX. Details such as game schedules here.

AMERICANS IN EUROPE

Aston Villa teammates call Brad Guzan the worst dressed on the team. See the video here.

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In the Swedish top flight things are looking bad for 3 of the 4 Americans as their teams take up the bottom three spots in the standings: Gale Agbossoumonde & Djurgarden in 14th, Samuel Petrone & Mjallby in 15th and Ryan Miller & Halmstad in 16th.
-The one player with better luck is Alejandro Bedoya who's Orebro are in 3rd place.

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Game Action:

SWEDEN - Allsvenskan Liga
Ryan Miller - Halmstad - Tue Jun 21 - went the distance but lost 3-1 at Hacken.

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Coming Up:

SWEDEN - Allsvenskan Liga
Gale Agbossoumonde - Djurgarden - Mon Jun 20 v Syrianska
Gale Agbossoumonde - Djurgarden - Thu Jun 23 at Orebro
Samuel Petrone - Mjallby - Thu Jun 23 v Syrianska

RUSSIA - Premier Division
Yevgeni Starikov - Wed Jun 22 v Rostov

NORWAY - NM Cupen - 4th Round
-Wed Jun 22
Joe Bendik - Sogndal - at Brann
Steve Clark - Honefoss - at Molde
Sean Cunningham - Molde - v Honefoss
Josh Gatt - Molde - v Honefoss
Di Vita Jensen - Honefoss - at Molde

ITALY

Roma has hired Luis Enrique as their new head coach.

CONMEBOL

The countries have been playing warm up friendlies in prep for the Copa America which begins Jul 2.

Friendly Matches & Scores:
-Sun Jun 19
Chile 4-0 Estonia
-Mon Jun 20
Argentina 4-0 Albania
-Thu Jun 23
Uruguay v Estonia
Paraguay v Chile
-Sat Jun 25
Colombia v Senegal
-Tue Jun 28
Peru v Senegal

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Copa America in Argentina begins on July 1.

GROUP A
Argentina
Bolivia
Colombia
Costa Rica
GROUP B
Brazil
Ecuador
Paraguay
Venezuela
GROUP C
Chile
Mexico
Peru
Uruguay

ARGENTINA

River Plate is in a relegation playoff series.

Matches & Scores
1st Leg
-Wed Jun 22
Belgrano v River Plate
2nd Leg
-Sat Jun 25
River Plate v Belgrano

ENDERS

Jermaine Jones celebrates his first USA goal with a salute.