Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Some News for Tue Jun 28, 2011

STARTERS

Oguchi Onyewu has officially signed with Sporting of Lisbon Portugal. Its a 3 year deal.
-They have two veteran starting centerback on the roster already, so he will have to beat them out for a starting spot.

STORY OF THE DAY

There is a storm brewing among supporters of the USA men's national team about the way they were treated last Saturday night at the Rose Bowl. All out hostility and violence is what a good many USA fans got in the stands from Mexican fans. We all know that if the tables were turned and American fans did this to Mexicans it would be an international incident. There should be no double standard, and US Soccer and CONCACAF need to stand up and make this right.
-This doesn't even get into the last time the USA played in Mexico City and how poorly we were treated there. Not cool.

Read these horror stories from the Sack Lunch blog about the Gold Cup final at the Rose Bowl.

TEAM USA AT THE 2011 WOMEN'S WORLD CUP

Germany 2011 is under way.

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The USA rolled like pros in game 1. N Korea were a stubborn opponent but eventually broke down.

The N Korea coach said after the game that his goalkeeper and several other key members of the team were struck by lightning during training on Jun 8 and have not recovered yet.
-Then why were they out there?

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I have three observations from today's game:

Brilliant irony from the EuroSport commentator: "They will not stand around being dictated to, these North Koreans!"

I kept expecting a close up of a player on the field and it would be Kristine Lilly! It does not feel 100% like the USA without her.

I don't know what to think of those USA dental hygienist uniforms they are wearing.

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Matches & Scores:
-Tue Jun 28
USA 2-0 N Korea - USA goals by Lauren Cheney & Rachel Buehler.
-Sat Jul 2
USA v Colombia
-Wed Jul 6
USA v Sweden

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Group C
3 USA (+2)
3 Sweden (+1)
0 Colombia (-1)
0 North Korea (-2)

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Great coverage by Jerrod Roh at IMSoccer News.

COPA AMERICA

2011 Copa America will kick off on Jul 1.

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All games will be shown live on You Tube.

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The 10 CONMEBOL teams will be joined by guests Mexico and Costa Rica who have been mandated by CONCACAF to play their U23 teams.

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Carlos Calvo of Reuters reports that Mexico has kicked 8 players off their team for breaking team rules. They will all be replaced.

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Matches & Scores:
-Fri Jul 1
Argentina v Bolivia - 7:45pm CT on You Tube

DO YOU REALIZE

Simon Evans of Reuters tells us just how popular the Mexican national team is these days in the United States.

FACT OF THE DAY

China has just built a $30M national stadium for the Bahamas.

And remember that they built Costa Rica's new national stadium too.

MLS MATCHES, SCORES & STANDINGS

Week 16

Matches & Scores
-Wed Jun 29
Toronto FC v Vancouver Whitecaps FC - 6:30PM CT on Direct Kick
Venue: BMO Field

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Standings:
EASTERN CONFERENCE
26 Philadelphia Union (+5 GD) (16 GP)
24 Columbus Crew (+3 GD) (16 GP)
24 New York Red Bulls (+6 GD) (17 GP)
19 Houston Dynamo (-1 GD) (17 GP)
18 DC United (-6 GD) (15 GP)
17 Sporting Kansas City (-2 GD) (15 GP)
17 Chicago Fire SC (-3 GD) (17 GP)
15 New England Revolution (-8 GD) (17 GP)
15 Toronto FC (-13 GD) (18 GP)

WESTERN CONFERENCE
35 LA Galaxy (+10 GD) (19 GP)
31 FC Dallas (+7 GD) (17 GP)
31 Seattle Sounders FC (+7 GD) (19 GP)
26 Real Salt Lake (+9 GD) (15 GP)
22 Colorado Rapids (-2 GD) (17 GP)
20 San Jose Earthquakes (+3 GD) (15 GP)
18 Portland Timbers (-8 GD) (15 GP)
17 CD Chivas USA (-1 GD) (16 GP)
14 Vancouver Whitecaps FC (-6 GD) (17 GP)

MLS TEAM & PLAYER NEWS

General News

Wednesday night we will get the 2nd Canadian derby, Toronto FC v Vancouver Whitecaps FC, in MLS history. The Caps won the first meeting 4-2 in their league debut back on March 19 at Empire Stadium.
-To make this game even more important is that the team's sit 17th and 18th respectively in the standings, and are both desperate to get up off the bottom of the pile.

COLUMBUS CREW

The Massive Report tells us about another supporters uprising which brought on a spontaneous Nordecke move.

MLS OFFENSIVE STATS LEADERS

As of Mon Jun 27:

Goals
8 Charlie Davies
8 Landon Donovan
8 Thierry Henry
7 Andres Mendoza
7 Brek Shea
6 Eric Hassli
6 Maicon Santos
6 Chris Wondolowski

Assists
9 Brad Davis
7 David Beckham
7 Davide Chiumiento
6 Jack Jewsbury
5 Kalif Alhassan
5 Sebastien Le Toux

NASL SCOREBOARD

Matches & Scores:
-Wed Jun 29
Fort Lauderdale Strikers v FC Tampa Bay
Montreal Impact v Puerto Rico Islanders

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Standings (as of Sun Jun 26):
34 Carolina RailHawks (+20 GD) (13 GP) 2.62 PPG
23 FC Edmonton (+3 GD) (13 GP) 1.77 PPG
18 Puerto Rico Islanders (-1 GD) (12 GP) 1.50 PPG
18 NSC Minnesota Stars (+2 GD) (13 GP) 1.38 PPG
16 Fort Lauderdale Strikers (+2 GD) (12 GP) 1.33 PPG
13 FC Tampa Bay (-6 GD) (12 GP) 1.08 PPG
9 Montreal Impact (-2 GD) (12 GP) 0.75 PPG
5 Atlanta Silverbacks (-18 GD) (13 GP) 0.38 PPG

US OPEN CUP

Third Round

Matches & Scores:
-Tue Jun 28
New York Red Bulls v FC New York
Rochester Rhinos v Chicago Fire
Columbus Crew v Richmond Kickers
Real Salt Lake v Wilmington Hammerheads
FC Dallas v Orlando City
Sporting Kansas City v Chicago Fire PDL
LA Galaxy v Los Angeles Blues
Seattle Sounders v Kitsap Pumas

USA U17 TEAM

U17 World Cup

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The official team blog.

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Matches & Scores
-Thu Jun 30
Germany v USA

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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.

We now move into the knock out phase of the tournament.

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Official website

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

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Round of 16

Matches & Scores:
-Wed Jun 29
1 Congo v Uruguay
2 Uzbekistan v Australia
3 Japan v New Zealand
4 Brazil v Ecuador
-Thu Jun 30
5 Germany v USA - 3pm CT on ESPN3.com
6 England v Argentina
7 France v Cote d'Ivoire
8 Mexico v Panama

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Quarterfinals

Matches & Scores:
-Sun Jul 3
Winner 1 v Winner 2
Winner 3 v Winner 4
-Mon Jul 4
Winner 5 v Winner 6
Winner 7 v Winner 8

AMERICANS IN EUROPE

Coming Up:

NORWAY - Eliteserien
Sean Cunningham - Molde - Wed Jun 29 at Valerenga
Josh Gatt - Molde - Wed Jun 29 at Valerenga

ARGENTINA

San Martin San Juan and Gimnasia La Plata are the other two teams in a playoff to go up or down.

Matches & Scores
-Wed Jun 29
Gimnasia La Plata v San Martin San Juan (0-1)

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River Plate, Quilmes and Huracan have already been relegated.

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Atletico de Rafaela and Union de Santa Fe have been promoted from B Nacional (the 2nd division.)

ASIA

AFC 2014 World Cup Qualifying

The 16 lowest rated teams paired up to face off in a home and away series.

Matches & Scores:

1st Leg
-Wed Jun 29
Malaysia v Chinese Taipei
Bangladesh v Pakistan
Cambodia v Laos
Sri Lanka v Philippines
Afghanistan v Palestine
Vietnam v Macau
Nepal v Timor Leste
Mongolia v Myanmar

2nd Leg
-Sun Jul 3
Chinese Taipei v Malaysia
Pakistan v Bangladesh
Laos v Cambodia
Philippines v Sri Lanka
Palestine v Afghanistan
Macau v Vietnam
Timor Leste v Nepal
Myanmar v Mongolia

The 8 winners advance to be paired off with the next 22 lowest ranked teams for another home and away series

Then those 15 winners will meet up with the 5 highest seeds and formed into a group stage competition.

CAT LOVERS ONLY

Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim paperdolls.



1 Comments:

Blogger Demko said...

Who knew there were two Molde Americans.

1:19 PM  

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