Some News for Fri Jul 29, 2011

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Jurgen Klinsmann is finally the new USA head coach. The federation has been chasing him for 5 years.

Get this - its his 47th birthday on Saturday.

And its one of the greatest days for the umlaut in modern America.

Klinsmann's home page has not been updated yet. (Remember when we used to call it a home page.)

And by next week at this time Klinsy will have announced his first USA roster, for a game that is happening in 12 days.

The German press are speculating that he will hire his former Bayern Munich assistant Martin Vasquez to work with him. Vasquez was head coach for one season at Chivas USA last year and is currently the director of the Real Salt Lake youth academy in Arizona.

Grant Wahl of Sports Illustrated on the new hire.

The U20 World Cup begins today without the USA in the tournament. This USA team is looking for a new head coach too.

TWITTERVERSE/FACEBOOKING

"Very appreciative for all that Bob did for our team. We accomplished a lot of great things over the past 5 years. Wish him all the best"
-Landon Donovan

"I have a lot of respect for Bob in his desire to constantly improve the team, which he did, through his dedication and hard work. A true professional in all ways."
-Carlos Bocanegra

"Morning! Want 2 thank Bob Bradley 4 everything he did the last 5 years & 4 giving me an opportunity w national team! Wish him the best!"
-Stu Holden

"Respect 2 former NatTeam coach B Bradley. Our team had a good 5 yrs with him! Congrats to new coach J Klinsmann. Anxious for future! Bless!!"
-Oguchi Onyewu

"Thanks to Bob Bradley & coaching staff for the opportunity and honor of representing the stars and stripes. All the best."
-Herculez Gomez

"If he can get us to play anything like Germany in the '06 World Cup, we'll all be happy about this decision. Highest profiled US coach ever."
-Alecko Eskandarian

"I played for Sigi Schmid on '99 U20 team and Juergen was brought in to work with FWDS(me). I would be shocked if Juergen does NOT call Sigi!"
-Taylor Twellman

"Aight I see u US national team making some moves."
-The very observant Tony Tchani

"Hi."
-Teal Bunbury

"Slow news day I guess...hmmmm"
-Dax McCarty

"Klinsmann named USMNT coach! A German Legend in the Futbol world can he bring the same success from his playing days to now Coach for USMNT?"
-Dwayne DeRosario

"Zzz"
-Chance Myers

"Looong day what's up tweet fam what I miss?"
-Jozy Altidore

(8 minutes later)
"Wow..lol I stay away from twitter to go see apartments and I miss everything. The man is a legend, hope he can teach us new things."
-Jozy Altidore

STORY OF THE DAY

Sid Lowe of the Guardian sees Manchester City's acquisition of Sergio Aguero as a potentially monumental move.

2011-12 CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

Preliminary Round

Home and away play-in round before the group stage.
-The 8 teams who win these series have already been drawn into groups that will begin play the week of Mon Aug 15.

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In the last of the 1st leg games, Morelia and Motagua put on clinics while Dallas went on the road and got a huge single goal win in a wild wide open game.

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Matches & Scores:
1st Leg
-Tue Jul 26
San Francisco (Panama) 1-0 Seattle Sounders FC (USA) - 7pm CT on Fox Soccer - SF goal by Roberto Brown(PK).
Herediano (Costa Rica) 8-0 Alpha United (Guyana) - Her goals by Jorge Barbosa(3), Jose Cancela, Olman Vargas, Yosimar Arias, Pablo Salazar & Jose Cordero.
-Wed Jul 27
Toronto FC (Canada) 2-1 Real Esteli (Nicaragua) - TFC goals both by Joao Plata. RE goal by Alesandro Calero.
Isidro Metapan (El Salvador) 2-0 Puerto Rico Islanders (Puerto Rico) - IM goals by Edwin Sanchez & Allan Kardek.
Santos Laguna (Mexico) 3-1 Olimpia (Honduras) - SL goals by Oribe Peralta, Juan Rodriguez & Carlos Quintero. Oli goal by B Beckeles.
-Thu Jul 28
Monarcas Morelia (Mexico) 5-0 Tempete (Haiti) - MM goals by Joel Huiqui, Miguel Sabah, Joao Rojas, Angel Sepulveda & Jaime Lozano.
Alianza (El Salvador) 0-1 FC Dallas (USA) - FCD goal by Jackson.
Motagua (Honduras) 4-0 Municipal (Guatemala) - Mot goals by Jerry Bengston, Odis Borjas, Amado Guevara & Pando Ramirez.

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2nd Leg matches will be played next week.

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Group Stage begins Aug 16.

OOF

FC Dallas played in El Salvador last night, but had their flight home canceled today. Coincidence?
-Should Alianza expect retribution next week when they come to the USA? I should hope so!!! Hahahaha. Am I joking?

VIDEO OF THE DAY

What did you do today? Not much, just took a walk around the Mall area in Washington DC with FC Barcelona! See it here. (thanks to Terry O for the link)

VIDEO OF THE DAY 2

Sky Sports with video of Juan Pablo Angel's 8 year old son Tomy. Yeah, he's frickin good. See him in action here.

MLS MATCHES, SCORES & STANDINGS

WEEK 20

Matches & Scores:
-Fri Jul 29
Philadelphia Union v Colorado Rapids - 6:30PM CT on FOX Soccer
Venue: PPL Park
-Sat Jul 30
Vancouver Whitecaps FC v LA Galaxy - 6:30PM CT on FOX Soccer
Venue: Empire Field
Houston Dynamo v Seattle Sounders FC - 7:30PM CT on Direct Kick
Venue: Robertson Stadium
Sporting Kansas City v New England Revolution - 7:30PM CT on Direct Kick
Venue: LIVESTRONG Sporting Park
Real Salt Lake v Columbus Crew - 8:00PM CT on Direct Kick
Venue: Rio Tinto Stadium
San Jose Earthquakes v DC United - 9:30PM CT on Direct Kick
Venue: Buck Shaw Stadium
Portland Timbers v Toronto FC - 10:00PM CT on Direct Kick
Venue: JELD-WEN Field
-Sun Jul 31
FC Dallas v CD Chivas USA - 6:00PM CT on Galavision
Venue: Pizza Hut Park

Chicago and New York do not have league games this week.

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Standings:
EASTERN CONFERENCE
31 Philadelphia Union (+8 GD) (19 GP)
31 Columbus Crew (+2 GD) (21 GP)
30 New York Red Bulls (+7 GD) (23 GP)
26 Sporting Kansas City (+1 GD) (20 GP)
24 Houston Dynamo (-2 GD) (21 GP)
23 DC United (-6 GD) (19 GP)
20 New England Revolution (-10 GD) (21 GP)
18 Chicago Fire SC (-5 GD) (20 GP)
18 Toronto FC (-22 GD) (23 GP)

WESTERN CONFERENCE
42 LA Galaxy (+12 GD) (22 GP)
39 FC Dallas (+8 GD) (22 GP)
38 Seattle Sounders FC (+9 GD) (22 GP)
33 Real Salt Lake (+15 GD) (18 GP)
31 Colorado Rapids (+1 GD) (23 GP)
26 CD Chivas USA (+4 GD) (21 GP)
24 San Jose Earthquakes (-3 GD) (21 GP)
21 Portland Timbers (-10 GD) (19 GP)
15 Vancouver Whitecaps FC (-9 GD) (21 GP)

IF THE MLS PLAYOFFS STARTED TODAY

The 10 Teams:

EAST
1 Philadelphia
2 Columbus
3 New York
WEST
1 LA
2 Dallas
3 Seattle
WILD CARDS
1 Salt Lake
2 Colorado
3 Kansas City
4 Chivas

MLS TEAM & PLAYER NEWS

HOUSTON DYNAMO

Jose de Jesus Ortiz of the Chronicle on the health of Brian Ching, and the youthfulness of Team Dynamo.

SPORTING KANSAS CITY SC

Charles Gooch of the Star looks at SKC's success/fail rate in in the international player market over the past few years.

PHILADELPHIA UNION

3rd keeper Thorne Holder was released by the team yesterday.

MLS RESERVE LEAGUE

Matches & Scores:
-Sun Jul 31
Vancouver Whitecaps v LA Galaxy

MLS/SUM BUSINESS

Moneywatch talks to Thierry Henry who feels the salary cap in holding MLS back.
-What Henry forgets that without that salary cap there probably wouldn't be a league right now for him to play in.

NORTH AMERICA SUMMER CLUB FRIENDLY SCHEDULE

Big friendlies are being played this summer all around North America featuring mainly European teams in their preseasons.

Games Played

Juve dropped the Goats.

Scores:
-Thu Jul 28
Juventus (Italy) 1-0 Guadalajara (Mexico) - World Football Challenge - Juv goal by Fabio Quagliarella
Venue: Carter-Finley Stadium - Raleigh NC
Atten: 16,124

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Upcoming

Matches:
-Sat Jul 30
Barcelona (Spain) v Manchester United (England) - World Football Challenge
TV: 6pm CT on ESPN2, ESPN3.com & ESPN Deportes
Venue: FedExField - Landover MD

Emirates Cup in London
-Sat Jul 30
New York Red Bulls v Paris St Germain - 8am CT on MSG+
Arsenal v Boca Juniors
-Sun Jul 31
Paris St Germain v Boca Juniors
Arsenal v New York Red Bulls - 10am CT on Fox Soccer

NSC MINNESOTA STARS

Andrew Weibe of MLSsoccer.com on the return of Scott Lorenz to MN on loan from Sporting Kansas City.

NASL SCOREBOARD

Matches & Scores:
-Sat Jul 30
Carolina RailHawks v Atlanta Silverbacks
Fort Lauderdale Strikers v FC Edmonton
-Sun Jul 31
Montreal Impact v Puerto Rico Islanders

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Standings (as of Wed Jul 27):
41 Carolina RailHawks (+24 GD) (17 GP)
29 Puerto Rico Islanders (+3 GD) (17 GP)
25 NSC Minnesota Stars (+3 GD) (17 GP)
25 FC Edmonton (-3 GD) (18 GP)
24 FC Tampa Bay (-2 GD) (18 GP)
18 Fort Lauderdale Strikers (-3 GD) (17 GP)
- - - OUT OF PLAYOFFS - - -
12 Montreal Impact (-5 GD) (17 GP)
12 Atlanta Silverbacks (-17 GD) (17 GP)

USA U18 TEAM

The Milk Cup tournament

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The USA beat Georgia today to claim 3rd place with 2 wins and 1 draw on 4 goals scored and 1 allowed. That is a job very well done.

Denmark beat the hosts N Ireland 1-0 in the title game.

And Mexico beat out Israel for 5th place.

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Matches & Scores:
-Mon July 25
USA 2-0 Israel - USA goals by Omar Salgado & Jerome Kiesewetter.
-Wed Jul 27
USA 1-1 Mexico - USA goal by Jalen Robinson.
-Fri Jul 29
3rd/4th place USA 2-1 Georgia - USA goals by Jordan McCrary & Jerome Kiesewetter.

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Roster
G:
Cody Cropper - Ipswich
Jon Kempin - Sporting Kansas City
D:
Michael Ambrose - FC Dallas Academy
Bryan Gallego - New York Red Bulls Academy
Jordan McCrary - U North Carolina
Juan Pablo Ocegueda - UANL Tigres U20
Boyd Okwuonu - FC Dallas Academy
Jalen Robinson - DC United Academy
Javan Torre - Pateadores
Walker Zimmerman - Furman U
M:
Luis Gil - Real Salt Lake
Will Packwood - Birmingham City
Victor Pineda - Chicago Fire
Marcus Salandy-Defour - DC United Academy
Jose Villareal - Pateadores
F:
Jerome Kiesewetter - Hertha Berlin U19
Luis Rendon - Richmond Magic
Omar Salgado - Vancouver Whitecaps

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Overall Tournament

Matches & Scores:
-Mon Jul 25
USA 2-0 Israel
Mexico 1-2 Georgia
N Ireland 1-1 Denmark
-Wed Jul 27
Denmark 3-1 Israel
USA 1-1 Mexico
Georgia 1-3 N Ireland
-Fri Jul 29
Placement matches:
1st/2nd Denmark 1-0 N Ireland
3rd/4th USA 2-1 Georgia
5th/6th Mexico 0-0 Israel - Mex wins it 4-3 in Penalty Kick Shootout.

Team standings:
4 Denmark (+2) (4 GS)
4 N Ireland (+2) (4 GS)
4 USA (+2) (3 GS)
3 Georgia (-1)
1 Mexico (-1)
0 Israel (-4)

AMERICANS IN EUROPE

Brian Sciaretta of Yanks Abroad talks to Josh Wicks about life at Mariehamn in Finland.

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Clint Waddell of YA reports that David Yelldell will be the starter for Bayer Leverkusen as they new season kicks off.
-Their regular keeper Rene Adler is out for several months after knee surgery.

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Sacha Kljestan sat on the bench watching his team Anderlecht open the season today by losing to newly promoted OH Leuven. Oof.

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Stefan Jerome made his debut for Sigma today.

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Michael Bradley is still listed on the Monchengladbach roster, but he did not suit up today for their DFB Pokal Round 1 win.

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Game Action:

BELGIUM - Pro League
Sacha Kljestan - Anderlecht - Fri Jul 29 - on the bench as they lost 2-1 at Leuven.

CZECH REPUBLIC - CZECH LIGA
Stefan Jerome - Sigma Olomouc - Fri Jul 29 - came on as a sub in the 75th min as they drew 0-0 at Dukla Praha.

GERMANY - DFB Pokal - 1st Round
Bobby Wood - 1860 Munich - Fri Jul 29 - on the bench as they won 2-3 at Osnabruk. They advance to Round 2.

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Coming Up:

CZECH REPUBLIC - CZECH LIGA
Brian Ackley - Pribram - Sat Jul 30 at Slovacko

DENMARK - Superliga
Clarence Goodson - Brondy - Sun Jul 31 v Horsens
Conor O'Brien - SonderjyskE - Sun Jul 31 at Silkeborg
Michael Parkhurst - Nordsjaelland - Sat Jul 30 at Kobenhavn
Chris Rolfe - AaB - Mon Aug 1 v Midtjylland
Brad Rusin - HB Koge - Sun Jul 31 at Lyngby
Marcus Tracy - AaB - Mon Aug 1 v Midtjylland

FINLAND - Veikkausliiga -
Giuseppe Funicello - Mariehamn - Sat Jul 30 at HJK
Etchu Tabe - RoPS - Mon Aug 1 at Inter Turku
Mason Trafford - Mariehamn - Sat Jul 30 at HJK
Josh Wicks - Mariehamn - Sat Jul 30 at HJK

FINLAND - Ykkonen
Jeremy Vuolo - AC Oulu - Mon Aug 1 v PoPa
Kellan Wilson - HIFK - Mon Aug 1 v KooTeePee

GERMANY - DFB Pokal - 1st Round
-Sat Jul 30
Timmy Chandler - Nurnberg - at Arminia Bielefeld
Ricardo Clark - Eintracht Frankfurt - at Hallescher
Matt Taylor - Paderborn - at Rot Weiss Ahlen
David Yelldell - Bayer Leverkusen - at Dynamo Dresden
-Sun Jul 31
Edson Buddle - Ingolstadt - at Oberneulund
Steve Cherundolo - Hannover - at Anker Wismar
Alfredo Morales - Hertha Berlin - at Meuselwitz
Luis Robles - Karlsruher - v Alemannia Aachen
Daniel Williams - Freiburg - at Unterhaching

NORWAY - Eliteserien
Joe Bendik - Sogndal - Sat Jul 30 v Rosenborg
Erik Benjaminsen - Stabaek - Sun Jul 31 v Start
Sean Cunningham - Molde - Sat Jul 30 v Valerenga
Mikkel Diskerud - Stabaek - Sun Jul 31 v Start
Josh Gatt - Molde - Sat Jul 30 v Valerenga

NORWAY - 1 Divisjon
Rhett Bernstein - Mjondalen - Sun Jul 31 at Sandefjord
John Borrajo - HamKam - Sun Jul 31 at Nybergsund
Colin Burns - Sandefjord - Sun Jul 31 v Mjondalen
Steve Clark - Honefoss - Sun Jul 31 at Hodd
Kyle Helton - Mjondalen - Sun Jul 31 at Sandefjord
Kenneth Di Vita Jensen - Honefoss - Sun Jul 31 at Hodd

RUSSIA - Premier Division
Yevgeni Starikov - Tom' Tomsk - Sat Jul 30 v Terek Grozny

SCOTLAND - Premier League
Mo Edu - Rangers - Sat Jul 30 at St Johnstone

SWEDEN - Allsvenskan Liga
Alejandro Bedoya - Orebro - Sun Jul 31 at Gefle
Ryan Miller - Halmstad - Mon Aug 1 at GAIS
Samuel Petrone - Mjallby - Mon Aug 1 at Kalmar

SWEDEN - Superettan
Brian Edwards - Degerfors - Sat Jul 30 at Osters
Nick Noble - Ljungskile - Sun Jul 31 v Varnamo
Matt Pyzdrowski - Angelholms - Sat Jul 30 at Brommapojkarna
Michael Thomas - Ljungskile - Sun Jul 31 v Varnamo

AMERICANS IN MEXICO

Coming Up:

PRIMERA DIVISION
Isaac Acuna - America - Sun Jul 31 at Toluca
Daniel Antunez - Estudiantes Tecos - Sat Jul 30 at San Luis
DaMarcus Beasley - Puebla - Sun Jul 31 v Pachuca
Jonathan Bornstein - Tigres UANL - Sat Jul 30 at Queretaro
Joe Benny Corona - Tijuana - Sat Jul 30 at Monterrey
Edgar Castillo - America - Sun Jul 31 at Toluca
Herculez Gomez - Estudiantes Tecos - Sat Jul 30 at San Luis
Sonny Guadarrama - Atlante - Sat Jul 30 at Santos Laguna
Frankie Lopez - Chiapas Jaguares - Sun Jul 31 at Guadalajara
Ernest Nungaray - Morelia - Sun Jul 31 v UNAM Pumas
Sammy Ochoa - Estudiantes Tecos - Sat Jul 30 at San Luis
Michael Orozco Fiscal - San Luis - Sat Jul 30 v Estudiantes Tecos
Adrian Ruelas - Chiapas Jaguares - Sun Jul 31 at Guadalajara
Jose Torres - Pachuca - Sun Jul 31 at Puebla

LIGA DE ASCENSO (2nd division)
Joaquin Alonso Hernandez - Indios - Sat Jul 30 v Dorados
Marco Vidal - Leon - Fri Jul 29 at Correcaminos UAT

BRAZIL

Brazil - Serie A Standings (12 of 38 games played):
28 Corinthians (11 GP) - NEXT: Sun Jul 31 at Avai
25 Sao Paulo - NEXT: Sun Jul 31 v Vasco da Gama
24 Flamengo - NEXT: Sat Jul 30 v Gremio
22 Palmeiras - NEXT: Sat Jul 30 v Atletico Mineiro
21 Vasco da Gama - LAST: Thu Jul 28 D 1-1 v Bahia - NEXT: Sun Jul 31 at Sao Paulo

Sao Paulo hosts Vasco da Gama this weekend. Should be a good one.

ARGENTINA

Alejandro Sabella is Argentina's new national team head coach. He replaces recently fired Sergio Batista.
-He had just started as coach of Al Jazira in UAE, but they had yet to play a game under him.

BRAZIL 2014 WORLD CUP

Paul Kelso of The Telegraph surveys the scene in Rio de Janeiro for '14, and says things will be ready despite all the negativity.

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The qualifying draw will take place on Sat Jul 30 at 1:00pm CT streamed live on FIFA.com:

-Asia, CONCACAF, Oceanian and CONMEBOL all have a 1/2 place - draw will be made to determine which confeds will face off. (two legged play-off)

-CONCACAF: drawing for 2nd Round - five 1st Round winners (Belize, Dominican Republic, US Virgin Islands, St. Lucia and Bahamas) join the 19 next highest-ranked teams (FIFA rankings from March 2011) in 6 groups of 4 teams. Round robin home and away tournament. 6 winners advancing to Round Three. Then a drawing for 3rd Round - Pot 1: USA, Mexico & Honduras. Pot 2 Jamaica, Costa Rica & Cuba. Pot 3: 6 group winners. Drawn into 3 groups of 4. Again round robin home and away. Top 6 will move on to the Final Round, the Hexagon, with top 3 going to World Cup and 4th place going to playoff for final WC spot.

And here are the details for the other confederations draws.

COLOMBIA 2011 U20 WORLD CUP

Kicks off today. Running Jul 29 - Aug 20.

Official World Cup Site

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The CBC lists 10 players to watch.
-For a good laugh check out the description of player #7 on the list. This might be one of the worst gaffs I have seen a quite a while.

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Standings:
Group A
Colombia
France
Mali
S Korea
Group B
Cameroon
New Zealand
Portugal
Uruguay
Group C
Australia
Costa Rica
Ecuador
Spain
Group D
Croatia
Guatemala
Nigeria
Saudi Arabia
Group E
Austria
Brazil
Egypt
Panama
Group F
Argentina
England
Mexico
N Korea

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Group Stage

Matches & Scores:
-Fri Jul 29
England v N Korea
Austria v Panama
Argentina v Mexico
Brazil v Egypt
-Sat Jul 30
Mali v S Korea
Cameroon v New Zealand
Colombia v France
Portugal v Uruguay
-Sun Jul 31
Costa Rica v Spain
Nigeria v Guatemala
Australia v Ecuador
Croatia v Saudi Arabia
-Mon Aug 1
Argentina v England
Mexico v N Korea
Brazil v Austria
Egypt v Panama
-Tue Aug 2
Colombia v Mali
France v S Korea
Portugal v Cameroon
Uruguay v New Zealand
-Wed Aug 3
Ecuador v Spain
Saudi Arabia v Guatemala
Australia v Costa Rica
Croatia v Nigeria
-Thu Aug 4
Argentina v N Korea
Mexico v England
Brazil v Panama
Egypt v Austria
-Fri Aug 5
Colombia v S Korea
France v Mali
Portugal v New Zealand
Uruguay v Cameroon
-Sat Aug 6
Ecuador v Costa Rica
Saudi Arabia v Nigeria
Australia v Spain
Croatia v Guatemala

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Round of 16

Matches & Scores:
-Tue Aug 9
1B v 3ACD
1F v 2E
2B v 2F
1A v 3CDE
-Wed Aug 10
1D v 3BEF
1C v 3ABF
1E v 2D
2A v 2C

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Quarterfinals

Matches & Scores:
-Sat Aug 13
1B/3ACD winner v 1F/2E winner
2B/2F winner v 1A/3CDE winner
-Sun Aug 14
2A/2C winner v 1D/3BEF winner
1E/2D winner v 1C/3ABF winner

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Semifinal

Matches & Scores:
-Wed Aug 17
2A/2C/1D/3BEF winner v 1B/3ACD/1F/2E winner
1E/2D/1C/3ABF winner v 2B/2F/1A/3CDE winner

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Final

Match & Score:
-Sat Aug 20
Semifinal winners

BIG PIMPIN

Steve Goff of the Washington Post talks to none other than Bill Gates who is teaming up with Barcelona to fight polio. Good stuff. And a pretty cool video too.