Some News for Fri Jul 8, 2011

STARTERS

JUST ANNOUNCED: Friendly on Wed Aug 10 - USA v Mexico at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia PA at 8pm CT on ESPN2, ESPN3.com and Univision.

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A note to all NSC Minnesota Stars fans from the team: All day Saturday, show your Stars ticket at Chipotle near stadium for buy one get one free entrees! Don't go to the game hungry!
-Sat Jul 10
NSC Minnesota Stars v Carolina RailHawks - 7:30pm CT
Venue: National Sports Center - Blaine MN

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You are not going to want to miss the U17 World Cup Final on Sunday - Uruguay v Mexico - 5:30pm CT on ESPNU and ESPN3.com, played at Azteca Stadium in Mexico City.

STORY OF THE DAY

"As much as the anger comes out and the passion on the field, I think it's a pretty safe environment. I'm not too worried about being down in Portland. I actually like the city."
-Roger Levesque - Seattle Sounders villain

Do not miss the huge derby this Sunday when Seattle goes to Portland for the first time in MLS. It will be EPIC!

This will be the biggest regular season MLS game ever played. And I am not exaggerating.

-Sun Jul 10
Portland Timbers v Seattle Sounders - 3pm CT on ESPN, ESPN Deportes & ESPN3.com
Venue: JELD-WEN Field - Portland OR

Joshua Mayers of the Seattle Times with an article on Sounders fullback Zack Scott who has been with the team long enough to have experienced the Portland rivalry in the 2nd division.

Mayers gives us some great quotes from Sounders coach and players.

Mayers on the Sounders current 5 game unbeaten road streak.

Tim Booth of the AP on Portland's most wanted man list - #1 Roger Levesque of Seattle. Via the Seattle Post Intelligencer.

Injury Report:
Portland
OUT: Spencer Thompson (knee), Rodney Wallace (knee)
DOUBTFUL: Bright Dike (Achilles rupture), David Horst (hip flexor)
PROBABLE: Futty Danso (shoulder), Jack Jewsbury (hamstring), Peter Lowry (quadricep)
Seattle
OUT: O'Brian White (leg blood clot), Steve Zakuani (leg fracture)
PROBABLE: Brad Evans (hamstring)

TEAM USA AT THE 2011 WOMEN'S WORLD CUP

Germany 2011 is under way.

Matches & Scores:
-Sun Jul 10
USA v Brazil - 10am CT on ESPN, ESPN3.com and Galavision

Read coverage by Jerrod Roh (U of M Women's asst coach) at IMSoccer News.

COPA AMERICA

The 2011 South American championship is being hosted by Argentina.

All games live on You Tube, and TeleFutura or Univision.

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Huge win for Costa Rica last night in a game that saw Bolivia finish with 9 players on the field. They are now ahead of Argentina in the group.

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Group Stage

Matches & Scores:
-Fri Jul 1
Argentina 1-1 Bolivia - Arg goal by Kun Aguero. Bol goal by Edvaldo Rojas.
-Sat Jul 2
Colombia 1-0 Costa Rica - Col goal by Adrian Ramos.
-Sun Jul 3
Brazil 0-0 Venezuela
Paraguay 0-0 Ecuador
-Mon Jul 4
Uruguay 1-1 Peru - Uru goal by Luis Suarez. Per goal by Paolo Guerreo.
Chile 2-1 Mexico - Chi goals by Esteban Paredes & Arturo Vidal. Mex goal by Nestor Araujo.
-Wed Jul 6
Argentina 0-0 Colombia
-Thu Jul 7
Bolivia 0-2 Costa Rica - CR goals by Josue Martinez & Joel Campbell.
-Fri Jul 8
Chile v Uruguay - 5:15pm CT on TeleFutura and YouTube
Mexico v Peru - 7:45pm CT on Univision and YouTube
-Sat Jul 9
Brazil v Paraguay - 2:00pm CT on Univision and YouTube
Venezuela v Ecuador - 4:30 pm CT on TeleFutura and YouTube
-Sun Jul 10
Colombia v Bolivia - 2:00pm CT on TeleFutura and YouTube
-Mon Jul 11
Argentina v Costa Rica - 7:45pm CT on TeleFutura and YouTube
-Tue Jul 12
Chile v Peru - 5:15pm CT on TeleFutura and YouTube
Uruguay v Mexico - 7:45pm CT on Univision and YouTube
-Wed Jul 13
Paraguay v Venezuela - 5:15pm CT on TeleFutura and YouTube
Brazil v Ecuador - 7:45pm CT on TeleFutura and YouTube

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Standings:
GROUP A
4 Colombia (+1)
3 Costa Rica (+1)
2 Argentina (0)
1 Bolivia (-2)
GROUP B
1 Brazil (0)
1 Ecuador (0)
1 Paraguay (0)
1 Venezuela (0)
GROUP C
3 Chile (+1)
1 Peru (0)
1 Uruguay (0)
0 Mexico (-1)

The top 2 from each group and the next best 2 advance to the Quarterfinals.

HMMMMM, VERY INTERESTING

Rory Squire of The Leader looks at the chances for MLS to take advantage of the player lockouts in the NFL and NBA.

BRAZILIAN PLAYER NAME OF THE DAY

Zen - plays for Botafogo

MLS MATCHES, SCORES & STANDINGS

Week 17

Matches & Scores
-Wednesday, July 6, 2011
New York Red Bulls 5-0 Toronto FC - NYRB goals by Thierry Henry, Luke Rodgers, Joel Lindpere & Juan Agudelo(2).
Venue: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 15,269
Sporting Kansas City 1-1 Colorado Rapids - SKC goal by Graham Zusi. CR goal by Conor Casey.
Venue: LIVESTRONG Sporting Park
Attendance: 15,209
Vancouver Whitecaps FC 0-1 Columbus Crew - CC goal by Jeff Cunningham.
Venue: Empire Field
Attendance: 19,079
CD Chivas USA 2-0 San Jose Earthquakes - CUSA goals by Ben Zemanski & Nick LaBrocca.
Venue: The Home Depot Center
Attendance: 9,425
-Sat Jul 9
Sporting Kansas City v CD Chivas USA - 6:30PM CT on Galavision
Venue: LIVESTRONG Sporting Park
New York Red Bulls v DC United - 6:30PM CT on Direct Kick
Venue: Red Bull Arena
Houston Dynamo v Toronto FC - 7:30PM CT on Direct Kick
Venue: Robertson Stadium
Real Salt Lake v FC Dallas - 8:00PM CT on Direct Kick
Venue: Rio Tinto Stadium
Colorado Rapids v Vancouver Whitecaps FC - 8:00PM CT on Direct Kick
Venue: Dick's Sporting Goods Park
LA Galaxy v Chicago Fire SC - 9:30PM CT on FOX Soccer
Venue: The Home Depot Center
San Jose Earthquakes v Philadelphia Union - 9:30PM CT on Direct Kick
Venue: Buck Shaw Stadium
-Sun Jul 10
Portland Timbers v Seattle Sounders FC - 3:00PM CT on ESPN
Venue: JELD-WEN Field

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EJECTIONS:
Shea Salinas - Vancouver - red card

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Standings:
EASTERN CONFERENCE
28 New York Red Bulls (+11 GD) (19 GP)
27 Philadelphia Union (+5 GD) (17 GP)
27 Columbus Crew (+2 GD) (18 GP)
21 Sporting Kansas City (-1 GD) (17 GP)
20 Houston Dynamo (-1 GD) (18 GP)
19 DC United (-6 GD) (16 GP)
18 Chicago Fire SC (-3 GD) (18 GP)
18 Toronto FC (-17 GD) (20 GP)
16 New England Revolution (-8 GD) (18 GP)

WESTERN CONFERENCE
36 LA Galaxy (+10 GD) (20 GP)
34 FC Dallas (+9 GD) (18 GP)
32 Seattle Sounders FC (+7 GD) (20 GP)
27 Real Salt Lake (+9 GD) (16 GP)
24 Colorado Rapids (-2 GD) (19 GP)
21 San Jose Earthquakes (+1 GD) (17 GP)
21 CD Chivas USA (+1 GD) (18 GP)
18 Portland Timbers (-9 GD) (16 GP)
14 Vancouver Whitecaps FC (-8 GD) (19 GP)

MLS RESERVE LEAGUE

Matches & Scores:
-Sun Jul 10
New York Red Bulls v DC United
-Mon Jul 18
New England Revolution v Philadelphia Union
-Thu Jul 19
Sporting Kansas City v Chicago Fire

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Standings Etc.

NORTH AMERICA SUMMER CLUB FRIENDLY SCHEDULE

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

Portland fell 0-1 to America.

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Matches & Scores:
-Thu Jul 7
Portland Timbers 0-1 Club America (Mexico) - CA goal by Angel Reyna.
Venue: JELD-WEN Field - Portland OR
Attendance: 17,198
Match report by Jamie Goldberg of the Oregonian.

NASL SCOREBOARD

Matches & Scores:
-Sat Jul 9
Fort Lauderdale Strikers v Atlanta Silverbacks
Puerto Rico Islanders v FC Tampa Bay
NSC Minnesota Stars v Carolina RailHawks
-Wed Jul 13
Montreal Impact v Fort Lauderdale Strikers
FC Edmonton v Carolina RailHawks

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Standings (as of Mon Jul 4):
37 Carolina RailHawks (+22 GD) (14 GP) 2.64 PPG
24 FC Edmonton (+3 GD) (14 GP) 1.71 PPG
22 Puerto Rico Islanders (0 GD) (14 GP) 1.57 PPG
19 NSC Minnesota Stars (+2 GD) (14 GP) 1.36 PPG
17 Fort Lauderdale Strikers (0 GD) (14 GP) 1.21 PPG
17 FC Tampa Bay (-4 GD) (14 GP) 1.21 PPG
10 Montreal Impact (-4 GD) (14 GP) 0.71 PPG
5 Atlanta Silverbacks (-19 GD) (14 GP) 0.36 PPG

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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Paul Gardener of Soccer America with a pretty tremendous match report and analysis of the Mexico win over Germany.

Video highlights from the game can be seen right here.

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Semifinals

Matches & Scores:
-Thu Jul 7
Uruguay 3-0 Brazil - Uru goals by Elbio Alvarez(PK), Juan San Martin & Guillermo Mendez.
Germany 2-3 Mexico - Ger goals by Samed Yesil & Emre Can. Mex goals by Julio Gomez(2) & Jorge Espericueta.

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Final

Match & Score:
-Sun Jul 10
Uruguay v Mexico - 6pm CT

CONCACAF 2014 WORLD CUP QUALIFYING

Preliminary Round

Five matchups between the 10 lowest rated teams in the region.
-The 5 winners will advance to join the next 19 lowest rated teams in a six group, four team stage.

Matches & Scores:
1st Leg
-Fri Jul 8
Anguilla v Dominican Republic
Aruba v St. Luca
2nd Leg (1st Leg scores included)
-Sat Jul 9
Bahamas v Turks & Caicos Islands (4-0)
-Sun Jul 10
British Virgin Islands v US Virgin Islands (0-2)
Dominican Republic v Anguilla (-)

UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE

Second Preliminary Round matches will be played on Thu Jul 14 & 21.

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Two Americans jump into the fray in the next round as well:
Alejandro Bedoya - Orebro - Thu Jul 14 v FK Sarajevo / Thu Jul 21 at FK Sarajevo
-Sarajevo is from Bosnia-Herzegovina
Joining:
Clint Dempsey - Fulham - Thu Jul 14 at Crusaders FC / Thu Jul 21 v Crusaders FC
-Crusaders is from Northern Ireland

BRAZIL

2011 Brazil Serie A Standings
19 Corinthians (7 GP) - NEXT: Sun Jul 10 at Atletico GO
16 Flamengo (8 GP) - NEXT: Sun Jul 10 at Fluminense
15 Sao Paulo (8 GP) - NEXT: Sat Jul 9 v Cruzeiro
15 Internacional (8 GP) - NEXT: Sat Jul 9 at Vasco Da Gama
14 Palmeiras (7 GP) - NEXT: Sun Jul 10 v Santos