Some News for Tue Jul 19, 2011

STARTERS

Colorado forward Conor Casey is done for the season and will be out up to 10 months with a ruptured achilles tendon on his left leg.

THE FIFA SCANDAL STORY NEVER ENDS

Andrew Jennings of Transparency In Sport has turned his arrows on Chuck Blazer in recent weeks and gives us the story of the CONCACAF executive pocketing 10% of all sponsorships and TV rights fee the federation brings in. I don't think this is illegal though is it?
-The article appeared in the Sunday Herald, July 17, 2011

Also included is the Dec 31 2010 CONCACF Audited Financial Statements as presented to the 50th CONCACAF Congress on May 3 2011 in Miami.

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Matt Scott of the Guardian looks at some suspended FIFA members from Africa that are still doing their jobs are normal. And other special irregularities.

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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Semifinals

Jonathan Wilson of the Guardian previews Peru-Uruguay tonight, saying that the two coaches were once teacher and student.

Matches & Scores:
-Tue Jul 19
Peru v Uruguay - 7:45pm CT on Univision and YouTube
-Wed Jul 20
Paraguay v Venezuela - 7:45pm CT on Univision and YouTube

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Final

Match & Score:
-Sun Jul 24
Winner 1 v Winner 2 - 2pm CT on Univision and YouTube

THIS IS WHAT ITS ALL ABOUT

Dan Wiersema of the Free Beer Movement writing for The Shin Guardian does a star studded Q & A roundtable with Brian Dunseth, Alexi Lalas, Kyle Martino and Taylor Twellman.

VIDEO OF THE DAY

Here is a pretty damn cool video from ESPN of Landon Donovan doing his part for the Make A Wish foundation. (I am really sorry that I can't remember where I found this. I know it was on another website. Sorry. I want to give you credit.)

PICTURE OF THE DAY

Greg Matzek of WTMJ radio in Milwaukee gets stuck in a Memphis sports bar waiting for an airplane on Sunday, and runs into his doppelganger - Tim Howard. (thanks to Jeff for the link)
-I never pegged Timmy as a Ramones man.

MLS MATCHES, SCORES & STANDINGS

Week 19

Matches & Scores:
-Wed Jul 20
DC United v New England Revolution - 7:30PM CT on Direct Kick
Venue: RFK Stadium
Toronto FC v FC Dallas - 7:00PM CT on Direct Kick
Venue: BMO Field
Colorado Rapids v New York Red Bulls - 8:30PM CT on Direct Kick
Venue: Dick's Sporting Goods Park
LA Galaxy v Columbus Crew - 9:30PM CT on Direct Kick
Venue: The Home Depot Center
San Jose Earthquakes v Vancouver Whitecaps - 9:30PM CT on Direct Kick
Venue: Buck Shaw Stadium

IF THE MLS PLAYOFFS STARTED TODAY

10 playoff teams:

EAST
1 Philadelphia
2 New York
3 Columbus
WEST
1 LA
2 Seattle
3 Dallas
WILD CARDS
1 Salt Lake
2 Colorado
3 Houston
4 DC

MLS RESERVE LEAGUE

Matches & Scores:
-Tue Jul 19
Sporting Kansas City 1-3 Chicago Fire - SKC goal by Dwayne James. CF goals by Orr Barouch & Manny Guzman.
-Tue Jul 26
Chivas USA v San Jose Earthquakes
-Sun Jul 31
Vancouver Whitecaps v LA Galaxy

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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.

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Games Played

It looked like they played the game last night on a cow pasture. It was very poorly executed in Vancouver.

Scores:
-Mon Jul 18
Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1-2 Manchester City (England) - World Football Challenge - VW goal by Camillo. MC goals by John Guidetti & Shaun Wright Phillips.
Venue: Empire Field - Vancouver BC
Attendance: 24,074
Match report from Manchester City website.

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Up Coming

Matches:
-Wed Jul 20
Philadelphia Union v Everton (England)
Venue: PPL Park - Chester PA
-Wed Jul 20
Houston Dynamo v Bolton Wanderers (England) - Dynamo Charity Cup
Venue: Robertson Stadium - Houston TX
-Wed Jul 20
Sporting Kansas City v Newcastle United (England)
Venue: Livestrong Sporting Park - Kansas City KS
-Wed Jul 20
Seattle Sounders FC v Manchester United (England)
Venue: Qwest Field - Seattle WA
-Wed Jul 20
Real Madrid (Spain) v Guadalajara (Mexico) - World Football Challenge
TV: 10pm CT on ESPN2, ESPN3.com & ESPN Deportes
Venue: Qualcomm Stadium - San Diego CA

AMERICANS IN EUROPE

Its now official that Brad Guzan will not get to compete for the job of starting goalkeeper at Aston Villa seeing as they went out and signed Irishman Shay Given to replace Brad Friedel.

UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

34 teams are in the 2nd Qualifying Round and the 2nd Leg matches will be play next week on Tue/Wed Jul 19/20. See all the matchups and scores here.

BRAZIL

Huge round where all 6 top teams face off against each other!

Brazil - Serie A Standings:
25 Corinthians (9GP) - NEXT: Wed Jul 20 at Botafogo
*21 Sao Paulo (10GP) - LAST: Sun Jul 17 W 0-3 at Internacional
19 Flamengo (9GP) - NEXT: Wed Jul 20 at Palmeiras
18 Palmeiras (9GP) - NEXT: Wed Jul 20 v Flamengo
*17 Vasco da Gama (10GP) - LAST: Sat Jul 16 W 2-1 v Atletico PR
16 Botafogo (9GP) - NEXT: Wed Jul 20 v Corinthians
*Already played a game this round.