Some News for Tue Jul 26, 2011
STARTERS
As predicted by many, the Chicago Fire has signed 35 year old Mexican central midfielder Pavel Pardo from America.
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Argentina has fired head coach Sergio Batista after their disastrous Copa America.
THE FIFA SCANDAL STORY NEVER ENDS
FIFA has begun an investigation into the 15 Caribbean federations that did not report bribes from Mohamed Bin Hammam. They have been given 48 hours to give their side of the story which they refused to do at an investigative hearing last month into Jack Warner and Bin Hammam.
dN
Richard Conway of Sky Sports shares excerpts of an email from Chuck Blazer commenting on the verdict against Mohamed Bin Hammam.
MATCH FIXING IN TURKEY
Hurriyet reports that the Turkish Super Lig will now start on Sep 9.
dN
Ezgi Basaran of Hurriyet talks to former Turkish soccer insiders who say match-fixing has been normal business.
dN
Cetin Cem Yilmaz also of Hurriyet reports that Fenerbahce fans feel the scandal is being fabricated by the press to punish their chairman and team.
2011-12 CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
Preliminary Round
A home and away play-in round is held 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.
dN
Matches & Scores:
1st Leg
-Tue Jul 26
San Francisco (Panama) v Seattle Sounders FC (USA) - 7pm CT on Fox Soccer
Herediano (Costa Rica) v Alpha United (Guyana)
-Wed Jul 27
Toronto FC (Canada) v Real Esteli (Nicaragua) - 7pm CT on Fox Soccer
Isidro Metapan (El Salvador) v Puerto Rico Islanders (Puerto Rico)
Santos Laguna (Mexico) v Olimpia (Honduras)
-Thu Jul 28
Monarcas Morelia (Mexico) v Tempete (Haiti)
Alianza (El Salvador) v FC Dallas (USA) - 9pm CT on Fox Soccer
Motagua (Honduras) v Municipal (Guatemala)
dN
2nd Leg matches will be played next week.
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.
dN
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)
MLS TEAM & PLAYER NEWS
CHICAGO FIRE
The Fire released Bratislav Ristic from the team to open up a spot on the roster for Pavel Pardo.
Pardo's pairing with other new signing Sebastian Grazzini is a chance for Chicago to make a big upgrade to their offense.
FC DALLAS
The team's website poses 11 questions for head coach Schellas Hyndman.
REAL SALT LAKE
Jack Bell of the NY Times talks to Kyle Beckerman who digs everything about Real Salt Lake.
TORONTO FC
TFC released defender Dan Gargan from the team.
2011 MLS ALL STAR GAME
Match & Score:
-Wed Jul 27
MLS v Manchester United - 7:30pm CT on ESPN2
Venue: Red Bull Arena - Harrison NJ
MLS LEAGUE LEADERS IN GOALS & ASSISTS
As of Tue Jul 26
Goals:
11 Thierry Henry
9 Landon Donovan
9 Brek Shea
8 Charlie Davies
8 Eric Hassli
8 Chris Wondolowski
7 Justin Braun
7 Andres Mendoza
6 Ten players tied
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Assists:
9 Brad Davis
8 David Beckham
8 Davide Chiumiento
7 Sebastien Le Toux
6 Jack Jewsbury
6 Mauro Rosales
6 Jan Gunnar Solli
5 Nine players tied
MLS TEAM LEADERS IN DEFENSE
5 teams with the lowest amount of goals allowed per game (as of Tue Jul 26):
0.67 Real Salt Lake
0.73 LA Galaxy
0.84 Philadelphia Union
0.95 Columbus Crew
0.95 FC Dallas
MLS RESERVE LEAGUE
Matches & Scores:
-Tue Jul 26
Chivas USA 1-1 San Jose Earthquakes
-Sun Jul 31
Vancouver Whitecaps v LA Galaxy
NORTH AMERICA SUMMER CLUB FRIENDLY SCHEDULE
Big friendlies are being played this summer all around North America featuring mainly European teams in their preseasons.
Upcoming
Matches:
-Tue Jul 26
Columbus Crew v Newcastle United (England)
Venue: Crew Stadium - Columbus OH
-Tue Jul 26
Juventus (Italy) v Club America (Mexico) - World Football Challenge
TV: 6:30pm CT on ESPN2, ESPN3.com & ESPN Deportes
Venue: Citi Field - New York NY
-Tue Jul 26
Portland Timbers v Independiente (Argentina)
Venue: JELD-WEN Field
-Wed Jul 27
Charleston Battery (USL Pro) v Portsmouth (England)
Venue: Blackbaud Stadium - Daniel Island SC
-Thu Jul 28
Juventus (Italy) v Guadalajara (Mexico) - World Football Challenge
TV: 7pm CT on ESPN2, ESPN3.com & Galavisión
Venue: Carter-Finley Stadium - Raleigh NC
NASL SCOREBOARD
Matches & Scores:
-Wed Jul 27
FC Tampa Bay v FC Edmonton
-Sat Jul 30
Carolina RailHawks v Atlanta Silverbacks
Fort Lauderdale Strikers v FC Edmonton
-Sun Jul 31
Montreal Impact v Puerto Rico Islanders
dN
Standings (as of Sat Jul 23):
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 (-1 GD) (17 GP)
21 FC Tampa Bay (-4 GD) (17 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
dN
The defending champs the USA has won their opening game over Israel.
Match report from US Soccer.
You can see video of the two USA goals here at the BBC beginning at the 14:00 minute mark.
dN
Matches & Scores:
-Mon July 25
USA 2-0 Israel - USA goals by Omar Salgado & Jerome Kiesewetter.
-Wed Jul 27
USA v Mexico
-Fri Jul 29
Placement match
dN
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 U19
Luis Rendon - Richmond Magic
Omar Salgado - Vancouver Whitecaps
dN
Overall Tournament
Matches & Scores:
-Mon Jul 25
USA 2-0 Israel
Mexico 1-2 Georgia
N Ireland 1-1 Denmark
-Wed Jul 27
Denmark v Israel
USA v Mexico
Georgio v N Ireland
-Fri Jul 29
Placement matches:
1st/2nd Place
3rd/4th Place
5th/6th Place
Team standings:
3 USA (+2)
3 Georgia (+1)
1 Denmark (0)
1 N Ireland (0)
0 Mexico (-1)
0 Israel (-2)
AMERICANS IN EUROPE
Mo Edu and Rangers lost their home leg in the Champions League today. Not good. Add that to a season opening home tie in the SPL and they are off to about as bad a start as they could.
dN
A couple of EPL teams are said to be sniffing around the locker of Mix Diskerud at Stabaek.
dN
Game Action:
UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE - 3rd Qualifying Round - 1st Leg
Mo Edu - Rangers - Tue Jul 26 - played the full 90 but lost at home 0-1 v Malmo (Sweden).
dN
Coming Up:
FINLAND - Ykkonen (2nd Division)
Jeremy Vuolo - AC Oulu - Wed Jul 27 v KPV
UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 3rd Qualifying Round
Clint Dempsey - Fulham - Thu Jul 28 at Split (Croatia)
Jozy Altidore - AZ - Thu Jul 28 v Jablonec (Czech Republic)
Clarence Goodson - Brondby - Thu Jul 28 at Ried (Austria)
FRANCE
Super Cup
-Wed Jul 27
Olympique Marsielle (Cup winner) v Lille (league winner)
UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
30 teams are in the 3rd Qualifying Round which will see some bigger names enter the tournament, with the 1st leg played on Jul 26/27 and the 2nd Leg on Aug 2/3. All matches and scores are here.
ENDERS
Derek Jeter of the New York Yankees and Alessandro Del Piero of Juventus swap shirts:
As predicted by many, the Chicago Fire has signed 35 year old Mexican central midfielder Pavel Pardo from America.
dN
Argentina has fired head coach Sergio Batista after their disastrous Copa America.
THE FIFA SCANDAL STORY NEVER ENDS
FIFA has begun an investigation into the 15 Caribbean federations that did not report bribes from Mohamed Bin Hammam. They have been given 48 hours to give their side of the story which they refused to do at an investigative hearing last month into Jack Warner and Bin Hammam.
dN
Richard Conway of Sky Sports shares excerpts of an email from Chuck Blazer commenting on the verdict against Mohamed Bin Hammam.
MATCH FIXING IN TURKEY
Hurriyet reports that the Turkish Super Lig will now start on Sep 9.
dN
Ezgi Basaran of Hurriyet talks to former Turkish soccer insiders who say match-fixing has been normal business.
dN
Cetin Cem Yilmaz also of Hurriyet reports that Fenerbahce fans feel the scandal is being fabricated by the press to punish their chairman and team.
2011-12 CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
Preliminary Round
A home and away play-in round is held 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.
dN
Matches & Scores:
1st Leg
-Tue Jul 26
San Francisco (Panama) v Seattle Sounders FC (USA) - 7pm CT on Fox Soccer
Herediano (Costa Rica) v Alpha United (Guyana)
-Wed Jul 27
Toronto FC (Canada) v Real Esteli (Nicaragua) - 7pm CT on Fox Soccer
Isidro Metapan (El Salvador) v Puerto Rico Islanders (Puerto Rico)
Santos Laguna (Mexico) v Olimpia (Honduras)
-Thu Jul 28
Monarcas Morelia (Mexico) v Tempete (Haiti)
Alianza (El Salvador) v FC Dallas (USA) - 9pm CT on Fox Soccer
Motagua (Honduras) v Municipal (Guatemala)
dN
2nd Leg matches will be played next week.
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.
dN
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)
MLS TEAM & PLAYER NEWS
CHICAGO FIRE
The Fire released Bratislav Ristic from the team to open up a spot on the roster for Pavel Pardo.
Pardo's pairing with other new signing Sebastian Grazzini is a chance for Chicago to make a big upgrade to their offense.
FC DALLAS
The team's website poses 11 questions for head coach Schellas Hyndman.
REAL SALT LAKE
Jack Bell of the NY Times talks to Kyle Beckerman who digs everything about Real Salt Lake.
TORONTO FC
TFC released defender Dan Gargan from the team.
2011 MLS ALL STAR GAME
Match & Score:
-Wed Jul 27
MLS v Manchester United - 7:30pm CT on ESPN2
Venue: Red Bull Arena - Harrison NJ
MLS LEAGUE LEADERS IN GOALS & ASSISTS
As of Tue Jul 26
Goals:
11 Thierry Henry
9 Landon Donovan
9 Brek Shea
8 Charlie Davies
8 Eric Hassli
8 Chris Wondolowski
7 Justin Braun
7 Andres Mendoza
6 Ten players tied
dN
Assists:
9 Brad Davis
8 David Beckham
8 Davide Chiumiento
7 Sebastien Le Toux
6 Jack Jewsbury
6 Mauro Rosales
6 Jan Gunnar Solli
5 Nine players tied
MLS TEAM LEADERS IN DEFENSE
5 teams with the lowest amount of goals allowed per game (as of Tue Jul 26):
0.67 Real Salt Lake
0.73 LA Galaxy
0.84 Philadelphia Union
0.95 Columbus Crew
0.95 FC Dallas
MLS RESERVE LEAGUE
Matches & Scores:
-Tue Jul 26
Chivas USA 1-1 San Jose Earthquakes
-Sun Jul 31
Vancouver Whitecaps v LA Galaxy
NORTH AMERICA SUMMER CLUB FRIENDLY SCHEDULE
Big friendlies are being played this summer all around North America featuring mainly European teams in their preseasons.
Upcoming
Matches:
-Tue Jul 26
Columbus Crew v Newcastle United (England)
Venue: Crew Stadium - Columbus OH
-Tue Jul 26
Juventus (Italy) v Club America (Mexico) - World Football Challenge
TV: 6:30pm CT on ESPN2, ESPN3.com & ESPN Deportes
Venue: Citi Field - New York NY
-Tue Jul 26
Portland Timbers v Independiente (Argentina)
Venue: JELD-WEN Field
-Wed Jul 27
Charleston Battery (USL Pro) v Portsmouth (England)
Venue: Blackbaud Stadium - Daniel Island SC
-Thu Jul 28
Juventus (Italy) v Guadalajara (Mexico) - World Football Challenge
TV: 7pm CT on ESPN2, ESPN3.com & Galavisión
Venue: Carter-Finley Stadium - Raleigh NC
NASL SCOREBOARD
Matches & Scores:
-Wed Jul 27
FC Tampa Bay v FC Edmonton
-Sat Jul 30
Carolina RailHawks v Atlanta Silverbacks
Fort Lauderdale Strikers v FC Edmonton
-Sun Jul 31
Montreal Impact v Puerto Rico Islanders
dN
Standings (as of Sat Jul 23):
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 (-1 GD) (17 GP)
21 FC Tampa Bay (-4 GD) (17 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
dN
The defending champs the USA has won their opening game over Israel.
Match report from US Soccer.
You can see video of the two USA goals here at the BBC beginning at the 14:00 minute mark.
dN
Matches & Scores:
-Mon July 25
USA 2-0 Israel - USA goals by Omar Salgado & Jerome Kiesewetter.
-Wed Jul 27
USA v Mexico
-Fri Jul 29
Placement match
dN
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 U19
Luis Rendon - Richmond Magic
Omar Salgado - Vancouver Whitecaps
dN
Overall Tournament
Matches & Scores:
-Mon Jul 25
USA 2-0 Israel
Mexico 1-2 Georgia
N Ireland 1-1 Denmark
-Wed Jul 27
Denmark v Israel
USA v Mexico
Georgio v N Ireland
-Fri Jul 29
Placement matches:
1st/2nd Place
3rd/4th Place
5th/6th Place
Team standings:
3 USA (+2)
3 Georgia (+1)
1 Denmark (0)
1 N Ireland (0)
0 Mexico (-1)
0 Israel (-2)
AMERICANS IN EUROPE
Mo Edu and Rangers lost their home leg in the Champions League today. Not good. Add that to a season opening home tie in the SPL and they are off to about as bad a start as they could.
dN
A couple of EPL teams are said to be sniffing around the locker of Mix Diskerud at Stabaek.
dN
Game Action:
UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE - 3rd Qualifying Round - 1st Leg
Mo Edu - Rangers - Tue Jul 26 - played the full 90 but lost at home 0-1 v Malmo (Sweden).
dN
Coming Up:
FINLAND - Ykkonen (2nd Division)
Jeremy Vuolo - AC Oulu - Wed Jul 27 v KPV
UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 3rd Qualifying Round
Clint Dempsey - Fulham - Thu Jul 28 at Split (Croatia)
Jozy Altidore - AZ - Thu Jul 28 v Jablonec (Czech Republic)
Clarence Goodson - Brondby - Thu Jul 28 at Ried (Austria)
FRANCE
Super Cup
-Wed Jul 27
Olympique Marsielle (Cup winner) v Lille (league winner)
UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
30 teams are in the 3rd Qualifying Round which will see some bigger names enter the tournament, with the 1st leg played on Jul 26/27 and the 2nd Leg on Aug 2/3. All matches and scores are here.
ENDERS
Derek Jeter of the New York Yankees and Alessandro Del Piero of Juventus swap shirts:
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