Some News for Wed Jul 13, 2011

STARTERS

USA For The Win! The women won today over France and have advanced to the World Cup final on Sunday. Kick off time is 1:45pm CT.

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And Japan who have been the big surprise at this tournament ran over Sweden in the second half and laid claim to a liaison with our Americans in the finale! It should be one hell of game. Do the upstarts have what it takes? It would seem that they do.

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Joey Barton of Newcastle has been denied a USA visa because of his criminal record and will not be with the team on their preseason tour of America.

TEAM USA AT THE 2011 WOMEN'S WORLD CUP

The Women's World Cup - Germany 2011

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Victory! The USA got the win they wanted so badly but had to work hard to get it. After going out to an early lead a little against the grain they began to suffer at the hands of a never ending France attack which finally produced a goal early in the 2nd half. But then the USA made personnel and formation changes and took over the last 20 minutes of the game. They got 2 goals to win and seal it.

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Semifinals

Matches & Scores:
-Wed Jul 13
USA 3-1 France - USA goals by Lauren Cheney, Abby Wambach and Alex Morgan. Fra goal by Sonia Bombpastor.
Venue: Borussia-Park - Monchengladbach
Sweden 1-3 Japan
Venue: Commerzbank-Arena - Frankfurt

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Final

Match & Score:
-Sun Jul 17
USA v Japan - 1:45pm CT
Venue: Commerzbank-Arena - Frankfurt

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Read full tournament 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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Chile and Uruguay got single goal wins to assure themselves a spot in the knock out rounds. Mexico is out.

Uruguay also got a match against Argentina in the first knock out round!

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ADV: Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Uruguay (4 of 8)

OUT: Bolivia, Mexico (2 of 4)

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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 1-1 Uruguay - Chi goal by Alexis Sanchez. Uru goal by Alvaro Pereira.
Mexico 0-1 Peru - Per goal by Paolo Guerrero.
-Sat Jul 9
Brazil 2-2 Paraguay - Bra goals by Jadson & Fred. Par goals by Roque Santa Cruz & Nelson Haedo Valdez.
Venezuela 1-0 Ecuador - Ven goal by Cesar Gonzalez.
-Sun Jul 10
Colombia 2-0 Bolivia - Col goals both by Radamel Falcao(1 via PK).
-Mon Jul 11
Argentina 3-0 Costa Rica - Arg goals by Kun Aguero(2) & Angel Di Maria.
-Tue Jul 12
Chile 1-0 Peru - Chi goal by Andre Carrillo(OG).
Uruguay 1-0 Mexico - Uru goal by Alvaro Pereira.
-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
ADV-7 Colombia (+3)
ADV-5 Argentina (+3)
3 Costa Rica (-2)
OUT-1 Bolivia (-4)
GROUP B
4 Venezuela (+1)
2 Brazil (0)
2 Paraguay (0)
1 Ecuador (-1)
GROUP C
ADV-7 Chile (+2)
ADV-5 Uruguay (+1)
4 Peru (0)
OUT-0 Mexico (-3)

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

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Quarterfinals

Matches & Scores:
-Sat Jul 16
1 Colombia v NB1 - 2pm CT on Univision and YouTube
2 Argentina v Uruguay - 5:15pm CT on Univision and YouTube
-Sun Jul 17
3 B1 v NB2 - 2pm CT on Univision and YouTube
4 Chile v B2 - 5:15pm CT on Univision and YouTube

MLS TEAM & PLAYER NEWS

CHICAGO FIRE

The Fire announced the signing of 30 year old Argentine attacking midfielder Sebastian Grazzini from All Boys.
-He has one of those resumes that does not strike me as a positive - 10 teams in 9 years.
-He has also only played in 160 games in those 9 seasons - and average of under 18 per season.

COLUMBUS CREW

Michael Arace of the Dispatch glows over the historic moment when Jeff Cunningham tied the MLS all time scoring record.

HOUSTON DYNAMO

Jose de Jesus Ortiz of the Chronicle talks to Brian Ching about where the team stands halfway through the season.

SPORTING KANSAS CITY SC

Charles Gooch of the Star does Q & A's with two more players about their choice of footwear: Matt Besler - AND - Michael Harrington.

NEW YORK RED BULLS

NYRB has signed 38 year old German goalkeeper Frank Rost from Hamburg SV.
-Will he be their Faryd Mondragon or another Ronald Waterreus?

Michael Lewis of Big Apple Soccer with more on Rost and the NY goalkeeper situation.
-What happens to Bouna Coundoul and/or Greg Sutton?

2011 MLS ALL STAR GAME

Alexi Lalas at the Mirror gives us his picks for the All Star team.

MLS/USA & RELATED RUMORS

Carlos Ruiz has supposedly been sold by Philadelphia to Veracruz in Mexico.

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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A young Earthquakes goalkeeper making his professional debut named David Bingham scored from 90 yards in the 3rd minute of the game!!! And San Jose went on to victory over their English opponents. See it in all its glory right here.

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Matches & Scores:
-Tue Jul 12
San Jose Earthquakes 2-1 West Bromwich Albion (England) - SJE goals by David Bingham & Khari Stephenson. WBA goal by Jerome Thomas.
Venue: Buck Shaw Stadium - Santa Clara CA
Attendance: 6,872
-Wed Jul 13
New England Revolution v Manchester United (England) - World Football Challenge
Venue: Gillette Stadium - Foxboro MA
-Wed Jul 13
Club America (Mexico) v Atlas (Mexico) - Reto Aguila Cup
Venue: The Home Depot Center - Carson CA
-Thu Jul 14
FC Tampa Bay (NASL) v Bolton Wanderers (England)
Venue: Al Lang Field - St Petersburg FL

NASL SCOREBOARD

Matches & Scores:
-Wed Jul 13
Montreal Impact v Fort Lauderdale Strikers
FC Edmonton v Carolina RailHawks

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Standings (as of Sat Jul 9):
37 Carolina RailHawks (+21 GD) (15 GP) 2.47 PPG
24 FC Edmonton (+3 GD) (14 GP) 1.71 PPG
23 Puerto Rico Islanders (0 GD) (15 GP) 1.53 PPG
22 NSC Minnesota Stars (+3 GD) (15 GP) 1.47 PPG
18 FC Tampa Bay (-4 GD) (15 GP) 1.20 PPG
17 Fort Lauderdale Strikers (-1 GD) (15 GP) 1.13 PPG
10 Montreal Impact (-4 GD) (14 GP) 0.71 PPG
8 Atlanta Silverbacks (-18 GD) (15 GP) 0.53 PPG

US OPEN CUP

Quarterfinals

7 MLS teams and 1 holdout from USL Pro (3rd Div) battled it out this week in the Quarterfinal.

Richmond got to play spoilers and send a 3rd division team to the Semifinals as they went to KC and threw a knock out blow after mother nature tired to throw one with an hour rain & lightning delay.

Chicago used their regular first 11 to destroy a clearly 2nd string New York team that flew in the day of the game, didn't bring the head coach Hans Bache and only brought 14 players.

Dallas had a mixture of first and second teamers on the field to beat Salt Lake who only switched out goal keepers to their regular starters.

The fourth Quarterfinal game is tonight.

Matches & Scores:
-Tue Jul 12
Chicago Fire SC 4-0 New York Red Bulls - CF goals by Orr Barouch(2), Dominic Oduro & Yamith Cuesta.
Venue: Toyota Park
Sporting Kansas City 0-2 Richmond Kickers - RK goals by Shaka Bangura & David Bulow(PK).
Venue: Livestrong Sporting Park
FC Dallas 2-0 Real Salt Lake - FCD goals by Jair Benetiz & Jackson.
Venue: Pizza Hut Park
-Wed Jul 13
Seattle Sounders FC v LA Galaxy - 9:00pm CT
Venue: Starfire Stadium

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Semifinals

Matches & Scores:
-Tue Aug 30
Chicago Fire SC v Richmond Kickers - 7:30pm CT
Venue: Toyota Park
Seattle Sounders FC v FC Dallas - OR - FC Dallas v LA Galaxy - 9pm CT - OR - 8pm CT
Venue: Starfire Stadium - OR - Pizza Hut Park

SOCCER IN AMERICA

Shawn Mitchell of the Columbus Dispatch tells us that Guillermo Barros Schelotto has returned to the Ohio city to get his new academy off the ground.

USA U18 TEAM

The team will be heading to Northern Ireland for the annual Milk Cup tournament where they are defending champions.

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Matches & Scores:
-Mon July 25
USA v Israel
-Wed Jul 27
USA v Mexico
-Fri Jul 29
Placement match

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Teams:
Denmark
Israel
Georgia
Mexico
N Ireland
USA

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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
Alex Shinsky - U Maryland
F:
Jerome Kiesewetter - Hertha U19
Luis Rendon - Richmond Magic
Omar Salgado - Vancouver Whitecaps

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Trivia - Who does Jerome Kiesewetter say he looks up to? Jozy Altidore and Thierry Henry!

AMERICANS IN EUROPE

Brian Sciaretta of Yanks Abroad reports that Cody Cropper has signed his first professional contract with Ipswich in England where he has been in their academy. (thanks to BQ for the link)

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Sky with an article on Will Packwood signing his first senior contract with Birmingham City.

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Coming Up:

UEFA - Europa League - 2nd Preliminary Round
Alejandro Bedoya - Orebro - Thu Jul 14 v FK Sarajevo
Clint Dempsey - Fulham - Thu Jul 14 at Crusaders

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.

Both St Lucia and Aruba won 4-2 at home, so their series went to a Penalty Kick Shootout and St Lucia prevailed 5-4 to advance.

One spot left to be decided on Sunday.

Matches & Scores:
2nd Leg (1st Leg scores included)
-Tue Jul 12
St Lucia 4-2 Aruba - series ends tied 6-6, STL advances 5-4 in Penalty Kick Shootout. STL goals by Jamil Joseph(3) & Kurt Frederick. Aru goals by Frederick Gomez & Rensy Barradas.
-Sun Jul 17
Belize v Montserrat (5-2)

ENGLAND

Fulham has signed attacking fullback John Arne Riise from Roma.

UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

34 teams enter the 2nd Qualifying Round this week on Tue/Wed Jul 12/13. Second leg matches will be played next week.

UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE

80 teams in the Second Preliminary Round matches on Thu Jul 14 & 21.