Some News for Wed Jul 20, 2011
STARTERS
The 2011 Kicking & Screening Film Festival begins in NYC tonight. Make sure to get there if you live in the area.
-And make sure to read the daily blog. Some good stuff on there.
dN
Five MLS games will be played tonight - Wed Jul 20. See the full schedule below.
-Five other MLS teams are facing English Premier League teams tonight too.
dN
Two big name rumors that will not go away - Pavel Pardo to Chicago, and Owen Hargreaves to Vancouver.
LET'S TAKE A MOMENT TO REFLECT
On a sad note, the wife of New England Revolution owner Robert Kraft, Myra Kraft, died this morning. Our condolences to the family, friends and whole organization.
STORY OF THE DAY
Tim Cronin of Chicago's Southtown Star says soccer has NOT arrived on the big stage in our country, and its not going to any time soon either.
MATCH FIXING IN TURKEY
"As a result of the ongoing investigation, Fenerbahce, Besiktas, Trabzonspor and Mersin Idmanyurdu could be relegated from Turkey’s top league."
The annual season opening Super Cup game, this year Fenerbahce v Besiktas, has been postponed indefinitely, and the start of the SuperLig season, supposed to be Aug 5, will be determined by this weekend.
-I don't see how they can possibly start the season right now.
Hurriyet reports that a Fenerbahce vice-chairman and 2 other club officials have turned on the team's chairman and will assist law enforcement pursuing match fixing claims against the club.
Hurriyet also tells us about strongly worded official statements from Fenerbahce and Trabzonspor that attack the allegations against them, the rush to judgement, and each other.
dN
Not Turkey based but...
Paul Kelso of the Telegraph reports that a London based major player in the world's match fixing scene has been sentenced to 2 years in prison.
Jeff Klein of the New York Times takes a broader look at world wide match fixing.
COPA AMERICA
The 2011 South American championship is being hosted by Argentina.
All games live on You Tube, and TeleFutura or Univision.
dN
Semifinals
Uruguay looks well on their way to repeating their World Cup form from last summer, but will also again avoid playing any strong teams to get there.
Matches & Scores:
-Tue Jul 19
Peru 0-2 Uruguay - Uru goals by Luis Suarez.
-Wed Jul 20
Paraguay v Venezuela - 7:45pm CT on Univision and YouTube
dN
Final
Match & Score:
-Sun Jul 24
Uruguay 1 v Winner 2 - 2pm CT on Univision
CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
Lets get set - the fun starts up again next week!
There will be a home and away play-in round before the group stage. These 8 winners have already been drawn into groups that will begin play the week of Mon Aug 15.
Preliminary Round
Matches & Scores:
1st Leg
-Tue Jul 26
San Francisco (Panama) v Seattle Sounders FC (USA)
Herediano (Costa Rica) v Alpha United (Guyana)
-Wed Jul 27
Toronto FC (Canada) v Real Esteli (Nicaragua)
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)
Motagua (Honduras) v Municipal (Guatemala)
QUESTION OF THE DAY
Why is it that two of the MLS teams with some of the lowest average attendances this season, Dallas at 13,241 (4th lowest) and Columbus 10,846 (1st lowest), are both owned by the Hunt family?
We all know about their late father Lamar Hunt's love of the game, and we are told the sons have the same passion. So why are they near the bottom this year, and consistently near or at the bottom over the past several years?
The league average is up over 1500 per game, or 9.3%. Meanwhile Columbus is down 25.9%.
On the better side Dallas is up 22.4%, but they only started at 10,815 from last season.
HMMMMM, VERY INTERESTING
Owen Gibson of the Guardian reports that the English Premier League plans to have goal line technology in place for the 2012-13 season.
FACT OF THE DAY
Five players on the North Korean World Cup team have tested positive for steroid use. Hey, they got hit by lightning remember! Test for that?!?! Or something. But lay off them North Korean gals. They have a tough enough life without FIFA bugging them about performance enhancing drugs. I bet their beloved leader takes em too, and it hasn't hurt him any.
VIDEO OF THE DAY
Not a video, but an interview with THE king of American soccer video - Dave Brett Wasser.
The Real Football does a Q & A with Dave Brett the uncontested biggest and best archivist of video on American soccer.
Wasser's website is must viewing as well.
PICTURE OF THE DAY
Jozy Altidore makes it official with AZ's technical director Earnie Stewart:
And Jozy on the field with his #12 shirt:
Here is the full article (in Dutch) on his signing, from the teams website, including several more photos!
The team is coached by Gertjan Verbeek who was Michael Bradley's coach at Heerenveen, which was very successful for the player.
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
-Sat Jul 23
New York Red Bulls v FC Dallas - 5:00PM CT on Galavision
Venue: Red Bull Arena
Columbus Crew v Portland Timbers - 7:00PM CT on Direct Kick
Venue: Crew Stadium
Sporting Kansas City v Toronto FC - 7:30PM CT on Direct Kick
Venue: Livestrong Sporting Park
Colorado Rapids v New England Revolution - 8:00PM CT on Direct Kick
Venue: Dick's Sporting Goods Park
Real Salt Lake v San Jose Earthquakes - 9:00PM CT on Direct Kick
Venue: Rio Tinto Stadium
CD Chivas USA v Houston Dynamo - 9:30PM CT on Direct Kick
Venue: The Home Depot Center
dN
Standings:
EASTERN CONFERENCE
31 Philadelphia Union (+8 GD) (19 GP)
29 New York Red Bulls (+10 GD) (21 GP)
28 Columbus Crew (+2 GD) (19 GP)
24 Houston Dynamo (+1 GD) (20 GP)
23 DC United (-5 GD) (18 GP)
23 Sporting Kansas City (-1 GD) (19 GP)
18 Chicago Fire SC (-5 GD) (20 GP)
18 Toronto FC (-19 GD) (21 GP)
16 New England Revolution (-11 GD) (19 GP)
WESTERN CONFERENCE
39 LA Galaxy (+11 GD) (21 GP)
38 Seattle Sounders FC (+9 GD) (22 GP)
35 FC Dallas (+7 GD) (20 GP)
30 Real Salt Lake (+11 GD) (17 GP)
27 Colorado Rapids (-2 GD) (21 GP)
23 San Jose Earthquakes (+1 GD) (19 GP)
23 CD Chivas USA (+1 GD) (20 GP)
21 Portland Timbers (-9 GD) (18 GP)
14 Vancouver Whitecaps FC (-9 GD) (20 GP)
MLS TEAM & PLAYER NEWS
General News
Alexi Lalas at the Mirror looking at soggy fields - who is responsible for this mess.
dN
Brian Straus of Sportingnews talks to a MLS exec about "diving."
COLORADO RAPIDS
John Meyer of the Post on Conor Casey's blown out achilles tendon.
-Coach Gary Smiff blames the injury on the grass that was laid over the fake turf.
DC UNITED
Steve Goff of the Post says newly acquired Austin Da Luz was a DCU and Marco Etcheverry fan growing up.
dN
Nick Eilerson of the Times on a return to form for midfielder Clyde Simms who had really struggled in the first half of the season.
HOUSTON DYNAMO
Jose de Jesus Ortiz of the Chronicle writes that both teams will be doing a lot of player evaluations tonight in the Dynamo friendly against Bolton.
SPORTING KANSAS CITY SC
The AP on what the new stadium and team rebranding has done for KC. Via Sports Illustrated.
LA GALAXY
Scott French of ESPN the overall health of the Galaxy roster. Add Omar Gonzalez and his broken nose to that mix. And other team notes.
NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION
Frank Dell'Apa of the Globe on the return of Shalrie Joseph to the lineup from a one game suspension.
-But they will be without their other exceptional player Benny Feilhaber who was red carded last game.
dN
Kyle McCarthy of the Herald says the Rev's players know they are in a real hole right now.
dN
NER only has 25 players on their roster right now and some of them are not ready for the big time yet. They could really use the cavalry to show up right about now.
NEW YORK RED BULLS
Jack Bell of the Times looks at the reasoning behind the All Star choice of Juan Agudelo. He doesn't exactly have the credentials to be on the team now does he?
dN
NJ.com has midfielder Matt Kassel answering viewer mail.
PHILADELPHIA UNION
The Lincoln Tribune in North Carolina has a feature story on Danny Mwanga.
dN
Kerith Gabriel of the Daily News looks at the $$$ difference between the MLS teams and their foreign opponents in these summer friendlies.
REAL SALT LAKE
James Edward of the Deseret says coach Jason Kries is none to pleased that Nick Rimando is not on the All Star team.
-I agree, but I bet he will be on the "extra" picks coming out any day.
SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES
Matt Schwab of the Mercury News with an article on newly acquired winger Jacob Peterson.
dN
The team released little used young midfielder Omar Jasseh.
SEATTLE SOUNDERS
Don Ruiz of the Tacoma News Tribune talks to Kasey Keller who feels that almost everyone at Century Link Field tonight will be cheering on the Sounders, not Manchester United.
TORONTO FC
John Molinaro of the CBC says tonight begins a new era for TFC.
-How many "new eras" is that now?
dN
Ryan Wolstat of the Sun with words from head coach Aron Winter - "We will win".
dN
Neal Davidson of the Globe & Mail tells us that TFC is very excited to get their hands on centerback Andy Iro.
-Iro requested a trade out of Columbus.
dN
Newly acquired Terry Dunfield is out due to a hamstring injury.
dN
TFC has signed 29 year old French centerback Eddy Viator from Amiens in Ligue 2.
2011 MLS ALL STAR GAME
Kasey Keller of Seattle will be added to that game day roster as a 3rd goalkeeper. He was in the original 11 as voted by fans but was not included on the roster because the Sounders are playing in a Champions League game the day before.
dN
Steve Davis of Sports Illustrated with many thoughts, notes and explanations pertaining to the All Star roster.
dN
Match & Score:
-Wed Jul 27
MLS v Manchester United - 7:30pm CT on ESPN2
Venue: Red Bull Arena - Harrison NJ
NORTH AMERICA SUMMER CLUB FRIENDLY SCHEDULE
Big friendlies will be played this summer all around North America featuring mainly European teams in their preseasons.
Up Coming
Tim Howard won't be with Everton tonight in Philly. The Union is not happy, saying they were not told about Howard's absence and used him in their promotions to hype the games.
-He is expected in DC this weekend.
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
NASL SCOREBOARD
Matches & Scores:
-Wed Jul 20
Puerto Rico Islanders v Fort Lauderdale Strikers
-Fri Jul 22
NSC Minnesota Stars v Montreal Impact
-Sat Jul 23
Carolina RailHawks v FC Edmonton
Atlanta Silverbacks v FC Tampa Bay
dN
Standings (as of Sun Jul 17):
38 Carolina RailHawks (+21 GD) (16 GP) 2.38 PPG
26 Puerto Rico Islanders (+1 GD) (16 GP) 1.63 PPG
25 FC Edmonton (+2 GD) (16 GP) 1.56 PPG
22 NSC Minnesota Stars (+2 GD) (16 GP) 1.38 PPG
21 FC Tampa Bay (-3 GD) (16 GP) 1.31 PPG
18 Fort Lauderdale Strikers (-1 GD) (16 GP) 1.13 PPG
- - - OUT OF PLAYOFFS - - -
12 Montreal Impact (-4 GD) (16 GP) 0.75 PPG
9 Atlanta Silverbacks (-18 GD) (16 GP) 0.56 PPG
USA U18 TEAM
The Milk Cup tournament
dN
Brian Sciaretta of Yanks Abroad has an interview with Jerome Kiesewetter about the Milk Cup.
dN
Matches & Scores:
-Mon July 25
USA v Israel
-Wed Jul 27
USA v Mexico
-Fri Jul 29
Placement match
AMERICANS IN EUROPE
Game Action:
NORWAY - 1 Divisjon
Colin Burns - Sandefjord - Wed Jul 20 at Alta
dN
Coming Up:
UEFA - Europa League - 2nd Preliminary Round
Alejandro Bedoya - Orebro - Thu Jul 21 at FK Sarajevo tied 0-0.
Clint Dempsey - Fulham - Thu Jul 21 v Crusaders leading 3-1.
AMERICANS IN MEXICO
Brian Sciaretta of Yanks Abroad talks to Adrian Ruelas who will get a shot at some real playing time this season on loan from Santos Laguna to Chiapas Jaguares.
dN
Jamie Hill also of Yanks Abroad talks to Victor Garza who has been rising fast in the UANL Tigres youth system and is almost ready for the senior team.
GERMANY
They are about to kick it all off for 2011-12 in Germany.
German Super Cup
Match & Score:
-Sat Jul 23
Schalke (Cup winner) v Borussia Dortmund (league winner)
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.
UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE
80 teams in the Second Preliminary Round matches: 2nd Leg is Thu Jul 21.
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.
ENDERS
I am going to start electronically signing all documents with this:
The 2011 Kicking & Screening Film Festival begins in NYC tonight. Make sure to get there if you live in the area.
-And make sure to read the daily blog. Some good stuff on there.
dN
Five MLS games will be played tonight - Wed Jul 20. See the full schedule below.
-Five other MLS teams are facing English Premier League teams tonight too.
dN
Two big name rumors that will not go away - Pavel Pardo to Chicago, and Owen Hargreaves to Vancouver.
LET'S TAKE A MOMENT TO REFLECT
On a sad note, the wife of New England Revolution owner Robert Kraft, Myra Kraft, died this morning. Our condolences to the family, friends and whole organization.
STORY OF THE DAY
Tim Cronin of Chicago's Southtown Star says soccer has NOT arrived on the big stage in our country, and its not going to any time soon either.
MATCH FIXING IN TURKEY
"As a result of the ongoing investigation, Fenerbahce, Besiktas, Trabzonspor and Mersin Idmanyurdu could be relegated from Turkey’s top league."
The annual season opening Super Cup game, this year Fenerbahce v Besiktas, has been postponed indefinitely, and the start of the SuperLig season, supposed to be Aug 5, will be determined by this weekend.
-I don't see how they can possibly start the season right now.
Hurriyet reports that a Fenerbahce vice-chairman and 2 other club officials have turned on the team's chairman and will assist law enforcement pursuing match fixing claims against the club.
Hurriyet also tells us about strongly worded official statements from Fenerbahce and Trabzonspor that attack the allegations against them, the rush to judgement, and each other.
dN
Not Turkey based but...
Paul Kelso of the Telegraph reports that a London based major player in the world's match fixing scene has been sentenced to 2 years in prison.
Jeff Klein of the New York Times takes a broader look at world wide match fixing.
COPA AMERICA
The 2011 South American championship is being hosted by Argentina.
All games live on You Tube, and TeleFutura or Univision.
dN
Semifinals
Uruguay looks well on their way to repeating their World Cup form from last summer, but will also again avoid playing any strong teams to get there.
Matches & Scores:
-Tue Jul 19
Peru 0-2 Uruguay - Uru goals by Luis Suarez.
-Wed Jul 20
Paraguay v Venezuela - 7:45pm CT on Univision and YouTube
dN
Final
Match & Score:
-Sun Jul 24
Uruguay 1 v Winner 2 - 2pm CT on Univision
CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
Lets get set - the fun starts up again next week!
There will be a home and away play-in round before the group stage. These 8 winners have already been drawn into groups that will begin play the week of Mon Aug 15.
Preliminary Round
Matches & Scores:
1st Leg
-Tue Jul 26
San Francisco (Panama) v Seattle Sounders FC (USA)
Herediano (Costa Rica) v Alpha United (Guyana)
-Wed Jul 27
Toronto FC (Canada) v Real Esteli (Nicaragua)
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)
Motagua (Honduras) v Municipal (Guatemala)
QUESTION OF THE DAY
Why is it that two of the MLS teams with some of the lowest average attendances this season, Dallas at 13,241 (4th lowest) and Columbus 10,846 (1st lowest), are both owned by the Hunt family?
We all know about their late father Lamar Hunt's love of the game, and we are told the sons have the same passion. So why are they near the bottom this year, and consistently near or at the bottom over the past several years?
The league average is up over 1500 per game, or 9.3%. Meanwhile Columbus is down 25.9%.
On the better side Dallas is up 22.4%, but they only started at 10,815 from last season.
HMMMMM, VERY INTERESTING
Owen Gibson of the Guardian reports that the English Premier League plans to have goal line technology in place for the 2012-13 season.
FACT OF THE DAY
Five players on the North Korean World Cup team have tested positive for steroid use. Hey, they got hit by lightning remember! Test for that?!?! Or something. But lay off them North Korean gals. They have a tough enough life without FIFA bugging them about performance enhancing drugs. I bet their beloved leader takes em too, and it hasn't hurt him any.
VIDEO OF THE DAY
Not a video, but an interview with THE king of American soccer video - Dave Brett Wasser.
The Real Football does a Q & A with Dave Brett the uncontested biggest and best archivist of video on American soccer.
Wasser's website is must viewing as well.
PICTURE OF THE DAY
Jozy Altidore makes it official with AZ's technical director Earnie Stewart:
And Jozy on the field with his #12 shirt:
Here is the full article (in Dutch) on his signing, from the teams website, including several more photos!
The team is coached by Gertjan Verbeek who was Michael Bradley's coach at Heerenveen, which was very successful for the player.
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
-Sat Jul 23
New York Red Bulls v FC Dallas - 5:00PM CT on Galavision
Venue: Red Bull Arena
Columbus Crew v Portland Timbers - 7:00PM CT on Direct Kick
Venue: Crew Stadium
Sporting Kansas City v Toronto FC - 7:30PM CT on Direct Kick
Venue: Livestrong Sporting Park
Colorado Rapids v New England Revolution - 8:00PM CT on Direct Kick
Venue: Dick's Sporting Goods Park
Real Salt Lake v San Jose Earthquakes - 9:00PM CT on Direct Kick
Venue: Rio Tinto Stadium
CD Chivas USA v Houston Dynamo - 9:30PM CT on Direct Kick
Venue: The Home Depot Center
dN
Standings:
EASTERN CONFERENCE
31 Philadelphia Union (+8 GD) (19 GP)
29 New York Red Bulls (+10 GD) (21 GP)
28 Columbus Crew (+2 GD) (19 GP)
24 Houston Dynamo (+1 GD) (20 GP)
23 DC United (-5 GD) (18 GP)
23 Sporting Kansas City (-1 GD) (19 GP)
18 Chicago Fire SC (-5 GD) (20 GP)
18 Toronto FC (-19 GD) (21 GP)
16 New England Revolution (-11 GD) (19 GP)
WESTERN CONFERENCE
39 LA Galaxy (+11 GD) (21 GP)
38 Seattle Sounders FC (+9 GD) (22 GP)
35 FC Dallas (+7 GD) (20 GP)
30 Real Salt Lake (+11 GD) (17 GP)
27 Colorado Rapids (-2 GD) (21 GP)
23 San Jose Earthquakes (+1 GD) (19 GP)
23 CD Chivas USA (+1 GD) (20 GP)
21 Portland Timbers (-9 GD) (18 GP)
14 Vancouver Whitecaps FC (-9 GD) (20 GP)
MLS TEAM & PLAYER NEWS
General News
Alexi Lalas at the Mirror looking at soggy fields - who is responsible for this mess.
dN
Brian Straus of Sportingnews talks to a MLS exec about "diving."
COLORADO RAPIDS
John Meyer of the Post on Conor Casey's blown out achilles tendon.
-Coach Gary Smiff blames the injury on the grass that was laid over the fake turf.
DC UNITED
Steve Goff of the Post says newly acquired Austin Da Luz was a DCU and Marco Etcheverry fan growing up.
dN
Nick Eilerson of the Times on a return to form for midfielder Clyde Simms who had really struggled in the first half of the season.
HOUSTON DYNAMO
Jose de Jesus Ortiz of the Chronicle writes that both teams will be doing a lot of player evaluations tonight in the Dynamo friendly against Bolton.
SPORTING KANSAS CITY SC
The AP on what the new stadium and team rebranding has done for KC. Via Sports Illustrated.
LA GALAXY
Scott French of ESPN the overall health of the Galaxy roster. Add Omar Gonzalez and his broken nose to that mix. And other team notes.
NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION
Frank Dell'Apa of the Globe on the return of Shalrie Joseph to the lineup from a one game suspension.
-But they will be without their other exceptional player Benny Feilhaber who was red carded last game.
dN
Kyle McCarthy of the Herald says the Rev's players know they are in a real hole right now.
dN
NER only has 25 players on their roster right now and some of them are not ready for the big time yet. They could really use the cavalry to show up right about now.
NEW YORK RED BULLS
Jack Bell of the Times looks at the reasoning behind the All Star choice of Juan Agudelo. He doesn't exactly have the credentials to be on the team now does he?
dN
NJ.com has midfielder Matt Kassel answering viewer mail.
PHILADELPHIA UNION
The Lincoln Tribune in North Carolina has a feature story on Danny Mwanga.
dN
Kerith Gabriel of the Daily News looks at the $$$ difference between the MLS teams and their foreign opponents in these summer friendlies.
REAL SALT LAKE
James Edward of the Deseret says coach Jason Kries is none to pleased that Nick Rimando is not on the All Star team.
-I agree, but I bet he will be on the "extra" picks coming out any day.
SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES
Matt Schwab of the Mercury News with an article on newly acquired winger Jacob Peterson.
dN
The team released little used young midfielder Omar Jasseh.
SEATTLE SOUNDERS
Don Ruiz of the Tacoma News Tribune talks to Kasey Keller who feels that almost everyone at Century Link Field tonight will be cheering on the Sounders, not Manchester United.
TORONTO FC
John Molinaro of the CBC says tonight begins a new era for TFC.
-How many "new eras" is that now?
dN
Ryan Wolstat of the Sun with words from head coach Aron Winter - "We will win".
dN
Neal Davidson of the Globe & Mail tells us that TFC is very excited to get their hands on centerback Andy Iro.
-Iro requested a trade out of Columbus.
dN
Newly acquired Terry Dunfield is out due to a hamstring injury.
dN
TFC has signed 29 year old French centerback Eddy Viator from Amiens in Ligue 2.
2011 MLS ALL STAR GAME
Kasey Keller of Seattle will be added to that game day roster as a 3rd goalkeeper. He was in the original 11 as voted by fans but was not included on the roster because the Sounders are playing in a Champions League game the day before.
dN
Steve Davis of Sports Illustrated with many thoughts, notes and explanations pertaining to the All Star roster.
dN
Match & Score:
-Wed Jul 27
MLS v Manchester United - 7:30pm CT on ESPN2
Venue: Red Bull Arena - Harrison NJ
NORTH AMERICA SUMMER CLUB FRIENDLY SCHEDULE
Big friendlies will be played this summer all around North America featuring mainly European teams in their preseasons.
Up Coming
Tim Howard won't be with Everton tonight in Philly. The Union is not happy, saying they were not told about Howard's absence and used him in their promotions to hype the games.
-He is expected in DC this weekend.
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
NASL SCOREBOARD
Matches & Scores:
-Wed Jul 20
Puerto Rico Islanders v Fort Lauderdale Strikers
-Fri Jul 22
NSC Minnesota Stars v Montreal Impact
-Sat Jul 23
Carolina RailHawks v FC Edmonton
Atlanta Silverbacks v FC Tampa Bay
dN
Standings (as of Sun Jul 17):
38 Carolina RailHawks (+21 GD) (16 GP) 2.38 PPG
26 Puerto Rico Islanders (+1 GD) (16 GP) 1.63 PPG
25 FC Edmonton (+2 GD) (16 GP) 1.56 PPG
22 NSC Minnesota Stars (+2 GD) (16 GP) 1.38 PPG
21 FC Tampa Bay (-3 GD) (16 GP) 1.31 PPG
18 Fort Lauderdale Strikers (-1 GD) (16 GP) 1.13 PPG
- - - OUT OF PLAYOFFS - - -
12 Montreal Impact (-4 GD) (16 GP) 0.75 PPG
9 Atlanta Silverbacks (-18 GD) (16 GP) 0.56 PPG
USA U18 TEAM
The Milk Cup tournament
dN
Brian Sciaretta of Yanks Abroad has an interview with Jerome Kiesewetter about the Milk Cup.
dN
Matches & Scores:
-Mon July 25
USA v Israel
-Wed Jul 27
USA v Mexico
-Fri Jul 29
Placement match
AMERICANS IN EUROPE
Game Action:
NORWAY - 1 Divisjon
Colin Burns - Sandefjord - Wed Jul 20 at Alta
dN
Coming Up:
UEFA - Europa League - 2nd Preliminary Round
Alejandro Bedoya - Orebro - Thu Jul 21 at FK Sarajevo tied 0-0.
Clint Dempsey - Fulham - Thu Jul 21 v Crusaders leading 3-1.
AMERICANS IN MEXICO
Brian Sciaretta of Yanks Abroad talks to Adrian Ruelas who will get a shot at some real playing time this season on loan from Santos Laguna to Chiapas Jaguares.
dN
Jamie Hill also of Yanks Abroad talks to Victor Garza who has been rising fast in the UANL Tigres youth system and is almost ready for the senior team.
GERMANY
They are about to kick it all off for 2011-12 in Germany.
German Super Cup
Match & Score:
-Sat Jul 23
Schalke (Cup winner) v Borussia Dortmund (league winner)
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.
UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE
80 teams in the Second Preliminary Round matches: 2nd Leg is Thu Jul 21.
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.
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I am going to start electronically signing all documents with this:
posted by brucio at 18:01
1 Comments:
so, if all those Turkish teams get relegated, Adu's team either goes up to the 1st or gets better competition in the 2nd.
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