Some News for Mon Aug 8, 2011
STARTERS
Egypt wants Bob Bradley to be their new head coach.
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Reports say Jesse Marsch is going to be the new head coach of the Montreal Impact. Don't know yet when he would take over, now, or after current season.
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Kitsap Pumas beat Laredo Heat 1-0 to win the 2011 USL PDL championship. Congrats to them.
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FIFA U20 Round of 16 matches Tue & Wed! Tune in.
TEAM USA - EL EQUIPO DE TODOS
Another USA v Mexico Un-Friendly
Robbie Rogers replaces Mo Edu on the roster. Edu suffered a calf muscle injury in a friendly on Saturday against Chelsea.
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Grant Wahl of Sports Illustrated talks to Jurgen Klinsmann.
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Steve Goff of the Washington Post has some quotes from Klinsmann after training today.
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US Soccer tells us about the first training session that took place on Sunday.
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MLSsoccer with an article on the first official training sessions.
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8 photos from training today posted on the team's Facebook page.
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Robert Casner of MLSsoccer.com on Edgar Castillo.
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Jonthan Tannenwald of Philly.com talks to Pablo Ramirez the lead commentator for futbol on Univision. He has seen the USA v Mexico rivalry up close for many many years.
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The one person on the coaching staff that I know the least about is the goalkeeper coach Mike Curry. Here is what US Soccer wrote about him:
Mike Curry - A goalkeeper coach with more than 37 years experience, Curry has trained goalkeepers at the club, state and college levels since 1974. A member of the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) Goalkeeper Institute staff, he teaches courses at the regional and national levels and spent eight years with U.S. Soccer Development Academy club FC DELCO. Prior to his coaching career, he played collegiality at then Division II powerhouse University of Baltimore.
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International Friendly
30 minute pregame show ESPN News beginning at 7:30pm CT.
Match & Score:
-Wed Aug 10
USA v Mexico - 8pm CT on ESPN2
Venue: Lincoln Financial Field - Philadelphia
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USA Roster
G:
Bill Hamid - DC United
Tim Howard - Everton
D:
Carlos Bocanegra - Saint-Etienne
Edgar Castillo - America
Zach Loyd - Dallas
Steve Cherundolo - Hannover
Clarence Goodson - Brondby
Michael Orozco Fiscal - San Luis
Heath Pearce - Chivas USA
Tim Ream - New York Red Bulls
M:
Kyle Beckerman - Real Salt Lake
Michael Bradley - Monchengladbach
Ricardo Clark - Eintracht Frankfurt
Jermaine Jones - Schalke
Robbie Rogers - Columbus
Brek Shea - Dallas
Jose Torres - Pachuca
F:
Freddy Adu - Benfica
Juan Agudelo - New York Red Bulls
DaMarcus Beasley - Puebla
Edson Buddle - Ingolstadt
Landon Donovan - LA Galaxy
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Mexico Roster
G:
Guillermo Ochoa - Ajaccio
Alfredo Talavera - Toluca
D:
Paul Aguilar - America
Efrain Juarez - Zaragoza
Rafael Marquez - New York Red Bulls
Hector Moreno - Espanyol
Jorge Torres Nilo - UANL Tigres
Francisco Rodriguez - Stuttgart
Carlos Salcido - Fulham
M:
Pablo Barrera - West Ham
Christian Bermudez - Atlante
Israel Castro - Cruz Azul
Andres Guardado - Deportivo la Coruna
Antonio Naelson - Toluca
Gerardo Torrado - Cruz Azul
Jesus Zavala - Monterrey
F:
Omar Arellano - Guadalajara
Javier Aquino - Cruz Azul
Oribe Peralta - Santos Laguna
Giovani Dos Santos - Tottenham
FIFA SCANDAL
Tariq Panja of Bloomberg reports that FIFA will open a new corruption investigation tomorrow on 10 Caribbean federation that are linked to the Jack Warner-Mohamed Bin Hammam bribery case.
-They are also investigating short time interim CONCACAF president Lisle Austin for abuse of power.
THE GUARDIAN 2011-12 PREMIER LEAGUE SEASON PREVIEWS
Neucastle
Norwich
Queens Park Rangers
Stoke
Sunderland
Swansea
Tottenham
West Brom
Wigan
Wolverhampton
Arsenal
Aston Villa
Blackburn
Bolton
Chelsea
Everton
Fulham
Liverpool
Manchester City
Manchester United
HMMMMM, VERY INTERESTING
Nigel Reed of the CBC takes in some international rugby and sees a refereeing strategy that MLS could possibly benefit from.
YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING
Its been over 5 1/2 seasons now and Toronto FC still has no idea how to find defenders that can defend, or defensive midfielders who can help shield them, or outside midfielders who can track back. End of story.
MLS MATCHES, SCORES & STANDINGS
WEEK 21
Matches & Scores:
-Fri Aug 5
Colorado Rapids 2-0 Columbus Crew - CR goals by Brian Mullan & Omar Cummings.
Venue: Dick's Sporting Goods Park
Atten: 14,503
-Sat Aug 6
New England Revolution 2-3 CD Chivas USA - NER goals by Shalrie Joseph(PK) & Diego Fagundez. CUSA goals by Alejandro Moreno(2) & Nick LaBrocca.
Venue: Gillette Stadium
Atten: 11,523
DC United 3-3 Toronto FC - DCU goals all by Dwayne DeRosario(1 via PK). TFC goals by Peri Marosevic, Julian De Guzman & Danny Koevermans.
Venue: RFK Stadium
Atten: 11,684
Philadelphia Union 1-1 Houston Dynamo - PU goal by Jack McInerney. HD goal by Geoff Cameron.
Venue: PPL Park
Atten: 18,524
Sporting Kansas City 1-2 Seattle Sounders FC - SKC goal by Kei Kamara. SS goals by Mauro Rosales & Lamar Neagle.
Venue: LIVESTRONG Sporting Park
Atten: 17,493
Real Salt Lake 3-0 New York Red Bulls - RSL goals by Nat Borchers, Luis Gil & Alvaro Saborio(PK).
Venue: Rio Tinto Stadium
Atten: 19,081
LA Galaxy 3-1 FC Dallas - LAG goals by Omar Gonzalez, Juninho & Mike Magee. FCD goal by Marvin Chavez.
Venue: The Home Depot Center
Atten: 21,546
San Jose Earthquakes 1-1 Portland Timbers - SJE goal by Alan Gordon. PT goal by Kenny Cooper.
Venue: Buck Shaw Stadium
Atten: 10,525
-Sun Aug 7
Vancouver Whitecaps FC 4-2 Chicago Fire SC - VW goals by Eric Hassli(2), Gershon Koffie & Camilo. CF goals by Dominic Oduro & Orr Barouch.
Venue: Empire Field
Atten: 18,714
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EJECTIONS:
Bill Hamid - DC - red card
Omar Bravo - Kansas City - red card
Jeremy Hall - Portland - 2 yellow cards
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Standings:
EASTERN CONFERENCE
34 Columbus Crew (23 GP) (+2 GD)
33 Philadelphia Union (22 GP) (+7 GD)
30 Sporting Kansas City (23 GP) (+2 GD)
30 New York Red Bulls (24 GP) (+4 GD)
28 Houston Dynamo (23 GP) (0 GD)
27 DC United (21 GP) (-4 GD)
21 New England Revolution (23 GP) (-11 GD)
20 Toronto FC (25 GP) (-22 GD)
19 Chicago Fire SC (22 GP) (-7 GD)
WESTERN CONFERENCE
48 LA Galaxy (25 GP) (+15 GD)
42 FC Dallas (24 GP) (+7 GD)
41 Seattle Sounders FC (24 GP) (+8 GD)
37 Colorado Rapids (25 GP) (+4 GD)
36 Real Salt Lake (21 GP) (+14 GD)
29 CD Chivas USA (23 GP) (+4 GD)
26 Portland Timbers (22 GP) (-7 GD)
25 San Jose Earthquakes (23 GP) (-5 GD)
18 Vancouver Whitecaps FC (23 GP) (-11 GD)
MLS SUPPORTERS SHIELD STANDINGS
48 LA Galaxy
42 FC Dallas
41 Seattle Sounders FC
37 Colorado Rapids
36 Real Salt Lake
34 Columbus Crew
33 Philadelphia Union
30 Sporting Kansas City
30 New York Red Bulls
29 CD Chivas USA
28 Houston Dynamo
27 DC United
26 Portland Timbers
25 San Jose Earthquakes
21 New England Revolution
20 Toronto FC
19 Chicago Fire SC
18 Vancouver Whitecaps FC
IF THE MLS PLAYOFFS STARTED TODAY
The 10 teams that would be in:
East
1 Columbus Crew
2 Philadelphia Union
3 Sporting Kansas City
West
1 LA Galaxy
2 FC Dallas
3 Seattle Sounders FC
Wild Card
1 Colorado Rapids
2 Real Salt Lake
3 New York Red Bulls
4 CD Chivas USA
Chivas replaces Houston as the final team this week.
MY THOUGHTS
Some really powerful wins this weekend from Colorado, Chivas, Seattle, Salt Lake, LA and Vancouver. Great performances.
-Colorado showed that even without Conor Casey they will be capable of defending their title.
-Chivas went on the road and really put it to New England. The game was not as close as they score.
-Seattle absolutely tore out the heart of Kansas City and showed it to them before they died on two goals in second half stoppage time. NSD.
-Salt Lake destroyed the badly shaken New York, who appear to have no idea what they are doing. And that was an RSL team that had lost 2 in a row coming in.
-LA regrouped from a midweek beat-down in Portland and faced Dallas in a showdown of the leagues top two teams. No contest. The David Beckham show rolled over FCD.
-Vancouver may not be a very good team, but they have had a good attack from game one and they got their hands on the league's worst team Chicago. It wasn't even as close as they score.
MLS BEST OF THE WEEKS BESTEST GOALS HIGHLIGHTS
Eric Hassli of Vancouver makes Chicago pay for poor defense and then launches a 23 yard bomb in to the upper corner just 32 seconds into the game.
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Dominic Odura uses his lightning feet and a great double move to give himself the space to smash one home for Chicago.
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This is torture for a defense - KC does the long throw in and Kei Kamara simply skies for the header and beats everyone from Seattle to the ball! Great play.
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Geoff Cameron of Houston breaks Philly hearts with a low long ranger late in the game.
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Mauro Rosales of Seattle works his magic for a scrappy goal in the games dying seconds. I love this player.
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And 90 seconds later Rosales again scraps his way into the box with the ball where it bounces around to Lamar Neagle who wins the game for Seattle.
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Julian De Guzman gets the ball about 35 yards from goal, takes a few strikes in, says what the frick, and blasts em. TFC goal. DC furious.
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Not a spectacular goal from Nat Borchers of RSL, but a classic corner kick-header combo, then he takes it up a notch by joining his tattooed brethren in the stands!
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Alan Gordon of San Jose uses his head to crank home an excellent long cross from Steven Beitashour that burns the sleeping Portland defense.
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Five players under 20 years old scored goals this weekend! Wow! Let's see them all:
-Orr Barouch - Chicago
-Diego Fagundez - New England
-Luis Gil - Salt Lake
-Gershon Koffie - Vancouver
-Jack McInerney - Philadelphia
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A great goal from Brian Mullan of Colorado as he rockets one from 30+ yards out and shakes the whole stadium!
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And then there is this siiiiiiiick goal by Marvin the Martian Chavez of Dallas, where they hit LA on the counterattack and Santos drops it back for Chavez to pin point to the upper sliver of the upper corner of the upper 90 of the far post! Goal of the week!
MLS TEAM & PLAYER NEWS
General News
Dwayne DeRosario was named MLS Player Of The Week, for the second consecutive week.
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Not one single team in the Eastern Conference won a game this weekend!
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Seattle is the 3rd team this season to break the 40 point barrier.
NEW YORK RED BULLS
Michael Lewis of Big Apple Soccer talks to NY GM Erik Soler about the brutal run his team is on.
-Soler also says Backe is not on the Hot Seat.
SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES
Alan Gordon needs surgery to repair a hernia. Now they have to decide when he has the procedure done.
TORONTO FC
Kurtis Larson of The Sun dumps all of TFC's problems on the head of Andy Iro.
-Which is completely unfair because #1 he didn't pick himself, and #2 anyone who thought he was the answer is clearly not paying any attention to MLS.
MLS RESERVE LEAGUE
Matches & Scores:
-Sun Aug 7
DC United 2-1 Toronto FC - DCU goals by Charlie Davies(PK) & Marc Burch. TFC goal by Stefan Vukovic.
San Jose Earthquakes 0-2 Portland Timbers - PT goals by Brian Umony & Bright Dike.
-Mon Aug 8
Sporting Kansas City 1-0 Colorado Rapids - SKC goal by Soony Saad.
-Tue Aug 9
Vancouver Whitecaps FC v Seattle Sounders FC
-Mon Aug 15
New York Red Bulls v Philadelphia Union
-Sun Aug 21
Houston Dynamo v Real Salt Lake
Columbus Crew v Philadelphia Union
New England Revolution v New York Red Bulls
Portland Timbers v Vancouver Whitecaps FC
-Sun Aug 28
Chicago Fire SC v Colorado Rapids
Sporting Kansas City v FC Dallas
Philadelphia Union v New England Revolution
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Standings Etc.
MLS EXPANSION
The Montreal Impact has unveiled their new team shield for the 2012 season.
You may be wondering what "Tous Pour Gagner" means. It is Latin for "Team Full Of Psyschos." Oh, wait. Sorry. No. I am being corrected. It is actually French for something like "Victory Through Unity." Well, that's no fun. And lets hope that was not France's moto when WW2 broke out.
NORTH AMERICA SUMMER CLUB FRIENDLY SCHEDULE
The big friendlies that were being played this summer all around North America featuring mainly European teams in their preseasons wrapped up this weekend in Dallas.
Barca wins the last summer friendly of the year in America.
Games Played
Scores:
-Sat Aug 6
Barcelona (Spain) 2-0 Club America (Mexico) - World Football Challenge - Bar goals by David Villa & Seydou Keita.
Venue: Cowboys Stadium - Arlington TX
NASL NEWS
Carolina, despite the loss this weekend and 9 games more to play, is the first team to clinch a playoff spot. They have a 29 point lead over the 7th place team Montreal with only 27 points still available to claim. An amazing feat if you ask me.
NASL SCOREBOARD
Matches & Scores:
-Sat Aug 6
Atlanta Silverbacks 0-4 FC Tampa Bay - TB goals by Keith Savage(2), Mike Ambersley & Matt Clare.
Fort Lauderdale Strikers 2-1 Carolina RailHawks - FLS goals by Walter Restrepo & Martin Nunez. CR goal by John Krause.
Montreal Impact 1-3 NSC Minnesota Stars - MI goal by Ian Westlake. NMS goals by Neil Hlavaty(PK) & Simone Bracalello(2).
FC Edmonton 0-1 Puerto Rico Islanders - PRI goal by Aaron Pitchkolan.
-Wed Aug 10
Montreal Impact v FC Tampa Bay
Puerto Rico Islanders v Atlanta Silverbacks
NSC Minnesota Stars v Fort Lauderdale Strikers
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Standings (as of Sat Aug 6):
44 Carolina RailHawks (+24 GD) (19 GP)
32 Puerto Rico Islanders (+4 GD) (19 GP)
28 NSC Minnesota Stars (+5 GD) (18 GP)
27 FC Tampa Bay (+2 GD) (19 GP)
25 FC Edmonton (-7 GD) (20 GP)
24 Fort Lauderdale Strikers (+1 GD) (19 GP)
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15 Montreal Impact (-6 GD) (19 GP)
12 Atlanta Silverbacks (-21 GD) (19 GP)
AMERICANS IN EUROPE
Jozy Altidore got his career in the Netherlands off to a good start with a substitute roll and a goal for AZ. Well done. See it here.
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Clarence Goodson was not pleased with the way his team lost and here is video of him going off on the referee to a TV reporter afterward. (thanks to our fif Henrik for the link)
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None of the 3 Americans on English Championship division teams dressed for the first game of the season - Conor Doyle @ Derby, Robbie Findley at Notts Forest and Jon Spector at Birmingham.
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Frank Simek suffered a hip flexor injury in the first half of their first game of the season. Bummer.
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No reason was given for why Ricardo Clark did not even suit up this weekend.
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Game Action:
CZECH REPUBLIC - CZECH LIGA
Stefan Jerome - Sigma Olomouc - Sat Aug 6 - came on as a sub in the 78th min as they won 3-0 v Banik Ostrava.
DENMARK - Superliga
Clarence Goodson - Brondy - Sun Aug 7 - went the full 90 getting a yellow card and losing 2-1 at OB.
Conor O'Brien - SonderjyskE - Sat Aug 6 - came on as a sub in the 73td min and they won 3-1 v AGF.
Michael Parkhurst - Nordsjaelland - Sun Aug 7 - went the distance as they won 2-1 v Silkeborg.
Chris Rolfe - AaB - Sat Aug 6 - started and played 81min getting a yellow card as they drew 3-3 at Horsens.
Brad Rusin - HB Koge - Sun Aug 7 - played the whole game getting a yellow card as they lost 2-4 v Kobenhavn.
ENGLAND - League One
Frank Simek - Carlisle United - Sat Aug 6 - started but came out in the 41st min as they lost 0-3 v Notts County.
FINLAND - Veikkausliiga
Giuseppe Funicello - Mariehamn - Sun Aug 7 - came on as a sub in the 78th min but lost 0-1 v VPS.
Mason Trafford - Mariehamn - Sun Aug 7 - played the full 90 but lost 0-1 v VPS.
Josh Wicks - Mariehamn - Sun Aug 7 - went the distance but lost 0-1 v VPS.
FINLAND - Ykkonen
Dan Stevens - PS Kemi Kings - Sat Aug 6 - started and played 62 min getting a yellow card but losing 0-1 v HIFK.
Jeremy Vuolo - AC Oulu - Sun Aug 7 - in goal for the full 90 as they won 1-2 at Lahti.
Kellan Wilson - HIFK - Sat Aug 6 - on the bench as they won 0-1 at PS Kemi Kings.
FRANCE - Ligue 1
Carlos Bocanegra - Saint Etienne - Sun Aug 7 - went the full 90 as they won 1-2 at Bordeaux.
GERMANY - Bundesliga
Timmy Chandler - Nurnberg - Sat Aug 6 - went the distance as they won 0-1 at Hertha Berlin.
Steve Cherundolo - Hannover - Sat Aug 6 - on the bench as they won 2-1 v Hoffenheim.
Jermaine Jones - Schalke - Sat Aug 6 - went the distance but lost 3-0 at Stuttgart.
Alfredo Morales - Hertha Berlin - Sat Aug 6 - on the bench but they lost 0-1 v Nurnberg.
David Yelldell - Bayer Leverkusen - Sat Aug 6 - on the bench as they lost 2-0 at Mainz.
GERMANY - 2 Bundesliga
Luis Robles - Karlsruher - Sun Aug 7 - on the bench as they won 0-2 at Erzgebirge.
Bobby Wood - 1860 Munich - Sat Aug 6 - on the bench as they won 0-5 at Energie Cottbus.
NETHERLANDS - Eredivisie
Jozy Altidore - AZ Alkmaar - Sun Aug 7 - came on as a sub in the 65th getting both a goal and yellow card as they won 3-1 v PSV.
NORWAY - Eliteserien
Joe Bendik - Sogndal - Sun Aug 7 - on the bench as they drew 1-1 at Valerenga.
Sean Cunningham - Molde - Sun Aug 7 - on the bench but they lost 3-1 at Rosenborg.
Josh Gatt - Molde - Sun Aug 7 - played the entire match but lost 3-1 at Rosenborg.
NORWAY - 1 Divisjon
John Borrajo - HamKam - Sun Aug 7 - played the whole game as they drew 2-2 v LovHam.
Colin Burns - Sandefjord - Sun Aug 7 - on the bench as they won 1-2 at Hodd.
Steve Clark - Honefoss - Sun Aug 7 - in goal as usual and they won 6-0 v Randaberg.
Kyle Helton - Mjondalen - Sun Aug 7 - sitting on the bench as they lost 2-4 v Bodo/Glimt.
Kenneth Di Vita Jensen - Honefoss - Sun Aug 7 - on the bench for a 6-0 win v Randaberg.
RUSSIA - Premier Division
Yevgeni Starikov - Tom' Tomsk - Sat Aug 6 - started but only played 22 min as they lost 2-0 at Anzhi Makhachkala.
SCOTLAND - Premier League
Dominic Cervi - Celtic - Sun Aug 7 - on the bench as they won 0-1 at Aberdeen.
SWEDEN - Allsvenskan Liga
Alejandro Bedoya - Orebro - Sun Aug 7 - played the whole match as they won 4-0 v Hacken.
SWEDEN - Superettan
Brian Edwards - Degerfors - Sat Aug 6 - went the distance but lost 1-2 v Atvidaberg.
Nick Noble - Ljungskile - Mon Aug 8 - played the full 90 getting a yellow card as they won 1-3 at Hammarby.
Matt Pyzdrowski - Angelholms - Sun Aug 7 - played the entire match as they won 3-1v Vasteras.
Michael Thomas - Ljungskile - Mon Aug 8 - went the distance as they won 1-3 at Hammarby.
AMERICANS IN MEXICO
Game Action:
PRIMERA DIVISION
DaMarcus Beasley - Puebla - Sun Aug 7 - played the whole game but lost 1-2 v Chiapas Jaguares.
Joe Benny Corona - Tijuana - Sat Aug 6 - started and went 88 min as they won 1-3 at Santos Laguna.
Herculez Gomez - Estudiantes Tecos - Fri Aug 5 - played the whole game but lost 0-1 v Tigres UANL.
LIGA DE ASCENSO
Joaquin Alonso Hernandez - Indios - Sat Aug 6 at Merida
Marco Vidal - Leon - Sat Aug 6 - played the whole game as they won 2-0 v Necaxa.
THE CARIBBEAN
Trinidad & Tobago's Newsday reports that the T&T team that reached such great heights just 5 years ago at the World Cup is a complete mess with no fixes in site. They play their first qualifier in just 3 weeks and they have not had the team together for a friendly since last November.
ENGLAND
Kevin McCarra of the Guardian with a Premier League season preview.
The Premier League season begins on Sat Aug 13.
The first round of the League Cup begins on Tue Aug 9. Here are all those matches.
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Community Shield
Man City had a 2-0 lead and threw it away. First pschological blow of the season goes to Man U.
Match & Score:
-Sun Aug 7
Manchester City (Cup winner) 2-3 Manchester United (league winner)
FRANCE
Ligue 1 began this past weekend.
Recap du Nord: Two teams who were near the top last season, Lyon and Rennais, got off to great starts with big road wins, but the team with all the money, PSG must not have been told the season started - oof - opening day faceplant.
Ben Lyttleton of the Guardian says Lyon spent all the money this summer but forgot that you still have to play the games in order to win anything, plus a round up from the first weekend of the new season.
Here are the opening round games.
Matches & Scores:
-Sat Aug 6
Ajaccio 0-2 Toulouse
Brestois 2-2 Evian
Caen 1-0 Valenciennes
Marseille 2-2 Sochaux
Montpellier 3-1 Auxerre
Nancy 1-1 Lille
Nice 1-3 Lyon
Paris St Germain 0-1 Lorient
-Sun Aug 7
Dijon 1-5 Rennais
Bordeaux 1-2 St Etienne
GERMANY
The Bundesliga began this past weekend.
Recap du Nord: Hoo hoo, last years champs picked right up where they left off as Dortmund rolled, but perenial faves Bayern disgraced themselves with a home loss to the team that avoided relegation last season only in a playoff - Gladback For The Win. Bremen, Stuttgart, Wolfsburg and Mainz also had strong wins to get things going in the right direction.
Raphael Honigstein of the Guardian reports that if Bayern fans hated new goalkeeper Manuel Neuer before, wait til you read what he did this weekend, and the rest of the first round matches.
Here are the opening round games.
Matches & Scores:
-Fri Aug 5
Dortmund 3-1 Hamburg
-Sat Aug 6
Bremen 2-0 Kaiserslautern
Hannover 2-1 Hoffenheim - cherundolo on bench
Stuttgart 3-0 Schalke - jones goes full 90
Koln 0-3 Wolfsburg
Augsburg 2-2 Frieburg - no williams
Hertha 0-1 Nurnburg - morales on bench - chandler goes the full 90
-Sun Aug 7
Mainz 2-0 Leverkusen - yell dell on bench
Bayern 0-1 Monchengladbach
ITALY
Super Cup
Inter had a 0-1 lead and lost 2-1.
Match & Score:
-Sat Aug 6
Milan (league winner) 2-1 Internazionale (cup winner)
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Coppa Italia 1st round matches & scores. The next round will be played on Aug 13 & 14.
UEFA EURO 2012
Qualifying
Match & Score:
-Wed Aug 10
N Ireland v Faroe Islands
BRAZIL
Recap du Nord: We have a new leader as former #1 Coronthians was held to a tie and #2 Flamengo got a big win, so they switch spots. 3rd place Sao Paulo got another win to move closer to the top spot, while #4 Vasco got blown out and #5 Palmeiras pulled up tied with them on a draw (And those two sill get a chance to break the tie when they face off next weekend.)
Brazil - Serie A Standings (15 of 38 games played):
33 Flamengo - LAST: Sat Aug 6 W 1-0 v Cortiba - NEXT: Sun Aug 14 at Figueirense
32 Corinthians (14 GP) - LAST: Sun Aug 7 D 1-1 at Atletico PR - NEXT: Wed Aug 10 at Santos
31 Sao Paulo - LAST: NEXT: Sun Aug 7 W 1-2 at Avai - NEXT: SAt Aug 13 v Atletico PR
27 Vasco - LAST: Sun Aug 7 L 4-0 at Botafogo - NEXT: Sun Aug 14 v Palmeiras
27 Palmeiras - LAST: Sat Aug 6 D 0-0 v Gremio - NEXT: Sun Aug 14 at Vasco
COLOMBIA 2011 U20 WORLD CUP
Jul 29 - Aug 20.
World Cup website
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The group stage ended this weekend and we now enter the Round of 16 on Tue & Wed.
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Final Standings:
Group A
ADV-9 Colombia (+6)
ADV-6 France (+2)
*ADV-3 S Korea (-1)
OUT-0 Mali (-7)
Group B
ADV-7 Portugal (+2)
ADV-4 Cameroon (0)
OUT-2 New Zealand (-1) (2 GF)
OUT-2 Uruguay (-1) (1 GF)
Group C
ADV-9 Spain (+9)
ADV-4 Ecuador (+1)
*ADV-3 Costa Rica (-5)
OUT-1 Australia (-5)
Group D
ADV-9 Nigeria (+10)
ADV-6 Saudi Arabia (+6)
*ADV-3 Guatemala (-10)
OUT-0 Croatia (-6)
Group E
ADV-7 Brazil (+7)
ADV-7 Egypt (+5)
OUT-1 Panama (-5)
OUT-1 Austria (-7)
Group F
ADV-7 Argentina (+4)
ADV-4 Mexico (+2)
*ADV-3 England (0)
OUT-1 N Korea (-6)
*Advanced to the knock out stage as the best 3rd place Wild Cards:
A S Korea
C Costa Rica
D Guatemala
F England
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Group Stage
Matches & Scores:
-Fri Jul 29
England 0-0 N Korea
Austria 0-0 Panama
Argentina 1-0 Mexico
Brazil 1-1 Egypt
-Sat Jul 30
Mali 0-2 S Korea
Cameroon 1-1 New Zealand
Colombia 4-1 France
Portugal 0-0 Uruguay
-Sun Jul 31
Costa Rica 1-4 Spain
Nigeria 5-0 Guatemala
Australia 1-1 Ecuador
Croatia 0-2 Saudi Arabia
-Mon Aug 1
Argentina 0-0 England
Mexico 3-0 N Korea
Brazil 3-0 Austria
Egypt 1-0 Panama
-Tue Aug 2
Colombia 2-0 Mali
France 3-1 S Korea
Portugal 1-0 Cameroon
Uruguay 1-1 New Zealand
-Wed Aug 3
Ecuador 0-2 Spain
Saudi Arabia 6-0 Guatemala
Australia 2-3 Costa Rica
Croatia 2-5 Nigeria
-Thu Aug 4
Argentina 3-0 N Korea
Mexico 0-0 England
Brazil 4-0 Panama
Egypt 4-0 Austria
-Fri Aug 5
Colombia 1-0 S Korea
France 2-0 Mali
Portugal 1-0 New Zealand
Uruguay 0-1 Cameroon
-Sat Aug 6
Ecuador 3-0 Costa Rica
Saudi Arabia 0-2 Nigeria
Australia 1-5 Spain
Croatia 0-1 Guatemala
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Round of 16
Matches & Scores:
-Tue Aug 9
1 Portugal v Guatemala
2 Argentina v Egypt
3 Cameroon v Mexico
4 Colombia v Costa Rica
-Wed Aug 10
5 Spain v S Korea
6 Brazil v Saudi Arabia
7 France v Ecuador
8 Nigeria v England
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Quaterfinals
Matches & Scores:
-Sat Aug 13
1 v 2
3 v 4
-Sun Aug 14
5 v 6
7 v 8
INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLIES
Matches & Scores:
-Sat Aug 6
Comoros 2-2 Maldives
Seychelles 2-1 Mauritius
-Sun Aug 7
El Salvador 2-1 Venezuela
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-Tue Aug 9
Ghana v Nigeria
Mauritius v Comoros
Seychelles v Maldives
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-Wed Aug 10
Italy v Spain
England v Netherlands
Germany v Brazil
Portugal v Luxembourg
Ireland v Croatia
France v Chile
Norway v Czech Republic
Bosnia-Herzegovina v Greece
Cote d'Ivoire v Israel
Japan v S Korea
Albania v Montenegro
Russia v Serbia
Ukraine v Sweden
USA v Mexico
Scotland v Denmark
Slovenia v Belgium
Wales v Australia
Turkey v Estonia
Austria v Slovakia
Liechtenstein v Switzerland
Poland v Georgia
Belarus v Bulgaria
San Marino v Romania
Latvia v Finland
Hungary v Iceland
Cyprus v Moldova
Azerbaijan v Macedonia
Lithuania v Armenia
Bolivia v Panama
Honduras v Venezuela
Haiti v Trinidad & Tobago
China v Jamaica
Costa Rica v Ecuador
El Salvador v Cameroon
Senegal v Morocco
Zimbabwe v Zambia
Gambia v Congo DR
Tunisia v Mali
South Africa v Burkina Faso
Gabon v Guinea
Liberia v Angola
Botswana v Kenya
Equatorial Guinea v Guinea-Bissau
Sudan v Ethiopia
Malta v Central African Republic
Kuwait v N Korea
Qatar v Iraq
Oman v Bahrain
Kazakhstan v Syria
Tahiti v Solomon Islands
Egypt wants Bob Bradley to be their new head coach.
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Reports say Jesse Marsch is going to be the new head coach of the Montreal Impact. Don't know yet when he would take over, now, or after current season.
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Kitsap Pumas beat Laredo Heat 1-0 to win the 2011 USL PDL championship. Congrats to them.
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FIFA U20 Round of 16 matches Tue & Wed! Tune in.
TEAM USA - EL EQUIPO DE TODOS
Another USA v Mexico Un-Friendly
Robbie Rogers replaces Mo Edu on the roster. Edu suffered a calf muscle injury in a friendly on Saturday against Chelsea.
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Grant Wahl of Sports Illustrated talks to Jurgen Klinsmann.
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Steve Goff of the Washington Post has some quotes from Klinsmann after training today.
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US Soccer tells us about the first training session that took place on Sunday.
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MLSsoccer with an article on the first official training sessions.
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8 photos from training today posted on the team's Facebook page.
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Robert Casner of MLSsoccer.com on Edgar Castillo.
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Jonthan Tannenwald of Philly.com talks to Pablo Ramirez the lead commentator for futbol on Univision. He has seen the USA v Mexico rivalry up close for many many years.
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The one person on the coaching staff that I know the least about is the goalkeeper coach Mike Curry. Here is what US Soccer wrote about him:
Mike Curry - A goalkeeper coach with more than 37 years experience, Curry has trained goalkeepers at the club, state and college levels since 1974. A member of the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) Goalkeeper Institute staff, he teaches courses at the regional and national levels and spent eight years with U.S. Soccer Development Academy club FC DELCO. Prior to his coaching career, he played collegiality at then Division II powerhouse University of Baltimore.
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International Friendly
30 minute pregame show ESPN News beginning at 7:30pm CT.
Match & Score:
-Wed Aug 10
USA v Mexico - 8pm CT on ESPN2
Venue: Lincoln Financial Field - Philadelphia
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USA Roster
G:
Bill Hamid - DC United
Tim Howard - Everton
D:
Carlos Bocanegra - Saint-Etienne
Edgar Castillo - America
Zach Loyd - Dallas
Steve Cherundolo - Hannover
Clarence Goodson - Brondby
Michael Orozco Fiscal - San Luis
Heath Pearce - Chivas USA
Tim Ream - New York Red Bulls
M:
Kyle Beckerman - Real Salt Lake
Michael Bradley - Monchengladbach
Ricardo Clark - Eintracht Frankfurt
Jermaine Jones - Schalke
Robbie Rogers - Columbus
Brek Shea - Dallas
Jose Torres - Pachuca
F:
Freddy Adu - Benfica
Juan Agudelo - New York Red Bulls
DaMarcus Beasley - Puebla
Edson Buddle - Ingolstadt
Landon Donovan - LA Galaxy
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Mexico Roster
G:
Guillermo Ochoa - Ajaccio
Alfredo Talavera - Toluca
D:
Paul Aguilar - America
Efrain Juarez - Zaragoza
Rafael Marquez - New York Red Bulls
Hector Moreno - Espanyol
Jorge Torres Nilo - UANL Tigres
Francisco Rodriguez - Stuttgart
Carlos Salcido - Fulham
M:
Pablo Barrera - West Ham
Christian Bermudez - Atlante
Israel Castro - Cruz Azul
Andres Guardado - Deportivo la Coruna
Antonio Naelson - Toluca
Gerardo Torrado - Cruz Azul
Jesus Zavala - Monterrey
F:
Omar Arellano - Guadalajara
Javier Aquino - Cruz Azul
Oribe Peralta - Santos Laguna
Giovani Dos Santos - Tottenham
FIFA SCANDAL
Tariq Panja of Bloomberg reports that FIFA will open a new corruption investigation tomorrow on 10 Caribbean federation that are linked to the Jack Warner-Mohamed Bin Hammam bribery case.
-They are also investigating short time interim CONCACAF president Lisle Austin for abuse of power.
THE GUARDIAN 2011-12 PREMIER LEAGUE SEASON PREVIEWS
Neucastle
Norwich
Queens Park Rangers
Stoke
Sunderland
Swansea
Tottenham
West Brom
Wigan
Wolverhampton
Arsenal
Aston Villa
Blackburn
Bolton
Chelsea
Everton
Fulham
Liverpool
Manchester City
Manchester United
HMMMMM, VERY INTERESTING
Nigel Reed of the CBC takes in some international rugby and sees a refereeing strategy that MLS could possibly benefit from.
YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING
Its been over 5 1/2 seasons now and Toronto FC still has no idea how to find defenders that can defend, or defensive midfielders who can help shield them, or outside midfielders who can track back. End of story.
MLS MATCHES, SCORES & STANDINGS
WEEK 21
Matches & Scores:
-Fri Aug 5
Colorado Rapids 2-0 Columbus Crew - CR goals by Brian Mullan & Omar Cummings.
Venue: Dick's Sporting Goods Park
Atten: 14,503
-Sat Aug 6
New England Revolution 2-3 CD Chivas USA - NER goals by Shalrie Joseph(PK) & Diego Fagundez. CUSA goals by Alejandro Moreno(2) & Nick LaBrocca.
Venue: Gillette Stadium
Atten: 11,523
DC United 3-3 Toronto FC - DCU goals all by Dwayne DeRosario(1 via PK). TFC goals by Peri Marosevic, Julian De Guzman & Danny Koevermans.
Venue: RFK Stadium
Atten: 11,684
Philadelphia Union 1-1 Houston Dynamo - PU goal by Jack McInerney. HD goal by Geoff Cameron.
Venue: PPL Park
Atten: 18,524
Sporting Kansas City 1-2 Seattle Sounders FC - SKC goal by Kei Kamara. SS goals by Mauro Rosales & Lamar Neagle.
Venue: LIVESTRONG Sporting Park
Atten: 17,493
Real Salt Lake 3-0 New York Red Bulls - RSL goals by Nat Borchers, Luis Gil & Alvaro Saborio(PK).
Venue: Rio Tinto Stadium
Atten: 19,081
LA Galaxy 3-1 FC Dallas - LAG goals by Omar Gonzalez, Juninho & Mike Magee. FCD goal by Marvin Chavez.
Venue: The Home Depot Center
Atten: 21,546
San Jose Earthquakes 1-1 Portland Timbers - SJE goal by Alan Gordon. PT goal by Kenny Cooper.
Venue: Buck Shaw Stadium
Atten: 10,525
-Sun Aug 7
Vancouver Whitecaps FC 4-2 Chicago Fire SC - VW goals by Eric Hassli(2), Gershon Koffie & Camilo. CF goals by Dominic Oduro & Orr Barouch.
Venue: Empire Field
Atten: 18,714
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EJECTIONS:
Bill Hamid - DC - red card
Omar Bravo - Kansas City - red card
Jeremy Hall - Portland - 2 yellow cards
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Standings:
EASTERN CONFERENCE
34 Columbus Crew (23 GP) (+2 GD)
33 Philadelphia Union (22 GP) (+7 GD)
30 Sporting Kansas City (23 GP) (+2 GD)
30 New York Red Bulls (24 GP) (+4 GD)
28 Houston Dynamo (23 GP) (0 GD)
27 DC United (21 GP) (-4 GD)
21 New England Revolution (23 GP) (-11 GD)
20 Toronto FC (25 GP) (-22 GD)
19 Chicago Fire SC (22 GP) (-7 GD)
WESTERN CONFERENCE
48 LA Galaxy (25 GP) (+15 GD)
42 FC Dallas (24 GP) (+7 GD)
41 Seattle Sounders FC (24 GP) (+8 GD)
37 Colorado Rapids (25 GP) (+4 GD)
36 Real Salt Lake (21 GP) (+14 GD)
29 CD Chivas USA (23 GP) (+4 GD)
26 Portland Timbers (22 GP) (-7 GD)
25 San Jose Earthquakes (23 GP) (-5 GD)
18 Vancouver Whitecaps FC (23 GP) (-11 GD)
MLS SUPPORTERS SHIELD STANDINGS
48 LA Galaxy
42 FC Dallas
41 Seattle Sounders FC
37 Colorado Rapids
36 Real Salt Lake
34 Columbus Crew
33 Philadelphia Union
30 Sporting Kansas City
30 New York Red Bulls
29 CD Chivas USA
28 Houston Dynamo
27 DC United
26 Portland Timbers
25 San Jose Earthquakes
21 New England Revolution
20 Toronto FC
19 Chicago Fire SC
18 Vancouver Whitecaps FC
IF THE MLS PLAYOFFS STARTED TODAY
The 10 teams that would be in:
East
1 Columbus Crew
2 Philadelphia Union
3 Sporting Kansas City
West
1 LA Galaxy
2 FC Dallas
3 Seattle Sounders FC
Wild Card
1 Colorado Rapids
2 Real Salt Lake
3 New York Red Bulls
4 CD Chivas USA
Chivas replaces Houston as the final team this week.
MY THOUGHTS
Some really powerful wins this weekend from Colorado, Chivas, Seattle, Salt Lake, LA and Vancouver. Great performances.
-Colorado showed that even without Conor Casey they will be capable of defending their title.
-Chivas went on the road and really put it to New England. The game was not as close as they score.
-Seattle absolutely tore out the heart of Kansas City and showed it to them before they died on two goals in second half stoppage time. NSD.
-Salt Lake destroyed the badly shaken New York, who appear to have no idea what they are doing. And that was an RSL team that had lost 2 in a row coming in.
-LA regrouped from a midweek beat-down in Portland and faced Dallas in a showdown of the leagues top two teams. No contest. The David Beckham show rolled over FCD.
-Vancouver may not be a very good team, but they have had a good attack from game one and they got their hands on the league's worst team Chicago. It wasn't even as close as they score.
MLS BEST OF THE WEEKS BESTEST GOALS HIGHLIGHTS
Eric Hassli of Vancouver makes Chicago pay for poor defense and then launches a 23 yard bomb in to the upper corner just 32 seconds into the game.
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Dominic Odura uses his lightning feet and a great double move to give himself the space to smash one home for Chicago.
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This is torture for a defense - KC does the long throw in and Kei Kamara simply skies for the header and beats everyone from Seattle to the ball! Great play.
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Geoff Cameron of Houston breaks Philly hearts with a low long ranger late in the game.
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Mauro Rosales of Seattle works his magic for a scrappy goal in the games dying seconds. I love this player.
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And 90 seconds later Rosales again scraps his way into the box with the ball where it bounces around to Lamar Neagle who wins the game for Seattle.
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Julian De Guzman gets the ball about 35 yards from goal, takes a few strikes in, says what the frick, and blasts em. TFC goal. DC furious.
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Not a spectacular goal from Nat Borchers of RSL, but a classic corner kick-header combo, then he takes it up a notch by joining his tattooed brethren in the stands!
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Alan Gordon of San Jose uses his head to crank home an excellent long cross from Steven Beitashour that burns the sleeping Portland defense.
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Five players under 20 years old scored goals this weekend! Wow! Let's see them all:
-Orr Barouch - Chicago
-Diego Fagundez - New England
-Luis Gil - Salt Lake
-Gershon Koffie - Vancouver
-Jack McInerney - Philadelphia
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A great goal from Brian Mullan of Colorado as he rockets one from 30+ yards out and shakes the whole stadium!
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And then there is this siiiiiiiick goal by Marvin the Martian Chavez of Dallas, where they hit LA on the counterattack and Santos drops it back for Chavez to pin point to the upper sliver of the upper corner of the upper 90 of the far post! Goal of the week!
MLS TEAM & PLAYER NEWS
General News
Dwayne DeRosario was named MLS Player Of The Week, for the second consecutive week.
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Not one single team in the Eastern Conference won a game this weekend!
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Seattle is the 3rd team this season to break the 40 point barrier.
NEW YORK RED BULLS
Michael Lewis of Big Apple Soccer talks to NY GM Erik Soler about the brutal run his team is on.
-Soler also says Backe is not on the Hot Seat.
SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES
Alan Gordon needs surgery to repair a hernia. Now they have to decide when he has the procedure done.
TORONTO FC
Kurtis Larson of The Sun dumps all of TFC's problems on the head of Andy Iro.
-Which is completely unfair because #1 he didn't pick himself, and #2 anyone who thought he was the answer is clearly not paying any attention to MLS.
MLS RESERVE LEAGUE
Matches & Scores:
-Sun Aug 7
DC United 2-1 Toronto FC - DCU goals by Charlie Davies(PK) & Marc Burch. TFC goal by Stefan Vukovic.
San Jose Earthquakes 0-2 Portland Timbers - PT goals by Brian Umony & Bright Dike.
-Mon Aug 8
Sporting Kansas City 1-0 Colorado Rapids - SKC goal by Soony Saad.
-Tue Aug 9
Vancouver Whitecaps FC v Seattle Sounders FC
-Mon Aug 15
New York Red Bulls v Philadelphia Union
-Sun Aug 21
Houston Dynamo v Real Salt Lake
Columbus Crew v Philadelphia Union
New England Revolution v New York Red Bulls
Portland Timbers v Vancouver Whitecaps FC
-Sun Aug 28
Chicago Fire SC v Colorado Rapids
Sporting Kansas City v FC Dallas
Philadelphia Union v New England Revolution
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Standings Etc.
MLS EXPANSION
The Montreal Impact has unveiled their new team shield for the 2012 season.
You may be wondering what "Tous Pour Gagner" means. It is Latin for "Team Full Of Psyschos." Oh, wait. Sorry. No. I am being corrected. It is actually French for something like "Victory Through Unity." Well, that's no fun. And lets hope that was not France's moto when WW2 broke out.
NORTH AMERICA SUMMER CLUB FRIENDLY SCHEDULE
The big friendlies that were being played this summer all around North America featuring mainly European teams in their preseasons wrapped up this weekend in Dallas.
Barca wins the last summer friendly of the year in America.
Games Played
Scores:
-Sat Aug 6
Barcelona (Spain) 2-0 Club America (Mexico) - World Football Challenge - Bar goals by David Villa & Seydou Keita.
Venue: Cowboys Stadium - Arlington TX
NASL NEWS
Carolina, despite the loss this weekend and 9 games more to play, is the first team to clinch a playoff spot. They have a 29 point lead over the 7th place team Montreal with only 27 points still available to claim. An amazing feat if you ask me.
NASL SCOREBOARD
Matches & Scores:
-Sat Aug 6
Atlanta Silverbacks 0-4 FC Tampa Bay - TB goals by Keith Savage(2), Mike Ambersley & Matt Clare.
Fort Lauderdale Strikers 2-1 Carolina RailHawks - FLS goals by Walter Restrepo & Martin Nunez. CR goal by John Krause.
Montreal Impact 1-3 NSC Minnesota Stars - MI goal by Ian Westlake. NMS goals by Neil Hlavaty(PK) & Simone Bracalello(2).
FC Edmonton 0-1 Puerto Rico Islanders - PRI goal by Aaron Pitchkolan.
-Wed Aug 10
Montreal Impact v FC Tampa Bay
Puerto Rico Islanders v Atlanta Silverbacks
NSC Minnesota Stars v Fort Lauderdale Strikers
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Standings (as of Sat Aug 6):
44 Carolina RailHawks (+24 GD) (19 GP)
32 Puerto Rico Islanders (+4 GD) (19 GP)
28 NSC Minnesota Stars (+5 GD) (18 GP)
27 FC Tampa Bay (+2 GD) (19 GP)
25 FC Edmonton (-7 GD) (20 GP)
24 Fort Lauderdale Strikers (+1 GD) (19 GP)
- - - OUT OF PLAYOFFS - - -
15 Montreal Impact (-6 GD) (19 GP)
12 Atlanta Silverbacks (-21 GD) (19 GP)
AMERICANS IN EUROPE
Jozy Altidore got his career in the Netherlands off to a good start with a substitute roll and a goal for AZ. Well done. See it here.
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Clarence Goodson was not pleased with the way his team lost and here is video of him going off on the referee to a TV reporter afterward. (thanks to our fif Henrik for the link)
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None of the 3 Americans on English Championship division teams dressed for the first game of the season - Conor Doyle @ Derby, Robbie Findley at Notts Forest and Jon Spector at Birmingham.
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Frank Simek suffered a hip flexor injury in the first half of their first game of the season. Bummer.
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No reason was given for why Ricardo Clark did not even suit up this weekend.
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Game Action:
CZECH REPUBLIC - CZECH LIGA
Stefan Jerome - Sigma Olomouc - Sat Aug 6 - came on as a sub in the 78th min as they won 3-0 v Banik Ostrava.
DENMARK - Superliga
Clarence Goodson - Brondy - Sun Aug 7 - went the full 90 getting a yellow card and losing 2-1 at OB.
Conor O'Brien - SonderjyskE - Sat Aug 6 - came on as a sub in the 73td min and they won 3-1 v AGF.
Michael Parkhurst - Nordsjaelland - Sun Aug 7 - went the distance as they won 2-1 v Silkeborg.
Chris Rolfe - AaB - Sat Aug 6 - started and played 81min getting a yellow card as they drew 3-3 at Horsens.
Brad Rusin - HB Koge - Sun Aug 7 - played the whole game getting a yellow card as they lost 2-4 v Kobenhavn.
ENGLAND - League One
Frank Simek - Carlisle United - Sat Aug 6 - started but came out in the 41st min as they lost 0-3 v Notts County.
FINLAND - Veikkausliiga
Giuseppe Funicello - Mariehamn - Sun Aug 7 - came on as a sub in the 78th min but lost 0-1 v VPS.
Mason Trafford - Mariehamn - Sun Aug 7 - played the full 90 but lost 0-1 v VPS.
Josh Wicks - Mariehamn - Sun Aug 7 - went the distance but lost 0-1 v VPS.
FINLAND - Ykkonen
Dan Stevens - PS Kemi Kings - Sat Aug 6 - started and played 62 min getting a yellow card but losing 0-1 v HIFK.
Jeremy Vuolo - AC Oulu - Sun Aug 7 - in goal for the full 90 as they won 1-2 at Lahti.
Kellan Wilson - HIFK - Sat Aug 6 - on the bench as they won 0-1 at PS Kemi Kings.
FRANCE - Ligue 1
Carlos Bocanegra - Saint Etienne - Sun Aug 7 - went the full 90 as they won 1-2 at Bordeaux.
GERMANY - Bundesliga
Timmy Chandler - Nurnberg - Sat Aug 6 - went the distance as they won 0-1 at Hertha Berlin.
Steve Cherundolo - Hannover - Sat Aug 6 - on the bench as they won 2-1 v Hoffenheim.
Jermaine Jones - Schalke - Sat Aug 6 - went the distance but lost 3-0 at Stuttgart.
Alfredo Morales - Hertha Berlin - Sat Aug 6 - on the bench but they lost 0-1 v Nurnberg.
David Yelldell - Bayer Leverkusen - Sat Aug 6 - on the bench as they lost 2-0 at Mainz.
GERMANY - 2 Bundesliga
Luis Robles - Karlsruher - Sun Aug 7 - on the bench as they won 0-2 at Erzgebirge.
Bobby Wood - 1860 Munich - Sat Aug 6 - on the bench as they won 0-5 at Energie Cottbus.
NETHERLANDS - Eredivisie
Jozy Altidore - AZ Alkmaar - Sun Aug 7 - came on as a sub in the 65th getting both a goal and yellow card as they won 3-1 v PSV.
NORWAY - Eliteserien
Joe Bendik - Sogndal - Sun Aug 7 - on the bench as they drew 1-1 at Valerenga.
Sean Cunningham - Molde - Sun Aug 7 - on the bench but they lost 3-1 at Rosenborg.
Josh Gatt - Molde - Sun Aug 7 - played the entire match but lost 3-1 at Rosenborg.
NORWAY - 1 Divisjon
John Borrajo - HamKam - Sun Aug 7 - played the whole game as they drew 2-2 v LovHam.
Colin Burns - Sandefjord - Sun Aug 7 - on the bench as they won 1-2 at Hodd.
Steve Clark - Honefoss - Sun Aug 7 - in goal as usual and they won 6-0 v Randaberg.
Kyle Helton - Mjondalen - Sun Aug 7 - sitting on the bench as they lost 2-4 v Bodo/Glimt.
Kenneth Di Vita Jensen - Honefoss - Sun Aug 7 - on the bench for a 6-0 win v Randaberg.
RUSSIA - Premier Division
Yevgeni Starikov - Tom' Tomsk - Sat Aug 6 - started but only played 22 min as they lost 2-0 at Anzhi Makhachkala.
SCOTLAND - Premier League
Dominic Cervi - Celtic - Sun Aug 7 - on the bench as they won 0-1 at Aberdeen.
SWEDEN - Allsvenskan Liga
Alejandro Bedoya - Orebro - Sun Aug 7 - played the whole match as they won 4-0 v Hacken.
SWEDEN - Superettan
Brian Edwards - Degerfors - Sat Aug 6 - went the distance but lost 1-2 v Atvidaberg.
Nick Noble - Ljungskile - Mon Aug 8 - played the full 90 getting a yellow card as they won 1-3 at Hammarby.
Matt Pyzdrowski - Angelholms - Sun Aug 7 - played the entire match as they won 3-1v Vasteras.
Michael Thomas - Ljungskile - Mon Aug 8 - went the distance as they won 1-3 at Hammarby.
AMERICANS IN MEXICO
Game Action:
PRIMERA DIVISION
DaMarcus Beasley - Puebla - Sun Aug 7 - played the whole game but lost 1-2 v Chiapas Jaguares.
Joe Benny Corona - Tijuana - Sat Aug 6 - started and went 88 min as they won 1-3 at Santos Laguna.
Herculez Gomez - Estudiantes Tecos - Fri Aug 5 - played the whole game but lost 0-1 v Tigres UANL.
LIGA DE ASCENSO
Joaquin Alonso Hernandez - Indios - Sat Aug 6 at Merida
Marco Vidal - Leon - Sat Aug 6 - played the whole game as they won 2-0 v Necaxa.
THE CARIBBEAN
Trinidad & Tobago's Newsday reports that the T&T team that reached such great heights just 5 years ago at the World Cup is a complete mess with no fixes in site. They play their first qualifier in just 3 weeks and they have not had the team together for a friendly since last November.
ENGLAND
Kevin McCarra of the Guardian with a Premier League season preview.
The Premier League season begins on Sat Aug 13.
The first round of the League Cup begins on Tue Aug 9. Here are all those matches.
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Community Shield
Man City had a 2-0 lead and threw it away. First pschological blow of the season goes to Man U.
Match & Score:
-Sun Aug 7
Manchester City (Cup winner) 2-3 Manchester United (league winner)
FRANCE
Ligue 1 began this past weekend.
Recap du Nord: Two teams who were near the top last season, Lyon and Rennais, got off to great starts with big road wins, but the team with all the money, PSG must not have been told the season started - oof - opening day faceplant.
Ben Lyttleton of the Guardian says Lyon spent all the money this summer but forgot that you still have to play the games in order to win anything, plus a round up from the first weekend of the new season.
Here are the opening round games.
Matches & Scores:
-Sat Aug 6
Ajaccio 0-2 Toulouse
Brestois 2-2 Evian
Caen 1-0 Valenciennes
Marseille 2-2 Sochaux
Montpellier 3-1 Auxerre
Nancy 1-1 Lille
Nice 1-3 Lyon
Paris St Germain 0-1 Lorient
-Sun Aug 7
Dijon 1-5 Rennais
Bordeaux 1-2 St Etienne
GERMANY
The Bundesliga began this past weekend.
Recap du Nord: Hoo hoo, last years champs picked right up where they left off as Dortmund rolled, but perenial faves Bayern disgraced themselves with a home loss to the team that avoided relegation last season only in a playoff - Gladback For The Win. Bremen, Stuttgart, Wolfsburg and Mainz also had strong wins to get things going in the right direction.
Raphael Honigstein of the Guardian reports that if Bayern fans hated new goalkeeper Manuel Neuer before, wait til you read what he did this weekend, and the rest of the first round matches.
Here are the opening round games.
Matches & Scores:
-Fri Aug 5
Dortmund 3-1 Hamburg
-Sat Aug 6
Bremen 2-0 Kaiserslautern
Hannover 2-1 Hoffenheim - cherundolo on bench
Stuttgart 3-0 Schalke - jones goes full 90
Koln 0-3 Wolfsburg
Augsburg 2-2 Frieburg - no williams
Hertha 0-1 Nurnburg - morales on bench - chandler goes the full 90
-Sun Aug 7
Mainz 2-0 Leverkusen - yell dell on bench
Bayern 0-1 Monchengladbach
ITALY
Super Cup
Inter had a 0-1 lead and lost 2-1.
Match & Score:
-Sat Aug 6
Milan (league winner) 2-1 Internazionale (cup winner)
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Coppa Italia 1st round matches & scores. The next round will be played on Aug 13 & 14.
UEFA EURO 2012
Qualifying
Match & Score:
-Wed Aug 10
N Ireland v Faroe Islands
BRAZIL
Recap du Nord: We have a new leader as former #1 Coronthians was held to a tie and #2 Flamengo got a big win, so they switch spots. 3rd place Sao Paulo got another win to move closer to the top spot, while #4 Vasco got blown out and #5 Palmeiras pulled up tied with them on a draw (And those two sill get a chance to break the tie when they face off next weekend.)
Brazil - Serie A Standings (15 of 38 games played):
33 Flamengo - LAST: Sat Aug 6 W 1-0 v Cortiba - NEXT: Sun Aug 14 at Figueirense
32 Corinthians (14 GP) - LAST: Sun Aug 7 D 1-1 at Atletico PR - NEXT: Wed Aug 10 at Santos
31 Sao Paulo - LAST: NEXT: Sun Aug 7 W 1-2 at Avai - NEXT: SAt Aug 13 v Atletico PR
27 Vasco - LAST: Sun Aug 7 L 4-0 at Botafogo - NEXT: Sun Aug 14 v Palmeiras
27 Palmeiras - LAST: Sat Aug 6 D 0-0 v Gremio - NEXT: Sun Aug 14 at Vasco
COLOMBIA 2011 U20 WORLD CUP
Jul 29 - Aug 20.
World Cup website
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The group stage ended this weekend and we now enter the Round of 16 on Tue & Wed.
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Final Standings:
Group A
ADV-9 Colombia (+6)
ADV-6 France (+2)
*ADV-3 S Korea (-1)
OUT-0 Mali (-7)
Group B
ADV-7 Portugal (+2)
ADV-4 Cameroon (0)
OUT-2 New Zealand (-1) (2 GF)
OUT-2 Uruguay (-1) (1 GF)
Group C
ADV-9 Spain (+9)
ADV-4 Ecuador (+1)
*ADV-3 Costa Rica (-5)
OUT-1 Australia (-5)
Group D
ADV-9 Nigeria (+10)
ADV-6 Saudi Arabia (+6)
*ADV-3 Guatemala (-10)
OUT-0 Croatia (-6)
Group E
ADV-7 Brazil (+7)
ADV-7 Egypt (+5)
OUT-1 Panama (-5)
OUT-1 Austria (-7)
Group F
ADV-7 Argentina (+4)
ADV-4 Mexico (+2)
*ADV-3 England (0)
OUT-1 N Korea (-6)
*Advanced to the knock out stage as the best 3rd place Wild Cards:
A S Korea
C Costa Rica
D Guatemala
F England
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Group Stage
Matches & Scores:
-Fri Jul 29
England 0-0 N Korea
Austria 0-0 Panama
Argentina 1-0 Mexico
Brazil 1-1 Egypt
-Sat Jul 30
Mali 0-2 S Korea
Cameroon 1-1 New Zealand
Colombia 4-1 France
Portugal 0-0 Uruguay
-Sun Jul 31
Costa Rica 1-4 Spain
Nigeria 5-0 Guatemala
Australia 1-1 Ecuador
Croatia 0-2 Saudi Arabia
-Mon Aug 1
Argentina 0-0 England
Mexico 3-0 N Korea
Brazil 3-0 Austria
Egypt 1-0 Panama
-Tue Aug 2
Colombia 2-0 Mali
France 3-1 S Korea
Portugal 1-0 Cameroon
Uruguay 1-1 New Zealand
-Wed Aug 3
Ecuador 0-2 Spain
Saudi Arabia 6-0 Guatemala
Australia 2-3 Costa Rica
Croatia 2-5 Nigeria
-Thu Aug 4
Argentina 3-0 N Korea
Mexico 0-0 England
Brazil 4-0 Panama
Egypt 4-0 Austria
-Fri Aug 5
Colombia 1-0 S Korea
France 2-0 Mali
Portugal 1-0 New Zealand
Uruguay 0-1 Cameroon
-Sat Aug 6
Ecuador 3-0 Costa Rica
Saudi Arabia 0-2 Nigeria
Australia 1-5 Spain
Croatia 0-1 Guatemala
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Round of 16
Matches & Scores:
-Tue Aug 9
1 Portugal v Guatemala
2 Argentina v Egypt
3 Cameroon v Mexico
4 Colombia v Costa Rica
-Wed Aug 10
5 Spain v S Korea
6 Brazil v Saudi Arabia
7 France v Ecuador
8 Nigeria v England
dN
Quaterfinals
Matches & Scores:
-Sat Aug 13
1 v 2
3 v 4
-Sun Aug 14
5 v 6
7 v 8
INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLIES
Matches & Scores:
-Sat Aug 6
Comoros 2-2 Maldives
Seychelles 2-1 Mauritius
-Sun Aug 7
El Salvador 2-1 Venezuela
dN
-Tue Aug 9
Ghana v Nigeria
Mauritius v Comoros
Seychelles v Maldives
dN
-Wed Aug 10
Italy v Spain
England v Netherlands
Germany v Brazil
Portugal v Luxembourg
Ireland v Croatia
France v Chile
Norway v Czech Republic
Bosnia-Herzegovina v Greece
Cote d'Ivoire v Israel
Japan v S Korea
Albania v Montenegro
Russia v Serbia
Ukraine v Sweden
USA v Mexico
Scotland v Denmark
Slovenia v Belgium
Wales v Australia
Turkey v Estonia
Austria v Slovakia
Liechtenstein v Switzerland
Poland v Georgia
Belarus v Bulgaria
San Marino v Romania
Latvia v Finland
Hungary v Iceland
Cyprus v Moldova
Azerbaijan v Macedonia
Lithuania v Armenia
Bolivia v Panama
Honduras v Venezuela
Haiti v Trinidad & Tobago
China v Jamaica
Costa Rica v Ecuador
El Salvador v Cameroon
Senegal v Morocco
Zimbabwe v Zambia
Gambia v Congo DR
Tunisia v Mali
South Africa v Burkina Faso
Gabon v Guinea
Liberia v Angola
Botswana v Kenya
Equatorial Guinea v Guinea-Bissau
Sudan v Ethiopia
Malta v Central African Republic
Kuwait v N Korea
Qatar v Iraq
Oman v Bahrain
Kazakhstan v Syria
Tahiti v Solomon Islands
posted by brucio at 18:53
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