Some News for Tue Aug 2, 2011
STARTERS
2012 NSC Minnesota Star's season tickets go on sale today. Check out the benefits of being a STH and buy 'em now.
KLINSMANN
The MLS Insider has a video clip of our FIF Henrik Lonne talking about the hiring of Jurgen Klinsmann.
dN
Ridge Mahoney of Soccer America sees Klinsmann's personality as being one his most important assets.
dN
US Soccer has video of an interview with Klinsi.
2011-12 CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
Preliminary Round
Home and away play-in round before the group stage.
-The 8 teams who win these series have already been drawn into groups that will begin play the week of Mon Aug 15.
dN
Matches & Scores:
2nd Leg
-Tue Aug 2
Real Esteli (Nicaragua) v Toronto FC (Canada) (1-2)
-Wed Aug 3
Seattle Sounders FC (USA) v San Francisco (Panama) (0-1)
Puerto Rico Islanders (Puerto Rico) v Isidro Metapan (El Salvador) (0-2)
Olimpia (Honduras) v Santos Laguna (Mexico) (1-3)
Tempete (Haiti) v Monarcas Morelia (Mexico) (0-5)
FC Dallas (USA) v Alianza (El Salvador) (1-0)
-Thu Aug 4
Alpha United (Guyana) v Herediano (Costa Rica) (0-8)
Municipal (Guatemala) v Motagua (Honduras) (0-4)
dN
Group Stage begins Aug 16.
THE GUARDIAN 2011-12 PREMIER LEAGUE SEASON PREVIEWS
Bolton
Chelsea
Everton
Fulham
Liverpool
Manchester City
Manchester United
Knewcassel
Norwich
Queens Park Rangers
Stoke
Sunderland
Swansea
Tottenham
West Brom
Wigan
Wolverhampton
Arsenal
Aston Villa
Blackburn
QUESTION OF THE DAY
What do you think are the odds of us seeing USA friendlies on the FIFA international dates still open on this year's calendar - Oct 6-10 and Nov 10-14?
PREDICTION OF THE DAY
Bob Bradley won't have to wait very long to get GREAT job offers. He gained massive respect from around the world as USA coach.
TWITTERVERSE/FACEBOOKING
WayneRooney: "Congrats to new York red bulls and my brother @johnroo1663 on winning emirates cup."
MATCH FIXING IN TURKEY
Hurriyet with two big stories today:
Former captain (Emre Belozoglu) of nat’l team testifies in probe
Fener(bahce) weighing options for worst-case scenario
-Relegation is a very real possibility.
MLS MATCHES, SCORES & STANDINGS
WEEK 21
Matches & Scores:
-Wed Aug 3
Sporting Kansas City v Real Salt Lake - 7:30PM CT on Direct Kick
Venue: LIVESTRONG Sporting Park
Chicago Fire FC v Philadelphia Union - 8:00PM CT on Direct Kick
Venue: Toyota Park
Portland Timbers v LA Galaxy - 9:30PM CT on ESPN2
Venue: JELD-WEN Field
MLS TEAM & PLAYER NEWS
FC DALLAS
For whatever reason FCD has been trying to get rid of midfielder Eric Avila for a while now, and they finally got their wish, shipping him off to Toronto in exchange for forward Maicon Santos.
-Dallas needs forwards.
DC UNITED
Steve Goff of the Washington Post does a short Q & A with forward Charlie Davies.
HOUSTON DYNAMO
Winger Danny Cruz has suffered a tear of the thigh muscle and will be out for as much as 6 weeks.
SPORTING KANSAS CITY SC
Steve Cameron of Fox Sports KC wonders why the Sporks came out asleep again last game.
NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION
The Revs signed their first ever Designated Player: 22 year old Argentine forward Milton Caraglio from Rosario Central, where he scored 11 goals in 49 appearances.
PORTLAND TIMBERS
It would be great to see Sal Zizzo find a vein of quality like he had last game and ride it for the rest of the season. I have always thought he was talented but something seems to get in his way whenever things go right.
REAL SALT LAKE
Martin Renzhoffer of the Tribune looks at the brutal schedule RSL is right in the middle of.
-On the other hand, find a MLS team that does not have a brutal schedule this summer. So its basically a normal schedule.
SEATTLE SOUNDERS
Joshua Mayers of the Seattle Times with the latest Sounders team notes.
dN
The Sounders signed defensive midfielder Amadou Sanyang who played for Toronto in 2010.
TORONTO FC
With all the new players the team has brought in lately forward Maicon Santos had become a forgotten man, so they shipped him off to Dallas in exchange for midfielder Eric Avila.
VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC
Russell Berrisford of the Sun looks at the Caps attack and sees something quite good. I agree, but its still not working properly.
MLS LEAGUE LEADERS IN GOALS & ASSISTS
As of Tue Aug 2
Goals:
11 Landon Donovan
11 Thierry Henry
9 Brek Shea
8 Charlie Davies
8 Eric Hassli
8 Chris Wondolowski
7 Justin Braun
7 Andres Mendoza
6 Twelve players tied
Assists:
10 Brad Davis
8 David Beckham
8 Davide Chiumiento
7 Sebastien Le Toux
6 Omar Cummings
6 Jack Jewsbury
6 Mauro Rosales
6 Jan Gunnar Solli
5 Eight players tied
MLS COACHES HOT SEAT
Standing On Wobbly Ground:
Hans Backe - New York Red Bulls
Steve Nicol - New England Revolution
Peter Vermes - Sporting Kansas City
Frank Yallop - San Jose Earthquakes
MLS STADIUMS
Vancouver Whitecaps give us a video tour of their soon to be newly renovated home BC Place - opens Oct 2 v Portland Timbers.
-That roof looks incredible - and its retractable!
TEAM USA - EL EQUIPO DE TODOS
Avi Creditor of Soccer By Ives reports that Eric Lichaj is likely OUT for the USA v Mexico game next week due to a hip injury.
AMERICANS IN EUROPE
David Smith of Yanks Abroad does an interview with Ricardo Clark.
-He has been asked to play a lot of centerback by Eintract Frankfurt.
-But why has no one asked him about the World Cup???
dN
Game Action:
DENMARK - Superliga
Chris Rolfe - AaB - Mon Aug 1 - started and went 80 minutes as they won 1-0 v Midtjylland.
FINLAND - Veikkausliiga -
Etchu Tabe - RoPS - Mon Aug 1 - got the start but was red carded in the 90th min as they lost 3-0 at Inter Turku.
FINLAND - Ykkonen
Jeremy Vuolo - AC Oulu - Mon Aug 1 - in goal for the full 90 as they won 4-0 v PoPa.
SWEDEN - Allsvenskan Liga
Ryan Miller - Halmstad - Mon Aug 1 - on the bench as they lost 2-1 at GAIS.
dN
Coming Up:
NORWAY - Eliteserien
Joe Bendik - Sogndal - Wed Aug 3 at Haugesund
NORWAY - 1 Divisjon
Rhett Bernstein - Mjondalen - Wed Aug 3 v Hodd
John Borrajo - HamKam - Wed Aug 3 v Bodo/Glimt
Kyle Helton - Mjondalen - Wed Aug 3 v Hodd
UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE - 3rd Qualifying Round - 2nd Leg
Mo Edu - Rangers - Wed Aug 3 at Malmo
UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
BATE, Kobenhavn and Odense advanced to the playoff round today. 12 more teams will go through tomorrow.
30 teams are in the 3rd Qualifying Round which will see some bigger names enter the tournament, with the 2nd Leg on Aug 2/3. All matchups and scores are here.
The draw for the next round will take place on Fri Aug 5.
UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE
68 teams are in the 3rd Qualifying Round with 2nd Leg matches on Thu Aug 4. Here is the full schedule.
COLOMBIA 2011 U20 WORLD CUP
Jul 29 - Aug 20.
Official World Cup website
dN
Standings:
Group A
3 Colombia (+3)
3 S Korea (+2)
0 France (-2)
0 Mali (-3)
Group B
1 Cameroon (0)
1 New Zealand (0)
1 Portugal (0)
1 Uruguay (0)
Group C
3 Spain (+3)
1 Australia (0)
1 Ecuador (0)
0 Costa Rica (-3)
Group D
3 Nigeria (+5)
3 Saudi Arabia (+2)
0 Croatia (-2)
0 Guatemala (-5)
Group E
4 Brazil (+3)
4 Egypt (+1)
1 Panama (-1)
1 Austria (-3)
Group F
4 Argentina (+1)
3 Mexico (+2)
2 England (0)
1 N Korea (-3)
dN
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 v Mali
France v S Korea
Portugal v Cameroon
Uruguay v New Zealand
-Wed Aug 3
Ecuador v Spain
Saudi Arabia v Guatemala
Australia v Costa Rica
Croatia v Nigeria
-Thu Aug 4
Argentina v N Korea
Mexico v England
Brazil v Panama
Egypt v Austria
-Fri Aug 5
Colombia v S Korea
France v Mali
Portugal v New Zealand
Uruguay v Cameroon
-Sat Aug 6
Ecuador v Costa Rica
Saudi Arabia v Nigeria
Australia v Spain
Croatia v Guatemala
2012 NSC Minnesota Star's season tickets go on sale today. Check out the benefits of being a STH and buy 'em now.
KLINSMANN
The MLS Insider has a video clip of our FIF Henrik Lonne talking about the hiring of Jurgen Klinsmann.
dN
Ridge Mahoney of Soccer America sees Klinsmann's personality as being one his most important assets.
dN
US Soccer has video of an interview with Klinsi.
2011-12 CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
Preliminary Round
Home and away play-in round before the group stage.
-The 8 teams who win these series have already been drawn into groups that will begin play the week of Mon Aug 15.
dN
Matches & Scores:
2nd Leg
-Tue Aug 2
Real Esteli (Nicaragua) v Toronto FC (Canada) (1-2)
-Wed Aug 3
Seattle Sounders FC (USA) v San Francisco (Panama) (0-1)
Puerto Rico Islanders (Puerto Rico) v Isidro Metapan (El Salvador) (0-2)
Olimpia (Honduras) v Santos Laguna (Mexico) (1-3)
Tempete (Haiti) v Monarcas Morelia (Mexico) (0-5)
FC Dallas (USA) v Alianza (El Salvador) (1-0)
-Thu Aug 4
Alpha United (Guyana) v Herediano (Costa Rica) (0-8)
Municipal (Guatemala) v Motagua (Honduras) (0-4)
dN
Group Stage begins Aug 16.
THE GUARDIAN 2011-12 PREMIER LEAGUE SEASON PREVIEWS
Bolton
Chelsea
Everton
Fulham
Liverpool
Manchester City
Manchester United
Knewcassel
Norwich
Queens Park Rangers
Stoke
Sunderland
Swansea
Tottenham
West Brom
Wigan
Wolverhampton
Arsenal
Aston Villa
Blackburn
QUESTION OF THE DAY
What do you think are the odds of us seeing USA friendlies on the FIFA international dates still open on this year's calendar - Oct 6-10 and Nov 10-14?
PREDICTION OF THE DAY
Bob Bradley won't have to wait very long to get GREAT job offers. He gained massive respect from around the world as USA coach.
TWITTERVERSE/FACEBOOKING
WayneRooney: "Congrats to new York red bulls and my brother @johnroo1663 on winning emirates cup."
MATCH FIXING IN TURKEY
Hurriyet with two big stories today:
Former captain (Emre Belozoglu) of nat’l team testifies in probe
Fener(bahce) weighing options for worst-case scenario
-Relegation is a very real possibility.
MLS MATCHES, SCORES & STANDINGS
WEEK 21
Matches & Scores:
-Wed Aug 3
Sporting Kansas City v Real Salt Lake - 7:30PM CT on Direct Kick
Venue: LIVESTRONG Sporting Park
Chicago Fire FC v Philadelphia Union - 8:00PM CT on Direct Kick
Venue: Toyota Park
Portland Timbers v LA Galaxy - 9:30PM CT on ESPN2
Venue: JELD-WEN Field
MLS TEAM & PLAYER NEWS
FC DALLAS
For whatever reason FCD has been trying to get rid of midfielder Eric Avila for a while now, and they finally got their wish, shipping him off to Toronto in exchange for forward Maicon Santos.
-Dallas needs forwards.
DC UNITED
Steve Goff of the Washington Post does a short Q & A with forward Charlie Davies.
HOUSTON DYNAMO
Winger Danny Cruz has suffered a tear of the thigh muscle and will be out for as much as 6 weeks.
SPORTING KANSAS CITY SC
Steve Cameron of Fox Sports KC wonders why the Sporks came out asleep again last game.
NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION
The Revs signed their first ever Designated Player: 22 year old Argentine forward Milton Caraglio from Rosario Central, where he scored 11 goals in 49 appearances.
PORTLAND TIMBERS
It would be great to see Sal Zizzo find a vein of quality like he had last game and ride it for the rest of the season. I have always thought he was talented but something seems to get in his way whenever things go right.
REAL SALT LAKE
Martin Renzhoffer of the Tribune looks at the brutal schedule RSL is right in the middle of.
-On the other hand, find a MLS team that does not have a brutal schedule this summer. So its basically a normal schedule.
SEATTLE SOUNDERS
Joshua Mayers of the Seattle Times with the latest Sounders team notes.
dN
The Sounders signed defensive midfielder Amadou Sanyang who played for Toronto in 2010.
TORONTO FC
With all the new players the team has brought in lately forward Maicon Santos had become a forgotten man, so they shipped him off to Dallas in exchange for midfielder Eric Avila.
VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC
Russell Berrisford of the Sun looks at the Caps attack and sees something quite good. I agree, but its still not working properly.
MLS LEAGUE LEADERS IN GOALS & ASSISTS
As of Tue Aug 2
Goals:
11 Landon Donovan
11 Thierry Henry
9 Brek Shea
8 Charlie Davies
8 Eric Hassli
8 Chris Wondolowski
7 Justin Braun
7 Andres Mendoza
6 Twelve players tied
Assists:
10 Brad Davis
8 David Beckham
8 Davide Chiumiento
7 Sebastien Le Toux
6 Omar Cummings
6 Jack Jewsbury
6 Mauro Rosales
6 Jan Gunnar Solli
5 Eight players tied
MLS COACHES HOT SEAT
Standing On Wobbly Ground:
Hans Backe - New York Red Bulls
Steve Nicol - New England Revolution
Peter Vermes - Sporting Kansas City
Frank Yallop - San Jose Earthquakes
MLS STADIUMS
Vancouver Whitecaps give us a video tour of their soon to be newly renovated home BC Place - opens Oct 2 v Portland Timbers.
-That roof looks incredible - and its retractable!
TEAM USA - EL EQUIPO DE TODOS
Avi Creditor of Soccer By Ives reports that Eric Lichaj is likely OUT for the USA v Mexico game next week due to a hip injury.
AMERICANS IN EUROPE
David Smith of Yanks Abroad does an interview with Ricardo Clark.
-He has been asked to play a lot of centerback by Eintract Frankfurt.
-But why has no one asked him about the World Cup???
dN
Game Action:
DENMARK - Superliga
Chris Rolfe - AaB - Mon Aug 1 - started and went 80 minutes as they won 1-0 v Midtjylland.
FINLAND - Veikkausliiga -
Etchu Tabe - RoPS - Mon Aug 1 - got the start but was red carded in the 90th min as they lost 3-0 at Inter Turku.
FINLAND - Ykkonen
Jeremy Vuolo - AC Oulu - Mon Aug 1 - in goal for the full 90 as they won 4-0 v PoPa.
SWEDEN - Allsvenskan Liga
Ryan Miller - Halmstad - Mon Aug 1 - on the bench as they lost 2-1 at GAIS.
dN
Coming Up:
NORWAY - Eliteserien
Joe Bendik - Sogndal - Wed Aug 3 at Haugesund
NORWAY - 1 Divisjon
Rhett Bernstein - Mjondalen - Wed Aug 3 v Hodd
John Borrajo - HamKam - Wed Aug 3 v Bodo/Glimt
Kyle Helton - Mjondalen - Wed Aug 3 v Hodd
UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE - 3rd Qualifying Round - 2nd Leg
Mo Edu - Rangers - Wed Aug 3 at Malmo
UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
BATE, Kobenhavn and Odense advanced to the playoff round today. 12 more teams will go through tomorrow.
30 teams are in the 3rd Qualifying Round which will see some bigger names enter the tournament, with the 2nd Leg on Aug 2/3. All matchups and scores are here.
The draw for the next round will take place on Fri Aug 5.
UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE
68 teams are in the 3rd Qualifying Round with 2nd Leg matches on Thu Aug 4. Here is the full schedule.
COLOMBIA 2011 U20 WORLD CUP
Jul 29 - Aug 20.
Official World Cup website
dN
Standings:
Group A
3 Colombia (+3)
3 S Korea (+2)
0 France (-2)
0 Mali (-3)
Group B
1 Cameroon (0)
1 New Zealand (0)
1 Portugal (0)
1 Uruguay (0)
Group C
3 Spain (+3)
1 Australia (0)
1 Ecuador (0)
0 Costa Rica (-3)
Group D
3 Nigeria (+5)
3 Saudi Arabia (+2)
0 Croatia (-2)
0 Guatemala (-5)
Group E
4 Brazil (+3)
4 Egypt (+1)
1 Panama (-1)
1 Austria (-3)
Group F
4 Argentina (+1)
3 Mexico (+2)
2 England (0)
1 N Korea (-3)
dN
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 v Mali
France v S Korea
Portugal v Cameroon
Uruguay v New Zealand
-Wed Aug 3
Ecuador v Spain
Saudi Arabia v Guatemala
Australia v Costa Rica
Croatia v Nigeria
-Thu Aug 4
Argentina v N Korea
Mexico v England
Brazil v Panama
Egypt v Austria
-Fri Aug 5
Colombia v S Korea
France v Mali
Portugal v New Zealand
Uruguay v Cameroon
-Sat Aug 6
Ecuador v Costa Rica
Saudi Arabia v Nigeria
Australia v Spain
Croatia v Guatemala
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