Some News for Tue Aug 9, 2011
STARTERS
Vancouver has hired Carolina RailHawks head coach Martin Rennie to take over their team for next season. Watch video of the official introductory press conference here. He will finish this season with Carolina, and Tom Soehn will finish this season running the Caps, then he will step back upstairs. Interesting move. Rennie has been a very good coach at the teams he has previously been in charge of.
-FYI: Carolina has qualified for the NASL playoffs with 9 regular season games still to be played. Amazing.
-As some have pointed out, the Caps kept their very successful coach from the second division Teitur Thordarson for their step up to MLS, but fired him just 2 months into the season. So why are they hiring another coach with a similar resume and again without MLS experience.
-Let's compare their North American coaching resumes:
TT:
Van 08 - Champion
Van 09 - Final
Van 10 - Semifinal
MR:
Cleve 07 - Semi
Cleve 08 - Champion
Caro 09 - Quarter
Caro 10 - Final
dN
Due to the horrible rioting in London, and spreading around England, their national team game against Netherlands on Wednesday has been canceled, and local police are having meetings to decide whether or not this weekends club football matches should be played or postponed, including the opening weekend in the Premier League.
-Two League Cup matches scheduled for tonight in London have also been postponed.
TEAM USA - EL EQUIPO DE TODOS
Another USA v Mexico Un-Friendly
Clarence Goodson has been removed from the roster due to a hamstring injury of some sort.
dN
Lots of video from US Soccer:
-The team begins arriving
-First day under their belts
-Practice session
dN
US Soccer gives us a big page full of pregame notes. Always good reading.
dN
USA team has players from 9 leagues in 8 countries.
dN
Steve Davis of Sports Illustrated previews the game.
dN
Brian Sciaretta of Yanks Abroad talks to Brek Shea about the new regime and getting called in.
dN
Match & Score:
-Wed Aug 10
USA v Mexico - 8pm CT on ESPN2 - 30 min pregame show on ESPN News at 7:30pm CT.
Venue: Lincoln Financial Field - Philadelphia
dN
USA Roster
G:
Bill Hamid - DC United
Tim Howard - Everton
D:
Carlos Bocanegra - Saint-Etienne
Edgar Castillo - America
Zach Loyd - Dallas
Steve Cherundolo - Hannover
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
STORY OF THE DAY
Charles Gooch of the Kansas City Star writes about the excessive amount of Red Cards that Sporting KC has received this season.
-The team's backers blame the referee's. Their opponents see no such thing. But as a neutral I see a team that loses their focus too many times during a game - a mental discipline problem.
And I am still trying to process that pathetic dive Omar Bravo of KC took last weekend and pretended that Pat Noonan had head butted him. It was infuriating. Will he get extra punishment from the league for it?
MATCH FIXING IN ITALY
Verdicts were handed out today and Serie A club Atalanta (just promoted) has been docked 6 points to start the season
-Goalkeeper Marco Paoloni has been banned for 5 years
-Team captain Cristiano Doni has been given a 3 1/2 years suspension.
-Thomas Mandredini formerly of Atalanta has been given a 3 year suspension.
I must admit that Italian justice has always baffled me. If Atalanta used match fixing to get promoted then why would there punishment be anything less than instant relegation?
The biggest name in the scandal was former Lazio & Bologna great Beppe Signori who has been banned from all football for 5 years.
Many more teams, players and officials from lower divisions have been punished as well.
THE GUARDIAN 2011-12 PREMIER LEAGUE SEASON PREVIEWS
Queens Park Rangers
Stoke
Sunderland
Swansea
Tottenham
West Brom
Wigan
Wolverhampton
Arsenal
Aston Villa
Blackburn
Bolton
Chelsea
Everton
Fulham
Liverpool
Manchester City
Manchester United
Newcastle
Norwich
DO YOU REALIZE
Eurosport reports that Leverkusen goalkeeper Fabian Geifer who suffered a concussion in Saturday's game has severe short term memory loss. He cannot conjure up any memories for the last 4 weeks or so. (thanks to BE for the story)
PICTURE OF THE DAY
Check out this amazing photo from the Portland v LA game. That quality of the photos is so high that you can double click on any spot and it will zoom in, I mean waaaaaay in. You can literally close in on one person's face on the far side of the stadium. A! Maz! Ing!
-Can you find Gavin Wilkinson?
MLS MATCHES, SCORES & STANDINGS
WEEK 22
Matches & Scores:
-Sat Aug 13
Seattle Sounder FC v CD Chivas USA - 3:00PM CT on Direct Kick
Venue: CenturyLink Field
Toronto FC v Real Salt Lake - 6:00PM CT on Direct Kick
Venue: BMO Field
New York Red Bulls v Chicago Fire SC - 6:30PM CT on Direct Kick
Venue: Red Bull Arena
DC United v Vancouver Whitecaps FC - 6:30PM CT on Direct Kick
Venue: RFK Stadium
Columbus Crew v New England Revolution - 6:30PM CT on Direct Kick
Venue: Crew Stadium
Philadelphia Union v FC Dallas - 7:00PM CT on Direct Kick
Venue: PPL Park
San Jose Earthquakes v Colorado Rapids - 9:30PM CT on Direct Kick
Venue: Buck Shaw Stadium
-Sun Aug 14
Houston Dynamo v Portland Timbers - 8:00PM CT on Galavision
Venue: Robertson Stadium
LA Galaxy and Sporting Kansas City are off this week.
MLS STANDINGS BASED ON WINS
13 LA Galaxy
12 FC Dallas
11 Seattle Sounders FC
10 Real Salt Lake
9 Columbus Crew
9 Colorado Rapids
8 Philadelphia Union
7 Portland Timbers
7 CD Chivas USA
7 Sporting Kansas City
6 DC United
6 Houston Dynamo
6 New York Red Bulls
5 San Jose Earthquakes
4 New England Revolution
3 Vancouver Whitecaps FC
3 Toronto FC
2 Chicago Fire SC
MLS TEAM & PLAYER NEWS
HOUSTON DYNAMO
The Dynamo has signed a loan deal for 24 year old Brazilian midfielder Luiz Camargo from Parana of Brazil's Serie B.
SPORTING KANSAS CITY SC
Less than a month ago Kansas City announced the signing of Daneil Cyrus and today they announced that a broken foot will knock him out for the rest of the season.
dN
Charles Gooch of the Star with 11 important questions of the moment about SKC.
dN
Gooch also examines Livestrong Sporting Park after two months in operation.
NEW YORK RED BULLS
New York's hole just got deeper - new keeper Frank Rost has a partial tear in his right quad.
-Backup and now again the starting keeper Bouna Coundoul is in Senegal to play for his national team and will not return until late Thursday. He will not be 100% for Saturday due to excessive travel.
PORTLAND TIMBERS
Geoffrey Arnold of the Oregonian looks at a challenging first season for head coach John Spencer with a first year team in the Timbers.
MLS COACHES HOT SEAT
(As of Tue Aug 9)
In order of hotness:
1 Hans Backe - New York Red Bulls
2 Frank Klopas - Chicago Fire SC
3 Peter Vermes - Sporting Kansas City
4 Frank Yallop - San Jose Earthquakes
5 Steve Nicol - New England Revolution
MLS OFFENSIVE STATS LEADERS
(As of Tue Aug 9)
Goals:
11 Landon Donovan
11 Thierry Henry
10 Eric Hassli
9 Brek Shea
8 Charlie Davies
8 Chris Wondolowski
7 Justin Braun
7 Camilo
7 Shalrie Joseph
7 Nick LaBrocca
7 Andres Mendoza
Assists:
10 David Beckham
10 Brad Davis
8 Davide Chiumiento
8 Sebastien Le Toux
7 Kyle Beckerman
7 Mauro Rosales
6 Omar Cummings
6 Ante Jazic
6 Jack Jewsbury
6 Jan Gunnar Solli
MLS TEAM LEADERS IN DEFENSE
Top 5 least amount of goals per game given up.
(As of Tue Aug 9)
0.76 Real Salt Lake 16 goals in 21 games
0.80 LA Galaxy 20 goals in 25 games
0.91 Philadelphia Union 20 goals in 22 games
0.96 Columbus Crew 22 goals in 23 games
1.00 FC Dallas 24 goals in 24 games
Other teams to have surrendered less than 30 goals:
26 Chivas
27 Seattle
28 Houston
MLS RESERVE LEAGUE
Matches & Scores:
-Tue Aug 9
FC Dallas 0-2 Real Salt Lake - RSL goals by Chris Agorsor & Arturo Alvarez.
Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2-1 Seattle Sounders FC - VW goals by Michael Nanchoff & Long Tan. SS goal by Nate Jaqua.
-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
dN
Standings Etc.
NASL SCOREBOARD
Matches & Scores:
-Wed Aug 10
Montreal Impact v FC Tampa Bay
Puerto Rico Islanders v Atlanta Silverbacks
NSC Minnesota Stars v Fort Lauderdale Strikers
dN
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
Brian Sciaretta of Yanks Abroad talks to Stefan Jerome who at 18 has played in the first two games of the season for Sigma Olomouc in the Czech Rep top league.
dN
Game Action:
ENGLAND - League Cup - First Round
Conor Doyle - Derby County - lost 2-3 v Shrewsbury.
Robbie Findley - Nottingham Forest - went the full 90 scoring a goal as the game ended tied 3-3 but they won 4-3 in Penalty Kick Shootout v rivals Notts County.
Mike Grella - Leeds - won 3-2 v Bradford.
Jemal Johnson - Southend United - game ends tied 1-1 and they lose 3-4 in Penalty Kick Shootout v Leyton Orient.
Anton Peterlin - Wallsall - lost 0-3 v Middlesbrough.
Frank Simek - Carlisle United - game ended tied 1-1 and they won 2-4 in Penalty Kick Shootout at Oldham.
dN
Coming Up:
ENGLAND - League Cup - First Round
Jon-Paul Pittman - Oxford United - Wed Aug 10 v Cardiff City.
AMERICANS IN MEXICO
Tom Marshall of MLSsoccer.com introduces us to 5 young Americans doing great things in the UANL Tigres youth system.
CENTRAL AMERICA
One time prodigy striker Honduran David Suazo whose contract had expired at Inter after last season has been released by Cagliari where he had previously been on loan. He is now free to move about the cabin.
ENGLAND
The First Round of the League Cup begins today - Tue Aug 9. Here are all those matches.
-Some matches have been postponed due to the civic unrest in London.
UEFA EURO 2012
Qualifying
Match & Score:
-Wed Aug 10
N Ireland v Faroe Islands
SOUTH AMERICA
Colombia has fired their head coach Hernan Gomez who hit a woman several times in public at a restaurant last weekend. Not cool.
COLOMBIA 2011 U20 WORLD CUP
Official World Cup website - tournament runs Jul 29 - Aug 20.
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
INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLIES
Matches & Scores:
-Tue Aug 9
Ghana v Nigeria - Game in Watford England canceled due to threats of rioting.
Mauritius 2-0 Comoros
Seychelles 5-1 Maldives
-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
BIG PIMPIN
MLS announced the full playoff schedule today. Here you go, make your plans now:
Wild Card Games
hosted by higher seed
single elimination
-Wed Oct 26
-Thu Oct 27
Quarterfinals, First Leg
hosted by lower seed
-Sat Oct 29
-Sun Oct 30
Quarterfinals, Second Leg
hosted by higher seed
winner by aggregate goals
-Wed Nov 2
-Thu Nov 3
Semifinals
hosted by higher seed
single elimination
-Sat Nov 5
-Sun Nov 6
NOTE: Break here for FIFA dates Nov 11 & 15
MLS Cup 2011
at The Home Depot Center - Carson CA
single-game final
-Sun Nov 20
Vancouver has hired Carolina RailHawks head coach Martin Rennie to take over their team for next season. Watch video of the official introductory press conference here. He will finish this season with Carolina, and Tom Soehn will finish this season running the Caps, then he will step back upstairs. Interesting move. Rennie has been a very good coach at the teams he has previously been in charge of.
-FYI: Carolina has qualified for the NASL playoffs with 9 regular season games still to be played. Amazing.
-As some have pointed out, the Caps kept their very successful coach from the second division Teitur Thordarson for their step up to MLS, but fired him just 2 months into the season. So why are they hiring another coach with a similar resume and again without MLS experience.
-Let's compare their North American coaching resumes:
TT:
Van 08 - Champion
Van 09 - Final
Van 10 - Semifinal
MR:
Cleve 07 - Semi
Cleve 08 - Champion
Caro 09 - Quarter
Caro 10 - Final
dN
Due to the horrible rioting in London, and spreading around England, their national team game against Netherlands on Wednesday has been canceled, and local police are having meetings to decide whether or not this weekends club football matches should be played or postponed, including the opening weekend in the Premier League.
-Two League Cup matches scheduled for tonight in London have also been postponed.
TEAM USA - EL EQUIPO DE TODOS
Another USA v Mexico Un-Friendly
Clarence Goodson has been removed from the roster due to a hamstring injury of some sort.
dN
Lots of video from US Soccer:
-The team begins arriving
-First day under their belts
-Practice session
dN
US Soccer gives us a big page full of pregame notes. Always good reading.
dN
USA team has players from 9 leagues in 8 countries.
dN
Steve Davis of Sports Illustrated previews the game.
dN
Brian Sciaretta of Yanks Abroad talks to Brek Shea about the new regime and getting called in.
dN
Match & Score:
-Wed Aug 10
USA v Mexico - 8pm CT on ESPN2 - 30 min pregame show on ESPN News at 7:30pm CT.
Venue: Lincoln Financial Field - Philadelphia
dN
USA Roster
G:
Bill Hamid - DC United
Tim Howard - Everton
D:
Carlos Bocanegra - Saint-Etienne
Edgar Castillo - America
Zach Loyd - Dallas
Steve Cherundolo - Hannover
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
dN
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
STORY OF THE DAY
Charles Gooch of the Kansas City Star writes about the excessive amount of Red Cards that Sporting KC has received this season.
-The team's backers blame the referee's. Their opponents see no such thing. But as a neutral I see a team that loses their focus too many times during a game - a mental discipline problem.
And I am still trying to process that pathetic dive Omar Bravo of KC took last weekend and pretended that Pat Noonan had head butted him. It was infuriating. Will he get extra punishment from the league for it?
MATCH FIXING IN ITALY
Verdicts were handed out today and Serie A club Atalanta (just promoted) has been docked 6 points to start the season
-Goalkeeper Marco Paoloni has been banned for 5 years
-Team captain Cristiano Doni has been given a 3 1/2 years suspension.
-Thomas Mandredini formerly of Atalanta has been given a 3 year suspension.
I must admit that Italian justice has always baffled me. If Atalanta used match fixing to get promoted then why would there punishment be anything less than instant relegation?
The biggest name in the scandal was former Lazio & Bologna great Beppe Signori who has been banned from all football for 5 years.
Many more teams, players and officials from lower divisions have been punished as well.
THE GUARDIAN 2011-12 PREMIER LEAGUE SEASON PREVIEWS
Queens Park Rangers
Stoke
Sunderland
Swansea
Tottenham
West Brom
Wigan
Wolverhampton
Arsenal
Aston Villa
Blackburn
Bolton
Chelsea
Everton
Fulham
Liverpool
Manchester City
Manchester United
Newcastle
Norwich
DO YOU REALIZE
Eurosport reports that Leverkusen goalkeeper Fabian Geifer who suffered a concussion in Saturday's game has severe short term memory loss. He cannot conjure up any memories for the last 4 weeks or so. (thanks to BE for the story)
PICTURE OF THE DAY
Check out this amazing photo from the Portland v LA game. That quality of the photos is so high that you can double click on any spot and it will zoom in, I mean waaaaaay in. You can literally close in on one person's face on the far side of the stadium. A! Maz! Ing!
-Can you find Gavin Wilkinson?
MLS MATCHES, SCORES & STANDINGS
WEEK 22
Matches & Scores:
-Sat Aug 13
Seattle Sounder FC v CD Chivas USA - 3:00PM CT on Direct Kick
Venue: CenturyLink Field
Toronto FC v Real Salt Lake - 6:00PM CT on Direct Kick
Venue: BMO Field
New York Red Bulls v Chicago Fire SC - 6:30PM CT on Direct Kick
Venue: Red Bull Arena
DC United v Vancouver Whitecaps FC - 6:30PM CT on Direct Kick
Venue: RFK Stadium
Columbus Crew v New England Revolution - 6:30PM CT on Direct Kick
Venue: Crew Stadium
Philadelphia Union v FC Dallas - 7:00PM CT on Direct Kick
Venue: PPL Park
San Jose Earthquakes v Colorado Rapids - 9:30PM CT on Direct Kick
Venue: Buck Shaw Stadium
-Sun Aug 14
Houston Dynamo v Portland Timbers - 8:00PM CT on Galavision
Venue: Robertson Stadium
LA Galaxy and Sporting Kansas City are off this week.
MLS STANDINGS BASED ON WINS
13 LA Galaxy
12 FC Dallas
11 Seattle Sounders FC
10 Real Salt Lake
9 Columbus Crew
9 Colorado Rapids
8 Philadelphia Union
7 Portland Timbers
7 CD Chivas USA
7 Sporting Kansas City
6 DC United
6 Houston Dynamo
6 New York Red Bulls
5 San Jose Earthquakes
4 New England Revolution
3 Vancouver Whitecaps FC
3 Toronto FC
2 Chicago Fire SC
MLS TEAM & PLAYER NEWS
HOUSTON DYNAMO
The Dynamo has signed a loan deal for 24 year old Brazilian midfielder Luiz Camargo from Parana of Brazil's Serie B.
SPORTING KANSAS CITY SC
Less than a month ago Kansas City announced the signing of Daneil Cyrus and today they announced that a broken foot will knock him out for the rest of the season.
dN
Charles Gooch of the Star with 11 important questions of the moment about SKC.
dN
Gooch also examines Livestrong Sporting Park after two months in operation.
NEW YORK RED BULLS
New York's hole just got deeper - new keeper Frank Rost has a partial tear in his right quad.
-Backup and now again the starting keeper Bouna Coundoul is in Senegal to play for his national team and will not return until late Thursday. He will not be 100% for Saturday due to excessive travel.
PORTLAND TIMBERS
Geoffrey Arnold of the Oregonian looks at a challenging first season for head coach John Spencer with a first year team in the Timbers.
MLS COACHES HOT SEAT
(As of Tue Aug 9)
In order of hotness:
1 Hans Backe - New York Red Bulls
2 Frank Klopas - Chicago Fire SC
3 Peter Vermes - Sporting Kansas City
4 Frank Yallop - San Jose Earthquakes
5 Steve Nicol - New England Revolution
MLS OFFENSIVE STATS LEADERS
(As of Tue Aug 9)
Goals:
11 Landon Donovan
11 Thierry Henry
10 Eric Hassli
9 Brek Shea
8 Charlie Davies
8 Chris Wondolowski
7 Justin Braun
7 Camilo
7 Shalrie Joseph
7 Nick LaBrocca
7 Andres Mendoza
Assists:
10 David Beckham
10 Brad Davis
8 Davide Chiumiento
8 Sebastien Le Toux
7 Kyle Beckerman
7 Mauro Rosales
6 Omar Cummings
6 Ante Jazic
6 Jack Jewsbury
6 Jan Gunnar Solli
MLS TEAM LEADERS IN DEFENSE
Top 5 least amount of goals per game given up.
(As of Tue Aug 9)
0.76 Real Salt Lake 16 goals in 21 games
0.80 LA Galaxy 20 goals in 25 games
0.91 Philadelphia Union 20 goals in 22 games
0.96 Columbus Crew 22 goals in 23 games
1.00 FC Dallas 24 goals in 24 games
Other teams to have surrendered less than 30 goals:
26 Chivas
27 Seattle
28 Houston
MLS RESERVE LEAGUE
Matches & Scores:
-Tue Aug 9
FC Dallas 0-2 Real Salt Lake - RSL goals by Chris Agorsor & Arturo Alvarez.
Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2-1 Seattle Sounders FC - VW goals by Michael Nanchoff & Long Tan. SS goal by Nate Jaqua.
-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
dN
Standings Etc.
NASL SCOREBOARD
Matches & Scores:
-Wed Aug 10
Montreal Impact v FC Tampa Bay
Puerto Rico Islanders v Atlanta Silverbacks
NSC Minnesota Stars v Fort Lauderdale Strikers
dN
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
Brian Sciaretta of Yanks Abroad talks to Stefan Jerome who at 18 has played in the first two games of the season for Sigma Olomouc in the Czech Rep top league.
dN
Game Action:
ENGLAND - League Cup - First Round
Conor Doyle - Derby County - lost 2-3 v Shrewsbury.
Robbie Findley - Nottingham Forest - went the full 90 scoring a goal as the game ended tied 3-3 but they won 4-3 in Penalty Kick Shootout v rivals Notts County.
Mike Grella - Leeds - won 3-2 v Bradford.
Jemal Johnson - Southend United - game ends tied 1-1 and they lose 3-4 in Penalty Kick Shootout v Leyton Orient.
Anton Peterlin - Wallsall - lost 0-3 v Middlesbrough.
Frank Simek - Carlisle United - game ended tied 1-1 and they won 2-4 in Penalty Kick Shootout at Oldham.
dN
Coming Up:
ENGLAND - League Cup - First Round
Jon-Paul Pittman - Oxford United - Wed Aug 10 v Cardiff City.
AMERICANS IN MEXICO
Tom Marshall of MLSsoccer.com introduces us to 5 young Americans doing great things in the UANL Tigres youth system.
CENTRAL AMERICA
One time prodigy striker Honduran David Suazo whose contract had expired at Inter after last season has been released by Cagliari where he had previously been on loan. He is now free to move about the cabin.
ENGLAND
The First Round of the League Cup begins today - Tue Aug 9. Here are all those matches.
-Some matches have been postponed due to the civic unrest in London.
UEFA EURO 2012
Qualifying
Match & Score:
-Wed Aug 10
N Ireland v Faroe Islands
SOUTH AMERICA
Colombia has fired their head coach Hernan Gomez who hit a woman several times in public at a restaurant last weekend. Not cool.
COLOMBIA 2011 U20 WORLD CUP
Official World Cup website - tournament runs Jul 29 - Aug 20.
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
INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLIES
Matches & Scores:
-Tue Aug 9
Ghana v Nigeria - Game in Watford England canceled due to threats of rioting.
Mauritius 2-0 Comoros
Seychelles 5-1 Maldives
-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
BIG PIMPIN
MLS announced the full playoff schedule today. Here you go, make your plans now:
Wild Card Games
hosted by higher seed
single elimination
-Wed Oct 26
-Thu Oct 27
Quarterfinals, First Leg
hosted by lower seed
-Sat Oct 29
-Sun Oct 30
Quarterfinals, Second Leg
hosted by higher seed
winner by aggregate goals
-Wed Nov 2
-Thu Nov 3
Semifinals
hosted by higher seed
single elimination
-Sat Nov 5
-Sun Nov 6
NOTE: Break here for FIFA dates Nov 11 & 15
MLS Cup 2011
at The Home Depot Center - Carson CA
single-game final
-Sun Nov 20
posted by brucio at 17:55
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