Some News for Wed Aug 3, 2011
STARTERS
The new season of Germany's Bundeliga and France's Ligue 1 begin this week on Fri Aug 5.
dN
Remember back to last season when last minute negotiations twice averted a strike by Serie A players? Well it turns out that the players never ratified the new collective bargaining agreement, so they are threatening to do it all over again.
TEAM USA - EL EQUIPO DE TODOS
Mike Woitalla of Soccer America describes the early days of soccer for Jurgen Klinsmann.
dN
John Connolly of the Boston Herald asks Benny Feilhaber about the hiring of Jurgen Klinsmann.
dN
International Friendly
Match & Score
-Wed Aug 10
USA v Mexico
Venue: Lincoln Financial Field - Philadelphia
TWITTERVERSE/FACEBOOKING
"@kylemartino My heart skip a beat when I just read the news..I know I won't be back next year so am just happy to give it all this year."
-Shalrie Joseph of the New England Revolution reacting to the news from Kyle Martino that the Revs had signed a Designated Player forward.
What does this mean? Joseph is in the last year of his contract.
STORY OF THE DAY
Daniela Pinheiro of Estadao says this powerful man wants to run a perfect World Cup in 2014 and then become the next president of FIFA: Ricardo Teixeira.
-Think Jack Warner with more friends.
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
Toronto went Nicaragua last night and played on what can best be described as a pasture, and won, advancing them to the group stage.
-Ryan Johnston scored a walloping goal in the first half to set the tone for TFC's win. See the video highlights here.
Not to take anything away from TFC's effort, but the team they beat didn't look like they could even win a game against any current NASL team.
dN
Matches & Scores:
2nd Leg
-Tue Aug 2
Real Esteli (Nicaragua) 1-2 Toronto FC (Canada) - TFC advances 4-2 on aggregate - RE goal by Manuel Rosas(PK). TFC goals both by Ryan Johnston.
-Wed Aug 3
FC Dallas (USA) v Alianza (El Salvador) (1-0) - 7pm CT on Fox Soccer
Seattle Sounders FC (USA) v San Francisco (Panama) (0-1) - 9pm CT on Fox Soccer
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)
-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.
Toronto will be in Group c.
GROUP C
UNAM Pumas
Tauro (Panama)
Winner Alianza v Dallas
Toronto
THE GUARDIAN 2011-12 PREMIER LEAGUE SEASON PREVIEWS
Everton
Fulham
Liverpool
Manchester City
Manchester United
Newcastle
Norwich
Queens Park Rangers
Stoke
Sunderland
Swansea
Tottenham
West Brom
Wigan
Wolverhampton
Arsenal
Aston Villa
Blackburn
Bolton
Chelsea
HMMMMM, VERY INTERESTING
Paul Tenorio of the Washington Post looks at the question faced by many elite young American soccer players - How important is education? This is the case of U18 players Jalen Robinson who just played and scored for the USA at the Milk Cup.
STAT OF THE DAY
Sporting Kansas City is on a 13 game unbeaten run which has earned them 23 points. But they have tied 8 of those games which has cost them a possible 16 more points.
FACT OF THE DAY
Build a new stadium and they will come - Juventus had 14,500 season ticket holders last season, but with a brand new home for this fall they now have over 24,000 and counting. It works if you do it right.
WHAT'S WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE?
In every interview with the press for the last week new Chicago signing Pavel Pardo says he is not in shape, yet when they run their articles they put his name in the headlines and hype his debut tonight. And if he does not do much they will put one sentence in the middle of that article about how he was not in shape.
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
-Fri Aug 5
Colorado Rapids v Columbus Crew - 8:30PM CT on FOX Soccer
Venue: Dick's Sporting Goods Park
-Sat Aug 6
New England Revolution v CD Chivas USA - 6:30PM CT on Direct Kick
Venue: Gillette Stadium
DC United v Toronto FC - 6:30PM CT on Direct Kick
Venue: RFK Stadium
Philadelphia Union v Houston Dynamo - 7:00PM CT on Direct Kick
Venue: PPL Park
Sporting Kansas City v Seattle Sounders FC - 7:30PM CT on Direct Kick
Venue: LIVESTRONG Sporting Park
Real Salt Lake v New York Red Bulls - 8:00PM CT on Direct Kick
Venue: Rio Tinto Stadium
LA Galaxy v FC Dallas - 9:30PM CT on Direct Kick on Direct Kick
Venue: The Home Depot Center
San Jose Earthquakes v Portland Timbers - 9:30PM CT on Direct Kick
Venue: Buck Shaw Stadium
-Sun Aug 7
Vancouver Whitecaps FC v Chicago Fire SC - 6:00PM CT on Galavision
Venue: Empire Field
dN
Standings:
EASTERN CONFERENCE
34 Columbus Crew (+4 GD) (22 GP)
31 Philadelphia Union (+7 GD) (20 GP)
30 New York Red Bulls (+7 GD) (23 GP)
27 Sporting Kansas City (+1 GD) (21 GP)
27 Houston Dynamo (0 GD) (21 GP)
26 DC United (-4 GD) (20 GP)
21 New England Revolution (-10 GD) (22 GP)
19 Toronto FC (-22 GD) (24 GP)
18 Chicago Fire SC (-5 GD) (20 GP)
WESTERN CONFERENCE
45 LA Galaxy (+16 GD) (23 GP)
42 FC Dallas (+9 GD) (23 GP)
38 Seattle Sounders FC (+7 GD) (23 GP)
34 Colorado Rapids (+2 GD) (24 GP)
33 Real Salt Lake (+13 GD) (19 GP)
26 CD Chivas USA (+3 GD) (22 GP)
24 San Jose Earthquakes (-5 GD) (22 GP)
22 Portland Timbers (-10 GD) (20 GP)
15 Vancouver Whitecaps FC (-13 GD) (22 GP)
MLS TEAM & PLAYER NEWS
General News
Jeff Carlisle of ESPN with lots of good stuff on Charlie Davies, Shalrie Joseph, Sanna Nyassi at Colorado and the revamped Chicago Fire lineup.
FC DALLAS
Todd Date of 3rd Degree talks to fullback Zack Lloyd about ...... archery.
And Lloyd's hometown newspaper Tulsa World tells his story too.
dN
Quick DFW has a short light hearted Q & A with Brek Shea.
DC UNITED
Steve Goff of the Washington Post with an article on how Dwanye DeRosario is fitting in with his new team, and some team injury updates.
LA GALAXY
Geoffrey Arnold of the Oregonian writes that the Galaxy love being the road villain - and their first trip to Portland will be no different tonight.
NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION
Frank Dell'Apa of the Globe introduces us to the Rev's new forward signing Milton Caraglio.
-The Revs say they are not done with new signings.
PHILADELPHIA UNION
It's official - Philly has sold forward Carlos Ruiz to Veracruz of the Mexican 2nd division.
-Kerith Gabriel of the Daily News on the deal, and also, how the team will deal with Chicago tonight.
REAL SALT LAKE
Chris Peterson of the Deseret says RSL is going to Kansas City tonight intent on winning. No excuses.
SEATTLE SOUNDERS
Joshua Mayers of the Times sees the Sounders searching for their footing after losing 3 in a row in 3 different competitions.
MLS/USA & RELATED RUMORS
Is Honduran striker Carlo Costly the latest Houston Dynamo obsession? He is no longer listed on the roster of his last team Atlas in Mexico.
MLS STADIUMS
Brian Ching of the Houston Dynamo with some video from the team's new stadium site.
NORTH AMERICA SUMMER CLUB FRIENDLY SCHEDULE
Big friendlies are being played this summer all around North America featuring mainly European teams in their preseasons.
Upcoming
Matches:
-Wed Aug 3
Barcelona (Spain) v Guadalajara (Mexico) - World Football Challenge
TV: 7pm CT on ESPN2, ESPN3.com & Galavision
Venue: Sun Life Stadium - Miami FL
-Fri Aug 5
Manchester United v New York Cosmos - 1:30pm CT on Fox Soccer.
Venue: Old Trafford - Manchester England
AMERICANS IN EUROPE
Clarence Goodson has been named the new captain of Brondby. Here is a quote from the coach taken from the team's website and translated from Danish: (thanks to Henrik for the link)
"He is experienced, has a great charisma and plays in central defense. Clarence Goodson is very well liked in the squad and a natural choice as the captain."
dN
Mo Edu and Rangers are out of the UEFA Champions League.
dN
Game Action:
NORWAY - Eliteserien
Joe Bendik - Sogndal - Wed Aug 3 - on the bench as they lost 4-0 at Haugesund.
NORWAY - 1 Divisjon
Rhett Bernstein - Mjondalen - Wed Aug 3 - won 3-1 v Hodd.
John Borrajo - HamKam - Wed Aug 3 - drew 2-2 v Bodo/Glimt.
Kyle Helton - Mjondalen - Wed Aug 3 won 3-1 v Hodd.
UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE - 3rd Qualifying Round - 2nd Leg
Mo Edu - Rangers - Wed Aug 3 - went the distance but drew 1-1 at Malmo and are knocked out 2-1 on aggregate.
dN
Coming Up:
NORWAY - Eliteserien
Erik Benjaminsen - Stabaek - Fri Aug 5 at Fredrikstad
Sean Cunningham - Molde - Thu Aug 4 at Start
Mikkel Diskerud - Stabaek - Fri Aug 5 at Fredrikstad
Josh Gatt - Molde - Thu Aug 4 at Start
NORWAY - 1 Divisjon
Colin Burns - Sandefjord - Thu Aug 4 at Honefoss
Steve Clark - Honefoss - Thu Aug 4 v Sandefjord
Kenneth Di Vita Jensen - Honefoss - Thu Aug 4 v Sandefjord
UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 3rd Qualifying Round - 2nd Leg
Clint Dempsey - Fulham - Thu Aug 4 v Split
Jozy Altidore - AZ - Thu Aug 4 at Jablonec
Clarence Goodson - Brondby - Thu Aug 4 v Ried
AMERICANS IN MEXICO
Coming Up:
PRIMERA DIVISION
Isaac Acuna - America - Wed Aug 3 v Estudiantes Tecos
Daniel Antunez - Estudiantes Tecos - Wed Aug 3 at America
DaMarcus Beasley - Puebla - Wed Aug 3 at Atlante
Jonathan Bornstein - Tigres UANL - Wed Aug 3 v Toluca
Edgar Castillo - America - Wed Aug 3 v Estudiantes Tecos
Herculez Gomez - Estudiantes Tecos - Wed Aug 3 at America
Sonny Guadarrama - Atlante - Wed Aug 3 v Puebla
Sammy Ochoa - Estudiantes Tecos - Wed Aug 3 at America
Jose Torres - Pachuca - Wed Aug 3 v Cruz Azul
FRANCE
Ligue 1 begins Sat Aug 6.
GERMANY
Bundesliga begins Fri Aug 5.
UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
So lets see who advanced today: Rubin, Malmo, Twente, Apoel, Plzen, Zurich, Wisla Krakow, Sturm, Maccabi Haifa, Dinamo Zagreb, Genk and Benfica.
Already advanced: BATE, Kobenhavn and Odense
30 teams competed in the 3rd Qualifying Round which is now complete. All scores are right here.
dN
The draw for the next round will take place on Fri Aug 5.
dN
The draw for the group stage will take place on Thu Aug 25.
UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE
68 teams are in the 3rd Qualifying Round with 1st Leg matches on Thu Jul 28, and 2nd Leg matches on Thu Aug 4. Here is the full schedule.
BRAZIL
And there is a full round of midweek games ahead to keep up the pressure at the top.
Brazil - Serie A Standings (13 of 38 games played):
28 Corinthians (12 GP) - NEXT: Wed Aug 3 v America Mineiro
27 Flamengo - NEXT: Wed Aug 3 at Cruzeiro
25 Palmeiras - NEXT: Wed Aug 3 at Cortiba
25 Sao Paulo - NEXT: Thu Aug 4 v Bahia
24 Vasco da Gama - NEXT: Wed Aug 3 v Santos
ARGENTINA
The first ever Primera season without River Plate begins on Fri Aug 5.
-This season we will be following the plight of RP as they make their way through the second division. (see the left hand column of this site)
BRAZIL 2014 WORLD CUP
Paul Kelso of The Telegraph looks at the chances of match fixing in the qualifiers - with one possible fix already being investigated.
COLOMBIA 2011 U20 WORLD CUP
Jul 29 - Aug 20.
World Cup website
dN
Standings:
Group A
6 Colombia (+5)
3 S Korea (0)
3 France (0)
0 Mali (-5)
Group B
4 Portugal (+1)
2 New Zealand (0)
2 Uruguay (0)
1 Cameroon (-1)
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 2-0 Mali
France 3-1 S Korea
Portugal 1-0 Cameroon
Uruguay 1-1 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
INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLIES
Matches & Scores:
-Thu Aug 4
Maldives v Mauritius
Seychelles v Comoros
ENDERS
Somehow a real live dolphin got on to the practice field and "assaulted" Barcelona's Sergio Busquets as so many opposition players seem to do on a weekly basis. Lets hope he can survive this one too:
The new season of Germany's Bundeliga and France's Ligue 1 begin this week on Fri Aug 5.
dN
Remember back to last season when last minute negotiations twice averted a strike by Serie A players? Well it turns out that the players never ratified the new collective bargaining agreement, so they are threatening to do it all over again.
TEAM USA - EL EQUIPO DE TODOS
Mike Woitalla of Soccer America describes the early days of soccer for Jurgen Klinsmann.
dN
John Connolly of the Boston Herald asks Benny Feilhaber about the hiring of Jurgen Klinsmann.
dN
International Friendly
Match & Score
-Wed Aug 10
USA v Mexico
Venue: Lincoln Financial Field - Philadelphia
TWITTERVERSE/FACEBOOKING
"@kylemartino My heart skip a beat when I just read the news..I know I won't be back next year so am just happy to give it all this year."
-Shalrie Joseph of the New England Revolution reacting to the news from Kyle Martino that the Revs had signed a Designated Player forward.
What does this mean? Joseph is in the last year of his contract.
STORY OF THE DAY
Daniela Pinheiro of Estadao says this powerful man wants to run a perfect World Cup in 2014 and then become the next president of FIFA: Ricardo Teixeira.
-Think Jack Warner with more friends.
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
Toronto went Nicaragua last night and played on what can best be described as a pasture, and won, advancing them to the group stage.
-Ryan Johnston scored a walloping goal in the first half to set the tone for TFC's win. See the video highlights here.
Not to take anything away from TFC's effort, but the team they beat didn't look like they could even win a game against any current NASL team.
dN
Matches & Scores:
2nd Leg
-Tue Aug 2
Real Esteli (Nicaragua) 1-2 Toronto FC (Canada) - TFC advances 4-2 on aggregate - RE goal by Manuel Rosas(PK). TFC goals both by Ryan Johnston.
-Wed Aug 3
FC Dallas (USA) v Alianza (El Salvador) (1-0) - 7pm CT on Fox Soccer
Seattle Sounders FC (USA) v San Francisco (Panama) (0-1) - 9pm CT on Fox Soccer
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)
-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.
Toronto will be in Group c.
GROUP C
UNAM Pumas
Tauro (Panama)
Winner Alianza v Dallas
Toronto
THE GUARDIAN 2011-12 PREMIER LEAGUE SEASON PREVIEWS
Everton
Fulham
Liverpool
Manchester City
Manchester United
Newcastle
Norwich
Queens Park Rangers
Stoke
Sunderland
Swansea
Tottenham
West Brom
Wigan
Wolverhampton
Arsenal
Aston Villa
Blackburn
Bolton
Chelsea
HMMMMM, VERY INTERESTING
Paul Tenorio of the Washington Post looks at the question faced by many elite young American soccer players - How important is education? This is the case of U18 players Jalen Robinson who just played and scored for the USA at the Milk Cup.
STAT OF THE DAY
Sporting Kansas City is on a 13 game unbeaten run which has earned them 23 points. But they have tied 8 of those games which has cost them a possible 16 more points.
FACT OF THE DAY
Build a new stadium and they will come - Juventus had 14,500 season ticket holders last season, but with a brand new home for this fall they now have over 24,000 and counting. It works if you do it right.
WHAT'S WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE?
In every interview with the press for the last week new Chicago signing Pavel Pardo says he is not in shape, yet when they run their articles they put his name in the headlines and hype his debut tonight. And if he does not do much they will put one sentence in the middle of that article about how he was not in shape.
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
-Fri Aug 5
Colorado Rapids v Columbus Crew - 8:30PM CT on FOX Soccer
Venue: Dick's Sporting Goods Park
-Sat Aug 6
New England Revolution v CD Chivas USA - 6:30PM CT on Direct Kick
Venue: Gillette Stadium
DC United v Toronto FC - 6:30PM CT on Direct Kick
Venue: RFK Stadium
Philadelphia Union v Houston Dynamo - 7:00PM CT on Direct Kick
Venue: PPL Park
Sporting Kansas City v Seattle Sounders FC - 7:30PM CT on Direct Kick
Venue: LIVESTRONG Sporting Park
Real Salt Lake v New York Red Bulls - 8:00PM CT on Direct Kick
Venue: Rio Tinto Stadium
LA Galaxy v FC Dallas - 9:30PM CT on Direct Kick on Direct Kick
Venue: The Home Depot Center
San Jose Earthquakes v Portland Timbers - 9:30PM CT on Direct Kick
Venue: Buck Shaw Stadium
-Sun Aug 7
Vancouver Whitecaps FC v Chicago Fire SC - 6:00PM CT on Galavision
Venue: Empire Field
dN
Standings:
EASTERN CONFERENCE
34 Columbus Crew (+4 GD) (22 GP)
31 Philadelphia Union (+7 GD) (20 GP)
30 New York Red Bulls (+7 GD) (23 GP)
27 Sporting Kansas City (+1 GD) (21 GP)
27 Houston Dynamo (0 GD) (21 GP)
26 DC United (-4 GD) (20 GP)
21 New England Revolution (-10 GD) (22 GP)
19 Toronto FC (-22 GD) (24 GP)
18 Chicago Fire SC (-5 GD) (20 GP)
WESTERN CONFERENCE
45 LA Galaxy (+16 GD) (23 GP)
42 FC Dallas (+9 GD) (23 GP)
38 Seattle Sounders FC (+7 GD) (23 GP)
34 Colorado Rapids (+2 GD) (24 GP)
33 Real Salt Lake (+13 GD) (19 GP)
26 CD Chivas USA (+3 GD) (22 GP)
24 San Jose Earthquakes (-5 GD) (22 GP)
22 Portland Timbers (-10 GD) (20 GP)
15 Vancouver Whitecaps FC (-13 GD) (22 GP)
MLS TEAM & PLAYER NEWS
General News
Jeff Carlisle of ESPN with lots of good stuff on Charlie Davies, Shalrie Joseph, Sanna Nyassi at Colorado and the revamped Chicago Fire lineup.
FC DALLAS
Todd Date of 3rd Degree talks to fullback Zack Lloyd about ...... archery.
And Lloyd's hometown newspaper Tulsa World tells his story too.
dN
Quick DFW has a short light hearted Q & A with Brek Shea.
DC UNITED
Steve Goff of the Washington Post with an article on how Dwanye DeRosario is fitting in with his new team, and some team injury updates.
LA GALAXY
Geoffrey Arnold of the Oregonian writes that the Galaxy love being the road villain - and their first trip to Portland will be no different tonight.
NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION
Frank Dell'Apa of the Globe introduces us to the Rev's new forward signing Milton Caraglio.
-The Revs say they are not done with new signings.
PHILADELPHIA UNION
It's official - Philly has sold forward Carlos Ruiz to Veracruz of the Mexican 2nd division.
-Kerith Gabriel of the Daily News on the deal, and also, how the team will deal with Chicago tonight.
REAL SALT LAKE
Chris Peterson of the Deseret says RSL is going to Kansas City tonight intent on winning. No excuses.
SEATTLE SOUNDERS
Joshua Mayers of the Times sees the Sounders searching for their footing after losing 3 in a row in 3 different competitions.
MLS/USA & RELATED RUMORS
Is Honduran striker Carlo Costly the latest Houston Dynamo obsession? He is no longer listed on the roster of his last team Atlas in Mexico.
MLS STADIUMS
Brian Ching of the Houston Dynamo with some video from the team's new stadium site.
NORTH AMERICA SUMMER CLUB FRIENDLY SCHEDULE
Big friendlies are being played this summer all around North America featuring mainly European teams in their preseasons.
Upcoming
Matches:
-Wed Aug 3
Barcelona (Spain) v Guadalajara (Mexico) - World Football Challenge
TV: 7pm CT on ESPN2, ESPN3.com & Galavision
Venue: Sun Life Stadium - Miami FL
-Fri Aug 5
Manchester United v New York Cosmos - 1:30pm CT on Fox Soccer.
Venue: Old Trafford - Manchester England
AMERICANS IN EUROPE
Clarence Goodson has been named the new captain of Brondby. Here is a quote from the coach taken from the team's website and translated from Danish: (thanks to Henrik for the link)
"He is experienced, has a great charisma and plays in central defense. Clarence Goodson is very well liked in the squad and a natural choice as the captain."
dN
Mo Edu and Rangers are out of the UEFA Champions League.
dN
Game Action:
NORWAY - Eliteserien
Joe Bendik - Sogndal - Wed Aug 3 - on the bench as they lost 4-0 at Haugesund.
NORWAY - 1 Divisjon
Rhett Bernstein - Mjondalen - Wed Aug 3 - won 3-1 v Hodd.
John Borrajo - HamKam - Wed Aug 3 - drew 2-2 v Bodo/Glimt.
Kyle Helton - Mjondalen - Wed Aug 3 won 3-1 v Hodd.
UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE - 3rd Qualifying Round - 2nd Leg
Mo Edu - Rangers - Wed Aug 3 - went the distance but drew 1-1 at Malmo and are knocked out 2-1 on aggregate.
dN
Coming Up:
NORWAY - Eliteserien
Erik Benjaminsen - Stabaek - Fri Aug 5 at Fredrikstad
Sean Cunningham - Molde - Thu Aug 4 at Start
Mikkel Diskerud - Stabaek - Fri Aug 5 at Fredrikstad
Josh Gatt - Molde - Thu Aug 4 at Start
NORWAY - 1 Divisjon
Colin Burns - Sandefjord - Thu Aug 4 at Honefoss
Steve Clark - Honefoss - Thu Aug 4 v Sandefjord
Kenneth Di Vita Jensen - Honefoss - Thu Aug 4 v Sandefjord
UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 3rd Qualifying Round - 2nd Leg
Clint Dempsey - Fulham - Thu Aug 4 v Split
Jozy Altidore - AZ - Thu Aug 4 at Jablonec
Clarence Goodson - Brondby - Thu Aug 4 v Ried
AMERICANS IN MEXICO
Coming Up:
PRIMERA DIVISION
Isaac Acuna - America - Wed Aug 3 v Estudiantes Tecos
Daniel Antunez - Estudiantes Tecos - Wed Aug 3 at America
DaMarcus Beasley - Puebla - Wed Aug 3 at Atlante
Jonathan Bornstein - Tigres UANL - Wed Aug 3 v Toluca
Edgar Castillo - America - Wed Aug 3 v Estudiantes Tecos
Herculez Gomez - Estudiantes Tecos - Wed Aug 3 at America
Sonny Guadarrama - Atlante - Wed Aug 3 v Puebla
Sammy Ochoa - Estudiantes Tecos - Wed Aug 3 at America
Jose Torres - Pachuca - Wed Aug 3 v Cruz Azul
FRANCE
Ligue 1 begins Sat Aug 6.
GERMANY
Bundesliga begins Fri Aug 5.
UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
So lets see who advanced today: Rubin, Malmo, Twente, Apoel, Plzen, Zurich, Wisla Krakow, Sturm, Maccabi Haifa, Dinamo Zagreb, Genk and Benfica.
Already advanced: BATE, Kobenhavn and Odense
30 teams competed in the 3rd Qualifying Round which is now complete. All scores are right here.
dN
The draw for the next round will take place on Fri Aug 5.
dN
The draw for the group stage will take place on Thu Aug 25.
UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE
68 teams are in the 3rd Qualifying Round with 1st Leg matches on Thu Jul 28, and 2nd Leg matches on Thu Aug 4. Here is the full schedule.
BRAZIL
And there is a full round of midweek games ahead to keep up the pressure at the top.
Brazil - Serie A Standings (13 of 38 games played):
28 Corinthians (12 GP) - NEXT: Wed Aug 3 v America Mineiro
27 Flamengo - NEXT: Wed Aug 3 at Cruzeiro
25 Palmeiras - NEXT: Wed Aug 3 at Cortiba
25 Sao Paulo - NEXT: Thu Aug 4 v Bahia
24 Vasco da Gama - NEXT: Wed Aug 3 v Santos
ARGENTINA
The first ever Primera season without River Plate begins on Fri Aug 5.
-This season we will be following the plight of RP as they make their way through the second division. (see the left hand column of this site)
BRAZIL 2014 WORLD CUP
Paul Kelso of The Telegraph looks at the chances of match fixing in the qualifiers - with one possible fix already being investigated.
COLOMBIA 2011 U20 WORLD CUP
Jul 29 - Aug 20.
World Cup website
dN
Standings:
Group A
6 Colombia (+5)
3 S Korea (0)
3 France (0)
0 Mali (-5)
Group B
4 Portugal (+1)
2 New Zealand (0)
2 Uruguay (0)
1 Cameroon (-1)
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 2-0 Mali
France 3-1 S Korea
Portugal 1-0 Cameroon
Uruguay 1-1 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
INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLIES
Matches & Scores:
-Thu Aug 4
Maldives v Mauritius
Seychelles v Comoros
ENDERS
Somehow a real live dolphin got on to the practice field and "assaulted" Barcelona's Sergio Busquets as so many opposition players seem to do on a weekly basis. Lets hope he can survive this one too:
posted by brucio at 17:12
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