Some News for Thu Sep 15, 2011
STARTERS
Bob Bradley has officially been hired as head coach of Egypt. El Badil with the story.
dN
Jozy Altidore got the first goal for AZ in a Europa League win today.
STORY OF THE DAY
ESPN has the story of Richard Sanchez who was born and raised in the USA but played goalkeeper for the Mexican national team this summer when they won the U17 World Cup. He also plays for FC Dallas. And the story is told in his own words. Fascinating. (thanks to Ryan for the link)
I do have respect for America and appreciate what this country represents. I have a different perspective than my teammates. They’ll say something like, “All Americans are racist.” But I know that’s not true at all. I tell them, “How many Americans have you met? What would you say if I told you all Mexicans are drug dealers?” It goes both ways.
2011-12 CONCACACHAMPIONS
Matchday 3
Recap du Nord: Dallas looked completely worn out as they scored after just 23 seconds then held on for dear life and got a home tie against Tauro. Dallas still leads their group though. Pumas reignited their might as reigning Mexican champs to drill Toronto who fell out of the top 2 in their group. Meanwhile Seattle became the first team to 9 points after a big win in Costa Rica.
Video highlights from all the games.
dN
Group Stage - Round robin, home & away - matches played Aug 16 to Oct 20
Matchday 3
-Tue Sep 13
Morelia 2-1 LA Galaxy - Mor goals by Adrian Alderete & Miguel Sabah. LAG goal by Robbie Keane.
Colorado Rapids 1-4 Santos Laguna - CR goal by Brian Mullan. SL goals by Daniel Luduena, Oribe Peralta, Carlos Quintero & Cristian Suarez.
Real Espana 1-2 Metapan - RE goal by Carlos Pavon. IM goals by Ernesto Aquino & Allan Kardeck.
-Wed Sep 14
Dallas 1-1 Tauro - Dal goal by Daniel Cruz. Tau goal by Luis Moreno.
Herediano 1-2 Seattle Sounders - Her goal by Jose Cancela(PK). SS goals both by Fredy Montero.
Pumas 4-0 Toronto - Delayed - Pum goals by Martin Bravo(3) & Efrain Velarde.
Comunicaciones v Monterrey
-Thu Sep 15
Motagua v Alajuelense - 9pm CT
dN
Standings:
GROUP A
6 Monarchas Morelia (Mexico) (+4)
6 LA Galaxy (USA) (+3)
3 Alajuelense (Costa Rica) (-1)
0 Motagua (Honduras) (-6)
GROUP B
6 Isidro Metapan (El Salvador) (+2)
6 Santos Laguna (Mexico) (+2)
4 Colorado Rapids (USA) (-2)
1 Real Espana (Honduras) (-2)
GROUP C
7 Dallas (USA) (+2)
4 UNAM Pumas (Mexico) (+3)
3 Toronto (Canada) (-4)
2 Tauro (Panama) (-1)
GROUP D
9 Seattle Sounders (USA) (+5)
3 Monterrey (Mexico) (+4)
3 Comunicaciones (Guatemala) (-1)
0 Herediano (Costa Rica) (-8)
UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
Matchday 1
Recap du Nord: On Wednesday, Trabzonspor played in the UCL for the very first time, and won! Beating Inter 1-0 at San Siro in Milan. Bayern and Real Madrid also got big road wins. But the 2 Manchester teams that seemed so invincible could only get ties in their first matches, and Man City was at home. So that means good results for Napoli and Benfica.
Matches & Scores:
-Wed Sep 14
Man. City 1-1 Napoli - MC goal by Aleksandar Kolarov. Nap goal by Edinson Cavani.
Villarreal 0-2 Bayern 0 BM goals by Toni Kroos & Rafinha.
Lille 2-2 CSKA Moskva - Lil goals by Moussa Sow & Benoit & Pedretti. CM goals both by Seydou Doumbia.
Inter 0-1 Trabzonspor - Tra goal by Ondrej Celustka.
Basel 2-1 Otelul Galati - Bas goals by Fabian Frei & Alexander Fri(PK). OG goal by Marius Pena.
Benfica 1-1 Man. United - Ben goal by Oscar Cardozo. MU goal by Ryan Giggs.
Dinamo Zagreb 0-1 Real Madrid - RM goal by Angel Di Maria.
Ajax 0-0 Lyon
Group Standings
BIG EUROPEAN CLUB MATCHES
Sunday is especially tasty looking!
Matches & Scores:
-Sat Sep 17
Inter v Roma - 2 teams who want to win the league both got started with losses, and they really don't like each other.
PSV v Ajax - the biggest rivalry in the Netherlands.
-Sun Sep 18
Manchester United v Chelsea - We know Man U are for real, but is Chelsea?
Napoli v Milan - the home team wants to prove that they are contenders for the title too.
Tottenham v Liverpool - battle of the also-rans.
Schalke v Bayern Munich - Schalke has aspirations, while Bayern has full intent.
Rangers v Celtic - the first Old Firm derby of the season.
Lyon v Marsielle - 2 of the league favorites for many years now.
Getafe v Rayo Vallecano - the Mini-Madrid derby.
The official Barclays Premier League Preview.
MLS MATCHES, SCORES & STANDINGS
WEEK 27
Matches & Scores:
-Wed Sep 14
Columbus Crew 2-2 Houston Dynamo - CC goals both by Andres Mendoza(Both PKs). HD goals by Je-Vaughn Watson & Calen Carr.
Venue: Crew Stadium
Atten: 10,709
-Fri Sep 16
Portland Timbers v New England Revolution - 10:00PM CT on FOX Soccer
Venue: JELD-WEN Field
-Sat Sep 17
Toronto FC v Colorado Rapids - 12:30PM CT on Direct Kick
Venue: BMO Field
Chicago Fire SC v CD Chivas USA - 3:00PM CT on Telefutura
Venue: Toyota Park
Philadelphia Union v Columbus Crew - 6:30PM CT on Direct Kick
Venue: PPL Park
Houston Dynamo v San Jose Earthquakes - 7:30PM CT on Direct Kick
Venue: Robertson Stadium
FC Dallas v New York Red Bulls - 7:30PM CT on Direct Kick
Venue: Pizza Hut Park
Seattle Sounders FC v DC United - 8:00PM CT on Direct Kick
Venue: CenturyLink Field
Real Salt Lake v Sporting Kansas City - 8:00PM CT on Direct Kick
Venue: Rio Tinto Stadium
LA Galaxy v Vancouver Whitecaps FC - 9:30PM CT on Direct Kick
Venue: The Home Depot Center
dN
EJECTIONS:
Emmanuel Ekpo - Columbus - red card
dN
Standings:
EASTERN CONFERENCE
41 Columbus Crew (28 GP) (-1 GD)
40 Sporting Kansas City (28 GP) (+7 GD)
36 Philadelphia Union (27 GP) (+5 GD)
36 Houston Dynamo (29 GP) (-2 GD)
34 DC United (25 GP) (+2 GD)
33 New York Red Bulls (27 GP) (+4 GD)
27 Chicago Fire SC (27 GP) (-5 GD)
27 New England Revolution (28 GP) (-11 GD)
27 Toronto FC (29 GP) (-21 GD)
WESTERN CONFERENCE
*55 LA Galaxy (28 GP) (+18 GD)
48 Seattle Sounders FC (28 GP) (+12 GD)
46 FC Dallas (28 GP) (+5 GD)
45 Real Salt Lake (26 GP) (+15 GD)
41 Colorado Rapids (29 GP) (+2 GD)
33 Portland Timbers (27 GP) (-8 GD)
31 CD Chivas USA (28 GP) (-1 GD)
29 San Jose Earthquakes (27 GP) (-6 GD)
22 Vancouver Whitecaps FC (27 GP) (-15 GD)
MLS TEAM & PLAYER NEWS
HOUSTON DYNAMO
Still without a win on the road.
-Only 2 chances left to fix that:
Sat Sep 24 at Dallas
Fri Oct 14 at Portland
SPORTING KANSAS CITY SC
SKC has signed centerback/defensive midfielder Lawrence "Leapin' Larry" Olum from Orlando City of the USL Pro division.
MLS EXHIBITION GAMES
The real Chivas got the win in Chicago last night.
Matches & Scores:
-Wed Sep 14
Chicago Fire 0-1 Guadalajara Chivas (Mexico) - Gua goal by Jorge Mora.
Venue: Toyota Park
MLS STADIUMS
The Houston Dynamo webcam as of 11am CT today.
NASL NEWS
Tim Hankinson will be the first head coach for the San Antonio Scorpions who join the league next season.
-Hankinson coached Colorado and Tampa in MLS and was most recently in India.
Will there be a league next season? Always a fair question to start any NASL conversation with.
AMERICANS IN EUROPE
Game Action:
UEFA - Europa League - Group Stage - Matchday 1
-Thu Sept 15
Jozy Altidore - AZ - went the distance scoring a goal as they won 4-1 v Malmo.
Steve Cherundolo - Hannover - played the whole game as they drew 0-0 v Standard.
Clint Dempsey - Fulham - went the distance getting a yellow card as they tied 1-1 v Twente.
Sacha Kljestan - Anderlecht - played the full 90 as they won 4-1 v AEK.
Oguchi Onyewu - Sporting - played the whole game as they won 0-2 at Zurich.
Jonathan Spector - Birmingham - played the entire match but lost 1-3 v Braga.
AMERICANS IN MEXICO
Game Action:
PRIMERA DIVISION
Isaac Acuna - America - Wed Sep 14 - came on as a sub in the dying seconds as they drew 2-2 v San Luis.
Edgar Castillo - America - Wed Sep 14 - played the full 90 as they tied 2-2 v San Luis.
Michael Orozco Fiscal - San Luis - Wed Sep 14 - went the distance as they tied 2-2 at America.
ENGLAND
Jere Longman of the New York Times on a rare humbling start to the new season for Arsenal.
UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE
Matchday 1 was today Thu Sep 15.
How did your fave band of merry men do?
Group Standings
CONMEBOL
Copa Roca - Special Home & Home Friendly Series: (only players from the domestic leagues are used)
Tim Vickery at Sambafoot tells us the story of the forgettable scoreless first leg.
-Wed Sep 14
Argentina 0-0 Brazil
-Wed Sep 28
Brazil v Argentina
TACTICS
Jonathan Wilson of the Guardian ponders the old question of should a manager pick a system and put players into it, or should you get players and form your system to their strengths. Inter Milan is caught in this web.
Bob Bradley has officially been hired as head coach of Egypt. El Badil with the story.
dN
Jozy Altidore got the first goal for AZ in a Europa League win today.
STORY OF THE DAY
ESPN has the story of Richard Sanchez who was born and raised in the USA but played goalkeeper for the Mexican national team this summer when they won the U17 World Cup. He also plays for FC Dallas. And the story is told in his own words. Fascinating. (thanks to Ryan for the link)
I do have respect for America and appreciate what this country represents. I have a different perspective than my teammates. They’ll say something like, “All Americans are racist.” But I know that’s not true at all. I tell them, “How many Americans have you met? What would you say if I told you all Mexicans are drug dealers?” It goes both ways.
2011-12 CONCACACHAMPIONS
Matchday 3
Recap du Nord: Dallas looked completely worn out as they scored after just 23 seconds then held on for dear life and got a home tie against Tauro. Dallas still leads their group though. Pumas reignited their might as reigning Mexican champs to drill Toronto who fell out of the top 2 in their group. Meanwhile Seattle became the first team to 9 points after a big win in Costa Rica.
Video highlights from all the games.
dN
Group Stage - Round robin, home & away - matches played Aug 16 to Oct 20
Matchday 3
-Tue Sep 13
Morelia 2-1 LA Galaxy - Mor goals by Adrian Alderete & Miguel Sabah. LAG goal by Robbie Keane.
Colorado Rapids 1-4 Santos Laguna - CR goal by Brian Mullan. SL goals by Daniel Luduena, Oribe Peralta, Carlos Quintero & Cristian Suarez.
Real Espana 1-2 Metapan - RE goal by Carlos Pavon. IM goals by Ernesto Aquino & Allan Kardeck.
-Wed Sep 14
Dallas 1-1 Tauro - Dal goal by Daniel Cruz. Tau goal by Luis Moreno.
Herediano 1-2 Seattle Sounders - Her goal by Jose Cancela(PK). SS goals both by Fredy Montero.
Pumas 4-0 Toronto - Delayed - Pum goals by Martin Bravo(3) & Efrain Velarde.
Comunicaciones v Monterrey
-Thu Sep 15
Motagua v Alajuelense - 9pm CT
dN
Standings:
GROUP A
6 Monarchas Morelia (Mexico) (+4)
6 LA Galaxy (USA) (+3)
3 Alajuelense (Costa Rica) (-1)
0 Motagua (Honduras) (-6)
GROUP B
6 Isidro Metapan (El Salvador) (+2)
6 Santos Laguna (Mexico) (+2)
4 Colorado Rapids (USA) (-2)
1 Real Espana (Honduras) (-2)
GROUP C
7 Dallas (USA) (+2)
4 UNAM Pumas (Mexico) (+3)
3 Toronto (Canada) (-4)
2 Tauro (Panama) (-1)
GROUP D
9 Seattle Sounders (USA) (+5)
3 Monterrey (Mexico) (+4)
3 Comunicaciones (Guatemala) (-1)
0 Herediano (Costa Rica) (-8)
UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
Matchday 1
Recap du Nord: On Wednesday, Trabzonspor played in the UCL for the very first time, and won! Beating Inter 1-0 at San Siro in Milan. Bayern and Real Madrid also got big road wins. But the 2 Manchester teams that seemed so invincible could only get ties in their first matches, and Man City was at home. So that means good results for Napoli and Benfica.
Matches & Scores:
-Wed Sep 14
Man. City 1-1 Napoli - MC goal by Aleksandar Kolarov. Nap goal by Edinson Cavani.
Villarreal 0-2 Bayern 0 BM goals by Toni Kroos & Rafinha.
Lille 2-2 CSKA Moskva - Lil goals by Moussa Sow & Benoit & Pedretti. CM goals both by Seydou Doumbia.
Inter 0-1 Trabzonspor - Tra goal by Ondrej Celustka.
Basel 2-1 Otelul Galati - Bas goals by Fabian Frei & Alexander Fri(PK). OG goal by Marius Pena.
Benfica 1-1 Man. United - Ben goal by Oscar Cardozo. MU goal by Ryan Giggs.
Dinamo Zagreb 0-1 Real Madrid - RM goal by Angel Di Maria.
Ajax 0-0 Lyon
Group Standings
BIG EUROPEAN CLUB MATCHES
Sunday is especially tasty looking!
Matches & Scores:
-Sat Sep 17
Inter v Roma - 2 teams who want to win the league both got started with losses, and they really don't like each other.
PSV v Ajax - the biggest rivalry in the Netherlands.
-Sun Sep 18
Manchester United v Chelsea - We know Man U are for real, but is Chelsea?
Napoli v Milan - the home team wants to prove that they are contenders for the title too.
Tottenham v Liverpool - battle of the also-rans.
Schalke v Bayern Munich - Schalke has aspirations, while Bayern has full intent.
Rangers v Celtic - the first Old Firm derby of the season.
Lyon v Marsielle - 2 of the league favorites for many years now.
Getafe v Rayo Vallecano - the Mini-Madrid derby.
The official Barclays Premier League Preview.
MLS MATCHES, SCORES & STANDINGS
WEEK 27
Matches & Scores:
-Wed Sep 14
Columbus Crew 2-2 Houston Dynamo - CC goals both by Andres Mendoza(Both PKs). HD goals by Je-Vaughn Watson & Calen Carr.
Venue: Crew Stadium
Atten: 10,709
-Fri Sep 16
Portland Timbers v New England Revolution - 10:00PM CT on FOX Soccer
Venue: JELD-WEN Field
-Sat Sep 17
Toronto FC v Colorado Rapids - 12:30PM CT on Direct Kick
Venue: BMO Field
Chicago Fire SC v CD Chivas USA - 3:00PM CT on Telefutura
Venue: Toyota Park
Philadelphia Union v Columbus Crew - 6:30PM CT on Direct Kick
Venue: PPL Park
Houston Dynamo v San Jose Earthquakes - 7:30PM CT on Direct Kick
Venue: Robertson Stadium
FC Dallas v New York Red Bulls - 7:30PM CT on Direct Kick
Venue: Pizza Hut Park
Seattle Sounders FC v DC United - 8:00PM CT on Direct Kick
Venue: CenturyLink Field
Real Salt Lake v Sporting Kansas City - 8:00PM CT on Direct Kick
Venue: Rio Tinto Stadium
LA Galaxy v Vancouver Whitecaps FC - 9:30PM CT on Direct Kick
Venue: The Home Depot Center
dN
EJECTIONS:
Emmanuel Ekpo - Columbus - red card
dN
Standings:
EASTERN CONFERENCE
41 Columbus Crew (28 GP) (-1 GD)
40 Sporting Kansas City (28 GP) (+7 GD)
36 Philadelphia Union (27 GP) (+5 GD)
36 Houston Dynamo (29 GP) (-2 GD)
34 DC United (25 GP) (+2 GD)
33 New York Red Bulls (27 GP) (+4 GD)
27 Chicago Fire SC (27 GP) (-5 GD)
27 New England Revolution (28 GP) (-11 GD)
27 Toronto FC (29 GP) (-21 GD)
WESTERN CONFERENCE
*55 LA Galaxy (28 GP) (+18 GD)
48 Seattle Sounders FC (28 GP) (+12 GD)
46 FC Dallas (28 GP) (+5 GD)
45 Real Salt Lake (26 GP) (+15 GD)
41 Colorado Rapids (29 GP) (+2 GD)
33 Portland Timbers (27 GP) (-8 GD)
31 CD Chivas USA (28 GP) (-1 GD)
29 San Jose Earthquakes (27 GP) (-6 GD)
22 Vancouver Whitecaps FC (27 GP) (-15 GD)
MLS TEAM & PLAYER NEWS
HOUSTON DYNAMO
Still without a win on the road.
-Only 2 chances left to fix that:
Sat Sep 24 at Dallas
Fri Oct 14 at Portland
SPORTING KANSAS CITY SC
SKC has signed centerback/defensive midfielder Lawrence "Leapin' Larry" Olum from Orlando City of the USL Pro division.
MLS EXHIBITION GAMES
The real Chivas got the win in Chicago last night.
Matches & Scores:
-Wed Sep 14
Chicago Fire 0-1 Guadalajara Chivas (Mexico) - Gua goal by Jorge Mora.
Venue: Toyota Park
MLS STADIUMS
The Houston Dynamo webcam as of 11am CT today.
NASL NEWS
Tim Hankinson will be the first head coach for the San Antonio Scorpions who join the league next season.
-Hankinson coached Colorado and Tampa in MLS and was most recently in India.
Will there be a league next season? Always a fair question to start any NASL conversation with.
AMERICANS IN EUROPE
Game Action:
UEFA - Europa League - Group Stage - Matchday 1
-Thu Sept 15
Jozy Altidore - AZ - went the distance scoring a goal as they won 4-1 v Malmo.
Steve Cherundolo - Hannover - played the whole game as they drew 0-0 v Standard.
Clint Dempsey - Fulham - went the distance getting a yellow card as they tied 1-1 v Twente.
Sacha Kljestan - Anderlecht - played the full 90 as they won 4-1 v AEK.
Oguchi Onyewu - Sporting - played the whole game as they won 0-2 at Zurich.
Jonathan Spector - Birmingham - played the entire match but lost 1-3 v Braga.
AMERICANS IN MEXICO
Game Action:
PRIMERA DIVISION
Isaac Acuna - America - Wed Sep 14 - came on as a sub in the dying seconds as they drew 2-2 v San Luis.
Edgar Castillo - America - Wed Sep 14 - played the full 90 as they tied 2-2 v San Luis.
Michael Orozco Fiscal - San Luis - Wed Sep 14 - went the distance as they tied 2-2 at America.
ENGLAND
Jere Longman of the New York Times on a rare humbling start to the new season for Arsenal.
UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE
Matchday 1 was today Thu Sep 15.
How did your fave band of merry men do?
Group Standings
CONMEBOL
Copa Roca - Special Home & Home Friendly Series: (only players from the domestic leagues are used)
Tim Vickery at Sambafoot tells us the story of the forgettable scoreless first leg.
-Wed Sep 14
Argentina 0-0 Brazil
-Wed Sep 28
Brazil v Argentina
TACTICS
Jonathan Wilson of the Guardian ponders the old question of should a manager pick a system and put players into it, or should you get players and form your system to their strengths. Inter Milan is caught in this web.
posted by brucio at 16:39
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Pessimistic much about the NASL Bruce? lol
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