Some News for Tue Sep 13, 2011
STARTERS
Tomorrow - Wed Sep 15 is the last day MLS teams can make any roster moves for this season. Thats it.
dN
The rumor is that the USA will schedule two more friendlies this calendar year - Approx Fri Nov 11 and Tue Nov 15, both in Europe.
2011-12 CONCACACHAMPIONS
Matchday 3
dN
Scott French of ESPN writes about LA headed to Morelia and the wave of negativity headed toward Landon Donovan.
-David Beckham did NOT travel to Mexico with the team due to an aggravated back injury.
-Juninho is out due to suspension.
John Meyer of the Denver Post writes about Colorado hosting Santo Laguna tonight.
Don Ruiz of the Tacoma News Tribune looks at the Sounders travels for CCL.
-And a tarantula.
-Plus, more team notes.
dN
Group Stage - Round robin, home & away - matches played Aug 16 to Oct 20
Matchday 3
-Tue Sep 13
Morelia v LA Galaxy - 7pm CT on Fox Soccer
Colorado Rapids v Santos Laguna - 9pm CT on Fox Soccer
Real Espana v Metapan
-Wed Sep 14
Dallas v Tauro - 7pm CT on Fox Soccer
Herediano v Seattle Sounders - 9pm CT on Fox Soccer
Pumas v Toronto - Delayed - 10am CT Wed Sep 15 on Fox Soccer
Comunicaciones v Monterrey
-Thu Sep 15
Motagua v Alajuelense - 9pm CT
dN
Standings:
GROUP A
6 LA Galaxy (USA) (+4)
3 Monarchas Morelia (Mexico) (+3)
3 Alajuelense (Costa Rica) (-1)
0 Motagua (Honduras) (-6)
GROUP B
4 Colorado Rapids (USA) (+1)
3 Isidro Metapan (El Salvador) (+1)
3 Santos Laguna (Mexico) (-1)
1 Real Espana (Honduras) (-1)
GROUP C
6 Dallas (USA) (+2)
3 Toronto (Canada) (0)
1 Tauro (Panama) (-1)
1 UNAM Pumas (Mexico) (-1)
GROUP D
6 Seattle Sounders (USA) (+4)
3 Monterrey (Mexico) (+4)
3 Comunicaciones (Guatemala) (-1)
0 Herediano (Costa Rica) (-7)
VERY SAD NEWS
The Houston Chronicle reports that USA U17 player Jose Perez was killed in a car accident this morning on the way to practice at San Jacinto College in Houston. Our thoughts go out to Jose's family, friends and teams, and everyone else hurt in the accident.
STAT OF THE DAY
The Major League Soccer Players Union has again released the players salaries. Here is that list broken down by club.
The minimum salary for a senior player is a paltry $42,000. Here is my 42k Best 11:
G
Milos Kocic
D
Sheanon Williams
George John
David Horst
Gabriel Farfan
M
Graham Zusi
Mauro Rosales
Kevin Burns
Sanna Nyassi
F
CJ Sapong
Tommy Heinemann
FACT OF THE DAY
Newly promoted Real Betis has started the Spanish Primera season with 2 wins and no goals allowed. How long do you think they can keep up this pace?
-Their next four matches are: away to Bilbao, home against Zaragoza, then at Getafe, and home v Levante. All winnable. Then they travel to Real Madrid in mid October.
VIDEO OF THE DAY
We, we, we, we, we, we, we, we!
That Mitchell and Webb Look
(Thanks to Wes for the clip. This is awesome!)
MLS MATCHES, SCORES & STANDINGS
WEEK 27
Matches & Scores:
-Wed Sep 14
Columbus Crew v Houston Dynamo - 6:30PM CT on Direct Kick
Venue: Crew Stadium
-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 - 5:00PM 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
Standings:
EASTERN CONFERENCE
40 Columbus Crew (27 GP) (-1 GD)
40 Sporting Kansas City (28 GP) (+7 GD)
36 Philadelphia Union (27 GP) (+5 GD)
35 Houston Dynamo (28 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)
*Playoff berth
MLS TEAM & PLAYER NEWS
General News
Chris Beattie of Tribalfootball talks to Colorado goalkeeper coach Chris Sharpe and asks him who the top 5 keepers in the league are.
DC UNITED
The team website has a Q & A with Chris Pontius about the broken leg he suffered last weekend.
-He takes the blame for the collision that caused the break. But David Junior Lopez of Chivas got the red card.
HOUSTON DYNAMO
Glenn Davis of Fox Sports Houston wonders what the problem is for the Dynamo when they go on the road. They are still winless this season.
LA GALAXY
Nick Green of the Daily Breeze writes about the quality of the Galaxy: Yes, they are that good.
NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION
Midfielder Stephen McCarty is done for the season after having surgery to repair torn labrum in his left shoulder. 4 months is the usual recovery time.
NEW YORK RED BULLS
Frank Giase of the Star Ledger tries to describe the hell hole the Red Bulls have dug for themselves.
PHILADELPHIA UNION
The Union signed 21 year old English centerback Joe Tait from the Dayton Dutch Lions of the USL Pro league.
PORTLAND TIMBERS
Geoffrey Arnold of the Oregonian writes that the Timbers see a must-win game in front of them if they have any hopes for the playoffs.
TORONTO FC
Kurtis Larson of the Sun sees Julian De Guzman starting to play with the quality that TFC signed him for.
-Too bad they paid a fortune to keep him around and its taken over 40 games to get to this level.
VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC
Geoff D'Auria of the Vancouver Courier hands out grades for the entire Whitecaps organization, even though the season is not over, in Part 1 - and - Part 2.
MLS OFFENSIVE STATS LEADERS
As of Tue Sep 13
Goals:
12 Landon Donovan
12 Thierry Henry
11 Charlie Davies
10 Eric Hassli
10 Brek Shea
10 Chris Wondolowski
9 Dwayne De Rosario
9 Andres Mendoza
9 Dominic Oduro
8 Six players tied
Assists:
13 Brad Davis
12 David Beckham
10 Dwayne De Rosario
10 Mauro Rosales
8 Kyle Beckerman
8 Davide Chiumiento
8 Jack Jewsbury
8 Sebastien Le Toux
7 Fredy Montero
7 Dane Richards
6 Seven players tied
MLS TEAM STAT LEADERS
Most Goals Scored:
43 Sporting Kansas City (1.54 PG)
43 Seattle Sounders (1.54 PG)
42 New York Red Bulls (1.56 PG)
40 LA Galaxy (1.43 PG)
39 Colorado Rapids (1.34 PG)
Least Goals Allowed
22 LA Galaxy (.79 PG)
22 Real Salt Lake (.85 PG)
30 Philadelphia Union (1.11 PG)
31 FC Dallas (1.11 PG)
31 Seattle Sounders (1.11 PG)
MLS EXHIBITION GAMES
Matches & Scores:
-Wed Sep 14
Chicago Fire v Guadalajara Chivas (Mexico)
Venue: Toyota Park
MLS EXPANSION
Brian Straus of the Sporting News takes a look at the next step for any potential expansion team(s).
USA MENS NATIONAL TEAM
US Soccer talks to former captain Claudio Reyna about his most memorable national team game.
AMERICANS IN EUROPE
Brian Sciaretta of Yanks Abroad with an article on defensive midfielder Bryan Gerzicich who plays for Haopel Kiryat Shmona in Israel's top division.
dN
Coming Up:
DENMARK - Landspokal - 2nd Round
Conor O'Brien - SonderjyskE - Wed Sep 14 at Brabrand
SPAIN
The great writer Phil Ball of ESPN is back at it for covering another season of La Liga.
-And then there was Barcelona dropping 2 points.
UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
Matchday 1
Matches & Scores:
-Tue Sep 13
Chelsea v Leverkusen
Genk v Valencia
Olympiacos v Marseille
Dortmund v Arsenal
Porto v Shakhtar
APOEL v Zenit
Barcelona v Milan
Plzen v BATE
-Wed Sep 14
Man. City v Napoli
Villarreal v Bayern
Lille v CSKA Moskva
Inter v Trabzonspor
Basel v Otelul Galati
Benfica v Man. United
Dinamo Zagreb v Real Madrid
Ajax v Lyon
Group Standings
UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE
Matchday 1 is Thu Sep 15.
-Group Standings
CONMEBOL
Copa Roca - Special Home & Home Friendly Series:
(only players from the domestic leagues are used)
-Wed Sep 14
Argentina v Brazil
-Wed Sep 28
Brazil v Argentina
Tomorrow - Wed Sep 15 is the last day MLS teams can make any roster moves for this season. Thats it.
dN
The rumor is that the USA will schedule two more friendlies this calendar year - Approx Fri Nov 11 and Tue Nov 15, both in Europe.
2011-12 CONCACACHAMPIONS
Matchday 3
dN
Scott French of ESPN writes about LA headed to Morelia and the wave of negativity headed toward Landon Donovan.
-David Beckham did NOT travel to Mexico with the team due to an aggravated back injury.
-Juninho is out due to suspension.
John Meyer of the Denver Post writes about Colorado hosting Santo Laguna tonight.
Don Ruiz of the Tacoma News Tribune looks at the Sounders travels for CCL.
-And a tarantula.
-Plus, more team notes.
dN
Group Stage - Round robin, home & away - matches played Aug 16 to Oct 20
Matchday 3
-Tue Sep 13
Morelia v LA Galaxy - 7pm CT on Fox Soccer
Colorado Rapids v Santos Laguna - 9pm CT on Fox Soccer
Real Espana v Metapan
-Wed Sep 14
Dallas v Tauro - 7pm CT on Fox Soccer
Herediano v Seattle Sounders - 9pm CT on Fox Soccer
Pumas v Toronto - Delayed - 10am CT Wed Sep 15 on Fox Soccer
Comunicaciones v Monterrey
-Thu Sep 15
Motagua v Alajuelense - 9pm CT
dN
Standings:
GROUP A
6 LA Galaxy (USA) (+4)
3 Monarchas Morelia (Mexico) (+3)
3 Alajuelense (Costa Rica) (-1)
0 Motagua (Honduras) (-6)
GROUP B
4 Colorado Rapids (USA) (+1)
3 Isidro Metapan (El Salvador) (+1)
3 Santos Laguna (Mexico) (-1)
1 Real Espana (Honduras) (-1)
GROUP C
6 Dallas (USA) (+2)
3 Toronto (Canada) (0)
1 Tauro (Panama) (-1)
1 UNAM Pumas (Mexico) (-1)
GROUP D
6 Seattle Sounders (USA) (+4)
3 Monterrey (Mexico) (+4)
3 Comunicaciones (Guatemala) (-1)
0 Herediano (Costa Rica) (-7)
VERY SAD NEWS
The Houston Chronicle reports that USA U17 player Jose Perez was killed in a car accident this morning on the way to practice at San Jacinto College in Houston. Our thoughts go out to Jose's family, friends and teams, and everyone else hurt in the accident.
STAT OF THE DAY
The Major League Soccer Players Union has again released the players salaries. Here is that list broken down by club.
The minimum salary for a senior player is a paltry $42,000. Here is my 42k Best 11:
G
Milos Kocic
D
Sheanon Williams
George John
David Horst
Gabriel Farfan
M
Graham Zusi
Mauro Rosales
Kevin Burns
Sanna Nyassi
F
CJ Sapong
Tommy Heinemann
FACT OF THE DAY
Newly promoted Real Betis has started the Spanish Primera season with 2 wins and no goals allowed. How long do you think they can keep up this pace?
-Their next four matches are: away to Bilbao, home against Zaragoza, then at Getafe, and home v Levante. All winnable. Then they travel to Real Madrid in mid October.
VIDEO OF THE DAY
We, we, we, we, we, we, we, we!
That Mitchell and Webb Look
(Thanks to Wes for the clip. This is awesome!)
MLS MATCHES, SCORES & STANDINGS
WEEK 27
Matches & Scores:
-Wed Sep 14
Columbus Crew v Houston Dynamo - 6:30PM CT on Direct Kick
Venue: Crew Stadium
-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 - 5:00PM 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
Standings:
EASTERN CONFERENCE
40 Columbus Crew (27 GP) (-1 GD)
40 Sporting Kansas City (28 GP) (+7 GD)
36 Philadelphia Union (27 GP) (+5 GD)
35 Houston Dynamo (28 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)
*Playoff berth
MLS TEAM & PLAYER NEWS
General News
Chris Beattie of Tribalfootball talks to Colorado goalkeeper coach Chris Sharpe and asks him who the top 5 keepers in the league are.
DC UNITED
The team website has a Q & A with Chris Pontius about the broken leg he suffered last weekend.
-He takes the blame for the collision that caused the break. But David Junior Lopez of Chivas got the red card.
HOUSTON DYNAMO
Glenn Davis of Fox Sports Houston wonders what the problem is for the Dynamo when they go on the road. They are still winless this season.
LA GALAXY
Nick Green of the Daily Breeze writes about the quality of the Galaxy: Yes, they are that good.
NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION
Midfielder Stephen McCarty is done for the season after having surgery to repair torn labrum in his left shoulder. 4 months is the usual recovery time.
NEW YORK RED BULLS
Frank Giase of the Star Ledger tries to describe the hell hole the Red Bulls have dug for themselves.
PHILADELPHIA UNION
The Union signed 21 year old English centerback Joe Tait from the Dayton Dutch Lions of the USL Pro league.
PORTLAND TIMBERS
Geoffrey Arnold of the Oregonian writes that the Timbers see a must-win game in front of them if they have any hopes for the playoffs.
TORONTO FC
Kurtis Larson of the Sun sees Julian De Guzman starting to play with the quality that TFC signed him for.
-Too bad they paid a fortune to keep him around and its taken over 40 games to get to this level.
VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC
Geoff D'Auria of the Vancouver Courier hands out grades for the entire Whitecaps organization, even though the season is not over, in Part 1 - and - Part 2.
MLS OFFENSIVE STATS LEADERS
As of Tue Sep 13
Goals:
12 Landon Donovan
12 Thierry Henry
11 Charlie Davies
10 Eric Hassli
10 Brek Shea
10 Chris Wondolowski
9 Dwayne De Rosario
9 Andres Mendoza
9 Dominic Oduro
8 Six players tied
Assists:
13 Brad Davis
12 David Beckham
10 Dwayne De Rosario
10 Mauro Rosales
8 Kyle Beckerman
8 Davide Chiumiento
8 Jack Jewsbury
8 Sebastien Le Toux
7 Fredy Montero
7 Dane Richards
6 Seven players tied
MLS TEAM STAT LEADERS
Most Goals Scored:
43 Sporting Kansas City (1.54 PG)
43 Seattle Sounders (1.54 PG)
42 New York Red Bulls (1.56 PG)
40 LA Galaxy (1.43 PG)
39 Colorado Rapids (1.34 PG)
Least Goals Allowed
22 LA Galaxy (.79 PG)
22 Real Salt Lake (.85 PG)
30 Philadelphia Union (1.11 PG)
31 FC Dallas (1.11 PG)
31 Seattle Sounders (1.11 PG)
MLS EXHIBITION GAMES
Matches & Scores:
-Wed Sep 14
Chicago Fire v Guadalajara Chivas (Mexico)
Venue: Toyota Park
MLS EXPANSION
Brian Straus of the Sporting News takes a look at the next step for any potential expansion team(s).
USA MENS NATIONAL TEAM
US Soccer talks to former captain Claudio Reyna about his most memorable national team game.
AMERICANS IN EUROPE
Brian Sciaretta of Yanks Abroad with an article on defensive midfielder Bryan Gerzicich who plays for Haopel Kiryat Shmona in Israel's top division.
dN
Coming Up:
DENMARK - Landspokal - 2nd Round
Conor O'Brien - SonderjyskE - Wed Sep 14 at Brabrand
SPAIN
The great writer Phil Ball of ESPN is back at it for covering another season of La Liga.
-And then there was Barcelona dropping 2 points.
UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
Matchday 1
Matches & Scores:
-Tue Sep 13
Chelsea v Leverkusen
Genk v Valencia
Olympiacos v Marseille
Dortmund v Arsenal
Porto v Shakhtar
APOEL v Zenit
Barcelona v Milan
Plzen v BATE
-Wed Sep 14
Man. City v Napoli
Villarreal v Bayern
Lille v CSKA Moskva
Inter v Trabzonspor
Basel v Otelul Galati
Benfica v Man. United
Dinamo Zagreb v Real Madrid
Ajax v Lyon
Group Standings
UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE
Matchday 1 is Thu Sep 15.
-Group Standings
CONMEBOL
Copa Roca - Special Home & Home Friendly Series:
(only players from the domestic leagues are used)
-Wed Sep 14
Argentina v Brazil
-Wed Sep 28
Brazil v Argentina
posted by brucio at 16:33
1 Comments:
Mauro Rosales makes $42,000? That is insane.
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