Some News for Wed Sep 14, 2011
STARTERS
Rumors are spreading like a sandstorm that Bob Bradley will be announced as the new head coach of the Egyptian national team.
-Any Egyptian readers care to give us their thoughts?
dN
Stumbling Columbus hosts bumbling Houston in MLS action tonight. Both need to get things moving in the right direction as the playoffs approach.
-Columbus needs to fix their offense. Houston their defense. Or is it the other way around?
STORY OF THE DAY
Michael Lewis of Big Apple Soccer turns his column over to Will Smith a long suffering MetroStars/Red Bulls fan who simply can't take it anymore.
2011-12 CONCACACHAMPIONS
Matchday 3
And just like that the myth of a new MLS dominance over MPD teams comes to an end. Who is it that comes up with these goofy theories anyway? Of course I understand the momentous occasions that have happened in the past month. But can't we wait until AFTER the entire group stage is complete and MLS team dominate? Two long overdue road wins is not domination. They are just the end of a negative trend that should have ended long ago.
Recap du Nord: Last night LA got hosed and then handed (literally) away a win at Morelia, who move over LA into 1st place in the group. Colorado gagged badly at home to Santos Laguna and fell from 1st to 3rd. And Metapan (or as I like to call them Meatpan) got a big road win in Honduras pushing them up to a tie for 1st place with Santos.
Andy Friedlander of the Dallas Morning News writes that FCD is preparing for tonight's game without wingers Brek Shea and Marvin Chavez, both worn down by heavy schedules and niggling injuries.
Don Ruiz of the Tacoma News Tribune on what the Sounders are hoping to get from tonight's game in Costa Rica.
Tonight: Seattle travels to Heredia, Costa Rica, while Toronto goes to Mexico City.
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 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 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
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)
UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
Matchday 1
Recap du Nord: Chelsea was the only team with a comfortable win. Both Barcelona & Arsenal threw away 2 points in the final moments of their games by giving up tying goals. Marseille were the only road team to win.
Matches & Scores:
-Tue Sep 13
Chelsea 2-0 Leverkusen - Che goals by David Luiz and Juan Mata.
Genk 0-0 Valencia
Olympiacos 0-1 Marseille - Mar goal by Lucho Gonzalez.
Dortmund 1-1 Arsenal - Dor goal by Ivan Perisic. Ars goal by Robin Van Persie.
Porto 2-1 Shakhtar - Por goals by Hulk & Kleber. Sha goal by Luiz Adriano.
APOEL 2-1 Zenit - APO goals by Gustavo Manduca & Ailton. Zen goal by Konstantin Zyryanov.
Barcelona 2-2 Milan - Bar goals by Predro Rodriguez & David Villa. Mil goals by Alexandre Pato & Thiago Silva.
Plzen 1-1 BATE - Plz goal by Marek Bakos. BAT goal by Renan Bressan.
-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
FIFA SCANDALIZATIONINGS
Richard Conway formerly of Sky and soon to be of the BBC hips us to this bit of news:
FIFA executive member & president of the Football Association of Thailand under Patronage of His Majesty the King (aka FAT) Worawi Makudi is the next in line for the "FIFA corruption investigation." We know they are all crooked as English teeth but you have to wonder what he did to Blatter to bring this on? Beyond the notion that he is the Jack Warner of Asia. (Every corner of the globe has a Jack Warner)
-Australian Journalist Jesse Fink has more on Makudi.
TWITTERVERSE/FACEBOOKING
Former USA & Nurnberg star @TonySanneh: Rumor is Chandler gonna play for Germany. Lowe visits nberg today.
Oh no! Is this Germany telling Klinsi to back off duel citizenship players?
VERY SAD NEWS
Yesterday we told you that young Jose Perez died in a car accident in Houston on Tuesday, what we didn't know at the time was that he was a member of the FC Dallas U18 academy team.
VIDEO OF THE DAY
Football, football, football, football, football, football!
More from That Mitchell and Webb Look
(thanks again to Wes for this great stuff)
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 - 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
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)
MLS TEAM & PLAYER NEWS
FC DALLAS
FCD will honor the recently deceased Bobby Rhine at their home game this Saturday.
NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION
Frank Dell'Apa of the Globe sees a Revs team that may be peaking too late for a playoff run but are at least setting a strong base for next season.
NEW YORK RED BULLS
Brian Lewis of the NY Post says the tension is so thick that the Red Bulls seem just about ready to burst.
Big Apple Soccer asks Dax McCarty where the Bulls stand today.
The Red Bulls only have 3 full backs on their roster and Roy Miller is injured and Jan Gunnar Solli is suspended, leaving just Chris Albright.
VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC
The AP has an article on rookie Omar Salgado and his struggles adapting to life in the pros. Via the CBC.
-This is the third time someone has written this story during the course of this season and it does not sound like its getting any easier for the prodigy.
MLS EXHIBITION GAMES
Matches & Scores:
-Wed Sep 14
Chicago Fire v Guadalajara Chivas (Mexico)
Venue: Toyota Park
MLS/SUM BUSINESS
Whitney Holtzman of ESPNW does a Q & A with Kathy Carter president of SUM.
MLS EXPANSION
Randy Phillips of the Montreal Gazette talks to the Impact's MLS team head coach Jesse Marsch about his work so far toward next season.
AMERICANS IN EUROPE
Jamie Hill of Yanks Abroad reports that potential USA international Fabian Johnson has suffered a vertebrae injury that will sideline him for a month, meaning the next two USA friendlies in October are likely out of the question.
dN
Game Action:
DENMARK - Landspokal - 2nd Round
Conor O'Brien - SonderjyskE - Wed Sep 14 W 0-1 at Brabrand.
UEFA - Champions League - Group Stage - Matchday 1
David Yelldell - Bayer Leverkusen - Tue Sep 13 - on the bench as they lost 2-0 at Chelsea.
dN
Coming Up:
UEFA - Europa League - Group Stage - Matchday 1
-Thu Sept 15
Jozy Altidore - AZ - v Malmo
Steve Cherundolo - Hannover - v Rubin
Clint Dempsey - Fulham - v Twente
Brad Friedel - Tottenham - at PAOK
Sacha Kljestan - Anderlecht - v AEK
Jermiane Jones - Schalke - at Steaua
Oguchi Onyewu - Sporting - at Zurich
Jonathan Spector - Birmingham - v Braga
AMERICANS IN MEXICO
Coming Up:
PRIMERA DIVISION
Isaac Acuna - America - Wed Sep 14 v San Luis
Edgar Castillo - America - Wed Sep 14 v San Luis
Michael Orozco Fiscal - San Luis - Wed Sep 14 at America
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
Rumors are spreading like a sandstorm that Bob Bradley will be announced as the new head coach of the Egyptian national team.
-Any Egyptian readers care to give us their thoughts?
dN
Stumbling Columbus hosts bumbling Houston in MLS action tonight. Both need to get things moving in the right direction as the playoffs approach.
-Columbus needs to fix their offense. Houston their defense. Or is it the other way around?
STORY OF THE DAY
Michael Lewis of Big Apple Soccer turns his column over to Will Smith a long suffering MetroStars/Red Bulls fan who simply can't take it anymore.
2011-12 CONCACACHAMPIONS
Matchday 3
And just like that the myth of a new MLS dominance over MPD teams comes to an end. Who is it that comes up with these goofy theories anyway? Of course I understand the momentous occasions that have happened in the past month. But can't we wait until AFTER the entire group stage is complete and MLS team dominate? Two long overdue road wins is not domination. They are just the end of a negative trend that should have ended long ago.
Recap du Nord: Last night LA got hosed and then handed (literally) away a win at Morelia, who move over LA into 1st place in the group. Colorado gagged badly at home to Santos Laguna and fell from 1st to 3rd. And Metapan (or as I like to call them Meatpan) got a big road win in Honduras pushing them up to a tie for 1st place with Santos.
Andy Friedlander of the Dallas Morning News writes that FCD is preparing for tonight's game without wingers Brek Shea and Marvin Chavez, both worn down by heavy schedules and niggling injuries.
Don Ruiz of the Tacoma News Tribune on what the Sounders are hoping to get from tonight's game in Costa Rica.
Tonight: Seattle travels to Heredia, Costa Rica, while Toronto goes to Mexico City.
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 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 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
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)
UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
Matchday 1
Recap du Nord: Chelsea was the only team with a comfortable win. Both Barcelona & Arsenal threw away 2 points in the final moments of their games by giving up tying goals. Marseille were the only road team to win.
Matches & Scores:
-Tue Sep 13
Chelsea 2-0 Leverkusen - Che goals by David Luiz and Juan Mata.
Genk 0-0 Valencia
Olympiacos 0-1 Marseille - Mar goal by Lucho Gonzalez.
Dortmund 1-1 Arsenal - Dor goal by Ivan Perisic. Ars goal by Robin Van Persie.
Porto 2-1 Shakhtar - Por goals by Hulk & Kleber. Sha goal by Luiz Adriano.
APOEL 2-1 Zenit - APO goals by Gustavo Manduca & Ailton. Zen goal by Konstantin Zyryanov.
Barcelona 2-2 Milan - Bar goals by Predro Rodriguez & David Villa. Mil goals by Alexandre Pato & Thiago Silva.
Plzen 1-1 BATE - Plz goal by Marek Bakos. BAT goal by Renan Bressan.
-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
FIFA SCANDALIZATIONINGS
Richard Conway formerly of Sky and soon to be of the BBC hips us to this bit of news:
FIFA executive member & president of the Football Association of Thailand under Patronage of His Majesty the King (aka FAT) Worawi Makudi is the next in line for the "FIFA corruption investigation." We know they are all crooked as English teeth but you have to wonder what he did to Blatter to bring this on? Beyond the notion that he is the Jack Warner of Asia. (Every corner of the globe has a Jack Warner)
-Australian Journalist Jesse Fink has more on Makudi.
TWITTERVERSE/FACEBOOKING
Former USA & Nurnberg star @TonySanneh: Rumor is Chandler gonna play for Germany. Lowe visits nberg today.
Oh no! Is this Germany telling Klinsi to back off duel citizenship players?
VERY SAD NEWS
Yesterday we told you that young Jose Perez died in a car accident in Houston on Tuesday, what we didn't know at the time was that he was a member of the FC Dallas U18 academy team.
VIDEO OF THE DAY
Football, football, football, football, football, football!
More from That Mitchell and Webb Look
(thanks again to Wes for this great stuff)
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 - 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
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)
MLS TEAM & PLAYER NEWS
FC DALLAS
FCD will honor the recently deceased Bobby Rhine at their home game this Saturday.
NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION
Frank Dell'Apa of the Globe sees a Revs team that may be peaking too late for a playoff run but are at least setting a strong base for next season.
NEW YORK RED BULLS
Brian Lewis of the NY Post says the tension is so thick that the Red Bulls seem just about ready to burst.
Big Apple Soccer asks Dax McCarty where the Bulls stand today.
The Red Bulls only have 3 full backs on their roster and Roy Miller is injured and Jan Gunnar Solli is suspended, leaving just Chris Albright.
VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC
The AP has an article on rookie Omar Salgado and his struggles adapting to life in the pros. Via the CBC.
-This is the third time someone has written this story during the course of this season and it does not sound like its getting any easier for the prodigy.
MLS EXHIBITION GAMES
Matches & Scores:
-Wed Sep 14
Chicago Fire v Guadalajara Chivas (Mexico)
Venue: Toyota Park
MLS/SUM BUSINESS
Whitney Holtzman of ESPNW does a Q & A with Kathy Carter president of SUM.
MLS EXPANSION
Randy Phillips of the Montreal Gazette talks to the Impact's MLS team head coach Jesse Marsch about his work so far toward next season.
AMERICANS IN EUROPE
Jamie Hill of Yanks Abroad reports that potential USA international Fabian Johnson has suffered a vertebrae injury that will sideline him for a month, meaning the next two USA friendlies in October are likely out of the question.
dN
Game Action:
DENMARK - Landspokal - 2nd Round
Conor O'Brien - SonderjyskE - Wed Sep 14 W 0-1 at Brabrand.
UEFA - Champions League - Group Stage - Matchday 1
David Yelldell - Bayer Leverkusen - Tue Sep 13 - on the bench as they lost 2-0 at Chelsea.
dN
Coming Up:
UEFA - Europa League - Group Stage - Matchday 1
-Thu Sept 15
Jozy Altidore - AZ - v Malmo
Steve Cherundolo - Hannover - v Rubin
Clint Dempsey - Fulham - v Twente
Brad Friedel - Tottenham - at PAOK
Sacha Kljestan - Anderlecht - v AEK
Jermiane Jones - Schalke - at Steaua
Oguchi Onyewu - Sporting - at Zurich
Jonathan Spector - Birmingham - v Braga
AMERICANS IN MEXICO
Coming Up:
PRIMERA DIVISION
Isaac Acuna - America - Wed Sep 14 v San Luis
Edgar Castillo - America - Wed Sep 14 v San Luis
Michael Orozco Fiscal - San Luis - Wed Sep 14 at America
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 17:44
2 Comments:
"Every corner of the globe has a Jack Warner"
So Sepp Blatter is the Jack Warner of...the whole world? Sounds about right.
Re: Timothy Chandler: I may be mistaken, but I thought FIFA allowed a "one time switch". Chandler played for Germany's youth teams, then switched to the US. Would FIFA allow him to switch back?
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