Some Soccer News for Tue Oct 11, 2011
STARTERS
The rumor going around is that one USA opponent in the November international friendly week will be France.
dN
South Africa coach Pitso Mosimane has committed one of the great blunders in modern football history! The national team played their final game in African Cup of Nations qualifying last Saturday thinking they only needed 1 point to qualify because they held a wide margin in the goal differential tie breaker if 2 other potential teams won their games. So South Africa coasted to a safe 0-0 draw and celebrated in the stadium with their fans. Buuuuuuuuuuut.... it turns out the tie breaker was head-to-head with teams you are tied with and South Africa lost out to Niger!!! The head coach did not know the rules of the qualifying! Oof!
STORY OF THE DAY
Bob Wickwire of the Seattle Times does a Q & A with the excellent Kasey Keller.
DU NORD AT THE CONTROLS
du Nord at the Controls - Sun Oct 9, 2011 - Brand new music mix at Spotify
TEAM USA - EL EQUIPO DE TODOS
Alex Hoyt of The Atlantic transcribes Jurgen Klinsmann's own words on how he wants the USA to play soccer. Thanks to the Subparrookie for this one.
Ronald Blum of the AP with a great look at the Jurgen Klinsmann philosophy. (thanks to BQ for the link)
-I doubt Klinsmann's policies are much different at all from Bruce Arena's and Bob Bradley's, the difference is that we are hearing it from the coach, which he predecessors never really did. They kept everything internal.
George Vecsey of the New York Times on the dawning of the Klinsmann morning.
AFP reports that Chris Woods has been hired as the USA goalkeeper coach. He is also holds the same role at Everton with American keeper Tim Howard (and Marcus Hahnemann), and will continue in both jobs.
Michael Lewis of Big Apple Soccer reports on the search for an Olympic team head coach.
-It will not be assistant Martin Vasquez.
Lewis also writes about Klinsmann's search for young talent.
Lewis finishes with an article on the backup to Tim Howard.
dN
International friendlies
Matches & Scores:
Atten: 21, 170
-Tue Oct 11
USA v Ecuador - 6pm CT on ESPN2
Venue: Red Bull Arena, Harrison NJ
dN
USA Roster.
G:
Tim Howard - Everton
Nick Rimando - Real Salt Lake - not on the game day roster for Honduras.
D:
Carlos Bocanegra - Rangers
Timmy Chandler - Nurnberg
Steve Cherundolo - Hannover
Oguchi Onyewu - Sporting
Michael Orozco Fiscal - San Luis
Tim Ream - New York Red Bulls
Jonathan Spector - Birmingham
M:
DaMarcus Beasley - Puebla
Kyle Beckerman - Real Salt Lake
Michael Bradley - Chievo
Clint Dempsey - Fulham
Maurice Edu - Rangers
Jeff Larentowicz - Colorado Rapids
Brek Shea - FC Dallas
Danny Williams - Hoffenheim
F:
Juan Agudelo - New York Red Bulls
Jozy Altidore - AZ
Edson Buddle - Ingolstadt
Teal Bunbury -Sporting Kansas City
dN
Ecuador roster.
G:
Maximo Banguera - Barcelona (Ecuador)
Adrian Bone - SD Quito
Alexander Dominguez - LDU Quito
D:
Gabriel Achilier - Emelec
Walter Ayovi - Monterrey Rayados
Giovanny Caicedo - LDU Quito
Diego Calderon - LDU Quito
Jairo Campos - SD Quito
Fricson Erazo - CD El Nacional
Eduardo Morante - Emelec
Juan Carlos Paredes - SD Quito
M:
Alex Bolanos - SD Quito
Segundo Castillo - Pachuca
Edison Mendez - Emelec
Jefferson Montero - Betis
Cristhian Noboa - Rubin
Luis Saritama - SD Quito
Antonio Valencia - Man United
F:
Michael Arroyo - San Luis
Jaime Ayovi - Pachuca
Christian Benitez - America
Joffre Guerron - Atletico PR
Cristian Suarez - Santos FC
FIFA SCANDALIZATIONINGS
The 11 Caribbean federations that have been charged with accepting bribes by FIFA will have their cases heard starting today.
dN
Reuters reports on the crusade by former Brazilian star Romario to clean up FIFA.
PICTURE OF THE DAY
Here is a pretty cool photo of UFC star Kenny Florian wearing a Houston Dynamo shirt last week before his featherweight championship fight in Houston. He lost to defending champ Jose Aldo. (thanks to Odeen for the pic)
PODCASTS
This latest edition of the IMSoccer News podcast features an interview with NASL commissioner David Downs who covers a couple of very interesting topics like World Cup and Olympic bidding (he was the Chair of the USA World Cup Bid) and integrating NASL and MLS. And other NASL topics are discussed too. Download or listen here.
MLS MATCHES, SCORES & STANDINGS
Week 31
Matches & Scores:
-Wed Oct 12
Chicago Fire SC v FC Dallas - 7:30PM CT on Direct Kick
Venue: Toyota Park
Vancouver Whitecaps FC v DC United - 9:00PM CT on Direct Kick
Venue: BC Place
-Fri Oct 14
Colorado Rapids v Real Salt Lake - 9:30PM CT on ESPN2
Venue: Dick's Sporting Goods Park
Portland Timbers v Houston Dynamo - 9:30PM CT on Direct Kick
Venue: JELD-WEN Field
-Sat Oct 15
Sporting Kansas City v New York Red Bulls - 3:00PM CT on Telefutura
Venue: LIVESTRONG Sporting Park
Philadelphia Union v Toronto FC - 3:00PM CT on Direct Kick
Venue: PPL Park
DC United v Chicago Fire SC - 6:30PM CT on Direct Kick
Venue: RFK Stadium
New England Revolution v Columbus Crew - 6:30PM CT on Direct Kick
Venue: Gillette Stadium
FC Dallas v Vancouver Whitecaps FC - 7:30PM CT on Direct Kick
Venue: Pizza Hut Park
Seattle Sounders FC v San Jose Earthquakes - 9:30PM CT on FOX Soccer
Venue: CenturyLink Field
-Sun Oct 16
LA Galaxy v CD Chivas USA - 8:00PM CT on ESPN
Venue: The Home Depot Center
dN
Standings:
EASTERN CONFERENCE
E1-47 Philadelphia Union (32 GP) (+9 GD) (Max 53)
E2-45 Sporting Kansas City (32 GP) (+7 GD) (Max 51)
E3-44 Columbus Crew (32 GP) (-3 GD) (Max 50)
WC-43 New York Red Bulls (32 GP) (+7 GD) (Max 49)
WC-43 Houston Dynamo (32 GP) (0 GD) (Max 49)
38 DC United (30 GP) (0 GD) (Max 50)
37 Chicago Fire SC (31 GP) (0 GD) (Max 46)
OUT-31 Toronto FC (32 GP) (-23 GD)
OUT-27 New England Revolution (32 GP) (-17 GD)
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W1-*64 LA Galaxy (32 GP) (+21 GD) (Max 70)
W2-*57 Seattle Sounders FC (32 GP) (+16 GD) (Max 63)
W3-*51 Real Salt Lake (32 GP) (+8 GD) (Max 57)
WC-46 FC Dallas (31 GP) (+2 GD) (Max 55)
WC-45 Colorado Rapids (32 GP) (+2 GD) (Max 51)
40 Portland Timbers (31 GP) (-6 GD) (Max 49)
OUT-36 CD Chivas USA (32 GP) (+1 GD)
OUT-35 San Jose Earthquakes (32 GP) (-6 GD)
OUT-25 Vancouver Whitecaps FC (31 GP) (-18 GD)
* - Playoff berth secured
E1/2/3 - Eastern Conference seeds
W1/2/3 - Western Conference seeds
WC - Wild Card (next best 4)
IF THE MLS PLAYOFFS STARTED TODAY
The 10 teams (and the 3 remaining challengers):
WEST
64 LA Galaxy - NEXT: Sun Oct 16 v Chivas USA
57 Seattle Sounders - NEXT: Sat Oct 15 v San Jose
51 Real Salt Lake - NEXT: Fri Oct 14 at Colorado
EAST
47 Philadelphia Union - NEXT: Sat Oct 15 v Toronto
45 Sporting Kansas City - NEXT: Sat Oct 15 v New York
44 Columbus Crew - NEXT: Sat Oct 15 at New England
WILD CARD
46 FC Dallas - NEXT: Wed Oct 12 at Chicago
45 Colorado Rapids - NEXT: Fri Oct 14 v Salt Lake
43 New York Red Bulls - NEXT: Sat Oct 15 at Kansas City
43 Houston Dynamo - NEXT: Fri Oct 14 at Portland
- - - - -
40 Portland Timbers - NEXT: Fri Oct 14 v Houston
38 DC United - NEXT: Wed Oct 12 at Vancouver
37 Chicago Fire - NEXT: Wed Oct 12 v Dallas
MLS TEAM & PLAYER NEWS
CHICAGO FIRE
Len Zhiem of the Sun Times sees all 3 remaining Fire games as must-wins.
COLUMBUS CREW
Shawn Mitchell of the Dispatch looks at the Crew and sees a team preparing for a sprint to the finish line.
-Mitchell gives us the rundown of team injuries:
--Robbie Rogers (hamstring) resumed running yesterday after suffering a hamstring strain at Kansas City on Sept. 28
--Chad Marshall (ankle, hip) and Danny O’Rourke (knee, fitness): “It’s a professional rest week for (them),” trainer Dave Lagow said.
--Tommy Heinemann (back): Will not play in the reserve game after pulling a muscle against D.C. United on Oct. 2.
--Emilio Renteria (toe): Was stepped on during the United game but is expected to be ready for New England.
--Andres Mendoza: The Dozer is not injured but missed some time to attend to personal matters this week.
--Tony Tchani (right knee surgery) could be ready for the playoffs if the Crew qualifies. Tchani, acquired from Toronto on July 15, has not played for the Crew this season and had meniscus surgery in August. He is expected to begin training with the team next week.
This is also the end of covering the Crew for Shawn Mitchell. He is moving on to other things at the Dispatch. I can't thank him enough for all the great stories he has given us to link to. Best of luck to Shawn!
DC UNITED
Steven Goff of the Post with the latest in DCU team notes.
HOUSTON DYNAMO
Jose de Jesus Ortiz of the Chronicle rolls out Brad Davis's bonafides for MVP consideration.
-Davis is #4 on my list.
LA GALAXY
They are saying that Robbie Keane could be out 4 weeks with the adductor muscle injury.
-Remember when I said that LA needed a big time striker to win it all. Well, he was it, and if he is out, they could be too. (SEE: Chad Barrett)
dN
Nick Green of the Daily Breeze on the Galaxy's fantastic regular season.
MONTREAL IMPACT
The Impact made their second official signing a smart one, locking up centerback Hassoun Camara from their NASL roster.
-He was the best NASL defender I saw this season.
MLS EXHIBITION GAMES
Matches & Scores:
-Wed Oct 12
Sporting Kansas City v Guadalajara Chivas (Mexico)
Venue: Livestrong Sporting Park
CANADA
Nigel Reed of the CBC reports that Canada has just won 3 consecutive World Cup qualifying games for the first time in 15 years. Wow.
GERMANY
Hamburg has appointed their technical director Frank Arnesen as their new head coach.
UEFA EURO 2012 QUALIFYING
The very last day of the group stage was today.
Germany goes a perfect 10 wins from 10 games scoring 34 and giving up 7. Powerful stuff.
dN
Germany wins Group A
Russia wins Group B
Italy wins Group C
France wins Group D
Netherlands wins Group E
Greece wins Group F
England wins Group G
Denmark wins Group H
Spain wins Group I
Those 9 join hosts Poland and Ukraine.
Sweden qualifies as the best second place team.
The other Eight second place finishers earn a playoff spot for the last 4 berths. They are:
Turkey
Ireland
Estonia
Bosnia-Herzegovina
Croatia
Montenegro
Portugal
Czech Republic
dN
Jere Longman of the New York Times got a primo assignment, go to the little country that is bordered on all 4 sides by Italy and write their soccer story - San Marino.
-Great photos too.
dN
Matches & Scores:
-Tue Oct 11
Albania 1-1 Romania
Bulgaria 0-1 Wales
Croatia 2-0 Latvia
Denmark 2-1 Portugal
France 1-1 Bosnia-Herzegovina
Georgia 1-2 Greece
Germany 3-1 Belgium
Hungary 0-0 Finland
Ireland 2-1 Armenia
Italy 3-0 N Ireland
Kazakhstan 0-0 Austria
Lithuania 1-4 Czech Republic
Macedonia 1-1 Slovakia
Malta 0-2 Israel
Moldova 4-0 San Marino
Norway 3-1 Cyprus
Russia 6-0 Andorra
Slovenia 1-0 Serbia
Spain 3-1 Scotland
Sweden 3-2 Netherlands
Switzerland 2-0 Montenegro
Turkey 1-0 Azerbaijan
dN
Group Standings
AFRICA CUP OF NATIONS 2012
James Montague of the New York Times tells the amazing story of Libya qualifying for the ACN during an insane time of turmoil in their country.
dN
Zambia were one of the surprise qualifiers for the tournament in January, so how do you think they rewarded their head coach Dario Bonetti? They fired him!
CONCACAF 2014 WORLD CUP QUALIFYING
Matchday 4 is today.
Matches & Scores:
-Oct 11
Antigua & Barbuda v US Virgin Islands
Bermuda v Guyana
Canada v Puerto Rico
Guatemala v Belize
Haiti v Curacao
Panama v Nicaragua
St Kitts & Nevis v St Lucia
El Salvador v Cayman Islands
Suriname v Dominican Republic
Trinidad & Tobago v Barbados
-Oct 15
Grenada v St Vincent/Grenadines
Group Standings
-The 6 group winners advance to the next round.
ASIA 2014 WORLD CUP QUALIFYING
Matches & Scores:
-Tue Oct 11
Australia 3-0 Oman
China 0-1 Iraq
Indonesia 2-3 Qatar
Japan 8-0 Tajikistan
Lebanon 2-2 Kuwait
N Korea 0-1 Uzbekistan
Singapore 0-3 Jordan
Thailand 0-0 Saudi Arabia
S Korea 2-1 UAE
Iran v Bahrain
-Sat Oct 15
Indonesia v Iran
Jordan v Iraq
Kuwait v United Arab Emirates
Lebanon v S Korea
N Korea v Japan
Qatar v Bahrain
Saudi Arabia v Oman
Singapore v China
Thailand v Australia
Uzbekistan v Tajikistan
dN
Group Standings
CONMEBOL 2014 WORLD CUP QUALIFYING
Tim Vickery of the BBC looks at these first two dates of South American qualifying.
dN
Matches & Scores:
-Tue Oct 11
Bolivia v Colombia
Chile v Peru
Paraguay v Uruguay
Venezuela v Argentina
INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLIES
Matches & Scores:
-Tue Oct 11
Equatorial Guinea v Cameroon
Estonia v Ukraine
Ghana v Nigeria
Honduras v Jamaica
Mexico v Brazil
Philippines v Nepal
Poland v Belarus
USA v Ecuador
-Sat Oct 15
Algeria v Cameroon
Brazil v Egypt
Costa Rica v Spain
Italy v Uruguay
The rumor going around is that one USA opponent in the November international friendly week will be France.
dN
South Africa coach Pitso Mosimane has committed one of the great blunders in modern football history! The national team played their final game in African Cup of Nations qualifying last Saturday thinking they only needed 1 point to qualify because they held a wide margin in the goal differential tie breaker if 2 other potential teams won their games. So South Africa coasted to a safe 0-0 draw and celebrated in the stadium with their fans. Buuuuuuuuuuut.... it turns out the tie breaker was head-to-head with teams you are tied with and South Africa lost out to Niger!!! The head coach did not know the rules of the qualifying! Oof!
STORY OF THE DAY
Bob Wickwire of the Seattle Times does a Q & A with the excellent Kasey Keller.
DU NORD AT THE CONTROLS
du Nord at the Controls - Sun Oct 9, 2011 - Brand new music mix at Spotify
TEAM USA - EL EQUIPO DE TODOS
Alex Hoyt of The Atlantic transcribes Jurgen Klinsmann's own words on how he wants the USA to play soccer. Thanks to the Subparrookie for this one.
Ronald Blum of the AP with a great look at the Jurgen Klinsmann philosophy. (thanks to BQ for the link)
-I doubt Klinsmann's policies are much different at all from Bruce Arena's and Bob Bradley's, the difference is that we are hearing it from the coach, which he predecessors never really did. They kept everything internal.
George Vecsey of the New York Times on the dawning of the Klinsmann morning.
AFP reports that Chris Woods has been hired as the USA goalkeeper coach. He is also holds the same role at Everton with American keeper Tim Howard (and Marcus Hahnemann), and will continue in both jobs.
Michael Lewis of Big Apple Soccer reports on the search for an Olympic team head coach.
-It will not be assistant Martin Vasquez.
Lewis also writes about Klinsmann's search for young talent.
Lewis finishes with an article on the backup to Tim Howard.
dN
International friendlies
Matches & Scores:
Atten: 21, 170
-Tue Oct 11
USA v Ecuador - 6pm CT on ESPN2
Venue: Red Bull Arena, Harrison NJ
dN
USA Roster.
G:
Tim Howard - Everton
Nick Rimando - Real Salt Lake - not on the game day roster for Honduras.
D:
Carlos Bocanegra - Rangers
Timmy Chandler - Nurnberg
Steve Cherundolo - Hannover
Oguchi Onyewu - Sporting
Michael Orozco Fiscal - San Luis
Tim Ream - New York Red Bulls
Jonathan Spector - Birmingham
M:
DaMarcus Beasley - Puebla
Kyle Beckerman - Real Salt Lake
Michael Bradley - Chievo
Clint Dempsey - Fulham
Maurice Edu - Rangers
Jeff Larentowicz - Colorado Rapids
Brek Shea - FC Dallas
Danny Williams - Hoffenheim
F:
Juan Agudelo - New York Red Bulls
Jozy Altidore - AZ
Edson Buddle - Ingolstadt
Teal Bunbury -Sporting Kansas City
dN
Ecuador roster.
G:
Maximo Banguera - Barcelona (Ecuador)
Adrian Bone - SD Quito
Alexander Dominguez - LDU Quito
D:
Gabriel Achilier - Emelec
Walter Ayovi - Monterrey Rayados
Giovanny Caicedo - LDU Quito
Diego Calderon - LDU Quito
Jairo Campos - SD Quito
Fricson Erazo - CD El Nacional
Eduardo Morante - Emelec
Juan Carlos Paredes - SD Quito
M:
Alex Bolanos - SD Quito
Segundo Castillo - Pachuca
Edison Mendez - Emelec
Jefferson Montero - Betis
Cristhian Noboa - Rubin
Luis Saritama - SD Quito
Antonio Valencia - Man United
F:
Michael Arroyo - San Luis
Jaime Ayovi - Pachuca
Christian Benitez - America
Joffre Guerron - Atletico PR
Cristian Suarez - Santos FC
FIFA SCANDALIZATIONINGS
The 11 Caribbean federations that have been charged with accepting bribes by FIFA will have their cases heard starting today.
dN
Reuters reports on the crusade by former Brazilian star Romario to clean up FIFA.
PICTURE OF THE DAY
Here is a pretty cool photo of UFC star Kenny Florian wearing a Houston Dynamo shirt last week before his featherweight championship fight in Houston. He lost to defending champ Jose Aldo. (thanks to Odeen for the pic)
PODCASTS
This latest edition of the IMSoccer News podcast features an interview with NASL commissioner David Downs who covers a couple of very interesting topics like World Cup and Olympic bidding (he was the Chair of the USA World Cup Bid) and integrating NASL and MLS. And other NASL topics are discussed too. Download or listen here.
MLS MATCHES, SCORES & STANDINGS
Week 31
Matches & Scores:
-Wed Oct 12
Chicago Fire SC v FC Dallas - 7:30PM CT on Direct Kick
Venue: Toyota Park
Vancouver Whitecaps FC v DC United - 9:00PM CT on Direct Kick
Venue: BC Place
-Fri Oct 14
Colorado Rapids v Real Salt Lake - 9:30PM CT on ESPN2
Venue: Dick's Sporting Goods Park
Portland Timbers v Houston Dynamo - 9:30PM CT on Direct Kick
Venue: JELD-WEN Field
-Sat Oct 15
Sporting Kansas City v New York Red Bulls - 3:00PM CT on Telefutura
Venue: LIVESTRONG Sporting Park
Philadelphia Union v Toronto FC - 3:00PM CT on Direct Kick
Venue: PPL Park
DC United v Chicago Fire SC - 6:30PM CT on Direct Kick
Venue: RFK Stadium
New England Revolution v Columbus Crew - 6:30PM CT on Direct Kick
Venue: Gillette Stadium
FC Dallas v Vancouver Whitecaps FC - 7:30PM CT on Direct Kick
Venue: Pizza Hut Park
Seattle Sounders FC v San Jose Earthquakes - 9:30PM CT on FOX Soccer
Venue: CenturyLink Field
-Sun Oct 16
LA Galaxy v CD Chivas USA - 8:00PM CT on ESPN
Venue: The Home Depot Center
dN
Standings:
EASTERN CONFERENCE
E1-47 Philadelphia Union (32 GP) (+9 GD) (Max 53)
E2-45 Sporting Kansas City (32 GP) (+7 GD) (Max 51)
E3-44 Columbus Crew (32 GP) (-3 GD) (Max 50)
WC-43 New York Red Bulls (32 GP) (+7 GD) (Max 49)
WC-43 Houston Dynamo (32 GP) (0 GD) (Max 49)
38 DC United (30 GP) (0 GD) (Max 50)
37 Chicago Fire SC (31 GP) (0 GD) (Max 46)
OUT-31 Toronto FC (32 GP) (-23 GD)
OUT-27 New England Revolution (32 GP) (-17 GD)
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W1-*64 LA Galaxy (32 GP) (+21 GD) (Max 70)
W2-*57 Seattle Sounders FC (32 GP) (+16 GD) (Max 63)
W3-*51 Real Salt Lake (32 GP) (+8 GD) (Max 57)
WC-46 FC Dallas (31 GP) (+2 GD) (Max 55)
WC-45 Colorado Rapids (32 GP) (+2 GD) (Max 51)
40 Portland Timbers (31 GP) (-6 GD) (Max 49)
OUT-36 CD Chivas USA (32 GP) (+1 GD)
OUT-35 San Jose Earthquakes (32 GP) (-6 GD)
OUT-25 Vancouver Whitecaps FC (31 GP) (-18 GD)
* - Playoff berth secured
E1/2/3 - Eastern Conference seeds
W1/2/3 - Western Conference seeds
WC - Wild Card (next best 4)
IF THE MLS PLAYOFFS STARTED TODAY
The 10 teams (and the 3 remaining challengers):
WEST
64 LA Galaxy - NEXT: Sun Oct 16 v Chivas USA
57 Seattle Sounders - NEXT: Sat Oct 15 v San Jose
51 Real Salt Lake - NEXT: Fri Oct 14 at Colorado
EAST
47 Philadelphia Union - NEXT: Sat Oct 15 v Toronto
45 Sporting Kansas City - NEXT: Sat Oct 15 v New York
44 Columbus Crew - NEXT: Sat Oct 15 at New England
WILD CARD
46 FC Dallas - NEXT: Wed Oct 12 at Chicago
45 Colorado Rapids - NEXT: Fri Oct 14 v Salt Lake
43 New York Red Bulls - NEXT: Sat Oct 15 at Kansas City
43 Houston Dynamo - NEXT: Fri Oct 14 at Portland
- - - - -
40 Portland Timbers - NEXT: Fri Oct 14 v Houston
38 DC United - NEXT: Wed Oct 12 at Vancouver
37 Chicago Fire - NEXT: Wed Oct 12 v Dallas
MLS TEAM & PLAYER NEWS
CHICAGO FIRE
Len Zhiem of the Sun Times sees all 3 remaining Fire games as must-wins.
COLUMBUS CREW
Shawn Mitchell of the Dispatch looks at the Crew and sees a team preparing for a sprint to the finish line.
-Mitchell gives us the rundown of team injuries:
--Robbie Rogers (hamstring) resumed running yesterday after suffering a hamstring strain at Kansas City on Sept. 28
--Chad Marshall (ankle, hip) and Danny O’Rourke (knee, fitness): “It’s a professional rest week for (them),” trainer Dave Lagow said.
--Tommy Heinemann (back): Will not play in the reserve game after pulling a muscle against D.C. United on Oct. 2.
--Emilio Renteria (toe): Was stepped on during the United game but is expected to be ready for New England.
--Andres Mendoza: The Dozer is not injured but missed some time to attend to personal matters this week.
--Tony Tchani (right knee surgery) could be ready for the playoffs if the Crew qualifies. Tchani, acquired from Toronto on July 15, has not played for the Crew this season and had meniscus surgery in August. He is expected to begin training with the team next week.
This is also the end of covering the Crew for Shawn Mitchell. He is moving on to other things at the Dispatch. I can't thank him enough for all the great stories he has given us to link to. Best of luck to Shawn!
DC UNITED
Steven Goff of the Post with the latest in DCU team notes.
HOUSTON DYNAMO
Jose de Jesus Ortiz of the Chronicle rolls out Brad Davis's bonafides for MVP consideration.
-Davis is #4 on my list.
LA GALAXY
They are saying that Robbie Keane could be out 4 weeks with the adductor muscle injury.
-Remember when I said that LA needed a big time striker to win it all. Well, he was it, and if he is out, they could be too. (SEE: Chad Barrett)
dN
Nick Green of the Daily Breeze on the Galaxy's fantastic regular season.
MONTREAL IMPACT
The Impact made their second official signing a smart one, locking up centerback Hassoun Camara from their NASL roster.
-He was the best NASL defender I saw this season.
MLS EXHIBITION GAMES
Matches & Scores:
-Wed Oct 12
Sporting Kansas City v Guadalajara Chivas (Mexico)
Venue: Livestrong Sporting Park
CANADA
Nigel Reed of the CBC reports that Canada has just won 3 consecutive World Cup qualifying games for the first time in 15 years. Wow.
GERMANY
Hamburg has appointed their technical director Frank Arnesen as their new head coach.
UEFA EURO 2012 QUALIFYING
The very last day of the group stage was today.
Germany goes a perfect 10 wins from 10 games scoring 34 and giving up 7. Powerful stuff.
dN
Germany wins Group A
Russia wins Group B
Italy wins Group C
France wins Group D
Netherlands wins Group E
Greece wins Group F
England wins Group G
Denmark wins Group H
Spain wins Group I
Those 9 join hosts Poland and Ukraine.
Sweden qualifies as the best second place team.
The other Eight second place finishers earn a playoff spot for the last 4 berths. They are:
Turkey
Ireland
Estonia
Bosnia-Herzegovina
Croatia
Montenegro
Portugal
Czech Republic
dN
Jere Longman of the New York Times got a primo assignment, go to the little country that is bordered on all 4 sides by Italy and write their soccer story - San Marino.
-Great photos too.
dN
Matches & Scores:
-Tue Oct 11
Albania 1-1 Romania
Bulgaria 0-1 Wales
Croatia 2-0 Latvia
Denmark 2-1 Portugal
France 1-1 Bosnia-Herzegovina
Georgia 1-2 Greece
Germany 3-1 Belgium
Hungary 0-0 Finland
Ireland 2-1 Armenia
Italy 3-0 N Ireland
Kazakhstan 0-0 Austria
Lithuania 1-4 Czech Republic
Macedonia 1-1 Slovakia
Malta 0-2 Israel
Moldova 4-0 San Marino
Norway 3-1 Cyprus
Russia 6-0 Andorra
Slovenia 1-0 Serbia
Spain 3-1 Scotland
Sweden 3-2 Netherlands
Switzerland 2-0 Montenegro
Turkey 1-0 Azerbaijan
dN
Group Standings
AFRICA CUP OF NATIONS 2012
James Montague of the New York Times tells the amazing story of Libya qualifying for the ACN during an insane time of turmoil in their country.
dN
Zambia were one of the surprise qualifiers for the tournament in January, so how do you think they rewarded their head coach Dario Bonetti? They fired him!
CONCACAF 2014 WORLD CUP QUALIFYING
Matchday 4 is today.
Matches & Scores:
-Oct 11
Antigua & Barbuda v US Virgin Islands
Bermuda v Guyana
Canada v Puerto Rico
Guatemala v Belize
Haiti v Curacao
Panama v Nicaragua
St Kitts & Nevis v St Lucia
El Salvador v Cayman Islands
Suriname v Dominican Republic
Trinidad & Tobago v Barbados
-Oct 15
Grenada v St Vincent/Grenadines
Group Standings
-The 6 group winners advance to the next round.
ASIA 2014 WORLD CUP QUALIFYING
Matches & Scores:
-Tue Oct 11
Australia 3-0 Oman
China 0-1 Iraq
Indonesia 2-3 Qatar
Japan 8-0 Tajikistan
Lebanon 2-2 Kuwait
N Korea 0-1 Uzbekistan
Singapore 0-3 Jordan
Thailand 0-0 Saudi Arabia
S Korea 2-1 UAE
Iran v Bahrain
-Sat Oct 15
Indonesia v Iran
Jordan v Iraq
Kuwait v United Arab Emirates
Lebanon v S Korea
N Korea v Japan
Qatar v Bahrain
Saudi Arabia v Oman
Singapore v China
Thailand v Australia
Uzbekistan v Tajikistan
dN
Group Standings
CONMEBOL 2014 WORLD CUP QUALIFYING
Tim Vickery of the BBC looks at these first two dates of South American qualifying.
dN
Matches & Scores:
-Tue Oct 11
Bolivia v Colombia
Chile v Peru
Paraguay v Uruguay
Venezuela v Argentina
INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLIES
Matches & Scores:
-Tue Oct 11
Equatorial Guinea v Cameroon
Estonia v Ukraine
Ghana v Nigeria
Honduras v Jamaica
Mexico v Brazil
Philippines v Nepal
Poland v Belarus
USA v Ecuador
-Sat Oct 15
Algeria v Cameroon
Brazil v Egypt
Costa Rica v Spain
Italy v Uruguay
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