Some Soccer News for Wed Oct 26, 2011
STARTERS
Here we go! MLS playoffs begin tonight!
MLS CUP PLAYOFFS
Wild Card Round
Matches & Scores:
(Seed included)
-Wed Oct 26
FC Dallas(1) v New York Red Bulls(4) - 8:00PM CT on Fox Soccer
-Thu Oct 27
Colorado Rapids(2) v Columbus Crew(3) - 9:00PM CT on Direct Kick
Quarterfinals
Matches & Scores:
1st Leg
-Sat Oct 29
Real Salt Lake v Seattle Sounders FC - 9pm CT on Fox Soccer
Higher seeded WC winner v Sporting Kansas City - 6pm CT on Fox Soccer
-Sun Oct 30
Philadelphia Union v Houston Dynamo - 3pm CT on ESPN2
Lowest seeded WC winner v LA Galaxy - 7pm CT - TV TBA
2nd Leg
-Wed Nov 2
Seattle Sounders FC v Real Salt Lake - 7pm CT on ESPN2
-Thu Nov 3
Houston Dynamo v Philadelphia Union - 7:30pm CT on ESPN2
-TBA
LA Galaxy v Lowest seeded WC winner
Sporting Kansas City v Higher seeded WC winner
dN
Seedings
WEST
W1 67 LA Galaxy
W2 63 Seattle Sounders
W3 53 Real Salt Lake
EAST
E1 51 Sporting Kansas City
E2 49 Houston Dynamo
E3 48 Philadelphia Union
WILD CARD
WC1 52 FC Dallas
WC2 49 Colorado Rapids
WC3 47 Columbus Crew
WC4 46 New York Red Bulls
dN
General Playoff News
Jeff Carlisle of ESPN previews the Wild Card games.
Carlisle also gives us analysis of all the teams in the playoffs.
Ken Gude of the Guardian previews the first batch of playoff games.
Alexi Lalas of the Mirror previews the playoff Wild Card games.
Charles Gooch of the KC Star tries to sort out the good and bad of the current playoff system.
If Wild Card games are tied after 90 minutes they go to 30 min of Added Extra Time and if still tied then the game will be settle in a Penalty Kick Shootout.
COLORADO RAPIDS
Its 1 day before they host Columbus and this is what the field in Denver looks like:
COLUMBUS CREW
Adam Jardy of the Dispatch on how the Crew plan to replace suspended Emmanuel Ekpo in the center of the field.
FC DALLAS
Todd Date of ESPN looks at the FCD injury list and declares the team "fairly healthy."
Date also brings us an interview with FCD's go to player Brek Shea.
Steve Hunt of the Dallas Morning News looks at FCD's starting lineup compared to last year at this time.
LA GALAXY
Luis Bueno of the Press Enterprise has it right on the nose when he writes that LA is the team to beat for the title.
NEW YORK RED BULLS
Joshua Robinson of the Wall Street Journal with an article on the influence veteran goalkeeper Frank Rost is starting to have over the team.
Big Apple Soccer with the latest NYRB team notes.
Patrick MacDonald of NJ.com previews NY v Dallas.
Brian Lewis of the Post reports that Arsenal will supposedly have a scout in the stands again tonight as they continue to track Tim Ream.
PHILADELPHIA UNION
Marc Narducci of the Inquirer writes that the team needs veteran goalkeeper Faryd Mondragon to lead them in the post season.
REAL SALT LAKE
James Edward of the Deseret says that RSL see themselves as an underdog going into the playoffs.
-Oh how the mighty have apparently fallen, as they were a strong favorite along with LA before the season began to win it all this year. Now they are merely an underdog.
SEATTLE SOUNDERS
Joshua Mayers of the Times with an article on centerback Jeff Parke who has been a real foundation in the back for the team this whole season.
The team has posted a video interview conducted by the team's TV commentator Arlo White with Kasey Keller.
NASL FINALS SERIES
The Championship
Matches & Scores:
2nd Leg (1st Leg score included)
-Sat Oct 29
Fort Lauderdale Strikers v NSC Minnesota Stars (1-3) - 6:30pm CT
The game will be shown on GolTV delayed at 9pm CT.
DU NORD AT THE CONTROLS
ALL NEW: du Nord at the Controls - Fri Oct 21, 2011 - music mix at Spotify
FIFASCANDALIZATIONINGS
10 more members of the Caribbean Football Union are now under investigation for bribery by FIFA.
World Football Insider reports that Brazilian Federal Courts have opened an investigation on money for the 2014 World Cup being siphoned off.
PREDICTION OF THE DAY
On the day the MLS playoffs begin I am going to predict that the Seattle Sounders will win the Cup.
MLS TEAM & PLAYER NEWS
General News
FIFA.com asks several French players about their experience in MLS. Uplifting.
CHICAGO FIRE
Guillermo Rivero of Chicago Now takes a big look ahead to the 2012 Fire season.
-Did you know they went 7-2-2 down the stretch. That is very impressive.
DC UNITED
Steve Goff of the Washington Post does his annual year-end interview with DCU president Kevin Payne - Part 1 - and - Part 2. Lots of topics to cover.
NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION
Jose de Jesus Ortiz of the Houston Chronicle asks Steve Ralston about the vacant head coaches job with the Revs.
PORTLAND TIMBERS
Geoffrey Arnold of the Oregonian on the Timbers going straight into building for next year.
Arnold also reports on GM Gavin Wilkinson's off season plans.
TORONTO FC
Kurtis Larson of the Sun sees TFC reflecting on this season but ready to move on to 2012 as well.
Ryan Wolstat of the Sun hands out grades for TFC in 2011.
VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC
Bruce Constantineau of the Sun reports that new head coach Martin Rennie has already cleared out 2 of 3 of the assistant coaches from this past season.
AMERICANS IN EUROPE
Game Action:
ENGLAND - Championship League
Jonathan Spector - Birmingham - Wed Oct 26 - played the whole game as they won 1-0 v Leeds.
FINLAND - Veikkausliiga
Etchu Tabe - RoPS - Wed Oct 26 - went the distance but lost 1-4 v HJK.
Mason Trafford - Mariehamn - Wed Oct 26 - played the whole match as they lost 2-0 at JJK.
Josh Wicks - Mariehamn - Wed Oct 26 - on the bench as they lost 2-0 at JJK.
GERMANY - DFB Pokal - Second Round
Edson Buddle - Ingolstadt - Wed Oct 26 - started and played 74 min but lost 6-0 at Bayern Munich.
Timmy Chandler - Nurnberg - Wed Oct 26 - played the whole game as they won 1-2 at Erzgebirge.
Steve Cherundolo - Hannover - Wed Oct 26 - played a full 120 minutes getting a yellow card as they lost 0-1 v Mainz.
Jermaine Jones - Schalke - Wed Oct 26 - went the full 90 as they won 0-2 at Karlsruher.
Alfredo Morales - Hertha Berlin - Wed Oct 26 - on the bench as they won 0-3 at Rot Weiss Essen.
Luis Robles - Karlsruher - Wed Oct 26 - on the bench but they lost 0-2 v Schalke.
ITALY - Serie A
Michael Bradley - Chievo Verona - Wed Oct 26 - went the full 90 but lost 0-1 v Bologna.
MEXICO
Mid-week clashes.
Mexico - Primera Top 8 Standings (14 of 17 games played):
25 Guadalajara - NEXT: Wed Oct 26 v Tigres
23 Santos Laguna (13 GP) (+4) - NEXT: Wed Oct 26 v America
23 Jaguares (+4) - NEXT: Wed Oct 26 v Tijuana
22 Tigres (+8) - NEXT: Wed Oct 26 v Guadalajara
22 Cruz Azul (+3) - NEXT: Wed Oct 26 v Toluca
21 Pachuca (-1) - NEXT: Tue Oct 25 at Morelia
21 Pumas (-3) - NEXT: Wed Oct 26 v Atlante
20 Queretaro - NEXT: Wed Oct 26 at San Luis
ENGLAND
League Cup - Round of 16
Matches & Scores:
-Tue Oct 25
Arsenal 2-1 Bolton
Aldershot 0-3 Manchester United
Crystal Palace 2-0 Southampton
Cardiff City 1-0 Burnley
-Wed Oct 26
Wolverhampton 2-5 Manchester City
Stoke 1-2 Liverpool
Blackburn 4-3 Newcastle
Everton 1-2 Chelsea
FRANCE
Coupe de la Ligue - Round of 16
PSG and all their money are OUT at the hands of the Mustard Men.
Matches & Scores:
-Tue Oct 25
Marseille 4-0 Lens
-Wed Oct 26
Dijon 3-2 PSG
Montpellier 1-2 Lorient
Saint-Etienne 1-2 Lyon
Auxerre 1-2 Caen
Nice 2-1 Sochaux
Lille 3-1 Sedan
Le Mans 0-0 Stade Rennes - LM advances 4-1 in Penalty Kick Shootout.
ARGENTINA
Primera Division - Apertura - Top 5 Standings (11 of 19 played):
25 Boca Juniors - NEXT: Tue Oct 25 at Colon
19 Racing Club (+6) - NEXT: Wed Oct 26 v Lanus
19 Atletico Rafaela (+1) - NEXT: Tue Oct 25 v Argentinos Juniors
18 Colon - NEXT: Tue Oct 25 v Boca Juniors
17 Tigre - NEXT: Wed Oct 26 v Belgrano
Here we go! MLS playoffs begin tonight!
MLS CUP PLAYOFFS
Wild Card Round
Matches & Scores:
(Seed included)
-Wed Oct 26
FC Dallas(1) v New York Red Bulls(4) - 8:00PM CT on Fox Soccer
-Thu Oct 27
Colorado Rapids(2) v Columbus Crew(3) - 9:00PM CT on Direct Kick
Quarterfinals
Matches & Scores:
1st Leg
-Sat Oct 29
Real Salt Lake v Seattle Sounders FC - 9pm CT on Fox Soccer
Higher seeded WC winner v Sporting Kansas City - 6pm CT on Fox Soccer
-Sun Oct 30
Philadelphia Union v Houston Dynamo - 3pm CT on ESPN2
Lowest seeded WC winner v LA Galaxy - 7pm CT - TV TBA
2nd Leg
-Wed Nov 2
Seattle Sounders FC v Real Salt Lake - 7pm CT on ESPN2
-Thu Nov 3
Houston Dynamo v Philadelphia Union - 7:30pm CT on ESPN2
-TBA
LA Galaxy v Lowest seeded WC winner
Sporting Kansas City v Higher seeded WC winner
dN
Seedings
WEST
W1 67 LA Galaxy
W2 63 Seattle Sounders
W3 53 Real Salt Lake
EAST
E1 51 Sporting Kansas City
E2 49 Houston Dynamo
E3 48 Philadelphia Union
WILD CARD
WC1 52 FC Dallas
WC2 49 Colorado Rapids
WC3 47 Columbus Crew
WC4 46 New York Red Bulls
dN
General Playoff News
Jeff Carlisle of ESPN previews the Wild Card games.
Carlisle also gives us analysis of all the teams in the playoffs.
Ken Gude of the Guardian previews the first batch of playoff games.
Alexi Lalas of the Mirror previews the playoff Wild Card games.
Charles Gooch of the KC Star tries to sort out the good and bad of the current playoff system.
If Wild Card games are tied after 90 minutes they go to 30 min of Added Extra Time and if still tied then the game will be settle in a Penalty Kick Shootout.
COLORADO RAPIDS
Its 1 day before they host Columbus and this is what the field in Denver looks like:
COLUMBUS CREW
Adam Jardy of the Dispatch on how the Crew plan to replace suspended Emmanuel Ekpo in the center of the field.
FC DALLAS
Todd Date of ESPN looks at the FCD injury list and declares the team "fairly healthy."
Date also brings us an interview with FCD's go to player Brek Shea.
Steve Hunt of the Dallas Morning News looks at FCD's starting lineup compared to last year at this time.
LA GALAXY
Luis Bueno of the Press Enterprise has it right on the nose when he writes that LA is the team to beat for the title.
NEW YORK RED BULLS
Joshua Robinson of the Wall Street Journal with an article on the influence veteran goalkeeper Frank Rost is starting to have over the team.
Big Apple Soccer with the latest NYRB team notes.
Patrick MacDonald of NJ.com previews NY v Dallas.
Brian Lewis of the Post reports that Arsenal will supposedly have a scout in the stands again tonight as they continue to track Tim Ream.
PHILADELPHIA UNION
Marc Narducci of the Inquirer writes that the team needs veteran goalkeeper Faryd Mondragon to lead them in the post season.
REAL SALT LAKE
James Edward of the Deseret says that RSL see themselves as an underdog going into the playoffs.
-Oh how the mighty have apparently fallen, as they were a strong favorite along with LA before the season began to win it all this year. Now they are merely an underdog.
SEATTLE SOUNDERS
Joshua Mayers of the Times with an article on centerback Jeff Parke who has been a real foundation in the back for the team this whole season.
The team has posted a video interview conducted by the team's TV commentator Arlo White with Kasey Keller.
NASL FINALS SERIES
The Championship
Matches & Scores:
2nd Leg (1st Leg score included)
-Sat Oct 29
Fort Lauderdale Strikers v NSC Minnesota Stars (1-3) - 6:30pm CT
The game will be shown on GolTV delayed at 9pm CT.
DU NORD AT THE CONTROLS
ALL NEW: du Nord at the Controls - Fri Oct 21, 2011 - music mix at Spotify
FIFASCANDALIZATIONINGS
10 more members of the Caribbean Football Union are now under investigation for bribery by FIFA.
World Football Insider reports that Brazilian Federal Courts have opened an investigation on money for the 2014 World Cup being siphoned off.
PREDICTION OF THE DAY
On the day the MLS playoffs begin I am going to predict that the Seattle Sounders will win the Cup.
MLS TEAM & PLAYER NEWS
General News
FIFA.com asks several French players about their experience in MLS. Uplifting.
CHICAGO FIRE
Guillermo Rivero of Chicago Now takes a big look ahead to the 2012 Fire season.
-Did you know they went 7-2-2 down the stretch. That is very impressive.
DC UNITED
Steve Goff of the Washington Post does his annual year-end interview with DCU president Kevin Payne - Part 1 - and - Part 2. Lots of topics to cover.
NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION
Jose de Jesus Ortiz of the Houston Chronicle asks Steve Ralston about the vacant head coaches job with the Revs.
PORTLAND TIMBERS
Geoffrey Arnold of the Oregonian on the Timbers going straight into building for next year.
Arnold also reports on GM Gavin Wilkinson's off season plans.
TORONTO FC
Kurtis Larson of the Sun sees TFC reflecting on this season but ready to move on to 2012 as well.
Ryan Wolstat of the Sun hands out grades for TFC in 2011.
VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC
Bruce Constantineau of the Sun reports that new head coach Martin Rennie has already cleared out 2 of 3 of the assistant coaches from this past season.
AMERICANS IN EUROPE
Game Action:
ENGLAND - Championship League
Jonathan Spector - Birmingham - Wed Oct 26 - played the whole game as they won 1-0 v Leeds.
FINLAND - Veikkausliiga
Etchu Tabe - RoPS - Wed Oct 26 - went the distance but lost 1-4 v HJK.
Mason Trafford - Mariehamn - Wed Oct 26 - played the whole match as they lost 2-0 at JJK.
Josh Wicks - Mariehamn - Wed Oct 26 - on the bench as they lost 2-0 at JJK.
GERMANY - DFB Pokal - Second Round
Edson Buddle - Ingolstadt - Wed Oct 26 - started and played 74 min but lost 6-0 at Bayern Munich.
Timmy Chandler - Nurnberg - Wed Oct 26 - played the whole game as they won 1-2 at Erzgebirge.
Steve Cherundolo - Hannover - Wed Oct 26 - played a full 120 minutes getting a yellow card as they lost 0-1 v Mainz.
Jermaine Jones - Schalke - Wed Oct 26 - went the full 90 as they won 0-2 at Karlsruher.
Alfredo Morales - Hertha Berlin - Wed Oct 26 - on the bench as they won 0-3 at Rot Weiss Essen.
Luis Robles - Karlsruher - Wed Oct 26 - on the bench but they lost 0-2 v Schalke.
ITALY - Serie A
Michael Bradley - Chievo Verona - Wed Oct 26 - went the full 90 but lost 0-1 v Bologna.
MEXICO
Mid-week clashes.
Mexico - Primera Top 8 Standings (14 of 17 games played):
25 Guadalajara - NEXT: Wed Oct 26 v Tigres
23 Santos Laguna (13 GP) (+4) - NEXT: Wed Oct 26 v America
23 Jaguares (+4) - NEXT: Wed Oct 26 v Tijuana
22 Tigres (+8) - NEXT: Wed Oct 26 v Guadalajara
22 Cruz Azul (+3) - NEXT: Wed Oct 26 v Toluca
21 Pachuca (-1) - NEXT: Tue Oct 25 at Morelia
21 Pumas (-3) - NEXT: Wed Oct 26 v Atlante
20 Queretaro - NEXT: Wed Oct 26 at San Luis
ENGLAND
League Cup - Round of 16
Matches & Scores:
-Tue Oct 25
Arsenal 2-1 Bolton
Aldershot 0-3 Manchester United
Crystal Palace 2-0 Southampton
Cardiff City 1-0 Burnley
-Wed Oct 26
Wolverhampton 2-5 Manchester City
Stoke 1-2 Liverpool
Blackburn 4-3 Newcastle
Everton 1-2 Chelsea
FRANCE
Coupe de la Ligue - Round of 16
PSG and all their money are OUT at the hands of the Mustard Men.
Matches & Scores:
-Tue Oct 25
Marseille 4-0 Lens
-Wed Oct 26
Dijon 3-2 PSG
Montpellier 1-2 Lorient
Saint-Etienne 1-2 Lyon
Auxerre 1-2 Caen
Nice 2-1 Sochaux
Lille 3-1 Sedan
Le Mans 0-0 Stade Rennes - LM advances 4-1 in Penalty Kick Shootout.
ARGENTINA
Primera Division - Apertura - Top 5 Standings (11 of 19 played):
25 Boca Juniors - NEXT: Tue Oct 25 at Colon
19 Racing Club (+6) - NEXT: Wed Oct 26 v Lanus
19 Atletico Rafaela (+1) - NEXT: Tue Oct 25 v Argentinos Juniors
18 Colon - NEXT: Tue Oct 25 v Boca Juniors
17 Tigre - NEXT: Wed Oct 26 v Belgrano
posted by brucio at 17:43
1 Comments:
Take a look at that picture of the Rapids Stadium.
This is only October; November, February and March are Denver's snowiest months.
Now, someone tell me why we need to be playing an August to May schedule.
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