Some Soccer News for Tue Nov 22, 2011
STARTERS
I know I'm not on their radar and definitely not hot enough to make the grade, but it is this bearded Midwestern boy's dream of someday knowing the fine women of Kickette!
dN
John Harkes has been replaced by Taylor Twellman as they TV commentator at ESPN for USA and MLS games.
dN
And I can't pass up a link to the great post by Dan Loney of Big Soccer featuring his LA Galaxy MLS Cup victory relief, and also a rave-up of us fans from right here in Minnesota!!!
-Oh, and he addresses the MLS unbalanced schedule too.
dN
The expansion draft for Montreal to begin filling their roster will take place on Wed Nov 23.
-You can watch the draft live at 2pm CT at the Montreal website.
DU NORD AT THE CONTROLS
du Nord at the Controls - LA Soundtrack - new music mix at Spotify.
With MLS Cup in Los Angeles last weekend I thought what we really needed was my Ultimate LA Music Mix on Spotify! Rock it now!
NSC MINNESOTA STARS 2011 CHAMPIONSHIP GEAR
Get your NSC Minnesota Stars 2011 NASL Champions Gear today!
MLS CUP PLAYOFFS
Final
Match & Score:
-Sun Nov 20
LA Galaxy 1-0 Houston Dynamo - LAG goal by Landon Donovan
Venue: The Home Depot Center - Carson CA
Attendance: 30,281
dN
LA centerback Omar Gonzalez was my Man of the Match in the final. He just stuffed the Dynamo offense time after time after time and never gave them a true sniff at goal outside of a couple long distance shots and one missed placed header. He was amazing. And how Jurgen Klinsmann can deny this guy is beyond my comprehension.
dN
See the goal right here. A thing of beauty from Donovan.
dN
Michael Davies and Roger Bennett of Grantland tracked MLS Cup as it happened, to great effect.
dN
In case you missed any du Nord action the past few days you need to go back to Friday and read the awesome interview Graham Fox did with Tony Meola, then go down the game day schedule Graham created to see how close you came to scoring a trifecta of fandom! (A trifecta would go something like: fall down, lose room key, sleep in car.) Then see the Monday review of the MLS Cup final from Paul Demko, including one of the most important remarks of all time: "Did you ever think a player could be so awful that you'd pine for Chad Barrett? Congratulations Adam Cristman!"
dN
Andy Mead of Yellow Card Journalism has a ton of great photos from MLS Cup posted on his Facebook page.
dN
Paul Kennedy of Soccer America breaks down the salaries paid to the Galaxy and Dynamo players.
-LAG starting 11 avg: $1,187,131
-HD starting 11 avg: $153,978
The difference is that LA had 3 designated players, and Houston 0. All the other players salaries were roughly the equivalent.
-LAG w/o Beckham, Donovan & Keane avg: $105,149
-HD w/o Ching avg: $128,126
DU NORD IN LA FOR THE MLS CUP FINAL
The stars were out in force all over Los Angeles this weekend. And here are just a couple of the many I got to talk to:
Here's me with Joe-Max Moore and Juergen Sommer.
How about me with Jimmy Conrad and his podcasting pardner Frank Kuzava.
The there is me and DaMarcus Beasley eating' burgers at the 5 Guys in Carson.
RISE AND SHINE: THE JAY DEMERIT STORY
Schedule for Movie Theater screenings
UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
Matchday 5
Recap du Nord: Real Madrid continues to storm through all comers. While Lille got a huge road win, and Bayern dominated at home. The Manchester teams again choked though as Man U were tied at home by Benfica and Man City LOST at Napoli!! Inter and Lyon were also held to tie games.
So that means that Bayern & Inter advance.
Matches & Scores:
-Tue Nov 22
CSKA Moskva 0-2 Lille Metropole
Bayern Munich 3-1 Villarreal
Lyon 0-0 Ajax
Real Madrid 6-2 Dinamo Zagreb
Napoli 2-1 Manchester City
Trabzonspor 1-1 Inter Milan
Otelul Galati 2-3 Basel
Manchester United 2-2 Benfica
-Wed Nov 23
Zenit St Petersburg v APOEL
AC Milan v Barcelona
BATE Borisov v Plzen
Bayer Leverkusen v Chelsea
Valencia v Genk
Marseille v Olympiacos
Arsenal v Borussia Dortmund
Shakhtar Donetsk v Porto
ADV: Barcelona, Real Madrid, AC Milan, Inter Milan, Bayern Munich
OUT: Dinamo Zagreb, Otelul Galati, Viktoria Plzen, Villarreal
Matchday 6 to be played Dec 6 & 7
BIG EUROPEAN CLUB MATCHES
Matches & Scores:
-Sat Nov 19
Manchester City 3-1 Newcastle United - We knew Man City was for real, but maybe Newcastle not so much.
Bayern Munich 0-1 Dortmund - #1 beaten at home by the #2, and the race for the crown is back on BIG TIME!
Monchengladbach 5-0 Werder Bremen - could we really be seeing Gladbach return to the glory days of German fussball?
Valencia 2-3 Real Madrid - #3 put up a fight against #1.
-Sun Nov 20
Chelsea 1-2 Liverpool - those big Russian rubles are not looking so powerful right now. But the American dollars are starting to add up to something.
Juventus 3-0 Palermo - Juve goes back to #1 with a big win.
Napoli 0-0 Lazio - nothing changes for either team.
FACT OF THE DAY
Landon Donovan has scored3 4 goals in MLS Cup finals, and brought his playoff tally to 20.
THIS IS WHAT ITS ALL ABOUT
The BBC reports on Swansea City not allowing people wearing Manchester United shirts into their stadium unless they have a ticket to the Away fans section.
-How sick are you of seeing Man U and other huge team jerseys at your games. I know I am. I only want to see shirts from MY team at OUR home games.
Thanks to Wes for this article.
VIDEO OF THE DAY
The Philadelphia Union unveil their 2012 uniforms. Main shirt looks to have only a little change (light blue highlights), but their second shirt is a completely new (yet familiar) look.
MLS TEAM & PLAYER NEWS
General News
Huge Congrats goes out to Dwayne DeRosario of DC United who was named MLS 2011 Most Valuable Player.
CD CHIVAS USA
Chivas acquired midfielder Ryan Smith from Sporting KC in exchange for 2 supplemental draft picks.
-Smith departed KC in midseason to attend to family issues back in his native England. Apparently he wants to continue playing in MLS.
HOUSTON DYNAMO
Jose de Jesus Ortiz of the Chronicle reports that Houston has left Brian Ching open to the expansion draft, but Ching says he will retire if Montreal selects him. He does not want to leave Houston.
-I don't see Montreal picking Ching unless they are nuts. Which they just might be judging by the teams I have seen play in the 2nd division for all these years.
-More from Ortiz on Ching.
SPORTING KANSAS CITY SC
Teal Bunbury is off to train with Bolton Wanderers.
USA U17 TEAM
Coming up next week for the U17s is the Nike International Friendlies.
Matches & Scores:
-Wed Nov 30
USA v France - 4pm CT on FOX Soccer
Brazil v Turkey
-Fri Dec 2
USA v Turkey - 4pm CT on FOX Soccer
France v Brazil
-Sun Dec 4
USA v Brazil - 4pm CT on FOX Soccer
Turkey v France
AMERICANS IN EUROPE
Coming Up:
ITALY - Coppa Italia 4th round
-Thu Nov 24
Michael Bradley - Chievo - v Modena
I know I'm not on their radar and definitely not hot enough to make the grade, but it is this bearded Midwestern boy's dream of someday knowing the fine women of Kickette!
dN
John Harkes has been replaced by Taylor Twellman as they TV commentator at ESPN for USA and MLS games.
dN
And I can't pass up a link to the great post by Dan Loney of Big Soccer featuring his LA Galaxy MLS Cup victory relief, and also a rave-up of us fans from right here in Minnesota!!!
-Oh, and he addresses the MLS unbalanced schedule too.
dN
The expansion draft for Montreal to begin filling their roster will take place on Wed Nov 23.
-You can watch the draft live at 2pm CT at the Montreal website.
DU NORD AT THE CONTROLS
du Nord at the Controls - LA Soundtrack - new music mix at Spotify.
With MLS Cup in Los Angeles last weekend I thought what we really needed was my Ultimate LA Music Mix on Spotify! Rock it now!
NSC MINNESOTA STARS 2011 CHAMPIONSHIP GEAR
Get your NSC Minnesota Stars 2011 NASL Champions Gear today!
MLS CUP PLAYOFFS
Final
Match & Score:
-Sun Nov 20
LA Galaxy 1-0 Houston Dynamo - LAG goal by Landon Donovan
Venue: The Home Depot Center - Carson CA
Attendance: 30,281
dN
LA centerback Omar Gonzalez was my Man of the Match in the final. He just stuffed the Dynamo offense time after time after time and never gave them a true sniff at goal outside of a couple long distance shots and one missed placed header. He was amazing. And how Jurgen Klinsmann can deny this guy is beyond my comprehension.
dN
See the goal right here. A thing of beauty from Donovan.
dN
Michael Davies and Roger Bennett of Grantland tracked MLS Cup as it happened, to great effect.
dN
In case you missed any du Nord action the past few days you need to go back to Friday and read the awesome interview Graham Fox did with Tony Meola, then go down the game day schedule Graham created to see how close you came to scoring a trifecta of fandom! (A trifecta would go something like: fall down, lose room key, sleep in car.) Then see the Monday review of the MLS Cup final from Paul Demko, including one of the most important remarks of all time: "Did you ever think a player could be so awful that you'd pine for Chad Barrett? Congratulations Adam Cristman!"
dN
Andy Mead of Yellow Card Journalism has a ton of great photos from MLS Cup posted on his Facebook page.
dN
Paul Kennedy of Soccer America breaks down the salaries paid to the Galaxy and Dynamo players.
-LAG starting 11 avg: $1,187,131
-HD starting 11 avg: $153,978
The difference is that LA had 3 designated players, and Houston 0. All the other players salaries were roughly the equivalent.
-LAG w/o Beckham, Donovan & Keane avg: $105,149
-HD w/o Ching avg: $128,126
DU NORD IN LA FOR THE MLS CUP FINAL
The stars were out in force all over Los Angeles this weekend. And here are just a couple of the many I got to talk to:
Here's me with Joe-Max Moore and Juergen Sommer.
How about me with Jimmy Conrad and his podcasting pardner Frank Kuzava.
The there is me and DaMarcus Beasley eating' burgers at the 5 Guys in Carson.
RISE AND SHINE: THE JAY DEMERIT STORY
Schedule for Movie Theater screenings
UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
Matchday 5
Recap du Nord: Real Madrid continues to storm through all comers. While Lille got a huge road win, and Bayern dominated at home. The Manchester teams again choked though as Man U were tied at home by Benfica and Man City LOST at Napoli!! Inter and Lyon were also held to tie games.
So that means that Bayern & Inter advance.
Matches & Scores:
-Tue Nov 22
CSKA Moskva 0-2 Lille Metropole
Bayern Munich 3-1 Villarreal
Lyon 0-0 Ajax
Real Madrid 6-2 Dinamo Zagreb
Napoli 2-1 Manchester City
Trabzonspor 1-1 Inter Milan
Otelul Galati 2-3 Basel
Manchester United 2-2 Benfica
-Wed Nov 23
Zenit St Petersburg v APOEL
AC Milan v Barcelona
BATE Borisov v Plzen
Bayer Leverkusen v Chelsea
Valencia v Genk
Marseille v Olympiacos
Arsenal v Borussia Dortmund
Shakhtar Donetsk v Porto
ADV: Barcelona, Real Madrid, AC Milan, Inter Milan, Bayern Munich
OUT: Dinamo Zagreb, Otelul Galati, Viktoria Plzen, Villarreal
Matchday 6 to be played Dec 6 & 7
BIG EUROPEAN CLUB MATCHES
Matches & Scores:
-Sat Nov 19
Manchester City 3-1 Newcastle United - We knew Man City was for real, but maybe Newcastle not so much.
Bayern Munich 0-1 Dortmund - #1 beaten at home by the #2, and the race for the crown is back on BIG TIME!
Monchengladbach 5-0 Werder Bremen - could we really be seeing Gladbach return to the glory days of German fussball?
Valencia 2-3 Real Madrid - #3 put up a fight against #1.
-Sun Nov 20
Chelsea 1-2 Liverpool - those big Russian rubles are not looking so powerful right now. But the American dollars are starting to add up to something.
Juventus 3-0 Palermo - Juve goes back to #1 with a big win.
Napoli 0-0 Lazio - nothing changes for either team.
FACT OF THE DAY
Landon Donovan has scored
THIS IS WHAT ITS ALL ABOUT
The BBC reports on Swansea City not allowing people wearing Manchester United shirts into their stadium unless they have a ticket to the Away fans section.
-How sick are you of seeing Man U and other huge team jerseys at your games. I know I am. I only want to see shirts from MY team at OUR home games.
Thanks to Wes for this article.
VIDEO OF THE DAY
The Philadelphia Union unveil their 2012 uniforms. Main shirt looks to have only a little change (light blue highlights), but their second shirt is a completely new (yet familiar) look.
MLS TEAM & PLAYER NEWS
General News
Huge Congrats goes out to Dwayne DeRosario of DC United who was named MLS 2011 Most Valuable Player.
CD CHIVAS USA
Chivas acquired midfielder Ryan Smith from Sporting KC in exchange for 2 supplemental draft picks.
-Smith departed KC in midseason to attend to family issues back in his native England. Apparently he wants to continue playing in MLS.
HOUSTON DYNAMO
Jose de Jesus Ortiz of the Chronicle reports that Houston has left Brian Ching open to the expansion draft, but Ching says he will retire if Montreal selects him. He does not want to leave Houston.
-I don't see Montreal picking Ching unless they are nuts. Which they just might be judging by the teams I have seen play in the 2nd division for all these years.
-More from Ortiz on Ching.
SPORTING KANSAS CITY SC
Teal Bunbury is off to train with Bolton Wanderers.
USA U17 TEAM
Coming up next week for the U17s is the Nike International Friendlies.
Matches & Scores:
-Wed Nov 30
USA v France - 4pm CT on FOX Soccer
Brazil v Turkey
-Fri Dec 2
USA v Turkey - 4pm CT on FOX Soccer
France v Brazil
-Sun Dec 4
USA v Brazil - 4pm CT on FOX Soccer
Turkey v France
AMERICANS IN EUROPE
Coming Up:
ITALY - Coppa Italia 4th round
-Thu Nov 24
Michael Bradley - Chievo - v Modena
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