Some Soccer News for Wed Nov 16, 2011
STARTERS
If you are in LA this weekend for MLS Cup then I expect to see you on Friday at a party hosted by Ives Galarcep of Soccer By Ives. Its 8pm at the Seven Bar Lounge - 555 W 7th Street in downtown Los Angeles. See you there.
NSC MINNESOTA STARS 2011 CHAMPIONSHIP GEAR
Get your NSC Minnesota Stars 2011 NASL Champions Gear is now available!!!
-Here is a look at 1 of 4 options available!
STORY OF THE DAY
The Boston Globe with words and video of the hiring of Jay Heaps as the new head coach of the New England Revolution.
-Legendary Duke basketball leader Coach K has words for Heaps his one time player. Video.
MLS CUP PLAYOFFS
Final
Match & Score:
-Sun Nov 20
LA Galaxy v Houston Dynamo - 8:00pm CT on ESPN
Venue: The Home Depot Center - Carson CA
dN
What are the two teams records since Aug 1?
-Houston Dynamo: 9W - 2L - 4T (Last 5: 5W - 0L - 0T)
-LA Galaxy: 10W - 3L - 1T (Last 5 games: 4W - 1L - 0T)
dN
HOUSTON DYNAMO
In Houston's last trip to the finals they were missing 2 key players Brian Ching due to injury and Ricardo Clark due to suspension. And they won it.
Jose de Jesus Ortiz of the Chronicle says that the Dynamo, minus Brad Davis, is healthy, rested and ready to win another ring.
The Dynamo announced their team awards:
-MVP: Brad Davis
-Newcomer of the Year: Adam Moffat
-Defender of the Year: Andre Hainault
-Young Player of the Year: Will Bruin
-Golden Boot: Geoff Cameron
LA GALAXY
The Times reports that the Galaxy has agreed to a 10 year $55 Million deal with a new Time Warner regional cable channel in Southern California to broadcast their games locally. Huge.
-So this is 5.5 mill a season, when the league just got 10 mill a season from NBC for national broadcasts. Makes LA's deal look even bigger.
DU NORD AT THE CONTROLS
du Nord at the Controls - Sun Nov 13, 2011 - new music mix at Spotify.
TEAM USA - EL EQUIPO DE TODOS
The USA Schedule for the next round of World Cup Qualifying has been released:
CONCACAF World Cup Qualifying
Third Round Group Stage
Beginning next summer
Matches & Scores:
-Fri Jun 8
USA vs Antigua
-Tue Jun 12
Guatemala v USA
-Fri Sep 7
Jamaica v USA
-Tue Sep 11
USA v Jamaica
-Fri Oct 12
Antigua v USA
-Tue Oct 16
USA v Guatemala
Group A
Antigua & Barbuda
Guatemala
Jamaica
USA
All venues TBA
The top 2 finishers from this group will meet the top 2 from Group's B & C and form the final stage of the qualifying process, the stage we all know and love as The Hexagon!
Those 6 teams will play a round robin home and away series throughout 2013 with the top 3 going to the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, and the 4th place team facing off against the winner of the Oceania confederation in another home and away series for one last place at the World Cup.
Group B
Mexico
Costa Rica
El Salvador
Guyana
Group C
Honduras
Cuba
Canada
Panama
dN
International Friendlies
Matches & Scores:
-Tue Nov 15
Slovenia 2-3 USA - Slo goals both by Tim Matavz. USA goals by Edson Buddle, Clint Dempsey & Jozy Altidore(PK).
Player ratings by Ridge Mahoney of Soccer America.
dN
USA Roster-
G:
Bill Hamid - DC United
Tim Howard - Everton
D:
Carlos Bocanegra - Rangers
Timmy Chandler - Nurnberg
Steve Cherundolo - Hannover
Clarence Goodson - Brondby
Alfredo Morales - Hertha
Michael Orozco Fiscal - San Luis
Oguchi Onyewu - Sporting CP
M:
Kyle Beckerman - Real Salt Lake
Michael Bradley - Chievo
Clint Dempsey - Fulham
Maurice Edu - Rangers
Fabian Johnson - Hoffenheim
Jermaine Jones - Schalke
Robbie Rogers - Columbus Crew
Brek Shea - Dallas
Danny Williams - Hoffenheim
F:
Jozy Altidore - AZ
DaMarcus Beasley - Puebla
Edson Buddle - Ingolstadt
RISE AND SHINE: THE JAY DEMERIT STORY
See the documentary film on the big screen of Jay DeMerit's travels through the soccer world. From small town jock to Premier League captain and World Cup starter.
And the hits just keep on coming! MORE MORE MORE screenings have been added!
In Minnesosta:
-Mon Nov 21
AMC Rosedale 14 - Roseville - 7pm
Marcus Oakdale Cinemas - Oakdale - 7:30pm
Also showing in:
-Addison, IL
-Cedar Creek, WI
-Fargo, ND
-Green Bay, WI
-Gurnee, IL
-Lincoln, NE
-Madison, WI
-Menomonee Falls, WI
-Mequon, WI
-Milwaukee, WI
-Omaha, NE
-Orland Park, IL
-Pittsburgh, PA
Details here
FACT OF THE DAY
Several American national team players and prospects from MLS teams are headed to Europe for offseason training. This batch will be with teams in the German Bundesliga:
-Juan Agudelo - Stuttgart
-Kyle Beckerman - Kaiserslautern
-Perry Kitchen - Freiburg
-Robbie Rogers - Kaiserslautern
Others previously reported to be head for teams in the English Premier League:
-Bill Hamid - West Bromich Albion
-Sean Johnson - Manchester United
-Omar Salgado - Fulham
-Brek Shea - Arsenal
BRAZILIAN PLAYER NAME OF THE DAY
Cary Grant
VIDEO OF THE DAY 2
A short documentary film that presents the memorable April 14, 2011 inaugural MLS season home opener between the Portland Timbers and Chicago Fire.
Thanks to the Timbers for this great link.
MLS TEAM & PLAYER NEWS
General News
Seattle Sounders goalkeeper Kasey Keller wins Save of the Year. See it.
Portland Timbers forward Darlington Nagbe wins Goal of the Year. See it.
COLUMBUS CREW
Chad Marshall had surgery on his right ankle to remove bone spurs & fragments.
PORTLAND TIMBERS
Our FIF Brian Costello works for the Timbers and wrote up this recap of the teams recent scouting travels.
MLS RESERVE LEAGUE
Columbus beat DC to win the Reserve League championship.
-Mon Nov 14
Columbus Crew 3-1 DC United - CC goals by Walter Chevez, Emilio Renteria and Bernardo Anor. DCU goal by Joseph Ngwenya.
AMERICANS IN EUROPE
Michael Parkhurst has signed a new 1 year contract at Nordsjaelland.
BRAZIL
Full round of midweek games coming up too.
Serie A Top 5 Standings (34 of 38 games played):
61 Corinthians (18 W) - NEXT: Wed Nov 16 at Ceara
61 Vasco da Gama (17 W) - NEXT: Wed Nov 16 at Palmeiras
56 Fluminense (18 W) - NEXT: Wed Nov 16 v Gremio
*56 Figueirense (15 W) - NEXT: Thu Nov 17 at Flamengo
55 Botafogo (16 W) - NEXT: Wed Nov 16 at America Mineiro
ASIA 2014 WORLD CUP QUALIFYING
Matches & Scores:
-Tue Nov 15
Lebanon 2-1 S Korea
N Korea 1-0 Japan
Kuwait 2-1 United Arab Emirates
Jordan 1-3 Iraq
Uzbekistan 3-0 Tajikistan
Thailand 0-1 Australia
Indonesia 1-4 Iran
Qatar 0-0 Bahrain
Singapore 0-4 China
Saudi Arabia 0-0 Oman
AFRICA 2014 WORLD CUP QUALIFYING
1st Round is complete.
-The next round is the Group Stage.
Congo, Congo DR, Ethiopia, Equatorial Guinea, Kenya, Lethoso, Liberia, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, Tanzania and Togo have all advance to the group stage.
Bob Bradley's Egypt has been placed in an African World Cup Qualifying group with Guinea, Mozambique, & Zimbabwe. Only the winner advances.
Matches & Scores:
2nd Leg(1st Leg scores included)
-Tue Nov 15
Madagascar 2-1 Equatorial Guinea - EG advances 3-2 on aggregate.
Congo 1-1 Sao Tome e Principe - Con advances 6-1 on aggregate.
Burundi 2-1 Lesotho - Series ends tied 2-2 so Let advances on the away goals tie breaker.
Rwanda 3-1 Eritrea - Rwa advances 4-2 on aggregate.
Togo 1-0 Guinea-Bissau - Tog advances 2-1 on aggregate.
Congo DR 5-1 Swaziland - CDR advances 8-2 on aggregate.
Tanzania 0-1 Chad - Series ends tied 2-2 so Tan advances on the away goals tie breaker.
Kenya 4-0 Seychelles - Ken advances 8-1 on aggregate.
Mozambique 4-1 Comoros - Moz advances 5-1 on aggregate.
Namibia 4-0 Djibouti - Nam advances 8-0 on aggregate.
-Wed Nov 16
Ethiopia 5-0 Somalia - Eth advances 5-0 on aggregate.
CONCACAF 2014 WORLD CUP QUALIFYING
SECOND ROUND - this round is complete.
Matchday 6
-Tue Nov 15
Curacao 6-1 US Virgin Islands
El Salvador 4-0 Suriname
Panama 3-0 Dominica
Canada 4-0 St Kitts & Nevis
Trinidad & Tobago 2-0 Guyana
Grenada 1-4 Guatemala
St Vincent & the Grenadines 0-2 Belize
Haiti 2-1 Antigua & Barbuda
Standings:
Group A
ADV-18 El Salvador
8 Dominican Republic
7 Suriname
1 Cayman Islands
Group B
ADV-13 Guyana
12 Trinidad & Tobago
10 Bermuda
0 Barbados
Group C
ADV-12 Panama
6 Nicaragua
0 Dominica
Group D
ADV-14 Canada
9 Puerto Rico
7 St Kitts & Nevis
1 St Lucia
Group E
ADV-18 Guatemala
7 Belize
5 St Vincent & the Grenadines
4 Grenada
Group F
ADV-15 Antigua & Barbuda
13 Haiti
7 Curacao
0 US Virgin Islands
Group Standings
-The 6 group winners advance to the next round.
CONMEBOL 2014 WORLD CUP QUALIFYING
Matchday 4
Matches & Scores:
-Tue Nov 15
Venezuela 1-0 Bolivia
Chile 2-0 Paraguay
Ecuador 2-0 Peru
Colombia 1-2 Argentina
Standings:
7 Uruguay (3 GP)
7 Agrentina (4 GP)
7 Venezuela (4 GP)
6 Ecuador (3 GP)
6 Chile (4 GP)
4 Colombia (3 GP)
4 Paraguay (4 GP)
3 Peru (3 GP)
1 Boliva (4 GP)
BIG PIMPIN
In the week of MLS Cup in LA Bumpy Pitch introduces their newest shirt - Los Angeles. Get it now in black or white.
If you are in LA this weekend for MLS Cup then I expect to see you on Friday at a party hosted by Ives Galarcep of Soccer By Ives. Its 8pm at the Seven Bar Lounge - 555 W 7th Street in downtown Los Angeles. See you there.
NSC MINNESOTA STARS 2011 CHAMPIONSHIP GEAR
Get your NSC Minnesota Stars 2011 NASL Champions Gear is now available!!!
-Here is a look at 1 of 4 options available!
STORY OF THE DAY
The Boston Globe with words and video of the hiring of Jay Heaps as the new head coach of the New England Revolution.
-Legendary Duke basketball leader Coach K has words for Heaps his one time player. Video.
MLS CUP PLAYOFFS
Final
Match & Score:
-Sun Nov 20
LA Galaxy v Houston Dynamo - 8:00pm CT on ESPN
Venue: The Home Depot Center - Carson CA
dN
What are the two teams records since Aug 1?
-Houston Dynamo: 9W - 2L - 4T (Last 5: 5W - 0L - 0T)
-LA Galaxy: 10W - 3L - 1T (Last 5 games: 4W - 1L - 0T)
dN
HOUSTON DYNAMO
In Houston's last trip to the finals they were missing 2 key players Brian Ching due to injury and Ricardo Clark due to suspension. And they won it.
Jose de Jesus Ortiz of the Chronicle says that the Dynamo, minus Brad Davis, is healthy, rested and ready to win another ring.
The Dynamo announced their team awards:
-MVP: Brad Davis
-Newcomer of the Year: Adam Moffat
-Defender of the Year: Andre Hainault
-Young Player of the Year: Will Bruin
-Golden Boot: Geoff Cameron
LA GALAXY
The Times reports that the Galaxy has agreed to a 10 year $55 Million deal with a new Time Warner regional cable channel in Southern California to broadcast their games locally. Huge.
-So this is 5.5 mill a season, when the league just got 10 mill a season from NBC for national broadcasts. Makes LA's deal look even bigger.
DU NORD AT THE CONTROLS
du Nord at the Controls - Sun Nov 13, 2011 - new music mix at Spotify.
TEAM USA - EL EQUIPO DE TODOS
The USA Schedule for the next round of World Cup Qualifying has been released:
CONCACAF World Cup Qualifying
Third Round Group Stage
Beginning next summer
Matches & Scores:
-Fri Jun 8
USA vs Antigua
-Tue Jun 12
Guatemala v USA
-Fri Sep 7
Jamaica v USA
-Tue Sep 11
USA v Jamaica
-Fri Oct 12
Antigua v USA
-Tue Oct 16
USA v Guatemala
Group A
Antigua & Barbuda
Guatemala
Jamaica
USA
All venues TBA
The top 2 finishers from this group will meet the top 2 from Group's B & C and form the final stage of the qualifying process, the stage we all know and love as The Hexagon!
Those 6 teams will play a round robin home and away series throughout 2013 with the top 3 going to the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, and the 4th place team facing off against the winner of the Oceania confederation in another home and away series for one last place at the World Cup.
Group B
Mexico
Costa Rica
El Salvador
Guyana
Group C
Honduras
Cuba
Canada
Panama
dN
International Friendlies
Matches & Scores:
-Tue Nov 15
Slovenia 2-3 USA - Slo goals both by Tim Matavz. USA goals by Edson Buddle, Clint Dempsey & Jozy Altidore(PK).
Player ratings by Ridge Mahoney of Soccer America.
dN
USA Roster-
G:
Bill Hamid - DC United
Tim Howard - Everton
D:
Carlos Bocanegra - Rangers
Timmy Chandler - Nurnberg
Steve Cherundolo - Hannover
Clarence Goodson - Brondby
Alfredo Morales - Hertha
Michael Orozco Fiscal - San Luis
Oguchi Onyewu - Sporting CP
M:
Kyle Beckerman - Real Salt Lake
Michael Bradley - Chievo
Clint Dempsey - Fulham
Maurice Edu - Rangers
Fabian Johnson - Hoffenheim
Jermaine Jones - Schalke
Robbie Rogers - Columbus Crew
Brek Shea - Dallas
Danny Williams - Hoffenheim
F:
Jozy Altidore - AZ
DaMarcus Beasley - Puebla
Edson Buddle - Ingolstadt
RISE AND SHINE: THE JAY DEMERIT STORY
See the documentary film on the big screen of Jay DeMerit's travels through the soccer world. From small town jock to Premier League captain and World Cup starter.
And the hits just keep on coming! MORE MORE MORE screenings have been added!
In Minnesosta:
-Mon Nov 21
AMC Rosedale 14 - Roseville - 7pm
Marcus Oakdale Cinemas - Oakdale - 7:30pm
Also showing in:
-Addison, IL
-Cedar Creek, WI
-Fargo, ND
-Green Bay, WI
-Gurnee, IL
-Lincoln, NE
-Madison, WI
-Menomonee Falls, WI
-Mequon, WI
-Milwaukee, WI
-Omaha, NE
-Orland Park, IL
-Pittsburgh, PA
Details here
FACT OF THE DAY
Several American national team players and prospects from MLS teams are headed to Europe for offseason training. This batch will be with teams in the German Bundesliga:
-Juan Agudelo - Stuttgart
-Kyle Beckerman - Kaiserslautern
-Perry Kitchen - Freiburg
-Robbie Rogers - Kaiserslautern
Others previously reported to be head for teams in the English Premier League:
-Bill Hamid - West Bromich Albion
-Sean Johnson - Manchester United
-Omar Salgado - Fulham
-Brek Shea - Arsenal
BRAZILIAN PLAYER NAME OF THE DAY
Cary Grant
VIDEO OF THE DAY 2
A short documentary film that presents the memorable April 14, 2011 inaugural MLS season home opener between the Portland Timbers and Chicago Fire.
Thanks to the Timbers for this great link.
MLS TEAM & PLAYER NEWS
General News
Seattle Sounders goalkeeper Kasey Keller wins Save of the Year. See it.
Portland Timbers forward Darlington Nagbe wins Goal of the Year. See it.
COLUMBUS CREW
Chad Marshall had surgery on his right ankle to remove bone spurs & fragments.
PORTLAND TIMBERS
Our FIF Brian Costello works for the Timbers and wrote up this recap of the teams recent scouting travels.
MLS RESERVE LEAGUE
Columbus beat DC to win the Reserve League championship.
-Mon Nov 14
Columbus Crew 3-1 DC United - CC goals by Walter Chevez, Emilio Renteria and Bernardo Anor. DCU goal by Joseph Ngwenya.
AMERICANS IN EUROPE
Michael Parkhurst has signed a new 1 year contract at Nordsjaelland.
BRAZIL
Full round of midweek games coming up too.
Serie A Top 5 Standings (34 of 38 games played):
61 Corinthians (18 W) - NEXT: Wed Nov 16 at Ceara
61 Vasco da Gama (17 W) - NEXT: Wed Nov 16 at Palmeiras
56 Fluminense (18 W) - NEXT: Wed Nov 16 v Gremio
*56 Figueirense (15 W) - NEXT: Thu Nov 17 at Flamengo
55 Botafogo (16 W) - NEXT: Wed Nov 16 at America Mineiro
ASIA 2014 WORLD CUP QUALIFYING
Matches & Scores:
-Tue Nov 15
Lebanon 2-1 S Korea
N Korea 1-0 Japan
Kuwait 2-1 United Arab Emirates
Jordan 1-3 Iraq
Uzbekistan 3-0 Tajikistan
Thailand 0-1 Australia
Indonesia 1-4 Iran
Qatar 0-0 Bahrain
Singapore 0-4 China
Saudi Arabia 0-0 Oman
AFRICA 2014 WORLD CUP QUALIFYING
1st Round is complete.
-The next round is the Group Stage.
Congo, Congo DR, Ethiopia, Equatorial Guinea, Kenya, Lethoso, Liberia, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, Tanzania and Togo have all advance to the group stage.
Bob Bradley's Egypt has been placed in an African World Cup Qualifying group with Guinea, Mozambique, & Zimbabwe. Only the winner advances.
Matches & Scores:
2nd Leg(1st Leg scores included)
-Tue Nov 15
Madagascar 2-1 Equatorial Guinea - EG advances 3-2 on aggregate.
Congo 1-1 Sao Tome e Principe - Con advances 6-1 on aggregate.
Burundi 2-1 Lesotho - Series ends tied 2-2 so Let advances on the away goals tie breaker.
Rwanda 3-1 Eritrea - Rwa advances 4-2 on aggregate.
Togo 1-0 Guinea-Bissau - Tog advances 2-1 on aggregate.
Congo DR 5-1 Swaziland - CDR advances 8-2 on aggregate.
Tanzania 0-1 Chad - Series ends tied 2-2 so Tan advances on the away goals tie breaker.
Kenya 4-0 Seychelles - Ken advances 8-1 on aggregate.
Mozambique 4-1 Comoros - Moz advances 5-1 on aggregate.
Namibia 4-0 Djibouti - Nam advances 8-0 on aggregate.
-Wed Nov 16
Ethiopia 5-0 Somalia - Eth advances 5-0 on aggregate.
CONCACAF 2014 WORLD CUP QUALIFYING
SECOND ROUND - this round is complete.
Matchday 6
-Tue Nov 15
Curacao 6-1 US Virgin Islands
El Salvador 4-0 Suriname
Panama 3-0 Dominica
Canada 4-0 St Kitts & Nevis
Trinidad & Tobago 2-0 Guyana
Grenada 1-4 Guatemala
St Vincent & the Grenadines 0-2 Belize
Haiti 2-1 Antigua & Barbuda
Standings:
Group A
ADV-18 El Salvador
8 Dominican Republic
7 Suriname
1 Cayman Islands
Group B
ADV-13 Guyana
12 Trinidad & Tobago
10 Bermuda
0 Barbados
Group C
ADV-12 Panama
6 Nicaragua
0 Dominica
Group D
ADV-14 Canada
9 Puerto Rico
7 St Kitts & Nevis
1 St Lucia
Group E
ADV-18 Guatemala
7 Belize
5 St Vincent & the Grenadines
4 Grenada
Group F
ADV-15 Antigua & Barbuda
13 Haiti
7 Curacao
0 US Virgin Islands
Group Standings
-The 6 group winners advance to the next round.
CONMEBOL 2014 WORLD CUP QUALIFYING
Matchday 4
Matches & Scores:
-Tue Nov 15
Venezuela 1-0 Bolivia
Chile 2-0 Paraguay
Ecuador 2-0 Peru
Colombia 1-2 Argentina
Standings:
7 Uruguay (3 GP)
7 Agrentina (4 GP)
7 Venezuela (4 GP)
6 Ecuador (3 GP)
6 Chile (4 GP)
4 Colombia (3 GP)
4 Paraguay (4 GP)
3 Peru (3 GP)
1 Boliva (4 GP)
BIG PIMPIN
In the week of MLS Cup in LA Bumpy Pitch introduces their newest shirt - Los Angeles. Get it now in black or white.
posted by brucio at 21:02
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