Some Soccer News for Wed Nov 2, 2011
STARTERS
Radio network Futbol de Primera has named Clint Dempsey as the winner of their annual USA Player of the Year.
dN
Got this ominous/ambiguous note from the New York Cosmos today:
"There has been a buyout at The New York Cosmos and management changes have taken place in various areas of our organization. This also results in a full restructure of both our business and staffing, which will continue to be assessed by the new leadership team that is expected to be appointed within the next 60 days. It is unequivocally the goal of the current ownership to become an MLS team in the most expedient manner possible, and decisions for the club will be made with this in mind." - The New York Cosmos
dN
Hey, has anyone out there seen this German film called The Robber. The reviews are great, but I want to know more about it.
RISE & SHINE: THE JAY DEMERIT STORY
Begins arriving in in movie theaters this week.
Here is the Minnesota schedule:
Twin Cities
AMC Rosedale 14 - Thu Nov 3
Marcus Oakdale Cinemas - Thu Nov 10
Marcus Parkwood Cinemas - Thu Nov 10
Duluth
Marcus Duluth 10 - Thu Nov 10
See the schedule for the whole rest of the country.
STORY OF THE DAY
AC Milan with an official statement on the health of forward Antonio Cassano:
Medical reports of the Policlinico have said that Antonio Cassano has experienced ischemic cerebral damage. The instrumental and neuroradiological examinations required 72 hours for their course and have highlighted the problem in the circumscribed area of the brain that did not result in persistent neurological deficits. The cause was identified as the presence of a patent foramen ovale septal heart, detectable only with sophisticated specialized investigations. The timing of therapy established has allowed a rapid recovery and improvement of clinical conditions that are good.
In the coming days the player will undergo a small surgical interventional cardiology (closure of the foramen ovale), the recovery time for return to playing will be better defined after the surgery, but probably will be a few months.
MLS CUP PLAYOFFS
Quarterfinals
Matches & Scores:
2nd Leg (1st Leg scores included)
-Wed Nov 2
Sporting Kansas City v Colorado Rapids (2-0) - 7:00pm CT on Fox Soccer
Venue: Livestrong Sporting Park
Seattle Sounders FC v Real Salt Lake (0-3) - 9:00pm CT on ESPN2
Venue: CenturyLink Field
-Thu Nov 3
Houston Dynamo v Philadelphia Union (2-1) - 7:30pm CT on ESPN2
Venue: Robertson Stadium
LA Galaxy v New York Red Bulls (1-0) - 10:00pm CT on ESPN2
Venue: The Home Depot Center
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EJECTIONS:
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
OUT-WC1 52 FC Dallas
OUT-WC2 49 Colorado Rapids
WC3 47 Columbus Crew
WC4 46 New York Red Bulls
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Semifinals
Matches & Scores:
-Sun Nov 6
LAG/NYRB v SS/RSL
SKC/CR v HD/PU
Final
Match & Score:
-Sun Nov 20
Semifinal Winners
8:00pm CT on ESPN
Venue: The Home Depot Center, Carson CA
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General Playoff News
Luis Bueno of the Press Enterprise gives kudos to MLS for recognizing the FIFA international dates lately by not playing on those weekends. Like what will happen after this weekend.
COLORADO RAPIDS
John Meyer of the Post talks to Brian Mullan who knows what it takes to win a championship (5 times over.)
HOUSTON DYNAMO
Richard Justice of the Chronicle on the finally jelling Dynamo.
Jose de Jesus Ortiz of the Chronicle writes that the Dynamo feel Philly is a dirty team.
-Who isn't calling their opponent dirty? No one.
Ortiz also writes that Houston's defense has been the key to their surge.
-Defense ALWAYS wins! Ask Toronto.
SPORTING KANSAS CITY SC
Charles Gooch of the Star gets us ready for tonight's first game with a preview that includes Public Enemy, Lord of the Rings, Kevin Stott, dirty play, fat ladies and chickens, plus Teal Bunbury.
The Winnepeg Free Press talks to former Canadian international Alex Bunbury about the career of his son Teal. He also does a great job of explaining why Teal plays for the USA while Alex played for Canada.
LA GALAXY
LA has not lost a game at home all season. I do not see that changing on Thursday night.
Due to previous agreement with University on whose property the Home Depot Center stands stadium capacity will be limited to just 20,000 for Thurs night. Sad. Very sad.
David Bond of the BBC does a video interview with David Beckham. Many topics covered.
The Telegraph also talks to Beckham .
NEW YORK RED BULLS
"...look at Dwayne De Rosario. He scored, what, 16 goals, 12 assists? I mean when you see him on the ball, that’s creativity. Sometimes he doesn’t always succeed in what he does, but you want to see someone that goes and tries to create stuff. Dwayne De Rosario for me should be the face of this league in terms of he’s been playing here for a very long time. I think he has the most championships, the teams he plays on succeed every time. People talk about players like me, Donovan, Beckham all the time. They don’t talk about guys like [Jamison] Olave, [Nat] Borchers, Kei Kamara, all those guys are very good players."
Jack Bell of the NY Times talks to Thierry Henry about his team's tactics and chances against LA.
-Full in-depth Q & A with Henry.
Big Apple Soccer asks Henry what it will take for NY to top LA.
Brian Lewis of the Post has some well measured words for Landon Donovan from Luke Rodgers.
Lewis also sees a very difficult situation ahead for the Bulls.
PHILADELPHIA UNION
Christopher Vito of the Mercury calls it do or die for the Union.
Kerith Gabriel of the Daily News says the Union know their odds of advancing are bad, and they dont care.
REAL SALT LAKE
James Edward of the Deseret writes that RSL knows sitting back and absorbing pressure for 90 minutes will not get the job done in Seattle.
Martin Renzhofer of the Tribune says Alvaro Saborio is the Royals most important player.
Gordon Monson of the Tribune writes about the proven RSL teamwork that had gone missing in the last stretch of the season.
SEATTLE SOUNDERS
Joshua Mayers of the Times looks at the giant obstacle in front of the Sounders - winning by 4 goals!
Mayers breaks down the specifics of the big game for Seattle.
Brian Straus of Sporting News talks to Kasey Keller before what could be his last professional game.
Don Ruiz of the Tacoma News Tribune writes that the Sounders know its gonna take something special to pull this one off.
DU NORD AT THE CONTROLS
ALL NEW: du Nord at the Controls - Tue Nov 1, 2011 - music mix at Spotify
-My longest mix yet at 19 songs - Not meant to be played at low volume.
TEAM USA - EL EQUIPO DE TODOS
Ives Galarcep of Fox talks to LA Galaxy centerback Omar Gonzalez who says he wants to play for the USA.
International Friendlies
Matches & Scores:
-Fri Nov 11
France v USA
-Tue Nov 15
Slovenia v USA
The USA will also hold a U23 and U20 training camp Nov 6-17 in Duisburg Germany to begin sorting out an Olympic qualifying team, that will take place at the same time and location as the USA senior team gathering for 2 friendlies.
Claudio Reyna and Tab Ramos will run this camp as head coach Caleb Porter is still in season with his team at Akron.
There is an insane German influence on this roster. Its so beyond absurd, its almost tunnel vision.
U.S. UNDER-23 ROSTER
GOALKEEPERS:
David Bingham - San Jose Earthquakes
Cody Cropper - Ipswich Town
Sean Johnson - Chicago Fire
Jon Kempin - Sporting Kansas City
DEFENDERS:
Gale Agbossoumonde - Eintracht Frankfurt
Anthony Brooks - Hertha Berlin
Sean Cunningham - Molde
Royal-Dominique Fennell - Stuttgart Kickers
Greg Garza - No club
Perry Kitchen - DC United
Will Packwood - Birmingham
Zarek Valentin - Chivas USA
Ethan White - DC United
MIDFIELDERS:
Joe Corona - Tijuana
Mixx Diskerud - Stabæk
Dilly Duka - Columbus Crew
Jared Jeffrey - Mainz
Sebastian Lletget - West Ham
Tyrone McCargo - Nürnberg
Charles Renken - Hoffenheim
Caleb Stanko - Freiburg
Jose Villarreal - LA Galaxy
FORWARDS:
Terrence Boyd - Hertha Berlin
Conor Doyle - Derby County
Josh Gatt - Molde
Joe Gyau - Hoffenheim
Jerome Kiesewetter - Hertha Berlin
Omar Salgado - Vancouver Whitecaps
Tony Taylor - Atlético Clube de Portugal
Bobby Wood 1860 Munich
Andrew Wooten - Kaiserslautern
UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
Matchday 4
Real Madrid has joined Barcelona and Milan as the first 3 teams to advance to the knock out rounds.
-Several other teams are right on the verge.
Matches & Scores:
-Tue Nov 1
Zenit 1-0 Shakhtar - Zen goal by Nicolas Lombaerts.
BATE 1-1 Milan - BAT goal by Renan Bressan(PK). Mil goal by Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
Plzen 0-4 Barcelona - Bar goals by Lionel Messi(3) & Cesc Fabregas.
APOEL 2-1 Porto - APO goals by Ailton Almeida(PK) & Gustavo Manduca. Por goal by Hulk.
Valencia 3-1 Leverkusen - Val goals by Jonas, Roberto Soldado & Adil Rami. Lev goal by Stefan Kiessling.
Genk 1-1 Chelsea - Gen goal by Jelle Vossen. Che goal by Ramires.
Arsenal 0-0 Marseille
Dortmund 1-0 Olympiacos - Dor goal by Kevin Grosskreutz.
-Wed Nov 2
Bayern 3-2 Napoli - Bay goals all by Mario Gomez. Nap goals both by Federico Fernandez.
Villarreal 0-3 Man City - MC goals by Yaya Toure(2) & Mario Balotelli(PK).
Trabzonspor 0-0 CSKA Moskva
Inter 2-1 Lille - Int goals by Walter Samuel & Diego Milito. Lil goal by Tulio de Melo.
Man United 2-0 Otelul Galati - MU goals by Antonio Valencia & Cristian Sarghi(OG).
Benfica 1-1 Basel - Ben goal by Rodrigo. Bas goal by Benjamin Huggel.
Lyon 0-2 Real Madrid - RM goals both by Cristiano Ronaldo (1 via PK).
Ajax 4-0 Dinamo Zagreb - Aja goals by Gregory van der Wiel, Miralem Sulejmani, Siem de Jong & Nicolas Lodeiro.
Group Standings
Matchday 5 to be played Nov 22 & 23
Matchday 6 to be played Dec 6 & 7
FIFASCANDALIZATIONINGS
BBC reports that British Parliament has again asked FIFA to investigate World Cup 2018/22 bid process.
FACT OF THE DAY
I read today that Lionel Messi has scored 202 goals for Barcelona. (although for the life of me I can't find anywhere on the web with official stats of any kind)
PICTURE OF THE DAY
Here are all 204 photos that Jeremy Olson shot of the Minnesota Stars NASL Championship winning game in Fort Lauderdale last Saturday night.
WHAT'S WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE?
While John Terry of Chelsea is under investigation for racially abusing Anton Ferdinand of Queens Park Rangers, some Chelsea fans have taken to chanting slurs about Ferdinand during other games. What a bunch of pathetic people they are.
MLS MATCHES, SCORES & STANDINGS
MLS TEAM & PLAYER NEWS
CHICAGO FIRE
Frank Klopas will be named the head coach of the Chicago Fire for next season.
FC DALLAS
Buzz Carrick of 3rd Degree sees the highlights of the FC Dallas season from a coaching point of view.
DC UNITED
Steven Goff of the Washington Post with the latest DCU team notes.
MONTREAL IMPACT
Yvan Delia-Lavictoire of MLSsoccer.com does a Q & A with head coach Jesse Marsch.
SOCCER IN MINNESOTA
The 2011 Boys High School Championship Tournaments
Class A Section Bracket:
Final
-Thu Nov 3
AT Minneapolis Metrodome
Prairie Seeds Academy v Benilde-St. Margaret's
- - - - -
Class AA Section Bracket:
Semifinals
-Tue Nov 1
AT Minneapolis Metrodome
Eastview v Minneapolis Southwest
Maple Grove v Eden Prairie
Final
-Thu Nov 3
AT Minneapolis Metrodome
AMERICANS IN EUROPE
Game Action:
ENGLAND - Championship League
Conor Doyle - Derby County - Wed Nov 2 - on the bench as they lost 0-3 v Cardiff City.
Robbie Findley - Nottingham Forest - Tue Nov 1 - started and went 88 min as they won 1-0 v Reading.
dN
Coming Up:
UEFA - Europa League - Group Stage - Matchday 4
-Thu Nov 3
Jozy Altidore - AZ - at Austria Wien
Steve Cherundolo - Hannover - at Kobenhavn
Clint Dempsey - Fulham - v Wisla Krakow
Brad Friedel - Tottenham - at Rubin Kazan
Sacha Kljestan - Anderlecht - v Sturm Graz
Jermaine Jones - Schalke - v AEK Larnaca
Oguchi Onyewu - Sporting - at Vaslui
Jonathan Spector - Birmingham - v Club Brugge
MEXICO
Just 1 round to play now! Then Laguilla. The Playoffs.
Mexico - Primera Top 8 Standings (16 of 17 games played):
29 Guadalajara - NEXT: Sat Nov 5 v Pachuca
26 Cruz Azul (+3) - NEXT: Sat Nov 5 v America
26 Jaguares (+2) - NEXT: Fri Nov 4 at Morelia
25 Tigres (+7) - NEXT: Sun Nov 6 at Puebla
25 Pachuca (-1) - NEXT: Sat Nov 5 at Guadalajara
24 Santos Laguna (15 GP) (+4) - NEXT: Tue Nov 1 v Morelia - AND THEN: Sat Nov 5 v Atlas
24 Pumas (-2) - NEXT: Sun Nov 6 v Tijuana
23 Queretara - NEXT: Sat Nov 5 v Tecos
- - - - -
Still Eligible for Playoffs:
- - - - -
22 Puebla - NEXT: Sun Nov 6 v Tigres
21 Monterrey - NEXT: Sat Nov 5 v Atlante
21 San Luis - NEXT: Sat Nov 5 v Toluca
20 Morelia - NEXT: Tue Nov 1 at Santos Laguna - AND THEN: Fri Nov 4 v Jaguares
20 Toluca - NEXT: Sat Nov 5 at San Luis
UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE
Matchday 4 - Thu Nov 3.
Group Standings
VERY OFF TOPIC
See the incomparable Lee Scratch Perry at work creating some of the best Jamaican music ever produced.
BIG PIMPIN
The Miami Ultras as hosting an MLS Cup playoffs viewing party on Sun Nov 6 that will be attended by none other than LA Galaxy legend Mauricio Cienfuego!
-See the details on this flyer.
Radio network Futbol de Primera has named Clint Dempsey as the winner of their annual USA Player of the Year.
dN
Got this ominous/ambiguous note from the New York Cosmos today:
"There has been a buyout at The New York Cosmos and management changes have taken place in various areas of our organization. This also results in a full restructure of both our business and staffing, which will continue to be assessed by the new leadership team that is expected to be appointed within the next 60 days. It is unequivocally the goal of the current ownership to become an MLS team in the most expedient manner possible, and decisions for the club will be made with this in mind." - The New York Cosmos
dN
Hey, has anyone out there seen this German film called The Robber. The reviews are great, but I want to know more about it.
RISE & SHINE: THE JAY DEMERIT STORY
Begins arriving in in movie theaters this week.
Here is the Minnesota schedule:
Twin Cities
AMC Rosedale 14 - Thu Nov 3
Marcus Oakdale Cinemas - Thu Nov 10
Marcus Parkwood Cinemas - Thu Nov 10
Duluth
Marcus Duluth 10 - Thu Nov 10
See the schedule for the whole rest of the country.
STORY OF THE DAY
AC Milan with an official statement on the health of forward Antonio Cassano:
Medical reports of the Policlinico have said that Antonio Cassano has experienced ischemic cerebral damage. The instrumental and neuroradiological examinations required 72 hours for their course and have highlighted the problem in the circumscribed area of the brain that did not result in persistent neurological deficits. The cause was identified as the presence of a patent foramen ovale septal heart, detectable only with sophisticated specialized investigations. The timing of therapy established has allowed a rapid recovery and improvement of clinical conditions that are good.
In the coming days the player will undergo a small surgical interventional cardiology (closure of the foramen ovale), the recovery time for return to playing will be better defined after the surgery, but probably will be a few months.
MLS CUP PLAYOFFS
Quarterfinals
Matches & Scores:
2nd Leg (1st Leg scores included)
-Wed Nov 2
Sporting Kansas City v Colorado Rapids (2-0) - 7:00pm CT on Fox Soccer
Venue: Livestrong Sporting Park
Seattle Sounders FC v Real Salt Lake (0-3) - 9:00pm CT on ESPN2
Venue: CenturyLink Field
-Thu Nov 3
Houston Dynamo v Philadelphia Union (2-1) - 7:30pm CT on ESPN2
Venue: Robertson Stadium
LA Galaxy v New York Red Bulls (1-0) - 10:00pm CT on ESPN2
Venue: The Home Depot Center
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EJECTIONS:
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
OUT-WC1 52 FC Dallas
OUT-WC2 49 Colorado Rapids
WC3 47 Columbus Crew
WC4 46 New York Red Bulls
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Semifinals
Matches & Scores:
-Sun Nov 6
LAG/NYRB v SS/RSL
SKC/CR v HD/PU
Final
Match & Score:
-Sun Nov 20
Semifinal Winners
8:00pm CT on ESPN
Venue: The Home Depot Center, Carson CA
dN
General Playoff News
Luis Bueno of the Press Enterprise gives kudos to MLS for recognizing the FIFA international dates lately by not playing on those weekends. Like what will happen after this weekend.
COLORADO RAPIDS
John Meyer of the Post talks to Brian Mullan who knows what it takes to win a championship (5 times over.)
HOUSTON DYNAMO
Richard Justice of the Chronicle on the finally jelling Dynamo.
Jose de Jesus Ortiz of the Chronicle writes that the Dynamo feel Philly is a dirty team.
-Who isn't calling their opponent dirty? No one.
Ortiz also writes that Houston's defense has been the key to their surge.
-Defense ALWAYS wins! Ask Toronto.
SPORTING KANSAS CITY SC
Charles Gooch of the Star gets us ready for tonight's first game with a preview that includes Public Enemy, Lord of the Rings, Kevin Stott, dirty play, fat ladies and chickens, plus Teal Bunbury.
The Winnepeg Free Press talks to former Canadian international Alex Bunbury about the career of his son Teal. He also does a great job of explaining why Teal plays for the USA while Alex played for Canada.
LA GALAXY
LA has not lost a game at home all season. I do not see that changing on Thursday night.
Due to previous agreement with University on whose property the Home Depot Center stands stadium capacity will be limited to just 20,000 for Thurs night. Sad. Very sad.
David Bond of the BBC does a video interview with David Beckham. Many topics covered.
The Telegraph also talks to Beckham .
NEW YORK RED BULLS
"...look at Dwayne De Rosario. He scored, what, 16 goals, 12 assists? I mean when you see him on the ball, that’s creativity. Sometimes he doesn’t always succeed in what he does, but you want to see someone that goes and tries to create stuff. Dwayne De Rosario for me should be the face of this league in terms of he’s been playing here for a very long time. I think he has the most championships, the teams he plays on succeed every time. People talk about players like me, Donovan, Beckham all the time. They don’t talk about guys like [Jamison] Olave, [Nat] Borchers, Kei Kamara, all those guys are very good players."
Jack Bell of the NY Times talks to Thierry Henry about his team's tactics and chances against LA.
-Full in-depth Q & A with Henry.
Big Apple Soccer asks Henry what it will take for NY to top LA.
Brian Lewis of the Post has some well measured words for Landon Donovan from Luke Rodgers.
Lewis also sees a very difficult situation ahead for the Bulls.
PHILADELPHIA UNION
Christopher Vito of the Mercury calls it do or die for the Union.
Kerith Gabriel of the Daily News says the Union know their odds of advancing are bad, and they dont care.
REAL SALT LAKE
James Edward of the Deseret writes that RSL knows sitting back and absorbing pressure for 90 minutes will not get the job done in Seattle.
Martin Renzhofer of the Tribune says Alvaro Saborio is the Royals most important player.
Gordon Monson of the Tribune writes about the proven RSL teamwork that had gone missing in the last stretch of the season.
SEATTLE SOUNDERS
Joshua Mayers of the Times looks at the giant obstacle in front of the Sounders - winning by 4 goals!
Mayers breaks down the specifics of the big game for Seattle.
Brian Straus of Sporting News talks to Kasey Keller before what could be his last professional game.
Don Ruiz of the Tacoma News Tribune writes that the Sounders know its gonna take something special to pull this one off.
DU NORD AT THE CONTROLS
ALL NEW: du Nord at the Controls - Tue Nov 1, 2011 - music mix at Spotify
-My longest mix yet at 19 songs - Not meant to be played at low volume.
TEAM USA - EL EQUIPO DE TODOS
Ives Galarcep of Fox talks to LA Galaxy centerback Omar Gonzalez who says he wants to play for the USA.
International Friendlies
Matches & Scores:
-Fri Nov 11
France v USA
-Tue Nov 15
Slovenia v USA
The USA will also hold a U23 and U20 training camp Nov 6-17 in Duisburg Germany to begin sorting out an Olympic qualifying team, that will take place at the same time and location as the USA senior team gathering for 2 friendlies.
Claudio Reyna and Tab Ramos will run this camp as head coach Caleb Porter is still in season with his team at Akron.
There is an insane German influence on this roster. Its so beyond absurd, its almost tunnel vision.
U.S. UNDER-23 ROSTER
GOALKEEPERS:
David Bingham - San Jose Earthquakes
Cody Cropper - Ipswich Town
Sean Johnson - Chicago Fire
Jon Kempin - Sporting Kansas City
DEFENDERS:
Gale Agbossoumonde - Eintracht Frankfurt
Anthony Brooks - Hertha Berlin
Sean Cunningham - Molde
Royal-Dominique Fennell - Stuttgart Kickers
Greg Garza - No club
Perry Kitchen - DC United
Will Packwood - Birmingham
Zarek Valentin - Chivas USA
Ethan White - DC United
MIDFIELDERS:
Joe Corona - Tijuana
Mixx Diskerud - Stabæk
Dilly Duka - Columbus Crew
Jared Jeffrey - Mainz
Sebastian Lletget - West Ham
Tyrone McCargo - Nürnberg
Charles Renken - Hoffenheim
Caleb Stanko - Freiburg
Jose Villarreal - LA Galaxy
FORWARDS:
Terrence Boyd - Hertha Berlin
Conor Doyle - Derby County
Josh Gatt - Molde
Joe Gyau - Hoffenheim
Jerome Kiesewetter - Hertha Berlin
Omar Salgado - Vancouver Whitecaps
Tony Taylor - Atlético Clube de Portugal
Bobby Wood 1860 Munich
Andrew Wooten - Kaiserslautern
UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
Matchday 4
Real Madrid has joined Barcelona and Milan as the first 3 teams to advance to the knock out rounds.
-Several other teams are right on the verge.
Matches & Scores:
-Tue Nov 1
Zenit 1-0 Shakhtar - Zen goal by Nicolas Lombaerts.
BATE 1-1 Milan - BAT goal by Renan Bressan(PK). Mil goal by Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
Plzen 0-4 Barcelona - Bar goals by Lionel Messi(3) & Cesc Fabregas.
APOEL 2-1 Porto - APO goals by Ailton Almeida(PK) & Gustavo Manduca. Por goal by Hulk.
Valencia 3-1 Leverkusen - Val goals by Jonas, Roberto Soldado & Adil Rami. Lev goal by Stefan Kiessling.
Genk 1-1 Chelsea - Gen goal by Jelle Vossen. Che goal by Ramires.
Arsenal 0-0 Marseille
Dortmund 1-0 Olympiacos - Dor goal by Kevin Grosskreutz.
-Wed Nov 2
Bayern 3-2 Napoli - Bay goals all by Mario Gomez. Nap goals both by Federico Fernandez.
Villarreal 0-3 Man City - MC goals by Yaya Toure(2) & Mario Balotelli(PK).
Trabzonspor 0-0 CSKA Moskva
Inter 2-1 Lille - Int goals by Walter Samuel & Diego Milito. Lil goal by Tulio de Melo.
Man United 2-0 Otelul Galati - MU goals by Antonio Valencia & Cristian Sarghi(OG).
Benfica 1-1 Basel - Ben goal by Rodrigo. Bas goal by Benjamin Huggel.
Lyon 0-2 Real Madrid - RM goals both by Cristiano Ronaldo (1 via PK).
Ajax 4-0 Dinamo Zagreb - Aja goals by Gregory van der Wiel, Miralem Sulejmani, Siem de Jong & Nicolas Lodeiro.
Group Standings
Matchday 5 to be played Nov 22 & 23
Matchday 6 to be played Dec 6 & 7
FIFASCANDALIZATIONINGS
BBC reports that British Parliament has again asked FIFA to investigate World Cup 2018/22 bid process.
FACT OF THE DAY
I read today that Lionel Messi has scored 202 goals for Barcelona. (although for the life of me I can't find anywhere on the web with official stats of any kind)
PICTURE OF THE DAY
Here are all 204 photos that Jeremy Olson shot of the Minnesota Stars NASL Championship winning game in Fort Lauderdale last Saturday night.
WHAT'S WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE?
While John Terry of Chelsea is under investigation for racially abusing Anton Ferdinand of Queens Park Rangers, some Chelsea fans have taken to chanting slurs about Ferdinand during other games. What a bunch of pathetic people they are.
MLS MATCHES, SCORES & STANDINGS
MLS TEAM & PLAYER NEWS
CHICAGO FIRE
Frank Klopas will be named the head coach of the Chicago Fire for next season.
FC DALLAS
Buzz Carrick of 3rd Degree sees the highlights of the FC Dallas season from a coaching point of view.
DC UNITED
Steven Goff of the Washington Post with the latest DCU team notes.
MONTREAL IMPACT
Yvan Delia-Lavictoire of MLSsoccer.com does a Q & A with head coach Jesse Marsch.
SOCCER IN MINNESOTA
The 2011 Boys High School Championship Tournaments
Class A Section Bracket:
Final
-Thu Nov 3
AT Minneapolis Metrodome
Prairie Seeds Academy v Benilde-St. Margaret's
- - - - -
Class AA Section Bracket:
Semifinals
-Tue Nov 1
AT Minneapolis Metrodome
Eastview v Minneapolis Southwest
Maple Grove v Eden Prairie
Final
-Thu Nov 3
AT Minneapolis Metrodome
AMERICANS IN EUROPE
Game Action:
ENGLAND - Championship League
Conor Doyle - Derby County - Wed Nov 2 - on the bench as they lost 0-3 v Cardiff City.
Robbie Findley - Nottingham Forest - Tue Nov 1 - started and went 88 min as they won 1-0 v Reading.
dN
Coming Up:
UEFA - Europa League - Group Stage - Matchday 4
-Thu Nov 3
Jozy Altidore - AZ - at Austria Wien
Steve Cherundolo - Hannover - at Kobenhavn
Clint Dempsey - Fulham - v Wisla Krakow
Brad Friedel - Tottenham - at Rubin Kazan
Sacha Kljestan - Anderlecht - v Sturm Graz
Jermaine Jones - Schalke - v AEK Larnaca
Oguchi Onyewu - Sporting - at Vaslui
Jonathan Spector - Birmingham - v Club Brugge
MEXICO
Just 1 round to play now! Then Laguilla. The Playoffs.
Mexico - Primera Top 8 Standings (16 of 17 games played):
29 Guadalajara - NEXT: Sat Nov 5 v Pachuca
26 Cruz Azul (+3) - NEXT: Sat Nov 5 v America
26 Jaguares (+2) - NEXT: Fri Nov 4 at Morelia
25 Tigres (+7) - NEXT: Sun Nov 6 at Puebla
25 Pachuca (-1) - NEXT: Sat Nov 5 at Guadalajara
24 Santos Laguna (15 GP) (+4) - NEXT: Tue Nov 1 v Morelia - AND THEN: Sat Nov 5 v Atlas
24 Pumas (-2) - NEXT: Sun Nov 6 v Tijuana
23 Queretara - NEXT: Sat Nov 5 v Tecos
- - - - -
Still Eligible for Playoffs:
- - - - -
22 Puebla - NEXT: Sun Nov 6 v Tigres
21 Monterrey - NEXT: Sat Nov 5 v Atlante
21 San Luis - NEXT: Sat Nov 5 v Toluca
20 Morelia - NEXT: Tue Nov 1 at Santos Laguna - AND THEN: Fri Nov 4 v Jaguares
20 Toluca - NEXT: Sat Nov 5 at San Luis
UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE
Matchday 4 - Thu Nov 3.
Group Standings
VERY OFF TOPIC
See the incomparable Lee Scratch Perry at work creating some of the best Jamaican music ever produced.
BIG PIMPIN
The Miami Ultras as hosting an MLS Cup playoffs viewing party on Sun Nov 6 that will be attended by none other than LA Galaxy legend Mauricio Cienfuego!
-See the details on this flyer.
posted by brucio at 19:50
3 Comments:
yeah in fact i watched that german film just last week on netflix. In my opinion it was worth watching...i am a sucker for foreign stuff and especially stuff based on a real person. interested to hear your take after you finish it.
Of course an Inter fan wouldn't have a "good thought" for a Milan player!
do i really have to go back to putting up the anti-anonymous-shithead wall again?
what is wrong with you people?
if you dont have the guts to put your name on something and own it then please do us all a favor and crawl back into your hole.
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