Some Soccer News for Wed Nov 30, 2011
STARTERS
The Mexican Semifinals start tonight.
DU NORD AT THE CONTROLS
du Nord at the Controls - Tue Nov 29, 2011 - new music mix at Spotify.
STORY OF THE DAY
High quality MLS branded Foosball table!
TEAM USA - EL EQUIPO DE TODOS
Brian Sciaretta of Yanks Abroad talks to Fabian Johnson about playing for his new international team.
TWITTERVERSE/FACEBOOKING
Arlo White takes to Twitter to announce that he has been hired to call games for NBC.
@arlowhite
-"Hi every1. Speculation can end. I have accepted the job as lead Soccer announcer for NBC Sports. It's a tremendous opportunity for me (cont)"
-"I'm proud & honoured to have been chosen for the role. It's so exciting for #mls & US Soccer. I can't wait to get started in the 2012 season"
Don Ruiz of the Tacoma News Tribune bids White farewell.
I think Arlo White is a very good commentator. And I think he should be calling games on the BBC in England. I want to hear North American voices calling North American games.
MLS TEAM & PLAYER NEWS
General News
Another of the unique items in the MLS roster rule book is the Re-Entry draft, where players who have been released by their club or at the end of their contract can be "selected" by another team. There are a lot of veteran players with semi-big names on this list. Check it out.
-Teams can sign their own players from this list until Friday, then the draft takes place on Mon Dec 5.
-And here is the order the teams will select:
1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC
2 New England Revolution
3 FC Toronto
4 CD Chivas USA
5 San Jose Earthquakes
6 DC United
7 Portland Timbers
8 Chicago Fire SC
9 Columbus Crew
10 FC Dallas
11 New York Red Bulls
12 Philadelphia Union
13 Colorado Rapids
14 Seattle Sounders FC
15 Sporting Kansas City
16 Real Salt Lake
17 Houston Dynamo
18 LA Galaxy
19 Montreal Impact
Trades etc
San Jose has bought winger Shea Salinas from Vancouver.
FC DALLAS
FCD has signed their captain Daniel Hernandez to a new 3 year contract.
DC UNITED
Steven Goff of the Post talks to Santino Quaranta after being being told that he was no longer needed at DCU.
Craig Stouffer of the Examiner tries to find out what is going on with DC's stadium situation FOR NEXT SEASON.
HOUSTON DYNAMO
Dynamo head coach Dominic Kinnear has told Geoff Cameron to prepare to play centerback next season.
MONTREAL IMPACT
Did you know that former goalkeeper Matt Jordan was part of the Impact's technical staff?
NEW YORK RED BULLS
Juan Agudelo is headed to Liverpool today to do some training with the LFC.
SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES
The Quakes signed forward Steven Lenhart to a contract extension.
-This is good news. I know he had some personal issues this season that kept him away from the field, but this means he must ready to return.
TORONTO FC
MLSsoccer.com has a season review Q & A with head coach Aron Winter.
VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC
Russell Berrisford of the Sun looks at the Caps defense that is being overhauled.
MLS/USA RELATED RUMORS
The Bolton News with lots of info on a possible move to England for Tim Ream, with tons of quotes from his agent.
Lee Young-Pyo to Vancouver?
MLS EXHIBITION GAMES
LA Galaxy Asia Pacific Tour 2011
The Galaxy started the tour off with a win today.
Matches & Scores:
-Wed Nov 30
Indonesian Super League All-Stars 0-1 LA Galaxy - LAG goal by Robbie Keane.
Venue: Gelora Bung Karno Stadium - Jakarta, Indonesia
-Sat Dec 3
Philippines National Team v LA Galaxy - 5:30am CT on Fox Soccer.
Venue: Rizal Memorial Stadium - Manila, Philippines
-Tue Dec 6
Melbourne Victory v LA Galaxy - 2:30am CT on Fox Soccer.
Venue: Etihad Stadium - Melbourne, Australia
COLLEGE SOCCER
NCAA Championship Tournament - Quarterfinals
Matches & Scores:
-Sat Dec 3
North Carolina v St Mary's
Louisville v UCLA
Creighton v USF
-Sun Dec 4
Connecticut v Charlotte
Semifinals will be played on Dec 9 and the Final on Dec 11 in Hoover AL.
USA U17 TEAM
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
Greg Seltzer of MLSsoccer.com talks to Joe Bendik of Sogndal about his future plans. MLS?
dN
Game Action:
UEFA - Europa League - Group Stage - Matchday 5
Jozy Altidore - AZ - Wed Nov 30 - went the full 90 in a scoreless draw at Malmo.
Steve Cherundolo - Hannover - Wed Nov 30 - played the full 90 getting a yellow card as they lost 2-0 at Standard Liege.
Jonathan Spector - Birmingham - Wed Nov 30 - played the whole game but lost 1-0 at Braga.
dN
Coming Up:
UEFA - Europa League - Group Stage - Matchday 5
Clint Dempsey - Fulham - Thu Dec 1 at Twente
Sacha Kljestan - Anderlecht - Thu Dec 1 at AEK Athens
Jermiane Jones - Schalke - Thu Dec 1 v Steaua Buchurest
Oguchi Onyewu - Sporting - Thu Dec 1 v Zurich
-Anderlecht has already qualified for the next round.
MEXICO
LAGUILLA - Semifinals
Matches & Scores:
1st Leg
-Wed Dec 30
Morelia v Santos Laguna
-Thu Dec 1
Queretaro v Tigres
ENGLAND
Sunderland has fired head coach Steve Bruce. Assistant Eric Black will be the interim.
-He is the first coach in the Premier League to be dismissed this season.
David Conn of the Guardian reports that Portsmouth is again under scrutiny for fishy ownership.
-Wow! Will they ever sort it out?
LEAGUE CUP - QUARTERFINALS
Matches & Scores:
-Tue Nov 29
Chelsea 0-2 Liverpool
Cardiff City 2-0 Blackburn
Arsenal 0-1 Manchester City
-Wed Nov 30
Manchester United 1-2 Crystal Palace
SEMIFINALS
1st Leg
-Tue Han 10
Crystal Palace v Cardiff City
Manchester City v Liverpool
2nd Leg
-Tue Jan 24
Cardiff City v Crystal Palace
Liverpool v Manchester City
ITALY
COPPA ITALIA - ROUND OF 32
Matches & Scores:
-Wed Nov 23
Bologna 4-2 Crotone
Chievo 3-0 Modena
-Thu Nov 24
Fiorentina 2-1 Empoli
Genoa 3-2 Bari
Cagliari 1-2 Siena
-Tue Nov 29
Parma 0-2 Hellas Verona
Catania 2-3 Novara
-Wed Nov 30
Cesena 3-0 Gubbio
ROUND OF 16
-Tue Dec 13
Juventus v Bologna
Roma v Fiorentina
Lazio v Hellas Verona
Milan v Novara
Palermo v Siena
Udinese v Chievo
Internazionale v Genoa
Napoli v Cesena
UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE
Matchday 5 - Wed Nov 30 & Thu Dec 1.
On the first day of M5 with games in Groups A-C & G-I we saw PAOK, Standard Liege, PSV, Legia Warszawa, Metalist and Atletico Madrid have advanced to the knock out rounds.
That means Rapid Buchuresti, Zurich, Malmo, Maribor and Rennes are out.
Groups D-F & J-L play on Thurs.
ADV: Anderlecht
OUT: AEK, Hapoel Tel Aviv, Shamrock, Vorskla
Group Standings
ENDERS
Patrice O'Neal RIP
-Typing
-Spelling
The Mexican Semifinals start tonight.
DU NORD AT THE CONTROLS
du Nord at the Controls - Tue Nov 29, 2011 - new music mix at Spotify.
STORY OF THE DAY
High quality MLS branded Foosball table!
TEAM USA - EL EQUIPO DE TODOS
Brian Sciaretta of Yanks Abroad talks to Fabian Johnson about playing for his new international team.
TWITTERVERSE/FACEBOOKING
Arlo White takes to Twitter to announce that he has been hired to call games for NBC.
@arlowhite
-"Hi every1. Speculation can end. I have accepted the job as lead Soccer announcer for NBC Sports. It's a tremendous opportunity for me (cont)"
-"I'm proud & honoured to have been chosen for the role. It's so exciting for #mls & US Soccer. I can't wait to get started in the 2012 season"
Don Ruiz of the Tacoma News Tribune bids White farewell.
I think Arlo White is a very good commentator. And I think he should be calling games on the BBC in England. I want to hear North American voices calling North American games.
MLS TEAM & PLAYER NEWS
General News
Another of the unique items in the MLS roster rule book is the Re-Entry draft, where players who have been released by their club or at the end of their contract can be "selected" by another team. There are a lot of veteran players with semi-big names on this list. Check it out.
-Teams can sign their own players from this list until Friday, then the draft takes place on Mon Dec 5.
-And here is the order the teams will select:
1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC
2 New England Revolution
3 FC Toronto
4 CD Chivas USA
5 San Jose Earthquakes
6 DC United
7 Portland Timbers
8 Chicago Fire SC
9 Columbus Crew
10 FC Dallas
11 New York Red Bulls
12 Philadelphia Union
13 Colorado Rapids
14 Seattle Sounders FC
15 Sporting Kansas City
16 Real Salt Lake
17 Houston Dynamo
18 LA Galaxy
19 Montreal Impact
Trades etc
San Jose has bought winger Shea Salinas from Vancouver.
FC DALLAS
FCD has signed their captain Daniel Hernandez to a new 3 year contract.
DC UNITED
Steven Goff of the Post talks to Santino Quaranta after being being told that he was no longer needed at DCU.
Craig Stouffer of the Examiner tries to find out what is going on with DC's stadium situation FOR NEXT SEASON.
HOUSTON DYNAMO
Dynamo head coach Dominic Kinnear has told Geoff Cameron to prepare to play centerback next season.
MONTREAL IMPACT
Did you know that former goalkeeper Matt Jordan was part of the Impact's technical staff?
NEW YORK RED BULLS
Juan Agudelo is headed to Liverpool today to do some training with the LFC.
SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES
The Quakes signed forward Steven Lenhart to a contract extension.
-This is good news. I know he had some personal issues this season that kept him away from the field, but this means he must ready to return.
TORONTO FC
MLSsoccer.com has a season review Q & A with head coach Aron Winter.
VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC
Russell Berrisford of the Sun looks at the Caps defense that is being overhauled.
MLS/USA RELATED RUMORS
The Bolton News with lots of info on a possible move to England for Tim Ream, with tons of quotes from his agent.
Lee Young-Pyo to Vancouver?
MLS EXHIBITION GAMES
LA Galaxy Asia Pacific Tour 2011
The Galaxy started the tour off with a win today.
Matches & Scores:
-Wed Nov 30
Indonesian Super League All-Stars 0-1 LA Galaxy - LAG goal by Robbie Keane.
Venue: Gelora Bung Karno Stadium - Jakarta, Indonesia
-Sat Dec 3
Philippines National Team v LA Galaxy - 5:30am CT on Fox Soccer.
Venue: Rizal Memorial Stadium - Manila, Philippines
-Tue Dec 6
Melbourne Victory v LA Galaxy - 2:30am CT on Fox Soccer.
Venue: Etihad Stadium - Melbourne, Australia
COLLEGE SOCCER
NCAA Championship Tournament - Quarterfinals
Matches & Scores:
-Sat Dec 3
North Carolina v St Mary's
Louisville v UCLA
Creighton v USF
-Sun Dec 4
Connecticut v Charlotte
Semifinals will be played on Dec 9 and the Final on Dec 11 in Hoover AL.
USA U17 TEAM
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
Greg Seltzer of MLSsoccer.com talks to Joe Bendik of Sogndal about his future plans. MLS?
dN
Game Action:
UEFA - Europa League - Group Stage - Matchday 5
Jozy Altidore - AZ - Wed Nov 30 - went the full 90 in a scoreless draw at Malmo.
Steve Cherundolo - Hannover - Wed Nov 30 - played the full 90 getting a yellow card as they lost 2-0 at Standard Liege.
Jonathan Spector - Birmingham - Wed Nov 30 - played the whole game but lost 1-0 at Braga.
dN
Coming Up:
UEFA - Europa League - Group Stage - Matchday 5
Clint Dempsey - Fulham - Thu Dec 1 at Twente
Sacha Kljestan - Anderlecht - Thu Dec 1 at AEK Athens
Jermiane Jones - Schalke - Thu Dec 1 v Steaua Buchurest
Oguchi Onyewu - Sporting - Thu Dec 1 v Zurich
-Anderlecht has already qualified for the next round.
MEXICO
LAGUILLA - Semifinals
Matches & Scores:
1st Leg
-Wed Dec 30
Morelia v Santos Laguna
-Thu Dec 1
Queretaro v Tigres
ENGLAND
Sunderland has fired head coach Steve Bruce. Assistant Eric Black will be the interim.
-He is the first coach in the Premier League to be dismissed this season.
David Conn of the Guardian reports that Portsmouth is again under scrutiny for fishy ownership.
-Wow! Will they ever sort it out?
LEAGUE CUP - QUARTERFINALS
Matches & Scores:
-Tue Nov 29
Chelsea 0-2 Liverpool
Cardiff City 2-0 Blackburn
Arsenal 0-1 Manchester City
-Wed Nov 30
Manchester United 1-2 Crystal Palace
SEMIFINALS
1st Leg
-Tue Han 10
Crystal Palace v Cardiff City
Manchester City v Liverpool
2nd Leg
-Tue Jan 24
Cardiff City v Crystal Palace
Liverpool v Manchester City
ITALY
COPPA ITALIA - ROUND OF 32
Matches & Scores:
-Wed Nov 23
Bologna 4-2 Crotone
Chievo 3-0 Modena
-Thu Nov 24
Fiorentina 2-1 Empoli
Genoa 3-2 Bari
Cagliari 1-2 Siena
-Tue Nov 29
Parma 0-2 Hellas Verona
Catania 2-3 Novara
-Wed Nov 30
Cesena 3-0 Gubbio
ROUND OF 16
-Tue Dec 13
Juventus v Bologna
Roma v Fiorentina
Lazio v Hellas Verona
Milan v Novara
Palermo v Siena
Udinese v Chievo
Internazionale v Genoa
Napoli v Cesena
UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE
Matchday 5 - Wed Nov 30 & Thu Dec 1.
On the first day of M5 with games in Groups A-C & G-I we saw PAOK, Standard Liege, PSV, Legia Warszawa, Metalist and Atletico Madrid have advanced to the knock out rounds.
That means Rapid Buchuresti, Zurich, Malmo, Maribor and Rennes are out.
Groups D-F & J-L play on Thurs.
ADV: Anderlecht
OUT: AEK, Hapoel Tel Aviv, Shamrock, Vorskla
Group Standings
ENDERS
Patrice O'Neal RIP
-Typing
-Spelling
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