Wednesday, November 09, 2011

Some Soccer News for Wed Nov 9, 2011

STARTERS

I really really really DISLIKE the idea of an unbalanced schedule for MLS next season.
-If you play more games against your biggest rivals then each game means a little less, not more.

dN

Oguchi Onyewu broke a rib of Zlatan Ibrahimovic during a training session fight when they were both at AC Milan a year ago.
-Karl Ritter of the AP with the story.

dN

Carlos Tevez seems to be making his life in England and Manchester City more miserable by leaving the country to fly home to Argentina without team permission. Its not know yet if he is back or when he will return. What happens then?

STORY OF THE DAY

Graham Dunbar of the AP reports that stadium designers in Qatar are saying that air conditioning for the the 2022 World Cup is too expensive and not reliable.
-Hahahahahahahahahahahaha. What a joke.

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

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HOUSTON DYNAMO

Houston season ticket holders only got a shot at 900 tickets for the championship game. Booooooooooooo.

Jose de Jesus Ortiz of the Chronicle on the Davis-less Dynamo.

Glenn Davis of Fox Sports Houston on the Dynamo's well timed hot streak.

LA GALAXY

Scott French of ESPN talks to the league's best defender Omar Gonzalez.
-How is this for a resume:
Season 1, Rookie of the Year
Season 2, finalist Defender of the Year
Season 3, Defender of the Year
Two Supporters Shields
Two MLS Cup Finals
Not bad at all

Nick Green of the Daily Breeze with the latest Cup notes.

DU NORD AT THE CONTROLS

du Nord at the Controls - Mon Nov 7, 2011 - music mix at Spotify

TEAM USA - EL EQUIPO DE TODOS

Ken Gude of the Guardian looks at 5 things we have learned about our new team after 5 games.

Jeff Carlisle of ESPN tries to determine Landon Donovan's future role with the national team.
-The usual jealous critics are out there ripping Donovan. They wish they were him soooooooooooo bad. And if they were, they would do the same things he is doing.

US Soccer gives us a video interview with Oguchi Onyewu talking about his time in France.

US Soccer also gives us photos from Day 2 at training camp.
-More pics from the team Facebook page as well.

Teal Bunbury is OUT of the USA U23 team due to an ankle injury.

Brian Sciaretta of Yanks Abroad reports:
-"the US U23/20 team will face the Bochum reserves at 11am followed by Azerbaijan U-21s at 3pm"
-"On Tuesday the US U23/U20 team will play Leverkusen U-23s at 2:30pm then Leverkusen U-19s at 5pm"
-"Wolfsburg and their head coach Felix Magath are interested in #usmnt RB Timothy Chandler"

FIFA.com talks to French midfielder Yann M'Vila.

Maxime Gonalons of Lyon has been added to the French team to replace the injured Samir Nasri.

dN

International Friendlies
Matches & Scores:
-Fri Nov 11
France v USA - 2pm CT on ESPN2
-Tue Nov 15
Slovenia v USA - 11am CT on ESPN2

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

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Special USA U20/23 Training Camp Roster-
G:
David Bingham - San Jose Earthquakes
Cody Cropper - Ipswich Town
Sean Johnson - Chicago Fire
Jon Kempin - Sporting Kansas City
D:
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
Sheanon Williams - Philadelphia Union
Ethan White - DC United
M:
Joe Corona - Tijuana
Mixx Diskerud - Stabaek
Dilly Duka - Columbus Crew
Luis Gil - Real Salt Lake
Jared Jeffrey - Mainz
Sebastian Lletget - West Ham
Tyrone McCargo - Nurnberg
Amobi Okugo - Philadelphia Union
Charles Renken - Hoffenheim
Caleb Stanko - Freiburg
Jose Villarreal - LA Galaxy
F:
Juan Agudelo - New York Red Bulls
Terrence Boyd - Hertha Berlin
Teal Bunbury - Sporting Kansas City
Conor Doyle - Derby County
Josh Gatt - Molde
Joe Gyau - Hoffenheim
Jerome Kiesewetter - Hertha Berlin
Jack McInerney - Philadelphia Union
Omar Salgado - Vancouver Whitecaps
Tony Taylor - Atletico CP
Bobby Wood - 1860 Munich
Andrew Wooten - Kaiserslautern

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France Roster-
G:
Cedric Carrasso - Bordeaux
Hugo Lloris - Lyon
Steve Mandanda - Marseille
D:
Eric Abidal - Barcelona
Mathieu Debuchy - Lille
Laurent Koscielny - Arsenal
Jeremy Mathieu - Valencia
Adil Rami - Valencia
Anthony Reveillere - Olympique Lyon
Mamadou Sakho - Paris Saint-Germain
M:
Yohan Cabaye - Newcastle
Alou Diarra - Marseille
Yann M'Vila - Rennes
Florent Malouda - Chelsea
Marvin Martin - Sochaux
Samir Nasri - Manchester City
F:
Karim Benzema - Real Madrid
Kevin Gameiro - Paris Saint-Germain
Olivier Giroud - Montpellier
Jeremy Menez - Paris Saint-Germain
Loic Remy - Marseille
Franck Ribery - Bayern Munich

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Slovenia roster-
G:
Vid Belec - Crotone
Jasmin Handanovic - Maribor
Samir Handanovic - Udinese
D:
Miso Brecko - Cologne
Bostjan Cesar - Chievo
Branko Ilic - Lokomotiv Moscow
Bojan Jokic - Chievo
Matej Mavric Rozic - Kapfenberger
Miral Samardzic - Sheriff
Marko Suler - Gent
M:
Armin Bacinovic - Palermo
Josip Ilicic - Palermo
Andraz Kirm - Wisla Krakow
Rene Krhin - Bologna
Dejan Lazarevic - Padova
Darijan Matic - Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih
Ales Mertelj - Maribor
Dare Vrsic - Olimpija Ljubljana
F:
Valter Birsa - Genoa
Zlatko Dedic - Bochum
Zlatan Ljubijankic - Ghent
Tim Matavz - PSV
Nejc Pecnik - Krylya Sovetov

RISE & SHINE: THE JAY DEMERIT STORY

Now showing in movie theaters across the country.

Here is the Minnesota schedule:

Twin Cities
AMC Rosedale 14 - Wed Nov 9
Marcus Oakdale Cinemas - Thu Nov 10
Marcus Parkwood Cinemas - Thu Nov 10

Duluth
Marcus Duluth 10 - Thu Nov 10

More showings have been scheduled.

THE LAMAR HUNT US OPEN CUP

Josh Hakala of the un-official but only real website of the tournament The Cup reports that things may be changing drastically for the Open Cup next season.
-All 16 USA based MLS teams will be in the tourney. No playoffs.
-16 amateur qualifiers will face off against the 16 NASL & USL Pro teams.
-The winners of those 32 teams would then face the MLS teams.

Looks like a decent plan to me. Now lets work on the draw.

VERY SAD NEWS

Michael Lewis on the ruination of a good name - New York Cosmos.

Lewis also reports that their East coast youth club, B.W. Gottschee, is suing them over money owed.

The West coast version of the youth club left a long time ago.

DO YOU REALIZE

Randy Covitz of the Kansas City Star looks at the value Livestrong Sporting Park is providing beyond the financial. And sponsorship in general.

FACT OF THE DAY

10 finalists for the African Player of the Year:
-Andre Ayew - Ghana & Marseille
-Kevin-Prince Boateng - Ghana & AC Milan
-Didier Drogba - Cote d'Ivoire & Chelsea
-Samuel Eto'o - Cameroon & Anzhi Makhachkala
-Gervinho - Cote d'Ivoire & Arsenal
-Asamoah Gyan - Ghana & Al Ain
-Seydou Keita - Mali & Barcelona
-Moussa Sow - Senegal & Lille
-Adel Taarabt - Morocco & Queens Park Rangers
-Yaya Toure - Cote d'Ivoire & Manchester City

The winner will be announced Dec 22.

WHY NOT!

Sid Lowe of the Guardian previews Friday's Spain v England friendly with an article midfielder Santi Cazorla - the kind of player that is a reserve in the Spain team but could be a star in most other countries.

MLS TEAM & PLAYER NEWS

General News

Jonathan Tannenwald of Philly.com rounds up some of the latest league rumors.

dN

Lee Nguyen has signed with MLS. Welcome home Lee. I wonder where you will be playing?

COLORADO RAPIDS

Jeff Carlisle of ESPN talks to former Colorado coach Gary Smith about his firing.

All the bashing and blaming that Smith is doing will not help him land his next job. He would be better off just shutting up, going somewhere else and winning.

SPORTING KANSAS CITY SC

Terez Paylor of the Star with an article on the very level headed Rookie of the Year CJ Sapong.

MONTREAL IMPACT

Montreal will unveil their new jerseys on Dec 1.

Randy Phillips of the Gazette reports on the teams recent scouting trip to South America.

NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION

Lots of goodies from Kyle McCarthy today:
-Brian Bilello appointed president
-That means Sunil Gulati is no long team pres. He is now an advisor.
-Michael Burns promoted to general manager
-Revs have spoken with 12 candidates for coaching position.

NEW YORK RED BULLS

Team Awards:
Most Valuable Player - Thierry Henry
Newcomer of the Year - Luke Rodgers
Defensive Player of the Year Award - Jan Gunnar Solli

Jack Bell of the Times on yet another off-season of regrouping for New York.

Brian Lewis of the Post says the team wants to get more physical next season.
-Oh goody. Even more goonery.

PORTLAND TIMBERS

Kip Kesgard of the Oregonian with the latest team news.

REAL SALT LAKE

Gordon Monson of the Tribune says Jason Kreis is the coach of the year.

SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES

Elliot Almond of the Mercury News on the teams early goals for next season.
-They sold out their last 6 home games and will attempt to do it all next season.
-They are also moving forward on building a stadium.

SEATTLE SOUNDERS

The Times with a transcript of a post-season press conference with GM Adrian Hanauer.
-Lots and lots of topics here. Including increasing seating capacity again next season.

Joshua Mayers of the Times updates us on the recovery progress from a horrific broken leg for Steve Zakuani.
-His goal is to be ready by opening day.

The Sounders are chasing 30 year old Austrian goalkeeper Michael Gspurning from top flight Greek team Greek club Skoda Xanthi.

TORONTO FC

Paul Attfield of the Globe & Mail ranks the teams most important offseason decisions.

Liam Casey of the Star talks to a hard core supporter about what went wrong yet again this season for TFC.

VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC

Bruce Constantineau of the Sun reports that Euro-duo Eric Hassli and Davide Chiumiento will be a big part of building next seasons Caps.

Marc Weber of teh Province says D-day is approaching for some Caps players as new head coach Martin Rennie makes up his mind who from the current roster will be a part of his squad for next season.

MLS/USA RELATED RUMORS

Fotboll Expressen reports that 29 year old Swedish/Japanese midfielder Stefan Ishizaki of Elfsborg being chased by Toronto and Montreal. (thanks to Henrik for the link)

USL PRO NEWS

LE Eisenmenger of the Examiner does a 3 part Q & A with USL president Tim Holt, covering a lot of topics - Part 1 - The State of USL, Part 2 - Changes coming to the Open Cup, and Part 3 - W-League/MLS affiliation and WPS. (Thanks to BQ for the link)

AMERICANS IN EUROPE

In a game in the Football League Trophy tournament in England (all teams in League One and Two) Mike Grella of Brentford not only got a rare start, but he went the full 90, AAAAAAAAAAAAND scored 4 goals. Yes, 4 goals! Amazing. He also collected a yellow card. Great for him. Maybe now he will see more time on the field for the 9th place team in League One.

CANADA

TFC's young midfielder Matt Stinson is out of the Canada squad after suffering what they are calling a minor knee injury.

UEFA EURO 2012 QUALIFYING

The final 4 places are now up for grabs. 8 teams were paired up and now face off home and away to claim the last places in the next summers big tournament.

You can watch all the games online at ESPN3.com

Matches & Scores:
1st Leg
-Fri Nov 11
Bosnia & Herzegovina v Portugal
Turkey v Croatia
Czech Republic v Montenegro
Estonia v Ireland
2nd Leg
-Tue Nov 15
Portugal v Bosnia & Herzegovina
Croatia v Turkey
Montenegro v Czech Republic
Ireland v Estonia

BRAZIL

In a surprising move Neymar has signed a new contract at Santos through the 2014 Spring season.

ASIA 2014 WORLD CUP QUALIFYING

Matches & Scores:
-Fri Nov 11
United Arab Emirates v S Korea
Iraq v China
Kuwait v Lebanon
Jordan v Singapore
Uzbekistan v N Korea
Oman v Australia
Bahrain v Iran
Qatar v Indonesia
Saudi Arabia v Thailand
Tajikistan v Japan
-Tue Nov 15
Lebanon v S Korea
N Korea v Japan
Kuwait v United Arab Emirates
Jordan v Iraq
Uzbekistan v Tajikistan
Thailand v Australia
Indonesia v Iran
Qatar v Bahrain
Singapore v China
Saudi Arabia v Oman

AFRICA 2014 WORLD CUP QUALIFYING

Matches & Scores:
-Fri Nov 11
Eritrea v Rwanda
Chad v Tanzania
Equatorial Guinea v Madagascar
Guinea-Bissau v Togo
Seychelles v Kenya
Swaziland v Congo DR
Lesotho v Burundi
Sao Tome e Principe v Congo
Djibouti v Namibia
Comoros v Mozambique
-Sat Nov 12
Somalia v Ethiopia
-Tue Nov 15
Madagascar v Equatorial Guinea
Congo v Sao Tome e Principe
Burundi v Lesotho
Rwanda v Eritrea
Togo v Guinea-Bissau
Congo DR v Swaziland
Tanzania v Chad
Kenya v Seychelles
Mozambique v Comoros
Namibia v Djibouti
-Wed Nov 16
Ethiopia v Somalia

CONCACAF 2014 WORLD CUP QUALIFYING

SECOND ROUND

The last two vital rounds are coming up this week and next. Who will advance? 4 spots left to fill.

Matchday 5

-Fri Nov 11
Suriname v El Salvador
Dominican Republic v Cayman Islands
Guyana v Trinidad & Tobago
Bermuda v Barbados
Dominica v Panama
Bahamas v Nicaragua
St Kitts & Nevis v Canada
St Lucia v Puerto Rico
Guatemala v Grenada
Belize v St Vincent & the Grenadines
Antigua & Barbuda v Haiti
US Virgin Islands v Curacao

Matchday 6

-Mon Nov 14
Cayman Islands v Dominican Republic

-Tue Nov 15
El Salvador v Suriname
Trinidad & Tobago v Guyana
Barbados v Bermuda
Panama v Dominica
Nicaragua v Bahamas
Canada v St Kitts & Nevis
Puerto Rico v St Lucia
Grenada v Guatemala
St Vincent & the Grenadines v Belize
Haiti v Antigua & Barbuda
Curacao v US Virgin Islands

Standings:

Group A
12 El Salvador
7 Suriname
7 Dominican Republic
0 Cayman Islands

Group B
10 Guyana
9 Trinidad & Tobago
4 Bermuda
0 Barbados

Group C
ADV-9 Panama
3 Nicaragua
0 Dominica

Group D
10 Canada
6 St Kitts & Nevis
3 Puerto Rico
1 St Lucia

Group E
ADV-12 Guatemala
4 Grenada
4 St Vincent & the Grenadines
3 Belize

Group F
12 Antigua & Barbuda
10 Haiti
1 Curacao
0 US Virgin Islands

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Beginning Next Summer:

THIRD ROUND

Group A
USA
Jamaica
Guatemala
2nd Rd Group F winner

Group B
Mexico
Costa Rica
2nd Rd Group A winner
2nd Rd Group B winner

Group C
Honduras
Cuba
2nd Rd Group D winner
Panama

Group Standings
-The 6 group winners advance to the next round.

CONMEBOL 2014 WORLD CUP QUALIFYING

Matches & Scores:
-Fri Nov 11
Argentina v Bolivia
Colombia v Venezuela
Uruguay v Chile
Paraguay v Ecuador
-Tue Nov 15
Ecuador v Peru
Colombia v Argentina
Venezuela v Bolivia
Chile v Paraguay

OCEANIA 2014 WORLD CUP QUALIFYING

Matches & Scores:
-Tue Nov 22
American Samoa v Tonga
Cook Islands v Samoa
-Thu Nov 24
American Samoa v Cook Islands
Samoa v Tonga
-Sat Nov 26
Samoa v American Samoa
Tonga v Cook Islands

Game Schedule

INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLIES

Matches & Scores:
-Thu Nov 10
Gabon v Brazil
-Fri Nov 11
Ukraine v Germany
Poland v Italy
Mexico v Serbia
Netherlands v Switzerland
France v USA
Panama v Costa Rica
Denmark v Sweden
Georgia v Moldova
Greece v Russia
Hungary v Liechtenstein
Burkina Faso v Mali
Guinea v Senegal
Cameroon v Sudan
Albania v Azerbaijan
Belarus v Niger
Cyprus v Scotland
Morocco v Uganda
Belgium v Romania
-Sat Nov 12
England v Spain
Algeria v Tunisia
South Africa v Cote d'Ivoire
Nigeria v Botswana
Ghana v Sierra Leone
Wales v Norway
-Sun Nov 13
India v Malaysia
Morocco v Cameroon
Sudan v Uganda
-Mon Nov 14
Brazil v Egypt
Honduras v Serbia
-Tue Nov 15
Costa Rica v Spain
Germany v Netherlands
Italy v Uruguay
France v Belgium
England v Sweden
Slovenia v USA
Algeria v Cameroon
Macedonia v Albania
Poland v Hungary
Ukraine v Austria
Denmark v Finland
Nigeria v Zambia
Zimbabwe v South Africa
Senegal v Cote d'Ivoire
Ghana v Gabon
Guinea v Burkina Faso
Belarus v Libya
Luxembourg v Switzerland
Greece v Romania
-Tue Nov 16
India v Malaysia

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