Friday, December 16, 2011

Some Soccer News for Fri Dec 16, 2011

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT:

I would love to see my du Nord Futbol Twitter feed hit 3000 followers by this weekend. Who wants to help me do that?

STARTERS

The BBC reports that Cameroon has suspended Samuel Eto'o for 15 games for his role in a players strike.

DU NORD AT THE CONTROLS

du Nord at the Controls - all new music mix for Tue Dec 13, 2011

USA U23/OLYMPIC TEAM

The USA U23/Olympic team is in Lakewood Ranch Florida until Dec 23 for a training camp.

















dN


Brian Sciaretta of Yanks Abroad introduces us to first time invitee Jann George.

Greg Seltzer of MLSsoccer.com with an article on Amobi Okugo and his Olympic dreams.

dN

There will be another camp in January.

dN

Here is the roster.

G:
David Bingham - San Jose Earthquakes
Bill Hamid - DC United
Sean Johnson - Chicago Fire
Zac MacMath - Philadelphia Union
D:
Gale Agbossoumonde - Eintracht Frankfurt
Royal-Dominique Fennell - Stuttgarter Kickers
Sebastien Ibeagha - Duke
Kofi Sarkodie - Houston Dynamo
Zarek Valentin - Montreal Impact
Jorge Villafana - Chivas USA
Andrew Wenger - Duke
Sheanon Williams - Philadelphia Union
M:
Freddy Adu - Philadelphia Union
Bryan Arguez - Montreal Impact
Joe Corona - Tijuana
Danny Cruz - Houston Dynamo
Mikkel Diskerud - Stabaek
Dilly Duka - Columbus Crew
Jared Jeffrey - Mainz
Sebastian Lletget - West Ham
Amobi Okugo - Philadelphia Union
Kelyn Rowe - UCLA
Michael Stephens - LA Galaxy
F:
Terrance Boyd - Dortmund
Will Bruin - Houston Dynamo
Teal Bunbury - Sporting Kansas City
Jann George - Nurnberg
Joe Gyau - Hoffenheim
Jack McInerney - Philadelphia Union
Andrew Wooten - Kaiserslautern

CLUB WORLD CUP

Stay up partying or set your DVR for the final.

Final

Matches & Scores:
-Sun Dec 18
Barcelona v Santos - Live at 4:30am CT on Sat Dec 17.

UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

Here are the Round of 16 pairings:
(Higher seeds are listed second and will host the 2nd leg)

Lyon v APOEL
Napoli v Chelsea
AC Milan v Arsenal
Basel v Bayern Munich
Bayer Leverkusen v Barcelona
CSKA Moscow v Real Madrid
Zenit St Petersburg v Benfica
Marseille v Inter Milan

dN

Exact dates are not set yet.

But the matches will be played on Feb 14, 15/21,22 & Mar 6,7/13,14.

TWITTERVERSE/FACEBOOKING

@landondonovan - Once a Toffee, always a Toffee

BIG EUROPEAN CLUB MATCHES

Matches & Scores:
-Sat Dec 17
Schalke v Werder Bremen - #3 v #5
Sevilla v Real Madrid - #5 v #2
-Sun Dec 18
Manchester City v Arsenal - #1 v #5
Lazio v Udinese - #4 v #2
Napoli v Roma - a good strong rivalry between two teams that want to be great
PSG v Lille - #2 v #3

MLS TEAM & PLAYER NEWS

General News

The Jamaica Observer talks to Houston's JeVaughn Watson who says more Jamaican's need to come play in MLS.
-He talks a lot about his impressions of the league after his first season.

SPORTING KANSAS CITY SC

MLSsoccer.com does a post season Q & A with head coach Peter Vermes.

SEATTLE SOUNDERS

Joshua Mayers of the Times talks to GM Adrian Hanauer about new signings etc.

VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC

Marc Weber of the Province with an article on the team's latest acquisition Lee Nguyen.

dN

The WCaps signed midfielder Matt Watson who played the past 3 season for new head coach Martin Rennie with the Carolina RailHawks.

MLS/USA RELATED RUMORS

The Bolton News has quotes from Bolton Wanderers head coach Owen Coyle raving about Tim Ream who has been training with them.

dN

Folks in Mexico are saying that Club America is trying snap up Omar Gonzalez from the Galaxy.

AMERICANS IN EUROPE

John Kretlow of Yanks Abroad talks to Zak Whitbread about his return to the field from a bad hamstring injury.

dN

West Ham reports that Danny Potts has signed a professional contract with the team. The 17 year old has been in their reserves this season.

ENGLAND

David Hytner of the Guardian does an interview with Tottenham midfielder Rafael Van Der Vaart.

UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE

The draw for the Round of 32 was held today:
















In principle the first legs will be played on 8 March, with the returns taking place the following Thursday, 15 March.

dN

They also drew the match-ups for the winners in the Round of 16:
Salzburg/Metalist v Rubin/Olympiacos
Legia/Sporting v Porto/Manchester City
Steaua/Twente v Plzen/Schalke
Wisla/Standard v Hannover/Club Brugge
Stoke/Valencia v Trabzonspor/PSV
AZ/Anderlecht v Udinese/PAOK
Lazio/Atletico v Braga/Besiktas
Ajax/Manchester United v Lokomotiv/Athletic Bilbao

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