Some Soccer News for Mon Dec 12, 2011
STARTERS
Tigres is the winner of the Mexican Apertura Championship. Huge win! Congrats to them.
dN
Sporting Kansas City has agreed to release Omar Bravo so he can return to Mexico and play for Cruz Azul in the upcoming Clausura.
-I have no idea what this really means. Did they sell him? Did they loan him? did they just tear up the contract? Who knows.
-Terez Paylor of the Kansas City Star tries to look behind the curtain.
dN
Recently retired LA Galaxy and USA centerback Gregg Berhalter has been named as the new head coach of Hammarby in Sweden.
-In case you didn't know Hammarby is partially owned by AEG who also owns the Galaxy.
dN
Herculez Gomez has signed with Santos Laguna for next season.
-They just finished second in the Apertura.
dN
There are plenty of rumors going around about English team's lining up to buy New York centerback Tim Ream - but none of these ever mention a price. He will be sold cheap, relatively speaking.
dN
Juventus got a tie at Roma today keeping them as the only team still without a loss in the big leagues of Europe. (Cuz the other unbeaten Man $ity got popped today by Chelsea.)
STORY OF THE DAY
Steve Goff of the Washington Post gets a look at US Soccer's 2013 budget, and tells us some of most interesting numbers.
STORY OF THE DAY 2
The Sports Business Journal Top 50 list of the Most Influential People of the Year in American Sports.
-MLS Commissioner Don Garber climbs the charts up to #30!
CLUB WORLD CUP
Monterrey is out of the CWC losing in a Penalty Kick Shootout to the Japanese Champions.
Al-Sadd has also advanced to the next round.
dN
Quarterfinals
Matches & Scores:
-Sun Dec 11
Esperance 1-2 Al-Sadd - Esp goal by Oussama Darragi. AS goals by Khalfan Ibrahim & Abdulla Obaid.
Monterrey 1-1 Kashiwa Reysol - KR advances 4-3 in Penalty Kick Shootout - Mon goals by Humberto Suazo. KR goal by Leandro Domingues.
Semifinals
Matches & Scores:
-Wed Dec 14
Santos v Kashiwa Reysol
-Thu Dec 15
Barcelona v Al-Sadd
Final
Matches & Scores:
-Sun Dec 18
Semifinal Winners
All matches played in Toyota and Yokohama, Japan
BIG EUROPEAN CLUB MATCHES
El Clasico was certainly classic in many ways. Like Real Madrid scoring 20 seconds into the game and then Barca slowly but surely building up to speed and then pulling away for a great win. Real Madrid could have made it a lot better game though, as they must have wasted 5 good scoring chances. It seemed like they choked!
Sid Lowe of the Guardian calls Barcelona keeper Victor Valdez the key to the win, despite his huge risk taking all game long.
Gabriel Marcotti of the Wall Street Journal examines the keys to Barca's success in this bi-annual match up.
Matches & Scores:
-Sat Dec 10
Real Madrid 1-3 Barcelona - RM goal by Karim Benzema. Bar goals by Alexis Sanchez, Xavi Hernandez & Cesc Fabregas.
dN
A couple other biggies from the weekend & Monday:
-Sun Dec 11
Stuttgart 1-2 Bayern - Bayern win the Sudderby and move back into first place.
-Mon Dec 12
Chelsea 2-1 Manchester City - juicy game sees Man City lose for the first time this season.
Roma 1-1 Juventus - the bitterness between these two play only lead to stalemate.
DID YOU KNOW?
Jack Bell of the NY Times gives us the story of American Thomas DiBenedetto who has bought and is trying to rebuild AS Roma.
HMMMMM, VERY INTERESTING
The AP has an update on the Turkish match fixing scandal.
WELL WELL WELL
Simon Borg of MLSsoccer.com asks Brad Friedel to explain his comments that seemed to disparage Landon Donovan.
-When I read this I hear a guy apologizing fairly sincerely, mainly to cover his ass, but also not really explaining what he said.
PICTURE OF THE DAY
Fulham has announced that they are going to add on to the main grandstand of the their stadium. The plans looks great. Lots of details here. (thanks to BQ for the link)
MLS SELECT TEAM - GENERATION ADIDAS EXHIBITION TOUR - NETHERLANDS
Tour Itinerary
Mon Dec 12 - attend match: Ajax U23 v PSV U23
Tue Dec 13 - Game 2
Wed Dec 14 - Game 3
Thu Dec 15 - return
dN
Matches & Scores:
-Thu Dec 8
Ajax Reserves 4-2 MLS-GA - MLS goals by Dilly Duka & Corey Herzog.
-Tue Dec 13
FC Volendam v MLS-GA
-Wed Dec 14
Almere City FC v MLS-GA
dN
Roster
G:
David Bingham - San Jose Earthquakes
Zac MacMath - Philadelphia Union
D:
Kevin Alston - New England Revolution
Conor Shanosky - D.C. United
Kofi Sarkodie - Houston Dynamo
Michael Tetteh - Seattle Sounders FC
Zarek Valentin - Montreal Impact
M:
Dilly Duka - Columbus Crew
Sacir Hot - New York Red Bulls
Amobi Okugo - Philadelphia Union
Luis Gil - Real Salt Lake
Matt Kassel - New York Red Bulls
Jack McInerney - Philadelphia Union
Tony Tchani - Columbus Crew
F:
Will Bruin - Houston Dynamo
Corey Hertzog - New York Red Bulls
Danny Mwanga - Philadelphia Union
Omar Salgado - Vancouver Whitecaps FC
MLS TEAM & PLAYER NEWS
General News
Steve Davis of Sports Illustrated examines the early going in the MLS offseason.
Player Transactions
The LA Galaxy has signed 30 year old Brazilian midfielder Marcelo Sarvas from Alajuelense in Costa Rica.
-Red Flag: This is his 8th team.
dN
Seattle has sold midfielder Erik Friberg to Malmo in Sweden.
dN
The 2nd Stage of the free agent Re-entry Draft was held today. The following players were selected:
-Seattle - Marc Burch (DCU)
New England - Nate Jaqua (SSFC), Clyde Simms (DCU)
Chicago - Kheli Dube (NER)
Colorado - Baggio Husidic (CFSC), Hunter Freeman (HD)
LA - Andrew Boyens (CUSA), Chris Leitch (SJE), Pat Noonan (SSFC), Jon Conway (CFSC)
The Galaxy also selected two of their own players so that they can offer them new contract probably at a significant pay cut: Dasan Robinson and Frankie Hejduk
COLORADO RAPIDS
The Rapids have promoted Tim Hinchey to be the new club President. He was the head of marketing for the team.
-He has vast experience as an executive at both Derby County FC in England, the New Orleans Hornets of the NBA.
NEW YORK RED BULLS
MLSsoccer.com does a post season review Q & A with head coach Hans Backe.
PHILADELPHIA UNION
The Union roster just keeps getting younger - They announced the signing of 18 year old midfielder Jimmy McLaughlin from their academy program.
dN
From the team: "The average age of the 25 players currently listed on the Union roster is 23.52. 18 players are 23 or under."
TORONTO FC
TFC goalkeeper Stefan Frei is training at Liverpool.
MLS/USA RELATED RUMORS
France & Chelsea striker Nicolas Anelka has been linked to MLS a few times in the past couple of years, but that will not happen soon as he signed with Shanghai Shenhua in China.
NASL NEWS
Press release:
"The North American Soccer League (NASL) will kick off the 2012 season on Saturday April 7th, with four games across North America. The opening weekend will be highlighted by a matchup between the reigning NASL Champion NSC Minnesota Stars and 2011 NASL Regular Season Champion Carolina RailHawks at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in Minneapolis, MN."
dN
Here is every team's home opener:
Matches & Scores:
-Sat Apr 7
Minnesota Stars v Carolina RailHawks
Atlanta Silverbacks v San Antonio Scorpions FC
Fort Lauderdale Strikers v FC Edmonton
Puerto Rico Islanders v FC Tampa Bay
-Sat Apr 14
Carolina RailHawks v Atlanta Silverbacks
FC Tampa Bay v FC Edmonton
-Sun Apr 15
San Antonio Scorpions v Puerto Rico Islanders
-Sun Apr 22
FC Edmonton v Minnesota Stars
COLLEGE SOCCER
NCAA Championship Tournament
North Carolina wins the College Cup. Huge congrats to them.
See the full video game highlights right here including the great game winner.
Final Four was held in Hoover AL.
Semifinals
Matches & Scores:
-Fri Dec 9
Charlotte 0-0 Creighton - Cha advances 4-1 in Penalty Kick Shootout.
North Carolina 2-2 UCLA - NC advances 3-1 in Penalty Kick Shootout - NC goals by Rob Lovejoy & Enzo Martinez. UCLA goals by Ryan Hollingshead & Kelyn Rowe.
Final
Matches & Scores:
-Sun Dec 11
Charlotte 0-1 North Carolina - NC goal by Ben Speas.
AMERICANS IN EUROPE
Oguchi Onyewu got the games only goal for Sporting this weekend.
-Check out this great fan shot video of the goal.
dN
Tim Chandler was red carded late in the first half of a Nurnberg loss. Not good.
dN
Zak Whitbread returned to the Norwich lineup after yet another long injury lay off.
dN
Game Action:
BELGIUM - Pro League
Sacha Kljestan - Anderlecht - played the whole game but lost 2-1 at Mechelen.
ENGLAND - Premier League
Clint Dempsey - Fulham - went the full 90 but lost 2-0 at Swansea.
Brad Friedel - Tottenham - played the entire game but lost 2-1 at Stoke.
Brad Guzan - Aston Villa - The Worm went the distance as they won 1-2 at Bolton.
Tim Howard - Everton - went the distance by lost 1-0 at Arsenal.
Zak Whitbread - Norwich - started and played 83 min as they won 4-2 v Newcastle.
ENGLAND - Championship League
Robbie Findley - Nottingham Forest - on the bench as they lost 0-1 v Crystal Palace.
Jonathan Spector - Birmingham - played the whole match as they won 2-1 v Doncaster.
ENGLAND - League One
Mike Grella - Brentford - on the bench as they won 2-1 v Hartlepool.
Anton Peterlin - Wallsall - came on as a sub in the 84th min as they drew 1-1 v Charlton.
FRANCE - Ligue 1
Quentin Westberg - Evian - on the bench as they lost 2-1 at Toulouse.
GERMANY - Bundesliga
Timmy Chandler - Nurnberg - started but was red carded and they wlost 0-2 v Hoffenheim.
Steve Cherundolo - Hannover - on the bench as they drew 0-0 v Leverkusen.
Fabian Johnson - Hoffenheim - played teh full 90 setting up both goals as they won 0-2 at Nurnberg.
Jermaine Jones - Schalke - played the entire game getting a yellow card and theywon 1-2 at Hertha Berlin.
Daniel Williams - Hoffenheim - came on as a sub in the 66th min and they won 0-2 at Nurnberg.
David Yelldell - Bayer Leverkusen - on the bench as they drew 0-0 at Hannover.
GERMANY - 2 Bundesliga
Luis Robles - Karlsruher - on the bench as they lost 3-1 at Duisburg.
Matt Taylor - Paderborn - came on as a sub in the 89th min as they won 2-0 v Hansa Rostock.
ISRAEL - Ligat Al
Ryan Adeleye - Hapoel Be'er Sheva - started and came off at half time getting a yellow card along the way and they won 0-1 at Hapoel Rishon Lezion.
Bryan Gerzicich - Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona - Mon Dec 12 v Hapoel Tel Aviv
Leo Krupnik - Maccabi Netanya - on the bench as they drew 1-1 at Maccabi Tel Aviv.
ITALY - Serie A
Michael Bradley - Chievo Verona - went the distance getting a yellow card as they lost 2-1 at Udinese.
NETHERLANDS - Eredivisie
Jozy Altidore - AZ Alkmaar - started and went the full 90 as they won 4-0 v De Graafschap.
NETHERLANDS - Eerste Divisie
Charles Kazlauskas - Helmond Sport - played the entire match bu tlost 3-1 v Volendam.
PORTUGAL - Primeira Liga
Oguchi Onyewu - Sporting - went the distance scoring the games only goal as they won 1-0 v Nacional.
PORTUGAL - Liga de Honra
Caleb Patterson-Sewell - Atletico CP - played the whole game as they drew 1-1 v Penafiel.
Tony Taylor - Atletico CP - started and went 80 min as they drew 1-1 v Penafiel.
SCOTLAND - Premier League
Carlos Bocanegra - Rangers - went the distance getting a yellow card as they won 0-2 at Hibs.
Mo Edu - Rangers - started and played 88 min as they won 0-2 at Hibernian.
AMERICANS IN SOUTH AMERICA
Tom Marshall of MLSsoccer.com introduces us to one Kevin Piedrahita who has been launched into the race for the title in Colombia with America de Cali.
-How did this happen you ask? The 1st string keeper got busted for PEDs. The 2nd keeper, also an American Diego Restrepo got a red card in the previous game. So this is his shot!
MEXICO
LIGUILLA - Finals
UANL Tigres of Monterrey have won their first championship since 1982!
Matches & Scores:
1st Leg
-Thu Dec 8
Santos Laguna 0-1 UANL Tigres - Tig goal by Damian Alvarez.
2nd Leg
-Sun Dec 11
UANL Tigres 3-1 Santos Laguna - Tig wins championship 4-1 on aggregate - Tig goals by Hector Mancilla, Danilinho & Alan Pulido. SL goal by Oribe Peralta.
CANADA
Bryce Alderson of the Vancouver Whitecaps was named Canadian U-17 Player of the Year (for the second year in a row.)
Nigel Reed of the CBC wonders if another Dwayne DeRosario is coming down the Canadian pipeline.
ENGLAND
Ian McCourt, John Ashdown and Jacob Steinberg of the Guardina with five things we learned from the Premier League this weekend.
SPAIN
Copa del Rey - Round of 32
1st Leg
-Nov 9
L'Hospitalet 0-1 Barcelona
-Thu Dec 8
Albacete 2-1 Atletico Madrid
Real Oviedo 0-1 Athletic Bilbao
-Tue Dec 13
Cadiz v Valencia
Ponferradina v Real Madrid
Mirandes v Villarreal
Almerian v Osasuna
Alcorcon v Zaragoza
Celta v Espanyol
Cordoba v Betis
Deportivo La Coruna v Levante
Mallorca v Sporting de Gijon
Racing Santander v Rayo Vallecano
Getafe v Malaga
Real Sociedad v Granada
San Roque v Sevilla
ITALY
Coppa Italia - ROUND OF 16
Matches & Scores:
-Thu Dec 8
Juventus 2-1 Bologna
-Tue Dec 13
Palermo v Siena
SOUTH AMERICA
Tim Vickery of the BBC looks at La U (Universidad de Chile) who are on the verge of claiming Copa Sudamericana - and - Santos of Brazil who are in the Club World Cup.
dN
Copa Sudamericana - Final
1st Leg
-Thu Dec 8
LDU Quito 0-1 Universidad Chile - UC goal by Eduardo Vargas.
2nd Leg
-Wed Dec 14
Universidad Chile v LDU Quito
Tigres is the winner of the Mexican Apertura Championship. Huge win! Congrats to them.
dN
Sporting Kansas City has agreed to release Omar Bravo so he can return to Mexico and play for Cruz Azul in the upcoming Clausura.
-I have no idea what this really means. Did they sell him? Did they loan him? did they just tear up the contract? Who knows.
-Terez Paylor of the Kansas City Star tries to look behind the curtain.
dN
Recently retired LA Galaxy and USA centerback Gregg Berhalter has been named as the new head coach of Hammarby in Sweden.
-In case you didn't know Hammarby is partially owned by AEG who also owns the Galaxy.
dN
Herculez Gomez has signed with Santos Laguna for next season.
-They just finished second in the Apertura.
dN
There are plenty of rumors going around about English team's lining up to buy New York centerback Tim Ream - but none of these ever mention a price. He will be sold cheap, relatively speaking.
dN
Juventus got a tie at Roma today keeping them as the only team still without a loss in the big leagues of Europe. (Cuz the other unbeaten Man $ity got popped today by Chelsea.)
STORY OF THE DAY
Steve Goff of the Washington Post gets a look at US Soccer's 2013 budget, and tells us some of most interesting numbers.
STORY OF THE DAY 2
The Sports Business Journal Top 50 list of the Most Influential People of the Year in American Sports.
-MLS Commissioner Don Garber climbs the charts up to #30!
CLUB WORLD CUP
Monterrey is out of the CWC losing in a Penalty Kick Shootout to the Japanese Champions.
Al-Sadd has also advanced to the next round.
dN
Quarterfinals
Matches & Scores:
-Sun Dec 11
Esperance 1-2 Al-Sadd - Esp goal by Oussama Darragi. AS goals by Khalfan Ibrahim & Abdulla Obaid.
Monterrey 1-1 Kashiwa Reysol - KR advances 4-3 in Penalty Kick Shootout - Mon goals by Humberto Suazo. KR goal by Leandro Domingues.
Semifinals
Matches & Scores:
-Wed Dec 14
Santos v Kashiwa Reysol
-Thu Dec 15
Barcelona v Al-Sadd
Final
Matches & Scores:
-Sun Dec 18
Semifinal Winners
All matches played in Toyota and Yokohama, Japan
BIG EUROPEAN CLUB MATCHES
El Clasico was certainly classic in many ways. Like Real Madrid scoring 20 seconds into the game and then Barca slowly but surely building up to speed and then pulling away for a great win. Real Madrid could have made it a lot better game though, as they must have wasted 5 good scoring chances. It seemed like they choked!
Sid Lowe of the Guardian calls Barcelona keeper Victor Valdez the key to the win, despite his huge risk taking all game long.
Gabriel Marcotti of the Wall Street Journal examines the keys to Barca's success in this bi-annual match up.
Matches & Scores:
-Sat Dec 10
Real Madrid 1-3 Barcelona - RM goal by Karim Benzema. Bar goals by Alexis Sanchez, Xavi Hernandez & Cesc Fabregas.
dN
A couple other biggies from the weekend & Monday:
-Sun Dec 11
Stuttgart 1-2 Bayern - Bayern win the Sudderby and move back into first place.
-Mon Dec 12
Chelsea 2-1 Manchester City - juicy game sees Man City lose for the first time this season.
Roma 1-1 Juventus - the bitterness between these two play only lead to stalemate.
DID YOU KNOW?
Jack Bell of the NY Times gives us the story of American Thomas DiBenedetto who has bought and is trying to rebuild AS Roma.
HMMMMM, VERY INTERESTING
The AP has an update on the Turkish match fixing scandal.
WELL WELL WELL
Simon Borg of MLSsoccer.com asks Brad Friedel to explain his comments that seemed to disparage Landon Donovan.
-When I read this I hear a guy apologizing fairly sincerely, mainly to cover his ass, but also not really explaining what he said.
PICTURE OF THE DAY
Fulham has announced that they are going to add on to the main grandstand of the their stadium. The plans looks great. Lots of details here. (thanks to BQ for the link)
MLS SELECT TEAM - GENERATION ADIDAS EXHIBITION TOUR - NETHERLANDS
Tour Itinerary
Mon Dec 12 - attend match: Ajax U23 v PSV U23
Tue Dec 13 - Game 2
Wed Dec 14 - Game 3
Thu Dec 15 - return
dN
Matches & Scores:
-Thu Dec 8
Ajax Reserves 4-2 MLS-GA - MLS goals by Dilly Duka & Corey Herzog.
-Tue Dec 13
FC Volendam v MLS-GA
-Wed Dec 14
Almere City FC v MLS-GA
dN
Roster
G:
David Bingham - San Jose Earthquakes
Zac MacMath - Philadelphia Union
D:
Kevin Alston - New England Revolution
Conor Shanosky - D.C. United
Kofi Sarkodie - Houston Dynamo
Michael Tetteh - Seattle Sounders FC
Zarek Valentin - Montreal Impact
M:
Dilly Duka - Columbus Crew
Sacir Hot - New York Red Bulls
Amobi Okugo - Philadelphia Union
Luis Gil - Real Salt Lake
Matt Kassel - New York Red Bulls
Jack McInerney - Philadelphia Union
Tony Tchani - Columbus Crew
F:
Will Bruin - Houston Dynamo
Corey Hertzog - New York Red Bulls
Danny Mwanga - Philadelphia Union
Omar Salgado - Vancouver Whitecaps FC
MLS TEAM & PLAYER NEWS
General News
Steve Davis of Sports Illustrated examines the early going in the MLS offseason.
Player Transactions
The LA Galaxy has signed 30 year old Brazilian midfielder Marcelo Sarvas from Alajuelense in Costa Rica.
-Red Flag: This is his 8th team.
dN
Seattle has sold midfielder Erik Friberg to Malmo in Sweden.
dN
The 2nd Stage of the free agent Re-entry Draft was held today. The following players were selected:
-Seattle - Marc Burch (DCU)
New England - Nate Jaqua (SSFC), Clyde Simms (DCU)
Chicago - Kheli Dube (NER)
Colorado - Baggio Husidic (CFSC), Hunter Freeman (HD)
LA - Andrew Boyens (CUSA), Chris Leitch (SJE), Pat Noonan (SSFC), Jon Conway (CFSC)
The Galaxy also selected two of their own players so that they can offer them new contract probably at a significant pay cut: Dasan Robinson and Frankie Hejduk
COLORADO RAPIDS
The Rapids have promoted Tim Hinchey to be the new club President. He was the head of marketing for the team.
-He has vast experience as an executive at both Derby County FC in England, the New Orleans Hornets of the NBA.
NEW YORK RED BULLS
MLSsoccer.com does a post season review Q & A with head coach Hans Backe.
PHILADELPHIA UNION
The Union roster just keeps getting younger - They announced the signing of 18 year old midfielder Jimmy McLaughlin from their academy program.
dN
From the team: "The average age of the 25 players currently listed on the Union roster is 23.52. 18 players are 23 or under."
TORONTO FC
TFC goalkeeper Stefan Frei is training at Liverpool.
MLS/USA RELATED RUMORS
France & Chelsea striker Nicolas Anelka has been linked to MLS a few times in the past couple of years, but that will not happen soon as he signed with Shanghai Shenhua in China.
NASL NEWS
Press release:
"The North American Soccer League (NASL) will kick off the 2012 season on Saturday April 7th, with four games across North America. The opening weekend will be highlighted by a matchup between the reigning NASL Champion NSC Minnesota Stars and 2011 NASL Regular Season Champion Carolina RailHawks at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in Minneapolis, MN."
dN
Here is every team's home opener:
Matches & Scores:
-Sat Apr 7
Minnesota Stars v Carolina RailHawks
Atlanta Silverbacks v San Antonio Scorpions FC
Fort Lauderdale Strikers v FC Edmonton
Puerto Rico Islanders v FC Tampa Bay
-Sat Apr 14
Carolina RailHawks v Atlanta Silverbacks
FC Tampa Bay v FC Edmonton
-Sun Apr 15
San Antonio Scorpions v Puerto Rico Islanders
-Sun Apr 22
FC Edmonton v Minnesota Stars
COLLEGE SOCCER
NCAA Championship Tournament
North Carolina wins the College Cup. Huge congrats to them.
See the full video game highlights right here including the great game winner.
Final Four was held in Hoover AL.
Semifinals
Matches & Scores:
-Fri Dec 9
Charlotte 0-0 Creighton - Cha advances 4-1 in Penalty Kick Shootout.
North Carolina 2-2 UCLA - NC advances 3-1 in Penalty Kick Shootout - NC goals by Rob Lovejoy & Enzo Martinez. UCLA goals by Ryan Hollingshead & Kelyn Rowe.
Final
Matches & Scores:
-Sun Dec 11
Charlotte 0-1 North Carolina - NC goal by Ben Speas.
AMERICANS IN EUROPE
Oguchi Onyewu got the games only goal for Sporting this weekend.
-Check out this great fan shot video of the goal.
dN
Tim Chandler was red carded late in the first half of a Nurnberg loss. Not good.
dN
Zak Whitbread returned to the Norwich lineup after yet another long injury lay off.
dN
Game Action:
BELGIUM - Pro League
Sacha Kljestan - Anderlecht - played the whole game but lost 2-1 at Mechelen.
ENGLAND - Premier League
Clint Dempsey - Fulham - went the full 90 but lost 2-0 at Swansea.
Brad Friedel - Tottenham - played the entire game but lost 2-1 at Stoke.
Brad Guzan - Aston Villa - The Worm went the distance as they won 1-2 at Bolton.
Tim Howard - Everton - went the distance by lost 1-0 at Arsenal.
Zak Whitbread - Norwich - started and played 83 min as they won 4-2 v Newcastle.
ENGLAND - Championship League
Robbie Findley - Nottingham Forest - on the bench as they lost 0-1 v Crystal Palace.
Jonathan Spector - Birmingham - played the whole match as they won 2-1 v Doncaster.
ENGLAND - League One
Mike Grella - Brentford - on the bench as they won 2-1 v Hartlepool.
Anton Peterlin - Wallsall - came on as a sub in the 84th min as they drew 1-1 v Charlton.
FRANCE - Ligue 1
Quentin Westberg - Evian - on the bench as they lost 2-1 at Toulouse.
GERMANY - Bundesliga
Timmy Chandler - Nurnberg - started but was red carded and they wlost 0-2 v Hoffenheim.
Steve Cherundolo - Hannover - on the bench as they drew 0-0 v Leverkusen.
Fabian Johnson - Hoffenheim - played teh full 90 setting up both goals as they won 0-2 at Nurnberg.
Jermaine Jones - Schalke - played the entire game getting a yellow card and theywon 1-2 at Hertha Berlin.
Daniel Williams - Hoffenheim - came on as a sub in the 66th min and they won 0-2 at Nurnberg.
David Yelldell - Bayer Leverkusen - on the bench as they drew 0-0 at Hannover.
GERMANY - 2 Bundesliga
Luis Robles - Karlsruher - on the bench as they lost 3-1 at Duisburg.
Matt Taylor - Paderborn - came on as a sub in the 89th min as they won 2-0 v Hansa Rostock.
ISRAEL - Ligat Al
Ryan Adeleye - Hapoel Be'er Sheva - started and came off at half time getting a yellow card along the way and they won 0-1 at Hapoel Rishon Lezion.
Bryan Gerzicich - Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona - Mon Dec 12 v Hapoel Tel Aviv
Leo Krupnik - Maccabi Netanya - on the bench as they drew 1-1 at Maccabi Tel Aviv.
ITALY - Serie A
Michael Bradley - Chievo Verona - went the distance getting a yellow card as they lost 2-1 at Udinese.
NETHERLANDS - Eredivisie
Jozy Altidore - AZ Alkmaar - started and went the full 90 as they won 4-0 v De Graafschap.
NETHERLANDS - Eerste Divisie
Charles Kazlauskas - Helmond Sport - played the entire match bu tlost 3-1 v Volendam.
PORTUGAL - Primeira Liga
Oguchi Onyewu - Sporting - went the distance scoring the games only goal as they won 1-0 v Nacional.
PORTUGAL - Liga de Honra
Caleb Patterson-Sewell - Atletico CP - played the whole game as they drew 1-1 v Penafiel.
Tony Taylor - Atletico CP - started and went 80 min as they drew 1-1 v Penafiel.
SCOTLAND - Premier League
Carlos Bocanegra - Rangers - went the distance getting a yellow card as they won 0-2 at Hibs.
Mo Edu - Rangers - started and played 88 min as they won 0-2 at Hibernian.
AMERICANS IN SOUTH AMERICA
Tom Marshall of MLSsoccer.com introduces us to one Kevin Piedrahita who has been launched into the race for the title in Colombia with America de Cali.
-How did this happen you ask? The 1st string keeper got busted for PEDs. The 2nd keeper, also an American Diego Restrepo got a red card in the previous game. So this is his shot!
MEXICO
LIGUILLA - Finals
UANL Tigres of Monterrey have won their first championship since 1982!
Matches & Scores:
1st Leg
-Thu Dec 8
Santos Laguna 0-1 UANL Tigres - Tig goal by Damian Alvarez.
2nd Leg
-Sun Dec 11
UANL Tigres 3-1 Santos Laguna - Tig wins championship 4-1 on aggregate - Tig goals by Hector Mancilla, Danilinho & Alan Pulido. SL goal by Oribe Peralta.
CANADA
Bryce Alderson of the Vancouver Whitecaps was named Canadian U-17 Player of the Year (for the second year in a row.)
Nigel Reed of the CBC wonders if another Dwayne DeRosario is coming down the Canadian pipeline.
ENGLAND
Ian McCourt, John Ashdown and Jacob Steinberg of the Guardina with five things we learned from the Premier League this weekend.
SPAIN
Copa del Rey - Round of 32
1st Leg
-Nov 9
L'Hospitalet 0-1 Barcelona
-Thu Dec 8
Albacete 2-1 Atletico Madrid
Real Oviedo 0-1 Athletic Bilbao
-Tue Dec 13
Cadiz v Valencia
Ponferradina v Real Madrid
Mirandes v Villarreal
Almerian v Osasuna
Alcorcon v Zaragoza
Celta v Espanyol
Cordoba v Betis
Deportivo La Coruna v Levante
Mallorca v Sporting de Gijon
Racing Santander v Rayo Vallecano
Getafe v Malaga
Real Sociedad v Granada
San Roque v Sevilla
ITALY
Coppa Italia - ROUND OF 16
Matches & Scores:
-Thu Dec 8
Juventus 2-1 Bologna
-Tue Dec 13
Palermo v Siena
SOUTH AMERICA
Tim Vickery of the BBC looks at La U (Universidad de Chile) who are on the verge of claiming Copa Sudamericana - and - Santos of Brazil who are in the Club World Cup.
dN
Copa Sudamericana - Final
1st Leg
-Thu Dec 8
LDU Quito 0-1 Universidad Chile - UC goal by Eduardo Vargas.
2nd Leg
-Wed Dec 14
Universidad Chile v LDU Quito
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