Thursday, December 01, 2011

Some Soccer News for Thu Dec 1, 2011

STARTERS

DC United has passed on the original option to buy Charlie Davies from Sochaux.
-That doesn't mean they can't negotiate to buy him at a lower price, or sign a new loan deal etc etc.
-This press release from DCU is worded in a way that suggests the door is not closed.

dN

US Soccer officially announced two international friendly matches for Jan 2012.
-Sat Jan 21
USA v Venezuela - 8pm CT, TV TBA
Venue: University of Phoenix Stadium - Glendale AZ
-Wed Jan 25
Panama v USA - Time & TV TBA
Venue: TBA - Panama City

dN

The draw for the group stage of UEFA Euro 2012 tournament can be seen Fri Dec 2 at 11am CT on ESPN3.com.

dN

So far Sacha Kljestan & Anderlecht, Oguchi Onyewu & Sporting CP and Jermaine Jones & Schalke have qualified for the next round of the Europa League.

DU NORD AT THE CONTROLS

du Nord at the Controls - Tue Nov 29, 2011 - new music mix at Spotify.

STORY OF THE DAY

Former St Pauli, Salt Lake and Portland player Ian Joy writing for Prost Amerika tells his own personal story of depression.
-This is serious stuff and we all need to do our part to help ourselves and everyone around us who may be suffering from it.
-Thanks to Kevin for the link.

dN

The Telegraph in England reported that the English Professional Footballers' Association has reissued a booklet on depression. Former players will receive it too.

UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

Matchday 6 - final round of group play is coming next Tue and Wed.

BIG EUROPEAN CLUB MATCHES

A huge weekend in the German Bundesliga as the top 4 face off against each other!

Matches & Scores:
-Sat Dec 3
Monchengladbach v Dortmund - #2 v #1
Bayern Munich v Werder Bremen - #3 v #4
Barcelona v Levante - Barca is looking to right their ship before next weeks Classico, against the team that surprised everyone early on

OOF

One of the most exciting young players in the English Premier League, Lucas Leiva of Liverpool (great alliteration), blew out the ACL of his left knee on Monday which will require surgery to repair. He will be out 9 or 10 months most likely. Damn!

MLS TEAM & PLAYER NEWS

General News

Martin Rogers of Yahoo makes the case that signing a player like Didier Drogba would be good for MLS.

Kansas City assistant coach Octavio Zambrano has been hired as the new head coach of Deportivo Pereira.
-The team just finished last in the Apertura and were relegated to Primera B for next season.

Trades etc

RSL has traded back up midfielder Jean Alexandre to San Jose in exchange for a 2012 1st Rd Supplemental Draft Pick aka a 4th round pick.

CHICAGO FIRE

Goalkeeper Sean Johnson is headed to England to train with Everton.

Charlie Corr of ESPN on the team's offseason player scouting plans.

CD CHIVAS USA

MLSsoccer.com does a season review Q & A with head coach Robin Fraser.

COLORADO RAPIDS

The team named Jeff Larentowicz as their 2011 MVP today.

FC DALLAS

I somehow missed this yesterday when word came that Daniel Hernandez had signed a new contract - the deal is for only 1 year as a player and after that as a coach.

DC UNITED

Reports say that centerback Dejan Jakovic will be training with West Brom in England.

HOUSTON DYNAMO

Late this afternoon the Dynamo announced the re-signing centerback Bobby Boswell to a new contract.

NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION

The team has signed goalkeeper Matt Reis to a new contract. No details are known.

PHILADELPHIA UNION

Reports say that goalkeeper Zac MacMath going to train with Everton.

REAL SALT LAKE

Forward Alvaro Saborio has had knee surgery that will sideline him for 3 to 4 months. Meaning he will most likely miss the start of the season.

RSL is said to have offered Andy Williams a new contract, even though he was released from the club earlier this week and is available for the Re-entry Draft next Monday.

MLS/USA RELATED RUMORS

Robbie Rogers to Blackburn?

Silly name of the day: Wiliam Gallas

MLS/SUM BUSINESS

Reuters says that despite a bad economy sports business is still growing, with mentions of MLS and a quote from Don Garber.

Soccer America reports that Kyle Martino is in line to be the broadcast partner of Arlo White at NBC.

MLS EXPANSION

The Seminole Chronicle with an interesting article on Phil Rawlins and Orlando City SC who have their sights set on MLS.
-Is it just me or does this guy seem to have a little Jeff Cooper in him?

NASL NEWS

Brian Quarstad of IMSoccer News reports that Colin Clarke is set to become the new head coach of the Carolina RailHawks.

Former MLS MVP Alex Pineda Chacon is the new head coach of the Atlanta Silverbacks.

USA U17 TEAM

The Nike International Friendlies.

The USA ties in game 1.

Matches & Scores:
-Wed Nov 30
USA 2-2 France - USA goals by DeAndre Robinson & Wesley Wade.
Match report by US Soccer.
Video of game highlights.
Brazil 1-0 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

Standings:
3 Brazil (+1)
1 France (0)
1 USA (0)
0 Turkey (-1)

AMERICANS IN EUROPE

Anderlecht had already qualified for the next round of the Europa League, and today Sporting CP and Schalke joined them. Still one round left to sort out the other Americans in the tournament.

Game Action:

UEFA - Europa League - Group Stage - Matchday 5
Clint Dempsey - Fulham - Thu Dec 1 - again did not suit up for the tournament and they lost 1-0 at Twente.
Sacha Kljestan - Anderlecht - Thu Dec 1 - played the entire match and they won 1-2 at AEK Athens.
Jermiane Jones - Schalke - Thu Dec 1 - played the whole game getting a yellow card as they won 2-1 v Steaua Buchurest.
Oguchi Onyewu - Sporting - Thu Dec 1 - went the full 90 as they won 2-0 v Zurich.

AMERICANS IN SOUTH AMERICA

Steven Goff of the Washington Post reports that Diego Restrepo may get his chance in goal at America de Cali after all as the starter has been suspended for using PEDs.

MEXICO

LAGUILLA - Semifinals

Matches & Scores:
1st Leg
-Wed Dec 30
Morelia 2-1 Santos Laguna - Mor goals by Jaime Lozano & Edgar Lugo. SL goal by Oribe Peralta.
-Thu Dec 1
Queretaro v Tigres
2nd Leg
(1st leg scores included)
-Sat Dec 3
Santos Laguna v Morelia (1-2)
-Sun Dec 4
Tigres v Queretaro (-)

CONCACAF

FIFA.com talks to George Dublin the captain of the improbable Antigua & Barbuda who advanced to the 3rd Round of World Cup qualifying.

ENGLAND

The 6th Round of the FA Cup takes place this weekend, and League One teams join the field.

EUROPE

Taca de Portugal - Round of 16
Matches & Scores:
-Thu Dec 1
Moreirense 2-1 Torreense
-Fri Dec 2
Maritimo v Benfica
-Sat dec 3
Estoril v Olhanense
-Sun Dec 4
Mirandela v UD Oliveirense
Desportivo Aves v Ribeira Brava
Tirsense v Nacional
Leixoes v Academica
-Mon Dec 5
Sporting CP v Belenenses

UEFA EURO 2012

Jonathan Wilson of the Guardian reports on the continuing unease surrounding Poland's preparations for next summer's tournament.

UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE

Matchday 5 - Wed Nov 30 & Thu Dec 1.

Groups D-F & J-L played on Thu and Sporting CP, Stoke City, Athletic Bilbao, Schalke, Twente and Lokomotic Moskva all advanced.

Sturm Graz, OB, Mccabi Tel-Aviv and Slovan Bratislava were knocked out.

One more round left, to be played on Dec 14 & 15.

ADV: Anderlecht, Atletico Madrid, Legia Warszawa, Metalist, PAOK, PSV and Standard Liege.

OUT: AEK, Hapoel Tel Aviv, Malmo, Maribor, Rapid Buchuresti, Rennes, Shamrock, Vorskla and Zurich.

Group Standings

SOUTH AMERICA

Copa Sudamericana - Final
1st Leg
-Wed Dec 7
LDU Quito v Universidad Chile
2nd Leg
-Wed Dec 13
Universidad Chile v LDU Quito

BRAZIL 2014 WORLD CUP

The AP reports that Ronaldo has been named to the WC Organizing Committee along with Ricardo Teixeira.

2 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Had to be Lucas Leiva's Left Ligament didn't it?! LOL! No seriously I feel bad for the Liverpool Lad.

8:03 PM  
Blogger brucio said...

Lovely.

8:48 AM  

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