Some Soccer News for Tue Dec 13, 2011
STARTERS
The Bundesliga will go on its winter break one more round of games this weekend.
dN
France Football magazine has named Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema the French Player of the Year.
DU NORD AT THE CONTROLS
du Nord at the Controls - all new music mix for Tue Dec 13, 2011
TEAM USA - EL EQUIPO DE TODOS
The USA U23/Olympic team training camp. Dec 15-23 in Lakewood Ranch FL
Brian Sciaretta of Yanks Abroad interviews U23 head coach Caleb Porter. This is Part 1 of 2.
There is a camp starting on Thursday and there will be another one in January.
CLUB WORLD CUP
FIFA.com does a Q & A with Barcelona head coach Pepper Guardiola.
AFP gives us the background story on Al-Sadd.
dN
All matches played in Toyota and Yokohama, Japan
Play-In Game
Matches & Scores:
-Thu Dec 8
Kashiwa Reysol 2-0 Auckland City FC - KR goals by Junya Tanaka & Masato Kudo.
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
BUMMER OF THE DAY
Man United's Darren Fletcher will be out of action indefinitely after being diagnosed with something called ulcerative colitis. Oh that sounds bad.
HMMMMM, VERY INTERESTING
The New York Cosmos new owners today sent David Beckham's buddy vice chairman Terry Byrne packing. There is almost no one left there from just a few months ago when things started to go south. Lets see what they new owners can do.
PREDICTION OF THE DAY
Jonathan Wilson of the Guardian sees a shift in formations taking place right in front of our eyes. This could be the future.
VIDEO OF THE DAY
One to remember!
Lio Messi gets the ball just inside his own half then weaves past 6 Getafe defenders to score. Unreal. I watched it happen live and nearly went through the ceiling of my living room.
PICTURE OF THE DAY
Houston Dynamo president Chris Canetti sent out this photo of their new stadium construction today.
-"pic of stadium. Looking southwest. Shows club, suites, lower & upper bowls, lights"
MLS SELECT TEAM - GENERATION ADIDAS EXHIBITION TOUR - NETHERLANDS
The GA team got a win today.
Tour Itinerary
Tue Dec 13 - Game 2
Wed Dec 14 - Game 3
Thu Dec 15 - return
Matches & Scores:
-Thu Dec 8
Ajax Reserves 4-2 MLS-GA - MLS goals by Dilly Duka & Corey Herzog.
-Tue Dec 13
FC Volendam 2-3 MLS-GA 0 MLS goals by Dilly Duka, Will Bruin & Omar Salgado.
-Wed Dec 14
Almere City FC v MLS-GA
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
NEW YORK RED BULLS
Brian Lewis of the Post gets all the latest Red Bulls scuttlebutt from Erik Soler.
REAL SALT LAKE
Martin Renzhofer of the Tribune fill us in on the team's latest scouting expeditions.
AMERICANS IN EUROPE
Tim Chandler got an extra game suspension tacked on to his red card from last weekend.
Rangers is trying to lock down Mo Edu with a new contract offer.
-Should he stay or should he go. I say move on to new challenges.
Andrew Vorce of Yanks Abroad talks to Dominic Cervi who is currently on loan from Celtic to Greenock Morton.
dN
Coming Up:
UEFA - Europa League - Group Stage - Matchday 6
Jozy Altidore - AZ - Thu Dec 15 v Metalist
Steve Cherundolo - Hannover - Thu Dec 15 v Vorskla
Clint Dempsey - Fulham - Wed Dec 14 v OB
Brad Friedel - Tottenham - Thu Dec 15 at Shamrock Rovers
Sacha Kljestan - Anderlecht - Wed Dec 14 v Lokomotiv Moskva
Jermiane Jones - Schalke - Wed Dec 14 at Maccabi Haifa
Oguchi Onyewu - Sporting - Wed Dec 14 at Lazio
Jonathan Spector - Birmingham - Thu Dec 15 v Maribor
CANADA
The Canadian U20 Player of the Year is Ashtone Morgan of Toronto FC.
SPAIN
Copa del Rey - Round of 32
1st Leg
-Tue Dec 13
Cadiz 0-0 Valencia
Ponferradina 0-2 Real Madrid
Mirandes 1-1 Villarreal
Almerian 1-3 Osasuna
Alcorcon 1-1 Zaragoza
Celta 0-0 Espanyol
Cordoba 1-0 Betis
Deportivo La Coruna 3-1 Levante
Mallorca 0-1 Sporting de Gijon
Racing Santander 3-2 Rayo Vallecano
Getafe 0-1 Malaga
Real Sociedad 4-1 Granada
San Roque Sevilla
GERMANY
Raphael Honigstein of the Guardian on Lucas Podalski finally living up to his early career hype, and the rest of last weekends game in the Bundesliga.
ITALY
Serie A - make-up for postponed game
-Tue Dec 13
Genoa 0-1 Inter
Coppa Italia - ROUND OF 16
Matches & Scores:
-Tue Dec 13
Palermo v Siena
UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE
Matchday 6 to be played on Dec 14 & 15.
ADV: Anderlecht, Athletic Bilbao, Atletico Madrid, Legia Warszawa, Lokomotic Moskva, Metalist, PAOK, PSV, Schalke, Sporting CP, Standard Liege, Stoke City, Twente
OUT: AEK, Hapoel Tel Aviv, Maccabi Tel-Aviv, Malmo, Maribor, OB, Rapid Buchuresti, Rennes, Shamrock, Slovan Bratislava, Sturm Graz, Vorskla and Zurich.
Group Standings
SOUTH AMERICA
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
The Bundesliga will go on its winter break one more round of games this weekend.
dN
France Football magazine has named Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema the French Player of the Year.
DU NORD AT THE CONTROLS
du Nord at the Controls - all new music mix for Tue Dec 13, 2011
TEAM USA - EL EQUIPO DE TODOS
The USA U23/Olympic team training camp. Dec 15-23 in Lakewood Ranch FL
Brian Sciaretta of Yanks Abroad interviews U23 head coach Caleb Porter. This is Part 1 of 2.
There is a camp starting on Thursday and there will be another one in January.
CLUB WORLD CUP
FIFA.com does a Q & A with Barcelona head coach Pepper Guardiola.
AFP gives us the background story on Al-Sadd.
dN
All matches played in Toyota and Yokohama, Japan
Play-In Game
Matches & Scores:
-Thu Dec 8
Kashiwa Reysol 2-0 Auckland City FC - KR goals by Junya Tanaka & Masato Kudo.
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
BUMMER OF THE DAY
Man United's Darren Fletcher will be out of action indefinitely after being diagnosed with something called ulcerative colitis. Oh that sounds bad.
HMMMMM, VERY INTERESTING
The New York Cosmos new owners today sent David Beckham's buddy vice chairman Terry Byrne packing. There is almost no one left there from just a few months ago when things started to go south. Lets see what they new owners can do.
PREDICTION OF THE DAY
Jonathan Wilson of the Guardian sees a shift in formations taking place right in front of our eyes. This could be the future.
VIDEO OF THE DAY
One to remember!
Lio Messi gets the ball just inside his own half then weaves past 6 Getafe defenders to score. Unreal. I watched it happen live and nearly went through the ceiling of my living room.
PICTURE OF THE DAY
Houston Dynamo president Chris Canetti sent out this photo of their new stadium construction today.
-"pic of stadium. Looking southwest. Shows club, suites, lower & upper bowls, lights"
MLS SELECT TEAM - GENERATION ADIDAS EXHIBITION TOUR - NETHERLANDS
The GA team got a win today.
Tour Itinerary
Tue Dec 13 - Game 2
Wed Dec 14 - Game 3
Thu Dec 15 - return
Matches & Scores:
-Thu Dec 8
Ajax Reserves 4-2 MLS-GA - MLS goals by Dilly Duka & Corey Herzog.
-Tue Dec 13
FC Volendam 2-3 MLS-GA 0 MLS goals by Dilly Duka, Will Bruin & Omar Salgado.
-Wed Dec 14
Almere City FC v MLS-GA
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
NEW YORK RED BULLS
Brian Lewis of the Post gets all the latest Red Bulls scuttlebutt from Erik Soler.
REAL SALT LAKE
Martin Renzhofer of the Tribune fill us in on the team's latest scouting expeditions.
AMERICANS IN EUROPE
Tim Chandler got an extra game suspension tacked on to his red card from last weekend.
Rangers is trying to lock down Mo Edu with a new contract offer.
-Should he stay or should he go. I say move on to new challenges.
Andrew Vorce of Yanks Abroad talks to Dominic Cervi who is currently on loan from Celtic to Greenock Morton.
dN
Coming Up:
UEFA - Europa League - Group Stage - Matchday 6
Jozy Altidore - AZ - Thu Dec 15 v Metalist
Steve Cherundolo - Hannover - Thu Dec 15 v Vorskla
Clint Dempsey - Fulham - Wed Dec 14 v OB
Brad Friedel - Tottenham - Thu Dec 15 at Shamrock Rovers
Sacha Kljestan - Anderlecht - Wed Dec 14 v Lokomotiv Moskva
Jermiane Jones - Schalke - Wed Dec 14 at Maccabi Haifa
Oguchi Onyewu - Sporting - Wed Dec 14 at Lazio
Jonathan Spector - Birmingham - Thu Dec 15 v Maribor
CANADA
The Canadian U20 Player of the Year is Ashtone Morgan of Toronto FC.
SPAIN
Copa del Rey - Round of 32
1st Leg
-Tue Dec 13
Cadiz 0-0 Valencia
Ponferradina 0-2 Real Madrid
Mirandes 1-1 Villarreal
Almerian 1-3 Osasuna
Alcorcon 1-1 Zaragoza
Celta 0-0 Espanyol
Cordoba 1-0 Betis
Deportivo La Coruna 3-1 Levante
Mallorca 0-1 Sporting de Gijon
Racing Santander 3-2 Rayo Vallecano
Getafe 0-1 Malaga
Real Sociedad 4-1 Granada
San Roque Sevilla
GERMANY
Raphael Honigstein of the Guardian on Lucas Podalski finally living up to his early career hype, and the rest of last weekends game in the Bundesliga.
ITALY
Serie A - make-up for postponed game
-Tue Dec 13
Genoa 0-1 Inter
Coppa Italia - ROUND OF 16
Matches & Scores:
-Tue Dec 13
Palermo v Siena
UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE
Matchday 6 to be played on Dec 14 & 15.
ADV: Anderlecht, Athletic Bilbao, Atletico Madrid, Legia Warszawa, Lokomotic Moskva, Metalist, PAOK, PSV, Schalke, Sporting CP, Standard Liege, Stoke City, Twente
OUT: AEK, Hapoel Tel Aviv, Maccabi Tel-Aviv, Malmo, Maribor, OB, Rapid Buchuresti, Rennes, Shamrock, Slovan Bratislava, Sturm Graz, Vorskla and Zurich.
Group Standings
SOUTH AMERICA
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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