Some Soccer News for Tue Dec 20, 2011
STARTERS
Abby Wambach was named the AP Female Athlete of Year. Huge congrats to her.
DU NORD AT THE CONTROLS
du Nord at the Controls - Tue Dec 20, 2011 - new music mix at Spotify
STORY OF THE DAY
Chris Bascombe of the Telegraph reports that Liverpool forward Luis Suarez has been suspended for 8 games and fined $70K for directing racial slurs at Man United Patrice Evra earlier this season. Wow. That is a stiff penalty.
TEAM USA - EL EQUIPO DE TODOS
Steve Davis of Sports Illustrated talks to Jurgen Klinsmann about the need for his players to train year round at a high level. This is a much more in-depth explanation than we have heard in the past from Grinsi.
2012-13 CONCACACHAMPIONS
Five more teams have qualified for the next season which will begin the summer:
-Alajuelense - Costa Rican Invierno champions
-Chorillo - Panamanian Apertura champions
-Metapan - El Salvadoran Apertura champions
-Municipal - Guatemalan Apertura champions
-Olimpia - Honduran Apertura champions
Tigres and Santos Laguna both qualified as a couple weeks ago as the Mexican Apertura finalists.
QUOTE OF THE DAY
"THE return of Landon Donovan can only be a good thing for Everton FC.
I was surprised by how well he did the last time he was at EFC two years ago. Through ignorance more than anything else, I’d not seen much MLS and had no idea how good the standard is. But he did really, really well."
-Mark Lawrence of the Liverpool Daily Post
See the full article in the Americans In Europe section below.
DID YOU KNOW?
The Shin Guardian does a Q & A with our FIF Greg Seltzer of MLSsoccer.com and No Short Corners. This is Part 1.
HMMMMM, VERY INTERESTING
Black And Red United talks to former DC United prodigy Santino Quaranta who surprisingly has retired at age 27. What's next?
WELL WELL WELL
Frank Giase of the Newark Star Ledger talks to former Red Bulls assistant coach Richie Williams about his new role in the US Soccer Development Academy.
-Williams also answers the question of why he was fired by Red Bull.
THIS IS WHAT ITS ALL ABOUT
The great soccer website Pitch Invasion has published a book featuring the very best articles to have ever appeared on the site. I could not recommend this more. You can buy it in digital and print formats.
MLS TEAM & PLAYER NEWS
Player Transactions
MLS is expected to release the names of the young players they have recently signed to the special "Generation Adidas" contracts. These are players who are not already affiliated with an MLS club through an academy and are either leaving college early or foregoing it altogether to turn pro.
HOUSTON DYNAMO
MLSsoccer.com does a post season Q & A with head coach Dominic Kinnear.
LA GALAXY
Multiple sources today are reporting that Sal Paulo wants Juninho back from his loan deal with the Galaxy. LA would have to pay a transfer fee if they wanted to keep him.
PORTLAND TIMBERS
Portland will host a preseason tournament at Jeld Wen Field featuring themselves, 2 other MLS teams, San Jose and Chivas, and AIK of Stockholm, Sweden. The tournament will take place Mon Feb 27 to Sun Mar 4.
VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC
MLSsoccer.com has more from the new top dog at Vancouver Rachel Lewis. Including video.
MLS/USA RELATED RUMORS
Omar Gonzalez of LA to England?
Robbie Rogers to Leeds?
-Adam Jardy of the Columbus Dispatch reports.
Brek Shea has been telling people that he loved his time at Arsenal and would like to play there some day.
MLS PRESEASON
Just announced-
Matches & Scores:
-Sat Feb 4
Chicago Fire v Real CD Espana
Venue: New Orleans
SOCCER IN AMERICA
IMSoccer News has a fascinating look from a parents view point of 3 Minnesota boys who are in school in Madrid, Spain for a year and are playing soccer for a local club.
AMERICANS IN EUROPE
MLSsoccer.com talked to Everton head coach David Moyes on their radio show Extra Time yesterday and asked him about his plans for Landon Donovan.
Mark Lawrence of the Liverpool Daily Post shares his thoughts on the return of Donovan to Everton.
19 year old Brian Span has left U Virginia early and signed with Djurgarden in Sweden.
dN
Game Action:
ENGLAND - Premier League
Zak Whitbread - Norwich - Tue Dec 20 - went the full 90 as they drew 2-2 at Wolverhampton.
GERMANY - DFB Pokal - Round of 16
Timmy Chandler - Nurnberg - Tue Dec 20 - played the whole game but they lost 0-1 v Greuther Furth.
Fabian Johnson - Hoffenheim - Tue Dec 20 - went the distance as they won 2-1 v Augsburg.
Daniel Williams - Hoffenheim - Tue Dec 20 - came on as a sub in the 83rd min as they won 2-1 v Augsburg.
dN
Coming Up:
GERMANY - DFB Pokal - Round of 16
Jermaine Jones - Schalke - Wed Dec 21 at Monchengladbach
ITALY - Serie A
Michael Bradley - Chievo Verona - Wed Dec 21 at Lazio
PORTUGAL - Taca de Portugal -
Oguchi Onyewu - Sporting CP - Thu Dec 22 v Maritimo
CONCACAF
The Home Depot Center in Carson CA will host an exhibition double header called the Doble Clasico Centroamericano on Sat Jan 28:
Comunicaciones v Municipal - a big Guatemalan derby
and
FAS v Club Deportivo Aguila - a big El Salvadoran derby
dN
Frank Dell'Apa of the Boston Globe with an article on Costa Rican champions Alajualense, and their ties to New England.
SPAIN
Copa del Rey - Round of 32
2nd Leg
-Tue Dec 20
Real Madrid 5-1 Ponferradina - RM adv 7-1 on agg.
Espanyol 4-2 Celta - Esp adv 4-2 on agg.
Sporting de Gijon 0-2 Mallorca - Mal adv 2-1 on agg.
Sevilla 2-1 San Roque - Sev adv 3-1 on agg.
-Wed Dec 21
Atletico Madrid v Albacete (1-2)
Villarreal v Mirandes (1-1)
Osasuna v Almerian (3-1)
Zaragoza v Alcorcon (1-1)
Betis v Cordoba (0-1)
Levante v Deportivo La Coruna (1-3)
Rayo Vallecano v Racing Santander (2-3)
Malaga v Getafe (1-0)
Granada v Real Sociedad (1-4)
Athletic Bilbao v Real Oviedo (1-0)
Valencia v Cadiz (0-0)
-Thu Dec 22
Barcelona v L'Hospitalet (1-0)
GERMANY
DFB Pokal - Round of 16
-Tue Dec 20
Bochum 1-2 Bayern Munich
Nurnberg 0-1 Greuther Furth
Hoffenheim 2-1 Augsburg
Fortuna Dusseldorf 0-0 Borussia Dortmund - Dor advances 5-4 in Penalty Kick Shootout
-Wed Dec 21
Hertha Berlin v Kaiserslautern
Holstein Kiel v Mainz
Stuttgart v Hamburger
Monchengladbach v Schalke
ITALY
9 Serie A head coaches have been relieved of their duties already this season, including 2 each from Cagliari and Palermo.
EUROPE
Taca de Portugal - Quarterfinals
Matches & Scores:
-Wed Dec 21
Academica v Desportivo Aves
-Thu Dec 22
Sporting CP v Maritimo
UD Oliveirense v Olhanense
-Fri Dec 23
Moreirense v Nacional
BRAZIL
Tim Vickery writing for Sambafoot looks back at the year in Brazilian soccer ending with Santos in the Club World Cup final.
ARGENTINA
Diego Simeone has quit as head coach of Racing leading to speculation that he will be named as a new head coach at Atletico Madrid in Spain.
MIDDLE EAST
Qatar has fired their latest national team head coach Sebastiao Lazaroni due to poor performances.
-Wouldn't have anything to do with lousy players would it? Naaaah.
TACTICS
Jonathan Wilson of the Guardian reviews 2011 in tactical terms.
-Boca Juniors won the Argentinian Apertura conceding a record low of 6 goals in 19 matches. Racing, who came second, conceded only 8.
BIG PIMPIN
Here is the new MLS ball that the champions LA Galaxy will get to use for the 2012 season. All the other teams will play with the white version.
You can buy this ball right here.
ENDERS
Kim Jong-Il Droppin' The Bass
Abby Wambach was named the AP Female Athlete of Year. Huge congrats to her.
DU NORD AT THE CONTROLS
du Nord at the Controls - Tue Dec 20, 2011 - new music mix at Spotify
STORY OF THE DAY
Chris Bascombe of the Telegraph reports that Liverpool forward Luis Suarez has been suspended for 8 games and fined $70K for directing racial slurs at Man United Patrice Evra earlier this season. Wow. That is a stiff penalty.
TEAM USA - EL EQUIPO DE TODOS
Steve Davis of Sports Illustrated talks to Jurgen Klinsmann about the need for his players to train year round at a high level. This is a much more in-depth explanation than we have heard in the past from Grinsi.
2012-13 CONCACACHAMPIONS
Five more teams have qualified for the next season which will begin the summer:
-Alajuelense - Costa Rican Invierno champions
-Chorillo - Panamanian Apertura champions
-Metapan - El Salvadoran Apertura champions
-Municipal - Guatemalan Apertura champions
-Olimpia - Honduran Apertura champions
Tigres and Santos Laguna both qualified as a couple weeks ago as the Mexican Apertura finalists.
QUOTE OF THE DAY
"THE return of Landon Donovan can only be a good thing for Everton FC.
I was surprised by how well he did the last time he was at EFC two years ago. Through ignorance more than anything else, I’d not seen much MLS and had no idea how good the standard is. But he did really, really well."
-Mark Lawrence of the Liverpool Daily Post
See the full article in the Americans In Europe section below.
DID YOU KNOW?
The Shin Guardian does a Q & A with our FIF Greg Seltzer of MLSsoccer.com and No Short Corners. This is Part 1.
HMMMMM, VERY INTERESTING
Black And Red United talks to former DC United prodigy Santino Quaranta who surprisingly has retired at age 27. What's next?
WELL WELL WELL
Frank Giase of the Newark Star Ledger talks to former Red Bulls assistant coach Richie Williams about his new role in the US Soccer Development Academy.
-Williams also answers the question of why he was fired by Red Bull.
THIS IS WHAT ITS ALL ABOUT
The great soccer website Pitch Invasion has published a book featuring the very best articles to have ever appeared on the site. I could not recommend this more. You can buy it in digital and print formats.
MLS TEAM & PLAYER NEWS
Player Transactions
MLS is expected to release the names of the young players they have recently signed to the special "Generation Adidas" contracts. These are players who are not already affiliated with an MLS club through an academy and are either leaving college early or foregoing it altogether to turn pro.
HOUSTON DYNAMO
MLSsoccer.com does a post season Q & A with head coach Dominic Kinnear.
LA GALAXY
Multiple sources today are reporting that Sal Paulo wants Juninho back from his loan deal with the Galaxy. LA would have to pay a transfer fee if they wanted to keep him.
PORTLAND TIMBERS
Portland will host a preseason tournament at Jeld Wen Field featuring themselves, 2 other MLS teams, San Jose and Chivas, and AIK of Stockholm, Sweden. The tournament will take place Mon Feb 27 to Sun Mar 4.
VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC
MLSsoccer.com has more from the new top dog at Vancouver Rachel Lewis. Including video.
MLS/USA RELATED RUMORS
Omar Gonzalez of LA to England?
Robbie Rogers to Leeds?
-Adam Jardy of the Columbus Dispatch reports.
Brek Shea has been telling people that he loved his time at Arsenal and would like to play there some day.
MLS PRESEASON
Just announced-
Matches & Scores:
-Sat Feb 4
Chicago Fire v Real CD Espana
Venue: New Orleans
SOCCER IN AMERICA
IMSoccer News has a fascinating look from a parents view point of 3 Minnesota boys who are in school in Madrid, Spain for a year and are playing soccer for a local club.
AMERICANS IN EUROPE
MLSsoccer.com talked to Everton head coach David Moyes on their radio show Extra Time yesterday and asked him about his plans for Landon Donovan.
Mark Lawrence of the Liverpool Daily Post shares his thoughts on the return of Donovan to Everton.
19 year old Brian Span has left U Virginia early and signed with Djurgarden in Sweden.
dN
Game Action:
ENGLAND - Premier League
Zak Whitbread - Norwich - Tue Dec 20 - went the full 90 as they drew 2-2 at Wolverhampton.
GERMANY - DFB Pokal - Round of 16
Timmy Chandler - Nurnberg - Tue Dec 20 - played the whole game but they lost 0-1 v Greuther Furth.
Fabian Johnson - Hoffenheim - Tue Dec 20 - went the distance as they won 2-1 v Augsburg.
Daniel Williams - Hoffenheim - Tue Dec 20 - came on as a sub in the 83rd min as they won 2-1 v Augsburg.
dN
Coming Up:
GERMANY - DFB Pokal - Round of 16
Jermaine Jones - Schalke - Wed Dec 21 at Monchengladbach
ITALY - Serie A
Michael Bradley - Chievo Verona - Wed Dec 21 at Lazio
PORTUGAL - Taca de Portugal -
Oguchi Onyewu - Sporting CP - Thu Dec 22 v Maritimo
CONCACAF
The Home Depot Center in Carson CA will host an exhibition double header called the Doble Clasico Centroamericano on Sat Jan 28:
Comunicaciones v Municipal - a big Guatemalan derby
and
FAS v Club Deportivo Aguila - a big El Salvadoran derby
dN
Frank Dell'Apa of the Boston Globe with an article on Costa Rican champions Alajualense, and their ties to New England.
SPAIN
Copa del Rey - Round of 32
2nd Leg
-Tue Dec 20
Real Madrid 5-1 Ponferradina - RM adv 7-1 on agg.
Espanyol 4-2 Celta - Esp adv 4-2 on agg.
Sporting de Gijon 0-2 Mallorca - Mal adv 2-1 on agg.
Sevilla 2-1 San Roque - Sev adv 3-1 on agg.
-Wed Dec 21
Atletico Madrid v Albacete (1-2)
Villarreal v Mirandes (1-1)
Osasuna v Almerian (3-1)
Zaragoza v Alcorcon (1-1)
Betis v Cordoba (0-1)
Levante v Deportivo La Coruna (1-3)
Rayo Vallecano v Racing Santander (2-3)
Malaga v Getafe (1-0)
Granada v Real Sociedad (1-4)
Athletic Bilbao v Real Oviedo (1-0)
Valencia v Cadiz (0-0)
-Thu Dec 22
Barcelona v L'Hospitalet (1-0)
GERMANY
DFB Pokal - Round of 16
-Tue Dec 20
Bochum 1-2 Bayern Munich
Nurnberg 0-1 Greuther Furth
Hoffenheim 2-1 Augsburg
Fortuna Dusseldorf 0-0 Borussia Dortmund - Dor advances 5-4 in Penalty Kick Shootout
-Wed Dec 21
Hertha Berlin v Kaiserslautern
Holstein Kiel v Mainz
Stuttgart v Hamburger
Monchengladbach v Schalke
ITALY
9 Serie A head coaches have been relieved of their duties already this season, including 2 each from Cagliari and Palermo.
EUROPE
Taca de Portugal - Quarterfinals
Matches & Scores:
-Wed Dec 21
Academica v Desportivo Aves
-Thu Dec 22
Sporting CP v Maritimo
UD Oliveirense v Olhanense
-Fri Dec 23
Moreirense v Nacional
BRAZIL
Tim Vickery writing for Sambafoot looks back at the year in Brazilian soccer ending with Santos in the Club World Cup final.
ARGENTINA
Diego Simeone has quit as head coach of Racing leading to speculation that he will be named as a new head coach at Atletico Madrid in Spain.
MIDDLE EAST
Qatar has fired their latest national team head coach Sebastiao Lazaroni due to poor performances.
-Wouldn't have anything to do with lousy players would it? Naaaah.
TACTICS
Jonathan Wilson of the Guardian reviews 2011 in tactical terms.
-Boca Juniors won the Argentinian Apertura conceding a record low of 6 goals in 19 matches. Racing, who came second, conceded only 8.
BIG PIMPIN
Here is the new MLS ball that the champions LA Galaxy will get to use for the 2012 season. All the other teams will play with the white version.
You can buy this ball right here.
ENDERS
Kim Jong-Il Droppin' The Bass
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