Some Soccer News for Wed Dec 13, 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
Dwayne DeRosario was named the Canadian Player Of The Year. Well earned.
dN
Clint Dempsey scored a goal for Fulham in the Europa League today, but they gave up 2 late goals to tie and were knocked out of the competition. Damn.
-Sacha Kljestan got Anderlechet's first goal today and told the opponent's fans to simmer down.
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du Nord's 2011 MLS Most Valuable Player Mauro Rosales has signed a new 2 year contract with Seattle. Great job!
-Joshua Mayers of the Seattle Times fills us in.
DU NORD AT THE CONTROLS
du Nord at the Controls - all new music mix for Tue Dec 13, 2011
STORY OF THE DAY
Cam Tucker ofthe Vancouver Sun introduces us to Rachel Lewis, the woman at the top of the Vancouver Whitecaps pyramid.
COPA SUDAMERICANA FINAL
The Sudamericana championship will be won tonight!
dN
Copa Sudamericana - Final
Match & Score:
2nd Leg
-Wed Dec 14
Universidad Chile v LDU Quito (1-0)
TEAM USA - EL EQUIPO DE TODOS
Tom Marshall of MLSsoccer.com talks to Jose Torres who is healing up quickly and is ready to get back at it.
USA U23/OLYMPIC TEAM
The USA U23/Olympic team training camp. Dec 15-23 in Lakewood Ranch FL
dN
Kelyn Rowe has been added to the roster.
-His UCLA team just finished their college season.
dN
Brian Sciaretta of Yanks Abroad does an interview with head coach Caleb Porter - this is Part 2.
Jeff Carlisle of ESPN talks to head coach Caleb Porter about building the Olympic team.
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
Santos won their semifinal game today. They await the winner of Barcelona and Al-Sadd.
dN
Tim Vickery of ESPN previews the inevitable - Barcelona v Santos - Messi v Neymar.
dN
All matches played in Toyota and Yokohama, Japan
dN
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 3-1 Kashiwa Reysol - San goals by Neymar, Borges & Danilo. KR goals by H Sakai.
-Thu Dec 15
Barcelona v Al-Sadd
Final
Matches & Scores:
-Sun Dec 18
Semifinal Winners
TWITTERVERSE/FACEBOOKING
Robert Jonas of Center Line Soccer in San Jose CA
@robertjonas: The City of San Jose Planning Director has given consent to the @SJEarthquakes proposed new stadium Planned Development Permit. #greatnews
VIDEO OF THE DAY
Sporting Kansas City wishes all their fans Happy Holidays!
-I love the tear rolling down the cheek. Classic.
MLS SELECT TEAM - GENERATION ADIDAS EXHIBITION TOUR - NETHERLANDS
The team lost 2-0 today in their final match and head home tomorrow.
Tour Itinerary
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 2-0 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
COLORADO RAPIDS
MLSSoccer.com has a post season Q & A with technical director Paul Bravo.
MONTREAL IMPACT
Former MLS defener Julian Valentin writing for The Shin Guardian tells us all about his younger brother, who is a new member of the Impact, Zarek.
NEW YORK RED BULLS
NYRB released the following players: Chris Albright, Stephane Auvray, Bouna Coundoul & Carlos Mendes.
-Did this just happen or did I just notice? Prob the later.
SEATTLE SOUNDERS
The Sounders named Osvaldo Alonso as the team's Most Valuable Player.
TORONTO FC
Kurtis Larson of the Sun does a Q & A with technical director Paul Mariner.
-Lots of interesting little TFC newsbites in here.
MLS/USA RELATED RUMORS
Hernan Crespo has said he is interested in playing in America for the tranquility. Maybe off the field buddy, but not on it. Delusional.
-And I am a huge Crespo fan.
-He should have come to MLS 4 years ago.
MLS EXPANSION
The Sacramento Bee reports that an investment group is looking into MLS in Sacramento.
MLS STADIUMS
Reports from Texas say that the Houston Dyanmo stadium will have a corporate sponsor and the stadium will be called BBVA Compass Stadium.
Jose de Jesus Ortiz of the Houston Chronicle reports on the naming rights.
BBVA are the sponsors of Spain's Primera Division, aka La Liga.
NASL NEWS
The San Antonio Scorpions (not a fan of that name) have announce their first two player signings - both former MLS players - central midfielder Kevin Harmse and centerback Greg Janicki.
USA U17 TEAM
Brian Sciaretta of the New York Times writes about the high level skills of 15 year old Junior Flores.
AMERICANS IN EUROPE
Greg Seltzer of MLSsoccer.com with the latest transfer rumors for Clint Dempsey, Brad Guzan, Mo Edu and more.
dN
Game Action:
UEFA - Europa League - Group Stage - Matchday 6
Clint Dempsey - Fulham - Wed Dec 14 - started and played 72 min scoring their first goal as they drew 2-2 v OB.
Sacha Kljestan - Anderlecht - Wed Dec 14 - went the full 90 scoring their first goal as they won 5-3 v Lokomotiv Moskva.
Jermiane Jones - Schalke - Wed Dec 14 - left off the squad as they won 0-3 at Maccabi Haifa.
Oguchi Onyewu - Sporting - Wed Dec 14 - started and went 76 min as they lost 2-0 at Lazio.
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
Brad Friedel - Tottenham - Thu Dec 15 at Shamrock Rovers
Jonathan Spector - Birmingham - Thu Dec 15 v Maribor
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 0-1 Sevilla
ITALY
Coppa Italia - ROUND OF 16
Matches & Scores:
-Tue Dec 13
Palermo 4-4 Siena - Sie advances 3-0 in Penalty Kick Shootout.
UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE
Matchday 6 to be played on Dec 14 & 15.
Lazio, Besiktas, Salzburg, Wisla Krakow and Steaua Bucuresti advanced today.
Fulham, Maccabi Haifa, Larnaca, Paris St-Germain, Dynamo Kyiv and Vaslui were knocked out today.
ADV: Anderlecht, Athletic Bilbao, Atletico Madrid, Besiktas, Lazio, Legia Warszawa, Lokomotic Moskva, Metalist, PAOK, PSV, Salzburg, Schalke, Sporting CP, Standard Liege, Steaua Bucuresti, Stoke City, Twente, Wisla Krakow
OUT: AEK Athens, Dynamo Kyiv, Fulham, Hapoel Tel Aviv, Larnaca, Maccabi Haifa, Maccabi Tel-Aviv, Malmo, Maribor, Paris St-Germain, OB, Rapid Buchuresti, Rennes, Shamrock, Slovan Bratislava, Sturm Graz, Vaslui, Vorskla and Zurich.
Group Standings
SOUTH AMERICA
Former Dallas and New England player Leonel Alvarez has been fired as head coach of the Colombian national team.
-He only had the job 4 months.
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
Dwayne DeRosario was named the Canadian Player Of The Year. Well earned.
dN
Clint Dempsey scored a goal for Fulham in the Europa League today, but they gave up 2 late goals to tie and were knocked out of the competition. Damn.
-Sacha Kljestan got Anderlechet's first goal today and told the opponent's fans to simmer down.
dN
dN
du Nord's 2011 MLS Most Valuable Player Mauro Rosales has signed a new 2 year contract with Seattle. Great job!
-Joshua Mayers of the Seattle Times fills us in.
DU NORD AT THE CONTROLS
du Nord at the Controls - all new music mix for Tue Dec 13, 2011
STORY OF THE DAY
Cam Tucker ofthe Vancouver Sun introduces us to Rachel Lewis, the woman at the top of the Vancouver Whitecaps pyramid.
COPA SUDAMERICANA FINAL
The Sudamericana championship will be won tonight!
dN
Copa Sudamericana - Final
Match & Score:
2nd Leg
-Wed Dec 14
Universidad Chile v LDU Quito (1-0)
TEAM USA - EL EQUIPO DE TODOS
Tom Marshall of MLSsoccer.com talks to Jose Torres who is healing up quickly and is ready to get back at it.
USA U23/OLYMPIC TEAM
The USA U23/Olympic team training camp. Dec 15-23 in Lakewood Ranch FL
dN
Kelyn Rowe has been added to the roster.
-His UCLA team just finished their college season.
dN
Brian Sciaretta of Yanks Abroad does an interview with head coach Caleb Porter - this is Part 2.
Jeff Carlisle of ESPN talks to head coach Caleb Porter about building the Olympic team.
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
Santos won their semifinal game today. They await the winner of Barcelona and Al-Sadd.
dN
Tim Vickery of ESPN previews the inevitable - Barcelona v Santos - Messi v Neymar.
dN
All matches played in Toyota and Yokohama, Japan
dN
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 3-1 Kashiwa Reysol - San goals by Neymar, Borges & Danilo. KR goals by H Sakai.
-Thu Dec 15
Barcelona v Al-Sadd
Final
Matches & Scores:
-Sun Dec 18
Semifinal Winners
TWITTERVERSE/FACEBOOKING
Robert Jonas of Center Line Soccer in San Jose CA
@robertjonas: The City of San Jose Planning Director has given consent to the @SJEarthquakes proposed new stadium Planned Development Permit. #greatnews
VIDEO OF THE DAY
Sporting Kansas City wishes all their fans Happy Holidays!
-I love the tear rolling down the cheek. Classic.
MLS SELECT TEAM - GENERATION ADIDAS EXHIBITION TOUR - NETHERLANDS
The team lost 2-0 today in their final match and head home tomorrow.
Tour Itinerary
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 2-0 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
COLORADO RAPIDS
MLSSoccer.com has a post season Q & A with technical director Paul Bravo.
MONTREAL IMPACT
Former MLS defener Julian Valentin writing for The Shin Guardian tells us all about his younger brother, who is a new member of the Impact, Zarek.
NEW YORK RED BULLS
NYRB released the following players: Chris Albright, Stephane Auvray, Bouna Coundoul & Carlos Mendes.
-Did this just happen or did I just notice? Prob the later.
SEATTLE SOUNDERS
The Sounders named Osvaldo Alonso as the team's Most Valuable Player.
TORONTO FC
Kurtis Larson of the Sun does a Q & A with technical director Paul Mariner.
-Lots of interesting little TFC newsbites in here.
MLS/USA RELATED RUMORS
Hernan Crespo has said he is interested in playing in America for the tranquility. Maybe off the field buddy, but not on it. Delusional.
-And I am a huge Crespo fan.
-He should have come to MLS 4 years ago.
MLS EXPANSION
The Sacramento Bee reports that an investment group is looking into MLS in Sacramento.
MLS STADIUMS
Reports from Texas say that the Houston Dyanmo stadium will have a corporate sponsor and the stadium will be called BBVA Compass Stadium.
Jose de Jesus Ortiz of the Houston Chronicle reports on the naming rights.
BBVA are the sponsors of Spain's Primera Division, aka La Liga.
NASL NEWS
The San Antonio Scorpions (not a fan of that name) have announce their first two player signings - both former MLS players - central midfielder Kevin Harmse and centerback Greg Janicki.
USA U17 TEAM
Brian Sciaretta of the New York Times writes about the high level skills of 15 year old Junior Flores.
AMERICANS IN EUROPE
Greg Seltzer of MLSsoccer.com with the latest transfer rumors for Clint Dempsey, Brad Guzan, Mo Edu and more.
dN
Game Action:
UEFA - Europa League - Group Stage - Matchday 6
Clint Dempsey - Fulham - Wed Dec 14 - started and played 72 min scoring their first goal as they drew 2-2 v OB.
Sacha Kljestan - Anderlecht - Wed Dec 14 - went the full 90 scoring their first goal as they won 5-3 v Lokomotiv Moskva.
Jermiane Jones - Schalke - Wed Dec 14 - left off the squad as they won 0-3 at Maccabi Haifa.
Oguchi Onyewu - Sporting - Wed Dec 14 - started and went 76 min as they lost 2-0 at Lazio.
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
Brad Friedel - Tottenham - Thu Dec 15 at Shamrock Rovers
Jonathan Spector - Birmingham - Thu Dec 15 v Maribor
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 0-1 Sevilla
ITALY
Coppa Italia - ROUND OF 16
Matches & Scores:
-Tue Dec 13
Palermo 4-4 Siena - Sie advances 3-0 in Penalty Kick Shootout.
UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE
Matchday 6 to be played on Dec 14 & 15.
Lazio, Besiktas, Salzburg, Wisla Krakow and Steaua Bucuresti advanced today.
Fulham, Maccabi Haifa, Larnaca, Paris St-Germain, Dynamo Kyiv and Vaslui were knocked out today.
ADV: Anderlecht, Athletic Bilbao, Atletico Madrid, Besiktas, Lazio, Legia Warszawa, Lokomotic Moskva, Metalist, PAOK, PSV, Salzburg, Schalke, Sporting CP, Standard Liege, Steaua Bucuresti, Stoke City, Twente, Wisla Krakow
OUT: AEK Athens, Dynamo Kyiv, Fulham, Hapoel Tel Aviv, Larnaca, Maccabi Haifa, Maccabi Tel-Aviv, Malmo, Maribor, Paris St-Germain, OB, Rapid Buchuresti, Rennes, Shamrock, Slovan Bratislava, Sturm Graz, Vaslui, Vorskla and Zurich.
Group Standings
SOUTH AMERICA
Former Dallas and New England player Leonel Alvarez has been fired as head coach of the Colombian national team.
-He only had the job 4 months.
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