Some Soccer News for Wed Dec 21, 2011
STARTERS
One day after Luis Suarez was given and 8 game suspension by the English FA for racial abuse, Rob Harris of the AP reports that Chelsea captain John Terry has been charged with racial abuse in a criminal court. Both were part of on field incidents. So why are they being treated differently?
dN
Jozy Altidore saw his team AZ's league cup game at Ajax postponed after a fan ran on the field and went after the AZ keeper, how knocked the fan down and then kicked him only to see the referee then give him a red card. At that point the AZ players walked off the field. Who knows what happens now.
DU NORD AT THE CONTROLS
du Nord at the Controls - Tue Dec 20, 2011 - new music mix at Spotify
STORY OF THE DAY
Pizza Hut has decided not to renew their sponsorship of FC Dallas' stadium, so it will no longer be called Pizza Hut Park, but rather FC Dallas Stadium.
-What will become of the old Meat Lovers section.
-Is this a failure on FCD's part?
-Is there a new sponsor in the pipeline. My guess is not, because they sure didn't just find this out today when we did.
USA U23/OLYMPIC TEAM
The USA U23/Olympic team is in Lakewood Ranch Florida until Dec 23 for a training camp.
dN
Franco Panizo of Soccer by Ives talks to Bryan Arguez about his return to the national scene.
Ives Galarcep of Fox Soccer breaks down the potential players for the Olympic qualifying team, position by position.
Galarcep also tells us about the philosophy of new head coach Caleb Porter.
dN
Two videos from US Soccer:
-Regeneration in the ocean.
-Interview with head coach Caleb Porter.
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
2011-12 CONCACACHAMPIONS
Toronto FC has decided to play their 1st Leg game (Mar 7) against the LA Galaxy indoors at Rogers Centre, rather than chance inclement weather messing up the grass at BMO Field.
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 2 of 2.
PICTURE OF THE DAY
Stuart Holden turned up yesterday in the away fans section at Blackburn to support his team Bolton! Thanks to John for the picture.
-Is Stuart Holden cool or what?!?!?!
From the Bolton News: "The first masterstroke of the night was pulled off before the opening whistle, as Stuart Holden – now back from the US to continue his rehabilitation – and Tony Kelly strolled across the pitch and into the stands to rapturous applause. Whoever thought of that one deserves their Christmas bonus."
Even better was Bolton winning after having lost 5 straight.
MLS TEAM & PLAYER NEWS
Player Transactions
Signed to a Generation Adidas contract:
-Darren Mattocks - Akron
-Andrew Wenger - Duke
dN
Baggio Husidic who had been released by Chicago has signed with Hammarby in Sweden. Coached by Gregg Berhalter!
SPORTING KANSAS CITY SC
Charles Gooch of the Star with an early 2012 preview.
LA GALAXY
MLSsoccer.com does a post season Q & A with head coach and general manager Bruce Arena.
dN
Brian Straus of Sporting News says the Galaxy need to move on from David Beckham, not sit around waiting for him to make a decision on his future.
MONTREAL IMPACT
MI has signed 21 year old Brazilian midfielder Felipe Martins from Wohlen of the Swiss 2nd division.
PHILADELPHIA UNION
The Union made the sign official of 27 year old Panama central midfielder Gabriel Gomez from Indios in Mexico.
SEATTLE SOUNDERS
It looks like Seattle is about to announce the signing of 19 year old Trinidad & Tobago midfielder Cordell Cato.
dN
Joshua Mayers of the Times with an article on what the team is searching for this offseason.
-More from technical director Chris Henderson.
SOCCER IN AMERICA
James Martin of ESPN does a Q & A with Kasey Keller where they discuss MLS, USA, Spain and England.
ESPN television is considering hiring Keller as part of their broadcast team. That would be a very wise move.
AMERICANS IN EUROPE
The BBC talks to Zak Whitbread about his return from long term injury and playing the Premier league again.
-Thanks to Soccer America for the link.
dN
Nick Leyden of Yanks Abroad talks to Caleb Patterson-Sewell about life in his first year at Atletico CP in Portugal's 2nd division.
dN
Game Action:
GERMANY - DFB Pokal - Round of 16
Jermaine Jones - Schalke - Wed Dec 21 - started but got a 2nd yellow card in second half stoppage time and was ejected as they lost 3-1 at Monchengladbach.
ITALY - Serie A
Michael Bradley - Chievo Verona - Wed Dec 21 - went the full 90 as they drew 0-0 at Lazio.
NETHERLANDS - KNVB Beker - Round of 16
Jozy Altidore - AZ Alkmaar - Wed Dec 20 - game postponed at Ajax
dN
Coming Up:
PORTUGAL - Taca de Portugal -
Oguchi Onyewu - Sporting CP - Thu Dec 22 v Maritimo
AMERICANS IN MEXICO
Tom Marshall of MLSsoccer.com reports that Greg Garza has become American #3 at Tijuana!
-Joe Corona and Edgar Castillo are already there.
CANADA
Peter James of Post Media News with a review of 2011 for Canadian soccer.
SPAIN
La Liga is on break until Jan 7.
dN
Copa del Rey - Round of 32
Albacete, Mirandes, Osasuna, Alcorcon, Cordoba, Levante, Racing, Malaga, Sociedad and Bilbao advanced today.
Real Madrid, Espanyol, Mallorca and Sevilla advanced yesterday.
Matches & Scores:
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 0-1 Albacete - Alb adv 3-1 on agg.
Villarreal 0-2 Mirandes - Mir adv 3-1 on agg.
Osasuna 1-1 Almerian - Osa adv 4-2 on agg.
Zaragoza 0-2 Alcorcon - Alc adv 3-1 on agg.
Betis 2-1 Cordoba - sieres ends tied 2-2, Cor adv on away goals tie breaker.
Levante 4-1 Deportivo La Coruna - Lev adv 5-4 on agg.
Rayo Vallecano 4-3 Racing Santander - series ends tied 6-6, RS adv on away goals tie breaker.
Malaga 2-2 Getafe - Mal adv 3-2 on agg.
Granada 2-1 Real Sociedad - RS adv 5-3 on agg.
Athletic Bilbao 1-0 Real Oviedo - AB adv 2-0 on agg.
-Thu Dec 22
Barcelona v L'Hospitalet (1-0)
FRANCE
After today's matches Ligue Un will be on break until Jan 14.
GERMANY
Die Bundesliga is on break until Jan 20.
dN
DFB Pokal - Round of 16
Hertha, Holstein, Stuttgart and Gladbach advanced today.
While Bayern, Greuther, Hoff and Dortmund advanced yesterday.
Matches & Scores:
-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 3-1 Kaiserslautern
Holstein Kiel 2-0 Mainz
Stuttgart 2-1 Hamburger
Monchengladbach 3-1 Schalke
ITALY
After today's matches Serie A will be on break until Jan 7.
EUROPE
Taca de Portugal - Quarterfinals
Matches & Scores:
-Wed Dec 21
Academica 3-2 Desportivo Aves
-Thu Dec 22
Sporting CP v Maritimo
UD Oliveirense v Olhanense
-Fri Dec 23
Moreirense v Nacional
SOUTH AMERICA
AP reports that 5 Chilean national team players have been given 10 game suspensions for breaking team curfew and getting drunk.
AFRICA
10 finalists for the African Player of the Year:
-Andre Ayew - Ghana & Marseille
-Kevin-Prince Boateng - Ghana & AC Milan
-Didier Drogba - Cote d'Ivoire & Chelsea
-Samuel Eto'o - Cameroon & Anzhi Makhachkala
-Gervinho - Cote d'Ivoire & Arsenal
-Asamoah Gyan - Ghana & Al Ain
-Seydou Keita - Mali & Barcelona
-Moussa Sow - Senegal & Lille
-Adel Taarabt - Morocco & Queens Park Rangers
-Yaya Toure - Cote d'Ivoire & Manchester City
The winner will be announced Thu Dec 22.
ASIA
South Korea has hired Choi Kang-Hee as their new head coach. He had previously been in charge of club team Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors.
One day after Luis Suarez was given and 8 game suspension by the English FA for racial abuse, Rob Harris of the AP reports that Chelsea captain John Terry has been charged with racial abuse in a criminal court. Both were part of on field incidents. So why are they being treated differently?
dN
Jozy Altidore saw his team AZ's league cup game at Ajax postponed after a fan ran on the field and went after the AZ keeper, how knocked the fan down and then kicked him only to see the referee then give him a red card. At that point the AZ players walked off the field. Who knows what happens now.
DU NORD AT THE CONTROLS
du Nord at the Controls - Tue Dec 20, 2011 - new music mix at Spotify
STORY OF THE DAY
Pizza Hut has decided not to renew their sponsorship of FC Dallas' stadium, so it will no longer be called Pizza Hut Park, but rather FC Dallas Stadium.
-What will become of the old Meat Lovers section.
-Is this a failure on FCD's part?
-Is there a new sponsor in the pipeline. My guess is not, because they sure didn't just find this out today when we did.
USA U23/OLYMPIC TEAM
The USA U23/Olympic team is in Lakewood Ranch Florida until Dec 23 for a training camp.
dN
Franco Panizo of Soccer by Ives talks to Bryan Arguez about his return to the national scene.
Ives Galarcep of Fox Soccer breaks down the potential players for the Olympic qualifying team, position by position.
Galarcep also tells us about the philosophy of new head coach Caleb Porter.
dN
Two videos from US Soccer:
-Regeneration in the ocean.
-Interview with head coach Caleb Porter.
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
2011-12 CONCACACHAMPIONS
Toronto FC has decided to play their 1st Leg game (Mar 7) against the LA Galaxy indoors at Rogers Centre, rather than chance inclement weather messing up the grass at BMO Field.
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 2 of 2.
PICTURE OF THE DAY
Stuart Holden turned up yesterday in the away fans section at Blackburn to support his team Bolton! Thanks to John for the picture.
-Is Stuart Holden cool or what?!?!?!
From the Bolton News: "The first masterstroke of the night was pulled off before the opening whistle, as Stuart Holden – now back from the US to continue his rehabilitation – and Tony Kelly strolled across the pitch and into the stands to rapturous applause. Whoever thought of that one deserves their Christmas bonus."
Even better was Bolton winning after having lost 5 straight.
MLS TEAM & PLAYER NEWS
Player Transactions
Signed to a Generation Adidas contract:
-Darren Mattocks - Akron
-Andrew Wenger - Duke
dN
Baggio Husidic who had been released by Chicago has signed with Hammarby in Sweden. Coached by Gregg Berhalter!
SPORTING KANSAS CITY SC
Charles Gooch of the Star with an early 2012 preview.
LA GALAXY
MLSsoccer.com does a post season Q & A with head coach and general manager Bruce Arena.
dN
Brian Straus of Sporting News says the Galaxy need to move on from David Beckham, not sit around waiting for him to make a decision on his future.
MONTREAL IMPACT
MI has signed 21 year old Brazilian midfielder Felipe Martins from Wohlen of the Swiss 2nd division.
PHILADELPHIA UNION
The Union made the sign official of 27 year old Panama central midfielder Gabriel Gomez from Indios in Mexico.
SEATTLE SOUNDERS
It looks like Seattle is about to announce the signing of 19 year old Trinidad & Tobago midfielder Cordell Cato.
dN
Joshua Mayers of the Times with an article on what the team is searching for this offseason.
-More from technical director Chris Henderson.
SOCCER IN AMERICA
James Martin of ESPN does a Q & A with Kasey Keller where they discuss MLS, USA, Spain and England.
ESPN television is considering hiring Keller as part of their broadcast team. That would be a very wise move.
AMERICANS IN EUROPE
The BBC talks to Zak Whitbread about his return from long term injury and playing the Premier league again.
-Thanks to Soccer America for the link.
dN
Nick Leyden of Yanks Abroad talks to Caleb Patterson-Sewell about life in his first year at Atletico CP in Portugal's 2nd division.
dN
Game Action:
GERMANY - DFB Pokal - Round of 16
Jermaine Jones - Schalke - Wed Dec 21 - started but got a 2nd yellow card in second half stoppage time and was ejected as they lost 3-1 at Monchengladbach.
ITALY - Serie A
Michael Bradley - Chievo Verona - Wed Dec 21 - went the full 90 as they drew 0-0 at Lazio.
NETHERLANDS - KNVB Beker - Round of 16
Jozy Altidore - AZ Alkmaar - Wed Dec 20 - game postponed at Ajax
dN
Coming Up:
PORTUGAL - Taca de Portugal -
Oguchi Onyewu - Sporting CP - Thu Dec 22 v Maritimo
AMERICANS IN MEXICO
Tom Marshall of MLSsoccer.com reports that Greg Garza has become American #3 at Tijuana!
-Joe Corona and Edgar Castillo are already there.
CANADA
Peter James of Post Media News with a review of 2011 for Canadian soccer.
SPAIN
La Liga is on break until Jan 7.
dN
Copa del Rey - Round of 32
Albacete, Mirandes, Osasuna, Alcorcon, Cordoba, Levante, Racing, Malaga, Sociedad and Bilbao advanced today.
Real Madrid, Espanyol, Mallorca and Sevilla advanced yesterday.
Matches & Scores:
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 0-1 Albacete - Alb adv 3-1 on agg.
Villarreal 0-2 Mirandes - Mir adv 3-1 on agg.
Osasuna 1-1 Almerian - Osa adv 4-2 on agg.
Zaragoza 0-2 Alcorcon - Alc adv 3-1 on agg.
Betis 2-1 Cordoba - sieres ends tied 2-2, Cor adv on away goals tie breaker.
Levante 4-1 Deportivo La Coruna - Lev adv 5-4 on agg.
Rayo Vallecano 4-3 Racing Santander - series ends tied 6-6, RS adv on away goals tie breaker.
Malaga 2-2 Getafe - Mal adv 3-2 on agg.
Granada 2-1 Real Sociedad - RS adv 5-3 on agg.
Athletic Bilbao 1-0 Real Oviedo - AB adv 2-0 on agg.
-Thu Dec 22
Barcelona v L'Hospitalet (1-0)
FRANCE
After today's matches Ligue Un will be on break until Jan 14.
GERMANY
Die Bundesliga is on break until Jan 20.
dN
DFB Pokal - Round of 16
Hertha, Holstein, Stuttgart and Gladbach advanced today.
While Bayern, Greuther, Hoff and Dortmund advanced yesterday.
Matches & Scores:
-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 3-1 Kaiserslautern
Holstein Kiel 2-0 Mainz
Stuttgart 2-1 Hamburger
Monchengladbach 3-1 Schalke
ITALY
After today's matches Serie A will be on break until Jan 7.
EUROPE
Taca de Portugal - Quarterfinals
Matches & Scores:
-Wed Dec 21
Academica 3-2 Desportivo Aves
-Thu Dec 22
Sporting CP v Maritimo
UD Oliveirense v Olhanense
-Fri Dec 23
Moreirense v Nacional
SOUTH AMERICA
AP reports that 5 Chilean national team players have been given 10 game suspensions for breaking team curfew and getting drunk.
AFRICA
10 finalists for the African Player of the Year:
-Andre Ayew - Ghana & Marseille
-Kevin-Prince Boateng - Ghana & AC Milan
-Didier Drogba - Cote d'Ivoire & Chelsea
-Samuel Eto'o - Cameroon & Anzhi Makhachkala
-Gervinho - Cote d'Ivoire & Arsenal
-Asamoah Gyan - Ghana & Al Ain
-Seydou Keita - Mali & Barcelona
-Moussa Sow - Senegal & Lille
-Adel Taarabt - Morocco & Queens Park Rangers
-Yaya Toure - Cote d'Ivoire & Manchester City
The winner will be announced Thu Dec 22.
ASIA
South Korea has hired Choi Kang-Hee as their new head coach. He had previously been in charge of club team Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors.
posted by brucio at 17:40
1 Comments:
I feel for the AZ team. Considering the stick players get from fans, I wouldn't trust a pitch invader until he's in cuffs. The ref has done what he's told to do, but fault lies with A)the idiot deserving a beat down, B) security for neglecting to maintain the safety of the games' participants.
It's always a balance between fan access and general safety, but the precedent is that AZ have forfeited.
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