Wednesday, December 07, 2011

Some Soccer News for Wed Dec 7, 2011

STARTERS

Claire Newell & Paulo Kelso of the Telegraph report that the FBI is investigating suspicious activity around the 2018 and 2022 World Cup bids and FIFA presidential election.

dN

Mexico has scheduled 2 friendlies early next year in the USA:
-Wed Jan 25
Mexico v Venezuela - in Houston
-Wed Feb 29
Mexico v Colombia - in Miami

DU NORD AT THE CONTROLS

du Nord at the Controls - Tue Dec 6, 2011 - Brand new music mix at Spotify

TEAM USA - EL EQUIPO DE TODOS

Steve Davis of Sports Illustrated looks at who may or may not get called in to the USA January camp.

CLUB WORLD CUP

The tournament begins tomorrow in Japan.

All matches played in Toyota and Yokohama.

dN

Play-In Game

Matches & Scores:
-Thu Dec 8
Kashiwa Reysol v Auckland City FC

Quarterfinals

Matches & Scores:
-Sun Dec 11
Esperance v Al-Sadd
Monterrey v Winner of Play-In game

Semifinals

Matches & Scores:
-Wed Dec 14
Santos v winner Mon/WP-I
-Thu Dec 15
Barcelona v Winner ETU/ALS

Final

Matches & Scores:
-Sun Dec 18
Semifinal Winners

UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

The Group Stage is over, and not without drama as Lyon destroyed on the road, Man U lost in Switzerland and Man City beat Bayern in the biggest-name game (but it did not help them at all.

Both Manchester's United & City are OUT!

dN

Napoli, CSKA Moscow, Benfica, Basel and Lyon advanced.

Man City, Trabzonspor, Lille, Man U and Ajax were the last teams eliminated.

dN

ADV: AC Milan, APOEL, Arsenal, Barcelona, Basel, Bayer Leverkusen, Bayern Munich, Benfica, Chelsea, CSKA Moscow, Inter Milan, Napoli, Marseille, Real Madrid, Zenit

OUT: Ajax, BATE, Borussia Dortmund, Genk, Dinamo Zagreb, Lille, Manchester City, Manchester United, Olympiacos, Otelul Galati, Porto, Shakhtar Dontesk, Trabzonspor, Valencia, Viktoria Plzen, Villarreal

dN

Matchday 6 - final round of group play

Matches & Scores:
-Tue Dec 6
Chelsea 3-0 Valencia - Che goals by Didier Drogba(2) & Ramires.
Genk 1-1 Leverkusen - Gen goal by Jelle Vossen. Lev goal by Eren Dirdiyok.
Olympiacos 3-1 Arsenal - Oly goals by Rafik Djebbour, David Fuster & Francois Modesto. Ars goal by Yossi Benayoun.
Dortmund 2-3 Marseille - Dor goals by Jaukb Blaszczykowski & Mats Hummels(PK). Mar goals by Loic Remy, Andre Ayew & Mathieu Valbuena.
Porto 0-0 Zenit
APOEL 0-2 Shakhtar Donetsk - SD goals by Luiz Adriano & Evhen Seleznev.
Barcelona 4-0 BATE - Bar goals by Sergi Roberto, Montoya, & Pedro(2, 1 via PK).
Plzen 2-2 Milan - Plz goals by David Bystron & Michal Duris. Mil goals by Alexandre Pato & Robinho.

-Wed Dec 7
Man City 2-0 Bayern - MC goals by David Silva & Yaya Toure.
Villarreal 0-2 Napoli - Nap goals by Gokhan Inler & Marek Hamsik.
Lille 0-0 Trabzonspor
Inter 1-2 CSKA Moskva - Int goal by Estabon Cambiasso. CM goals by Seydou Doumbia & Vasil Berezutski.
Basel 2-1 Man United - Bas goals by Marco Streller and Alexander Frei. MU goal by Phil Jones.
Benfica 1-0 Otelul Galati - Ben goal by Oscar Cardozo.
Dinamo Zagreb 1-7 Lyon - DZ goal by Mateo Kovacic. Lyo goals by Bafetimbi Gomis(4), Maxime Gonalons, Lisandro Lopez & Jimmy Briand.
Ajax 0-3 Real Madrid - RM goals by Jose Callejon & Gonzalo Higuain.

dN

The Round of 16 matches will be played on Feb 14, 15/21,22 & Mar 6,7/13,14.
-The draw will be held Fri Dec 16.

BIG EUROPEAN CLUB MATCHES

There is really only 1 that you have to know about this weekend:

-Sat Dec 10
Real Madrid v Barcelona - 3pm CT

Sid Lowe of Sports Illustrated previews.

MLS SELECT TEAM - GENERATION ADIDAS EXHIBITION TOUR - NETHERLANDS

Tour Itinerary
Wed Dec 7 - train at Ajax Academy
Wed Dec 7 - attend Champions League match: Ajax v Real Madrid
Thu Dec 8 - Game 1
Fri Dec 9/10 - train at Ajax Academy
Sat Dec 10 - attend Eredivisie match: AZ v De Graafschap
Sun Dec 11/12 - train at Ajax Academy
Mon Dec 12 - attend match: Ajax U23 v PSV U23
Tue Dec 13 - Game 2
Wed Dec 14 - Game 3
Thu Dec 15 - return

dN

Matches & Scores:
-Thu Dec 8
Ajax Reserves v MLS-GA
-Tue Dec 13
FC Volendam v MLS-GA
-Wed Dec 14
Almere City FC v MLS-GA

dN

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

General News

Nick Green of the Daily Breeze looks at what needs to get done for both Chivas and the Galaxy during the shortest off-season in league history.

Player Transactions

The league has signed one-time American prodigy Lee Nguyen and he will be placed on a team in a weighted lottery.

dN

Seattle has signed 30 year old Austrian goalkeeper Michael Gspurning (guh-SHPURN-ing) from Skoda Xanthi in Greece.

dN

Montreal has signed forward Miguel Montano who had been on loan to them last season from Sounders.

dN

The Union bought 21 year old Costa Rican forward Josue Martínez from Saprissa.

dN

TFC signs 20 year old Bermuda midfielder Reggie Lambe.

dN

CHICAGO FIRE

MLSsoccer.com does a post season Q & A with head coach Frank Klopas.

dN

The Fire has cut 2 players today: Cristian Nazarit and Gabriel Ferrari.

COLORADO RAPIDS

So in the tangled mess going down with the Rapids its clear to me now that Jim Martin will not be the one running the team day to day, but it is him as Kroenke Sports president who will now find that new person to put in charge.

dN

Dan Boniface of the Denver Post reported last week that the team has interviewed 4 candidates for the head coach position so far.

PHILADELPHIA UNION

New signing Josue Martínez has scored 15 goals for Saprissa since his debut in 2009.

MEXICO

LIGUILLA - Finals

Matches & Scores:
1st Leg
-Thu Dec 8
Santos Laguna v UANL Tigres
2nd Leg
-Sun Dec 11
UANL Tigres v Santos Laguna

SPAIN

Copa del Rey - Round of 32

Matches & Scores:
1st Leg
-Thu Dec 8
Albacete v Atletico Madrid
Real Oviedo v Athletic Bilbao

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

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