Friday, January 06, 2012

Some Soccer News for Fri Jan 6, 2012

STARTERS

Its the worst case scenario for Omar Gonzalez - Torn MACL. Yesterday he was introduced at Nurnberg, went out to train with the team in hopes of earning a contract and promptly blew out the ACL in his left knee. (In German)













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Arsenal has announced that they have signed Thierry Henry for a short term loan through an unspecified date in February.

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Toronto has hired Thomas Rongen as the new director of their youth academy program.

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The Mexican Primera Division Clausura begins today!

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The 2012 NSCAA Convention will take place January 11-15 in Kansas City MO. Included in this will be the MLS SuperDraft on Thu Jan 12. du Nord will be there. Will you?

STORY OF THE DAY

So you been wondering why we have heard so very little about the huge match fixing scandal in Turkey?

Rogan Taylor of The Leader tells us the powerful people are working behind the scenes to make the offenses that have been charged much less significant before people are sentenced, therefore almost completely negating the scandal! Wow.

TEAM USA - EL EQUIPO DE TODOS

The annual January training camp is currently in effect in Phoenix AZ then moves to Carson CA, and ends with the game in Panama.

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Goalkeeper Sean Johnson writing at US Soccer fills us in on how things are going so far.

The team will hold a training session that is open to the public on Fri Jan 20 from 5-6pm local time at the University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale AZ. Jurgen Klinsmann will address the crowd prior to the session. Fans who would like to attend can register here.

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The senior team will play against the USA U23 team on Fri Jan 13 & Tue Jan 17 in Carson.

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International Friendlies
Matches & Scores:
-Sat Jan 21
USA v Venezuela - 8pm CT on ESPN3.com
Venue: University of Phoenix Stadium
-Wed Jan 25
Panama v USA - Time TBA
Venue: TBA

NOTE: Still no TV details for these two games. It would be a huge step backwards if they were not broadcast.

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USA Roster
G:
Bill Hamid - DC United
Sean Johnson - Chicago Fire SC
Nick Rimando - Real Salt Lake
D:
Geoff Cameron - Houston Dynamo
AJ DeLaGarza - LA Galaxy
Zach Loyd - FC Dallas
Jeff Parke - Seattle Sounders
Michael Parkhurst - FC Nordsjaelland
Heath Pearce - CD Chivas USA
M:
Kyle Beckerman - Real Salt Lake
Ricardo Clark - Eintracht Frankfurt
Brad Evans - Seattle Sounders
Benny Feilhaber - New England Revolution
Jeff Larentowicz - Colorado Rapids
Brek Shea - FC Dallas
Graham Zusi - Sporting Kansas City
F:
Juan Agudelo - New York Red Bulls
Teal Bunbury - Sporting Kansas City
CJ Sapong - Sporting Kansas City
Chris Wondolowski - San Jose Earthquakes

USA U23/OLYMPIC TEAM

The next training camp begins on Sun Jan 8 in Carson CA. On the 19th the team is in Costa Rica for two matches.

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The biggest surprise name on this list is Isaac Acuna who just signed with Merida in the Mexican 2nd division.

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International Friendlies
Matches & Scores:
-Sat Jan 21
Saprissa Reserves v USA U23
-Tue Jan 24
Alajuela v USA U23

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Roster
G:
David Bingham - San Jose Earthquakes
Zac MacMath - Philadelphia Union
D:
Gale Agbossoumonde - Estoril Praia
Sebastien Ibeagha - Duke
Kofi Sarkodie - Houston Dynamo
Zarek Valentin - Montreal Impact
Jorge Villafana - Chivas USA
Andrew Wenger - Duke
Sheanon Williams - Philadelphia Union
M:
Isaac Acuna - Merida
Joe Corona - Tijuana
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:
Freddy Adu - Philadelphia Union
Josh Gatt - Molde
Jack McInerney - Philadelphia Union
Tony Taylor - Atletico CP

FIFASCANDALIZATIONINGS

Three investigative journalists, Andrew Jennings, Jens Weinreich and Jean Francois Tanda, who have hounded FIFA for years published a 20 point report on the topic of reform today at Transparency In Sport.
-US Soccer president Sunil Gulati is one of their top targets for investigation now.

MLS TEAM & PLAYER NEWS

Player Transactions

Vancouver has signed 26 year old Argentine centerback Martin Bonjour. Hello! He played on loan last season at Montevideo Liverpool in Uruguay.
-The downside is that this will be his 7th team.

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Colorado has signed fullback Hunter Freeman from Houston who they selected in the re-entry draft.
-He had previously played for Colorado back in the '05 & '06 seasons.

COLORADO RAPIDS

Nick Groke of the Post tells us why Oscar Pareja is the choice to lead the Rapids.

SEATTLE SOUNDERS

Joshua Mayers of the Times reports that Kasey Keller will be one of the TV game commentators for the Sounders this season. But they have not hired a lead announcer yet.

MLS/USA RELATED RUMORS

Bolton of the English Premier League has supposedly made an el cheapo offer for NYRB centerback Tim Ream.

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George John to West Ham in England's second division?

USA U20 TEAM

10 day training camp Jan 2-12 in Ft Lauderdale.

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US Soccer gives us details on an intersquad match.

US Soccer tells us that senior team manager Jurgen Klinsmann addressed this team via Skype the other day.

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USA U20 roster
G:
Jesus Guzman - Santos Laguna
Daniel Medina - UANL Tigres
Tyler Miller - Northwestern
Andrew Wolverton - Penn State
D:
Bolu Akinyonde - Seton Hall
Mikey Ambrose - FC Dallas Academy
AJ Cochran - Wisconsin
Sean Cunningham - Molde
Phanuel Kavita - Clemson
Eric Miller - Creighton
Juan Pablo Ocegueda - UANL Tigres
Boyd Okwuonu - North Carolina
Jalen Robinson - DC United Academy
Matt Wendelken - Marist
DeAndre Yedlin - Akron
Walker Zimmerman - Furman
M:
Seth Casiple - Cal
Daniel Cuevas Granados - Santos Laguna
Hector Delgado Cha - America
Christian Duarte - Texans SC Houston
Daniel Garcia - FC Dallas Academy
Luis Gil - Real Salt Lake
Flavio Guzman - FC Dallas Academy
Collin Martin - DC United Academy
Tyrone McCargo - Nuremberg
Caleb Stanko - Freiburg
Wil Trapp - Akron
Jose Villarreal - LA Galaxy
F:
Villyan Bijev - Fortuna Dusseldorf
Amadou Dia - Clemson
Alfred Koroma - Solar Chelsea
Duke Lacroix - Penn
Uvaldo Luna - UANL Tigres
Jack McBean - LA Galaxy
Sean Okoli - Wake Forest
Omar Salgado - Vancouver Whitecaps

USA U18 TEAM

8 day training camp Mon Jan 2-10 in Ft Lauderdale.

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USA U18 Roster
G:
Ethan Horvath - Real Colorado
Zackary Steffen - FC Delco
D:
Miguel Alves - PDA
Robert Michael Amick - De Anza Force
Suliaman Dainkeh - DC United Academy
Dylan Greenberg - Albertson SC
Trevor Haberkorn - Solar Chelsea
Matthew Habrowski - Crew Soccer Academy Wolves
Jalen Markey - Seattle Sounders FC Academy
Miguel Polley - Chicago Fire Academy
M:
Kellyn Acosta - FC Dallas Academy
Osvaldo Chavez - Texas Rush
Marco Delgado - CD Chivas USA Academy
Nicholas Gaitan - Argentinos Juniors
Romain Gall - FC Lorient
Adam Najem - New York Red Bulls Academy
William Raygoza - LA Galaxy Academy
F:
Jordan Allen - Real Salt Lake AZ
Paul Arriola - Arsenal FC
Justin Dhillon - LA Galaxy Academy
Benjamin Lopez - Real Salt Lake AZ
Zach Pfeffer - Philadelphia Union
Ben Spencer - CD Chivas USA Academy
Jaime Villareal - LA Galaxy Academy

AMERICANS IN EUROPE

Brian Sciaretta of Yanks Abroad introduces us to Brian "Cobi" Span who just signed with Djurgarden.

MEXICO

The Primera Division Clausura begins today!

Opening Round
Matches & Scores:
-Fri Jan 6
Morelia v Tijuana
-Sat Jan 7
Monterrey v Chiapas Jaguares
Queretaro v America
Cruz Azul v UANL Tigres
Santos Laguna v Pachuca
Guadalajara v Atlante
San Luis v UNAM Pumas
-Sun Jan 8
Toluca v Estudiantes Tecos
Puebla v Atlas

ENGLAND

English FA Cup - Round of 64
Matches & Scores:
-Fri Jan 6 - Mon Jan 9

FRANCE

Coupe de France - Round of 64
Matches & Scores:
-Fri Jan 6 - Mon Jan 9

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Ligue 1 is on break until Jan 14.

GERMANY

The Bundesliga is on break until Jan 20.

SOUTH AMERICA

Colombia has hired veteran Argentine coach Jose Pekerman to lead their national team.

2 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

MCL or ACL?

12:21 PM  
Blogger brucio said...

hahahahahahaha

typo king strikers again

ACL

12:27 PM  

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