Some Soccer News for Thu Jan 5, 2012
STARTERS
LA Galaxy centerback Omar Gonzalez has passed up a chance to impress USA coach Jurgen Klinsman so he can go on loan for 6 weeks to German club Nurnberg.
-Does this make any sense at all to anyone? Besides that the Bundesliga does not even resume play until Jan 20! Now, if he was actually transferring there I would have no problem with it. But a couple weeks training?
But a few hours later Brian Sciaretta of Yanks Abroad tweeted out this next picture - Gonzalez on the ground today at Nurnberg getting attention for a knee injury. Status unknown. Let's hope its nothing.
dN
Colorado has announced the hiring of Oscar Pareja as their new head coach. I like this.
dN
OOF! Jermaine Jones of Schalke and the USA has been given an 8 game suspension from the Bundesliga for his deliberate stomping of an already broken foot of an opponent. It went unnoticed by the referee, but an amazing video clip showed him lining up the move and then pretending it was an accident afterward.
-How do you say MORON in German? I am thinking something stronger than a Hogan's Heros-y "dummkopf". How about stecknadelkopf!
dN
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
The 2012 MLS schedule is out! Start making those travel plans!
New TV partner NBC Sports Group will show 41 regular season games - 38 on the newly named NBC Sports Network (formerly Versus) and 3 on NBC proper. They will also show 5 play off games.
-Galavision will show 27 games
-ESPN will show 21 games
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.
Both Omar Gonzalez & George John have left the USA camp (with permission) to attend to "club related matters." So what does that mean? Are they looking for new clubs? Are they being sold? Loaned out? What is going on?
-Brian Straus of Sporting News explains these moves.
Those two have been replaced on the roster by Brad Evans & Jeff Parke both from the Seattle Sounders.
Some new video clips from US Soccer:
-The U.S. MNT in 2011: Highlights
-All U.S. MNT Goals in 2011
-U.S. National Teams in 2011: Highlights
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.
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
DID YOU KNOW?
Leander Schaerlaeckens of ESPN talks to former USA star Earnie Stewart about his role these days as technical director of the top team in Holland - AZ Alkmaar.
HMMMMM, VERY INTERESTING
Ridge Mahoney of Soccer America talks to TV commentator Rob Stone about his officially announced move from ESPN to Fox to cover soccer as a studio host.
PICTURE OF THE DAY
That Newcastle Arab look. That's a hell of a look.
-Thanks to Nick for the pic.
MLS TEAM & PLAYER NEWS
Player Transactions
Chicago has signed 27 year old Colombian midfielder Rafael Robayo from Millonarios.
NYRB has signed American fullback (I think) Jonathan Borrajo who played last year at Ham Kam in Norway (2nd division.)
MLS has signed 3 more to Generation Adidas contracts: Fullback Tyler Polak from Creighton, English forward Dom Dwyer of South Florida and centerback Andrew Jean-Baptiste from Connecticut.
COLORADO RAPIDS
Buzz Carrick of 3rd Degree has a few words with new Rapids head coach Oscar Pareja as he departs Dallas.
MONTREAL IMPACT
Jesus Ortiz of the Houston Chronicle reports that Brian Ching will report to Montreal for preseason.
dN
Randy Phillips of the Gazette looks at the Impact's option with the first pick in the Superdraft.
NEW YORK RED BULLS
Rafa Marquez is in Spain training with his old team Barcelona.
USA U20 TEAM
10 day training camp Jan 2-12 in Ft Lauderdale.
Brian Sciaretta of Yanks Abroad examines this new U20 roster.
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
AMERICANS IN EUROPE
Sandy Macaskill of the NY Times reports on Landon Donovan's return to Everton and Tim Howard's improbable goal in that game.
MEXICO
The Primera Division Clausura begins Friday!
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
Premier League Standings - Top 5 teams (20 games played)
48 Manchester City
45 Manchester United
42 Tottenham (19 GP)
37 Chelsea
36 Arsenal
dN
Copa Del Rey - Round of 16
Matches & Scores:
1st Leg
-Tue Jan 3
Mirandes 2-0 Racing Santander
Albacete 0-0 Athletic Bilaboa
Alcorcon 2-1 Levante
Real Madrid 3-2 Malaga
-Wed Jan 4
Real Sociedad 2-0 Mallorca
Barcelona 3-0 Osasuna
-Thu Jan 5
Cordoba 2-1 Espanyol
Valencia 1-0 Sevilla
2nd leg matches are next week.
FRANCE
Coupe de France - Round of 64
Matches & Scores:
-Fri Jan 6 - Mon Jan 9
Ligue 1 is on break until Jan 14.
EUROPE
Twente has re-hired Englishman Steve McClaren as their head coach. Two seasons ago he led them to the title.
LA Galaxy centerback Omar Gonzalez has passed up a chance to impress USA coach Jurgen Klinsman so he can go on loan for 6 weeks to German club Nurnberg.
-Does this make any sense at all to anyone? Besides that the Bundesliga does not even resume play until Jan 20! Now, if he was actually transferring there I would have no problem with it. But a couple weeks training?
But a few hours later Brian Sciaretta of Yanks Abroad tweeted out this next picture - Gonzalez on the ground today at Nurnberg getting attention for a knee injury. Status unknown. Let's hope its nothing.
dN
Colorado has announced the hiring of Oscar Pareja as their new head coach. I like this.
dN
OOF! Jermaine Jones of Schalke and the USA has been given an 8 game suspension from the Bundesliga for his deliberate stomping of an already broken foot of an opponent. It went unnoticed by the referee, but an amazing video clip showed him lining up the move and then pretending it was an accident afterward.
-How do you say MORON in German? I am thinking something stronger than a Hogan's Heros-y "dummkopf". How about stecknadelkopf!
dN
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
The 2012 MLS schedule is out! Start making those travel plans!
New TV partner NBC Sports Group will show 41 regular season games - 38 on the newly named NBC Sports Network (formerly Versus) and 3 on NBC proper. They will also show 5 play off games.
-Galavision will show 27 games
-ESPN will show 21 games
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.
Both Omar Gonzalez & George John have left the USA camp (with permission) to attend to "club related matters." So what does that mean? Are they looking for new clubs? Are they being sold? Loaned out? What is going on?
-Brian Straus of Sporting News explains these moves.
Those two have been replaced on the roster by Brad Evans & Jeff Parke both from the Seattle Sounders.
Some new video clips from US Soccer:
-The U.S. MNT in 2011: Highlights
-All U.S. MNT Goals in 2011
-U.S. National Teams in 2011: Highlights
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.
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
DID YOU KNOW?
Leander Schaerlaeckens of ESPN talks to former USA star Earnie Stewart about his role these days as technical director of the top team in Holland - AZ Alkmaar.
HMMMMM, VERY INTERESTING
Ridge Mahoney of Soccer America talks to TV commentator Rob Stone about his officially announced move from ESPN to Fox to cover soccer as a studio host.
PICTURE OF THE DAY
That Newcastle Arab look. That's a hell of a look.
-Thanks to Nick for the pic.
MLS TEAM & PLAYER NEWS
Player Transactions
Chicago has signed 27 year old Colombian midfielder Rafael Robayo from Millonarios.
NYRB has signed American fullback (I think) Jonathan Borrajo who played last year at Ham Kam in Norway (2nd division.)
MLS has signed 3 more to Generation Adidas contracts: Fullback Tyler Polak from Creighton, English forward Dom Dwyer of South Florida and centerback Andrew Jean-Baptiste from Connecticut.
COLORADO RAPIDS
Buzz Carrick of 3rd Degree has a few words with new Rapids head coach Oscar Pareja as he departs Dallas.
MONTREAL IMPACT
Jesus Ortiz of the Houston Chronicle reports that Brian Ching will report to Montreal for preseason.
dN
Randy Phillips of the Gazette looks at the Impact's option with the first pick in the Superdraft.
NEW YORK RED BULLS
Rafa Marquez is in Spain training with his old team Barcelona.
USA U20 TEAM
10 day training camp Jan 2-12 in Ft Lauderdale.
Brian Sciaretta of Yanks Abroad examines this new U20 roster.
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
AMERICANS IN EUROPE
Sandy Macaskill of the NY Times reports on Landon Donovan's return to Everton and Tim Howard's improbable goal in that game.
MEXICO
The Primera Division Clausura begins Friday!
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
Premier League Standings - Top 5 teams (20 games played)
48 Manchester City
45 Manchester United
42 Tottenham (19 GP)
37 Chelsea
36 Arsenal
dN
Copa Del Rey - Round of 16
Matches & Scores:
1st Leg
-Tue Jan 3
Mirandes 2-0 Racing Santander
Albacete 0-0 Athletic Bilaboa
Alcorcon 2-1 Levante
Real Madrid 3-2 Malaga
-Wed Jan 4
Real Sociedad 2-0 Mallorca
Barcelona 3-0 Osasuna
-Thu Jan 5
Cordoba 2-1 Espanyol
Valencia 1-0 Sevilla
2nd leg matches are next week.
FRANCE
Coupe de France - Round of 64
Matches & Scores:
-Fri Jan 6 - Mon Jan 9
Ligue 1 is on break until Jan 14.
EUROPE
Twente has re-hired Englishman Steve McClaren as their head coach. Two seasons ago he led them to the title.
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