Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Some Soccer News for Tue Jan 10, 2012

STARTERS

Say hello to Minnesota Stars FC:























-Plus a nice video clip used at the unveiling.

dN

Yesterday a reader posed this question in the comments section: "what can we do to help the NASL survive and grow in 2012?" The answer is simple - Buy tickets and go to games. No excuses. And make your friends go. Especially the ones who only will watch Man U, Barca or Bayern. They will be knocked out at how much better the games are then they imagined.

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?

dN

Watch the MLS SuperDraft this Thursday - 11am CT on ESPN2 and ESPN3.com

DU NORD AT THE CONTROLS

Double du Nord at the Controls - Jan 10, 2012 - Ziggy & The King - Two new music mixes featuring a pair of stars who share a birthday on January 8.

-David Bowie - all 41 of du Nord's favorite Bowie songs.

-Elvis Presley - all 28 of du Nord's favorite Elvis songs.

STORY OF THE DAY

Steve Davis of Daily Soccer Fix looks back to a time when MLS almost went away for good.

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.

dN

Our FIF Odeen Domingo writing for MLSsoccer.com talks to Brek Shea who says his role model is Clint Dempsey.

dN

US Soccer gives us video of head coach Jurgen Klinsman telling his team what he expects of them, before a training session this week.
-Video on fitness, fitness, fitness.

dN

A couple of in-house games during training camp:
-Fri Jan 13 & Tue Jan 17
USA v USA U23
Venue: HDC training center - Carson CA

dN

International Friendlies
Matches & Scores:
-Sat Jan 21
USA v Venezuela - 8pm CT on ESPN3.com & Galavision
Venue: University of Phoenix Stadium
-Wed Jan 25
Panama v USA - 7:30pm CT on Galavision.
Venue: Estadio Rommel Fernandez

dN

Venezuala roster
G:
Alan Liebeskind - Lara
Leonardo Morales - Anzoategui
D:
Joel Caceres - Lara
Gabriel Cichero - Lens
Javier Gonzalez - Petare
Rubert Quijada - Monagas
Carlos Rivero - Anzoategui
Andres Rouga - Tachira
Carlos Salazar - Anzoategui
Jose Manuel Velazquez - Mineros
M:
Angel Chourio - Real Esppor
Diomar Diaz - Petare
Agnel Flores - Mineros
Francisco Flores - Anzoategui
Edgar Perez Greco - Lara
Alejandro Guerra - Mineros
Diego Guerrero - Tachira
Miguel Mea Vitali - Lara
F:
Richard Blanco - Petare
Darwin Machis - Mineros
Alejandro Moreno - Chivas USA
Hermes Palomino - Cherno More
Emilio Renteria - Columbus Crew
Jose Reyes - Anzoategui

dN

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

Currently training in Carson CA.

dN

Goalkeeper David Bingham and centerback Gale Agbossoumonde were dropped from the team due to injuries.
-Goalkeeper Matt Lampson - Columbus Crew, Goalkeeper Brian Perk - LA Galaxy, and centerback Royal-Dominique Fennell - Stuttgarter Kickers, have been added to the roster.

dN

On the 18th the team goes to Costa Rica for two matches.

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

dN

Roster
G:
Matt Lampson - Columbus Crew
Zac MacMath - Philadelphia Union
Brian Perk - LA Galaxy
D:
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:
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

HMMMMM, VERY INTERESTING

International Friendly announced:

-Sat Jun 9
Brazil v Argentina
Venue: MetLife Stadium - East Rutherford NJ

FACT OF THE DAY

Each FIFA country got 3 votes for the Ballon d'Or - 1 for the national team captain, 1 for the national team coach and 1 for a member of that countries media.
-Here is a spreadsheet of how the votes went for the 2011 Baloon d'Or won yesterday by Lionel Messi for the 3rd consecutive year.

OOF

I see that Eric Cantona wants to run for President in France. Do you think he will put his extremely successful stint with the New York Cosmos on his resume?!?!?!

PICTURE OF THE DAY

A progression through design ideas for the new Minnesota Stars FC badge. (click to enlarge)
-Thanks to Brian for the link.













MLS TEAM & PLAYER NEWS

General News

Goalkeeper Jon Conway who pulled on the shirts of San Jose, New York, Toronto and Chicago has announced his retirement.

SuperDraft

Thursday Jan 12 in Kansas City MO at 11am CT on ESPN2 and ESPN3.com.

dN

Ives Galarcep of Fox Soccer tells us how the league sponsored player combine has gone.

dN

Travis Clark writing for the Guardian gives us his top 15 players for the draft.

Player Transactions

Columbus has signed Ben Speas from their academy.

COLORADO RAPIDS

Frank Dell'Apa of the Boston Globe talks to former New England head coach Steve Nicol about why he was not in the running for the Colorado job at the end?
-Sounds like sour grapes talking to me.

HOUSTON DYNAMO

MLSsoccer.com talks to Brad Davis who says his injured knee is still healing.

LA GALAXY

Scott French of ESPN with lots of little Galaxy notes including the latest on Miquel Lopez and Paolo Cardozo.

PHILADELPHIA UNION

Ives Galarcep reports that Michael Farfan is going to England to train with Sunderland.

SEATTLE SOUNDERS

Seattle has hired another English voice to lead their broadcasts for next season - Ross Fletcher will be the lead, with Kasey Keller as his partner.

MLS/USA RELATED RUMORS

Houston is chasing 28 year old former Rangers striker Kris Boyd who signed with Turkish club Eskiesenhirspor this summer and saw the whole thing all apart before the year was over. He is looking for something very different then that.
-He is a legit goal scorer, bagging over 100 at Rangers.

USL NEWS

Pittsburgh Riverhounds announced today that they are building a new 3500 seat stadium to call their home. It will be ready in about 6 months. It will be located in Station Square, which is right on the river across from downtown.






























USA U20 TEAM

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

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.

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 the New York Times introduces us to Liverpool youngster Villyan Bijev who is currently on loan at Fortuna Dusseldorf.

ENGLAND

Queens Park Rangers has hired Mark Hughes as their new head coach.

dN

English League Cup - Semifinals

Crystal Palace wins their 1st Leg match.

Matches & Scores:
1st Leg
-Tue Jan 10
Crystal Palace 1-0 Cardiff City
-Wed Jan 11
Manchester City v Liverpool

SPAIN

Jonathan Wilson of the Guardian looks at Barca head coach Pep Guardiola's successful run and wonders if it will come to an end soon as the general rule of thumb implies it should.

dN

Copa Del Rey - Round of 16
Matches & Scores:
2nd Leg
-Tue Jan 10
Racing Santander 1-1 Mirandes - Mir advances 3-1 on aggregate.
Mallorca 6-1 Real Sociedad - Mal advances 6-3 on aggregate.
Malaga v Real Madrid (2-3)
-Wed Jan 11
Levante v Alcorcon (1-2)
Espanyol v Cordoba (1-2)
Sevilla v Valencia (0-1)
-Thu Jan 12
Athletic Bilbao v Albacete (0-0)
Osasuna v Barcelona (0-3)

FRANCE

Coupe de la Ligue - Quarterfinals

Marseille is the first team in the Semifinals.

Matches & Scores:
-Tue Jan 10
Caen 0-3 Marseille
-Wed Jan 11
Nice v Dijon
Le Mans v Lorient
Lyon v Lille

ITALY

Coppa Italia - Round of 16
Matches & Scores:
-Thu Dec 8
Juventus 2-1 Bologna
-Tue Dec 13
Palermo 4-4 Siena - Sie advances 3-0 in Penalty Kick Shootout.
-Tue Jan 10
Lazio 3-2 Hellas Verona
-Wed Jan 11
Udinese v Chievo
Roma v Fiorentina
-Thu Jan 12
Napoli v Cesena
-Wed Jan 18
Milan v Novara
-Thu Jan 19
Inter v Genoa

EUROPE

Taca de Portugal - Semifinals
Matches & Scores:
1st leg
-Wed Jan 11
Sporting CP v Nacional
-Thu Jan 12
Academica v UD Oliveirense
2nd Leg
-Tue Feb 7
Nacional v Sporting CP
UD Oliveirense v Academica

3 Comments:

Anonymous StarsGunner said...

Hmm...Coach Klinsmann, Diego Forlan was near the best in the world in 2010, but 2011 didn't quite go as planned for him. Certainly not well enough to make it in as the 3rd best player in the world!

Clint Dempsey scored more goals than Diego (by quite a few) in 2011.

Brucio, would be a excuse enough for a gratuitous pic though! Is there one with Klinsy looking on in envy? Or you could photoshop in Klinsy for a trophy that Diego is kissing?

5:20 PM  
Blogger brucio said...

I am terrible with photoshop, but if you mock that up I will post it for sure!

And you are right, Forlan was terrible in 2011. I mean TERRIBLE! What was Klinsi thinking? Probably about Germans. Did I say that?

5:55 PM  
Anonymous sasha said...

Glad the Minnesota Stars ditched NSC from their name.

7:03 PM  

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