Some Soccer News for Tue Jan 17, 2012
Today's du Nord post is dedicated to one of our heroes: Muhammad Ali born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr on this day, January 17, in 1942. Happy 70th my man!
STARTERS
I spent 2 great days last week in Kansas City at the NSCAA Convention, including taking in the MLS SuperDraft. I will have a write up on my trip in a couple of days. Thanks to everyone who made it so memorable especially Ryan Knapp of the NSCAA!
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COMING UP: Real Madrid v Barcelona in the Copa del Rey Quarterfinals 1st Leg - 3pm CT on GOLTV and ESPN3.com
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Holy Smokes! Was that a Michael Essien sighting on the field for Chelsea. When was the last time we saw him. One of my faves.
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This coming Saturday sees the African Cup of Nations kick off!
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They say that Edson Buddle is going to get a tryout this week at Everton.
DU NORD AT THE CONTROLS
du Nord at the Controls - Jan 17, 2012 - new music mix at Spotify.
STORY OF THE DAY
Eric Wynalda took to yet another forum last week, a talk he gave during the NSCAA convention, to unleash his hounds on US Soccer, MLS, Landon Donovan and other soccer related topics.
Charles Boehm and Jimmy LaRoue of the National Soccer Wire were there to capture Wynalda in all his glory. A transcript in PART 1 - and - PART 2 - and - PART 3.
STORY OF THE DAY 2
Mike Woitalla of Soccer America talks to former USA U17 head coach Wilmer Cabrera about why he is no longer in charge of that program.
LANDON DONOVAN AT EVERTON
From Everton official site:
-Moyes Praises Donovan - video
-English press round up is full of LA Galaxy and Hollywood references for Donovan and the Aston Villa substitute debut of Robbie Keane.
Ian Doyle of the Liverpool Daily Post talks to Donovan after Saturday's tie game.
TEAM USA - EL EQUIPO DE TODOS
The team is in the annual January training camp.
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Stuart Holden stopped by training camp. US Soccer Q & A-ed him.
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Jermaine Jones has been added to the USA roster for the this camp. Honestly though, I have a big problem with this addition. He is free to join up because he is serving an 8 game suspension for purposefully stomping on the foot of a player who he knew had broken bones in that foot, so what does the USA federation do about that punishment? They reward the player by bringing him into the the USA team. I think he should be suspended from the USA team for what he did as well. Yes, you can call me Johnny Righteous.
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Jose Garcia of the Arizona Republic has an interview with head coach Jurgen Klinsmann - PART 1 - and PART 2.
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AZ Central has a video interview with Brad Evans.
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Odeen Dominogo at MLSsoccer.com with an article on Klinsmann giving a different batch of players a shot at the national team.
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Jonah Freedman of MLSsoccer on Geoff Cameron's latest shot with Team USA.
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US Soccer with articles from camp:
-The return of Benny Feilhaber and Ricardo Clark to the team.
-An article on goalkeepers Bill Hamid and Sean Johnson
-Q & A with AJ DeLaGarza
-Heath Pearce writes about his experiences
-An article on goalkeeper Nick Rimando
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US Soccer with videos from camp:
-Highlights from Jan 13 scrimmage
-1 Week Down
-Namaste - Yoga Class
-Jermaine Jones joins the team
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The senior team beat the Olympic team 4-0 on Friday with all the goals coming in the first half.
A couple of in-house games in Carson during training camp:
-Fri Jan 13
USA 4-0 USA U23 - USA goals by Chris Wondolowki, Benny Feilhaber, Teal Bunbury & Graham Zusi.
Post game notes from the U23 blog.
-Tue Jan 17
USA v USA U23
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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
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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
Jermaine Jones - Schalke
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.
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Video from US Soccer:
-Joshua Gatt Looks To 2012
-U23 Players Ready for Draft
-Ready for scrimmage
-Camp continues
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US Soccer asks head coach Caleb Porter how things are looking for his team.
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International Friendlies
Matches & Scores:
-Sat Jan 21
Saprissa Reserves v USA U23
-Tue Jan 24
Alajuelense v USA U23
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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
Joshua Gatt - Molde
Jack McInerney - Philadelphia Union
Tony Taylor - Atletico CP
THE LAMAR HUNT US OPEN CUP
US Soccer announces the Format, Composition and Schedule for 99th Edition of Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup.
-Plenty of good changes.
64 teams will make up the field this year - 32 professional (the most ever) and 32 amateur.
-Round 1 - 32 amatuer teams (May 15)
-Round 2 - 6 NASL and 10 USL Pro teams enter (May 22)
-Round 3 - 16 MLS teams enter (May 29)
-Round 4 - (Jun 5)
-Quarterfinals - (Jun 26)
-Semifinals - (Jul 10)
-Final - (Aug 7)
Amateur (32 teams):
US Adult Soccer Association – 9 places
Premier Development League – 16 places
National Premier Soccer League – 6.5 places
US Club Soccer – 0.5 place
USL PRO (Division III – 10 teams): Charleston Battery, Charlotte Eagles, Dayton Dutch Lions, Harrisburg City Islanders, Los Angeles Blues, Orlando City SC, Pittsburgh Riverhounds, Richmond Kickers, Rochester Rhinos, Wilmington Hammerheads
North American Soccer League (Division II – 6 teams): Atlanta Silverbacks, Carolina RailHawks, Fort Lauderdale Strikers, Minnesota Stars FC, San Antonio Scorpions, Tampa Bay Rowdies
Major League Soccer (Division I – 16 teams): Chicago Fire SC, CD Chivas USA, Colorado Rapids, Columbus Crew, FC Dallas, DC United, Houston Dynamo, Sporting Kansas City, LA Galaxy, New England Revolution, New York Red Bulls, Philadelphia Union, Portland Timbers, Real Salt Lake, San Jose Earthquakes, Seattle Sounders FC
FIFASCANDALIZATIONINGS
David Conn of the Guardian looks ahead to a big day for FIFA to come clean or not on Thursday.
BIG EUROPEAN CLUB MATCHES
Yes this weekends Derby della Madonnina was ugly, but I leaped out of my seat going nuts when Diego Milito hit the winner for Inter!
-Sat Jan 14
Montpellier 1-0 Lyon - #2 beats #4
-Sun Jan 15
Milan 0-1 Inter - Derby della Madonnina sees Inter win for the first time in 3 years.
Marseille 2-0 Lille - two recent champs faced off! And last years champs lost!
BUMMER OF THE DAY
Only a bummer if there is truth to part of this rumor:
The USA is lining up a friendly v Brazil during the June 1st-5th international window, to be played in either Boston or DC.
With all the cities across the country that have great fans and are starved for a big time friendly these two cities would be near the bottom of my list until they get their MLS stadium acts together.
To my way of thinking US Soccer should go out of their way to avoid playing games in either place.
QUESTION OF THE DAY
The Chicago Fire announced Quaker Oats as their new front of shirt sponsor!
Do you need a fantastic video presentation? Yes you do.
Who is that guy on Quaker Oats package, and is the company still owned by Quakers?
DO YOU REALIZE
There are many soccer forums and message boards out there and I recently found out about this cool board - Soccer Futbol Forum. They just celebrated 5 years of action! Check it out now. Tell 'em du Nord sent you!
HMMMMM, VERY INTERESTING
Stadio Dino Manuzzi home to Cesena in Serie A has artificial turf as of this season.
STAT OF THE DAY
Juventus remains the only team in all the major European leagues without a defeat this season, with 10 wins and 8 draws after 18 rounds.
-They currently have a 1 point lead at the top of Serie A.
THIS IS WHAT ITS ALL ABOUT
Since the NASL has banned us fans from forevermore coming within 100 yards of the precious Soccer Bowl Cup trophy, Minnesota Star FC fan Andy Grosbeak Wattenhofer has just gone ahead and built his own!
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LA Galaxy centerback Omar Gonzalez has had the surgery to repair his torn left ACL. He will be out of action for as long as 9 months.
VIDEO OF THE DAY
Oh boy!
Robbie Findley with a monumental miss. Courtesy of 101 Great Goals!
PODCAST OF THE DAY
Me, il Brucio of du Nord, was a special guest from the floor of the MLS SuperDraft on the latest edition of Jimmy Conrad's American Soccer Spectacular. Listen or download here.
MLS TEAM & PLAYER NEWS
SuperDraft
MLS held the "Supplemental Draft" today to disperse players that were not chosen in the SuperDraft last week. Here is how it went down.
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Player Transactions
Portland has signed 24 year old Colombian centerback Hanyer Mosquera from Equidad.
Vancouver keeps the Martin Rennie trail open by signing Carolina goalkeeper Brad Knighton.
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CD CHIVAS USA
The Ameri-Goats begin preseason training today at the Home Depot Center.
COLORADO RAPIDS
The Rapids under new head coach Oscar Pareja begin training camp on Thu Jan 19.
SPORTING KANSAS CITY SC
SKC begins their preseason next Mon Jan 23.
LA GALAXY
In case you missed it Robbie Keane has been loaned out to Aston Villa for 7 weeks. He made his debut last weekend.
NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION
Kyle McCarthy of the Herald on the first day of a new era in Revland.
-Head coach Jay Heaps on his first day in charge of his players.
NEW YORK RED BULLS
NYRB pulled off the only big deal on SuperDraft day last week and that was sending a future draft pick and cash to Portland for Kenny Cooper.
USA U17 TEAM
The team is playing in the Aegean Cup.
This is the first we have even heard that they are in this tournament, and we have been given no USA roster, not to mention been told who the coach of the team is since Wilmar Cabrera left.
Matches & Scores:
-Tue Jan 17
USA 1-2 Turkey - USA goals by DeAndre Robinson
-Wed Jan 18
USA v Denmark
-Fri Jan 20
USA v Czech Republic
AMERICANS IN EUROPE
West Ham officially announced the loan deal signing of George John from FC Dallas. But the deal is only until Mar 1, so what happens after then?
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The Leeds website has an interview with Robbie Rogers.
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The Liverpool Echo with an article on Edson Buddle getting a look from Everton.
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RUMOR: Chris Rolfe to Brondby?
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BELGIUM - Pro League
Sacha Kljestan - Anderlecht - went the distance getting a yellow card as they won 3-0 v Club Brugge.
ENGLAND - Premier League
Clint Dempsey - Fulham - played the whole game but lost 3-1 at Blackburn.
Landon Donovan - Everton - went the full 90 as they drew 1-1 at Aston Villa.
Brad Friedel - Tottenham - went the distance as they tied 1-1 v Wolverhampton.
Brad Guzan - Aston Villa - dumped back to the bench as they drew 1-1 v Everton.
Tim Howard - Everton - went the distance as they tied 1-1 at Aston Villa.
Zak Whitbread - Norwich - played the whole match as they won 1-2 at West Brom.
ENGLAND - Championship League
Robbie Findley - Nottingham Forest - came on as a sub in the 72nd min but lost 0-3 v Southampton.
Jonathan Spector - Birmingham - went the distance as they won huge 0-6 at Millwall.
ENGLAND - League One
Anton Peterlin - Wallsall - went the full 90 in a scoreless game at Brentford.
ENGLAND FA Cup - 3rd Rd Replays
Robbie Findley - Nottingham Forest - Tue Jan 17 - went the full 90 but lost 4-0 at Leicester City.
FRANCE - Ligue 1
Quentin Westberg - Evian - on the bench as they lost 3-1 at Djion.
ISRAEL - Ligat Al
Bryan Gerzicich - Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona - played the entire game as they won 2-3 at Bnei Sakhnin.
Leo Krupnik - Maccabi Netanya - played the full 90 getting a yellow card as they drew 1-1 v Hapoel Acre.
ITALY - Serie A
Michael Bradley - Chievo Verona - played the full 90 and they won 1-0 v Palermo.
NETHERLANDS - Eerste Divisie
Charles Kazlauskas - Helmond Sport - played the whole game as they drew 0-0 at FC Eindhoven.
PORTUGAL - Primeira Liga
Oguchi Onyewu - Sporting - played the entire 90 but lost 2-1 at Braga.
PORTUGAL - Liga de Honra
Caleb Patterson-Sewell - Atletico CP - Mon Jan 16 v UD Oliveirense
Tony Taylor - Atletico CP - Mon Jan 16 v UD Oliveirense
SCOTLAND - Premier League
Alejandro Bedoya - Rangers - on the bench as they won 1-2 at St Johnstone.
Carlos Bocanegra - Rangers - went the distance but scoring an Own Goal luckily they won 1-2 at St Johnstone.
Mo Edu - Rangers - played the whole game getting a yellow card as they won 1-2 at St Johnstone.
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Coming Up:
ENGLAND FA Cup - 3rd Rd Replays
Jonathan Spector - Birmingham City - Wed Jan 18 at Wolverhampton
AMERICANS IN MEXICO
Michael Orozco's San Luis is the only team in the Mexican first division with the full 6 points after the first two rounds of the new Clausura!
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Tom Marshall of MLSsoccer.com reports that Joe Benny Corona was named the best newcomer in the Mexican Primera.
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Game Action:
PRIMERA DIVISION
DaMarcus Beasley - Puebla - came on as a sub in the 62nd min but lost 3-1 at Pachuca.
Ricardo Bocanegra - Atlas - started and played 60 min but lost 0-2 v Cruz Azul.
Edgar Castillo - Tijuana - plyed the whole match as they won 1-0 v Monterrey.
Joe Benny Corona - Tijuana - came on as a sub in the 59th min and they won 1-0 v Monterrey.
Herculez Gomez - Santos Laguna - on the bench but did not play as they won 1-2 at Atlante.
Sonny Guadarrama - Atlante - came on as a sub in the 87th min but lost 1-2 v Santos Laguna.
Michael Orozco Fiscal - San Luis - went the full 90 as they won 0-2 at Tecos.
Jose Torres - Pachuca - played the full 90 and won 3-1 v Puebla.
CANADA
Friendly just announced: Wed Feb 29 Armenia v Canada
ENGLAND
Gregg Roughley and Ian McCourt of the Guardian with five things we learned from the Premier League this weekend.
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English League Cup - Semifinals
Matches & Scores:
1st Leg
-Tue Jan 10
Crystal Palace 1-0 Cardiff City
-Wed Jan 11
Manchester City v Liverpool
SPAIN
Sid Lowe of the Guardian on Diego Simeone's return to Athletico Madrid and the rest of the weekend in La Liga.
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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 0-1 Real Madrid - RM advances 4-2 on aggregate.
-Wed Jan 11
Levante 4-0 Alcorcon - Lev advances 5-2 on aggregate.
Espanyol 4-2 Cordoba - Esp advances 5-4 on aggregate.
Sevilla 2-1 Valencia - series ended tied 2-2, but Val advances, for reasons I don't know.
-Thu Jan 12
Athletic Bilbao 4-0 Albacete -AB advances 4-0 on aggregate.
Osasuna 1-2 Barcelona - Bar advances 5-1 on aggregate.
Quarterfinals
Matches & Scores:
1st Leg
-Tue Jan 17
Espanyol v Mirandes
-Wed Jan 18
Real Madrid v Barcelona
Athletic Bilboa v Mallorca
-Thu Jan 19
Valencia v Levante
FRANCE
Coupe de la Ligue - Quarterfinals
Matches & Scores:
-Tue Jan 10
Caen 0-3 Marseille
-Wed Jan 11
Nice 3-3 Dijon - Nic adv 5-3 in Penalty Kick Shootout.
Le Mans 0-1 Lorient
Lyon 2-1 Lille
Semifinals
Matches & Scores:
-Tue Jan 31
Lorient v Lyon
-Wed Feb 1
Marseille v Nice
ITALY
Paolo Bandini of the Guardian on Inter's big derby win over Milan and the rest of the round in Serie A.
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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 1-2 Chievo
Roma 3-0 Fiorentina
-Thu Jan 12
Napoli 2-1 Cesena
-Wed Jan 18
Milan v Novara
-Thu Jan 19
Inter v Genoa
Quarterfinals
Matches & Scores:
-Tue Jan 24
Juventus v Roma
-Wed Jan 25
Chievo v Siena
Napoli v Inter/Genoa
-Thu Jan 26
Lazio v Milan/Novara
EUROPE
Taca de Portugal - Semifinals
Matches & Scores:
1st leg
-Wed Jan 11
Sporting CP 2-2 Nacional
-Thu Jan 12
Academica 1-0 UD Oliveirense
2nd Leg
-Tue Feb 7
Nacional v Sporting CP (2-2)
UD Oliveirense v Academica (0-1)
AFRICA CUP OF NATIONS 2012
The African national team championship tournament begins Sat Jan 21 and is co-hosted by Gabon & Equatorial Guinea.
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Jonthan Wilson of the Guardian previews the African Cup of Nations as only he can.
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Standings:
Group A
Equatorial Guinea
Libya
Senegal
Zambia
Group B
Angola
Cote d'Ivoire
Burkina Faso
Sudan
Group C
Gabon
Morocco
Niger
Tunisia
Group D
Botswana
Ghana
Guinea
Mali
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Opening Weekend Matches & Scores:
Group Stage
-Sat Jan 21
Equatorial Guinea v Libya
Senegal v Zambia
Venue: Estadio de Bata, Bata
-Sun Jan 22
Cote d'Ivoire v Sudan
Burkina Faso v Angola
Venue: Nuevo Estadio de Malabo, Malabo
ENDERS
The New York Cosmos Tumblr
STARTERS
I spent 2 great days last week in Kansas City at the NSCAA Convention, including taking in the MLS SuperDraft. I will have a write up on my trip in a couple of days. Thanks to everyone who made it so memorable especially Ryan Knapp of the NSCAA!
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COMING UP: Real Madrid v Barcelona in the Copa del Rey Quarterfinals 1st Leg - 3pm CT on GOLTV and ESPN3.com
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Holy Smokes! Was that a Michael Essien sighting on the field for Chelsea. When was the last time we saw him. One of my faves.
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This coming Saturday sees the African Cup of Nations kick off!
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They say that Edson Buddle is going to get a tryout this week at Everton.
DU NORD AT THE CONTROLS
du Nord at the Controls - Jan 17, 2012 - new music mix at Spotify.
STORY OF THE DAY
Eric Wynalda took to yet another forum last week, a talk he gave during the NSCAA convention, to unleash his hounds on US Soccer, MLS, Landon Donovan and other soccer related topics.
Charles Boehm and Jimmy LaRoue of the National Soccer Wire were there to capture Wynalda in all his glory. A transcript in PART 1 - and - PART 2 - and - PART 3.
STORY OF THE DAY 2
Mike Woitalla of Soccer America talks to former USA U17 head coach Wilmer Cabrera about why he is no longer in charge of that program.
LANDON DONOVAN AT EVERTON
From Everton official site:
-Moyes Praises Donovan - video
-English press round up is full of LA Galaxy and Hollywood references for Donovan and the Aston Villa substitute debut of Robbie Keane.
Ian Doyle of the Liverpool Daily Post talks to Donovan after Saturday's tie game.
TEAM USA - EL EQUIPO DE TODOS
The team is in the annual January training camp.
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Stuart Holden stopped by training camp. US Soccer Q & A-ed him.
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Jermaine Jones has been added to the USA roster for the this camp. Honestly though, I have a big problem with this addition. He is free to join up because he is serving an 8 game suspension for purposefully stomping on the foot of a player who he knew had broken bones in that foot, so what does the USA federation do about that punishment? They reward the player by bringing him into the the USA team. I think he should be suspended from the USA team for what he did as well. Yes, you can call me Johnny Righteous.
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Jose Garcia of the Arizona Republic has an interview with head coach Jurgen Klinsmann - PART 1 - and PART 2.
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AZ Central has a video interview with Brad Evans.
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Odeen Dominogo at MLSsoccer.com with an article on Klinsmann giving a different batch of players a shot at the national team.
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Jonah Freedman of MLSsoccer on Geoff Cameron's latest shot with Team USA.
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US Soccer with articles from camp:
-The return of Benny Feilhaber and Ricardo Clark to the team.
-An article on goalkeepers Bill Hamid and Sean Johnson
-Q & A with AJ DeLaGarza
-Heath Pearce writes about his experiences
-An article on goalkeeper Nick Rimando
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US Soccer with videos from camp:
-Highlights from Jan 13 scrimmage
-1 Week Down
-Namaste - Yoga Class
-Jermaine Jones joins the team
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The senior team beat the Olympic team 4-0 on Friday with all the goals coming in the first half.
A couple of in-house games in Carson during training camp:
-Fri Jan 13
USA 4-0 USA U23 - USA goals by Chris Wondolowki, Benny Feilhaber, Teal Bunbury & Graham Zusi.
Post game notes from the U23 blog.
-Tue Jan 17
USA v USA U23
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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
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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
Jermaine Jones - Schalke
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.
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Video from US Soccer:
-Joshua Gatt Looks To 2012
-U23 Players Ready for Draft
-Ready for scrimmage
-Camp continues
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US Soccer asks head coach Caleb Porter how things are looking for his team.
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International Friendlies
Matches & Scores:
-Sat Jan 21
Saprissa Reserves v USA U23
-Tue Jan 24
Alajuelense v USA U23
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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
Joshua Gatt - Molde
Jack McInerney - Philadelphia Union
Tony Taylor - Atletico CP
THE LAMAR HUNT US OPEN CUP
US Soccer announces the Format, Composition and Schedule for 99th Edition of Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup.
-Plenty of good changes.
64 teams will make up the field this year - 32 professional (the most ever) and 32 amateur.
-Round 1 - 32 amatuer teams (May 15)
-Round 2 - 6 NASL and 10 USL Pro teams enter (May 22)
-Round 3 - 16 MLS teams enter (May 29)
-Round 4 - (Jun 5)
-Quarterfinals - (Jun 26)
-Semifinals - (Jul 10)
-Final - (Aug 7)
Amateur (32 teams):
US Adult Soccer Association – 9 places
Premier Development League – 16 places
National Premier Soccer League – 6.5 places
US Club Soccer – 0.5 place
USL PRO (Division III – 10 teams): Charleston Battery, Charlotte Eagles, Dayton Dutch Lions, Harrisburg City Islanders, Los Angeles Blues, Orlando City SC, Pittsburgh Riverhounds, Richmond Kickers, Rochester Rhinos, Wilmington Hammerheads
North American Soccer League (Division II – 6 teams): Atlanta Silverbacks, Carolina RailHawks, Fort Lauderdale Strikers, Minnesota Stars FC, San Antonio Scorpions, Tampa Bay Rowdies
Major League Soccer (Division I – 16 teams): Chicago Fire SC, CD Chivas USA, Colorado Rapids, Columbus Crew, FC Dallas, DC United, Houston Dynamo, Sporting Kansas City, LA Galaxy, New England Revolution, New York Red Bulls, Philadelphia Union, Portland Timbers, Real Salt Lake, San Jose Earthquakes, Seattle Sounders FC
FIFASCANDALIZATIONINGS
David Conn of the Guardian looks ahead to a big day for FIFA to come clean or not on Thursday.
BIG EUROPEAN CLUB MATCHES
Yes this weekends Derby della Madonnina was ugly, but I leaped out of my seat going nuts when Diego Milito hit the winner for Inter!
-Sat Jan 14
Montpellier 1-0 Lyon - #2 beats #4
-Sun Jan 15
Milan 0-1 Inter - Derby della Madonnina sees Inter win for the first time in 3 years.
Marseille 2-0 Lille - two recent champs faced off! And last years champs lost!
BUMMER OF THE DAY
Only a bummer if there is truth to part of this rumor:
The USA is lining up a friendly v Brazil during the June 1st-5th international window, to be played in either Boston or DC.
With all the cities across the country that have great fans and are starved for a big time friendly these two cities would be near the bottom of my list until they get their MLS stadium acts together.
To my way of thinking US Soccer should go out of their way to avoid playing games in either place.
QUESTION OF THE DAY
The Chicago Fire announced Quaker Oats as their new front of shirt sponsor!
Do you need a fantastic video presentation? Yes you do.
Who is that guy on Quaker Oats package, and is the company still owned by Quakers?
DO YOU REALIZE
There are many soccer forums and message boards out there and I recently found out about this cool board - Soccer Futbol Forum. They just celebrated 5 years of action! Check it out now. Tell 'em du Nord sent you!
HMMMMM, VERY INTERESTING
Stadio Dino Manuzzi home to Cesena in Serie A has artificial turf as of this season.
STAT OF THE DAY
Juventus remains the only team in all the major European leagues without a defeat this season, with 10 wins and 8 draws after 18 rounds.
-They currently have a 1 point lead at the top of Serie A.
THIS IS WHAT ITS ALL ABOUT
Since the NASL has banned us fans from forevermore coming within 100 yards of the precious Soccer Bowl Cup trophy, Minnesota Star FC fan Andy Grosbeak Wattenhofer has just gone ahead and built his own!
OOF
LA Galaxy centerback Omar Gonzalez has had the surgery to repair his torn left ACL. He will be out of action for as long as 9 months.
VIDEO OF THE DAY
Oh boy!
Robbie Findley with a monumental miss. Courtesy of 101 Great Goals!
PODCAST OF THE DAY
Me, il Brucio of du Nord, was a special guest from the floor of the MLS SuperDraft on the latest edition of Jimmy Conrad's American Soccer Spectacular. Listen or download here.
MLS TEAM & PLAYER NEWS
SuperDraft
MLS held the "Supplemental Draft" today to disperse players that were not chosen in the SuperDraft last week. Here is how it went down.
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Player Transactions
Portland has signed 24 year old Colombian centerback Hanyer Mosquera from Equidad.
Vancouver keeps the Martin Rennie trail open by signing Carolina goalkeeper Brad Knighton.
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CD CHIVAS USA
The Ameri-Goats begin preseason training today at the Home Depot Center.
COLORADO RAPIDS
The Rapids under new head coach Oscar Pareja begin training camp on Thu Jan 19.
SPORTING KANSAS CITY SC
SKC begins their preseason next Mon Jan 23.
LA GALAXY
In case you missed it Robbie Keane has been loaned out to Aston Villa for 7 weeks. He made his debut last weekend.
NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION
Kyle McCarthy of the Herald on the first day of a new era in Revland.
-Head coach Jay Heaps on his first day in charge of his players.
NEW YORK RED BULLS
NYRB pulled off the only big deal on SuperDraft day last week and that was sending a future draft pick and cash to Portland for Kenny Cooper.
USA U17 TEAM
The team is playing in the Aegean Cup.
This is the first we have even heard that they are in this tournament, and we have been given no USA roster, not to mention been told who the coach of the team is since Wilmar Cabrera left.
Matches & Scores:
-Tue Jan 17
USA 1-2 Turkey - USA goals by DeAndre Robinson
-Wed Jan 18
USA v Denmark
-Fri Jan 20
USA v Czech Republic
AMERICANS IN EUROPE
West Ham officially announced the loan deal signing of George John from FC Dallas. But the deal is only until Mar 1, so what happens after then?
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The Leeds website has an interview with Robbie Rogers.
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The Liverpool Echo with an article on Edson Buddle getting a look from Everton.
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RUMOR: Chris Rolfe to Brondby?
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BELGIUM - Pro League
Sacha Kljestan - Anderlecht - went the distance getting a yellow card as they won 3-0 v Club Brugge.
ENGLAND - Premier League
Clint Dempsey - Fulham - played the whole game but lost 3-1 at Blackburn.
Landon Donovan - Everton - went the full 90 as they drew 1-1 at Aston Villa.
Brad Friedel - Tottenham - went the distance as they tied 1-1 v Wolverhampton.
Brad Guzan - Aston Villa - dumped back to the bench as they drew 1-1 v Everton.
Tim Howard - Everton - went the distance as they tied 1-1 at Aston Villa.
Zak Whitbread - Norwich - played the whole match as they won 1-2 at West Brom.
ENGLAND - Championship League
Robbie Findley - Nottingham Forest - came on as a sub in the 72nd min but lost 0-3 v Southampton.
Jonathan Spector - Birmingham - went the distance as they won huge 0-6 at Millwall.
ENGLAND - League One
Anton Peterlin - Wallsall - went the full 90 in a scoreless game at Brentford.
ENGLAND FA Cup - 3rd Rd Replays
Robbie Findley - Nottingham Forest - Tue Jan 17 - went the full 90 but lost 4-0 at Leicester City.
FRANCE - Ligue 1
Quentin Westberg - Evian - on the bench as they lost 3-1 at Djion.
ISRAEL - Ligat Al
Bryan Gerzicich - Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona - played the entire game as they won 2-3 at Bnei Sakhnin.
Leo Krupnik - Maccabi Netanya - played the full 90 getting a yellow card as they drew 1-1 v Hapoel Acre.
ITALY - Serie A
Michael Bradley - Chievo Verona - played the full 90 and they won 1-0 v Palermo.
NETHERLANDS - Eerste Divisie
Charles Kazlauskas - Helmond Sport - played the whole game as they drew 0-0 at FC Eindhoven.
PORTUGAL - Primeira Liga
Oguchi Onyewu - Sporting - played the entire 90 but lost 2-1 at Braga.
PORTUGAL - Liga de Honra
Caleb Patterson-Sewell - Atletico CP - Mon Jan 16 v UD Oliveirense
Tony Taylor - Atletico CP - Mon Jan 16 v UD Oliveirense
SCOTLAND - Premier League
Alejandro Bedoya - Rangers - on the bench as they won 1-2 at St Johnstone.
Carlos Bocanegra - Rangers - went the distance but scoring an Own Goal luckily they won 1-2 at St Johnstone.
Mo Edu - Rangers - played the whole game getting a yellow card as they won 1-2 at St Johnstone.
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Coming Up:
ENGLAND FA Cup - 3rd Rd Replays
Jonathan Spector - Birmingham City - Wed Jan 18 at Wolverhampton
AMERICANS IN MEXICO
Michael Orozco's San Luis is the only team in the Mexican first division with the full 6 points after the first two rounds of the new Clausura!
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Tom Marshall of MLSsoccer.com reports that Joe Benny Corona was named the best newcomer in the Mexican Primera.
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Game Action:
PRIMERA DIVISION
DaMarcus Beasley - Puebla - came on as a sub in the 62nd min but lost 3-1 at Pachuca.
Ricardo Bocanegra - Atlas - started and played 60 min but lost 0-2 v Cruz Azul.
Edgar Castillo - Tijuana - plyed the whole match as they won 1-0 v Monterrey.
Joe Benny Corona - Tijuana - came on as a sub in the 59th min and they won 1-0 v Monterrey.
Herculez Gomez - Santos Laguna - on the bench but did not play as they won 1-2 at Atlante.
Sonny Guadarrama - Atlante - came on as a sub in the 87th min but lost 1-2 v Santos Laguna.
Michael Orozco Fiscal - San Luis - went the full 90 as they won 0-2 at Tecos.
Jose Torres - Pachuca - played the full 90 and won 3-1 v Puebla.
CANADA
Friendly just announced: Wed Feb 29 Armenia v Canada
ENGLAND
Gregg Roughley and Ian McCourt of the Guardian with five things we learned from the Premier League this weekend.
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English League Cup - Semifinals
Matches & Scores:
1st Leg
-Tue Jan 10
Crystal Palace 1-0 Cardiff City
-Wed Jan 11
Manchester City v Liverpool
SPAIN
Sid Lowe of the Guardian on Diego Simeone's return to Athletico Madrid and the rest of the weekend in La Liga.
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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 0-1 Real Madrid - RM advances 4-2 on aggregate.
-Wed Jan 11
Levante 4-0 Alcorcon - Lev advances 5-2 on aggregate.
Espanyol 4-2 Cordoba - Esp advances 5-4 on aggregate.
Sevilla 2-1 Valencia - series ended tied 2-2, but Val advances, for reasons I don't know.
-Thu Jan 12
Athletic Bilbao 4-0 Albacete -AB advances 4-0 on aggregate.
Osasuna 1-2 Barcelona - Bar advances 5-1 on aggregate.
Quarterfinals
Matches & Scores:
1st Leg
-Tue Jan 17
Espanyol v Mirandes
-Wed Jan 18
Real Madrid v Barcelona
Athletic Bilboa v Mallorca
-Thu Jan 19
Valencia v Levante
FRANCE
Coupe de la Ligue - Quarterfinals
Matches & Scores:
-Tue Jan 10
Caen 0-3 Marseille
-Wed Jan 11
Nice 3-3 Dijon - Nic adv 5-3 in Penalty Kick Shootout.
Le Mans 0-1 Lorient
Lyon 2-1 Lille
Semifinals
Matches & Scores:
-Tue Jan 31
Lorient v Lyon
-Wed Feb 1
Marseille v Nice
ITALY
Paolo Bandini of the Guardian on Inter's big derby win over Milan and the rest of the round in Serie A.
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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 1-2 Chievo
Roma 3-0 Fiorentina
-Thu Jan 12
Napoli 2-1 Cesena
-Wed Jan 18
Milan v Novara
-Thu Jan 19
Inter v Genoa
Quarterfinals
Matches & Scores:
-Tue Jan 24
Juventus v Roma
-Wed Jan 25
Chievo v Siena
Napoli v Inter/Genoa
-Thu Jan 26
Lazio v Milan/Novara
EUROPE
Taca de Portugal - Semifinals
Matches & Scores:
1st leg
-Wed Jan 11
Sporting CP 2-2 Nacional
-Thu Jan 12
Academica 1-0 UD Oliveirense
2nd Leg
-Tue Feb 7
Nacional v Sporting CP (2-2)
UD Oliveirense v Academica (0-1)
AFRICA CUP OF NATIONS 2012
The African national team championship tournament begins Sat Jan 21 and is co-hosted by Gabon & Equatorial Guinea.
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Jonthan Wilson of the Guardian previews the African Cup of Nations as only he can.
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Standings:
Group A
Equatorial Guinea
Libya
Senegal
Zambia
Group B
Angola
Cote d'Ivoire
Burkina Faso
Sudan
Group C
Gabon
Morocco
Niger
Tunisia
Group D
Botswana
Ghana
Guinea
Mali
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Opening Weekend Matches & Scores:
Group Stage
-Sat Jan 21
Equatorial Guinea v Libya
Senegal v Zambia
Venue: Estadio de Bata, Bata
-Sun Jan 22
Cote d'Ivoire v Sudan
Burkina Faso v Angola
Venue: Nuevo Estadio de Malabo, Malabo
ENDERS
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2 Comments:
I'm with you on the Jermain Jones thing. Dumb idea pulling him in.
if that friendly is in DC, it will be at Cooke/FedEx stadium, not actually in DC. So perhaps by depriving DC of the game it might add to fixing the situation. Might, in a small way.
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