Some Soccer News for Tue Jan 31, 2012
STARTERS
Wow! Philadelphia really wanted to get rid of Sebastian Le Toux! After he did not get signed by Bolton this week they turned around and sold him to Vancouver today.
-Why in the world would they dump their best player???
-Jonathan Tannenwald of Philly.com with the Le Toux saga.
dN
More weirdness in MLS - Portland has announced that they have acquired young American prodigy Charles Renken.
-I am confused. Isn't he at Hoffenheim???? I guess not. I really hope this works out for him!
dN
Toronto has sold 46,000 tickets for their Champions League game against LA in early March. The game is being played at the Rogers Center.
dN
Edson Buddle has been released from his contract by German 2nd div team Ingolstadt. What went so wrong? Where will he go? MLS? The LA Galaxy still control his rights. And boy oh boy could LA use another forward to cover for their newly weakened defense.
dN
The first 2 Quarterfinals are set in the African Cup of Nations:
-Sat Feb 4
Zambia v Sudan - 10am CT
Venue: Estadio de Bata, Bata
Cote d'Ivoire v Equatorial Guinea - 1pm CT
Venue: Nuevo Estadio de Malabo, Malabo
Tomorrow is the last day of the group stage of the ACN.
STORY OF THE DAY
Brian Sciaretta of Yanks Abroad talks to Thomas Rongen about his amazing journey as coach of American Samoa in 2011, and what it did for his life. Great stuff.
LANDON DONOVAN AT EVERTON
Again Landon Donovan set up Everton's only goal of the game, but this time they knocked off the #1 team Manchester City!
-Where would they be without him?
And some dude ran on the field and handcuffed himself to the goalpost during the action!!
BEST NEWS I'VE HEARD ALL DAY
Young American midfielder Mikkel Diskerud has left his club Stabaek in Norway on a loan toreigning Belgian champions team Gent.
WELL WELL WELL
LE Eisenmenger of the Examiner does a Q & A with New England Revolution long time game commentator Brad Feldman - Part 1 - and - Part 2.
MLS TEAM & PLAYER NEWS
CD CHIVAS USA
Chivas will introduce their 2012 uniforms on Wednesday.
COLORADO RAPIDS
The Raps officially named their assistant coaches today: Wilmar Cabrera, Paul Caffrey and David Kramer (goalkeepers).
NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION
NER will not have the services of forward Rajko Lekic this season as he was signed today by Lyngby in Denmark.
NEW YORK RED BULLS
With no details at all given, the Bulls announced that they have signed excellent midfielder Joel Lindpere to a contract extension. Great move.
PHILADELPHIA UNION
Philly has bought the contract of midfielder Roger Torres from American de Cali, who has been on loan the 2 previous seasons.
SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES
Robert Jonas of Center Line Soccer tells us that Chris Leitch has been named the teams Youth Technical Director. Super nice guy that Lietch.
MLS/USA RELATED RUMORS
The Michael Ballack to Montreal rumors continue, but its very unlikely he is going anywhere until his contract expires in the summer.
Raphael Honigstein of the Guardian sees Ballack's return to Bayer Leverkusen as a bad failure.
-And puts the blame all on the player, calling the situation "An auto-demise." Wow!
AMERICANS IN EUROPE
Game Action:
ENGLAND - Premier League
Landon Donovan - Everton - Tue Jan 31 - played the entire game as they won 1-0 v Manchester City.
Brad Friedel - Tottenham - Tue Jan 31 - went the full 90 as they won 3-1 v Wigan.
Tim Howard - Everton - Tue Jan 31 - went the distance as they won 1-0 v Manchester City.
ENGLAND - Championship League
Jonathan Spector - Birmingham - Tue Jan 31 - played the entire game getting a yellow card as they won 1-4 at Leeds.
ENGLAND - League One
Anton Peterlin - Wallsall - Tue Jan 31 - started and played 61 min but lost 0-1 v Notts County.
dN
Coming Up:
ENGLAND - Premier League
Clint Dempsey - Fulham - Wed Feb 1 v West Brom
Brad Guzan - Aston Villa - Wed Feb 1 v QPR
Eric Lichaj - Aston Villa - Wed Feb 1 v QPR
Tim Ream - Bolton - Wed Feb 1 v Arsenal
Zak Whitbread - Norwich - Wed Feb 1 at Sunderland
ENGLAND
A Man City loss today coupled with a Man U win sees the two Manchester teams tied at the top of the Premier with the blue team leading on a goal differential of +41 to +35.
SPAIN
Copa Del Rey - Semifinals
Matches & Scores:
1st Leg
-Tue Jan 31
Mirandes 1-2 Athletic Bilbao
-Wed Feb 1
Valencia v Barcelona
2nd Leg
-Tue Feb 7
Athletic Bilbao v Mirandes (2-1)
-Wed Feb 8
Barcelona v Valencia (-)
FRANCE
Jerome Pugmire of the AP brings us up to date on all the transfers today across Ligue 1.
dN
Coupe de la Ligue - Semifinals
Lyon advances to the final.
Matches & Scores:
-Tue Jan 31
Lorient 2-4 Lyon
-Wed Feb 1
Marseille v Nice
EUROPE
Netherlands
KNVB Beker - Quarterfinals
Matches & Scores:
-Tue Jan 31
Vitesse 1-2 Heerenveen
-Wed Feb 1
Heracles v RKC Waalwijk
AZ Alkmaar v GVVV
-Thu Feb 2
PSV Eindhoven v NEC
TOP EURO CLUB GOAL SCORERS
As of Tue Jan 31
Premier League
19 Robin Van Persie
15 Demba Ba
14 Kun Aguero
13 Wayne Rooney
12 Yakubu Aiyegbeni
Bundesliga
17 Mario Gomez
16 Klaas Jan Huntelaar
15 Lukas Podolski
14 Robert Lewandowski
13 Claudio Pizarro
Serie A
15 Zlatan Ibrahimovic
14 Antonio Di Natale
12 Edison Cavani
12 German Denis
Primera Division
24 Cristiano Ronaldo
22 Lionel Messi
14 Radamael Falcao
14 Gonzalo Higuain
12 Roberto Soldado
Ligue 1
15 Oliver Giroud
9 Kevin Gameiro
9 Nene
9 Loic Remy
COPA LIBERTADORES
Qualifying Round
Matches & Scores:
2nd Leg (with Group and 1st Leg score included)
-Tue Jan 31
Sport Huancayo v Arsenal - G4 (0-3)
Libertad v El Nacional - G5 (1-0)
-Wed Feb 1
Flamengo v Real Potosi - G2 (1-2)
Once Caldas v Internacional - G1 (0-1)
-Thu Feb 2
Tigres UANL v Union Espanola - G3 (0-1)
Caracas v Penarol - G6 (0-4)
AFRICA CUP OF NATIONS 2012
The African national team championship tournament begins Sat Jan 21 and is co-hosted by Gabon & Equatorial Guinea.
dN
Jonathan Wilson of the Guardian on Sudan and Angola.
Wilson writing for Sports Illustrated raves about how much fun this tournament has been so far.
dN
ADVANCED: Cote d'Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Sudan, Tunisia, Zambia
ELIMINATED: Angola, Burkina Faso, Libya, Morocco, Niger, Senegal
dN
Standings:
Group A
ADV-7 Zambia
ADV-6 Equatorial Guinea
OUT-4 Libya
OUT-0 Senegal
Group B
ADV-9 Cote d'Ivoire
ADV-4 Sudan (0 GD)
OUT-4 Angola (-1 GD)
OUT-0 Burkina Faso
Group C
ADV-9 Gabon
ADV-6 Tunisia
OUT-3 Morocco
OUT-0 Niger
Group D
ADV-6 Ghana
3 Guinea
3 Mali
0 Botswana
dN
Group Stage
Matches & Scores:
-Sat Jan 21
Equatorial Guinea 1-0 Libya
Senegal 1-2 Zambia
Venue: Estadio de Bata, Bata
-Sun Jan 22
Cote d'Ivoire 1-0 Sudan
Burkina Faso 1-2 Angola
Venue: Nuevo Estadio de Malabo, Malabo
-Mon Jan 23
Gabon 2-0 Niger
Morocco 1-2 Tunisia
Venue: Stade d'Angondje, Libreville
-Tue Jan 24
Ghana 1-0 Botswana
Mali 1-0 Guinea
Venue: Stade de Franceville, Franceville
-Wed Jan 25
Libya 2-2 Zambia
Equatorial Guinea 2-1 Senegal
Venue: Estadio de Bata, Bata
-Thu Jan 26
Sudan 2-2 Angola
Cote d'Ivoire 2-0 Burkina Faso
Venue: Nuevo Estadio de Malabo, Malabo
-Fri Jan 27
Niger 1-2 Tunisia
Gabon 3-2 Morocco
Venue: Stade d'Angondje, Libreville
-Sat Jan 28
Botswana 1-6 Guinea
Ghana 2-0 Mali
Venue: Stade de Franceville, Franceville
-Sun Jan 29
Equatorial Guinea 0-1 Zambia
Venue: Nuevo Estadio de Malabo, Malabo
Libya 2-1 Senegal
Venue: Estadio de Bata, Bata
-Mon Jan 30
Sudan 2-1 Burkina Faso
Venue: Estadio de Bata, Bata
Cote d'Ivoire 2-0 Angola
Venue: Stade de Franceville, Franceville
-Tue Jan 31
Gabon 1-0 Tunisia
Venue: Stade de Franceville, Franceville
Niger 0-1 Morocco
Venue: Stade d'Angondje, Libreville
-Wed Feb 1
Botswana v Mali
Venue: Stade d'Angondje, Libreville
Ghana v Guinea
Venue: Stade de Franceville, Franceville
dN
Quarterfinals
-Sat Feb 4
Zambia v Sudan
Venue: Estadio de Bata, Bata
Cote d'Ivoire v Equatorial Guinea
Venue: Nuevo Estadio de Malabo, Malabo
-Sun Feb 5
Gabon v D2
Venue: Stade d'Angondje, Libreville
D1 v Tunisia
Venue: Stade de Franceville, Franceville
Semifinals
-Wed Feb 8
A1/B2 v D1/C2
Venue: Estadio de Bata, Bata
C1/D2 v B1/A2
Venue: Stade d'Angondje, Libreville
Final
-Sun Feb 12
Semifinal Winners
Venue: Stade d'Angondje, Libreville
ENDERS
Goat
Wow! Philadelphia really wanted to get rid of Sebastian Le Toux! After he did not get signed by Bolton this week they turned around and sold him to Vancouver today.
-Why in the world would they dump their best player???
-Jonathan Tannenwald of Philly.com with the Le Toux saga.
dN
More weirdness in MLS - Portland has announced that they have acquired young American prodigy Charles Renken.
-I am confused. Isn't he at Hoffenheim???? I guess not. I really hope this works out for him!
dN
Toronto has sold 46,000 tickets for their Champions League game against LA in early March. The game is being played at the Rogers Center.
dN
Edson Buddle has been released from his contract by German 2nd div team Ingolstadt. What went so wrong? Where will he go? MLS? The LA Galaxy still control his rights. And boy oh boy could LA use another forward to cover for their newly weakened defense.
dN
The first 2 Quarterfinals are set in the African Cup of Nations:
-Sat Feb 4
Zambia v Sudan - 10am CT
Venue: Estadio de Bata, Bata
Cote d'Ivoire v Equatorial Guinea - 1pm CT
Venue: Nuevo Estadio de Malabo, Malabo
Tomorrow is the last day of the group stage of the ACN.
STORY OF THE DAY
Brian Sciaretta of Yanks Abroad talks to Thomas Rongen about his amazing journey as coach of American Samoa in 2011, and what it did for his life. Great stuff.
LANDON DONOVAN AT EVERTON
Again Landon Donovan set up Everton's only goal of the game, but this time they knocked off the #1 team Manchester City!
-Where would they be without him?
And some dude ran on the field and handcuffed himself to the goalpost during the action!!
BEST NEWS I'VE HEARD ALL DAY
Young American midfielder Mikkel Diskerud has left his club Stabaek in Norway on a loan to
WELL WELL WELL
LE Eisenmenger of the Examiner does a Q & A with New England Revolution long time game commentator Brad Feldman - Part 1 - and - Part 2.
MLS TEAM & PLAYER NEWS
CD CHIVAS USA
Chivas will introduce their 2012 uniforms on Wednesday.
COLORADO RAPIDS
The Raps officially named their assistant coaches today: Wilmar Cabrera, Paul Caffrey and David Kramer (goalkeepers).
NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION
NER will not have the services of forward Rajko Lekic this season as he was signed today by Lyngby in Denmark.
NEW YORK RED BULLS
With no details at all given, the Bulls announced that they have signed excellent midfielder Joel Lindpere to a contract extension. Great move.
PHILADELPHIA UNION
Philly has bought the contract of midfielder Roger Torres from American de Cali, who has been on loan the 2 previous seasons.
SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES
Robert Jonas of Center Line Soccer tells us that Chris Leitch has been named the teams Youth Technical Director. Super nice guy that Lietch.
MLS/USA RELATED RUMORS
The Michael Ballack to Montreal rumors continue, but its very unlikely he is going anywhere until his contract expires in the summer.
Raphael Honigstein of the Guardian sees Ballack's return to Bayer Leverkusen as a bad failure.
-And puts the blame all on the player, calling the situation "An auto-demise." Wow!
AMERICANS IN EUROPE
Game Action:
ENGLAND - Premier League
Landon Donovan - Everton - Tue Jan 31 - played the entire game as they won 1-0 v Manchester City.
Brad Friedel - Tottenham - Tue Jan 31 - went the full 90 as they won 3-1 v Wigan.
Tim Howard - Everton - Tue Jan 31 - went the distance as they won 1-0 v Manchester City.
ENGLAND - Championship League
Jonathan Spector - Birmingham - Tue Jan 31 - played the entire game getting a yellow card as they won 1-4 at Leeds.
ENGLAND - League One
Anton Peterlin - Wallsall - Tue Jan 31 - started and played 61 min but lost 0-1 v Notts County.
dN
Coming Up:
ENGLAND - Premier League
Clint Dempsey - Fulham - Wed Feb 1 v West Brom
Brad Guzan - Aston Villa - Wed Feb 1 v QPR
Eric Lichaj - Aston Villa - Wed Feb 1 v QPR
Tim Ream - Bolton - Wed Feb 1 v Arsenal
Zak Whitbread - Norwich - Wed Feb 1 at Sunderland
ENGLAND
A Man City loss today coupled with a Man U win sees the two Manchester teams tied at the top of the Premier with the blue team leading on a goal differential of +41 to +35.
SPAIN
Copa Del Rey - Semifinals
Matches & Scores:
1st Leg
-Tue Jan 31
Mirandes 1-2 Athletic Bilbao
-Wed Feb 1
Valencia v Barcelona
2nd Leg
-Tue Feb 7
Athletic Bilbao v Mirandes (2-1)
-Wed Feb 8
Barcelona v Valencia (-)
FRANCE
Jerome Pugmire of the AP brings us up to date on all the transfers today across Ligue 1.
dN
Coupe de la Ligue - Semifinals
Lyon advances to the final.
Matches & Scores:
-Tue Jan 31
Lorient 2-4 Lyon
-Wed Feb 1
Marseille v Nice
EUROPE
Netherlands
KNVB Beker - Quarterfinals
Matches & Scores:
-Tue Jan 31
Vitesse 1-2 Heerenveen
-Wed Feb 1
Heracles v RKC Waalwijk
AZ Alkmaar v GVVV
-Thu Feb 2
PSV Eindhoven v NEC
TOP EURO CLUB GOAL SCORERS
As of Tue Jan 31
Premier League
19 Robin Van Persie
15 Demba Ba
14 Kun Aguero
13 Wayne Rooney
12 Yakubu Aiyegbeni
Bundesliga
17 Mario Gomez
16 Klaas Jan Huntelaar
15 Lukas Podolski
14 Robert Lewandowski
13 Claudio Pizarro
Serie A
15 Zlatan Ibrahimovic
14 Antonio Di Natale
12 Edison Cavani
12 German Denis
Primera Division
24 Cristiano Ronaldo
22 Lionel Messi
14 Radamael Falcao
14 Gonzalo Higuain
12 Roberto Soldado
Ligue 1
15 Oliver Giroud
9 Kevin Gameiro
9 Nene
9 Loic Remy
COPA LIBERTADORES
Qualifying Round
Matches & Scores:
2nd Leg (with Group and 1st Leg score included)
-Tue Jan 31
Sport Huancayo v Arsenal - G4 (0-3)
Libertad v El Nacional - G5 (1-0)
-Wed Feb 1
Flamengo v Real Potosi - G2 (1-2)
Once Caldas v Internacional - G1 (0-1)
-Thu Feb 2
Tigres UANL v Union Espanola - G3 (0-1)
Caracas v Penarol - G6 (0-4)
AFRICA CUP OF NATIONS 2012
The African national team championship tournament begins Sat Jan 21 and is co-hosted by Gabon & Equatorial Guinea.
dN
Jonathan Wilson of the Guardian on Sudan and Angola.
Wilson writing for Sports Illustrated raves about how much fun this tournament has been so far.
dN
ADVANCED: Cote d'Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Sudan, Tunisia, Zambia
ELIMINATED: Angola, Burkina Faso, Libya, Morocco, Niger, Senegal
dN
Standings:
Group A
ADV-7 Zambia
ADV-6 Equatorial Guinea
OUT-4 Libya
OUT-0 Senegal
Group B
ADV-9 Cote d'Ivoire
ADV-4 Sudan (0 GD)
OUT-4 Angola (-1 GD)
OUT-0 Burkina Faso
Group C
ADV-9 Gabon
ADV-6 Tunisia
OUT-3 Morocco
OUT-0 Niger
Group D
ADV-6 Ghana
3 Guinea
3 Mali
0 Botswana
dN
Group Stage
Matches & Scores:
-Sat Jan 21
Equatorial Guinea 1-0 Libya
Senegal 1-2 Zambia
Venue: Estadio de Bata, Bata
-Sun Jan 22
Cote d'Ivoire 1-0 Sudan
Burkina Faso 1-2 Angola
Venue: Nuevo Estadio de Malabo, Malabo
-Mon Jan 23
Gabon 2-0 Niger
Morocco 1-2 Tunisia
Venue: Stade d'Angondje, Libreville
-Tue Jan 24
Ghana 1-0 Botswana
Mali 1-0 Guinea
Venue: Stade de Franceville, Franceville
-Wed Jan 25
Libya 2-2 Zambia
Equatorial Guinea 2-1 Senegal
Venue: Estadio de Bata, Bata
-Thu Jan 26
Sudan 2-2 Angola
Cote d'Ivoire 2-0 Burkina Faso
Venue: Nuevo Estadio de Malabo, Malabo
-Fri Jan 27
Niger 1-2 Tunisia
Gabon 3-2 Morocco
Venue: Stade d'Angondje, Libreville
-Sat Jan 28
Botswana 1-6 Guinea
Ghana 2-0 Mali
Venue: Stade de Franceville, Franceville
-Sun Jan 29
Equatorial Guinea 0-1 Zambia
Venue: Nuevo Estadio de Malabo, Malabo
Libya 2-1 Senegal
Venue: Estadio de Bata, Bata
-Mon Jan 30
Sudan 2-1 Burkina Faso
Venue: Estadio de Bata, Bata
Cote d'Ivoire 2-0 Angola
Venue: Stade de Franceville, Franceville
-Tue Jan 31
Gabon 1-0 Tunisia
Venue: Stade de Franceville, Franceville
Niger 0-1 Morocco
Venue: Stade d'Angondje, Libreville
-Wed Feb 1
Botswana v Mali
Venue: Stade d'Angondje, Libreville
Ghana v Guinea
Venue: Stade de Franceville, Franceville
dN
Quarterfinals
-Sat Feb 4
Zambia v Sudan
Venue: Estadio de Bata, Bata
Cote d'Ivoire v Equatorial Guinea
Venue: Nuevo Estadio de Malabo, Malabo
-Sun Feb 5
Gabon v D2
Venue: Stade d'Angondje, Libreville
D1 v Tunisia
Venue: Stade de Franceville, Franceville
Semifinals
-Wed Feb 8
A1/B2 v D1/C2
Venue: Estadio de Bata, Bata
C1/D2 v B1/A2
Venue: Stade d'Angondje, Libreville
Final
-Sun Feb 12
Semifinal Winners
Venue: Stade d'Angondje, Libreville
ENDERS
Goat
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