Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Some Soccer News for Wed Jan 11, 2012

NSCAA CONVENTION AND MLS SUPERDRAFT

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.

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du Nord will be there. Will you? Come find me!

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

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Tod Palmer of the Kansas City Star writes that KC is the soccer mecca this week.

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Charles Gooch of the Star writes a 2 part Sporting Kansas City-centric primer for the draft - PART 1 - and - PART 2.

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Steve Davis of Sports Illustrated sees the draft going down like this.

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Player News

Centerback Austin Berry from Louisville has signed an MLS contract ahead of the draft.

Forward Ethan Finlay from Creighton has signed an MLS contract ahead of the draft.

Centerback Aaron Maund from Notre Dame has signed an MLS contract ahead of the draft.

STARTERS

Columbus Crew starter Robbie Rogers has signed a contract to play for Leeds in England's second division. He must now obtain a UK work permit before the deal is finalized. I am pretty sure this will happen.
-Here is word from Leeds United.

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The rumor mill is also spitting out word that Tim Ream has signed with Bolton. How much is Red Bull getting for him?

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Real Madrid has advanced and will most likely meet Barcelona in the Quarterfinals of the Copa del Rey. The first leg is scheduled to be play next week on Tue Jan 17.
-Barca holds a 3-0 lead over Osasuna from their first leg match in the Round of 16. Their second leg match is set for this Thursday.

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

Big Apple Soccer reports that Thierry Henry's new teammates at Arsenal have been blown away by his training attitude.

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

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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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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

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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

FIFASCANDALIZATIONINGS

Paul Kelso of the Telegraph reports that there is rising support for Michel Platini to oust Sepp Blatter as FIFA pres this year.

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Tarig Panja of Bloomberg talks to former FIFA UEFA president Lennart Johansson who has asked for an inquiry into vote buying in the election that he lost to Sepp Blatter back in 1998.

Thanks to gmark for the correction.

BIG EUROPEAN CLUB MATCHES

One big derby match and two important games in the France championat.

-Sat Jan 14
Montpellier v Lyon - #2 v #4
-Sun Jan 15
Milan v Inter - Derby della Madonnina
Marseille v Lille - two recent champs face off

VIDEO OF THE DAY

Laduma - A documentary film of the USA in South Africa from One Goal.
-See the novie trailer.

Visit them online at onegoalusa.com

MLS TEAM & PLAYER NEWS

Player Transactions

Chivas announced the signing of 21 year old Ecuadorian attacking midfielder Miller Bolanos from Liga de Quito.

Seattle has bought 23 year old Danish midfielder Sounders FC has acquired 23-year-old Danish midfielder Christian Sivebaek from Midtjylland.

Chicago announced the signing of 25 year old Uruguayan forward Federico Puppo from Danubio.

HOUSTON DYNAMO

The Chronicle on the announcement of the retirement of veteran centerback Eddie Robinson.
-He will continue to work for the team initially coaching in their academy.

TORONTO FC

TFC signs striker Joao Plata to a long term contract.

USL NEWS

The 2012 USL Pro season will begin on Friday, April 6 with Antigua Barracuda hostings Pittsburgh Riverhounds at Sticky Wicket Stadium. (What a great name!)

AMERICANS IN EUROPE

Paul Wilson of the Guardian on the amazing longevity & high quality of Brad Friedel's career.

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Aston Villa website with article that says Brad Guzan has stated his case to be the starting goalkeeper. But will he be?

ENGLAND

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

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 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
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

2 Comments:

Blogger gMark said...

Whoah, dude! Big No-No:

" former FIFA president Lennart Johansson "

Johansson was never FIFA pres. He lost to Blatter in an early attempt to fix FIFA corruption. He was UEFA pres. though.

9:23 PM  
Blogger brucio said...

good catch gMark

thanks a ton for the correction

always appreciated

12:11 AM  

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