Some Soccer News for Wed Jan 18, 2012
STARTERS
Two big MLS player moves are on the front burner today:
-Philly to sell Sebastien Le Toux to Bolton.
-LA to re-sign David Beckham tomorrow.
dN
Barca beat Real Madrid again! 1-2 today in the 1st Leg of the Copa Del Rey Quarterfinals. 2nd Leg is next Wednesday.
dN
Former Fulham coach Chris Coleman is the new head coach of Wales, replacing the sadly departed Gary Speed.
DU NORD AT THE CONTROLS
du Nord at the Controls - Jan 17, 2012 - new music mix at Spotify.
STORY OF THE DAY
Robbie Rogers has secured a work permit for England and is now free to play for Leeds United.
Phil Hay of the Yorkshire Evening Post has an interview with Rogers about joining Leeds.
-Don't miss the special bile from the "supporters" in the comments section. Welcome to Leeds Robbie!!!
TEAM USA - EL EQUIPO DE TODOS
The team is in the annual January training camp.
dN
Injury report: Juan Agudelo has suffered an unspecified ankle injury.
dN
Mike Woitalla of Soccer America talks to Bayern Munich president Uli Hoeness and CEO Karl-Heinz Rummenigge about Jurgen Klinsmann's tenure as their head coach, and the potential for the USA.
dN
The senior team tied the Olympic team 1-1 on Tuesday.
-The team lined up for that scrimmage in a 4-5-1.
-Photos from the game.
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.
-Tue Jan 17
USA 1-1 USA U23 - USA goal by Graham Zusi. U23 goal by Jack McInerney.
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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.
dN
Joshua Gatt has left the team with an ankle injury.
BUMMER OF THE DAY
A Glasgow man has been charged with racially aggravated harassment for sending allegedly racist emails to American Mo Edu who plays in that city for Rangers.
HMMMMM, VERY INTERESTING
Neil Morris of Indy Week talks to Billy Schuler who went from UNC last fall to signing a deal at Hammarby instead of MLS. (thanks to Brian for the link)
WELL WELL WELL
Kickette does a Q & A with movie star and Vancouver centerback Jay DeMerit.
OOF
Steve Davis announced today that he is shutting down the Daily Soccer Fix. Damn.
MLS TEAM & PLAYER NEWS
Player Transactions
SKC has signed 23 year old American midfielder Michael Thomas from Ljungskile in Sweden.
dN
Chivas signed goalkeeper Tim Melia from Real Salt Lake.
dN
DCU has signed forward Maicon Santos who was released by Dallas at the end of last season.
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Seattle has made the signing of 19 year old Trinidad forward Cordell Cato from San Juan Jabloteh official.
CHICAGO FIRE
Chicago has re-signed Mexican veteran Pavel Pardo, who had a very positive impact on the team down the stretch last season.
CD CHIVAS USA
Scott French of ESPN reports that Juan Pablo Angel is in preseason camp with the team and is close to signing a new contract.
DC UNITED
Steven Goff of the Post with an update on Chris Pontius's recovery from a broken leg.
dN
Craig Stouffer of the Examiner with lots of DCU team notes.
SPORTING KANSAS CITY SC
Sporking announced today it has re-signed fullback Seth Sinovic to a new contract.
MONTREAL IMPACT
Randy Phillips of the Gazette on the players from Montreal's second division roster that are getting their shot at MLS.
dN
Scott French of ESPN does a Q & A with Zarek Valentin about his move from Chivas USA to the Impact.
NEW YORK RED BULLS
Stephen Keel has signed a new contract with the team.
PHILADELPHIA UNION
Another hole for the Union to fill - midfielder Veljko Paunovic announced his retirement today.
SEATTLE SOUNDERS
Joshua Mayer of the Times with two interesting bits of info:
-Century Link Field is getting brand new fake turf installed any day now.
-The Sounders are pursuing the idea of owning a PDL team. (That is the 4th division, and the top amateur league.)
dN
The Sounders begin preseason training tomorrow, Thu Jan 19.
VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC
Russell Berrisford of the Sun looks at the Caps roster as of today.
MLS/USA RELATED RUMORS
Greg Seltzer of MLSsoccer.com with a mega-list of players he thinks would make great MLS transfer targets. TEXT UPDATED
MLS YOUTH DEVELOPMENT
Kurtis Larson of the Toronto Sun talks to the new director of the TFC youth set up Thomas Rongen.
AMERICANS IN EUROPE
Brian Sciaretta of Yanks Abroad with the latest on the 3 young Americans at Hertha Berlin - Brooks, Morales & Kiesewetter.
dN
Sciaretta also talks to Bryan Gerzicich who is a regular at 1st place Ironi Kiryat Shmona in Israel.
dN
Game Action:
ENGLAND FA Cup - 3rd Rd Replays
Jonathan Spector - Birmingham City - Wed Jan 18 - played whole game as they won 0-1 at Wolverhampton.
CANADA
Friendly just announced: Wed Feb 29 Armenia v Canada
SPAIN
Copa Del Rey - Quarterfinals
Matches & Scores:
1st Leg
-Tue Jan 17
Espanyol 3-2 Mirandes
-Wed Jan 18
Real Madrid 1-2 Barcelona
Athletic Bilboa 2-0 Mallorca
-Thu Jan 19
Valencia v Levante
ITALY
Rob Hughes of the International Herald Tribune wonders why Inter would want to mess with their team chemistry by adding Carlos Tevez.
dN
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 2-1 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
TOP EURO CLUB GOAL SCORERS
Premier League
18 Robin Van Persie
15 Demba Ba
14 Kun Aguero
13 Wayne Rooney
12 Yakubu Aiyegbeni
dN
Bundesliga
16 Mario Gomez
15 Klaas Jan Huntelaar
14 Lukas Podolski
12 Robert Lewandowski
12 Claudio Pizarro
dN
Serie A
13 Antonio Di Natale
12 German Denis
12 Zlatan Ibrahimovic
11 Edison Cavani
dN
Primera Division
21 Cristiano Ronaldo
19 Lionel Messi
14 Gonzalo Higuain
11 Radamael Falcao
11 Roberto Soldado
dN
Ligue 1
14 Oliver Giroud
9 Nene
9 Kevin Gameiro
9 Loic Remy
AFRICA
Gabriele Marcotti of the Wall Street Journal with an article on former World Player of the Year Rivaldo who has signed with a team in Angola.
ENDERS
Supposedly this guy on the Quaker Oats packages is named Larry. You can't make that up.
Two big MLS player moves are on the front burner today:
-Philly to sell Sebastien Le Toux to Bolton.
-LA to re-sign David Beckham tomorrow.
dN
Barca beat Real Madrid again! 1-2 today in the 1st Leg of the Copa Del Rey Quarterfinals. 2nd Leg is next Wednesday.
dN
Former Fulham coach Chris Coleman is the new head coach of Wales, replacing the sadly departed Gary Speed.
DU NORD AT THE CONTROLS
du Nord at the Controls - Jan 17, 2012 - new music mix at Spotify.
STORY OF THE DAY
Robbie Rogers has secured a work permit for England and is now free to play for Leeds United.
Phil Hay of the Yorkshire Evening Post has an interview with Rogers about joining Leeds.
-Don't miss the special bile from the "supporters" in the comments section. Welcome to Leeds Robbie!!!
TEAM USA - EL EQUIPO DE TODOS
The team is in the annual January training camp.
dN
Injury report: Juan Agudelo has suffered an unspecified ankle injury.
dN
Mike Woitalla of Soccer America talks to Bayern Munich president Uli Hoeness and CEO Karl-Heinz Rummenigge about Jurgen Klinsmann's tenure as their head coach, and the potential for the USA.
dN
The senior team tied the Olympic team 1-1 on Tuesday.
-The team lined up for that scrimmage in a 4-5-1.
-Photos from the game.
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.
-Tue Jan 17
USA 1-1 USA U23 - USA goal by Graham Zusi. U23 goal by Jack McInerney.
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
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.
dN
Joshua Gatt has left the team with an ankle injury.
BUMMER OF THE DAY
A Glasgow man has been charged with racially aggravated harassment for sending allegedly racist emails to American Mo Edu who plays in that city for Rangers.
HMMMMM, VERY INTERESTING
Neil Morris of Indy Week talks to Billy Schuler who went from UNC last fall to signing a deal at Hammarby instead of MLS. (thanks to Brian for the link)
WELL WELL WELL
Kickette does a Q & A with movie star and Vancouver centerback Jay DeMerit.
OOF
Steve Davis announced today that he is shutting down the Daily Soccer Fix. Damn.
MLS TEAM & PLAYER NEWS
Player Transactions
SKC has signed 23 year old American midfielder Michael Thomas from Ljungskile in Sweden.
dN
Chivas signed goalkeeper Tim Melia from Real Salt Lake.
dN
DCU has signed forward Maicon Santos who was released by Dallas at the end of last season.
dN
Seattle has made the signing of 19 year old Trinidad forward Cordell Cato from San Juan Jabloteh official.
CHICAGO FIRE
Chicago has re-signed Mexican veteran Pavel Pardo, who had a very positive impact on the team down the stretch last season.
CD CHIVAS USA
Scott French of ESPN reports that Juan Pablo Angel is in preseason camp with the team and is close to signing a new contract.
DC UNITED
Steven Goff of the Post with an update on Chris Pontius's recovery from a broken leg.
dN
Craig Stouffer of the Examiner with lots of DCU team notes.
SPORTING KANSAS CITY SC
Sporking announced today it has re-signed fullback Seth Sinovic to a new contract.
MONTREAL IMPACT
Randy Phillips of the Gazette on the players from Montreal's second division roster that are getting their shot at MLS.
dN
Scott French of ESPN does a Q & A with Zarek Valentin about his move from Chivas USA to the Impact.
NEW YORK RED BULLS
Stephen Keel has signed a new contract with the team.
PHILADELPHIA UNION
Another hole for the Union to fill - midfielder Veljko Paunovic announced his retirement today.
SEATTLE SOUNDERS
Joshua Mayer of the Times with two interesting bits of info:
-Century Link Field is getting brand new fake turf installed any day now.
-The Sounders are pursuing the idea of owning a PDL team. (That is the 4th division, and the top amateur league.)
dN
The Sounders begin preseason training tomorrow, Thu Jan 19.
VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC
Russell Berrisford of the Sun looks at the Caps roster as of today.
MLS/USA RELATED RUMORS
Greg Seltzer of MLSsoccer.com with a mega-list of players he thinks would make great MLS transfer targets. TEXT UPDATED
MLS YOUTH DEVELOPMENT
Kurtis Larson of the Toronto Sun talks to the new director of the TFC youth set up Thomas Rongen.
AMERICANS IN EUROPE
Brian Sciaretta of Yanks Abroad with the latest on the 3 young Americans at Hertha Berlin - Brooks, Morales & Kiesewetter.
dN
Sciaretta also talks to Bryan Gerzicich who is a regular at 1st place Ironi Kiryat Shmona in Israel.
dN
Game Action:
ENGLAND FA Cup - 3rd Rd Replays
Jonathan Spector - Birmingham City - Wed Jan 18 - played whole game as they won 0-1 at Wolverhampton.
CANADA
Friendly just announced: Wed Feb 29 Armenia v Canada
SPAIN
Copa Del Rey - Quarterfinals
Matches & Scores:
1st Leg
-Tue Jan 17
Espanyol 3-2 Mirandes
-Wed Jan 18
Real Madrid 1-2 Barcelona
Athletic Bilboa 2-0 Mallorca
-Thu Jan 19
Valencia v Levante
ITALY
Rob Hughes of the International Herald Tribune wonders why Inter would want to mess with their team chemistry by adding Carlos Tevez.
dN
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 2-1 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
TOP EURO CLUB GOAL SCORERS
Premier League
18 Robin Van Persie
15 Demba Ba
14 Kun Aguero
13 Wayne Rooney
12 Yakubu Aiyegbeni
dN
Bundesliga
16 Mario Gomez
15 Klaas Jan Huntelaar
14 Lukas Podolski
12 Robert Lewandowski
12 Claudio Pizarro
dN
Serie A
13 Antonio Di Natale
12 German Denis
12 Zlatan Ibrahimovic
11 Edison Cavani
dN
Primera Division
21 Cristiano Ronaldo
19 Lionel Messi
14 Gonzalo Higuain
11 Radamael Falcao
11 Roberto Soldado
dN
Ligue 1
14 Oliver Giroud
9 Nene
9 Kevin Gameiro
9 Loic Remy
AFRICA
Gabriele Marcotti of the Wall Street Journal with an article on former World Player of the Year Rivaldo who has signed with a team in Angola.
ENDERS
Supposedly this guy on the Quaker Oats packages is named Larry. You can't make that up.
posted by brucio at 17:31
2 Comments:
Hey buddy, just to clarify, those names are all my suggestions for free agents MLS teams could chase. I deliberately avoided digging in to see if any of them were possible moves, to keep it solely a suggestion exercise.
Greg- It figures that I got so excited about reading this list (your stuff always rocks) that I jumped right over the opening paragraphs that make it perfectly clear that these are your scenarios rather than true targets. Thanks for putting me straight. -Bruce
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