Some Soccer News for Fri Feb 10, 2012
STARTERS
Both Charlie Davies and Tim Ream were named to their respective team's game day 18 player roster for this weekend.
dN
Today was the 2nd preseason game of the year for Vancouver and guess what: "20'- old friend Atiba Harris gets first caution for hard tackle on sideline against Bengelloun". Yup. The Hun chops down another one. This guy is a menace.
dN
Can you believe it - The UEFA Champions League is finally back next Tuesday including Barcelona in action on the first day!
-See the full game schedule right here on Monday.
AFRICA CUP OF NATIONS 2012
The African Cup of Nations Quarterfinals are all set for this weekend:
dN
Rob Hughes of the NY Times previews the Final.
Go Relentless Zombies!
dN
Final
-Sun Feb 12
Zambia v Ivory Coast winner - 1pm CT
Venue: Stade d'Angondje, Libreville
Join me in St Paul at the Sweetwater for the Final.
STORY OF THE DAY
Der Spiegel with a story on Jurgen Klinsmann and the USA national team.
A supposedly big-time magazine with an incredibly disappointing "nothing" article.
BIG EUROPEAN CLUB MATCHES
Matches & Scores:
-Sat Feb 11
Manchester United v Liverpool - an old England classic match up.
Monchengladbach v Schalke - #4 hosts #3 and they are 3 and 2 points out of first place respectively.
Udinese v Milan - #3 hosts #1 with just 4 points between them.
-Sun Feb 12
Rayo Vallecano v Getafe - a Madrid derby
HMMMMM, VERY INTERESTING
US Soccer announced today that all teams in the Development Academy will expand to a 10 month season starting this fall.
-This move will take all those elite players out of high school soccer completely.
FACT OF THE DAY
Ryan Giggs has signed a new 1 year contract extension with Manchester United.
THIS IS WHAT ITS ALL ABOUT
Come and play poker with players from the Minnesota Stars FC! And of course fellow fans.
Hell, you don't even have to be a soccer fan to play, so tell your poker buddies!
Thu Mar 1
Running Aces Casino
Forest Lake
6:30pm
Costs $65 to buy in, and for that you get $5000 in tournament chips and 2 tickets to the Stars season opener on Apr 7.
Cash prizes for the top players and bonuses for other achievements.
Click on this link for all the details.
See you there.
PICTURE OF THE DAY
IBN Live with the story that Corinthians has made a drastic move and sequestered their star player Adriano in a hotel with a team trainer on site 24/7 to get his weight under control.
-Here he is recently with his previous physique mentor:
Ronaldo: Hey Adi?
Adriano: Yeah Ronny?
Ronaldo: I brought you my favorite snack!
Adriano: Oh cool. What is it?
Ronaldo: Deep fried double chocolate dipped pork chops!
Adriano: You rule buddy! How can I ever say Thank You?
Ronaldo: By sharing. Now bust that box open!
PODCASTS
Nigel Reed & Bob Iarusci talk to Toronto bosses Aron Winter & Paul Mariner on The Soccer Show. Download or listen here.
MLS TEAM & PLAYER NEWS
Player Transactions
San Jose has signed 31 year old German born Turkish forward Sercan Guvenisik from Preussen Munster of Germany's 3rd division.
-He scored 14 goals in 56 games over the past 2 seasons.
NY has finalized the deal for 20 year old Iceland centerback Victor Palsson from Hibernian.
CHICAGO FIRE
David Gubala of Soccer By Ives talks to goalkeeper Sean Johnson about his adventurous offseason and ahead to the '12 season.
COLORADO RAPIDS
Colorado is supposed to be introducing a 22 year old Argentine attacking midfielder on Monday afternoon.
COLUMBUS CREW
Adam Jardy of the Dispatch reports that the Crew has added a new assistant coach.
DC UNITED
Thomas Floyd of Soccer By Ives with an article on Robbie Russell and his first few weeks with his new team.
NEW YORK RED BULLS
Brian Lewis of the Post talks to coach Hans Backe who has changed his tune a lot from last season - this year the Open Cup IS important, and so are all the other trophies.
-Last year he couldn't even be bothered to coach the Open Cup games, and said the Supporters Shield meant more than the MLS Cup. The old boy is still learning.
NYRB will play a friendly on either Tue Jul 31 or Wed Aug 1 against Tottenham.
PHILADELPHIA UNION
Union CEO Nick Sakiewicz with an open letter to the team's fans.
REAL SALT LAKE
The Standard Examiner reports that RSL has done a good job in signing new contracts with Fabian Espindola, Ned Grabavoy, Paulo Jr and Yordany Alvarez this off season.
SEATTLE SOUNDERS
Don Ruiz of the News Tribune sees the next couple of days as being the last chance to have an impact on the roster for a couple of Sounders players.
TORONTO FC
Kurtis Larson of the Sun with plenty of TFC player notes.
VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC
TSN on both Joe Cannon and Lee Nguyen for the Caps.
MLS PRESEASON SCOREBOARD
Matches & Scores:
-Fri Feb 10
Portland Timbers 0-0 Montreal Impact
Venue: The Home Depot Center Practice Field - Carson CA
Vancouver Whitecaps 1-1 Real Salt Lake - VW goal by Darren Mattocks. RSL goal by Fabian Espindola(PK).
Venue: Grande Sports Complex - AZ
San Jose Earthquakes v Colorado Rapids
Venue: San Luis Obispo CA
LA Galaxy 0-1 Houston Dynamo - HD goal by Nathan Sturgis.
Venue: The Home Depot Center Practice Field - Carson CA
New England Revolution 3-0 Boston College - NER goals by Kelyn Rowe & Mike Roach(2).
Venue: Revs training center
-Sat Feb 11
Sporting Kansas City v DC United
Venue: Casa Grande AZ
Philadelphia Union v Florida Gulf Coast U
Venue:
Chivas USA v Chicago Fire
in Oxnard, Calif
Merida(Mexico) v New York Red Bulls
Venue: Merida MEX
-Sun Feb 12
Portland Timbers v Houston Dynamo
Venue: The Home Depot Center Practice Field - Carson CA
dN
Coming up:
-Tue Feb 14
Estudientes Tecos(Mexico) v New York Red Bulls
Venue: Guadalajara MEX
AMERICANS IN EUROPE
Clint Dempsey with his latest diary post at Goal.com.
dN
The Liverpool Daily Post tells us about the English law firm that helped get transfer window deals done for Landon Donovan and George John, along with Thierry Henry and Robbie Keane.
GERMANY
Hoffenheim hired Markus Babbel as their new head coach.
dN
Die Bundesliga Standings (20 games played):
43 Dortmund (+31 gd) - NEXT: Sat Feb 11 v Leverkusen
41 Bayern (+33 gd) - NEXT: Sat Feb 11 v Kaiserslautern
41 Schalke (+21 gd) - NEXT: Sat Feb 11 at Gladbach
40 Gladbach (+19 gd) - NEXT: Sat Feb 11 v Schalke
COPA LIBERTADORES
Libertad and Internacional both had strong wins to start the tournament.
dN
Standings
Group 1
3 Internacional (+2)
- Santos
- The Strongest
0 Juan Aurich (-2)
Group 2
3 Emelec (+1)
- Lanus
- Flamengo
0 Olimpia (-1)
Group 3
3 Union Espanola (+2)
1 Bolivar (0)
1 Universidad Catholica (0)
0 Junior (-2)
Group 4
3 Fluminense (+1)
- Boca Juniors
- Zamora
0 Arsenal (-1)
Group 5
3 Libertad (+3)
3 Nacional (+1)
0 Vasco Da Gama (-1)
0 Alianza Lima (-3)
Group 6
3 Cruz Azul (+1)
- Corintians
- Deportivo Tachira
0 Nacional Asuncion (-1)
Group 7
3 Velez Sarsfield (+3)
1 Deportivo Quito (0)
1 Guadalajara (0)
0 Defensor Sporting (-3)
Group 8
- Atletico Nacional
- Godoy Cruz
- Universidad Chile
- Penarol
dN
Group Stage
Matches & Scores:
-Thu Feb 9
Internacional 2-0 Juan Aurich - Int goals by Oscar & Jesus Datolo.
Libertad 4-1 Alianza Lima - Lib goals by Luciano Civelli, Sergio Aquino(PK), Mauro Cabellero & Walter Ibanez(OG). AL goal by Joazhino Arroe.
Universidad Catholica 1-1 Bolivar - UC goal by Roberto Ovelar. Bol goal by William Ferreira.
Emelec 1-0 Olimpia - Eme goal by Luciano Figueroa(PK).
-Tue Feb 14
Defensor Sporting v Deportivo Quito
Zamora v Boca Juniors
Atletico Nacional v Universidad Chile
-Wed Feb 15
The Strongest v Santos
Deportivo Tachira v Corinthians
Lanus v Flamengo
-Thu Feb 16
Nacional v Libertad
Godoy Cruz v Penarol
Both Charlie Davies and Tim Ream were named to their respective team's game day 18 player roster for this weekend.
dN
Today was the 2nd preseason game of the year for Vancouver and guess what: "20'- old friend Atiba Harris gets first caution for hard tackle on sideline against Bengelloun". Yup. The Hun chops down another one. This guy is a menace.
dN
Can you believe it - The UEFA Champions League is finally back next Tuesday including Barcelona in action on the first day!
-See the full game schedule right here on Monday.
AFRICA CUP OF NATIONS 2012
The African Cup of Nations Quarterfinals are all set for this weekend:
dN
Rob Hughes of the NY Times previews the Final.
Go Relentless Zombies!
dN
Final
-Sun Feb 12
Zambia v Ivory Coast winner - 1pm CT
Venue: Stade d'Angondje, Libreville
Join me in St Paul at the Sweetwater for the Final.
STORY OF THE DAY
Der Spiegel with a story on Jurgen Klinsmann and the USA national team.
A supposedly big-time magazine with an incredibly disappointing "nothing" article.
BIG EUROPEAN CLUB MATCHES
Matches & Scores:
-Sat Feb 11
Manchester United v Liverpool - an old England classic match up.
Monchengladbach v Schalke - #4 hosts #3 and they are 3 and 2 points out of first place respectively.
Udinese v Milan - #3 hosts #1 with just 4 points between them.
-Sun Feb 12
Rayo Vallecano v Getafe - a Madrid derby
HMMMMM, VERY INTERESTING
US Soccer announced today that all teams in the Development Academy will expand to a 10 month season starting this fall.
-This move will take all those elite players out of high school soccer completely.
FACT OF THE DAY
Ryan Giggs has signed a new 1 year contract extension with Manchester United.
THIS IS WHAT ITS ALL ABOUT
Come and play poker with players from the Minnesota Stars FC! And of course fellow fans.
Hell, you don't even have to be a soccer fan to play, so tell your poker buddies!
Thu Mar 1
Running Aces Casino
Forest Lake
6:30pm
Costs $65 to buy in, and for that you get $5000 in tournament chips and 2 tickets to the Stars season opener on Apr 7.
Cash prizes for the top players and bonuses for other achievements.
Click on this link for all the details.
See you there.
PICTURE OF THE DAY
IBN Live with the story that Corinthians has made a drastic move and sequestered their star player Adriano in a hotel with a team trainer on site 24/7 to get his weight under control.
-Here he is recently with his previous physique mentor:
Ronaldo: Hey Adi?
Adriano: Yeah Ronny?
Ronaldo: I brought you my favorite snack!
Adriano: Oh cool. What is it?
Ronaldo: Deep fried double chocolate dipped pork chops!
Adriano: You rule buddy! How can I ever say Thank You?
Ronaldo: By sharing. Now bust that box open!
PODCASTS
Nigel Reed & Bob Iarusci talk to Toronto bosses Aron Winter & Paul Mariner on The Soccer Show. Download or listen here.
MLS TEAM & PLAYER NEWS
Player Transactions
San Jose has signed 31 year old German born Turkish forward Sercan Guvenisik from Preussen Munster of Germany's 3rd division.
-He scored 14 goals in 56 games over the past 2 seasons.
NY has finalized the deal for 20 year old Iceland centerback Victor Palsson from Hibernian.
CHICAGO FIRE
David Gubala of Soccer By Ives talks to goalkeeper Sean Johnson about his adventurous offseason and ahead to the '12 season.
COLORADO RAPIDS
Colorado is supposed to be introducing a 22 year old Argentine attacking midfielder on Monday afternoon.
COLUMBUS CREW
Adam Jardy of the Dispatch reports that the Crew has added a new assistant coach.
DC UNITED
Thomas Floyd of Soccer By Ives with an article on Robbie Russell and his first few weeks with his new team.
NEW YORK RED BULLS
Brian Lewis of the Post talks to coach Hans Backe who has changed his tune a lot from last season - this year the Open Cup IS important, and so are all the other trophies.
-Last year he couldn't even be bothered to coach the Open Cup games, and said the Supporters Shield meant more than the MLS Cup. The old boy is still learning.
NYRB will play a friendly on either Tue Jul 31 or Wed Aug 1 against Tottenham.
PHILADELPHIA UNION
Union CEO Nick Sakiewicz with an open letter to the team's fans.
REAL SALT LAKE
The Standard Examiner reports that RSL has done a good job in signing new contracts with Fabian Espindola, Ned Grabavoy, Paulo Jr and Yordany Alvarez this off season.
SEATTLE SOUNDERS
Don Ruiz of the News Tribune sees the next couple of days as being the last chance to have an impact on the roster for a couple of Sounders players.
TORONTO FC
Kurtis Larson of the Sun with plenty of TFC player notes.
VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC
TSN on both Joe Cannon and Lee Nguyen for the Caps.
MLS PRESEASON SCOREBOARD
Matches & Scores:
-Fri Feb 10
Portland Timbers 0-0 Montreal Impact
Venue: The Home Depot Center Practice Field - Carson CA
Vancouver Whitecaps 1-1 Real Salt Lake - VW goal by Darren Mattocks. RSL goal by Fabian Espindola(PK).
Venue: Grande Sports Complex - AZ
San Jose Earthquakes v Colorado Rapids
Venue: San Luis Obispo CA
LA Galaxy 0-1 Houston Dynamo - HD goal by Nathan Sturgis.
Venue: The Home Depot Center Practice Field - Carson CA
New England Revolution 3-0 Boston College - NER goals by Kelyn Rowe & Mike Roach(2).
Venue: Revs training center
-Sat Feb 11
Sporting Kansas City v DC United
Venue: Casa Grande AZ
Philadelphia Union v Florida Gulf Coast U
Venue:
Chivas USA v Chicago Fire
in Oxnard, Calif
Merida(Mexico) v New York Red Bulls
Venue: Merida MEX
-Sun Feb 12
Portland Timbers v Houston Dynamo
Venue: The Home Depot Center Practice Field - Carson CA
dN
Coming up:
-Tue Feb 14
Estudientes Tecos(Mexico) v New York Red Bulls
Venue: Guadalajara MEX
AMERICANS IN EUROPE
Clint Dempsey with his latest diary post at Goal.com.
dN
The Liverpool Daily Post tells us about the English law firm that helped get transfer window deals done for Landon Donovan and George John, along with Thierry Henry and Robbie Keane.
GERMANY
Hoffenheim hired Markus Babbel as their new head coach.
dN
Die Bundesliga Standings (20 games played):
43 Dortmund (+31 gd) - NEXT: Sat Feb 11 v Leverkusen
41 Bayern (+33 gd) - NEXT: Sat Feb 11 v Kaiserslautern
41 Schalke (+21 gd) - NEXT: Sat Feb 11 at Gladbach
40 Gladbach (+19 gd) - NEXT: Sat Feb 11 v Schalke
COPA LIBERTADORES
Libertad and Internacional both had strong wins to start the tournament.
dN
Standings
Group 1
3 Internacional (+2)
- Santos
- The Strongest
0 Juan Aurich (-2)
Group 2
3 Emelec (+1)
- Lanus
- Flamengo
0 Olimpia (-1)
Group 3
3 Union Espanola (+2)
1 Bolivar (0)
1 Universidad Catholica (0)
0 Junior (-2)
Group 4
3 Fluminense (+1)
- Boca Juniors
- Zamora
0 Arsenal (-1)
Group 5
3 Libertad (+3)
3 Nacional (+1)
0 Vasco Da Gama (-1)
0 Alianza Lima (-3)
Group 6
3 Cruz Azul (+1)
- Corintians
- Deportivo Tachira
0 Nacional Asuncion (-1)
Group 7
3 Velez Sarsfield (+3)
1 Deportivo Quito (0)
1 Guadalajara (0)
0 Defensor Sporting (-3)
Group 8
- Atletico Nacional
- Godoy Cruz
- Universidad Chile
- Penarol
dN
Group Stage
Matches & Scores:
-Thu Feb 9
Internacional 2-0 Juan Aurich - Int goals by Oscar & Jesus Datolo.
Libertad 4-1 Alianza Lima - Lib goals by Luciano Civelli, Sergio Aquino(PK), Mauro Cabellero & Walter Ibanez(OG). AL goal by Joazhino Arroe.
Universidad Catholica 1-1 Bolivar - UC goal by Roberto Ovelar. Bol goal by William Ferreira.
Emelec 1-0 Olimpia - Eme goal by Luciano Figueroa(PK).
-Tue Feb 14
Defensor Sporting v Deportivo Quito
Zamora v Boca Juniors
Atletico Nacional v Universidad Chile
-Wed Feb 15
The Strongest v Santos
Deportivo Tachira v Corinthians
Lanus v Flamengo
-Thu Feb 16
Nacional v Libertad
Godoy Cruz v Penarol
posted by brucio at 17:31
2 Comments:
The diet must have worked! Today it was announced Adriano made Corinthian's 25-man roster for the first leg of the Libertadores. Now he just has to beat out 4 of the 7 other forwards to ever see the field.
Adriano is bigger than Big Ron?
That is great news: I can finally claim to have the physique of a professional player now and not be lying.
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