Some Soccer News for Tue Feb 21, 2012
COUNTDOWN TO MLS 2012 - SEASON 17
STARTERS
Its the worst case scenario for Oguchi Onyewu. He left Sporting's game over the weekend with a knee injury and today it was announced that he has a ruptured ligament and torn meniscus and that will require surgery and around 8 weeks of rehab to recover from. (That means a late April return.)
dN
Joshua Mayers of the Seattle Times talks to Eddie Johnson about what happened to him at Puebla.
-The story from Mexico was that he showed up for preseason out of shape and got cut almost immediately.
dN
Dave Boyle of the Guardian writes about the first major gathering of MLS fans at the Independent Supporters Council that went down in Portland last week.
-Dallas, Montreal and Philadelphia did not have representatives at the conference.
UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
Round of 16 - 1st Leg
Chelsea is the second team in eight days to go to Italy and get routed.
CSKA goal scored today by Pontus Wernbloom. What a name!!!
Matches & Scores:
1st Leg
-Tue Feb 21
CSKA Moscow 1-1 Real Madrid - CM goal by Pontus Wernbloom. RM goal by Cristiano Ronaldo.
Napoli 3-1 Chelsea - Nap goals by Ezequiel Lavezzi(2) & Edison Cavanni.
-Wed Feb 22
Marseille v Inter - live at 1:45pm CT on Fox Soccer
Basel v Bayern - delayed at 4:00pm CT on Fox Soccer
DU NORD AT THE CONTROLS
du Nord at the Controls - Tue Feb 21, 2012 - new music mix at Spotify.
STORY OF THE DAY
Jerome Solomon of the Houston Chronicle sings the high praises of again-Dynamo Brian Ching.
-NOTE: Solomon is a known MLS basher so its nice to see him write something so positive, and with no caveats included.
WELL WELL WELL
Carlos Tevez has issued a full apology to his team Manchester City and hopes to rejoin the team soon.
THIS IS WHAT ITS ALL ABOUT
I don't know if you remember this or not but about 11 months ago we got an email from a reader who wanted to have his say on upgrading the New England Revolution. He laid out his plan here. His passion was huge and ideas were strongly defended.
Today M Willis is back with his latest look at the Revs, and to cut to the chase, his extreme frustration with the organization.
PICTURE OF THE DAY
Brad Davis standing on the field at BBVA Compass Stadium in Houston.
MLS TEAM & PLAYER NEWS
Player Transactions
Montreal has signed soon-to-be 39 year old forward Eduardo Sebrango from the second division roster. He has always been an amazing player for the Impact. Incredible to see him take this step at this age!
dN
Philadelphia has signed 5 youngsters (roster fodder?): Greg Jordan, Raymon Gaddis, Krystian Witkowski, Antoine Hoppenot & Chase Harrison.
CD CHIVAS USA
Nick Green of the Daily Breeze with an article on Chivas and Pete Vagenas.
dN
Scott French of ESPN tells us that Chivas is still sorting through a lot of players to fill their roster.
dN
French also has an article on centerback Rauwshan McKenzie.
COLUMBUS CREW
Adam Jardy of the Dispatch reports on the extensive Crew injury list.
DC UNITED
Steven Goff of the Post with a look at DCU signing Dwayne DeRosario to a new contract. What went into making the deal happen?
-A few other team notes included.
HOUSTON DYNAMO
Jack Bell of the New York Times talks to Brad Davis about the frustrating end to last season - injured.
SPORTING KANSAS CITY SC
Matt Schofield of the Star with an article on Bobby Convey who is trying to again put his career on track, this time in KC.
LA GALAXY
Scott French of ESPN writes that LA re-signed Juninho 10 days ago, but yesterday he was literally back with the team.
NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION
Here is the latest version of the New England roster.
-featuring excellent pronunciation guide!
PORTLAND TIMBERS
Geoffrey Arnold of the Oregonian on the Timbers new forward Kris Boyd.
VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC
Bruce Constantineau of the Sun with an article on veteran goalkeeper Joe Cannon. A very funny dude.
MLS PRESEASON SCOREBOARD
Matches & Scores:
-Tue Feb 21
Colorado Rapids 2-1 Hawaii Pacific U(NCAA) - CR goals by Andre Akpan & Scott Palguta. HPU goal by unknown.
Venue: Honolulu HI
dN
Coming up:
-Wed Feb 22
Seattle Sounders v Atlante(Mexico)
Venue: Cancun MX
San Diego Clasico: Chivas USA v Tijuana(Mexico)
Venue: Torero Stadium - San Diego CA
FC Dallas v USA U23
Venue: FC Dallas Stadium training center - Frisco TX
-Thu Feb 23
New York Red Bulls v UNAM Pumas(Mexico) - 9pm CT on MSG (for those with Direct TV like me!)
Venue: Chase Field - Phoenix AZ
dN
And a bunch of teams are taking part in preseason tournaments with these two kicking off over the next couple of days and 2 more to follow a few days later.
The Desert Diamond Cup
Feb 22-Mar 3
Kino Stadium
Tuscon AZ
Standings:
LA Galaxy
New England Revolution
New York Red Bulls
Real Salt Lake
Matches & Scores:
-Wed Feb 22
LA Galaxy v New England Revolution
Real Salt Lake v New York Red Bulls
-Sat Feb 25
LA Galaxy v Real Salt Lake
New England Revolution v New York Red Bulls
-Wed Feb 29
Real Salt Lake v New England Revolution
LA Galaxy v New York Red Bulls
-Sat Mar 3
Third place match
3 v 4
Final
1 v 2
Hawaiian Islands Invitational
Feb 23-25
Aloha Stadium
Honolulu HI
Matches & Scores:
-Thu Feb 23
Busan I'Park FC (Korea) v Melbourne Heart FC (Australia)
Colorado Rapids v Yokohama FC (Japan)
-Sat Feb 25
Loser Game 1 v Loser Game 2
Winner Game 1 v Winner Game 2
USA U23/OLYMPIC TEAM
Sebastian Lletget of West Ham has joined the team in Frisco for training.
AMERICANS IN EUROPE
Christopher McCollum of Yanks Abroad says Nurnberg wants to know if Timothy Chandler is staying or planning to move to Stuttgart.
dN
Game Action:
ENGLAND - Championship League
Jonathan Spector - Birmingham - Tue Feb 21 - started and went 89 min getting a yellow card as they won 1-3 at Barnsley.
ENGLAND
Currently the most controversial man in English soccer John Terry has torn a ligament in his knee and will have surgery that will take 8 weeks to recover from.
FRANCE
Coupe De France - Round of 16
This round finally ended today, and the Semifinals are now all set.
Matches & Scores:
-Tue Feb 7
Rennes 3-2 Evian
-Wed Feb 8
Lyon 3-1 Bordeaux
Valenciennes 2-1 Lille
Chateauroux 0-2 Montpellier
Gazelec Ajaccio 2-0 Drancy
-Wed Feb 15
Bourg Peronnas 1-3 Marseille
Dijon 0-1 PSG
-Tue Feb 21
Quevilly 2-0 Orleans
Quarterfinals
-Mon Mar 19
Valenciennes v Rennes
Gazelec Ajaccio v Montepellier
PSG v Lyon
Quevilly v Marseille
GERMANY
Raphael Honigstein of the Guardian writes that stumbling Bayern need Champions League success to save their 2011-12 season, and the rest of the most recent round in the Bundesliga.
TOP EURO CLUB GOAL SCORERS
As of Tue Feb 21
Premier League
22 Robin Van Persie
17 Wayne Rooney
16 Demba Ba
15 Kun Aguero
Bundesliga
18 Mario Gomez
18 Klaas Jan Huntelaar
15 Claudio Pizarro
15 Lukas Podolski
Serie A
17 Antonio Di Natale
15 Edison Cavani
15 Zlatan Ibrahimovic
12 four players tied
Primera Division
28 Cristiano Ronaldo
27 Lionel Messi
14 Radamael Falcao
14 Gonzalo Higuain
Ligue 1
16 Oliver Giroud
11 Nene
10 Kevin Gameiro
UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE
The Round of 32 continues with 1 game on Wednesday the 22nd and the rest on the regular Thursday the 23rd.
-See all the 2nd Leg matches & 1st Leg scores right here.
COPA LIBERTADORES
dN
Group Stage
Matches & Scores:
-Tue Feb 21
Penarol v Atletico Nacional
Bolivar v Union Espanola
Arsenal v Zamora
Cruz Azul v Deportivo Tachira
-Wed Feb 22
Universidad Chile v Godoy Cruz
Velez Sarsfield v Guadalajara
-Thu Feb 23
Olimpia v Lanus
The Strongest v Juan Aurich
Universidad Catholica v Junior
dN
Standings
Group 1
3 Internacional (+2)
3 The Strongest (+1)
0 Santos (-1)
0 Juan Aurich (-2)
Group 2
3 Emelec (+1)
1 Lanus (0)
1 Flamengo (0)
0 Olimpia (-1)
Group 3
3 Union Espanola (+2)
1 Bolivar (0)
1 Universidad Catholica (0)
0 Junior (-2)
Group 4
3 Fluminense (+1)
1 Boca Juniors
1 Zamora
0 Arsenal (-1)
Group 5
6 Libertad (+4)
3 Nacional (0)
0 Vasco Da Gama (-1)
0 Alianza Lima (-3)
Group 6
3 Cruz Azul (+1)
1 Corintians (0)
1 Deportivo Tachira (0)
0 Nacional Asuncion (-1)
Group 7
3 Velez Sarsfield (+3)
3 Defensor Sporting (-1)
1 Deportivo Quito (-2)
1 Guadalajara (0)
Group 8
3 Atletico Nacional (+2)
3 Godoy Cruz (+1)
0 Penarol (-1)
0 Universidad Chile (-2)
AFRICA
Piers Edwards of the BBC tells us about 8 young African players that he thinks have very bright futures.
STARTERS
Its the worst case scenario for Oguchi Onyewu. He left Sporting's game over the weekend with a knee injury and today it was announced that he has a ruptured ligament and torn meniscus and that will require surgery and around 8 weeks of rehab to recover from. (That means a late April return.)
dN
Joshua Mayers of the Seattle Times talks to Eddie Johnson about what happened to him at Puebla.
-The story from Mexico was that he showed up for preseason out of shape and got cut almost immediately.
dN
Dave Boyle of the Guardian writes about the first major gathering of MLS fans at the Independent Supporters Council that went down in Portland last week.
-Dallas, Montreal and Philadelphia did not have representatives at the conference.
UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
Round of 16 - 1st Leg
Chelsea is the second team in eight days to go to Italy and get routed.
CSKA goal scored today by Pontus Wernbloom. What a name!!!
Matches & Scores:
1st Leg
-Tue Feb 21
CSKA Moscow 1-1 Real Madrid - CM goal by Pontus Wernbloom. RM goal by Cristiano Ronaldo.
Napoli 3-1 Chelsea - Nap goals by Ezequiel Lavezzi(2) & Edison Cavanni.
-Wed Feb 22
Marseille v Inter - live at 1:45pm CT on Fox Soccer
Basel v Bayern - delayed at 4:00pm CT on Fox Soccer
DU NORD AT THE CONTROLS
du Nord at the Controls - Tue Feb 21, 2012 - new music mix at Spotify.
STORY OF THE DAY
Jerome Solomon of the Houston Chronicle sings the high praises of again-Dynamo Brian Ching.
-NOTE: Solomon is a known MLS basher so its nice to see him write something so positive, and with no caveats included.
WELL WELL WELL
Carlos Tevez has issued a full apology to his team Manchester City and hopes to rejoin the team soon.
THIS IS WHAT ITS ALL ABOUT
I don't know if you remember this or not but about 11 months ago we got an email from a reader who wanted to have his say on upgrading the New England Revolution. He laid out his plan here. His passion was huge and ideas were strongly defended.
Today M Willis is back with his latest look at the Revs, and to cut to the chase, his extreme frustration with the organization.
PICTURE OF THE DAY
Brad Davis standing on the field at BBVA Compass Stadium in Houston.
MLS TEAM & PLAYER NEWS
Player Transactions
Montreal has signed soon-to-be 39 year old forward Eduardo Sebrango from the second division roster. He has always been an amazing player for the Impact. Incredible to see him take this step at this age!
dN
Philadelphia has signed 5 youngsters (roster fodder?): Greg Jordan, Raymon Gaddis, Krystian Witkowski, Antoine Hoppenot & Chase Harrison.
CD CHIVAS USA
Nick Green of the Daily Breeze with an article on Chivas and Pete Vagenas.
dN
Scott French of ESPN tells us that Chivas is still sorting through a lot of players to fill their roster.
dN
French also has an article on centerback Rauwshan McKenzie.
COLUMBUS CREW
Adam Jardy of the Dispatch reports on the extensive Crew injury list.
DC UNITED
Steven Goff of the Post with a look at DCU signing Dwayne DeRosario to a new contract. What went into making the deal happen?
-A few other team notes included.
HOUSTON DYNAMO
Jack Bell of the New York Times talks to Brad Davis about the frustrating end to last season - injured.
SPORTING KANSAS CITY SC
Matt Schofield of the Star with an article on Bobby Convey who is trying to again put his career on track, this time in KC.
LA GALAXY
Scott French of ESPN writes that LA re-signed Juninho 10 days ago, but yesterday he was literally back with the team.
NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION
Here is the latest version of the New England roster.
-featuring excellent pronunciation guide!
PORTLAND TIMBERS
Geoffrey Arnold of the Oregonian on the Timbers new forward Kris Boyd.
VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC
Bruce Constantineau of the Sun with an article on veteran goalkeeper Joe Cannon. A very funny dude.
MLS PRESEASON SCOREBOARD
Matches & Scores:
-Tue Feb 21
Colorado Rapids 2-1 Hawaii Pacific U(NCAA) - CR goals by Andre Akpan & Scott Palguta. HPU goal by unknown.
Venue: Honolulu HI
dN
Coming up:
-Wed Feb 22
Seattle Sounders v Atlante(Mexico)
Venue: Cancun MX
San Diego Clasico: Chivas USA v Tijuana(Mexico)
Venue: Torero Stadium - San Diego CA
FC Dallas v USA U23
Venue: FC Dallas Stadium training center - Frisco TX
-Thu Feb 23
New York Red Bulls v UNAM Pumas(Mexico) - 9pm CT on MSG (for those with Direct TV like me!)
Venue: Chase Field - Phoenix AZ
dN
And a bunch of teams are taking part in preseason tournaments with these two kicking off over the next couple of days and 2 more to follow a few days later.
The Desert Diamond Cup
Feb 22-Mar 3
Kino Stadium
Tuscon AZ
Standings:
LA Galaxy
New England Revolution
New York Red Bulls
Real Salt Lake
Matches & Scores:
-Wed Feb 22
LA Galaxy v New England Revolution
Real Salt Lake v New York Red Bulls
-Sat Feb 25
LA Galaxy v Real Salt Lake
New England Revolution v New York Red Bulls
-Wed Feb 29
Real Salt Lake v New England Revolution
LA Galaxy v New York Red Bulls
-Sat Mar 3
Third place match
3 v 4
Final
1 v 2
Hawaiian Islands Invitational
Feb 23-25
Aloha Stadium
Honolulu HI
Matches & Scores:
-Thu Feb 23
Busan I'Park FC (Korea) v Melbourne Heart FC (Australia)
Colorado Rapids v Yokohama FC (Japan)
-Sat Feb 25
Loser Game 1 v Loser Game 2
Winner Game 1 v Winner Game 2
USA U23/OLYMPIC TEAM
Sebastian Lletget of West Ham has joined the team in Frisco for training.
AMERICANS IN EUROPE
Christopher McCollum of Yanks Abroad says Nurnberg wants to know if Timothy Chandler is staying or planning to move to Stuttgart.
dN
Game Action:
ENGLAND - Championship League
Jonathan Spector - Birmingham - Tue Feb 21 - started and went 89 min getting a yellow card as they won 1-3 at Barnsley.
ENGLAND
Currently the most controversial man in English soccer John Terry has torn a ligament in his knee and will have surgery that will take 8 weeks to recover from.
FRANCE
Coupe De France - Round of 16
This round finally ended today, and the Semifinals are now all set.
Matches & Scores:
-Tue Feb 7
Rennes 3-2 Evian
-Wed Feb 8
Lyon 3-1 Bordeaux
Valenciennes 2-1 Lille
Chateauroux 0-2 Montpellier
Gazelec Ajaccio 2-0 Drancy
-Wed Feb 15
Bourg Peronnas 1-3 Marseille
Dijon 0-1 PSG
-Tue Feb 21
Quevilly 2-0 Orleans
Quarterfinals
-Mon Mar 19
Valenciennes v Rennes
Gazelec Ajaccio v Montepellier
PSG v Lyon
Quevilly v Marseille
GERMANY
Raphael Honigstein of the Guardian writes that stumbling Bayern need Champions League success to save their 2011-12 season, and the rest of the most recent round in the Bundesliga.
TOP EURO CLUB GOAL SCORERS
As of Tue Feb 21
Premier League
22 Robin Van Persie
17 Wayne Rooney
16 Demba Ba
15 Kun Aguero
Bundesliga
18 Mario Gomez
18 Klaas Jan Huntelaar
15 Claudio Pizarro
15 Lukas Podolski
Serie A
17 Antonio Di Natale
15 Edison Cavani
15 Zlatan Ibrahimovic
12 four players tied
Primera Division
28 Cristiano Ronaldo
27 Lionel Messi
14 Radamael Falcao
14 Gonzalo Higuain
Ligue 1
16 Oliver Giroud
11 Nene
10 Kevin Gameiro
UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE
The Round of 32 continues with 1 game on Wednesday the 22nd and the rest on the regular Thursday the 23rd.
-See all the 2nd Leg matches & 1st Leg scores right here.
COPA LIBERTADORES
dN
Group Stage
Matches & Scores:
-Tue Feb 21
Penarol v Atletico Nacional
Bolivar v Union Espanola
Arsenal v Zamora
Cruz Azul v Deportivo Tachira
-Wed Feb 22
Universidad Chile v Godoy Cruz
Velez Sarsfield v Guadalajara
-Thu Feb 23
Olimpia v Lanus
The Strongest v Juan Aurich
Universidad Catholica v Junior
dN
Standings
Group 1
3 Internacional (+2)
3 The Strongest (+1)
0 Santos (-1)
0 Juan Aurich (-2)
Group 2
3 Emelec (+1)
1 Lanus (0)
1 Flamengo (0)
0 Olimpia (-1)
Group 3
3 Union Espanola (+2)
1 Bolivar (0)
1 Universidad Catholica (0)
0 Junior (-2)
Group 4
3 Fluminense (+1)
1 Boca Juniors
1 Zamora
0 Arsenal (-1)
Group 5
6 Libertad (+4)
3 Nacional (0)
0 Vasco Da Gama (-1)
0 Alianza Lima (-3)
Group 6
3 Cruz Azul (+1)
1 Corintians (0)
1 Deportivo Tachira (0)
0 Nacional Asuncion (-1)
Group 7
3 Velez Sarsfield (+3)
3 Defensor Sporting (-1)
1 Deportivo Quito (-2)
1 Guadalajara (0)
Group 8
3 Atletico Nacional (+2)
3 Godoy Cruz (+1)
0 Penarol (-1)
0 Universidad Chile (-2)
AFRICA
Piers Edwards of the BBC tells us about 8 young African players that he thinks have very bright futures.
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