Some Soccer News for Tue Feb 7, 2012
STARTERS
Ridge Mahoney of Soccer America reports sad news that Harry Keough of the USA World Cup team that beat England in 1950 has passed away.
dN
Vancouver & Seattle faced off in a "friendly" yesterday: 10 yellow cards and 1 red card. Oof!
dN
Another week, another huge day for the LA Galaxy as they sign a new loan deal with Sao Paolo for the services of central midfielder Juninho, one of the unsung heroes of their great 2011 season.
-They also signed centerback Leonardo to a contract, ending his loan deal.
dN
Milan hosts Juventus on Wednesday in the Coppa Italia Semifinals.
AFRICA CUP OF NATIONS 2012
The African Cup of Nations Quarterfinals are all set for this weekend:
dN
"...only a few hundred (fans) watched the Zambia-Sudan quarter-final in Bata."
Al Jazeera reports on the sad part of this tournament - there are few fans in the stands.
-Especially now that the co-hosts are both out.
Jonathan Wilson of the Guardian on Mali's struggle of representing a country torn apart by civil war.
Mark Walsh of the AP previews Zambia v Ghana.
Gerald Imray of the AP previews Mali v Ivory Coast.
dN
Semifinals
-Wed Feb 8
Zambia v Ghana - 10am CT
Venue: Estadio de Bata, Bata
Mali v Ivory Coast - 1pm CT
Venue: Stade d'Angondje, Libreville
Final
-Sun Feb 12
Zambia/Ghana winner v Mali/Ivory Coast winner - 1pm CT
Venue: Stade d'Angondje, Libreville
DU NORD AT THE CONTROLS
du Nord at the Controls - Tue Feb 7 - new music mix at Spotify.
DISASTER IN EGYPT
Paul Rhys of Al Jazeera does a Q & A with Bob Bradley about his commitment to Egypt.
STORY OF THE DAY
Uh oh! What is going on??
Liga Postobon (official website of the First Division league in Colombia) quotes Jose "Pepe" Moreno saying he has decided NOT to sign with the New England Revolution and is staying right where he was at Once Caldas. (story in Spanish)
Is there any chance this is one of those stories where people later claim the website just made up the quotes?
One other thing to keep in mind about this player - He has been on 10 different teams since 2005.
STORY OF THE DAY 2
Neil Morris of Indy Week talks to one time USA prodigy Gale Agbossoumonde who has just signed with the Carolina Railhawks of the NASL.
-Again we hear the story of his ongoing relationship with Traffic Sports that owns his contract, and all the possible roads that he has decided not to go down, while instead choosing some very unsatisfactory ones so far.
BEST NEWS I'VE HEARD ALL DAY
Four brand new Portland Timbers billboards are up. They blew the doors off with a similar campaign last year.
PICTURE OF THE DAY
Clint Dempsey gets the photoshop treatment from readers of the Guardian today. Some great stuff to see.
MLS TEAM & PLAYER NEWS
COLUMBUS CREW
Adam Jardy of the Dispatch with the latest notes from Crew training in Florida.
HOUSTON DYNAMO
"He hadn’t been drinking that night."
Jose Ortiz of the Chronicle reports that back up keeper Tyler Deric was arrested early Sunday morning at a Houston bar and charged with assaulting an off-duty cop.
-Ortiz later got more from Deric'a attorney.
LA GALAXY
Scott French of ESPN on the return of Edson Buddle.
Nick Green of the Daily Breeze also writes about Buddle's homecoming.
MONTREAL IMPACT
Randy Phillips of le Gazette writes that Montreal is anxious for their first preseason tests against MLS competition.
dN
Phillips also writes about 3 long time Impact 2nd division stars who are trying to make the MLS roster: Simon Gatti, Nevio Pizzolitto & Eduardo Sebrango.
PHILADELPHIA UNION
Jonathan Tannenwald of Philly.com reports that Keon Daniel has FINALLY gotten his work visa issues figured out and is back with the team for the first time since last August.
PORTLAND TIMBERS
Geoffrey Arnold of the Oregonian on the Timbers getting down to business with training in LA.
dN
Arnold also reports that the Timbers were excited about their first preseason game today.
SEATTLE SOUNDERS
Jose Romero of the Times with an article on our main man Mauro Rosales.
dN
Johsua Mayers of the Times has quotes from coach Sigi Schmid after his teams rough outing against Vancouver yesterday. And by rough I mean lots of yellow cards.
dN
Don Ruiz of the New Tribune on the Sounders and the Western Conference arms race.
MLS PRESEASON SCOREBOARD
Matches & Scores:
-Mon Feb 6
Vancouver Whitecaps 1-1 Seattle Sounders - VW goal by Camilo. SS goal by Servando Carrasco.
Venue: Grande Sports World - Casa Grande AZ
-Tue Feb 7
Chivas USA 0-1 Colorado Rapids - CR goal by Quincy Amarikwa.
Venue: The Home Depot Center Field 4 - Carson CA
LA Galaxy 1-4 Portland Timbers - LAG goal by Dan Keat. PT goals by Bright Dike, Jorge Perlaza, James Marcelin, & Futty Danso(PK).
Venue: The Home Depot Center Practice Field - Carson CA
FC Dallas 0-2 New York Red Bulls - NYRB goals by Kenny Cooper & Corey Hertzog(PK).
Venue: Cancun Mexico
-Wed Feb 8
Montreal Impact v Houston Dynamo
Venue: The Home Depot Center Practice Field - Carson CA
-Fri Feb 10
Vancouver Whitecaps v Real Salt Lake
Venue:
San Jose Earthquakes v Colorado Rapids
Venue: San Luis Obispo CA
Portland Timbers v Montreal Impact
Venue: The Home Depot Center Practice Field - Carson CA
LA Galaxy v Houston Dynamo
Venue: The Home Depot Center Practice Field - Carson CA
-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
-Sun Feb 12
Portland Timbers v Houston Dynamo
Venue: The Home Depot Center Practice Field - Carson CA
AMERICANS IN EUROPE
Paul Garrity of the BBC talks to Landon Donovan about his 2nd go-round at Everton. Includes audio.
dN
Avi Creditor of Sports Illustrated writes about Sacha Kljestan's quality season at Anderlecht.
dN
Game Action:
ENGLAND - Championship Division
Jonathan Spector - Birmingham - went the full 90 as they won 1-0 v Portsmouth.
dN
Coming Up:
NETHERLANDS - Eredivisie
Jozy Altidore - AZ Alkmaar - Wed Feb 8 at ADO Den Haag
AMERICANS IN MEXICO
Brian Sciaretta of Yanks Abroad talks to Victor Garza about his senior debut with Tigres last week in the Copa Libertadores.
ENGLAND
FA Cup - Round of 32 - Tie Games Replayed
-Tue Feb 7
Sheffield Wednesday 0-3 Blackpool
Southampton 2-3 Millwall
-Wed Feb 8
Middlesbrough v Sunderland
SPAIN
Yesterday Sevilla fired head coach Marcelino Toral and then hired former Real Madrid player Michel aka Jose Miguel Gonzalez to run the ship.
dN
Sporting Gijon has promoted Inaki Tejada to their head coach position. He was assistant under Manuel Preciado who was fired last week.
dN
Copa Del Rey - Semifinals
Athletic Club of Bilbao is the first team in the Final!
Matches & Scores:
2nd Leg
-Tue Feb 7
Athletic Bilbao 6-2 Mirandes - AB advances 8-3 on aggregate.
-Wed Feb 8
Barcelona v Valencia (1-1)
FRANCE
Coupe De France - Round of 16
-Tue Feb 7
Rennes 3-2 Evian
-Wed Feb 8
Lyon v Bordeaux
Valenciennes v Lille
Chateauroux v Montpellier
Gazelec Ajaccio v Drancy
-Wed Feb 15
Bourg Peronnas v Marseille
Dijon v PSG
-Tue Feb 21
Quevilly v Orleans
GERMANY
DFB Pokal - Quarterfinals
Matches & Scores:
-Tue Feb 7
Holstein Kiel 0-4 Borussia Dortmund
-Wed Feb 8
Hoffenheim v Greuther Furth
Hertha Berlin v Monchengladbach
Stuttgart v Bayern Munich
ITALY
Coppa Italia - Semifinals
Matches & Scores:
1st Leg
-Wed Feb 8
Milan v Juventus
-Thu Feb 9
Siena v Napoli
EUROPE
Taca de Portugal - Semifinals
Academica is in to the Final.
Matches & Scores:
2nd Leg
-Tue Feb 7
UD Oliveirense 2-2 Academica - Aca advances 3-2 on aggregate.
-Wed Feb 8
Nacional v Sporting CP (2-2)
COPA LIBERTADORES
Standings
Group 1
Juan Aurich
Santos
The Strongest
Internacional
Group 2
Emelec
Lanus
Olimpia
Flamengo
Group 3
Bolivar
Junior
Universidad Catholica
Union Espanola
Group 4
Boca Juniors
Fluminense
Zamora
Arsenal
Group 5
Alianza Lima
Nacional
Vasco Da Gama
Libertad
Group 6
Corintians
Cruz Azul
Deportivo Tachira
Nacional Asuncion
Group 7
Defensor Sporting
Deportivo Quito
Guadalajara
Velez Sarsfield
Group 8
Atletico Nacional
Godoy Cruz
Universidad Chile
Penarol
dN
Group Stage
Matches & Scores:
-Tue Feb 7
Defensor Sporting v Velez Sarsfield
Fluminense v Arsenal
Guadalajara v Deportivo Quito
-Wed Feb 8
Nacional Asuncion v Cruz Azul
Vasco da Gama v Nacional
Libertad v Alianza Lima
-Thu Feb 9
Internacional v Juan Aurich
Universidad Catholica v Bolivar
Union Espanola v Junior
Emelec v Olimpia
ARGENTINA
Rory Carroll of the Guardian reports that the upcoming Argentine first division season will be named after a battleship that was sunk by England during the Falklands War.
The Clausura kicks off on Friday night with two games.
Matches & Scores:
-Fri Feb 10
Lanus v San Lorenzo
Boca Juniors v Olimpo
ENDERS
Watch a mind blowing live version of Crosseyed & Painless by Talking Heads in 1980!!!
Ridge Mahoney of Soccer America reports sad news that Harry Keough of the USA World Cup team that beat England in 1950 has passed away.
dN
Vancouver & Seattle faced off in a "friendly" yesterday: 10 yellow cards and 1 red card. Oof!
dN
Another week, another huge day for the LA Galaxy as they sign a new loan deal with Sao Paolo for the services of central midfielder Juninho, one of the unsung heroes of their great 2011 season.
-They also signed centerback Leonardo to a contract, ending his loan deal.
dN
Milan hosts Juventus on Wednesday in the Coppa Italia Semifinals.
AFRICA CUP OF NATIONS 2012
The African Cup of Nations Quarterfinals are all set for this weekend:
dN
"...only a few hundred (fans) watched the Zambia-Sudan quarter-final in Bata."
Al Jazeera reports on the sad part of this tournament - there are few fans in the stands.
-Especially now that the co-hosts are both out.
Jonathan Wilson of the Guardian on Mali's struggle of representing a country torn apart by civil war.
Mark Walsh of the AP previews Zambia v Ghana.
Gerald Imray of the AP previews Mali v Ivory Coast.
dN
Semifinals
-Wed Feb 8
Zambia v Ghana - 10am CT
Venue: Estadio de Bata, Bata
Mali v Ivory Coast - 1pm CT
Venue: Stade d'Angondje, Libreville
Final
-Sun Feb 12
Zambia/Ghana winner v Mali/Ivory Coast winner - 1pm CT
Venue: Stade d'Angondje, Libreville
DU NORD AT THE CONTROLS
du Nord at the Controls - Tue Feb 7 - new music mix at Spotify.
DISASTER IN EGYPT
Paul Rhys of Al Jazeera does a Q & A with Bob Bradley about his commitment to Egypt.
STORY OF THE DAY
Uh oh! What is going on??
Liga Postobon (official website of the First Division league in Colombia) quotes Jose "Pepe" Moreno saying he has decided NOT to sign with the New England Revolution and is staying right where he was at Once Caldas. (story in Spanish)
Is there any chance this is one of those stories where people later claim the website just made up the quotes?
One other thing to keep in mind about this player - He has been on 10 different teams since 2005.
STORY OF THE DAY 2
Neil Morris of Indy Week talks to one time USA prodigy Gale Agbossoumonde who has just signed with the Carolina Railhawks of the NASL.
-Again we hear the story of his ongoing relationship with Traffic Sports that owns his contract, and all the possible roads that he has decided not to go down, while instead choosing some very unsatisfactory ones so far.
BEST NEWS I'VE HEARD ALL DAY
Four brand new Portland Timbers billboards are up. They blew the doors off with a similar campaign last year.
PICTURE OF THE DAY
Clint Dempsey gets the photoshop treatment from readers of the Guardian today. Some great stuff to see.
MLS TEAM & PLAYER NEWS
COLUMBUS CREW
Adam Jardy of the Dispatch with the latest notes from Crew training in Florida.
HOUSTON DYNAMO
"He hadn’t been drinking that night."
Jose Ortiz of the Chronicle reports that back up keeper Tyler Deric was arrested early Sunday morning at a Houston bar and charged with assaulting an off-duty cop.
-Ortiz later got more from Deric'a attorney.
LA GALAXY
Scott French of ESPN on the return of Edson Buddle.
Nick Green of the Daily Breeze also writes about Buddle's homecoming.
MONTREAL IMPACT
Randy Phillips of le Gazette writes that Montreal is anxious for their first preseason tests against MLS competition.
dN
Phillips also writes about 3 long time Impact 2nd division stars who are trying to make the MLS roster: Simon Gatti, Nevio Pizzolitto & Eduardo Sebrango.
PHILADELPHIA UNION
Jonathan Tannenwald of Philly.com reports that Keon Daniel has FINALLY gotten his work visa issues figured out and is back with the team for the first time since last August.
PORTLAND TIMBERS
Geoffrey Arnold of the Oregonian on the Timbers getting down to business with training in LA.
dN
Arnold also reports that the Timbers were excited about their first preseason game today.
SEATTLE SOUNDERS
Jose Romero of the Times with an article on our main man Mauro Rosales.
dN
Johsua Mayers of the Times has quotes from coach Sigi Schmid after his teams rough outing against Vancouver yesterday. And by rough I mean lots of yellow cards.
dN
Don Ruiz of the New Tribune on the Sounders and the Western Conference arms race.
MLS PRESEASON SCOREBOARD
Matches & Scores:
-Mon Feb 6
Vancouver Whitecaps 1-1 Seattle Sounders - VW goal by Camilo. SS goal by Servando Carrasco.
Venue: Grande Sports World - Casa Grande AZ
-Tue Feb 7
Chivas USA 0-1 Colorado Rapids - CR goal by Quincy Amarikwa.
Venue: The Home Depot Center Field 4 - Carson CA
LA Galaxy 1-4 Portland Timbers - LAG goal by Dan Keat. PT goals by Bright Dike, Jorge Perlaza, James Marcelin, & Futty Danso(PK).
Venue: The Home Depot Center Practice Field - Carson CA
FC Dallas 0-2 New York Red Bulls - NYRB goals by Kenny Cooper & Corey Hertzog(PK).
Venue: Cancun Mexico
-Wed Feb 8
Montreal Impact v Houston Dynamo
Venue: The Home Depot Center Practice Field - Carson CA
-Fri Feb 10
Vancouver Whitecaps v Real Salt Lake
Venue:
San Jose Earthquakes v Colorado Rapids
Venue: San Luis Obispo CA
Portland Timbers v Montreal Impact
Venue: The Home Depot Center Practice Field - Carson CA
LA Galaxy v Houston Dynamo
Venue: The Home Depot Center Practice Field - Carson CA
-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
-Sun Feb 12
Portland Timbers v Houston Dynamo
Venue: The Home Depot Center Practice Field - Carson CA
AMERICANS IN EUROPE
Paul Garrity of the BBC talks to Landon Donovan about his 2nd go-round at Everton. Includes audio.
dN
Avi Creditor of Sports Illustrated writes about Sacha Kljestan's quality season at Anderlecht.
dN
Game Action:
ENGLAND - Championship Division
Jonathan Spector - Birmingham - went the full 90 as they won 1-0 v Portsmouth.
dN
Coming Up:
NETHERLANDS - Eredivisie
Jozy Altidore - AZ Alkmaar - Wed Feb 8 at ADO Den Haag
AMERICANS IN MEXICO
Brian Sciaretta of Yanks Abroad talks to Victor Garza about his senior debut with Tigres last week in the Copa Libertadores.
ENGLAND
FA Cup - Round of 32 - Tie Games Replayed
-Tue Feb 7
Sheffield Wednesday 0-3 Blackpool
Southampton 2-3 Millwall
-Wed Feb 8
Middlesbrough v Sunderland
SPAIN
Yesterday Sevilla fired head coach Marcelino Toral and then hired former Real Madrid player Michel aka Jose Miguel Gonzalez to run the ship.
dN
Sporting Gijon has promoted Inaki Tejada to their head coach position. He was assistant under Manuel Preciado who was fired last week.
dN
Copa Del Rey - Semifinals
Athletic Club of Bilbao is the first team in the Final!
Matches & Scores:
2nd Leg
-Tue Feb 7
Athletic Bilbao 6-2 Mirandes - AB advances 8-3 on aggregate.
-Wed Feb 8
Barcelona v Valencia (1-1)
FRANCE
Coupe De France - Round of 16
-Tue Feb 7
Rennes 3-2 Evian
-Wed Feb 8
Lyon v Bordeaux
Valenciennes v Lille
Chateauroux v Montpellier
Gazelec Ajaccio v Drancy
-Wed Feb 15
Bourg Peronnas v Marseille
Dijon v PSG
-Tue Feb 21
Quevilly v Orleans
GERMANY
DFB Pokal - Quarterfinals
Matches & Scores:
-Tue Feb 7
Holstein Kiel 0-4 Borussia Dortmund
-Wed Feb 8
Hoffenheim v Greuther Furth
Hertha Berlin v Monchengladbach
Stuttgart v Bayern Munich
ITALY
Coppa Italia - Semifinals
Matches & Scores:
1st Leg
-Wed Feb 8
Milan v Juventus
-Thu Feb 9
Siena v Napoli
EUROPE
Taca de Portugal - Semifinals
Academica is in to the Final.
Matches & Scores:
2nd Leg
-Tue Feb 7
UD Oliveirense 2-2 Academica - Aca advances 3-2 on aggregate.
-Wed Feb 8
Nacional v Sporting CP (2-2)
COPA LIBERTADORES
Standings
Group 1
Juan Aurich
Santos
The Strongest
Internacional
Group 2
Emelec
Lanus
Olimpia
Flamengo
Group 3
Bolivar
Junior
Universidad Catholica
Union Espanola
Group 4
Boca Juniors
Fluminense
Zamora
Arsenal
Group 5
Alianza Lima
Nacional
Vasco Da Gama
Libertad
Group 6
Corintians
Cruz Azul
Deportivo Tachira
Nacional Asuncion
Group 7
Defensor Sporting
Deportivo Quito
Guadalajara
Velez Sarsfield
Group 8
Atletico Nacional
Godoy Cruz
Universidad Chile
Penarol
dN
Group Stage
Matches & Scores:
-Tue Feb 7
Defensor Sporting v Velez Sarsfield
Fluminense v Arsenal
Guadalajara v Deportivo Quito
-Wed Feb 8
Nacional Asuncion v Cruz Azul
Vasco da Gama v Nacional
Libertad v Alianza Lima
-Thu Feb 9
Internacional v Juan Aurich
Universidad Catholica v Bolivar
Union Espanola v Junior
Emelec v Olimpia
ARGENTINA
Rory Carroll of the Guardian reports that the upcoming Argentine first division season will be named after a battleship that was sunk by England during the Falklands War.
The Clausura kicks off on Friday night with two games.
Matches & Scores:
-Fri Feb 10
Lanus v San Lorenzo
Boca Juniors v Olimpo
ENDERS
Watch a mind blowing live version of Crosseyed & Painless by Talking Heads in 1980!!!
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