Some Soccer News for Wed Feb 1, 2012
BREAKING NEWS:
Disaster in Egypt.
Fans of Al Masry in Port Said stormed the field today after a big upset win over Al Ahli, and then all hell broke lose. As of this posting 73 people are reportedly dead and at least 1000 more injured. There has been little word yet on how the deaths occurred, but a stampede is being blamed for most of it.
Al Jazeera with the most up to date information.
Other games around the country were stopped and the league has been suspended.
There have been stories of a huge fire outside a stadium in Cairo.
Some readers had wondered if Egypt national team coach Bob Bradley was at the game, and info from Twitter has said he was not.
STARTERS
Clint Dempsey strikes again! Another goal for Fulham today as they got a tie in the Premier League.
-See the goal here while it lasts.
dN
Is the USA gonna play at Canada in early June? We will know soon enough if that is the case.
dN
The African Cup of Nations Quarterfinals are all set for this weekend:
Matches & Scores:
-Sat Feb 4
Zambia v Sudan - 10am CT
Venue: Estadio de Bata, Bata
Cote d'Ivoire v Equatorial Guinea - 1pm CT
Venue: Nuevo Estadio de Malabo, Malabo
-Sun Feb 5
Gabon v Mali - 10am CT
Venue: Stade d'Angondje, Libreville
Ghana v Tunisia - 1pm CT
Venue: Stade de Franceville, Franceville
If you are in Minneapolis then join me at Marina's (University & Lowry) for the games.
DU NORD AT THE CONTROLS
du Nord at the Controls - Wed Feb 1 - new music mix at Spotify.
Of course on the date 2-1-12 the mix must end with the 20+ minute Rush track 2112!
STORY OF THE DAY
Chris Vito of the Delaware County Daily Times talks to Sebastian Le Toux about his rough and unceremonious exit from Philadelphia on Tuesday.
-Not the way anyone wants to go out.
Kerith Gabriel of the Philadelphia Daily News relates the story of Le Toux, Nowak and the purple shoes.
Jonathan Tannenwald of Philly.com has quotes from Union head coach Peter Nowak on why Le Toux was expendable.
HMMMMM, VERY INTERESTING
In what must be record time Seattle midfielder and du Nord 2011 MLS Player of the Year Mauro Rosales got his Green Card today! Meaning he no longer counts as a foreign player.
FACT OF THE DAY
Diego Milito scored 4 goals for Inter Milan today, but Fabrizio Miccoli scored 3 for Palermo as the teams tied 4-4 at the San Siro in Serie A action today.
PICTURE OF THE DAY
Piecing together a puzzle.
Last season Robbie Keane wore #14 with the LA Galaxy.
A rumor went around last night that Edson Buddle is set to return the the Galaxy.
This morning Edson Buddle's agent sent out this tweet: "Welcome back #14."
That was Buddle's number when he was with the Galaxy.
This morning the Galaxy sent out this photo:
So, Robbie Keane has a new number, opening up #14 for the return of Buddle.
And then the announcement was made.
Greg Beacham of the AP on the return of Edson.
MLS TEAM & PLAYER NEWS
Player Transactions
LA has acquired midfielder Kyle Nakazawa from Philadelphia in exchange for an international roster spot.
COLORADO RAPIDS
The team has signed Technical Director Paul Bravo to a contract extension. No details were given.
HOUSTON DYNAMO
Jose Ortiz of the Chronicle talks to Luiz Camargo who is looking forward to a full season with the Dynamo, but he showed up to preseason out of shape.
-Ortiz also reports that Calen Carr is recovering from a minor knee surgery.
SPORTING KANSAS CITY SC
The Star gives us the current SKC training camp roster.
Tod Palmer of the Star tells us about a player we know little about - centerback Aurelien Collin.
NEW YORK RED BULLS
After much talk to the contrary forward Luke Rodgers was given a work permit for 2012 and will now head to the States to join the Red Bulls preseason camp.
Jack Bell of the Times on the team's new deal with Joel Lindpere, their interest in Aston Villa's Stephen Ireland, plus more.
PHILADELPHIA UNION
Jeff Carlisle of ESPN on the offseason of turmoil for the Union.
SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES
The Quakes will unveil their new jersey next Monday.
SEATTLE SOUNDERS
Joshua Mayer of Times on the teams latest training camp roster moves as they begin in Arizona and a few other team notes.
Don Ruiz of the New Trib posts some more notes that came from the team.
MLS/USA RELATED RUMORS
Silly name of the day: Didier Drogba, Michael Ballack and Bruce Lee to Chicago Fire SC.
MLS STADIUMS
The Houston Dynamo gives us video of the finishing touches to the playing surface at the new stadium just before the turf gets laid down!
SOCCER IN MINNESOTA
Tony Edwards of the US Soccer Players Association with a profile of former MLS & USA player and current Minnesota Stars head coach Manny Lagos.
-Field Turf recently named Lagos as the NASL Coach of the Year.
AMERICANS IN EUROPE
Greg Seltzer of MLSsoccer.com talks to Brad Guzan about his time on the bench, and precious moments on the field, at Aston Villa.
Brush up on your Spanish and then read this article in Marca about Clint Dempsey. They love the guy.
-Thanks to J for the link.
dN
Game Action:
ENGLAND - Premier League
Clint Dempsey - Fulham - Wed Feb 1 - went the full 90 scoring a goal as they drew 1-1 v West Brom.
Brad Guzan - Aston Villa - Wed Feb 1 - on the bench as they drew 2-2 v QPR.
Eric Lichaj - Aston Villa - Wed Feb 1 - on the bench as they drew 2-2 v QPR.
Zak Whitbread - Norwich - Wed Feb 1 - went the full 90 but got whipped 3-0 at Sunderland.
NETHERLANDS - KNVB Beker - Quarterfinals
Jozy Altidore - AZ Alkmaar - Wed Feb 1 - came on as a sub in the 77th min as they won 2-1 v GVVV.
dN
Coming Up:
ITALY - Serie A
Michael Bradley - Chievo Verona - Thu Feb 2 at Novara.
ENGLAND
The case of alleged racist abuse by Chelsea's John Terry will now not go to court until mid July.
SPAIN
Copa Del Rey - Semifinals
Matches & Scores:
1st Leg
-Tue Jan 31
Mirandes 1-2 Athletic Bilbao
-Wed Feb 1
Valencia 1-1 Barcelona
2nd Leg
-Tue Feb 7
Athletic Bilbao v Mirandes (2-1)
-Wed Feb 8
Barcelona v Valencia (1-1)
FRANCE
Coupe de la Ligue - Semifinals
It will be Lyon v Marsielle for the Cup! Date TBD.
Matches & Scores:
-Tue Jan 31
Lorient 2-4 Lyon
-Wed Feb 1
Marseille 2-1 Nice
EUROPE
Netherlands
KNVB Beker - Quarterfinals
Matches & Scores:
-Tue Jan 31
Vitesse 1-2 Heerenveen
-Wed Feb 1
Heracles 3-0 RKC Waalwijk
AZ Alkmaar 2-1 GVVV
-Thu Feb 2
PSV Eindhoven v NEC
COPA LIBERTADORES
This is the Qualifying Round to determine the last 6 spots in the group stage.
Arsenal of Sarandi from Argentina and Libertad from Paraguay qualified last night.
Qualifying Round
Matches & Scores:
2nd Leg (with Group and 1st Leg score included)
-Tue Jan 31
Sport Huancayo 1-1 Arsenal - G4 - Ars advances 4-1 on aggregate.
Libertad 4-1 El Nacional - G5 - Lib advances 4-2 on aggregate.
-Wed Feb 1
Flamengo v Real Potosi - G2 (1-2)
Once Caldas v Internacional - G1 (0-1)
-Thu Feb 2
Tigres UANL v Union Espanola - G3 (0-1)
Caracas v Penarol - G6 (0-4)
The group stage begins on Feb 7.
AFRICA CUP OF NATIONS 2012
The African national team championship tournament begins Sat Jan 21 and is co-hosted by Gabon & Equatorial Guinea.
dN
Mali became the final team in the knock out stage today, while Botswana and Guinea were eliminated.
Jonathan Wilson of the Guardian looks at what went wrong for Senegal, who were once of the favorites and couldn't even manage a single point.
dN
ADVANCED: Cote d'Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Mali, Sudan, Tunisia, Zambia
ELIMINATED: Angola, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Libya, Morocco, Niger, Senegal
dN
Standings:
Group A
ADV-7 Zambia
ADV-6 Equatorial Guinea
OUT-4 Libya
OUT-0 Senegal
Group B
ADV-9 Cote d'Ivoire
ADV-4 Sudan (0 GD)
OUT-4 Angola (-1 GD)
OUT-0 Burkina Faso
Group C
ADV-9 Gabon
ADV-6 Tunisia
OUT-3 Morocco
OUT-0 Niger
Group D
ADV-7 Ghana
ADV-6 Mali
OUT-4 Guinea
OUT-0 Botswana
dN
Group Stage
Matches & Scores:
-Sat Jan 21
Equatorial Guinea 1-0 Libya
Senegal 1-2 Zambia
Venue: Estadio de Bata, Bata
-Sun Jan 22
Cote d'Ivoire 1-0 Sudan
Burkina Faso 1-2 Angola
Venue: Nuevo Estadio de Malabo, Malabo
-Mon Jan 23
Gabon 2-0 Niger
Morocco 1-2 Tunisia
Venue: Stade d'Angondje, Libreville
-Tue Jan 24
Ghana 1-0 Botswana
Mali 1-0 Guinea
Venue: Stade de Franceville, Franceville
-Wed Jan 25
Libya 2-2 Zambia
Equatorial Guinea 2-1 Senegal
Venue: Estadio de Bata, Bata
-Thu Jan 26
Sudan 2-2 Angola
Cote d'Ivoire 2-0 Burkina Faso
Venue: Nuevo Estadio de Malabo, Malabo
-Fri Jan 27
Niger 1-2 Tunisia
Gabon 3-2 Morocco
Venue: Stade d'Angondje, Libreville
-Sat Jan 28
Botswana 1-6 Guinea
Ghana 2-0 Mali
Venue: Stade de Franceville, Franceville
-Sun Jan 29
Equatorial Guinea 0-1 Zambia
Venue: Nuevo Estadio de Malabo, Malabo
Libya 2-1 Senegal
Venue: Estadio de Bata, Bata
-Mon Jan 30
Sudan 2-1 Burkina Faso
Venue: Estadio de Bata, Bata
Cote d'Ivoire 2-0 Angola
Venue: Stade de Franceville, Franceville
-Tue Jan 31
Gabon 1-0 Tunisia
Venue: Stade de Franceville, Franceville
Niger 0-1 Morocco
Venue: Stade d'Angondje, Libreville
-Wed Feb 1
Botswana 1-2 Mali
Venue: Stade d'Angondje, Libreville
Ghana 1-1 Guinea
Venue: Stade de Franceville, Franceville
dN
Quarterfinals
-Sat Feb 4
Zambia v Sudan - 10am CT
Venue: Estadio de Bata, Bata
Cote d'Ivoire v Equatorial Guinea - 1pm CT
Venue: Nuevo Estadio de Malabo, Malabo
-Sun Feb 5
Gabon v Mali - 10am CT
Venue: Stade d'Angondje, Libreville
Ghana v Tunisia - 1pm CT
Venue: Stade de Franceville, Franceville
Semifinals
-Wed Feb 8
Zambia/Sudan winner v Ghana/Tunisia winner
Venue: Estadio de Bata, Bata
Gabon/Mali winner v Cote d'Ivoire/Equatorial Guinea winner
Venue: Stade d'Angondje, Libreville
Final
-Sun Feb 12
Semifinal Winners
Venue: Stade d'Angondje, Libreville
Disaster in Egypt.
Fans of Al Masry in Port Said stormed the field today after a big upset win over Al Ahli, and then all hell broke lose. As of this posting 73 people are reportedly dead and at least 1000 more injured. There has been little word yet on how the deaths occurred, but a stampede is being blamed for most of it.
Al Jazeera with the most up to date information.
Other games around the country were stopped and the league has been suspended.
There have been stories of a huge fire outside a stadium in Cairo.
Some readers had wondered if Egypt national team coach Bob Bradley was at the game, and info from Twitter has said he was not.
STARTERS
Clint Dempsey strikes again! Another goal for Fulham today as they got a tie in the Premier League.
-See the goal here while it lasts.
dN
Is the USA gonna play at Canada in early June? We will know soon enough if that is the case.
dN
The African Cup of Nations Quarterfinals are all set for this weekend:
Matches & Scores:
-Sat Feb 4
Zambia v Sudan - 10am CT
Venue: Estadio de Bata, Bata
Cote d'Ivoire v Equatorial Guinea - 1pm CT
Venue: Nuevo Estadio de Malabo, Malabo
-Sun Feb 5
Gabon v Mali - 10am CT
Venue: Stade d'Angondje, Libreville
Ghana v Tunisia - 1pm CT
Venue: Stade de Franceville, Franceville
If you are in Minneapolis then join me at Marina's (University & Lowry) for the games.
DU NORD AT THE CONTROLS
du Nord at the Controls - Wed Feb 1 - new music mix at Spotify.
Of course on the date 2-1-12 the mix must end with the 20+ minute Rush track 2112!
STORY OF THE DAY
Chris Vito of the Delaware County Daily Times talks to Sebastian Le Toux about his rough and unceremonious exit from Philadelphia on Tuesday.
-Not the way anyone wants to go out.
Kerith Gabriel of the Philadelphia Daily News relates the story of Le Toux, Nowak and the purple shoes.
Jonathan Tannenwald of Philly.com has quotes from Union head coach Peter Nowak on why Le Toux was expendable.
HMMMMM, VERY INTERESTING
In what must be record time Seattle midfielder and du Nord 2011 MLS Player of the Year Mauro Rosales got his Green Card today! Meaning he no longer counts as a foreign player.
FACT OF THE DAY
Diego Milito scored 4 goals for Inter Milan today, but Fabrizio Miccoli scored 3 for Palermo as the teams tied 4-4 at the San Siro in Serie A action today.
PICTURE OF THE DAY
Piecing together a puzzle.
Last season Robbie Keane wore #14 with the LA Galaxy.
A rumor went around last night that Edson Buddle is set to return the the Galaxy.
This morning Edson Buddle's agent sent out this tweet: "Welcome back #14."
That was Buddle's number when he was with the Galaxy.
This morning the Galaxy sent out this photo:
So, Robbie Keane has a new number, opening up #14 for the return of Buddle.
And then the announcement was made.
Greg Beacham of the AP on the return of Edson.
MLS TEAM & PLAYER NEWS
Player Transactions
LA has acquired midfielder Kyle Nakazawa from Philadelphia in exchange for an international roster spot.
COLORADO RAPIDS
The team has signed Technical Director Paul Bravo to a contract extension. No details were given.
HOUSTON DYNAMO
Jose Ortiz of the Chronicle talks to Luiz Camargo who is looking forward to a full season with the Dynamo, but he showed up to preseason out of shape.
-Ortiz also reports that Calen Carr is recovering from a minor knee surgery.
SPORTING KANSAS CITY SC
The Star gives us the current SKC training camp roster.
Tod Palmer of the Star tells us about a player we know little about - centerback Aurelien Collin.
NEW YORK RED BULLS
After much talk to the contrary forward Luke Rodgers was given a work permit for 2012 and will now head to the States to join the Red Bulls preseason camp.
Jack Bell of the Times on the team's new deal with Joel Lindpere, their interest in Aston Villa's Stephen Ireland, plus more.
PHILADELPHIA UNION
Jeff Carlisle of ESPN on the offseason of turmoil for the Union.
SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES
The Quakes will unveil their new jersey next Monday.
SEATTLE SOUNDERS
Joshua Mayer of Times on the teams latest training camp roster moves as they begin in Arizona and a few other team notes.
Don Ruiz of the New Trib posts some more notes that came from the team.
MLS/USA RELATED RUMORS
Silly name of the day: Didier Drogba, Michael Ballack and Bruce Lee to Chicago Fire SC.
MLS STADIUMS
The Houston Dynamo gives us video of the finishing touches to the playing surface at the new stadium just before the turf gets laid down!
SOCCER IN MINNESOTA
Tony Edwards of the US Soccer Players Association with a profile of former MLS & USA player and current Minnesota Stars head coach Manny Lagos.
-Field Turf recently named Lagos as the NASL Coach of the Year.
AMERICANS IN EUROPE
Greg Seltzer of MLSsoccer.com talks to Brad Guzan about his time on the bench, and precious moments on the field, at Aston Villa.
Brush up on your Spanish and then read this article in Marca about Clint Dempsey. They love the guy.
-Thanks to J for the link.
dN
Game Action:
ENGLAND - Premier League
Clint Dempsey - Fulham - Wed Feb 1 - went the full 90 scoring a goal as they drew 1-1 v West Brom.
Brad Guzan - Aston Villa - Wed Feb 1 - on the bench as they drew 2-2 v QPR.
Eric Lichaj - Aston Villa - Wed Feb 1 - on the bench as they drew 2-2 v QPR.
Zak Whitbread - Norwich - Wed Feb 1 - went the full 90 but got whipped 3-0 at Sunderland.
NETHERLANDS - KNVB Beker - Quarterfinals
Jozy Altidore - AZ Alkmaar - Wed Feb 1 - came on as a sub in the 77th min as they won 2-1 v GVVV.
dN
Coming Up:
ITALY - Serie A
Michael Bradley - Chievo Verona - Thu Feb 2 at Novara.
ENGLAND
The case of alleged racist abuse by Chelsea's John Terry will now not go to court until mid July.
SPAIN
Copa Del Rey - Semifinals
Matches & Scores:
1st Leg
-Tue Jan 31
Mirandes 1-2 Athletic Bilbao
-Wed Feb 1
Valencia 1-1 Barcelona
2nd Leg
-Tue Feb 7
Athletic Bilbao v Mirandes (2-1)
-Wed Feb 8
Barcelona v Valencia (1-1)
FRANCE
Coupe de la Ligue - Semifinals
It will be Lyon v Marsielle for the Cup! Date TBD.
Matches & Scores:
-Tue Jan 31
Lorient 2-4 Lyon
-Wed Feb 1
Marseille 2-1 Nice
EUROPE
Netherlands
KNVB Beker - Quarterfinals
Matches & Scores:
-Tue Jan 31
Vitesse 1-2 Heerenveen
-Wed Feb 1
Heracles 3-0 RKC Waalwijk
AZ Alkmaar 2-1 GVVV
-Thu Feb 2
PSV Eindhoven v NEC
COPA LIBERTADORES
This is the Qualifying Round to determine the last 6 spots in the group stage.
Arsenal of Sarandi from Argentina and Libertad from Paraguay qualified last night.
Qualifying Round
Matches & Scores:
2nd Leg (with Group and 1st Leg score included)
-Tue Jan 31
Sport Huancayo 1-1 Arsenal - G4 - Ars advances 4-1 on aggregate.
Libertad 4-1 El Nacional - G5 - Lib advances 4-2 on aggregate.
-Wed Feb 1
Flamengo v Real Potosi - G2 (1-2)
Once Caldas v Internacional - G1 (0-1)
-Thu Feb 2
Tigres UANL v Union Espanola - G3 (0-1)
Caracas v Penarol - G6 (0-4)
The group stage begins on Feb 7.
AFRICA CUP OF NATIONS 2012
The African national team championship tournament begins Sat Jan 21 and is co-hosted by Gabon & Equatorial Guinea.
dN
Mali became the final team in the knock out stage today, while Botswana and Guinea were eliminated.
Jonathan Wilson of the Guardian looks at what went wrong for Senegal, who were once of the favorites and couldn't even manage a single point.
dN
ADVANCED: Cote d'Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Mali, Sudan, Tunisia, Zambia
ELIMINATED: Angola, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Libya, Morocco, Niger, Senegal
dN
Standings:
Group A
ADV-7 Zambia
ADV-6 Equatorial Guinea
OUT-4 Libya
OUT-0 Senegal
Group B
ADV-9 Cote d'Ivoire
ADV-4 Sudan (0 GD)
OUT-4 Angola (-1 GD)
OUT-0 Burkina Faso
Group C
ADV-9 Gabon
ADV-6 Tunisia
OUT-3 Morocco
OUT-0 Niger
Group D
ADV-7 Ghana
ADV-6 Mali
OUT-4 Guinea
OUT-0 Botswana
dN
Group Stage
Matches & Scores:
-Sat Jan 21
Equatorial Guinea 1-0 Libya
Senegal 1-2 Zambia
Venue: Estadio de Bata, Bata
-Sun Jan 22
Cote d'Ivoire 1-0 Sudan
Burkina Faso 1-2 Angola
Venue: Nuevo Estadio de Malabo, Malabo
-Mon Jan 23
Gabon 2-0 Niger
Morocco 1-2 Tunisia
Venue: Stade d'Angondje, Libreville
-Tue Jan 24
Ghana 1-0 Botswana
Mali 1-0 Guinea
Venue: Stade de Franceville, Franceville
-Wed Jan 25
Libya 2-2 Zambia
Equatorial Guinea 2-1 Senegal
Venue: Estadio de Bata, Bata
-Thu Jan 26
Sudan 2-2 Angola
Cote d'Ivoire 2-0 Burkina Faso
Venue: Nuevo Estadio de Malabo, Malabo
-Fri Jan 27
Niger 1-2 Tunisia
Gabon 3-2 Morocco
Venue: Stade d'Angondje, Libreville
-Sat Jan 28
Botswana 1-6 Guinea
Ghana 2-0 Mali
Venue: Stade de Franceville, Franceville
-Sun Jan 29
Equatorial Guinea 0-1 Zambia
Venue: Nuevo Estadio de Malabo, Malabo
Libya 2-1 Senegal
Venue: Estadio de Bata, Bata
-Mon Jan 30
Sudan 2-1 Burkina Faso
Venue: Estadio de Bata, Bata
Cote d'Ivoire 2-0 Angola
Venue: Stade de Franceville, Franceville
-Tue Jan 31
Gabon 1-0 Tunisia
Venue: Stade de Franceville, Franceville
Niger 0-1 Morocco
Venue: Stade d'Angondje, Libreville
-Wed Feb 1
Botswana 1-2 Mali
Venue: Stade d'Angondje, Libreville
Ghana 1-1 Guinea
Venue: Stade de Franceville, Franceville
dN
Quarterfinals
-Sat Feb 4
Zambia v Sudan - 10am CT
Venue: Estadio de Bata, Bata
Cote d'Ivoire v Equatorial Guinea - 1pm CT
Venue: Nuevo Estadio de Malabo, Malabo
-Sun Feb 5
Gabon v Mali - 10am CT
Venue: Stade d'Angondje, Libreville
Ghana v Tunisia - 1pm CT
Venue: Stade de Franceville, Franceville
Semifinals
-Wed Feb 8
Zambia/Sudan winner v Ghana/Tunisia winner
Venue: Estadio de Bata, Bata
Gabon/Mali winner v Cote d'Ivoire/Equatorial Guinea winner
Venue: Stade d'Angondje, Libreville
Final
-Sun Feb 12
Semifinal Winners
Venue: Stade d'Angondje, Libreville
posted by brucio at 17:48
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yay Brucio celebrated rush day, too!
Maradona is sewing Galaxy jerseys now? Oh, how the mighty have fallen.
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