Some Soccer News for Fri Mar 9, 2012
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COUNTDOWN TO MLS 2012 - SEASON 17
It all begins tomorrow. ARE YOU READY?!?!
STARTERS
du Nord MLS 2012 Preseason Predictions
STORY OF THE DAY
Alex Labidou of Goal.com talks to Real Salt Lake head coach Jason Kreis about how to improve the Reserve League and potentially engage the second, third and fourth divisions.
STORY OF THE DAY 2
Jenna Goudreau of Forbes does a Q & A with SUM President Kathy Carter.
UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
The 2nd Leg of the Round of 16 continues next week.
Round of 16 - 2nd Leg
Matches & Scores:
-Tue Mar 13
Inter Milan v Marseille (0-1) - 2:30pm CT on Fox Soccer
Bayern Munich v Basel (0-1) - 5:00pm CT on Fox Soccer
-Wed Mar 14
Chelsea v Napoli (1-3) - 2:30pm CT on Fox Soccer
Real Madrid v CSKA Moscow (1-1) - 5:00pm CT on Fox Soccer
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Adv: APOEL, Barcelona, Benfica, Milan
OUT: Arsenal, Leverkusen, Lyon, Zenit
2011-12 CONCACACHAMPIONS
Quarterfinals
Big upset last night as Idisro of El Salvador knocked off Mexican powerhouse Pumas!
Joshua Mayers of the Seattle Times sees a very tough challenge ahead for the Sounders in the second leg game in Mexico.
Scott French of ESPN sees centerback as a real concern for the Galaxy.
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Matches & Scores:
1st Leg
-Tue Mar 6
Morelia 1-3 Monterrey - Mor goal by Joel Huiqui. Mon goals all by Humberto Suazo.
-Wed Mar 7
Toronto 2-2 LA Galaxy - TFC goals by Ryan Johnson & Luis Silva. LAG goals by Mike Magee & Landon Donovan.
Venue: Rogers Centre
Attendance: 47,568
Seattle Sounders 2-1 Santos Laguna - SS goals by David Estrada & Brad Evans. SL goal by Herculez Gomez.
Venue: CenturyLink Field
Attendance: 23,433
-Thu Mar 8
Isidro Metapan 2-1 UNAM Pumas - IM goals both by Mark Blanco. UP goal by Eduardo Herrera.
2nd Leg (including 1st Leg scores)
-Tue Mar 13
Monterrey v Morelia (3-1)
-Wed Mar 14
Santos Laguna v Seattle Sounders (1-2) - 7pm CT on Fox Soccer
LA Galaxy v Toronto (2-2) - 9pm CT on Fox Soccer
-Thu Mar 15
UNAM Pumas v Isidro Metapan (1-2)
FACT OF THE DAY
How much potential is there to grow the game pro club wise in America?
Twenty Five of the top fifty markets in the United States do not have a soccer team in the first 3 divisions.
Here are those markets:
12 Detroit
13 Riverside
14 Phoenix
17 San Diego
18 St Louis
20 Baltimore
24 Sacramento
27 Cincinnati
28 Cleveland
30 Las Vegas
34 Indianapolis
35 Austin
36 Virginia Beach
37 Providence
38 Nashville
39 Milwaukee
40 Jacksonville
41 Memphis
42 Louisville
44 Oklahoma City
45 Hartford
46 New Orleans
47 Buffalo
49 Birmingham
THIS IS WHAT ITS ALL ABOUT
Women United Football Club
Where women who are MLS fans can meet, mingle & blog.
OOF
Just minutes after I posted my MLS Preseason Predictions Toronto turns around and cuts centerback Geovanny Caicedo from Liga de Quito who was one of the guys they brought in to shore up their biggest weakness. And here I thought they were going to take a big step this season. Wow.
MLS MATCHES & SCORES
FIRST KICK 2012
WEEK 1
Matches & Scores:
-Sat Mar 10
Colorado Rapids v Columbus Crew - 5pm CT
Venue: Dick's Sporting Good Park
Vancouver Whitecaps FC v Montreal Impact - 5pm CT on TSN
Venue: BC Place
DC United v Sporting Kansas City - 6:30pm CT
Venue: RFK Stadium
San Jose Earthquakes v New England Revolution - 9:30pm CT
Venue: Buck Shaw Stadium
LA Galaxy v Real Salt Lake - 9:30pm CT
Venue: Home Depot Center
-Sun Mar 11
FC Dallas v New York Red Bulls - 2pm CT on NBC Sports Network
Venue: Pizza Hut Park
CD Chivas USA v Houston Dynamo - 6pm CT on Galavision
Venue: The Home Depot Center
-Mon Mar 12
Portland Timbers v Philadelphia Union - 8:30pm CT on ESPN2
Venue: JELD-WEN Field
MLS TEAM & PLAYER NEWS
General News
MLS' head commmander Don Garber held a press conference yesterday before the league starts tomorrow, and this is a transcript. You can also download or listen to the audio.
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Jonah Freedman of MLSsoccer.com sees 4 servings of revenge that could be dished up cold this weekend.
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Jeff Carlisle of ESPN gives us the 5 who are under the most pressure around the league as they season kicks off.
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Carlisle also gives us a list of 5 players who deserve to be earning the big bucks but are not.
dN
Richard Deitsch of Sports Illustrated gives us his view of NBC's plan to broadcast MLS games.
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The KC Star gives us 5 big topics for MLS this season.
dN
Graham Parker of the Guardian previews Week 1.
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Simon Evans of Reuters with an article on MLS' drive to increase television ratings.
dN
Player Transactions
LA signed 3 players this week: Superdraft picks centerback Bryan Gaul and midfielder Kenney Walker, and from the Supplemental Draft midfielder Rafael Garcia.
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New England has signed 29 year old American midfielder Jeremiah White who has played almost exclusively in Europe for a variety of teams since 2004.
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Houston has signed Super Draft pick Warren Creavalle and Supplemental Draft pick Brian Ownby.
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MLSSoccer.com Season Previews
Montreal Impact
LA Galaxy
Seattle Sounders Football Club
Real Salt Lake
Football Club Dallas
Sporting Kansas City
Houston Dynamo
Colorado Rapids
Philadelphia Union
Columbus Crew
New York Red Bulls
Portland Timbers
Chicago Fire Soccer Club
San Jose Earthquakes
District of Columbia United
Club Deportivo Chivas USA
Toronto Football Club
Vancouver Whitecaps Football Club
New England Revolution
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COLORADO RAPIDS
I think the Denver Post may have more articles on the Rapids in the past month alone then the previous 5 years combined!
-Feature story on new head coach Oscar Pareja by John Meyer
-Predicted starting 11 for Columbus by Nick Groke.
-Three players are still waiting international clearance and may not be available on opening day by Groke.
-A scouting report on the Crew.
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Chris Bianchi of Mile High Sports absolutely raves about the Rapids. Sincerely.
COLUMBUS CREW
Adam Jardy of the Dispatch with an article on Costa Rican forward Olman Vargas.
FC DALLAS
Buzz Carrick of 3rd Degree looks at FCD's weak spots.
DC UNITED
Craig Stoufer of the Examiner on United's main goal for the season - Make the playoffs.
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Stoufer also writes about former Rapid Vienna teammates now together again at DCU.
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Josh Wolff will add the title of assistant coach to his player tag this season.
SPORTING KANSAS CITY SC
The Star writes that SKC only has one goal this season - MLS Cup.
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Charles Gooch of the Star with his SKC season preview.
PART 1 - Forwards
PART 2 - Midfielders
PART 3 - Goalkeepers
PART 4 - Defenders
LA GALAXY
LA has put centerback Leonardo on disabled list as he has not recovered from his knee injury he suffered early in last season. He can't be re-added to the roster until game 7.
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Michael C Lewis of the Tribune talks to RSL head coach Jason Kreis who says LA is even better than last year.
NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION
Danny Picard of CSN looks at how much weight the Revs are going to put on youtn Diego Fagundez.
PORTLAND TIMBERS
Kip Kesgard of the Oregonian is writing an 8 part season preview, mainly focues on the Timbers:
PART 1 - Home Field
PART 2 - Eastern Conference
PART 3 - Western Conference
PART 4 - Coaching & Off Field Staff
PART 5 - Goalkeeping
PART 6 - Defenders
PART 7
PART 8
REAL SALT LAKE
James Edward of the Deseret says that RSL has nothing but the highest of expectations for this season.
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Michael C Lewis of the Tribune looks at the teams recent signing and long time troubled soul Jonny Steele.
SEATTLE SOUNDERS
And its now official - Mauro Rosales and Alvaro Fernandez have both received their Green Card and will no longer be taking up "International" roster spots.
VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC
Bruce Constantineau of the Sun says that while the Caps new coaching regime is pushing positivity they are also asking for realistic expectations.
MLS/USA RELATED RUMORS
Silly name(s) of the day: Ivica Olic and Stephen Ireland
MINNESOTA STARS FC
The Stars played their first friendlies of the year today in Chicago.
The main players from last years Stars team played against the Fire's first 11 in game #1, and then two teams of reserves and trialists in the second game.
Matches & Scores:
-Fri Mar 9
Chicago Fire 3-1 Minnesota Stars I - CF goals by Dominic Oduro, Daniel Paladini & Orr Barrouch. MS goal by Connor Tobin.
Chicago Fire Reserves 1-1 Minnesota Stars II - CF goal by Daniel Paladini. MS goal by Travis Wall.
Stars I starting 11:
Matt Van Oekel
Justin Davis - Kevin Friedland - Connor Tobin - Brian Kallman
Devin Del Do - Neil Hlavaty - Kentaro Takada - Andy Lorei
Amani Walker - Miguel Ibarra
Sub: Daniel Wasson on for Del Do in 70th min
9 of the 11 starters were returning players from last years championship team.
Here is some basic info on the two trialist who played today:
Miguel Ibarra - played at UC Irvine last season
-attacking midfielder
-2011 first team NCAA Division I All-American
-was a Supplemental Draft pick by Portland that did not catch on with them
Connor Tobin - played at U Vermont - grad in '09
-centerback
-initially played at Nybergsund in Norway 2nd division
-last year at Rochester Rhinos
Stars II starting 11:
Jannsen, Sassano, Venegas, Mauro, Buro, Wilson, Wasson, Reed, Chin, Green, Ucello
subs: Wall
USA U23/OLYMPIC TEAM
US Soccer gives us behind the scenes video of the teams recent game against Mexico.
EUROPE
The Key Relegation Battles
Serie A (26 of 38 played)
-bottom 3 relegated
31 Cagliari
30 Parma
29 Siena
25 Lecce
17 Cesena
17 Novara
Premier League (27 of 38 played)
-bottom 3 relegated
22 Queens Park Rangers
22 Blackburn
22 Wolverhampton
20 Bolton
20 Wigan
Ligue 1 (26 of 38 played)
-bottom 3 relegated
27 Lorient
27 Dijon
26 Nice
26 Nancy
26 Ajaccio
23 Auxerre
21 Sochaux
La Liga (25 of 38 played)
-bottom 3 relegated
29 Mallorca
29 Getafe
28 Granada
27 Villarreal
24 Racing Santander
21 Sporting Gijon
18 Real Zaragoza
Bundesliga (24 of 34 played)
-bottom 2 relegated - then - 3rd from bottom play 2.Bundes 3rd from top in 2 legs
28 Wolfsburg
27 Mainz
27 Hamburg
25 Koln
23 Hertha
22 Augsburg
21 Freiburg
19 Kaiserslautern
COPA LIBERTADORES
Group Stage
The superstars of Flamengo get a win, another game gives us 8 goals, and Bolivar wins on the road.
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Matches & Scores:
-Tue Mar 6
Penarol 1-1 Universidad Chile - Pen goal by Nicolas Freitas. UC goal by Junior Fernandes.
Vasco da Gama 3-2 Alianza Lima - VDG goals by Christian Ramos(OG), Dede & Juninho Pernambucano(PK). AL goals by Sebastian Charquero & Walter Ibanez.
Union Espanola 1-1 Universidad Catolica - UE goal by Emanuel Herrera. UC goal by Enzo Andia.
-Wed Mar 7
Deportivo Quito 3-0 Velez Sarsfield - DQ goals by Gustavo Alustiza(PK), Fidel Martinez & Luis Saritama.
Santos 3-1 Internacional - San goals all by Neymar(1 via PK). Int goal by Leandro Damiao.
Corinthians 2-0 Nacional Asuncion - Cor goals by Danilo & Jorge Henrique.
Boca Juniors 1-2 Fluminense - BJ goal by Leandro Somoza. Flu goals by Fred & Deco.
-Thu Mar 8
Flamengo 1-0 Emelec - Fla goal by Vagner Love.
Godoy Cruz 4-4 Atletico Nacional - GC goals by Leandro Caruso(3) & Ruben Ramirez. AN goals by Luis Mosquera, Leonardo Sigali(OG) & Dorlan Pabon(2).
Junior 0-1 Bolivar - Bol goal by William Ferriera.
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Standings
Group 1
6 The Strongest (+2)
3 Santos (+1)
3 Internacional (0)
0 Juan Aurich (-3)
Group 2
4 Flamengo (+1)
3 Emelec (0)
3 Olimpia (0)
1 Lanus (-1)
Group 3
7 Union Espanola (+5)
4 Bolivar (-1)
3 Universidad Catholica (0)
1 Junior (-2)
Group 4
6 Fluminense (+2)
3 Arsenal (+2)
1 Boca Juniors (-1)
1 Zamora (-3)
Group 5
6 Libertad (+4)
3 Nacional (0)
3 Vasco Da Gama (0)
0 Alianza Lima (-4)
Group 6
6 Cruz Azul (+5)
4 Corintians (+2)
1 Deportivo Tachira (-4)
0 Nacional Asuncion (-3)
Group 7
6 Velez Sarsfield (+3)
4 Deportivo Quito (+1)
3 Defensor Sporting (-1)
1 Guadalajara (-3)
Group 8
7 Atletico Nacional (+6)
4 Universidad Chile (+2)
4 Godoy Cruz (-3)
1 Penarol (-5)
ASIA 2014 WORLD CUP QUALIFYING
The two groups (5 teams in each) were drawn today for the final stage of qualifying. The top 2 from each will advance to the big tourney in Brazil.
Group A
Iran
Lebanon
Qatar
South Korea
Uzbekistan
Group B
Australia
Iraq
Japan
Jordan
Oman
The 2 third place teams will then playoff to face another playoff with the 5th place team from CONMEBOL for a spot in Brazil.
Sign up today for MLS Fantasy Soccer Manager, and then become a member of the du Nord Futbol league using this code: 3815-897
87 teams in our league so far. Lets have at least 100! Come On!
COUNTDOWN TO MLS 2012 - SEASON 17
It all begins tomorrow. ARE YOU READY?!?!
STARTERS
du Nord MLS 2012 Preseason Predictions
STORY OF THE DAY
Alex Labidou of Goal.com talks to Real Salt Lake head coach Jason Kreis about how to improve the Reserve League and potentially engage the second, third and fourth divisions.
STORY OF THE DAY 2
Jenna Goudreau of Forbes does a Q & A with SUM President Kathy Carter.
UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
The 2nd Leg of the Round of 16 continues next week.
Round of 16 - 2nd Leg
Matches & Scores:
-Tue Mar 13
Inter Milan v Marseille (0-1) - 2:30pm CT on Fox Soccer
Bayern Munich v Basel (0-1) - 5:00pm CT on Fox Soccer
-Wed Mar 14
Chelsea v Napoli (1-3) - 2:30pm CT on Fox Soccer
Real Madrid v CSKA Moscow (1-1) - 5:00pm CT on Fox Soccer
dN
Adv: APOEL, Barcelona, Benfica, Milan
OUT: Arsenal, Leverkusen, Lyon, Zenit
2011-12 CONCACACHAMPIONS
Quarterfinals
Big upset last night as Idisro of El Salvador knocked off Mexican powerhouse Pumas!
Joshua Mayers of the Seattle Times sees a very tough challenge ahead for the Sounders in the second leg game in Mexico.
Scott French of ESPN sees centerback as a real concern for the Galaxy.
dN
Matches & Scores:
1st Leg
-Tue Mar 6
Morelia 1-3 Monterrey - Mor goal by Joel Huiqui. Mon goals all by Humberto Suazo.
-Wed Mar 7
Toronto 2-2 LA Galaxy - TFC goals by Ryan Johnson & Luis Silva. LAG goals by Mike Magee & Landon Donovan.
Venue: Rogers Centre
Attendance: 47,568
Seattle Sounders 2-1 Santos Laguna - SS goals by David Estrada & Brad Evans. SL goal by Herculez Gomez.
Venue: CenturyLink Field
Attendance: 23,433
-Thu Mar 8
Isidro Metapan 2-1 UNAM Pumas - IM goals both by Mark Blanco. UP goal by Eduardo Herrera.
2nd Leg (including 1st Leg scores)
-Tue Mar 13
Monterrey v Morelia (3-1)
-Wed Mar 14
Santos Laguna v Seattle Sounders (1-2) - 7pm CT on Fox Soccer
LA Galaxy v Toronto (2-2) - 9pm CT on Fox Soccer
-Thu Mar 15
UNAM Pumas v Isidro Metapan (1-2)
FACT OF THE DAY
How much potential is there to grow the game pro club wise in America?
Twenty Five of the top fifty markets in the United States do not have a soccer team in the first 3 divisions.
Here are those markets:
12 Detroit
13 Riverside
14 Phoenix
17 San Diego
18 St Louis
20 Baltimore
24 Sacramento
27 Cincinnati
28 Cleveland
30 Las Vegas
34 Indianapolis
35 Austin
36 Virginia Beach
37 Providence
38 Nashville
39 Milwaukee
40 Jacksonville
41 Memphis
42 Louisville
44 Oklahoma City
45 Hartford
46 New Orleans
47 Buffalo
49 Birmingham
THIS IS WHAT ITS ALL ABOUT
Women United Football Club
Where women who are MLS fans can meet, mingle & blog.
OOF
Just minutes after I posted my MLS Preseason Predictions Toronto turns around and cuts centerback Geovanny Caicedo from Liga de Quito who was one of the guys they brought in to shore up their biggest weakness. And here I thought they were going to take a big step this season. Wow.
MLS MATCHES & SCORES
FIRST KICK 2012
WEEK 1
Matches & Scores:
-Sat Mar 10
Colorado Rapids v Columbus Crew - 5pm CT
Venue: Dick's Sporting Good Park
Vancouver Whitecaps FC v Montreal Impact - 5pm CT on TSN
Venue: BC Place
DC United v Sporting Kansas City - 6:30pm CT
Venue: RFK Stadium
San Jose Earthquakes v New England Revolution - 9:30pm CT
Venue: Buck Shaw Stadium
LA Galaxy v Real Salt Lake - 9:30pm CT
Venue: Home Depot Center
-Sun Mar 11
FC Dallas v New York Red Bulls - 2pm CT on NBC Sports Network
Venue: Pizza Hut Park
CD Chivas USA v Houston Dynamo - 6pm CT on Galavision
Venue: The Home Depot Center
-Mon Mar 12
Portland Timbers v Philadelphia Union - 8:30pm CT on ESPN2
Venue: JELD-WEN Field
MLS TEAM & PLAYER NEWS
General News
MLS' head commmander Don Garber held a press conference yesterday before the league starts tomorrow, and this is a transcript. You can also download or listen to the audio.
dN
Jonah Freedman of MLSsoccer.com sees 4 servings of revenge that could be dished up cold this weekend.
dN
Jeff Carlisle of ESPN gives us the 5 who are under the most pressure around the league as they season kicks off.
dN
Carlisle also gives us a list of 5 players who deserve to be earning the big bucks but are not.
dN
Richard Deitsch of Sports Illustrated gives us his view of NBC's plan to broadcast MLS games.
dN
The KC Star gives us 5 big topics for MLS this season.
dN
Graham Parker of the Guardian previews Week 1.
dN
Simon Evans of Reuters with an article on MLS' drive to increase television ratings.
dN
Player Transactions
LA signed 3 players this week: Superdraft picks centerback Bryan Gaul and midfielder Kenney Walker, and from the Supplemental Draft midfielder Rafael Garcia.
dN
New England has signed 29 year old American midfielder Jeremiah White who has played almost exclusively in Europe for a variety of teams since 2004.
dN
Houston has signed Super Draft pick Warren Creavalle and Supplemental Draft pick Brian Ownby.
dN
MLSSoccer.com Season Previews
Montreal Impact
LA Galaxy
Seattle Sounders Football Club
Real Salt Lake
Football Club Dallas
Sporting Kansas City
Houston Dynamo
Colorado Rapids
Philadelphia Union
Columbus Crew
New York Red Bulls
Portland Timbers
Chicago Fire Soccer Club
San Jose Earthquakes
District of Columbia United
Club Deportivo Chivas USA
Toronto Football Club
Vancouver Whitecaps Football Club
New England Revolution
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COLORADO RAPIDS
I think the Denver Post may have more articles on the Rapids in the past month alone then the previous 5 years combined!
-Feature story on new head coach Oscar Pareja by John Meyer
-Predicted starting 11 for Columbus by Nick Groke.
-Three players are still waiting international clearance and may not be available on opening day by Groke.
-A scouting report on the Crew.
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Chris Bianchi of Mile High Sports absolutely raves about the Rapids. Sincerely.
COLUMBUS CREW
Adam Jardy of the Dispatch with an article on Costa Rican forward Olman Vargas.
FC DALLAS
Buzz Carrick of 3rd Degree looks at FCD's weak spots.
DC UNITED
Craig Stoufer of the Examiner on United's main goal for the season - Make the playoffs.
dN
Stoufer also writes about former Rapid Vienna teammates now together again at DCU.
dN
Josh Wolff will add the title of assistant coach to his player tag this season.
SPORTING KANSAS CITY SC
The Star writes that SKC only has one goal this season - MLS Cup.
dN
Charles Gooch of the Star with his SKC season preview.
PART 1 - Forwards
PART 2 - Midfielders
PART 3 - Goalkeepers
PART 4 - Defenders
LA GALAXY
LA has put centerback Leonardo on disabled list as he has not recovered from his knee injury he suffered early in last season. He can't be re-added to the roster until game 7.
dN
Michael C Lewis of the Tribune talks to RSL head coach Jason Kreis who says LA is even better than last year.
NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION
Danny Picard of CSN looks at how much weight the Revs are going to put on youtn Diego Fagundez.
PORTLAND TIMBERS
Kip Kesgard of the Oregonian is writing an 8 part season preview, mainly focues on the Timbers:
PART 1 - Home Field
PART 2 - Eastern Conference
PART 3 - Western Conference
PART 4 - Coaching & Off Field Staff
PART 5 - Goalkeeping
PART 6 - Defenders
PART 7
PART 8
REAL SALT LAKE
James Edward of the Deseret says that RSL has nothing but the highest of expectations for this season.
dN
Michael C Lewis of the Tribune looks at the teams recent signing and long time troubled soul Jonny Steele.
SEATTLE SOUNDERS
And its now official - Mauro Rosales and Alvaro Fernandez have both received their Green Card and will no longer be taking up "International" roster spots.
VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC
Bruce Constantineau of the Sun says that while the Caps new coaching regime is pushing positivity they are also asking for realistic expectations.
MLS/USA RELATED RUMORS
Silly name(s) of the day: Ivica Olic and Stephen Ireland
MINNESOTA STARS FC
The Stars played their first friendlies of the year today in Chicago.
The main players from last years Stars team played against the Fire's first 11 in game #1, and then two teams of reserves and trialists in the second game.
Matches & Scores:
-Fri Mar 9
Chicago Fire 3-1 Minnesota Stars I - CF goals by Dominic Oduro, Daniel Paladini & Orr Barrouch. MS goal by Connor Tobin.
Chicago Fire Reserves 1-1 Minnesota Stars II - CF goal by Daniel Paladini. MS goal by Travis Wall.
Stars I starting 11:
Matt Van Oekel
Justin Davis - Kevin Friedland - Connor Tobin - Brian Kallman
Devin Del Do - Neil Hlavaty - Kentaro Takada - Andy Lorei
Amani Walker - Miguel Ibarra
Sub: Daniel Wasson on for Del Do in 70th min
9 of the 11 starters were returning players from last years championship team.
Here is some basic info on the two trialist who played today:
Miguel Ibarra - played at UC Irvine last season
-attacking midfielder
-2011 first team NCAA Division I All-American
-was a Supplemental Draft pick by Portland that did not catch on with them
Connor Tobin - played at U Vermont - grad in '09
-centerback
-initially played at Nybergsund in Norway 2nd division
-last year at Rochester Rhinos
Stars II starting 11:
Jannsen, Sassano, Venegas, Mauro, Buro, Wilson, Wasson, Reed, Chin, Green, Ucello
subs: Wall
USA U23/OLYMPIC TEAM
US Soccer gives us behind the scenes video of the teams recent game against Mexico.
EUROPE
The Key Relegation Battles
Serie A (26 of 38 played)
-bottom 3 relegated
31 Cagliari
30 Parma
29 Siena
25 Lecce
17 Cesena
17 Novara
Premier League (27 of 38 played)
-bottom 3 relegated
22 Queens Park Rangers
22 Blackburn
22 Wolverhampton
20 Bolton
20 Wigan
Ligue 1 (26 of 38 played)
-bottom 3 relegated
27 Lorient
27 Dijon
26 Nice
26 Nancy
26 Ajaccio
23 Auxerre
21 Sochaux
La Liga (25 of 38 played)
-bottom 3 relegated
29 Mallorca
29 Getafe
28 Granada
27 Villarreal
24 Racing Santander
21 Sporting Gijon
18 Real Zaragoza
Bundesliga (24 of 34 played)
-bottom 2 relegated - then - 3rd from bottom play 2.Bundes 3rd from top in 2 legs
28 Wolfsburg
27 Mainz
27 Hamburg
25 Koln
23 Hertha
22 Augsburg
21 Freiburg
19 Kaiserslautern
COPA LIBERTADORES
Group Stage
The superstars of Flamengo get a win, another game gives us 8 goals, and Bolivar wins on the road.
dN
Matches & Scores:
-Tue Mar 6
Penarol 1-1 Universidad Chile - Pen goal by Nicolas Freitas. UC goal by Junior Fernandes.
Vasco da Gama 3-2 Alianza Lima - VDG goals by Christian Ramos(OG), Dede & Juninho Pernambucano(PK). AL goals by Sebastian Charquero & Walter Ibanez.
Union Espanola 1-1 Universidad Catolica - UE goal by Emanuel Herrera. UC goal by Enzo Andia.
-Wed Mar 7
Deportivo Quito 3-0 Velez Sarsfield - DQ goals by Gustavo Alustiza(PK), Fidel Martinez & Luis Saritama.
Santos 3-1 Internacional - San goals all by Neymar(1 via PK). Int goal by Leandro Damiao.
Corinthians 2-0 Nacional Asuncion - Cor goals by Danilo & Jorge Henrique.
Boca Juniors 1-2 Fluminense - BJ goal by Leandro Somoza. Flu goals by Fred & Deco.
-Thu Mar 8
Flamengo 1-0 Emelec - Fla goal by Vagner Love.
Godoy Cruz 4-4 Atletico Nacional - GC goals by Leandro Caruso(3) & Ruben Ramirez. AN goals by Luis Mosquera, Leonardo Sigali(OG) & Dorlan Pabon(2).
Junior 0-1 Bolivar - Bol goal by William Ferriera.
dN
Standings
Group 1
6 The Strongest (+2)
3 Santos (+1)
3 Internacional (0)
0 Juan Aurich (-3)
Group 2
4 Flamengo (+1)
3 Emelec (0)
3 Olimpia (0)
1 Lanus (-1)
Group 3
7 Union Espanola (+5)
4 Bolivar (-1)
3 Universidad Catholica (0)
1 Junior (-2)
Group 4
6 Fluminense (+2)
3 Arsenal (+2)
1 Boca Juniors (-1)
1 Zamora (-3)
Group 5
6 Libertad (+4)
3 Nacional (0)
3 Vasco Da Gama (0)
0 Alianza Lima (-4)
Group 6
6 Cruz Azul (+5)
4 Corintians (+2)
1 Deportivo Tachira (-4)
0 Nacional Asuncion (-3)
Group 7
6 Velez Sarsfield (+3)
4 Deportivo Quito (+1)
3 Defensor Sporting (-1)
1 Guadalajara (-3)
Group 8
7 Atletico Nacional (+6)
4 Universidad Chile (+2)
4 Godoy Cruz (-3)
1 Penarol (-5)
ASIA 2014 WORLD CUP QUALIFYING
The two groups (5 teams in each) were drawn today for the final stage of qualifying. The top 2 from each will advance to the big tourney in Brazil.
Group A
Iran
Lebanon
Qatar
South Korea
Uzbekistan
Group B
Australia
Iraq
Japan
Jordan
Oman
The 2 third place teams will then playoff to face another playoff with the 5th place team from CONMEBOL for a spot in Brazil.
posted by brucio at 17:13
9 Comments:
I wish Garber would stop focusing on New York and make his way up to Detroit. Its a great sports town that literally is ready to go for MLS (after the purchase of the Silverdome and well laid out plans). But, Detroit doesn't even appear on the radar...
Might want to pull Atlanta from your list of markets with no D1-D2 teams. Silverbacks??
Dogh! :)
I know, right?!?!?! Thanks JW7. I literally woke up this morning and realized that while still laying in bed! Hahahahahahaha.
Thank you so much for including us on your site! Mucho appreciated. :-)
100 teams has been reached! awesome. game on.
Brucio, Baltimore is pretty close to DC.
Therefore, to list it as being a "market" without a soccer team, is just plain silly.
No its not.
You got it Kris, let me know if I can go anything to help.
Bruce,
Happy seventh (blog)-birthday! I've been reading Dunord for probably most of those seven years: I want to say going back to 2006 or whenever Grant Wahl wrote about you as having one of the top soccer blogs. I think it was in the spring of 2006. My day is not complete until I skim your blog.
Cheers!
Mark
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