Some Soccer News for Fri Apr 6, 2012
MINNESOTA STARS FC
Order your new Minnesota Stars kit today! Amazing!
-Some of the best looking uniforms I have ever seen. (click images to enlarge)
IMSoccer News has all the details on the new Minnesota Stars FC shirts Away kits feature numbers that contain photos of fans! Incredible!
Season Opener
-Sat Apr 7
Minnesota Stars FC v Carolina RailHawks - 7:30pm kick off
Venue: Minneapolis Metrodome
NOTICE
Sign up today for MLS Fantasy Soccer Manager, and then become a member of the du Nord Futbol league using this code: 3815-897
There are 131 teams in our league!
Central and Front FC managed by Antonio Fresco is in 1st Place!
TASTIEST MLS GAME OF THE WEEKEND
The first Eastern Canada derby in MLS history, and it should be a doozy!
-Sat Apr 7
Montreal Impact v Toronto FC - 11:00AM CT on TSN & RDS (in Canada)
Venue: Olympic Stadium
And there are 2 or 3 more great looking games this weekend as well. Definitely the best round of the season so far. See below for details.
STORY OF THE DAY
Brian Straus of Sporting News talks to the scalding hot Herculez Gomez! About life in Mexico, and his future with the USA.
BIG EUROPEAN CLUB MATCHES
Matches & Scores:
-Sat Apr 7
Lazio v Napoli - #3 v #4 for the last Champions League spot.
-Sun Apr 8
Arsenal v Manchester City - will Arsenal play the spoiler role?
Real Madrid v Valencia - #1 v #3 with just 30 points separating them.
PSG v Marseille - Le Classique, the biggest rivalry in France
-Wed Apr 11
Borussia Dortmund v Bayern Munchen - Oh Yeah! #1 v #2! Huge game this late in the season!
Juventus v Lazio - #2 v #3
Atletico Madrid v Real Madrid - the Madrid derby
BEST NEWS I'VE HEARD ALL DAY
John Godfrey of the New York Times tells us all about the new women's football supporters group - Women United F.C. (see link in the right hand column of du Nord)
WELL WELL WELL
Scott French of ESPN tells us about another USA Legends v Mexico Legends game, coming up on Apr 15 at Home Depot Center in Carson CA.
STAT OF THE DAY
The Wall Street Journal reports that Real Madrid is currently on pace to break the European record for most average-goals-per-game set in the 1958-59 season. RM is at 3.33 scored per-game. The current record was set by Barcelona at 3.20.
FACT OF THE DAY
Top leagues in England, Germany, Italy and Spain are all playing league games this weekend AND next midweek.
THIS IS WHAT ITS ALL ABOUT
Lynn DeBruin of the AP with an article on the fiery and at times split personality of Real Salt Lake captain Kyle Beckerman.
MLS MATCHES & SCORES
WEEK 5
Matches & Scores:
-Wed Apr 4
Real Salt Lake 1-0 Montreal Impact - RSL goal by Paulo Jr.
Venue: Rio Tinto Stadium
Atten: 21,191
-Thu Apr 5
FC Dallas 1-0 New England Revolution - FCD goal by Ugo Ihemelu.
Venue: FC Dallas Stadium
Atten: 11,043
-Sat Apr 7
Montreal Impact v Toronto FC - 11:00AM CT on TSN & RDS
Venue: Olympic Stadium
Columbus Crew v New York Red Bulls - 2:00PM CT on Galavision
Venue: Crew Stadium
Sporting Kansas City v LA Galaxy - 3:00PM CT on ESPN & ESPN Deportes
Venue: Livestrong Sporting Park
San Jose v Vancouver Whitecaps FC - 6:00PM CT
Venue: Buck Shaw Stadium
DC United v Seattle Sounders FC - 6:30PM CT
Venue: RFK Stadium
Real Salt Lake v Colorado Rapids - 8:00PM CT
Venue: Rio Tinto Stadium
Portland Timber v CD Chivas USA - 9:30PM CT
Venue: JELD-WEN Field
Bye: Houston Dynamo, Chicago Fire & Philadelphia Union
MLS MATCH NOTES
New England lost in the cruelest of cruel fashions last night as Dallas scored 4 minutes into 4 minutes of announced stoppage time. It was terrible defending that left Ugo Ihemelu wide open to nod home a cross.
MLS STANDINGS
EAST
12 Sporting Kansas City (+6)
6 New York Red Bulls (+3)
6 Columbus Crew (+1)
6 Houston Dynamo (0)
6 New England Revolution (-2)
4 DC United (0)
4 Chicago Fire SC (-1)
1 Philadelphia Union (-4)
1 Montreal Impact (-8)
0 Toronto FC (-6)
WEST
12 Real Salt Lake (+5)
9 San Jose Earthquakes (+4)
9 Colorado Rapids (+2)
8 Vancouver Whitecaps FC (+3)
7 FC Dallas (-2)
6 Seattle Sounders FC (+3)
4 Portland Timbers (0)
3 LA Galaxy (-2)
3 CD Chivas USA (-2)
MLS TEAM & PLAYER NEWS
NEW YORK RED BULLS
Teemu Tainio will be out 4-6 weeks after suffering a knee injury in training this week.
MLS RESERVE LEAGUE
Matches & Scores:
-Sat Apr 7
Columbus Crew v New York Red Bulls
-Sun Apr 8
Real Salt Lake v Colorado Rapids
San Jose Earthquakes v Vancouver Whitecaps FC
-Mon Apr 9
Philadelphia Union v New England Revolution
-Tue Apr 10
Sporting Kansas City v Chicago Fire SC
FC Dallas v Houston Dynamo
Seattle Sounders FC v Portland Timbers
Toronto FC v Montreal Impact
Standings
NASL NEWS
Paul Kennedy of Soccer America with a concise NASL season preview.
NASL SCOREBOARD
Opening weekend schedule!
Matches & Scores:
-Sat Apr 7
Atlanta Silverbacks v San Antonio Scorpions
Fort Lauderdale Strikers v FC Edmonton
Puerto Rico Islanders v Tampa Bay Rowdies
Minnesota Stars FC v Carolina RailHawks
Watch online
USL PRO NEWS
Opening Weekend is here.
Matches & Scores:
-Fri Apr 6
Antigua Barracuda FC v Pittsburgh Riverhounds
-Sat Apr 7
Richmond Kickers v Charleston Battery
Charlotte Eagles v Orlando City
-Sun Apr 8
Antigua Barracuda FC v Pittsburgh Riverhounds
Standings
USA U17 TEAM
In France for the Mondial Montaigu tournament.
Matches & Scores:
-Wed Apr 3
USA 4-0 UAE - USA goals by Ahinga Selemani, Tyler Turner, Wesley Wade & Bradford Jamieson.
-Thu Apr 5
USA 0-1 Portugal
The 4 group winners advance, so the USA is out of the tournament.
Standings:
Group A
6 France (+5)
3 Mexico (0)
0 Cameroon (-5)
Group B
6 Portugal (+4)
3 USA (+3)
0 UAE (-7)
Group C
4 England (+1)
2 Japan (0)
1 Morocco (-1)
Group D
6 Russia (+3)
3 China (-1)
0 Ivory Coast (-3)
Roster
G:
Paul Christensen - Seattle Sounders Academy
Evan Louro - New York Red Bulls Academy
D:
Adonis Amaya - Chivas USA Academy
Elijah Martin - Cal Odyssey
Shaquell Moore - Cobb FC
Kevin Politz - New York Red Bulls Academy
Tommy Redding - FC America Premier
John Requejo Jr - Real So Cal
Tyler Turner - South Central Premier
M:
Corey Baird - San Diego Surf
Junior Flores - McLean Youth Soccer
Angel Heredia - San Jose Earthquakes Academy
Cameron Lindley - Indiana United
Rubio Rubin - Westside Metros
F:
Bradford Jamieson - Chivas USA Academy
DeAndre Robinson - Concorde Fire
Ahinga Selemani - CSA Wolves
Wesley Wade - New York Red Bulls Academy
EUROPE
KNVB Beker - Final
Matches & Scores:
-Sun Apr 8
PSV v Heracles
COPA LIBERTADORES
A win for Libertad puts them and Vasco into the knock out rounds.
dN
ADVANCED: Fluminense(Brazil), Lanus(Argentina), Libertad(Paraguay), Universidad Chile(Chile), Vasco Da Gama(Brazil)
ELIMINATED: Alianza Lima(Peru), Juan Aurich(Peru), Nacional(Uruguay), Penarol(Uruguay), Deportivo Tachira(Venezuela)
dN
Group Stage
Matches & Scores:
-Tue Apr 3
Lanus 6-0 Olimpia - Lan goals by Mariano Pavone(2), Mauro Camoranesi, Mario Regueiro, Diego Valeri & Silvio Romero.
Deportivo Tachira 1-1 Cruz Azul - DT goal by Mauricio Parra. CA goal by Chaco Gimenez.
Alianza Lima 1-2 Vasco da Gama - AL goal by Miguel Curiel. VDG goals both by Felipe Bastos.
-Wed Apr 4
Godoy Cruz 0-1 Universidad Chile - UC goal by Angelo Henriquez.
Internacional 1-1 Santos - Int goal by Nei. San goal by Alan Kardec.
Emelec 3-2 Flamengo - Eme goals by Luciano Figueroa(2) & Fernando Gaibor(PK). Fla goals by Leo Moura & Deivid.
Junior 3-0 Universidad Ca - Jun goals by Ivan Velez, Luis Paez & Vladimir Hernandez.
-Thu Apr 5
Libertad 2-1 Nacional - Lib goals by Pablo Velazquez & Victor Caceres. Nac goal by Tabare Viudez.
Juan Aurich 1-0 The Strongest - JA goal by Javier Araujo.
dN
Standings
Group 1
10 Santos (+5)
8 Internacional (+5)
7 The Strongest (-4)
OUT-3 Juan Aurich (-6)
Group 2
ADV-10 Lanus (+8)
7 Olimpia (-5)
6 Emelec (-2)
5 Flamengo (-1)
Group 3
7 Union Espanola (+3)
7 Bolivar (0)
6 Universidad Catholica (-2)
4 Junior (-1)
Group 4
ADV-12 Fluminense (+4)
7 Boca Juniors (+2)
3 Arsenal (-1)
1 Zamora (-5)
Group 5
ADV-10 Vasco Da Gama (+3)
ADV-10 Libertad (+3)
OUT-6 Nacional (-1)
OUT-3 Alianza Lima (-5)
Group 6
8 Cruz Azul (+4)
8 Corintians (+3)
4 Nacional Asuncion (-2)
OUT-3 Tachira (-5)
Group 7
9 Velez Sarsfield (+4)
6 Defensor Sporting (-1)
4 Deportivo Quito (0)
4 Guadalajara (-3)
Group 8
ADV-10 Universidad Chile (+4)
8 Atletico Nacional (+6)
5 Godoy Cruz (-4)
OUT-1 Penarol (-6)
ENDERS
Black Moth Super Rainbow - Spraypaint. Via the Original Winger.
Order your new Minnesota Stars kit today! Amazing!
-Some of the best looking uniforms I have ever seen. (click images to enlarge)
IMSoccer News has all the details on the new Minnesota Stars FC shirts Away kits feature numbers that contain photos of fans! Incredible!
Season Opener
-Sat Apr 7
Minnesota Stars FC v Carolina RailHawks - 7:30pm kick off
Venue: Minneapolis Metrodome
NOTICE
Sign up today for MLS Fantasy Soccer Manager, and then become a member of the du Nord Futbol league using this code: 3815-897
There are 131 teams in our league!
Central and Front FC managed by Antonio Fresco is in 1st Place!
TASTIEST MLS GAME OF THE WEEKEND
The first Eastern Canada derby in MLS history, and it should be a doozy!
-Sat Apr 7
Montreal Impact v Toronto FC - 11:00AM CT on TSN & RDS (in Canada)
Venue: Olympic Stadium
And there are 2 or 3 more great looking games this weekend as well. Definitely the best round of the season so far. See below for details.
STORY OF THE DAY
Brian Straus of Sporting News talks to the scalding hot Herculez Gomez! About life in Mexico, and his future with the USA.
BIG EUROPEAN CLUB MATCHES
Matches & Scores:
-Sat Apr 7
Lazio v Napoli - #3 v #4 for the last Champions League spot.
-Sun Apr 8
Arsenal v Manchester City - will Arsenal play the spoiler role?
Real Madrid v Valencia - #1 v #3 with just 30 points separating them.
PSG v Marseille - Le Classique, the biggest rivalry in France
-Wed Apr 11
Borussia Dortmund v Bayern Munchen - Oh Yeah! #1 v #2! Huge game this late in the season!
Juventus v Lazio - #2 v #3
Atletico Madrid v Real Madrid - the Madrid derby
BEST NEWS I'VE HEARD ALL DAY
John Godfrey of the New York Times tells us all about the new women's football supporters group - Women United F.C. (see link in the right hand column of du Nord)
WELL WELL WELL
Scott French of ESPN tells us about another USA Legends v Mexico Legends game, coming up on Apr 15 at Home Depot Center in Carson CA.
STAT OF THE DAY
The Wall Street Journal reports that Real Madrid is currently on pace to break the European record for most average-goals-per-game set in the 1958-59 season. RM is at 3.33 scored per-game. The current record was set by Barcelona at 3.20.
FACT OF THE DAY
Top leagues in England, Germany, Italy and Spain are all playing league games this weekend AND next midweek.
THIS IS WHAT ITS ALL ABOUT
Lynn DeBruin of the AP with an article on the fiery and at times split personality of Real Salt Lake captain Kyle Beckerman.
MLS MATCHES & SCORES
WEEK 5
Matches & Scores:
-Wed Apr 4
Real Salt Lake 1-0 Montreal Impact - RSL goal by Paulo Jr.
Venue: Rio Tinto Stadium
Atten: 21,191
-Thu Apr 5
FC Dallas 1-0 New England Revolution - FCD goal by Ugo Ihemelu.
Venue: FC Dallas Stadium
Atten: 11,043
-Sat Apr 7
Montreal Impact v Toronto FC - 11:00AM CT on TSN & RDS
Venue: Olympic Stadium
Columbus Crew v New York Red Bulls - 2:00PM CT on Galavision
Venue: Crew Stadium
Sporting Kansas City v LA Galaxy - 3:00PM CT on ESPN & ESPN Deportes
Venue: Livestrong Sporting Park
San Jose v Vancouver Whitecaps FC - 6:00PM CT
Venue: Buck Shaw Stadium
DC United v Seattle Sounders FC - 6:30PM CT
Venue: RFK Stadium
Real Salt Lake v Colorado Rapids - 8:00PM CT
Venue: Rio Tinto Stadium
Portland Timber v CD Chivas USA - 9:30PM CT
Venue: JELD-WEN Field
Bye: Houston Dynamo, Chicago Fire & Philadelphia Union
MLS MATCH NOTES
New England lost in the cruelest of cruel fashions last night as Dallas scored 4 minutes into 4 minutes of announced stoppage time. It was terrible defending that left Ugo Ihemelu wide open to nod home a cross.
MLS STANDINGS
EAST
12 Sporting Kansas City (+6)
6 New York Red Bulls (+3)
6 Columbus Crew (+1)
6 Houston Dynamo (0)
6 New England Revolution (-2)
4 DC United (0)
4 Chicago Fire SC (-1)
1 Philadelphia Union (-4)
1 Montreal Impact (-8)
0 Toronto FC (-6)
WEST
12 Real Salt Lake (+5)
9 San Jose Earthquakes (+4)
9 Colorado Rapids (+2)
8 Vancouver Whitecaps FC (+3)
7 FC Dallas (-2)
6 Seattle Sounders FC (+3)
4 Portland Timbers (0)
3 LA Galaxy (-2)
3 CD Chivas USA (-2)
MLS TEAM & PLAYER NEWS
NEW YORK RED BULLS
Teemu Tainio will be out 4-6 weeks after suffering a knee injury in training this week.
MLS RESERVE LEAGUE
Matches & Scores:
-Sat Apr 7
Columbus Crew v New York Red Bulls
-Sun Apr 8
Real Salt Lake v Colorado Rapids
San Jose Earthquakes v Vancouver Whitecaps FC
-Mon Apr 9
Philadelphia Union v New England Revolution
-Tue Apr 10
Sporting Kansas City v Chicago Fire SC
FC Dallas v Houston Dynamo
Seattle Sounders FC v Portland Timbers
Toronto FC v Montreal Impact
Standings
NASL NEWS
Paul Kennedy of Soccer America with a concise NASL season preview.
NASL SCOREBOARD
Opening weekend schedule!
Matches & Scores:
-Sat Apr 7
Atlanta Silverbacks v San Antonio Scorpions
Fort Lauderdale Strikers v FC Edmonton
Puerto Rico Islanders v Tampa Bay Rowdies
Minnesota Stars FC v Carolina RailHawks
Watch online
USL PRO NEWS
Opening Weekend is here.
Matches & Scores:
-Fri Apr 6
Antigua Barracuda FC v Pittsburgh Riverhounds
-Sat Apr 7
Richmond Kickers v Charleston Battery
Charlotte Eagles v Orlando City
-Sun Apr 8
Antigua Barracuda FC v Pittsburgh Riverhounds
Standings
USA U17 TEAM
In France for the Mondial Montaigu tournament.
Matches & Scores:
-Wed Apr 3
USA 4-0 UAE - USA goals by Ahinga Selemani, Tyler Turner, Wesley Wade & Bradford Jamieson.
-Thu Apr 5
USA 0-1 Portugal
The 4 group winners advance, so the USA is out of the tournament.
Standings:
Group A
6 France (+5)
3 Mexico (0)
0 Cameroon (-5)
Group B
6 Portugal (+4)
3 USA (+3)
0 UAE (-7)
Group C
4 England (+1)
2 Japan (0)
1 Morocco (-1)
Group D
6 Russia (+3)
3 China (-1)
0 Ivory Coast (-3)
Roster
G:
Paul Christensen - Seattle Sounders Academy
Evan Louro - New York Red Bulls Academy
D:
Adonis Amaya - Chivas USA Academy
Elijah Martin - Cal Odyssey
Shaquell Moore - Cobb FC
Kevin Politz - New York Red Bulls Academy
Tommy Redding - FC America Premier
John Requejo Jr - Real So Cal
Tyler Turner - South Central Premier
M:
Corey Baird - San Diego Surf
Junior Flores - McLean Youth Soccer
Angel Heredia - San Jose Earthquakes Academy
Cameron Lindley - Indiana United
Rubio Rubin - Westside Metros
F:
Bradford Jamieson - Chivas USA Academy
DeAndre Robinson - Concorde Fire
Ahinga Selemani - CSA Wolves
Wesley Wade - New York Red Bulls Academy
EUROPE
KNVB Beker - Final
Matches & Scores:
-Sun Apr 8
PSV v Heracles
COPA LIBERTADORES
A win for Libertad puts them and Vasco into the knock out rounds.
dN
ADVANCED: Fluminense(Brazil), Lanus(Argentina), Libertad(Paraguay), Universidad Chile(Chile), Vasco Da Gama(Brazil)
ELIMINATED: Alianza Lima(Peru), Juan Aurich(Peru), Nacional(Uruguay), Penarol(Uruguay), Deportivo Tachira(Venezuela)
dN
Group Stage
Matches & Scores:
-Tue Apr 3
Lanus 6-0 Olimpia - Lan goals by Mariano Pavone(2), Mauro Camoranesi, Mario Regueiro, Diego Valeri & Silvio Romero.
Deportivo Tachira 1-1 Cruz Azul - DT goal by Mauricio Parra. CA goal by Chaco Gimenez.
Alianza Lima 1-2 Vasco da Gama - AL goal by Miguel Curiel. VDG goals both by Felipe Bastos.
-Wed Apr 4
Godoy Cruz 0-1 Universidad Chile - UC goal by Angelo Henriquez.
Internacional 1-1 Santos - Int goal by Nei. San goal by Alan Kardec.
Emelec 3-2 Flamengo - Eme goals by Luciano Figueroa(2) & Fernando Gaibor(PK). Fla goals by Leo Moura & Deivid.
Junior 3-0 Universidad Ca - Jun goals by Ivan Velez, Luis Paez & Vladimir Hernandez.
-Thu Apr 5
Libertad 2-1 Nacional - Lib goals by Pablo Velazquez & Victor Caceres. Nac goal by Tabare Viudez.
Juan Aurich 1-0 The Strongest - JA goal by Javier Araujo.
dN
Standings
Group 1
10 Santos (+5)
8 Internacional (+5)
7 The Strongest (-4)
OUT-3 Juan Aurich (-6)
Group 2
ADV-10 Lanus (+8)
7 Olimpia (-5)
6 Emelec (-2)
5 Flamengo (-1)
Group 3
7 Union Espanola (+3)
7 Bolivar (0)
6 Universidad Catholica (-2)
4 Junior (-1)
Group 4
ADV-12 Fluminense (+4)
7 Boca Juniors (+2)
3 Arsenal (-1)
1 Zamora (-5)
Group 5
ADV-10 Vasco Da Gama (+3)
ADV-10 Libertad (+3)
OUT-6 Nacional (-1)
OUT-3 Alianza Lima (-5)
Group 6
8 Cruz Azul (+4)
8 Corintians (+3)
4 Nacional Asuncion (-2)
OUT-3 Tachira (-5)
Group 7
9 Velez Sarsfield (+4)
6 Defensor Sporting (-1)
4 Deportivo Quito (0)
4 Guadalajara (-3)
Group 8
ADV-10 Universidad Chile (+4)
8 Atletico Nacional (+6)
5 Godoy Cruz (-4)
OUT-1 Penarol (-6)
ENDERS
Black Moth Super Rainbow - Spraypaint. Via the Original Winger.
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