Some Soccer News for Tue Apr 10, 2012
STARTERS
The Clint Dempsey Show does not seem to be getting anywhere close to slowing down right now, with a goal yesterday that may or may not be ruled an own goal giving him 16 Premier League goals on the season, 22 in all competitions for Fulham.
-Here is video of post game interviews with his manager, captain and the man himself after their tie with Chelsea yesterday. Thanks for Claude for the link.
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Raphael Honigstein of Sports Illustrated previews a huge Borussia Dortmund v Bayern Munich match on Wednesday.
-They are #1 & #2, and three points apart, in the Bundesliga title race with only 5 matches left to play.
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Sources say that MLS will play Chelsea in the annual All Star game on Jul 25 in Philadelphia.
MINNESOTA STARS FC
Match & Score:
-Sat Apr 14
Fort Lauderdale Strikers FC v Minnesota Stars FC
Venue: Lockhart Stadium
TASTIEST MLS GAME OF THE WEEKEND
Michael C Lewis of the Salt Lake Tribune looks forward to the biggest game of the MLS season so far.
-Sat Apr 14
Sporting Kansas City v Real Salt Lake - 7:30pm
Venue: Livestrong Sporting Park
DU NORD AT THE CONTROLS
du Nord at the Controls - Tue Apr 10, 2012 - new music mix at Spotify.
STORY OF THE DAY
Robert Andrew Powell has a new book out called This Love Is Not for Cowards. It is about the devastation of the Mexican city Juarez and that cities love affair with its futbol team - Indios.
Powell writing for the New York Times goes back to Juarez for a follow up article on where the city is today and what happened to their once hopeful team.
You can expect a full review of Powell's book very soon right here at du Nord.
TEAM USA - EL EQUIPO DE TODOS
Michael Lewis of Big Apple Soccer throws Kenny Coopers name into the USA pool.
BIG EUROPEAN CLUB MATCHES
Matches & Scores:
-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
BUMMER OF THE DAY
The guys who own Toronto FC make the owners of the New England Revolution look like they give a damn.
Sports Business Daily has an article about the TFC owners MLSE placing ads in the Toronto newspapers apologizing to fans for how bad their NHL hockey team is.
They might as well buy those same ads for the next two days as well and just replace Maple Leafs with Raptors one day and Toronto FC the next. Cuz they all stink, and they will as long as these bozos own the teams. MLSE has no idea how to run a winning sports team. I have heard all kinds of crap from Major League Soccer people about how MLSE is a fantastic ownership group that really knows how to run a business. Well guess what, they have no idea how to win and that is Bullet Point #1 in how to run a SPORTS business book.
HMMMMM, VERY INTERESTING
Coyle Media has a video interview with Chris Schlosser, general manager of MLS's digital initiatives.
-Thanks to Soccer America for the heads up.
FACT OF THE DAY
The CONCACAF U20 2013 World Cup qualifying tourney will be played next spring Feb 18-Mar 2 in Puebla, Mexico. 4 teams will advance.
-AND-
The CONCACAF U17 2013 World Cup qualifying tourney will be played next spring Apr 6-19 in Panama City, Panama. 4 teams will advance.
VIDEO OF THE DAY
Pedro Pinto of CNN does an interview with Brad Friedel, who's shirt looks like it was dragged behind a truck through a cow pasture.
PICTURE OF THE DAY
The new stadium in Houston already looks playable!
MLS MATCHES & SCORES
Week 6
-Sat Apr 14
Philadelphia Union v Columbus Crew - 2:30PM CT on NBCSN
Venue: PPL Park
New England Revolution v DC United - 3:00PM CT
Venue: Gillette Stadium
Seattle Sounders FC v Colorado Rapids - 3:00PM CT
Venue: CenturyLink Field
Toronto FC v CD Chivas USA - 3:30PM CT
Venue: BMO Field
New York Red Bulls v San Jose Earthquakes - 6:00PM CT
Venue: Red Bull Arena
FC Dallas v Montreal Impact - 7:30PM CT
Venue: FC Dallas Stadium
Sporting Kansas City v Real Salt Lake - 7:30PM CT
Venue: Livestrong Sporting Park
LA Galaxy v Portland Timbers - 9:30PM CT
Venue: The Home Depot Center
-Sun Apr 15
Chicago Fire SC v Houston Dynamo - 6:00PM CT on Galavision
Venue: Toyota Park
Bye: Vancouver Whitecaps FC
MLS STANDINGS
EAST
15 Sporting Kansas City (+7)
9 New York Red Bulls (+6)
6 Houston Dynamo (0)
6 Columbus Crew (-2)
6 New England Revolution (-2)
5 DC United (0)
4 Chicago Fire SC (-1)
4 Montreal Impact (-7)
1 Philadelphia Union (-4)
0 Toronto FC (-7)
WEST
15 Real Salt Lake (+7)
12 San Jose Earthquakes (+6)
9 Colorado Rapids (0)
8 Vancouver Whitecaps FC (+1)
7 Seattle Sounders FC (+3)
7 FC Dallas (-2)
6 CD Chivas USA (-1)
4 Portland Timbers (-1)
3 LA Galaxy (-3)
MLS TEAM & PLAYER NEWS
General News
New England Revolution midfielder Shalrie Joseph has been suspended for one game and fined an undisclosed amount for a reckless challenge that endangered the safety of his opponent.
Nick Green of the Daily Breeze tells us about 5 players who have impressed him so far this season that we did not expect a lot from.
Player Transactions
LA has traded forward Paolo Cardozo to neighbors Chivas USA for defender David Junior Lopes.
Toronto FC has signed 18 year old goalkeeper Quillan Roberts from their academy.
CHICAGO FIRE
Leonor Vivanco of Red Eye has a feature story on Arne Freiedrich.
-And an accompanying visual Q & A.
COLORADO RAPIDS
Craig De Aragon of the Post writes that head coach Oscar Pareja got his tactics wrong against Salt Lake, and hands out performance grades to Rapids players.
COLUMBUS CREW
Adam Jardy of the Dispatch with new team notes from the Crew.
DC UNITED
Steve Goff of the Washington Post with the latest team notes from DCU.
DC will play a friendly this summer against Juventus on Jul 28 as part of a doubleheader game with Chelsea v Milan in Landover MD at FedEx Field.
Craig Stouffer of the Examiner writes about old pal re-united - Danny Cruz and Nick DeLeon.
HOUSTON DYNAMO
Jose Ortiz of the Chronicle looks at the Dynamo midfield that is suddenly full of holes.
-Three of four starters are out this week: Brad Davis calf injury, Adam Moffett suspension, Colin Clark suspension.
MONTREAL IMPACT
Randy Phillips of the Gazette looks at 1st year pro forward Andrew Wenger who is trying to complete his college work while compete for a starting spot on the field.
NEW YORK RED BULLS
Brian Lewis of the Post with an article on Mehdi Ballouchy who looks like he might be starting to live up to his potential.
Kristian Dyer of Big Apple Soccer writes about asst coach Mike Petke playing his role in filling roster depth with quality.
PHILADELPHIA UNION
Marc Narducci of the Inquirer (corrected) with an article on Gabe Farfan. (from last Friday but still relevant)
PORTLAND TIMBERS
Timbers Army knows how to do smoke!
REAL SALT LAKE
Gordon Monson of the Salt Lake Tribune declares that RSL will win MLS Cup! Mark his words.
SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES
Chris Wondolowski has scored 14 goals in his past 14 games going back into last season. Wow.
-Thanks to CB for that piece of info.
TORONTO FC
Neil Davidson of the Canadian Press says Torsten Frings is very close to being ready to play again, oh, and Frings also runs the team if you didn't know that.
VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC
Bruce Constantineau of the Sun looks at what the Caps are up to with a week off from MLS.
Marc Weber of the Province breaks down the Caps faults in their first loss of the season.
MLS RESERVE LEAGUE
Matches & Scores:
-Tue Apr 10
Sporting Kansas City v Chicago Fire SC
FC Dallas v Houston Dynamo
Seattle Sounders FC v Portland Timbers
-Wed Apr 11
Toronto FC v Montreal Impact
Standings
AMERICANS IN EUROPE
Brian Sciaretta of Yanks Abroad talks to Leo Krupnik who plays in Israel and his Maccabi Netanya team is having a very good season.
dN
Game Action:
GERMANY - Bundesliga
Alfredo Morales - Hertha Berlin - Tue Apr 10 - on the bench as they lost 1-2 v Freiburg.
ITALY - Serie A
Michael Bradley - Chievo Verona - Tue Apr 10 - played the entire game but lost 0-1 v Milan.
dN
Coming Up:
GERMANY - Bundesliga
Terrence Boyd - Dortmund - Wed Apr 11 v Bayern Munich
Timmy Chandler - Nurnberg - Wed Apr 11 v Schalke
Steve Cherundolo - Hannover - Wed Apr 11 v Wolfsburg
Joe Gyau - Hoffenheim - Wed Apr 11 v Hamburg
Fabian Johnson - Hoffenheim - Wed Apr 11 v Hamburg
Jermaine Jones - Schalke - Wed Apr 11 at Nurnberg
Daniel Williams - Hoffenheim - Wed Apr 11 v Hamburg
Andrew Wooten - Kaiserslautern - Wed Apr 11 at Bayer Leverkusen
David Yelldell - Bayer Leverkusen - Wed Apr 11 v Kaiserslautern
GERMANY - 2 Bundesliga
Matt Taylor - Paderborn - Wed Apr 11 at Erzgebirge Aue
NETHERLANDS - Eredivisie
Jozy Altidore - AZ - Wed Apr 11 v Twente
FRANCE
Coupe De France - Semifinals
Lyon cruises into the Final today.
Matches & Scores:
-Tue Apr 10
Gazelec Ajaccio 0-4 Lyon
-Wed Apr 11
Quevilly v Rennes
TOP EURO CLUB GOAL SCORERS
As of Tue Apr 10
Primera Division
39 Lionel Messi
37 Cristiano Ronaldo
20 Radamael Falcao
20 Gonzalo Higuain
17 Karim Benzema
Premier League
26 Robin Van Persie
22 Wayne Rooney
17 Kun Aguero
16 Demba Ba
16 Clint Dempsey
Bundesliga
25 Mario Gomez
24 Klaas Jan Huntelaar
19 Robert Lewandowski
17 Lukas Podolski
16 Claudio Pizarro
Serie A
23 Zlatan Ibrahimovic
20 Antonio Di Natale
19 Edison Cavani
18 Diego Milito
17 Rodrigo Palacio
Ligue 1
18 Oliver Giroud
14 Eden Hazard
13 Nene
12 Bafetimbi Gomis
12 Lisandro Lopez
COPA LIBERTADORES
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)
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Group Stage
Matches & Scores:
-Tue Apr 10
Deportivo Quito v Defensor Sporting
Zamora v Arsenal
Union Espanol v Bolivar
Atletico Nacional v Penarol
-Wed Apr 11
Guadalajara v Velez Sarsfield
Nacional Asuncion v Corinthians
Fluminense v Boca Juniors
-Thu Apr 12
Flamengo v Lanus
Olimpia v Emelec
Alianza Lima v Libertad
Nacional v Vasco da Gama
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)
BIG PIMPIN
Adidas is pushing the hell out of something they call "micoach." See video here.
For the life of me I can't figure out what it does beyond tell you have far you have run. Maybe speed?
Anyway, its their big feature for the MLS All Star game in the summer when a big foreign team plays the best MLS players.
They are supposedly announcing Chelsea as the MLS opponent on Wed morning.
The Clint Dempsey Show does not seem to be getting anywhere close to slowing down right now, with a goal yesterday that may or may not be ruled an own goal giving him 16 Premier League goals on the season, 22 in all competitions for Fulham.
-Here is video of post game interviews with his manager, captain and the man himself after their tie with Chelsea yesterday. Thanks for Claude for the link.
dN
Raphael Honigstein of Sports Illustrated previews a huge Borussia Dortmund v Bayern Munich match on Wednesday.
-They are #1 & #2, and three points apart, in the Bundesliga title race with only 5 matches left to play.
dN
Sources say that MLS will play Chelsea in the annual All Star game on Jul 25 in Philadelphia.
MINNESOTA STARS FC
Match & Score:
-Sat Apr 14
Fort Lauderdale Strikers FC v Minnesota Stars FC
Venue: Lockhart Stadium
TASTIEST MLS GAME OF THE WEEKEND
Michael C Lewis of the Salt Lake Tribune looks forward to the biggest game of the MLS season so far.
-Sat Apr 14
Sporting Kansas City v Real Salt Lake - 7:30pm
Venue: Livestrong Sporting Park
DU NORD AT THE CONTROLS
du Nord at the Controls - Tue Apr 10, 2012 - new music mix at Spotify.
STORY OF THE DAY
Robert Andrew Powell has a new book out called This Love Is Not for Cowards. It is about the devastation of the Mexican city Juarez and that cities love affair with its futbol team - Indios.
Powell writing for the New York Times goes back to Juarez for a follow up article on where the city is today and what happened to their once hopeful team.
You can expect a full review of Powell's book very soon right here at du Nord.
TEAM USA - EL EQUIPO DE TODOS
Michael Lewis of Big Apple Soccer throws Kenny Coopers name into the USA pool.
BIG EUROPEAN CLUB MATCHES
Matches & Scores:
-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
BUMMER OF THE DAY
The guys who own Toronto FC make the owners of the New England Revolution look like they give a damn.
Sports Business Daily has an article about the TFC owners MLSE placing ads in the Toronto newspapers apologizing to fans for how bad their NHL hockey team is.
They might as well buy those same ads for the next two days as well and just replace Maple Leafs with Raptors one day and Toronto FC the next. Cuz they all stink, and they will as long as these bozos own the teams. MLSE has no idea how to run a winning sports team. I have heard all kinds of crap from Major League Soccer people about how MLSE is a fantastic ownership group that really knows how to run a business. Well guess what, they have no idea how to win and that is Bullet Point #1 in how to run a SPORTS business book.
HMMMMM, VERY INTERESTING
Coyle Media has a video interview with Chris Schlosser, general manager of MLS's digital initiatives.
-Thanks to Soccer America for the heads up.
FACT OF THE DAY
The CONCACAF U20 2013 World Cup qualifying tourney will be played next spring Feb 18-Mar 2 in Puebla, Mexico. 4 teams will advance.
-AND-
The CONCACAF U17 2013 World Cup qualifying tourney will be played next spring Apr 6-19 in Panama City, Panama. 4 teams will advance.
VIDEO OF THE DAY
Pedro Pinto of CNN does an interview with Brad Friedel, who's shirt looks like it was dragged behind a truck through a cow pasture.
PICTURE OF THE DAY
The new stadium in Houston already looks playable!
MLS MATCHES & SCORES
Week 6
-Sat Apr 14
Philadelphia Union v Columbus Crew - 2:30PM CT on NBCSN
Venue: PPL Park
New England Revolution v DC United - 3:00PM CT
Venue: Gillette Stadium
Seattle Sounders FC v Colorado Rapids - 3:00PM CT
Venue: CenturyLink Field
Toronto FC v CD Chivas USA - 3:30PM CT
Venue: BMO Field
New York Red Bulls v San Jose Earthquakes - 6:00PM CT
Venue: Red Bull Arena
FC Dallas v Montreal Impact - 7:30PM CT
Venue: FC Dallas Stadium
Sporting Kansas City v Real Salt Lake - 7:30PM CT
Venue: Livestrong Sporting Park
LA Galaxy v Portland Timbers - 9:30PM CT
Venue: The Home Depot Center
-Sun Apr 15
Chicago Fire SC v Houston Dynamo - 6:00PM CT on Galavision
Venue: Toyota Park
Bye: Vancouver Whitecaps FC
MLS STANDINGS
EAST
15 Sporting Kansas City (+7)
9 New York Red Bulls (+6)
6 Houston Dynamo (0)
6 Columbus Crew (-2)
6 New England Revolution (-2)
5 DC United (0)
4 Chicago Fire SC (-1)
4 Montreal Impact (-7)
1 Philadelphia Union (-4)
0 Toronto FC (-7)
WEST
15 Real Salt Lake (+7)
12 San Jose Earthquakes (+6)
9 Colorado Rapids (0)
8 Vancouver Whitecaps FC (+1)
7 Seattle Sounders FC (+3)
7 FC Dallas (-2)
6 CD Chivas USA (-1)
4 Portland Timbers (-1)
3 LA Galaxy (-3)
MLS TEAM & PLAYER NEWS
General News
New England Revolution midfielder Shalrie Joseph has been suspended for one game and fined an undisclosed amount for a reckless challenge that endangered the safety of his opponent.
Nick Green of the Daily Breeze tells us about 5 players who have impressed him so far this season that we did not expect a lot from.
Player Transactions
LA has traded forward Paolo Cardozo to neighbors Chivas USA for defender David Junior Lopes.
Toronto FC has signed 18 year old goalkeeper Quillan Roberts from their academy.
CHICAGO FIRE
Leonor Vivanco of Red Eye has a feature story on Arne Freiedrich.
-And an accompanying visual Q & A.
COLORADO RAPIDS
Craig De Aragon of the Post writes that head coach Oscar Pareja got his tactics wrong against Salt Lake, and hands out performance grades to Rapids players.
COLUMBUS CREW
Adam Jardy of the Dispatch with new team notes from the Crew.
DC UNITED
Steve Goff of the Washington Post with the latest team notes from DCU.
DC will play a friendly this summer against Juventus on Jul 28 as part of a doubleheader game with Chelsea v Milan in Landover MD at FedEx Field.
Craig Stouffer of the Examiner writes about old pal re-united - Danny Cruz and Nick DeLeon.
HOUSTON DYNAMO
Jose Ortiz of the Chronicle looks at the Dynamo midfield that is suddenly full of holes.
-Three of four starters are out this week: Brad Davis calf injury, Adam Moffett suspension, Colin Clark suspension.
MONTREAL IMPACT
Randy Phillips of the Gazette looks at 1st year pro forward Andrew Wenger who is trying to complete his college work while compete for a starting spot on the field.
NEW YORK RED BULLS
Brian Lewis of the Post with an article on Mehdi Ballouchy who looks like he might be starting to live up to his potential.
Kristian Dyer of Big Apple Soccer writes about asst coach Mike Petke playing his role in filling roster depth with quality.
PHILADELPHIA UNION
Marc Narducci of the Inquirer (corrected) with an article on Gabe Farfan. (from last Friday but still relevant)
PORTLAND TIMBERS
Timbers Army knows how to do smoke!
REAL SALT LAKE
Gordon Monson of the Salt Lake Tribune declares that RSL will win MLS Cup! Mark his words.
SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES
Chris Wondolowski has scored 14 goals in his past 14 games going back into last season. Wow.
-Thanks to CB for that piece of info.
TORONTO FC
Neil Davidson of the Canadian Press says Torsten Frings is very close to being ready to play again, oh, and Frings also runs the team if you didn't know that.
VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC
Bruce Constantineau of the Sun looks at what the Caps are up to with a week off from MLS.
Marc Weber of the Province breaks down the Caps faults in their first loss of the season.
MLS RESERVE LEAGUE
Matches & Scores:
-Tue Apr 10
Sporting Kansas City v Chicago Fire SC
FC Dallas v Houston Dynamo
Seattle Sounders FC v Portland Timbers
-Wed Apr 11
Toronto FC v Montreal Impact
Standings
AMERICANS IN EUROPE
Brian Sciaretta of Yanks Abroad talks to Leo Krupnik who plays in Israel and his Maccabi Netanya team is having a very good season.
dN
Game Action:
GERMANY - Bundesliga
Alfredo Morales - Hertha Berlin - Tue Apr 10 - on the bench as they lost 1-2 v Freiburg.
ITALY - Serie A
Michael Bradley - Chievo Verona - Tue Apr 10 - played the entire game but lost 0-1 v Milan.
dN
Coming Up:
GERMANY - Bundesliga
Terrence Boyd - Dortmund - Wed Apr 11 v Bayern Munich
Timmy Chandler - Nurnberg - Wed Apr 11 v Schalke
Steve Cherundolo - Hannover - Wed Apr 11 v Wolfsburg
Joe Gyau - Hoffenheim - Wed Apr 11 v Hamburg
Fabian Johnson - Hoffenheim - Wed Apr 11 v Hamburg
Jermaine Jones - Schalke - Wed Apr 11 at Nurnberg
Daniel Williams - Hoffenheim - Wed Apr 11 v Hamburg
Andrew Wooten - Kaiserslautern - Wed Apr 11 at Bayer Leverkusen
David Yelldell - Bayer Leverkusen - Wed Apr 11 v Kaiserslautern
GERMANY - 2 Bundesliga
Matt Taylor - Paderborn - Wed Apr 11 at Erzgebirge Aue
NETHERLANDS - Eredivisie
Jozy Altidore - AZ - Wed Apr 11 v Twente
FRANCE
Coupe De France - Semifinals
Lyon cruises into the Final today.
Matches & Scores:
-Tue Apr 10
Gazelec Ajaccio 0-4 Lyon
-Wed Apr 11
Quevilly v Rennes
TOP EURO CLUB GOAL SCORERS
As of Tue Apr 10
Primera Division
39 Lionel Messi
37 Cristiano Ronaldo
20 Radamael Falcao
20 Gonzalo Higuain
17 Karim Benzema
Premier League
26 Robin Van Persie
22 Wayne Rooney
17 Kun Aguero
16 Demba Ba
16 Clint Dempsey
Bundesliga
25 Mario Gomez
24 Klaas Jan Huntelaar
19 Robert Lewandowski
17 Lukas Podolski
16 Claudio Pizarro
Serie A
23 Zlatan Ibrahimovic
20 Antonio Di Natale
19 Edison Cavani
18 Diego Milito
17 Rodrigo Palacio
Ligue 1
18 Oliver Giroud
14 Eden Hazard
13 Nene
12 Bafetimbi Gomis
12 Lisandro Lopez
COPA LIBERTADORES
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 10
Deportivo Quito v Defensor Sporting
Zamora v Arsenal
Union Espanol v Bolivar
Atletico Nacional v Penarol
-Wed Apr 11
Guadalajara v Velez Sarsfield
Nacional Asuncion v Corinthians
Fluminense v Boca Juniors
-Thu Apr 12
Flamengo v Lanus
Olimpia v Emelec
Alianza Lima v Libertad
Nacional v Vasco da Gama
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)
BIG PIMPIN
Adidas is pushing the hell out of something they call "micoach." See video here.
For the life of me I can't figure out what it does beyond tell you have far you have run. Maybe speed?
Anyway, its their big feature for the MLS All Star game in the summer when a big foreign team plays the best MLS players.
They are supposedly announcing Chelsea as the MLS opponent on Wed morning.
posted by brucio at 18:01
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It comes from the cycling world, they have perfected the optimal training levels during a long season to maximize performance.
Pushing someone to much for the all mighty dollar is a good way to get someone killed. there has to be a balance of entertainment and preserving the athletes health
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