Some Soccer News for Fri May 11, 2012
STARTERS
What the hell is this? Its obviously picnic time with Sir Alex Ferguson! Come on Booboo! This is the 2012-13 Man U shirt!
dN
The German Cup Final is Saturday with the perfect matchup of Dortmund v Bayern. See details below.
dN
6 big teams are matched up in the Copa Libertadores Quarterfinals, which will make for some high profile games!
-Vasco da Gama v Corinthians
-Boca Juniors v Fluminense
-Velez Sarsfield v Santos
MINNESOTA STARS FC
Match & Score:
-Sat May 12
Minnesota Stars FC v Carolina RailHawks - 7:30PM CT
Venue: NSC Stadium
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 140 teams in our league!
LateNight504FC managed by Alan Kansas is still in 1st Place!
TASTIEST MLS GAME OF THE WEEKEND
The debut of BBVA Compass Stadium on Saturday with Houston Dynamo v DC United - 3:30PM CT on NBCSN
And then...
Saturday night its Seattle Sounders FC v Real Salt Lake - 9:00PM CT at CenturyLink Field on local channels, MLSLive.com or Direct Kick.
THE LAMAR HUNT US OPEN CUP
The First Round launches next Tuesday. We will post all the matches on Monday.
QUOTE OF THE DAY
@SportingTimes - "Lugubrious": the perfect descriptor for midweek game at Gillette.
BIG EUROPEAN CLUB MATCHES
Race for the title in the five biggest European leagues:
Premier League - 1 game left
86 Manchester City (+63 GD) - NEXT: Sun May 13 v Queens Park Rangers
86 Manchester United (+55 GD) - NEXT: Sun May 13 at Sunderland
Ligue 1 - 2 games left
76 Montpellier - NEXT: Sun May 13 v Lille
73 PSG - NEXT: Sun May 13 v Rennes
71 Lille - NEXT: Sun May 13 at Montpellier
Bundesliga
CHAMPION! - Borussia Dortmund
La Liga
CHAMPIONS! Real Madrid
Serie A
CHAMPIONS! - Juventus
RELEGATION BATTLES IN FOUR OF THE BIG EUROPEAN LEAGUES
Here are the standings and forthcoming matches.
Premier League (37 of 38 played)
-bottom 3 relegated
38 Aston Villa (-14) - NEXT: Sun May 13 at Norwich
37 Queens Park Rangers (-22) - NEXT: Sun May 13 at Manchester City
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35 Bolton (-31) - NEXT: Sun May 13 at Stoke
REL-Blackburn
REL-Wolverhampton
Primera Division (37 of 38 played)
-bottom 3 relegated
42 Granada (-20) - NEXT: Sun May 13 at Rayo Vallecano
41 Villarreal (-13) - NEXT: Sun May 13 v Atletico Madrid
40 Rayo Vallecano (-21) - NEXT: Sun May 13 v Granada
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40 Real Zaragoza (-27) - NEXT: Sun May 13 at Getafe
37 Sporting Gijon (-26) - NEXT: Sun May 13 at Malaga
REL-Racing Santander
Serie A (37 of 38 played)
-bottom 3 relegated
39 Genoa (-21) - NEXT: Sun May 13 v Palermo
-----
36 Lecce (-15) - NEXT: Sun May 13 at Chievo
REL-Novara
REL-Cesena
Ligue 1 (36 of 38 played)
-bottom 3 relegated
40 Valenciennes (-11) - NEXT: Sun May 13 at Brest
39 Lorient (-12) - NEXT: Sun May 13 at Bordeaux
38 Nice (-8) - NEXT: Sun May 13 v Evian
38 Caen (-16) - NEXT: Sun May 13 v Sochaux
37 Ajaccio (-23) - NEXT: Sun May 13 v Lyon
36 Sochaux (-23) - NEXT: Sun May 13 at Caen
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35 Brest (-9) - NEXT: Sun May 13 v Valenciennes
35 Dijon (-20) - NEXT: Sun May 13 v Toulouse
34 Auxerre (-7) - NEXT: Sun May 13 at Marseille
STAT OF THE DAY
So far over $1.7 Billion has been spent to build MLS stadiums!
PICTURE OF THE DAY
Liverpool has left long time uniform manufacturer Adidas to sign with New Balance subsidiary Warrior. Quite the coup for Warrior to snap up jersey sales for one of the biggest teams on earth. Here is the what the new shirt looks like:
MLS MATCHES & SCORES
WEEK 10
-Wed May 9
New York Red Bulls 1-0 Houston Dynamo - NYRB goal by Kenny Cooper.
Venue: Red Bull Arena
Atten: 11,315
Chicago Fire SC 0-0 Real Salt Lake
Venue: Toyota Park
Atten: 13,544
FC Dallas 0-2 Seattle Sounders FC - SS goals both by Fredy Montero.
Venue: FC Dallas Stadium
Atten: 10,092
-Sat May 12
Montreal Impact v LA Galaxy - 3:00PM CT
Venue: Olympic Stadium
Houston Dynamo v DC United - 3:30PM CT on NBCSN
Venue: BBVA Compass Stadium
New England Revolution v Vancouver Whitecaps FC - 6:30PM CT
Venue: Gillette Stadium
Columbus Crew v FC Dallas - 6:30PM CT
Venue: Crew Stadium
Chicago Fire SC v Sporting Kansas City - 7:30PM CT
Venue: Toyota Park
Seattle Sounders FC v Real Salt Lake - 9:00PM CT
Venue: CenturyLink Field
-Sun May 13
Philadelphia Union v New York Red Bulls - 11:30AM CT on ESPN2
Venue: PPL Park
San Jose Earthquakes v CD Chivas USA - 6:00PM CT on Galavision
Venue: Buck Shaw Stadium
Bye: Toronto FC and Portland Timbers
MLS STANDINGS
EAST
21 Sporting Kansas City (+7)
19 New York Red Bulls (+6)
18 DC United (+5)
12 Chicago Fire SC (0)
11 Montreal Impact (-4)
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9 New England Revolution (-4)
8 Houston Dynamo (-2)
8 Columbus Crew (-4)
7 Philadelphia Union (-4)
0 Toronto FC (-12)
WEST
23 Real Salt Lake (+6)
22 San Jose Earthquakes (+10)
22 Seattle Sounders FC (+10)
17 Vancouver Whitecaps FC (+2)
15 Colorado Rapids (+3)
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12 FC Dallas (-7)
10 LA Galaxy (-3)
9 CD Chivas USA (-6)
8 Portland Timbers (-4)
CD CHIVAS USA
COLORADO RAPIDS
The Raps will play EPL team Swansea City on Tue Jul 24.
COLUMBUS CREW
The Crew will play EPL team Stoke City on Tue Jul 24.
SPORTING KANSAS CITY SC
KC will play EPL team v Stoke City on Wed Aug 1.
LA GALAXY
The Galaxy will visit President Barrack Obama at the White House on Tue May 15 to celebrate their 2011 MLS Cup.
NEW YORK RED BULLS
Michael Lewis of Big Apple Soccer says that after 10 games Ryan Meara is making the Red Bulls look like they made the correct decision on not signing an expensive veteran goalkeeper for this season.
MLS RESERVE LEAGUE
Matches & Scores:
-Sun May 13
Chicago Fire v Sporting Kansas City
-Mon May 14
San Jose Earthquakes v Chivas USA
Philadelphia Union v New York Red Bulls
-Tue May 15
Toronto FC v New England Revolution
Standings
NASL SCOREBOARD
Matches & Scores:
-Sat May 12
Atlanta Silverbacks v FC Edmonton
Puerto Rico Islanders v Fort Lauderdale Strikers
Tampa Bay Rowdies v San Antonio Scorpions
Minnesota Stars v Carolina RailHawks
Watch online
Standings
10 Puerto Rico (+6)
9 Minnesota (+3)
9 Fort Lauderdale (0)
8 Tampa Bay (0)
7 San Antonio (-1)
4 Edmonton (0)
4 Atlanta (-2)
4 Carolina (-6)
AMERICANS IN MEXICO
Game Action:
La Liguilla - Semifinals
Herculez Gomez - Santos Laguna - 1st Leg - Thu May 10 - came on as a sub in the 74th min as they tied 1-1 at Tigres.
dN
Coming Up:
La Liguilla - Semifinals
Herculez Gomez - Santos Laguna - 2nd Leg - Sun May 13 v Tigres
MEXICO
La Liguilla Clausura - Semifinals
Matches & Scores:
1st Leg
-Wed May 9
America 0-0 Monterrey
-Thu May 10
Tigres 1-1 Santos Laguna - Tig goal by Lucas Lobos. SL goal by Jorge Estrada.
2nd Leg (1st Leg scores included)
-Sat May 12
Monterrey v America (0-0)
-Sun May 13
Santos Laguna v Tigres (1-1)
If the teams are tied after the two legs, then the higher seed advances.
GERMANY
DFB Pokal - Final
Match & Score:
-Sat May 12
Borussia Dortmund v Bayern Munich
COPA LIBERTADORES
The Knockout Stage
U de Chile and Santos both put up huge numbers in advancing, while Fluminense joined them in the quarters, knocking out 2006 & 2010 champs Inter.
There are some huge matchups in the Quarters. See those listed below.
dN
Round of 16
Matches & Scores:
2nd Leg (with 1st Leg scores included)
-Tue May 8
Libertad 2-0 Cruz Azul - Lib advances 3-1 on aggregate - Lib goals by Ariel Nunez & Victor Caceres.
Velez Sarsfield 1-1 Atletico Nacional - VS advances 2-1 on aggregate - VS goal by Augusto Fernandez. AN goal by Luis Mosquera.
-Wed May 9
Union Espanola 2-3 Boca Juniors - BJ advances 5-3 on aggregate - UE goals by Jean Paul Pineda & Sebastien Jaime. BJ goals by Juan Insaurralde, Pablo Mouche & Juan Riquelme.
Corintians 3-0 Emelec - Cor advances 3-0 on aggregate - Cor goals by Fabio Santos, Paulinho & Alex.
Lanus 2-1 Vasco Da Gama - series ends tied at 3-3 & tied on away goals, VG advances 5-4 on Penalty Kicks - Lan goals by Mariano Pavone & Teofilo Gutierrez. VG goal by Nilton.
-Thu May 10
Fluminense 2-1 Internacional - Flu advances 2-1 on aggregate - Flu goals by Leandro Euzebio & Fred. Int goal by Leandro Damiao.
Universidad Chile 6-0 Deportivo Quito UC advances 7-4 on aggregate - UC goals by Junior Fernandes(2), Angelo Henriquez(2), Marcelo Diaz & Eugenio Mena.
Santos 8-0 Bolivar San advances 9-2 on aggregate - San goals by San goals by Elano(2), Neymar(PK), Paulo Henrique Ganso(2), Alan Kardec, Juan Valverde(OG) & Borges.
dN
BRACKET
Fluminense 2-1 Internacional
Union Espanola 3-5 Boca Juniors
Universidad Chile 7-4 Deportivo Quito
Libertad 3-1 Cruz Azul
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Corintians 3-0 Emelec
Lanus 3-3(4-5) Vasco Da Gama
Santos 9-2 Bolivar
Velez Sarsfield 2-1 Atletico Nacional
dN
Quarterfinals
Matches & Scores:
1st Leg
-Wed May 16
Libertad v Universidad Chile
Vasco da Gama v Corinthians
-Thu May 17
Boca Juniors v Fluminense
Velez Sarsfield v Santos
2nd Leg
-Wed May 23
Corinthians v Vasco da Gama
Fluminense v Boca Juniors
-Thu May 24
Universidad Chile v Libertad
Santos v Velez Sarsfield
BIG PIMPIN
Check out these very cool shirts by Didi. Like this one:
What the hell is this? Its obviously picnic time with Sir Alex Ferguson! Come on Booboo! This is the 2012-13 Man U shirt!
dN
The German Cup Final is Saturday with the perfect matchup of Dortmund v Bayern. See details below.
dN
6 big teams are matched up in the Copa Libertadores Quarterfinals, which will make for some high profile games!
-Vasco da Gama v Corinthians
-Boca Juniors v Fluminense
-Velez Sarsfield v Santos
MINNESOTA STARS FC
Match & Score:
-Sat May 12
Minnesota Stars FC v Carolina RailHawks - 7:30PM CT
Venue: NSC Stadium
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 140 teams in our league!
LateNight504FC managed by Alan Kansas is still in 1st Place!
TASTIEST MLS GAME OF THE WEEKEND
The debut of BBVA Compass Stadium on Saturday with Houston Dynamo v DC United - 3:30PM CT on NBCSN
And then...
Saturday night its Seattle Sounders FC v Real Salt Lake - 9:00PM CT at CenturyLink Field on local channels, MLSLive.com or Direct Kick.
THE LAMAR HUNT US OPEN CUP
The First Round launches next Tuesday. We will post all the matches on Monday.
QUOTE OF THE DAY
@SportingTimes - "Lugubrious": the perfect descriptor for midweek game at Gillette.
BIG EUROPEAN CLUB MATCHES
Race for the title in the five biggest European leagues:
Premier League - 1 game left
86 Manchester City (+63 GD) - NEXT: Sun May 13 v Queens Park Rangers
86 Manchester United (+55 GD) - NEXT: Sun May 13 at Sunderland
Ligue 1 - 2 games left
76 Montpellier - NEXT: Sun May 13 v Lille
73 PSG - NEXT: Sun May 13 v Rennes
71 Lille - NEXT: Sun May 13 at Montpellier
Bundesliga
CHAMPION! - Borussia Dortmund
La Liga
CHAMPIONS! Real Madrid
Serie A
CHAMPIONS! - Juventus
RELEGATION BATTLES IN FOUR OF THE BIG EUROPEAN LEAGUES
Here are the standings and forthcoming matches.
Premier League (37 of 38 played)
-bottom 3 relegated
38 Aston Villa (-14) - NEXT: Sun May 13 at Norwich
37 Queens Park Rangers (-22) - NEXT: Sun May 13 at Manchester City
-----
35 Bolton (-31) - NEXT: Sun May 13 at Stoke
REL-Blackburn
REL-Wolverhampton
Primera Division (37 of 38 played)
-bottom 3 relegated
42 Granada (-20) - NEXT: Sun May 13 at Rayo Vallecano
41 Villarreal (-13) - NEXT: Sun May 13 v Atletico Madrid
40 Rayo Vallecano (-21) - NEXT: Sun May 13 v Granada
-----
40 Real Zaragoza (-27) - NEXT: Sun May 13 at Getafe
37 Sporting Gijon (-26) - NEXT: Sun May 13 at Malaga
REL-Racing Santander
Serie A (37 of 38 played)
-bottom 3 relegated
39 Genoa (-21) - NEXT: Sun May 13 v Palermo
-----
36 Lecce (-15) - NEXT: Sun May 13 at Chievo
REL-Novara
REL-Cesena
Ligue 1 (36 of 38 played)
-bottom 3 relegated
40 Valenciennes (-11) - NEXT: Sun May 13 at Brest
39 Lorient (-12) - NEXT: Sun May 13 at Bordeaux
38 Nice (-8) - NEXT: Sun May 13 v Evian
38 Caen (-16) - NEXT: Sun May 13 v Sochaux
37 Ajaccio (-23) - NEXT: Sun May 13 v Lyon
36 Sochaux (-23) - NEXT: Sun May 13 at Caen
-----
35 Brest (-9) - NEXT: Sun May 13 v Valenciennes
35 Dijon (-20) - NEXT: Sun May 13 v Toulouse
34 Auxerre (-7) - NEXT: Sun May 13 at Marseille
STAT OF THE DAY
So far over $1.7 Billion has been spent to build MLS stadiums!
PICTURE OF THE DAY
Liverpool has left long time uniform manufacturer Adidas to sign with New Balance subsidiary Warrior. Quite the coup for Warrior to snap up jersey sales for one of the biggest teams on earth. Here is the what the new shirt looks like:
MLS MATCHES & SCORES
WEEK 10
-Wed May 9
New York Red Bulls 1-0 Houston Dynamo - NYRB goal by Kenny Cooper.
Venue: Red Bull Arena
Atten: 11,315
Chicago Fire SC 0-0 Real Salt Lake
Venue: Toyota Park
Atten: 13,544
FC Dallas 0-2 Seattle Sounders FC - SS goals both by Fredy Montero.
Venue: FC Dallas Stadium
Atten: 10,092
-Sat May 12
Montreal Impact v LA Galaxy - 3:00PM CT
Venue: Olympic Stadium
Houston Dynamo v DC United - 3:30PM CT on NBCSN
Venue: BBVA Compass Stadium
New England Revolution v Vancouver Whitecaps FC - 6:30PM CT
Venue: Gillette Stadium
Columbus Crew v FC Dallas - 6:30PM CT
Venue: Crew Stadium
Chicago Fire SC v Sporting Kansas City - 7:30PM CT
Venue: Toyota Park
Seattle Sounders FC v Real Salt Lake - 9:00PM CT
Venue: CenturyLink Field
-Sun May 13
Philadelphia Union v New York Red Bulls - 11:30AM CT on ESPN2
Venue: PPL Park
San Jose Earthquakes v CD Chivas USA - 6:00PM CT on Galavision
Venue: Buck Shaw Stadium
Bye: Toronto FC and Portland Timbers
MLS STANDINGS
EAST
21 Sporting Kansas City (+7)
19 New York Red Bulls (+6)
18 DC United (+5)
12 Chicago Fire SC (0)
11 Montreal Impact (-4)
-----
9 New England Revolution (-4)
8 Houston Dynamo (-2)
8 Columbus Crew (-4)
7 Philadelphia Union (-4)
0 Toronto FC (-12)
WEST
23 Real Salt Lake (+6)
22 San Jose Earthquakes (+10)
22 Seattle Sounders FC (+10)
17 Vancouver Whitecaps FC (+2)
15 Colorado Rapids (+3)
-----
12 FC Dallas (-7)
10 LA Galaxy (-3)
9 CD Chivas USA (-6)
8 Portland Timbers (-4)
CD CHIVAS USA
COLORADO RAPIDS
The Raps will play EPL team Swansea City on Tue Jul 24.
COLUMBUS CREW
The Crew will play EPL team Stoke City on Tue Jul 24.
SPORTING KANSAS CITY SC
KC will play EPL team v Stoke City on Wed Aug 1.
LA GALAXY
The Galaxy will visit President Barrack Obama at the White House on Tue May 15 to celebrate their 2011 MLS Cup.
NEW YORK RED BULLS
Michael Lewis of Big Apple Soccer says that after 10 games Ryan Meara is making the Red Bulls look like they made the correct decision on not signing an expensive veteran goalkeeper for this season.
MLS RESERVE LEAGUE
Matches & Scores:
-Sun May 13
Chicago Fire v Sporting Kansas City
-Mon May 14
San Jose Earthquakes v Chivas USA
Philadelphia Union v New York Red Bulls
-Tue May 15
Toronto FC v New England Revolution
Standings
NASL SCOREBOARD
Matches & Scores:
-Sat May 12
Atlanta Silverbacks v FC Edmonton
Puerto Rico Islanders v Fort Lauderdale Strikers
Tampa Bay Rowdies v San Antonio Scorpions
Minnesota Stars v Carolina RailHawks
Watch online
Standings
10 Puerto Rico (+6)
9 Minnesota (+3)
9 Fort Lauderdale (0)
8 Tampa Bay (0)
7 San Antonio (-1)
4 Edmonton (0)
4 Atlanta (-2)
4 Carolina (-6)
AMERICANS IN MEXICO
Game Action:
La Liguilla - Semifinals
Herculez Gomez - Santos Laguna - 1st Leg - Thu May 10 - came on as a sub in the 74th min as they tied 1-1 at Tigres.
dN
Coming Up:
La Liguilla - Semifinals
Herculez Gomez - Santos Laguna - 2nd Leg - Sun May 13 v Tigres
MEXICO
La Liguilla Clausura - Semifinals
Matches & Scores:
1st Leg
-Wed May 9
America 0-0 Monterrey
-Thu May 10
Tigres 1-1 Santos Laguna - Tig goal by Lucas Lobos. SL goal by Jorge Estrada.
2nd Leg (1st Leg scores included)
-Sat May 12
Monterrey v America (0-0)
-Sun May 13
Santos Laguna v Tigres (1-1)
If the teams are tied after the two legs, then the higher seed advances.
GERMANY
DFB Pokal - Final
Match & Score:
-Sat May 12
Borussia Dortmund v Bayern Munich
COPA LIBERTADORES
The Knockout Stage
U de Chile and Santos both put up huge numbers in advancing, while Fluminense joined them in the quarters, knocking out 2006 & 2010 champs Inter.
There are some huge matchups in the Quarters. See those listed below.
dN
Round of 16
Matches & Scores:
2nd Leg (with 1st Leg scores included)
-Tue May 8
Libertad 2-0 Cruz Azul - Lib advances 3-1 on aggregate - Lib goals by Ariel Nunez & Victor Caceres.
Velez Sarsfield 1-1 Atletico Nacional - VS advances 2-1 on aggregate - VS goal by Augusto Fernandez. AN goal by Luis Mosquera.
-Wed May 9
Union Espanola 2-3 Boca Juniors - BJ advances 5-3 on aggregate - UE goals by Jean Paul Pineda & Sebastien Jaime. BJ goals by Juan Insaurralde, Pablo Mouche & Juan Riquelme.
Corintians 3-0 Emelec - Cor advances 3-0 on aggregate - Cor goals by Fabio Santos, Paulinho & Alex.
Lanus 2-1 Vasco Da Gama - series ends tied at 3-3 & tied on away goals, VG advances 5-4 on Penalty Kicks - Lan goals by Mariano Pavone & Teofilo Gutierrez. VG goal by Nilton.
-Thu May 10
Fluminense 2-1 Internacional - Flu advances 2-1 on aggregate - Flu goals by Leandro Euzebio & Fred. Int goal by Leandro Damiao.
Universidad Chile 6-0 Deportivo Quito UC advances 7-4 on aggregate - UC goals by Junior Fernandes(2), Angelo Henriquez(2), Marcelo Diaz & Eugenio Mena.
Santos 8-0 Bolivar San advances 9-2 on aggregate - San goals by San goals by Elano(2), Neymar(PK), Paulo Henrique Ganso(2), Alan Kardec, Juan Valverde(OG) & Borges.
dN
BRACKET
Fluminense 2-1 Internacional
Union Espanola 3-5 Boca Juniors
Universidad Chile 7-4 Deportivo Quito
Libertad 3-1 Cruz Azul
-----
Corintians 3-0 Emelec
Lanus 3-3(4-5) Vasco Da Gama
Santos 9-2 Bolivar
Velez Sarsfield 2-1 Atletico Nacional
dN
Quarterfinals
Matches & Scores:
1st Leg
-Wed May 16
Libertad v Universidad Chile
Vasco da Gama v Corinthians
-Thu May 17
Boca Juniors v Fluminense
Velez Sarsfield v Santos
2nd Leg
-Wed May 23
Corinthians v Vasco da Gama
Fluminense v Boca Juniors
-Thu May 24
Universidad Chile v Libertad
Santos v Velez Sarsfield
BIG PIMPIN
Check out these very cool shirts by Didi. Like this one:
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