Some Soccer News for Fri May 4, 2012

STARTERS

Oh man, what sad news - Adam Yauch, MCA of the Beastie Boys, died today after a long battle against cancer. RIP MCA, our thoughts are with your family and friends.
-Report from CNN.
-Enjoy the nearly 30 minute video of Fight For Your Right (Revisited) Full Length. Director by Nathaniel Hornblower.
dN

Marco Di Vaio appears to lining up a move to become the 3rd senior Italian on the Impact roster.

dN

Jozy Altidore took to Twitter last night to let everyone know that he is ok after that nasty looking crash he took into the cement wall on Wednesday:
"Thanks for all the support from you guys. Very painful accident but ill be ok and ready for the weekend if called upon by the manager."

dN

The Glasgow Herald lays out the plan to buy Rangers, and to my eyes it does not read well.

MINNESOTA STARS FC

You better be there!

Match & Score:
-Sat May 5
Minnesota Stars FC v Atlanta Silverbacks - 7:30pm CT
Venue: NSC Stadium

Brian Quarstand of IMSoccer News reminds us of the thrill of a Stars home game. This gave me goosebumps!

NOTICE

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There are 138 teams in our league!

LateNight504FC managed by Alan Kansas is still in 1st Place!

TASTIEST MLS GAME OF THE WEEKEND

Its Vancouver Whitecaps FC hosting the San Jose Earthquakes at 6:00PM CT on Sat May 5 in BC Place Stadium.
-Pray for mega-fireworks.

STORY OF THE DAY

Don't forget that the USA National Amputee Soccer Team is in having a campaign to raise $250,000 in their quest to make it to the World Cup!
-A donor is matching EVERY donation, up to $10,000, you make thru May 6. And if you pledge just $25 you'll get an official team warm up shirt.

TWITTERVERSE

This is one insane video clip from Kansas City winger Bobby Convey, doing his own version of #FollowFriday. Inspired!

BIG EUROPEAN CLUB MATCHES

Matches & Scores:
-Sat May 5
Barcelona v Espanyol - the Derbi Barceloní
-Sun May 6
Inter v Milan - the derby della Madonnina
Newcastle v Manchester City - #5, fighting for a Champions League spot, v #1, fighting for a league championship.

Race for the title in the five biggest European leagues:

Premier League - 2 games left
83 Manchester City (+61 GD) - NEXT: Sun May 6 at Newcastle
83 Manchester United (+53 GD) - NEXT: Sun May 6 v Swansea
Serie A - 2 games left
78 Juventus - NEXT: Sun May 6 at Cagliari
77 Milan - NEXT: Sun May 6 at Inter
Ligue 1 - 3 games left
73 Montpellier - NEXT: Mon May 6 at Rennes
70 PSG - NEXT: Sun May 5 at Valenciennes
68 Lille - NEXT: Mon May 6 v Caen
Bundesliga
CHAMPION! - Borussia Dortmund
La Liga
CHAMPIONS! Real Madrid

BEST NEWS I'VE HEARD ALL DAY

The Original Winger was knocked down for a few days, but are now back up and running as a fully operational death star!

HMMMMM, VERY INTERESTING

Chelsea football club is working on a plan to build a new stadium across the river that would incorporate legendary Battersea Power Station. That would be cool.
-You may know Battersea from this famous Pink Floyd album cover artwork.

FACT OF THE DAY

San Jose Earthquakes announced that their season ticket sales are up 20%. That is awesome. Now double it cuz your number is still only at 4000.

VIDEO OF THE DAY

The dude called Hermes takes us back inside the world of the Portland Timbers, for the 2nd time.

MLS MATCHES & SCORES

WEEK 9

-Wed May 2
New England Revolution 2-1 Colorado Rapids - NER goals by Saer Sene & Fernando Cardenas. CR goal by Jaime Castrillon.
Venue: Gillette Stadium
Atten: 6,149 Seattle Sounder FC 2-0 LA Galaxy - SS goals by Eddie Johnson & Fredy Montero.
Venue: CenturyLink Field
Atten: 39,002 San Jose Earthquakes 5-3 DC United - SJE goals by Steven Lenhart(2), Chris Wondolowski(2) & Justin Morrow. DCU goals by Dwayne DeRosario, Daniel Woolard & Hamdi Salihi.
Venue: Buck Shaw Stadium
Atten: 8,734 -Fri May 4
CD Chivas USA v Chicago Fire SC - 10:00PM CT
Venue: The Home Depot Center
-Sat May 5
Toronto FC v DC United - 3:30PM CT
Venue: BMO Field
Seattle Sounders FC v Philadelphia Union - 3:30PM CT on NBCSN
Venue: CenturyLink Field
Vancouver Whitecaps FC v San Jose Earthquakes - 6:00PM CT
Venue: BC Place
Real Salt Lake v New England Revolution - 7:00PM CT
Venue: Rio Tinto Stadium
LA Galaxy v New York Red Bulls - 7:00PM CT on ESPN
Venue: The Home Depot Center
Sporting Kansas City v Montreal Impact - 7:30PM CT
Venue: Livestrong Sporting Park
Portland Timbers v Columbus Crew - 9:30PM CT
Venue: JELD-WEN Field
-Sun May 6
FC Dallas v Colorado Rapids - 6:00PM CT on Galavision
Venue: FC Dallas Stadium

Bye: Houston Dynamo

MLS STANDINGS

EAST
21 Sporting Kansas City (+9)
15 DC United (+3)
13 New York Red Bulls (+4)
9 New England Revolution (-3)
8 Chicago Fire SC (-1)
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8 Houston Dynamo (-1)
8 Montreal Impact (-6)
7 Philadelphia Union (-3)
7 Columbus Crew (-4)
0 Toronto FC (-10)
WEST
22 San Jose Earthquakes (+11)
19 Real Salt Lake (+5)
16 Seattle Sounders FC (+7)
14 Vancouver Whitecaps FC (+1)
12 Colorado Rapids (+1)
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115 total points
12 FC Dallas (-2)
10 LA Galaxy (-2)
9 CD Chivas USA (-5)
7 Portland Timbers (-4)

MLS TEAM & PLAYER NEWS

NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION

Forward Jose Moreno is out of action this weekend due to some sort of calf muscle strain.

SEATTLE SOUNDERS

Goalkeeper Michael Gspurning will be out up to 3 weeks with a hip injury.

MLS RESERVE LEAGUE

Matches & Scores:
-Tue May 8
LA Galaxy v San Jose Earthquakes
-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

MLS SUMMER FRIENDLIES

Here is the complete schedule of all the big club matches going on this summer pitting MLS teams against European teams.

NASL SCOREBOARD

Matches & Scores:
-Sat May 5
Minnesota Stars v Atlanta Silverbacks
San Antonio Scorpions v Tampa Bay Rowdies
-Sun May 6
FC Edmonton v Carolina RailHawks

Watch online

Standings
10 Puerto Rico (+6)
9 Fort Lauderdale (0)
8 Tampa Bay (+2)
6 Minnesota (+1)
5 San Antonio (-3)
4 Atlanta (-2)
4 Carolina (-1)
1 Edmonton (-3)

USL PRO NEWS

Standings

AMERICANS IN EUROPE

Game Action:

ENGLAND - Championship Division - Promotion Playoffs - Semifinals - 1st Leg
Jonathan Spector - Birmingham - Fri May 4 - came on as a sub in the 74th min but lost 1-0 at Blackpool.

AMERICANS IN MEXICO

Game Action:

La Liguilla - Quarterfinals - 1st Leg
Herculez Gomez - Santos Laguna - Thu May 3 - on the bench as they won 3-4 at Jaguares.

dN

Coming Up:

La Liguilla - Quarterfinals - 2nd Leg
Edgar Castillo - Tijuana - Sat May 5 at Monterrey
Joe Benny Corona - Tijuana - Sat May 5 at Monterrey
Greg Garza - Tijuana - Sat May 5 at Monterrey
Herculez Gomez - Santos Laguna - Sun May 6 v Jaguares
Jose Torres - Pachuca - Sat May 5 at America

MEXICO

Clausura - La Liguilla

Matches & Scores:
1st Leg
-Wed May 2
Tijuana 1-2 Monterrey - Tij goal by Raul Enriquez. Mon goals by Jesus Zavala & Angel Reyna.
Pachuca 1-3 America - Pac goal by Leobardo Lopez(PK). Ame goals by Jesus Molina & Christian Bermudez(2).
-Thu May 3
Jaguares 3-4 Santos Laguna - Jag goals by Luis Rey & Jackson Martinez(2). SL goals by Daniel Luduena(2), Oribe Peralta & Carlos Quintero.
Tigres 1-0 Morelia - Tig goal by Hector Mancilla.
2nd Leg
-Sat May 5
America v Pachuca (3-1)
Monterrey v Tijuana (2-1)
-Sun May 6
Santos Laguna v Jaguares (4-3)
Morelia v Tigres (0-1)

If the teams are tied after the two legs, then the higher seed advances.

ENGLAND

Championship Division - Promotion Playoffs - Semifinals
Matches & Scores:
1st Leg
-Fri May 4
Blackpool 1-0 Birmingham
2nd Leg (1st Leg scores included)
-Mon May 7
West Ham v Cardiff (2-0)
-Wed May 9
Birmingham v Blackpool (0-1)

COPA LIBERTADORES

The Knockout Stage

Quito got the biggest win of all the teams in their 1st Leg games.

dN

Round of 16

Matches & Scores:
1st Leg
-Tue May 1
Cruz Azul 1-1 Libertad
- CA goal by Javier Orozco. Lib goal by Pablo Velazquez.
Atletico Nacional 0-1 Velez Sarsfield
- VS goal by Ivan Bella.
-Wed May 2
Boca Juniors 2-1 Union Espanola - BJ goals by Juan Riquelme & Santiago Silva. UE goal by Sebastian Jaime.
Emelec 0-0 Corintians
Vasco Da Gama 2-1 Lanus - VG goals by Alecsandro & Diego Souza. Lan goal by Mario Regueiro.
-Thu May 3
Deportivo Quito 4-1 Universidad Chile - DQ goals by Matias Alustiza(2), Luis Checa & Fidel Martinez. UC goal by Matias Rodriquez.

2nd Leg (with 1st Leg scores included)
-Tue May 8
Libertad v Cruz Azul (1-1)
Velez Sarsfield v Atletico Nacional (1-0)
-Wed May 9
Union Espanola v Boca Juniors (1-2)
Corintians v Emelec (0-0)
Lanus v Vasco Da Gama (1-2)
-Thu May 10
Fluminense v Internacional (0-0)
Universidad Chile v Deportivo Quito (1-4)
Santos v Bolivar (1-2)

BRACKET

Fluminense v Internacional
Union Espanola v Boca Juniors

Universidad Chilev v Deportivo Quito
Libertadv Cruz Azul
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Corintians v Emelec
Lanus v Vasco Da Gama

Santos v Bolivar
Velez Sarsfield v Atletico Nacional

ENDERS

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