Some Soccer News for Thu May 10, 2012
STARTERS
I had the pleasure to be on Twin Cities radio today and talk MLS in Minneapolis with my old pals Patrick Reusse and Phil Mackey at ESPN 1500.
-Listen to the interview here on their website at Reusse & Mackey Thu May 10, hour 2 (hear me starting at 16:38)
dN
L.E. Eisenmenger of the Examiner with an article on the Chicago Fire becoming the first MLS to fully funding their academy teams. Fantastic!
MINNESOTA STARS FC
It is supposed to be terrific weather for tailgating and the beautiful game on Saturday night.
Match & Score:
-Sat May 12
Minnesota Stars FC v Carolina RailHawks - 7:30PM CT
Venue: NSC Stadium
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.
MLS STADIUMS
Christopher Botta of the Sports Business Daily does a Q & A with Houston Dyanmo president Chris Canetti as we approach the grand opening of BBVA Compass Stadium on Saturday.
Tom Dart of Sports Illustrated on the excitement of yet another MLS stadium opening.
-To me this will never get old! I love it.!
DU NORD AT THE CONTROLS
du Nord at the Controls - Tue May 8, 2012 - new music mix at Spotify.
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
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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
dN
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
dN
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
Seattle has won 5 games in a row. That does not happen very often in MLS!< br> -And on Saturday if they can make it 6 in a row by beating Salt Lake it will be extremely impressive.
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)
MLS TEAM & PLAYER NEWS
PHILADELPHIA UNION
Friendly Match & Score:
-Wed May 9
Philadelphia Union 2-1 Schalke(Germany) - PU goals by Lionard Pajoy & Chandler Hoffman. Sch goal by Sergio Escudero.
Philly has won all 4 international friendlies they have played at PPL Park, beating Celtic, Guadalajara, Everton and now Schalke.
Schalke has a match report on their website. Tranlated from the German.
Marc Narducci of the Inquirer with an article on 17 year old prodigy Zach Pfeffer.
MLS/USA RELATED RUMORS
Alessandro Nesta says, "MLS, sure, why not."
-A couple more words on the topic from Yahoo.
Hey and how about Emmanuel Adebayor to New York! Sure they need to spend more money on more forwards!
MLS SUMMER FRIENDLIES
Here is the complete schedule of all the big club matches going on this summer pitting MLS teams against European teams.
US SOCCER DEVELOPMENT ACADEMY
"The 2012 US Soccer Development Academy Finals Week will be held from Jul 16-23 in Houston, with the Under-15/16 and U-17/18 championship matches taking place at BBVA Compass Stadium"
-It will be 114 degrees at kickoff every day.
AMERICANS IN EUROPE
9 of the 10 Americans in the Norway NM Cupen advanced! Not bad at all considering that they were ALL playing on the road.
-The Round of 32 will be played on Jun 20/21.
dN
Game Action:
NORWAY - NM Cupen - Round of 64
Erik Benjaminsen - Stabaek - Wed May 9 W 1-4 at Fana
Rhett Bernstein - Mjondalen - Thu May 10 W 0-2 at KFUM
Colin Burns - Sandefjord - Wed May 9 W 0-2 at Pors Grenland
Ricardo Clark - Stabaek - Wed May 9 W 1-4 at Fana
Steve Clark - Honefoss - Wed May 9 W 1-4 at Nybergsund
Sean Cunningham - Stabaek - Wed May 9 W 1-4 at Fana
Josh Gatt - Molde - Wed May 9 W 0-2 at Verdal
Kyle Helton - Mjondalen - Thu May 10 W 0-2 at KFUM
Kenneth Di Vita Jensen - Honefoss - Wed May 9 W 1-4 at Nybergsund
Sebastian Troupe - Baerum - Wed May 9 L 5-3 at Asker
AMERICANS IN MEXICO
Coming Up:
La Liguilla - Semifinals
Herculez Gomez - Santos Laguna - 1st Leg - Thu May 10 at Tigres
MEXICO
Manchester United has told Mexico that Javier Hernandez is NOT AVAILABLE for the Olympics this summer. Can they do that? Isn't that the players decision?
dN
Clausura - La Liguilla
Matches & Scores:
Semifinals
Started things off with a scoreless game at Estadio Azteca in the DF last night. I think you would have to call that a successful night for Monterrey.
1st Leg
-Wed May 9
America 0-0 Monterrey
-Thu May 10
Tigres v Santos Laguna
2nd Leg (1st Leg scores included)
-Sat May 12
Monterrey v America (0-0)
-Sun May 13
Santos Laguna v Tigres (-)
If the teams are tied after the two legs, then the higher seed advances.
CANADA
Canadian Championship - Semifinals
Toronto and Vancouver will face off again for the title.
Matches & Scores:
2nd Leg
-Wed May 9
Toronto FC 2-0 Montreal Impact - Tor advances 2-0 on aggregate.
Vancouver Whitecaps FC 3-1 FC Edmonton - VW advances 5-1 on aggregate.
Finals
1st Leg
-Wed May 16
Vancouver Whitecaps FC v Toronto FC
2nd Leg
-Wed May 23
Toronto FC v Vancouver Whitecaps FC
GERMANY
Bundesliga/2.Bundesliga - Promotion/Relegation Playoff
Dusseldorf takes a strong lead with 2 road goals.
Matches & Scores:
1st Leg
-Thu May 10
Hertha Berlin 1-2 Fortuna Dusseldorf
2nd Leg
-Tue May 15
Fortuna Dusseldorf v Hertha Berlin (2-1)
EUROPE
PSV Eindhoven has hired Dick Advocaat to return as their head coach for next season.
COPA LIBERTADORES
The Knockout Stage
Riquelme leads Boca Juniors to advancement, along with Corinthians and Vasco de Gama, as the parade of big name teams continue to roll into the next round.
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 v Internacional (0-0)
Universidad Chile v Deportivo Quito (1-4)
Santos v Bolivar (1-2)
BRACKET
Fluminense v Internacional
Union Espanola 3-5 Boca Juniors
Universidad Chile v Deportivo Quito
Libertad 3-1 Cruz Azul
-----
Corintians 3-0 Emelec
Lanus 3-3(4-5) Vasco Da Gama
Santos v Bolivar
Velez Sarsfield 2-1 Atletico Nacional
I had the pleasure to be on Twin Cities radio today and talk MLS in Minneapolis with my old pals Patrick Reusse and Phil Mackey at ESPN 1500.
-Listen to the interview here on their website at Reusse & Mackey Thu May 10, hour 2 (hear me starting at 16:38)
dN
L.E. Eisenmenger of the Examiner with an article on the Chicago Fire becoming the first MLS to fully funding their academy teams. Fantastic!
MINNESOTA STARS FC
It is supposed to be terrific weather for tailgating and the beautiful game on Saturday night.
Match & Score:
-Sat May 12
Minnesota Stars FC v Carolina RailHawks - 7:30PM CT
Venue: NSC Stadium
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.
MLS STADIUMS
Christopher Botta of the Sports Business Daily does a Q & A with Houston Dyanmo president Chris Canetti as we approach the grand opening of BBVA Compass Stadium on Saturday.
Tom Dart of Sports Illustrated on the excitement of yet another MLS stadium opening.
-To me this will never get old! I love it.!
DU NORD AT THE CONTROLS
du Nord at the Controls - Tue May 8, 2012 - new music mix at Spotify.
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
dN
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
dN
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
dN
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
Seattle has won 5 games in a row. That does not happen very often in MLS!< br> -And on Saturday if they can make it 6 in a row by beating Salt Lake it will be extremely impressive.
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)
MLS TEAM & PLAYER NEWS
PHILADELPHIA UNION
Friendly Match & Score:
-Wed May 9
Philadelphia Union 2-1 Schalke(Germany) - PU goals by Lionard Pajoy & Chandler Hoffman. Sch goal by Sergio Escudero.
Philly has won all 4 international friendlies they have played at PPL Park, beating Celtic, Guadalajara, Everton and now Schalke.
Schalke has a match report on their website. Tranlated from the German.
Marc Narducci of the Inquirer with an article on 17 year old prodigy Zach Pfeffer.
MLS/USA RELATED RUMORS
Alessandro Nesta says, "MLS, sure, why not."
-A couple more words on the topic from Yahoo.
Hey and how about Emmanuel Adebayor to New York! Sure they need to spend more money on more forwards!
MLS SUMMER FRIENDLIES
Here is the complete schedule of all the big club matches going on this summer pitting MLS teams against European teams.
US SOCCER DEVELOPMENT ACADEMY
"The 2012 US Soccer Development Academy Finals Week will be held from Jul 16-23 in Houston, with the Under-15/16 and U-17/18 championship matches taking place at BBVA Compass Stadium"
-It will be 114 degrees at kickoff every day.
AMERICANS IN EUROPE
9 of the 10 Americans in the Norway NM Cupen advanced! Not bad at all considering that they were ALL playing on the road.
-The Round of 32 will be played on Jun 20/21.
dN
Game Action:
NORWAY - NM Cupen - Round of 64
Erik Benjaminsen - Stabaek - Wed May 9 W 1-4 at Fana
Rhett Bernstein - Mjondalen - Thu May 10 W 0-2 at KFUM
Colin Burns - Sandefjord - Wed May 9 W 0-2 at Pors Grenland
Ricardo Clark - Stabaek - Wed May 9 W 1-4 at Fana
Steve Clark - Honefoss - Wed May 9 W 1-4 at Nybergsund
Sean Cunningham - Stabaek - Wed May 9 W 1-4 at Fana
Josh Gatt - Molde - Wed May 9 W 0-2 at Verdal
Kyle Helton - Mjondalen - Thu May 10 W 0-2 at KFUM
Kenneth Di Vita Jensen - Honefoss - Wed May 9 W 1-4 at Nybergsund
Sebastian Troupe - Baerum - Wed May 9 L 5-3 at Asker
AMERICANS IN MEXICO
Coming Up:
La Liguilla - Semifinals
Herculez Gomez - Santos Laguna - 1st Leg - Thu May 10 at Tigres
MEXICO
Manchester United has told Mexico that Javier Hernandez is NOT AVAILABLE for the Olympics this summer. Can they do that? Isn't that the players decision?
dN
Clausura - La Liguilla
Matches & Scores:
Semifinals
Started things off with a scoreless game at Estadio Azteca in the DF last night. I think you would have to call that a successful night for Monterrey.
1st Leg
-Wed May 9
America 0-0 Monterrey
-Thu May 10
Tigres v Santos Laguna
2nd Leg (1st Leg scores included)
-Sat May 12
Monterrey v America (0-0)
-Sun May 13
Santos Laguna v Tigres (-)
If the teams are tied after the two legs, then the higher seed advances.
CANADA
Canadian Championship - Semifinals
Toronto and Vancouver will face off again for the title.
Matches & Scores:
2nd Leg
-Wed May 9
Toronto FC 2-0 Montreal Impact - Tor advances 2-0 on aggregate.
Vancouver Whitecaps FC 3-1 FC Edmonton - VW advances 5-1 on aggregate.
Finals
1st Leg
-Wed May 16
Vancouver Whitecaps FC v Toronto FC
2nd Leg
-Wed May 23
Toronto FC v Vancouver Whitecaps FC
GERMANY
Bundesliga/2.Bundesliga - Promotion/Relegation Playoff
Dusseldorf takes a strong lead with 2 road goals.
Matches & Scores:
1st Leg
-Thu May 10
Hertha Berlin 1-2 Fortuna Dusseldorf
2nd Leg
-Tue May 15
Fortuna Dusseldorf v Hertha Berlin (2-1)
EUROPE
PSV Eindhoven has hired Dick Advocaat to return as their head coach for next season.
COPA LIBERTADORES
The Knockout Stage
Riquelme leads Boca Juniors to advancement, along with Corinthians and Vasco de Gama, as the parade of big name teams continue to roll into the next round.
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 v Internacional (0-0)
Universidad Chile v Deportivo Quito (1-4)
Santos v Bolivar (1-2)
BRACKET
Fluminense v Internacional
Union Espanola 3-5 Boca Juniors
Universidad Chile v Deportivo Quito
Libertad 3-1 Cruz Azul
-----
Corintians 3-0 Emelec
Lanus 3-3(4-5) Vasco Da Gama
Santos v Bolivar
Velez Sarsfield 2-1 Atletico Nacional
posted by brucio at 18:17
2 Comments:
I believe FIFA requires clubs to release their Under-23 players for the Olympics, but the clubs can block potential overage selections, which Chicarito would be.
that makes sense
thanks for the info
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