Some Soccer News for Fri Jul 13, 2012
STARTERS
The du Nord Futbol Show podcast - Episode 2 - Featuring an interview with the legendary Eric Wynalda is ready for listening!
dN
Toronto FC is making big roster clearing moves that one would assume means new players are on their way. Today money-drain Julian de Guzman was shipped off to FC Dallas in exchange for cheap youngster Andrew Weidman, while last week the team cut Nick Soolsma and loaned out Joao Plata.
-Its pretty evident that Paul Mariner is firmly in control of this team now, and while the 10 points they have earned during the 8 games he has been in charge is not all that exciting, its an amazing turnaround from the 3 points they earned in the first 10 games of the season under Aron Winter.
dN
Chelsea's John Terry has been found NOT guilty of racially abusing Anton Ferdinand of Queens Park Rangers.
-Garth Crooks of the Guardian sees this as a bad day for those trying to end racism.
dN
Huge deal in Europe as new money Paris St Germain just spent $62 Million to buy Thiago Silva and Zlatan Ibrahimovic from AC Milan (remember when they were a huge club, not any more.)
dN
Scottish Football has announced that the new Glasgow Rangers must start over from the bottom tier, the Third Division and work their way back up the 4 rung ladder to the Premier League. Good luck with that.
-Immediately afterward the Scottish Premier League announced that they are planning to create a Premier League 2nd division (a new 2nd tier) and invite Rangers and all First Division (current 2nd tier) teams to join.
STORY OF THE DAY
Lots of articles on the rebirth of the New York Cosmos:
-Brian Lewis of the New York Post.
-Dave Martinez of Soccer By Ives.
-Jack Bell of the New York Times.
-Michael Lewis of Big Apple Soccer with two articles:
THUMB'S UP - Ex-Cosmos prez Toye likes club's route
BACK TO THEIR ROOTS - Sources: Cosmos to play home game at Hofstra
-Grant Wahl of Sports Illustrated.
MINNESOTA STARS FC
Brian Quarstad of IM Soccer News writes that the addition of the New York Cosmos to the NASL for next season likely spells the end of the league funded Minnesota Stars at the conclusion of this season.
dN
Matches + Scores:
-Thu Jul 12
Minnesota Stars 2-1 Tampa Bay Rowdies - MS goals by Martin Nunez + Kentaro Takada. TBR goal by Matt Clare.
Venue: National Sports Center Stadium - Blaine MN
-Wed Jul 18
Minnesota Stars v Fort Lauderdale Strikers
Venue: National Sports Center Stadium - Blaine MN
-Sat Jul 21
Carolina RailHawks v Minnesota Stars
Venue: WakeMed Soccer Park - Cary NC
-Sat Jul 28
Puerto Rico Islanders v Minnesota Stars
Venue: Bayamon Soccer Complex
-Sat Aug 4
FC Edmonton v Minnesota Stars
Venue: Clarke Stadium
-Sat Aug 11
Minnesota Stars v San Antonio Scorpions
Venue: National Sports Center Stadium - Blaine MN
TASTIEST MLS GAME OF THE WEEK
There are two heavyweight brawls on the main card this weekend with a Saturday night match up of San Jose Earthquakes v Real Salt Lake, and then a Sunday game featuring New York Red Bulls v Seattle Sounders FC. You can see all the details in the MLS section below.
VIDEO OF THE DAY
Cam Tucker of Canada.com with the story of Vancouver striker Darren Mattocks' insane high flying goal on Wednesday might.
-His knees appear to be at head height of the defender, and his own head is above the outstretched arm of the goalkeeper! Hell, he makes it look easy.
-The fact that it happened in second half stoppage time was not bad either.
The Jamaica Observer in his homeland is taking notice too.
Here is video of the sky walking!
MLS MATCHES AND SCORES
Week 19
Matches + Scores:
-Wed Jul 11
Toronto FC 3-2 Vancouver Whitecaps FC - TFC goals by Luis Silva, Torsten Frings + Terry Dunfield. VW goals both by Darren Mattocks.
Venue: BMO Field
Atten: 19,821
-Sat Jul 14
Philadelphia Union v Montreal Impact - 6:00PM CT
Venue: PPL Park
New England Revolution v Toronto FC - 6:30PM CT
Venue: Gillette Stadium
Columbus Crew v Sporting Kansas City - 6:30PM CT
Venue: Crew Stadium
Chicago Fire SC v Vancouver Whitecaps FC - 7:30PM CT
Venue: Toyota Park
Colorado Rapids v FC Dallas - 8:00PM CT
Venue: Dick's Sporting Goods Park
San Jose Earthquakes v Real Salt Lake - 9:30PM CT
Venue: Buck Shaw Stadium
Portland Timbers v LA Galaxy - 10:00PM CT on NBCSN
Venue: JELD-WEN Field
-Sun Jul 15
New York Red Bulls v Seattle Sounders FC - 3:00PM CT on ESPN
Venue: Red Bull Arena
Houston Dynamo v DC United - 8:00PM CT on Galavision
Venue: BBVA Compass Stadium
MLS STANDINGS
EAST
33 DC United (+12)
33 Sporting Kansas City (+6)
31 New York Red Bulls (+5)
28 Chicago Fire SC (0)
25 Houston Dynamo (-2)
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22 New England Revolution (+2)
22 Columbus Crew (0)
21 Montreal Impact (-10)
17 Philadelphia Union (0)
13 Toronto FC (-14)
WEST
37 San Jose Earthquakes (+12)
36 Real Salt Lake (+10)
30 Seattle Sounders FC (+4)
30 Vancouver Whitecaps FC (0)
23 LA Galaxy (-1)
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22 Colorado Rapids (+1)
20 CD Chivas USA (-7)
19 Portland Timbers (-8)
16 FC Dallas (-10)
NOTICE
MLS Fantasy Soccer Manager - the du Nord Futbol league, code: 3815-897
-There are 142 teams in our league!
-The league leader is LateNight504FC managed by Alan Kansas.
MLS TEAM AND PLAYER NEWS
Player Transactions
Colorado has acquired center/fullback Tyson Wahl from Montreal in exchange for a 2014 international roster spot.
dN
Red Bulls acquired 30 year old goalkeeper Bill Gaudette from the LA Galaxy.
-The Galaxy will receive a 2014 draft pick as compensation.
dN
The Galaxy also signed free agent goalkeeper Brain Rowe.
PORTLAND TIMBERS
Geoffrey Arnold of the Oregonian hands out mid-season grades for the Timbers.
-I think these might be too generous. Especially in mid-field.
TORONTO FC
John Molinaro of Sports Net asks fellow journalist Gerry Dobson 5 question about TFC.
VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC
Cam Tucker at the Sun writes about the Whitecaps explanation for selling off the popular and talented Davide Chiumiento.
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:
-Thu Jul 12
Minnesota Stars 2-1 Tampa Bay Rowdies
-Sat Jul 14
Atlanta Silverbacks v Puerto Rico Islanders
Fort Lauderdale Strikers v San Antonio Scorpions
-Sun Jul 15
FC Edmonton v Tampa Bay Rowdies
Watch online
Standings
28 San Antonio (+9)
28 Puerto Rico (+8)
26 Minnesota (+3)
24 Tampa Bay (+1)
21 Carolina (+2)
20 Fort Lauderdale (-4)
13 Edmonton (-4)
11 Atlanta (-15)
USL PRO NEWS
Standings
The du Nord Futbol Show podcast - Episode 2 - Featuring an interview with the legendary Eric Wynalda is ready for listening!
dN
Toronto FC is making big roster clearing moves that one would assume means new players are on their way. Today money-drain Julian de Guzman was shipped off to FC Dallas in exchange for cheap youngster Andrew Weidman, while last week the team cut Nick Soolsma and loaned out Joao Plata.
-Its pretty evident that Paul Mariner is firmly in control of this team now, and while the 10 points they have earned during the 8 games he has been in charge is not all that exciting, its an amazing turnaround from the 3 points they earned in the first 10 games of the season under Aron Winter.
dN
Chelsea's John Terry has been found NOT guilty of racially abusing Anton Ferdinand of Queens Park Rangers.
-Garth Crooks of the Guardian sees this as a bad day for those trying to end racism.
dN
Huge deal in Europe as new money Paris St Germain just spent $62 Million to buy Thiago Silva and Zlatan Ibrahimovic from AC Milan (remember when they were a huge club, not any more.)
dN
Scottish Football has announced that the new Glasgow Rangers must start over from the bottom tier, the Third Division and work their way back up the 4 rung ladder to the Premier League. Good luck with that.
-Immediately afterward the Scottish Premier League announced that they are planning to create a Premier League 2nd division (a new 2nd tier) and invite Rangers and all First Division (current 2nd tier) teams to join.
STORY OF THE DAY
Lots of articles on the rebirth of the New York Cosmos:
-Brian Lewis of the New York Post.
-Dave Martinez of Soccer By Ives.
-Jack Bell of the New York Times.
-Michael Lewis of Big Apple Soccer with two articles:
THUMB'S UP - Ex-Cosmos prez Toye likes club's route
BACK TO THEIR ROOTS - Sources: Cosmos to play home game at Hofstra
-Grant Wahl of Sports Illustrated.
MINNESOTA STARS FC
Brian Quarstad of IM Soccer News writes that the addition of the New York Cosmos to the NASL for next season likely spells the end of the league funded Minnesota Stars at the conclusion of this season.
dN
Matches + Scores:
-Thu Jul 12
Minnesota Stars 2-1 Tampa Bay Rowdies - MS goals by Martin Nunez + Kentaro Takada. TBR goal by Matt Clare.
Venue: National Sports Center Stadium - Blaine MN
-Wed Jul 18
Minnesota Stars v Fort Lauderdale Strikers
Venue: National Sports Center Stadium - Blaine MN
-Sat Jul 21
Carolina RailHawks v Minnesota Stars
Venue: WakeMed Soccer Park - Cary NC
-Sat Jul 28
Puerto Rico Islanders v Minnesota Stars
Venue: Bayamon Soccer Complex
-Sat Aug 4
FC Edmonton v Minnesota Stars
Venue: Clarke Stadium
-Sat Aug 11
Minnesota Stars v San Antonio Scorpions
Venue: National Sports Center Stadium - Blaine MN
TASTIEST MLS GAME OF THE WEEK
There are two heavyweight brawls on the main card this weekend with a Saturday night match up of San Jose Earthquakes v Real Salt Lake, and then a Sunday game featuring New York Red Bulls v Seattle Sounders FC. You can see all the details in the MLS section below.
VIDEO OF THE DAY
Cam Tucker of Canada.com with the story of Vancouver striker Darren Mattocks' insane high flying goal on Wednesday might.
-His knees appear to be at head height of the defender, and his own head is above the outstretched arm of the goalkeeper! Hell, he makes it look easy.
-The fact that it happened in second half stoppage time was not bad either.
The Jamaica Observer in his homeland is taking notice too.
Here is video of the sky walking!
MLS MATCHES AND SCORES
Week 19
Matches + Scores:
-Wed Jul 11
Toronto FC 3-2 Vancouver Whitecaps FC - TFC goals by Luis Silva, Torsten Frings + Terry Dunfield. VW goals both by Darren Mattocks.
Venue: BMO Field
Atten: 19,821
-Sat Jul 14
Philadelphia Union v Montreal Impact - 6:00PM CT
Venue: PPL Park
New England Revolution v Toronto FC - 6:30PM CT
Venue: Gillette Stadium
Columbus Crew v Sporting Kansas City - 6:30PM CT
Venue: Crew Stadium
Chicago Fire SC v Vancouver Whitecaps FC - 7:30PM CT
Venue: Toyota Park
Colorado Rapids v FC Dallas - 8:00PM CT
Venue: Dick's Sporting Goods Park
San Jose Earthquakes v Real Salt Lake - 9:30PM CT
Venue: Buck Shaw Stadium
Portland Timbers v LA Galaxy - 10:00PM CT on NBCSN
Venue: JELD-WEN Field
-Sun Jul 15
New York Red Bulls v Seattle Sounders FC - 3:00PM CT on ESPN
Venue: Red Bull Arena
Houston Dynamo v DC United - 8:00PM CT on Galavision
Venue: BBVA Compass Stadium
MLS STANDINGS
EAST
33 DC United (+12)
33 Sporting Kansas City (+6)
31 New York Red Bulls (+5)
28 Chicago Fire SC (0)
25 Houston Dynamo (-2)
-----
22 New England Revolution (+2)
22 Columbus Crew (0)
21 Montreal Impact (-10)
17 Philadelphia Union (0)
13 Toronto FC (-14)
WEST
37 San Jose Earthquakes (+12)
36 Real Salt Lake (+10)
30 Seattle Sounders FC (+4)
30 Vancouver Whitecaps FC (0)
23 LA Galaxy (-1)
-----
22 Colorado Rapids (+1)
20 CD Chivas USA (-7)
19 Portland Timbers (-8)
16 FC Dallas (-10)
NOTICE
MLS Fantasy Soccer Manager - the du Nord Futbol league, code: 3815-897
-There are 142 teams in our league!
-The league leader is LateNight504FC managed by Alan Kansas.
MLS TEAM AND PLAYER NEWS
Player Transactions
Colorado has acquired center/fullback Tyson Wahl from Montreal in exchange for a 2014 international roster spot.
dN
Red Bulls acquired 30 year old goalkeeper Bill Gaudette from the LA Galaxy.
-The Galaxy will receive a 2014 draft pick as compensation.
dN
The Galaxy also signed free agent goalkeeper Brain Rowe.
PORTLAND TIMBERS
Geoffrey Arnold of the Oregonian hands out mid-season grades for the Timbers.
-I think these might be too generous. Especially in mid-field.
TORONTO FC
John Molinaro of Sports Net asks fellow journalist Gerry Dobson 5 question about TFC.
VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC
Cam Tucker at the Sun writes about the Whitecaps explanation for selling off the popular and talented Davide Chiumiento.
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:
-Thu Jul 12
Minnesota Stars 2-1 Tampa Bay Rowdies
-Sat Jul 14
Atlanta Silverbacks v Puerto Rico Islanders
Fort Lauderdale Strikers v San Antonio Scorpions
-Sun Jul 15
FC Edmonton v Tampa Bay Rowdies
Watch online
Standings
28 San Antonio (+9)
28 Puerto Rico (+8)
26 Minnesota (+3)
24 Tampa Bay (+1)
21 Carolina (+2)
20 Fort Lauderdale (-4)
13 Edmonton (-4)
11 Atlanta (-15)
USL PRO NEWS
Standings
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