Friday, July 20, 2012

Some Soccer News for Fri Jul 20, 2012

STARTERS

The du Nord Futbol Show podcast - Episode 3 has been posted and is ready for your ears!

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US Soccer released a press statement from Claudio Reyna on the passing away of his son Jack. Very sad.

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The Olympic tournament begins for the USA Women next Wednesday. Details coming next week.

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The USA U20s will play in the Milk Cup beginning on Saturday. Details in the section below.

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The Russian Premier League having switched to a Fall-to-Spring schedule begins its new season today.

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Liga MX new season starts today!

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Seth Vertelney of Goal.com reports that MLS has announced that they will NOT be renewing their sponsorship agreement with the Boy Scouts for next season.
-The league did not comment on whether or not the scouts anti-gay policies had anything to do with this action.

STORY OF THE DAY 1

Alex Labidou of Goal.com does a Q + A with MLS commissioner Don Garber, with the main topic being competition from China for big name players.

STORY OF THE DAY 2

“Our first year and a half was spent learning as much as we could, and we are just now really beginning to understand what we have to do differently.”

Roger Bennett of Bloomberg Business Week with an article on Tom Werner the chairman of Fenway Sports Group that owns Liverpool FC and the Boston Red Sox.

MINNESOTA STARS FC

Andy Mannix of the City Pages with more on what could be the end of professional soccer in Minnesota.

Matches + Scores:
-Sat Jul 21
Carolina RailHawks v Minnesota Stars
Venue: WakeMed Soccer Park - Cary NC

TASTIEST MLS GAME OF THE WEEK

Three great rivalry matches coming up on Saturday with New York Red Bulls v Philadelphia Union, the Rocky Mountain Cup Real Salt Lake v Colorado Rapids, and the Super Clasico LA Galaxy v CD Chivas USA! A great day of soccer! See all the details below.

DU NORD AT THE CONTROLS

du Nord at the Controls - Tue Jul 17, 2012 - new music mix at Spotify.

USA WOMEN AT THE OLYMPICS

Group Stage
Matches + Scores:
-Wed Jul 25
USA v France - 11am CT on NBC Olympic Soccer Channel
-Sat Jul 28
USA v Colombia - 11am CT on NBC Olympic Soccer Channel
-Tue Jul 31
USA v N Korea - 11:15am CT on NBC Olympic Soccer Channel

Roster
G
Hope Solo
Nicole Barnhart
D
Rachel Buehler
Amy LePeilbet
Heather Mitts
Kelley O'Hara
Christie Rampone
Becky Sauerbrunn
M
Shannon Boxx
Heather O'Reilly
Carli Lloyd
Lauren Cheney
Megan Rapinoe
Tobin Heath
F
Sydney Leroux
Alex Morgan
Amy Rodriguez
Abby Wambach

Y'ALL READY FOR THIS?

Kerith Gabriel of the Philadelphia Daily News does a Q + A with Sebastien Le Toux as he returns to face the Union for the first times since their former coach Peter Nowak dumped him last Spring.

DO YOU REALIZE

Jose Ortiz of the Houston Chronicle writes that the Dynamo are VERY motivated to play Montreal on Saturday.
-Nick DeSantis is the Montreal team executive they don't name in this article. And all you 2nd division fans have seen pscycho Nick in action.

WELL WELL WELL

William Bender of the Philadelphia Daily News writes that the Union are $1 Million behind in payments to the city of Chester.
-The two sides say they are working on getting a deal done to settle this. What the hell is going on here?

STAT OF THE DAY

Austin Karp of Sports Business Daily gives us the latest on MLS TV ratings - the numbers are up a healthy percentile.

THIS IS WHAT ITS ALL ABOUT

Andrew Lewellen of the New York Times writes about this weekend being the first time that the LA derby will played between two teams so close in the standings and with real repercussions on the line for this season.

MLS 2012 ALL STAR GAME

Match + Score:
-Wed Jul 25 MLS v Chelsea(England) - 7:30pm CT
Venue: PPL Park - Chester PA
The MLS team has replaced injured fullback Heath Pearce with San Jose's Justin Morrow.
-Morrow has had a fine season, but its Todd Dunivant who should be on the All Star team.

MLS MATCHES AND SCORES

Week 20 (15 games)

Matches + Scores:
-Wed Jul 18
New York Red Bulls 1-0 Chicago Fire SC - NYRB goal by Thierry Henry.
Venue: Red Bull Arena
Atten: 15,814
CD Chivas USA 1-0 Portland Timbers - CUSA goal by Miller Bolanos.
Venue: The Home Depot Center
Atten: 13,827
Toronto FC 2-1 Colorado Rapids - TFC goals by Ryan Johnson + Andrew Wiedeman. CR goal by Conor Casey.
Venue: BMO Field
Atten: 18,225
Montreal Impact 2-1 New England Revolution - MI goals by Patrice Bernier + Sanna Nyassi. NER goal by Lee Nguyen.
Venue: Saputo Stadium
Atten: 15,615
Houston Dynamo 2-1 Sporting Kansas City - HD goals both by Calen Carr. SKC goal by Kei Kamara(PK).
Venue: BBVA Compass Stadium
Atten: 19,761
Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2-2 LA Galaxy - VW goals by Gershon Koffie + Barry Robson. LAG goals by David Beckham + Jose Villarreal.
Venue: BC Place
Atten: 21,000
San Jose Earthquakes 2-1 FC Dallas - SJE goals by Marvin Chavez + Alan Gordon. FCD goal by Hernan Pertuz.
Venue: Buck Shaw Stadium
Atten: 9,481
-Sat Jul 21
New York Red Bulls v Philadelphia Union - 1:30PM CT on ESPN
Venue: Red Bull Arena
Columbus Crew v DC United - 6:30PM CT
Venue: Crew Stadium
Sporting Kansas City v New England Revolution - 7:30PM CT
Venue: Livestrong Sporting Park
Houston Dynamo v Montreal Impact - 7:30PM CT
Venue: BBVA Compass Stadium
FC Dallas v Portland Timbers - 8:00PM CT
Venue: FC Dallas Stadium
Real Salt Lake v Colorado Rapids - 9:00PM CT
Venue: Rio Tinto Stadium
LA Galaxy v CD Chivas USA - 9:00PM CT Telefutura
Venue: The Home Depot Center
-Sun Jul 22
Vancouver Whitecaps FC v San Jose Earthquakes - 6:00PM CT
Venue: BC Place

MLS STANDINGS

EAST
36 Sporting Kansas City (+7)
35 New York Red Bulls (+6)
33 DC United (+8)
31 Houston Dynamo (+3)
31 Chicago Fire SC (0)
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24 Montreal Impact (-9)
22 New England Revolution (0)
22 Columbus Crew (-2)
20 Philadelphia Union (+1)
19 Toronto FC (-12)
WEST
43 San Jose Earthquakes (+18)
36 Real Salt Lake (+5)
31 Seattle Sounders FC (+4)
31 Vancouver Whitecaps FC (-2)
27 LA Galaxy (+1)
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23 CD Chivas USA (-6)
22 Colorado Rapids (-1)
19 FC Dallas (-10)
19 Portland Timbers (-11)

MLS TEAM AND PLAYER NEWS

DC UNITED

Steven Goff of the Post with an article on DCU teammates Joe Willis, Chris Korb, Danny Cruz and Nick DeLeon who share a house.

NEW YORK RED BULLS

Brian Lewis of the Post wonders if Sebastien Le Toux will stick with the Red Bulls or continue his nomadic ways.

VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC

John Molinaro of Sports Net talks to fellow writer Paul Dolan about the current state of the Caps.

MLS SUMMER FRIENDLIES

Matches + Scores:
-Sat Jul 21
Toronto FC v Liverpool FC - World Football Challenge - 3:00PM CT on FOX Soccer
Venue: BMO Field
Chicago Fire v Aston Villa(England)
Venue: Toyota Park - Bridgeview IL

-Sun Jul 22
Chelsea(England) v Paris St Germain(France)
Venue: Yankee Stadium - New York City
Roma(Italy) v Zaglebie (Poland)
Venue: Wrigley Field – Chicago IL

dN

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 Jul 21
Carolina RailHawks v Minnesota Stars
Atlanta Silverbacks v FC Edmonton
Tampa Bay Rowdies v Puerto Rico Islanders
San Antonio Scorpions v Fort Lauderdale Strikers

Watch online

Standings
29 San Antonio (+9)
28 Puerto Rico (+7)
27 Tampa Bay (+2)
26 Minnesota (+2)
24 Fort Lauderdale (-3)
21 Carolina (+2)
14 Atlanta (-14) 13 Edmonton (-5)

USA U20 TEAM

The team will play in the annual Milk Cup in Ballymena, Northern Ireland.

BBC Northern Ireland always has the best coverage.

Matches + Scores:
-Sat Jul 21
USA v Denmark
N Ireland v Chile
Turkey v Mexico
-Mon Jul 23
USA v Turkey
Mexico v N Ireland
Chile v Denmark
-Thu Jul 26
Playoffs

Roster
G:
Cody Cropper - Unattached
Kendall McIntosh - Santa Clara
D:
AJ Cochran - Wisconsin
Holden Fender - Concorde Fire
Eric Miller - Creighton
Juan Pablo Ocegueda - UANL Tigres
Boyd Okwuonu - North Carolina
Walker Zimmerman - Furman
M:
Benji Joya - Santos Laguna
Mikey Lopez - North Carolina
Collin Martin - DC United Academy
Daniel Metzger - Maryland
Dillon Serna - Colorado Rapids Academy
Wil Trapp - Akron
F:
Daniel Cuevas - Santos Laguna
Alfred Koroma - Solar Chelsea
Victor Pineda - Chicago Fire
Mario Rodriguez - Kaiserslautern

US SOCCER DEVELOPMENT ACADEMY

The 2011-12 Academy League Finals in Houston

The two age groups both have 8 teams in the final and they will play a group stage followed by a placement stage.

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U17/18

After 2 rounds we see 4 teams out of the running for the championship crown.

GROUP 1
6 Vancouver Whitecaps (+5)
3 North Carolina Fusion (-1)
1 Colorado Rapids (-2)
1 De Anza Force (-2)
Group 2
6 Solar Chelsea (+4)
4 FC Dallas (+1)
1 Chivas USA (-2)
0 Baltimore Bays Chelsea (-3)

Matches + Scores:
Group Stage
-Mon Jul 16
North Carolina Fusion 1-4 Vancouver Whitecaps
De Anza Force 2-2 Colorado Rapids
FC Dallas 1-1 Chivas USA
Solar Chelsea 2-0 Baltimore Bays Chelsea
-Wed Jul 18
Chivas USA 0-2 Solar Chelsea
Baltimore Bays Chelsea 1-2 FC Dallas
Vancouver Whitecaps 4-2 De Anza Force
Colorado Rapids 2-4 North Carolina Fusion
-Fri Jul 20
North Carolina Fusion v De Anza Force
Vancouver Whitecaps v Colorado Rapids
FC Dallas v Solar Chelsea
Chivas USA v Baltimore Bays Chelsea
Finals
-Sun Jul 22
Seventh place 1-4 v 2-4 - 9am CT at Houston Amateur Sports Park
Fifth place 1-3 v 2-3 - 10am CT at Houston Amateur Sports Park
Third place 1-2 v 2-2 - 5pm CT at Houston Amateur Sports Park
Championship 1-1 v 2-1 - 8pm CT at BBVA Compass Stadium

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U15/16

GROUP 1
6 New York Red Bulls (+3)
3 Chicago Fire (+1)
3 Pateadores (0)
0 Charlotte Soccer Academy (-4)
Group 2
6 St Louis Scott Gallagher Missouri (+6)
3 PA Classics (-2)
1 Crew Soccer Academy Wolves (-3)
1 DC United (-1)

Matches + Scores:
Group Stage
-Tue Jul 17
New York Red Bulls 3-1 Pateadores
Charlotte Soccer Academy 1-3 Chicago Fire
Crew Soccer Academy Wolves 1-1 DC United
PA Classics 0-3 St Louis Scott Gallagher Missouri
-Thu Jul 19
DC United 1-2 PA Classics
St Louis Scott Gallagher Missouri 4-1 Crew Soccer Academy Wolves
Pateadores 3-1 Charlotte Soccer Academy
Chicago Fire 0-1 New York Red Bulls
-Sat Jul 21
New York Red Bulls v Charlotte Soccer Academy
Pateadores v Chicago Fire
Crew Soccer Academy Wolves v PA Classics
DC United v St Louis Scott Gallagher Missouri
Finals
-Mon Jul 23
Seventh place 1-4 v 2-4 - 9am CT at Houston Amateur Sports Park
Fifth place 1-3 v 2-3 - 10am CT at Houston Amateur Sports Park
Third place 1-2 v 2-2 - 5pm CT at Houston Amateur Sports Park
Championship 1-1 v 2-1 - 8pm CT at BBVA Compass Stadium

AMERICANS IN EUROPE

Brian Sciaretta writing for Soccer Without Limits tells us about 6 players who he thinks can have break out seasons in Europe.

dN

The Staffordshire Sentinel tell us just how close a deal is for Geoff Cameron to join Stoke City.

MEXICO

The Liga MX Apertura season opener.

Matches + Scores:
-Fri Jul 20
Chiapas Jaguares v Tigres UANL
Tijuana v Puebla
-Sat Jul 21
Cruz Azul v Morelia
Queretaro v Leon
Monterrey v America
Santos Laguna v San Luis
Atlas v Pumas UNAM
-Sun Jul 22
Toluca v Guadalajara
Atlante v Pachuca

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