Some Soccer News for Mon Jul 30, 2012
STARTERS
Huge congrats to the men's + women's teams of Up Top from Minneapolis who both won the Street Soccer US Cup in New York City on Sunday!
-Read this great profile of the team at The Shin Guardian.
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Hon! Du! Ras! Did you see the MLS connection that scored the goal for Honduras that sent Spain spinning right out of the Olympic Men's Soccer Tourney? Oh yeah! Roger Espinoza to Andy Najar, back to Espinoza, to Jerry Bengtson, who slams it home! Honduras 1, Spain 0!
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Meet Clint Dempsey - Sweepstakes from Modelo Especial
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Geoff Cameron, recently signed by Stoke in England, was denied an English work permit (this was expected) and the team has filed an appeal which will be heard on Wed Aug 8.
STORY OF THE DAY
Local New York City politicians write an opinion piece for the New York Daily News on why a new MLS stadium in Queens is the right idea.
MINNESOTA STARS FC
The Stars lost for the 3 game in a row and fell another spot in the standings to 5th. Shit.
Matches + Scores:
-Sat Jul 28
Puerto Rico Islanders 1-0 Minnesota Stars
Venue: Bayamon Soccer Complex
-Sat Aug 4
FC Edmonton v Minnesota Stars
Venue: Clarke Stadium
USA WOMEN AT THE OLYMPICS
Tuesday the gals take on the "Democratic" half of Korea for knockout round seeding on the line.
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Group Stage
Matches + Scores:
-Wed Jul 25
USA 4-2 France - USA goals by Abby Wambach, Alex Morgan(2) + Carli Lloyd. Fra goals by Gaetane Thiney + Marie-Laure Delie.
-Sat Jul 28
USA v Colombia - USA goals by Megan Rapinoe, Abby Wambach + Carli Lloyd.
-Tue Jul 31
USA v N Korea - 11:15am CT on NBCSN
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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
MENS OLYMPIC TOURNAMENT
Brazil and Japan advanced to the knock out stage.
Groups
GROUP A
4 Senegal (+2)
4 Great Britain (+2)
3 Uruguay (-1)
0 UAE (-3)
GROUP B
4 Mexico (+2)
4 N Korea (+1)
1 Switzerland (-1)
1 Gabon (-2)
GROUP C
ADV-6 Brazil (+3)
3 Belarus (-1)
1 Egypt (-1)
1 New Zealand (-1)
GROUP D
ADV-6 Japan (+2)
4 Honduras (0)
1 Morocco (0)
0 Spain (-2)
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Matches + Scores:
GROUP STAGE
Matchday 2
-Sun Jul 29
Senegal 2-0 Uruguay
Mexico 2-0 Gabon
Brazil 3-1 Belarus
Egypt 1-1 New Zealand
Japan 1-0 Morocco
N Korea 2-1 Switzerland
Great Britain 3-1 UAE
Spain 0-1 Honduras
Matchday 3
-Wed Aug 1
Brazil v New Zealand - 8:30am CT on NBCSN - GROUP C
Mexico v Switzerland - 11:00am CT on NBCSN - GROUP B
Spain v Morocco - 11:00am CT on MSNBC - GROUP D
Great Britain v Uruguay - 1:45pm CT on NBCSN - GROUP A
Senegal v UAE - 2:50pm CT in progress on MSNBC - GROUP A
N Korea v Gabon - GROUP B
Egypt v Belarus - GROUP C
Japan v Honduras - GROUP D
2012-13 CONCACACHAMPIONS
Here We Go! The Group Stage of the new championship begins tomorrow!
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Group 1
Santos Laguna
Toronto
Aguila (Salv)
Group 2
Real Salt Lake
Herediano (CR)
Tauro (Pan)
Group 3
Houston Dynamo
Olimpia (Hond)
FAS (Salv)
Group 4
Seattle Sounders
Marathon (Hond)
Caledonian AIA (T+T)
Group 5
LA Galaxy
Isidro Metapan (Salv)
Puerto Rico Islanders (PR)
Group 6
Tigres
Alajuelense (CR)
Real Esteli (Nica)
Group 7
Monterrey
Municipal (Guat)
Chorrillo (Pan)
Group 8
Guadalajara
Xelaju (Guat)
W Connection (T+T)
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Matches + Scores:
-Tue Jul 31
Monterrey v Chorrillo - 7:00PM CT
Herediano v Real Salt Lake - 9:00PM CT on Fox Soccer
-Wed Aug 1
Toronto v Aguila - 7:00PM CT on Fox Soccer
Tigres UANL v Real Esteli - 9:00PM CT
Metapan v Puerto Rico Islanders - 9:00PM CT
-Thu Aug 2
W Connection v Xelaju - 7:00PM CT
Olimpia v FAS - 9:00PM CT
Seattle Sounders v Caledonia - 9:00PM CT on Fox Soccer
All games are shown on the internet too at CONCACAF TV.
HMMMMM, VERY INTERESTING
Bobby McMahon of Forbes sees Serie A as falling behind the other big leagues of Europe, with no end in sight for a change.
WELL WELL WELL
Dallas prodigy Brek Shea was left off the game day roster for the 2nd straight match, and after the game head coach Schellas Hyndman said his young star needs time off to sort out his head.
VIDEO OF THE DAY
All 25 goals from MLS Week 21 - via Kick TV.
MLS MATCHES AND SCORES
WEEK 21
Matches + Scores:
-Fri Jul 27
Real Salt Lake 2-1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC RSL goals by Alvaro Saborio(2, 1 via PK). VW goal by Darren Mattocks.
Venue: Rio Tinto Stadium
Atten: 18,702
-Sat Jul 28
Toronto FC 0-2 Houston Dynamo HD goals by Calen Carr + Brian Ching.
Venue: BMO Field
Atten: 19652
Montreal Impact 3-1 New York Red Bulls MI goals by Marco Di Vaio, Davy Arnaud + Sanna Nyassi. NYRB goal by Thierry Henry.
Venue: Saputo Stadium
Atten: 19,441
FC Dallas 0-1 LA Galaxy LAG goal by Mike Magee.
Venue: FC Dallas Stadium
Atten: 22,565
Sporting Kansas City 1-2 Columbus Crew SKC goal by Kei Kamara. CC goals both by Jairo Arrieta.
Venue: Livestrong Sporting Park
Atten: 18,938
Colorado Rapids 1-2 Seattle Sounders FC CR goal by Drew Moor. SS goals by Eddie Johnson + Osvaldo Alonso.
Venue: Dick's Sporting Goods Park
Atten: 13,816
San Jose Earthquakes 1-1 Chicago Fire SC - SJE goal by Steven Lenhart. CF goal by Chris Rolfe.
Venue: Buck Shaw Stadium
Atten: 10,525
Portland Timbers 0-1 CD Chivas USA CUSA goal by Danny Califf.
Venue: JELD-WEN Field
Atten: 20,438
-Sun Jul 29
Philadelphia Union 2-1 New England Revolution PU goals by Freddy Adu(PK) + Jack McInerney. NER goal by Saer Sene.
Venue: PPL Park
Atten: 18598
MLS MATCH NOTES
RSL becomes the second team this season to cross the 40 point threshold.
Houston moves past Kansas City into 2nd in the East.
Seattle moves past Vancouver into 3rd in the West.
Philadelphia beats and moves past New England into 8th in the East.
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There were 9 league games this week and 6 were SOLD OUT!!! Two more were within a few hundred of being sold out. The only game one that was not a sellout was in Colorado. Ugh. Come on Kroenke, step and put some real muscle into this team.
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EJECTIONS:
Joe Cannon - Vancouver - red card
Cole Grossman - Columbus - red card
Alan Gordon - San Jose - two yellow cards
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Chad Marshall was getting beat all night by Kei Kamara on head balls in the box, which was Marshall's bread winner. If he can't defend those any more then he just might be done.
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A rare occasion saw a sell out and standing room only in Dallas.
MLS STANDINGS
EAST
38 New York Red Bulls (+6)
37 Houston Dynamo (+8)
37 Sporting Kansas City (+6)
33 DC United (+7)
32 Chicago Fire SC (0)
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28 Columbus Crew (0)
27 Montreal Impact (-10)
23 Philadelphia Union (0)
23 New England Revolution (-1)
19 Toronto FC (-14)
WEST
44 San Jose Earthquakes (+17)
42 Real Salt Lake (+8)
34 Seattle Sounders FC (+5)
34 Vancouver Whitecaps FC (-2)
33 LA Galaxy (+4)
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26 CD Chivas USA (-7)
22 Colorado Rapids (-4)
22 FC Dallas (-6)
19 Portland Timbers (-17)
MLS TEAM AND PLAYER NEWS
General News
Jairo Arrieta of the Columbus Crew was named MLS Player of the Week.
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Kyle McCarthy of Goal.com with the Monday Morning Breakdown - featuring Jack McInerney, the heat, Jay DeMerit, change/consistency in Houston, Nesta debut and Sean Johnson v the Goonies.
Player Transactions
San Jose has acquired midfielder Mehdi Ballouchy from New York in exchange for a 2013 international spot and a conditional 2013 draft pick.
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Columbus has signed 27 year old Argentine forward Federico Higuain to a Designated Player contract from Colon.
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The LA Galaxy has shipped out forward Chad "The Vasectomy" Barrett to Valerenga in Norway on a loan deal.
COLUMBUS CREW
Adam Jardy of the Dispatch asks 5 Questions of defender Carlos Mendes.
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The Crew's new Designated Player Federico Higuain is a journeyman who only scored 10 goals in the last two seasons at Colon, and a total of 26 goals in the past 6 seasons at 5 different teams.
-That is an odd player to spend a lot of money on.
HOUSTON DYNAMO
Houston is in negotiations to bring back Ricardo Clark who left the Dynamo 2 years ago to sign with Eintracht Frankfurt in Germany.
NEW YORK RED BULLS
The Post prints the transcript from Tim Cahill's introductory press conference earlier today.
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The Red Bulls post 3 conversations with new signing Tim Cahill about what brought him to the team:
-Part 1 - What Went Into His Decision to Join the Red Bulls
-Part 2 - Discussions with Landon Donovan and Tim Howard
-Part 3 - What He's Looking Forward to the Most in New York
MLS SUMMER FRIENDLIES
Matches + Scores:
-Fri Jul 27
Roma(Italy) 2-1 El Salvador(national team)
Venue: Red Bull Arena - Harrison NJ
-Sat Jul 28
DC United 1-1 Paris Saint-Germain(France)
Venue: RFL Stadium – Washington DC
Chelsea(England) 0-1 AC Milan(Italy)
Venue: Sun Life Stadium - Miami FL
Liverpool(England) 0-0 Tottenham(England)
Venue: M+T Bank Stadium - Baltimore
Montpellier(France) 2-2 Lyon(France) - Lyo wins 4-2 in Penalty Kick Shootout - French Super Cup
Venue: Red Bull Arena - Harrison NJ
-Tue Jul 31
New York Red Bulls v Tottenham(England)
Venue: Red Bull Arena - Harrison NJ
San Jose Earthquakes v Swansea(England)
Venue: Buck Shaw Stadium – Santa Clara CA
Here is the complete schedule of all the big club matches going on this summer pitting MLS teams against European teams.
NASL NEWS
Atlanta was 1-8-5 on Jul 2 when Eric Wynalda took over as head coach. Since then they have won 2 and lost 3.
NASL SCOREBOARD
Matches + Scores:
-Fri Jul 27
Fort Lauderdale Strikers 5-3 Atlanta Silverbacks
-Sat Jul 28
Puerto Rico Islanders 1-0 Minnesota Stars
Tampa Bay Rowdies 1-0 FC Edmonton
San Antonio Scorpions 8-0 Carolina RailHawks
-Sat Aug 4
Carolina RailHawks v Tampa Bay Rowdies
Atlanta Silverbacks v Fort Lauderdale Strikers
FC Edmonton v Minnesota Stars FC
-Sun Aug 5
San Antonio Scorpions v Puerto Rico Islanders
Watch online
Standings
35 San Antonio (+18)
33 Tampa Bay (+5)
31 Puerto Rico (+6)
27 Fort Lauderdale (-2)
26 Minnesota (0)
24 Carolina (-5)
16 Edmonton (-5)
14 Atlanta (-17)
USL PDL
Playoffs
SEMIFINALS
Matches + Scores:
-Sat Jul 28
Orlando City U23 1-2 Carolina Dynamo
Seattle Sounders FC U23 2-3 Forest City London
FINAL
Match + Score:
-Sat Aug 4
Carolina Dynamo v Forest City London
Venue: Macpherson Stadium - Greensboro NC
AMERICANS IN EUROPE
Game Action:
AUSTRIA -
Terrence Boyd - Rapids Vienna - went the full 90 as they won 0-1 at Wiener Neustadt.
BELGIUM - Pro League
Sacha Kljestan - Anderlecht - on the bench as they tied 1-1 at Kortrijk.
DENMARK - Superliga
Charlie Davies - Randers - came on as a sub in the 71st min as they won 2-1 v Aarhus.
Clarence Goodson - Brondy - went the full 90 getting a yellow card as they won 2-1 v Silkeborg.
Conor O'Brien - SonderjyskE - played the entire game and won 1-2 at Esbjerg.
Michael Parkhurst - Nordsjaelland - started and went 78 min getting a yellow card and they tied 1-1 v Odense.
FINLAND - Veikkausliiga
Daniel Antunez - Inter Turku - played the whole match but lost 0-3 v Mariehamn.
Mike Banner - Jaro - played the whole game and won 0-2 at Lahti.
FINLAND - Ykkonen
Justin Moose - SJK - on the bench and lost 2-0 at RoPS
Pat Phelan - SJK - went the full 90 but lost 2-0 at RoPs.
Aaron Wheeler - KooTeePee - started and went 55 min as they lost 1-0 at JIPPO.
NORWAY - Eliteserien
Steve Clark - Honefoss - played the whole game as they won 3-2 v Haugesund.
Sean Cunningham - Stabaek - played the whole game but lost 3-1 at Aalesund.
Kenneth Di Vita Jensen - Honefoss - came on as a sub in the 86th min and they won 3-2 v Haugesund.
NORWAY - 1 Divisjon
Rhett Bernstein - Mjondalen - went the distance and tied 2-2 at Bodo/Glimt.
Kyle Helton - Mjondalen - played the entire match as they tied 2-2 at Bodo/Glimt.
Sebastian Troupe - Baerum - played the whole game but lost 3-1 at Ranheim.
SWEDEN - Allsvenskan Liga
Brian Span - Djurgarden - on the bench as they tied 0-0 v Elfsborg.
SWEDEN - Superettan
Brian Edwards - Degerfors - went the full 90 as they tied 2-2 at Jonkopings Sodra.
Patrick Hopkins - Ljungskile - played the full match in a 0-0 draw at Osters.
Ryan Miller - Halmstad - played the entire game and won 2-0 v Hammarby.
Matt Pyzdrowski - Angelholms - started but came out at half time as they lost 1-4 v Trelleborgs.
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Coming Up:
UEFA Champions League - Third Qualifying Round - 1st Leg
Josh Gatt - Molde - Wed Aug 1 v Basel
Bryan Gerzicich - Hapoel Kiryat Shmona - Wed Aug 1 v Neftci
Sacha Kljestan - Anderlecht - Wed Aug 1 v Ekranas
UEFA Europa League - 3rd Qualifying Round - 1st Leg
Etchu Tabe - KuPS - Thu Aug 2 v Bursaspor
Steve Cherundolo - Hannover - Thu Aug 2 at St Patrick's
Terrence Boyd - Rapid Wien - Thu Aug 2 at Vojvodina
AMERICANS IN MEXICO
Michael Orozco scored his first goal in the past two seasons for San Luis.
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Sonny Guadarama scored the game winning goal for Merida.
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Game Action:
PRIMERA DIVISION
DaMarcus Beasley - Puebla - went the distance but lost 1-3 v Toluca.
Jonathan Bornstein - Tigres UANL - on the bench as they won 2-1 v Atlante.
Edgar Castillo - Tijuana - played the whole game but lost 4-0 at Leon.
Joe Corona - Tijuana - started and went 56 min as they lost 4-0 at Leon.
Greg Garza - Tijuana - on the bench as they lost 4-0 at Leon.
Herculez Gomez - Santos Laguna - started and went 59 min getting a yellow card as they won 0-1 at Guadalajara.
Michael Orozco Fiscal - San Luis - went the distance scoring a goal but they lost 1-2 v Cruz Azul.
Jose Torres - Pachuca - started but got two yellow cards and was ejected as they lost 0-3 v Atlas.
LIGA DE ASCENSO
Isaac Acuna - Merida - started and went 61 min as they won 0-1 at Univ Guadalajara.
Sonny Guadarrama - Merida - went the full 90 scoring a goal as they won 0-1 at Univ Guadalajara.
Marco Vidal - Lobos BUAP - came on as a sub in the 71st min and they won 1-0 v Correcaminos.
CONCACAF
New promoted Leon is off to a shocking start with 2 big wins.
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Pachuca has stumbled out of the gates with a tie and a loss under head coach Hugo Sanchez. They got 2 red cards this week.
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The two teams that vied for the Clausura title, Santos Laguna and Tigres, have won both of their games as well.
MEXICO
Liga MX Apertura Round 2
Matches + Scores:
-Fri Jul 27
Morelia 1-0 Monterrey
Leon 4-0 Tijuana
-Sat Jul 28
America 4-2 Jaguares
Tigres UANL 2-1 Atlante
Pachuca 0-3 Atlas
San Luis 1-2 Cruz Azul
-Sun Jul 29
Pumas UNAM 3-0 Queretaro
Puebla 1-3 Toluca
Guadalajara 0-1 Santos Laguna
Huge congrats to the men's + women's teams of Up Top from Minneapolis who both won the Street Soccer US Cup in New York City on Sunday!
-Read this great profile of the team at The Shin Guardian.
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Hon! Du! Ras! Did you see the MLS connection that scored the goal for Honduras that sent Spain spinning right out of the Olympic Men's Soccer Tourney? Oh yeah! Roger Espinoza to Andy Najar, back to Espinoza, to Jerry Bengtson, who slams it home! Honduras 1, Spain 0!
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Meet Clint Dempsey - Sweepstakes from Modelo Especial
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Geoff Cameron, recently signed by Stoke in England, was denied an English work permit (this was expected) and the team has filed an appeal which will be heard on Wed Aug 8.
STORY OF THE DAY
Local New York City politicians write an opinion piece for the New York Daily News on why a new MLS stadium in Queens is the right idea.
MINNESOTA STARS FC
The Stars lost for the 3 game in a row and fell another spot in the standings to 5th. Shit.
Matches + Scores:
-Sat Jul 28
Puerto Rico Islanders 1-0 Minnesota Stars
Venue: Bayamon Soccer Complex
-Sat Aug 4
FC Edmonton v Minnesota Stars
Venue: Clarke Stadium
USA WOMEN AT THE OLYMPICS
Tuesday the gals take on the "Democratic" half of Korea for knockout round seeding on the line.
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Group Stage
Matches + Scores:
-Wed Jul 25
USA 4-2 France - USA goals by Abby Wambach, Alex Morgan(2) + Carli Lloyd. Fra goals by Gaetane Thiney + Marie-Laure Delie.
-Sat Jul 28
USA v Colombia - USA goals by Megan Rapinoe, Abby Wambach + Carli Lloyd.
-Tue Jul 31
USA v N Korea - 11:15am CT on NBCSN
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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
MENS OLYMPIC TOURNAMENT
Brazil and Japan advanced to the knock out stage.
Groups
GROUP A
4 Senegal (+2)
4 Great Britain (+2)
3 Uruguay (-1)
0 UAE (-3)
GROUP B
4 Mexico (+2)
4 N Korea (+1)
1 Switzerland (-1)
1 Gabon (-2)
GROUP C
ADV-6 Brazil (+3)
3 Belarus (-1)
1 Egypt (-1)
1 New Zealand (-1)
GROUP D
ADV-6 Japan (+2)
4 Honduras (0)
1 Morocco (0)
0 Spain (-2)
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Matches + Scores:
GROUP STAGE
Matchday 2
-Sun Jul 29
Senegal 2-0 Uruguay
Mexico 2-0 Gabon
Brazil 3-1 Belarus
Egypt 1-1 New Zealand
Japan 1-0 Morocco
N Korea 2-1 Switzerland
Great Britain 3-1 UAE
Spain 0-1 Honduras
Matchday 3
-Wed Aug 1
Brazil v New Zealand - 8:30am CT on NBCSN - GROUP C
Mexico v Switzerland - 11:00am CT on NBCSN - GROUP B
Spain v Morocco - 11:00am CT on MSNBC - GROUP D
Great Britain v Uruguay - 1:45pm CT on NBCSN - GROUP A
Senegal v UAE - 2:50pm CT in progress on MSNBC - GROUP A
N Korea v Gabon - GROUP B
Egypt v Belarus - GROUP C
Japan v Honduras - GROUP D
2012-13 CONCACACHAMPIONS
Here We Go! The Group Stage of the new championship begins tomorrow!
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Group 1
Santos Laguna
Toronto
Aguila (Salv)
Group 2
Real Salt Lake
Herediano (CR)
Tauro (Pan)
Group 3
Houston Dynamo
Olimpia (Hond)
FAS (Salv)
Group 4
Seattle Sounders
Marathon (Hond)
Caledonian AIA (T+T)
Group 5
LA Galaxy
Isidro Metapan (Salv)
Puerto Rico Islanders (PR)
Group 6
Tigres
Alajuelense (CR)
Real Esteli (Nica)
Group 7
Monterrey
Municipal (Guat)
Chorrillo (Pan)
Group 8
Guadalajara
Xelaju (Guat)
W Connection (T+T)
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Matches + Scores:
-Tue Jul 31
Monterrey v Chorrillo - 7:00PM CT
Herediano v Real Salt Lake - 9:00PM CT on Fox Soccer
-Wed Aug 1
Toronto v Aguila - 7:00PM CT on Fox Soccer
Tigres UANL v Real Esteli - 9:00PM CT
Metapan v Puerto Rico Islanders - 9:00PM CT
-Thu Aug 2
W Connection v Xelaju - 7:00PM CT
Olimpia v FAS - 9:00PM CT
Seattle Sounders v Caledonia - 9:00PM CT on Fox Soccer
All games are shown on the internet too at CONCACAF TV.
HMMMMM, VERY INTERESTING
Bobby McMahon of Forbes sees Serie A as falling behind the other big leagues of Europe, with no end in sight for a change.
WELL WELL WELL
Dallas prodigy Brek Shea was left off the game day roster for the 2nd straight match, and after the game head coach Schellas Hyndman said his young star needs time off to sort out his head.
VIDEO OF THE DAY
All 25 goals from MLS Week 21 - via Kick TV.
MLS MATCHES AND SCORES
WEEK 21
Matches + Scores:
-Fri Jul 27
Real Salt Lake 2-1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC RSL goals by Alvaro Saborio(2, 1 via PK). VW goal by Darren Mattocks.
Venue: Rio Tinto Stadium
Atten: 18,702
-Sat Jul 28
Toronto FC 0-2 Houston Dynamo HD goals by Calen Carr + Brian Ching.
Venue: BMO Field
Atten: 19652
Montreal Impact 3-1 New York Red Bulls MI goals by Marco Di Vaio, Davy Arnaud + Sanna Nyassi. NYRB goal by Thierry Henry.
Venue: Saputo Stadium
Atten: 19,441
FC Dallas 0-1 LA Galaxy LAG goal by Mike Magee.
Venue: FC Dallas Stadium
Atten: 22,565
Sporting Kansas City 1-2 Columbus Crew SKC goal by Kei Kamara. CC goals both by Jairo Arrieta.
Venue: Livestrong Sporting Park
Atten: 18,938
Colorado Rapids 1-2 Seattle Sounders FC CR goal by Drew Moor. SS goals by Eddie Johnson + Osvaldo Alonso.
Venue: Dick's Sporting Goods Park
Atten: 13,816
San Jose Earthquakes 1-1 Chicago Fire SC - SJE goal by Steven Lenhart. CF goal by Chris Rolfe.
Venue: Buck Shaw Stadium
Atten: 10,525
Portland Timbers 0-1 CD Chivas USA CUSA goal by Danny Califf.
Venue: JELD-WEN Field
Atten: 20,438
-Sun Jul 29
Philadelphia Union 2-1 New England Revolution PU goals by Freddy Adu(PK) + Jack McInerney. NER goal by Saer Sene.
Venue: PPL Park
Atten: 18598
MLS MATCH NOTES
RSL becomes the second team this season to cross the 40 point threshold.
Houston moves past Kansas City into 2nd in the East.
Seattle moves past Vancouver into 3rd in the West.
Philadelphia beats and moves past New England into 8th in the East.
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There were 9 league games this week and 6 were SOLD OUT!!! Two more were within a few hundred of being sold out. The only game one that was not a sellout was in Colorado. Ugh. Come on Kroenke, step and put some real muscle into this team.
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EJECTIONS:
Joe Cannon - Vancouver - red card
Cole Grossman - Columbus - red card
Alan Gordon - San Jose - two yellow cards
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Chad Marshall was getting beat all night by Kei Kamara on head balls in the box, which was Marshall's bread winner. If he can't defend those any more then he just might be done.
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A rare occasion saw a sell out and standing room only in Dallas.
MLS STANDINGS
EAST
38 New York Red Bulls (+6)
37 Houston Dynamo (+8)
37 Sporting Kansas City (+6)
33 DC United (+7)
32 Chicago Fire SC (0)
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28 Columbus Crew (0)
27 Montreal Impact (-10)
23 Philadelphia Union (0)
23 New England Revolution (-1)
19 Toronto FC (-14)
WEST
44 San Jose Earthquakes (+17)
42 Real Salt Lake (+8)
34 Seattle Sounders FC (+5)
34 Vancouver Whitecaps FC (-2)
33 LA Galaxy (+4)
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26 CD Chivas USA (-7)
22 Colorado Rapids (-4)
22 FC Dallas (-6)
19 Portland Timbers (-17)
MLS TEAM AND PLAYER NEWS
General News
Jairo Arrieta of the Columbus Crew was named MLS Player of the Week.
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Kyle McCarthy of Goal.com with the Monday Morning Breakdown - featuring Jack McInerney, the heat, Jay DeMerit, change/consistency in Houston, Nesta debut and Sean Johnson v the Goonies.
Player Transactions
San Jose has acquired midfielder Mehdi Ballouchy from New York in exchange for a 2013 international spot and a conditional 2013 draft pick.
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Columbus has signed 27 year old Argentine forward Federico Higuain to a Designated Player contract from Colon.
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The LA Galaxy has shipped out forward Chad "The Vasectomy" Barrett to Valerenga in Norway on a loan deal.
COLUMBUS CREW
Adam Jardy of the Dispatch asks 5 Questions of defender Carlos Mendes.
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The Crew's new Designated Player Federico Higuain is a journeyman who only scored 10 goals in the last two seasons at Colon, and a total of 26 goals in the past 6 seasons at 5 different teams.
-That is an odd player to spend a lot of money on.
HOUSTON DYNAMO
Houston is in negotiations to bring back Ricardo Clark who left the Dynamo 2 years ago to sign with Eintracht Frankfurt in Germany.
NEW YORK RED BULLS
The Post prints the transcript from Tim Cahill's introductory press conference earlier today.
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The Red Bulls post 3 conversations with new signing Tim Cahill about what brought him to the team:
-Part 1 - What Went Into His Decision to Join the Red Bulls
-Part 2 - Discussions with Landon Donovan and Tim Howard
-Part 3 - What He's Looking Forward to the Most in New York
MLS SUMMER FRIENDLIES
Matches + Scores:
-Fri Jul 27
Roma(Italy) 2-1 El Salvador(national team)
Venue: Red Bull Arena - Harrison NJ
-Sat Jul 28
DC United 1-1 Paris Saint-Germain(France)
Venue: RFL Stadium – Washington DC
Chelsea(England) 0-1 AC Milan(Italy)
Venue: Sun Life Stadium - Miami FL
Liverpool(England) 0-0 Tottenham(England)
Venue: M+T Bank Stadium - Baltimore
Montpellier(France) 2-2 Lyon(France) - Lyo wins 4-2 in Penalty Kick Shootout - French Super Cup
Venue: Red Bull Arena - Harrison NJ
-Tue Jul 31
New York Red Bulls v Tottenham(England)
Venue: Red Bull Arena - Harrison NJ
San Jose Earthquakes v Swansea(England)
Venue: Buck Shaw Stadium – Santa Clara CA
Here is the complete schedule of all the big club matches going on this summer pitting MLS teams against European teams.
NASL NEWS
Atlanta was 1-8-5 on Jul 2 when Eric Wynalda took over as head coach. Since then they have won 2 and lost 3.
NASL SCOREBOARD
Matches + Scores:
-Fri Jul 27
Fort Lauderdale Strikers 5-3 Atlanta Silverbacks
-Sat Jul 28
Puerto Rico Islanders 1-0 Minnesota Stars
Tampa Bay Rowdies 1-0 FC Edmonton
San Antonio Scorpions 8-0 Carolina RailHawks
-Sat Aug 4
Carolina RailHawks v Tampa Bay Rowdies
Atlanta Silverbacks v Fort Lauderdale Strikers
FC Edmonton v Minnesota Stars FC
-Sun Aug 5
San Antonio Scorpions v Puerto Rico Islanders
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Standings
35 San Antonio (+18)
33 Tampa Bay (+5)
31 Puerto Rico (+6)
27 Fort Lauderdale (-2)
26 Minnesota (0)
24 Carolina (-5)
16 Edmonton (-5)
14 Atlanta (-17)
USL PDL
Playoffs
SEMIFINALS
Matches + Scores:
-Sat Jul 28
Orlando City U23 1-2 Carolina Dynamo
Seattle Sounders FC U23 2-3 Forest City London
FINAL
Match + Score:
-Sat Aug 4
Carolina Dynamo v Forest City London
Venue: Macpherson Stadium - Greensboro NC
AMERICANS IN EUROPE
Game Action:
AUSTRIA -
Terrence Boyd - Rapids Vienna - went the full 90 as they won 0-1 at Wiener Neustadt.
BELGIUM - Pro League
Sacha Kljestan - Anderlecht - on the bench as they tied 1-1 at Kortrijk.
DENMARK - Superliga
Charlie Davies - Randers - came on as a sub in the 71st min as they won 2-1 v Aarhus.
Clarence Goodson - Brondy - went the full 90 getting a yellow card as they won 2-1 v Silkeborg.
Conor O'Brien - SonderjyskE - played the entire game and won 1-2 at Esbjerg.
Michael Parkhurst - Nordsjaelland - started and went 78 min getting a yellow card and they tied 1-1 v Odense.
FINLAND - Veikkausliiga
Daniel Antunez - Inter Turku - played the whole match but lost 0-3 v Mariehamn.
Mike Banner - Jaro - played the whole game and won 0-2 at Lahti.
FINLAND - Ykkonen
Justin Moose - SJK - on the bench and lost 2-0 at RoPS
Pat Phelan - SJK - went the full 90 but lost 2-0 at RoPs.
Aaron Wheeler - KooTeePee - started and went 55 min as they lost 1-0 at JIPPO.
NORWAY - Eliteserien
Steve Clark - Honefoss - played the whole game as they won 3-2 v Haugesund.
Sean Cunningham - Stabaek - played the whole game but lost 3-1 at Aalesund.
Kenneth Di Vita Jensen - Honefoss - came on as a sub in the 86th min and they won 3-2 v Haugesund.
NORWAY - 1 Divisjon
Rhett Bernstein - Mjondalen - went the distance and tied 2-2 at Bodo/Glimt.
Kyle Helton - Mjondalen - played the entire match as they tied 2-2 at Bodo/Glimt.
Sebastian Troupe - Baerum - played the whole game but lost 3-1 at Ranheim.
SWEDEN - Allsvenskan Liga
Brian Span - Djurgarden - on the bench as they tied 0-0 v Elfsborg.
SWEDEN - Superettan
Brian Edwards - Degerfors - went the full 90 as they tied 2-2 at Jonkopings Sodra.
Patrick Hopkins - Ljungskile - played the full match in a 0-0 draw at Osters.
Ryan Miller - Halmstad - played the entire game and won 2-0 v Hammarby.
Matt Pyzdrowski - Angelholms - started but came out at half time as they lost 1-4 v Trelleborgs.
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Coming Up:
UEFA Champions League - Third Qualifying Round - 1st Leg
Josh Gatt - Molde - Wed Aug 1 v Basel
Bryan Gerzicich - Hapoel Kiryat Shmona - Wed Aug 1 v Neftci
Sacha Kljestan - Anderlecht - Wed Aug 1 v Ekranas
UEFA Europa League - 3rd Qualifying Round - 1st Leg
Etchu Tabe - KuPS - Thu Aug 2 v Bursaspor
Steve Cherundolo - Hannover - Thu Aug 2 at St Patrick's
Terrence Boyd - Rapid Wien - Thu Aug 2 at Vojvodina
AMERICANS IN MEXICO
Michael Orozco scored his first goal in the past two seasons for San Luis.
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Sonny Guadarama scored the game winning goal for Merida.
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Game Action:
PRIMERA DIVISION
DaMarcus Beasley - Puebla - went the distance but lost 1-3 v Toluca.
Jonathan Bornstein - Tigres UANL - on the bench as they won 2-1 v Atlante.
Edgar Castillo - Tijuana - played the whole game but lost 4-0 at Leon.
Joe Corona - Tijuana - started and went 56 min as they lost 4-0 at Leon.
Greg Garza - Tijuana - on the bench as they lost 4-0 at Leon.
Herculez Gomez - Santos Laguna - started and went 59 min getting a yellow card as they won 0-1 at Guadalajara.
Michael Orozco Fiscal - San Luis - went the distance scoring a goal but they lost 1-2 v Cruz Azul.
Jose Torres - Pachuca - started but got two yellow cards and was ejected as they lost 0-3 v Atlas.
LIGA DE ASCENSO
Isaac Acuna - Merida - started and went 61 min as they won 0-1 at Univ Guadalajara.
Sonny Guadarrama - Merida - went the full 90 scoring a goal as they won 0-1 at Univ Guadalajara.
Marco Vidal - Lobos BUAP - came on as a sub in the 71st min and they won 1-0 v Correcaminos.
CONCACAF
New promoted Leon is off to a shocking start with 2 big wins.
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Pachuca has stumbled out of the gates with a tie and a loss under head coach Hugo Sanchez. They got 2 red cards this week.
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The two teams that vied for the Clausura title, Santos Laguna and Tigres, have won both of their games as well.
MEXICO
Liga MX Apertura Round 2
Matches + Scores:
-Fri Jul 27
Morelia 1-0 Monterrey
Leon 4-0 Tijuana
-Sat Jul 28
America 4-2 Jaguares
Tigres UANL 2-1 Atlante
Pachuca 0-3 Atlas
San Luis 1-2 Cruz Azul
-Sun Jul 29
Pumas UNAM 3-0 Queretaro
Puebla 1-3 Toluca
Guadalajara 0-1 Santos Laguna
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