Some Soccer News for Mon Jul 9, 2012
STARTERS
Portland Timbers fired head coach John Spencer today. He has been replaced on an interim basis by General Manager Gavin Wilkinson.
-Unless there was a near unanimous melt down by players against the coach then this was a very stupid move mid-season. And to do it without a replacement lined up at this critical juncture of the season is fools gold. They simply don't have good enough players and that is all on Wilkinson.
-The rest of the coaching staff will remain intact this season, including our friend in football assistant Amos Magee.
-We will always have time for this gem from Spencer's time in Portland!
dN
Two of Liverpools summer friendlies in the USA will be broadcast on ESPN2.
-Liverpool v Roma from Fenway Park in Boston on Jul 25 at 6:30pm CT, and Liverpool v Tottenham from M+T Bank Stadium in Baltimore on Jul 28 at 12pm CT.
STORY OF THE DAY
Scott French of ESPN LA talks to Herculez Gomez as his Santos Laguna get ready for the new Liga MX Apertura season, and a successful recent run with the USA.
MINNESOTA STARS FC
Matches + Scores:
-Sat Jul 7
Minnesota Stars 0-2 Atlanta Silverbacks
Venue: National Sports Center Stadium
Oof da! A terrible Saturday night at Loch Ness-Upon-Blaine as our boys looked completely burned out while Atlanta were energized by a new high profile head coach to they gave everything for. A shitty night no doubt.
-Thu Jul 12
Minnesota Stars v Tampa Bay Rowdies
Venue: National Sports Center Stadium - Blaine MN
THE LAMAR HUNT US OPEN CUP
Coming Wednesday!
Semifinals
Matches and Scores:
-Wed Jul 11
Philadelphia Union v Sporting Kansas City - 6:30pm CT
Venue: PPL Park - Chester PA
Seattle Sounders FC v CD Chivas USA - 9:00pm CT
Venue: Starfire Sports Complex - Tukwila WA
dN
And here are the scenarios for hosting the Final on Aug 7 or 8:
Sporting Kansas City v Seattle Sounders FC
OR
Sporting Kansas City v CD Chivas USA
OR
Seattle Sounders FC v Philadelphia Union
OR
Philadelphia Union v CD Chivas USA
QUOTE OF THE DAY
On Saturday after I had the pleasure of meeting former USA great, current Fox Soccer commentator and current Atlanta Silverback head coach Eric Wynalda for an interview on an upcoming episode of The du Nord Futbol Show. The first words he spoke to me were, "Great to meet you. Wow, you're a lot bigger than I expected." Stay tuned.
DO YOU REALIZE
Michael Lewis at Newsday with more quotes on the possible new MLS stadium in Queens New York.
-Thanks to Bart for the link.
DID YOU KNOW?
The Scottish Football League will announce on Friday which league Rangers will resume life in after it was decided that they will NOT play in the Premier League next season.
-Most guesses are saying the First Division, which is technically the second division, one below the top Premier League.
WELL WELL WELL
Did you know that the Mexican Primera Division has a new name for the upcoming Apertura season. It will now be known as Liga MX.
-The federation will also re-introduce the Copa Mexico to be played in both the Apertura and Clausura seasons pitting 14 teams from Liga MX and 14 from the second division. They will play both group and knock out stages to determine a twice yearly cup champion.
Thanks to the great readers who provided me with so much info on the new birth for Mexican club soccer. We will have more on this subject from one great reader in the next day or two.
FACT OF THE DAY
The MLS All Star Game First 11 was announced on Sunday.
VIDEO OF THE DAY 1
Sporting Kansas City has USA captain Carlos Bocanegra on their TV post-game show Saturday night and they asked him about his future with Rangers etc. Is he headed to MLS?
-Ronald Blum of the Associated Press also talks to Bocanegra about his future.
VIDEO OF THE DAY 2
Some nice tifo from San Jose's 1906 Ultras for their game against LA at Stanford Stadium.
VIDEO OF THE DAY 3
Shawn Francis of The Offside Rules hooks us up with a trailer to a documentary film about Bob Bradley and his journey as head coach of the Egypt national team.
PICTURE OF THE DAY
Seeing Steve Zakuani make his return to the field for Seattle on Sunday after 15 months away was amazing. And the fact that it was against the team, Colorado Rapids, they were playing when he suffered that horrific broken leg was even more amazing. At the end of the game when he and Brian Mullan who delivered that hideous tackle embraced I found myself sitting on the coach at home silently applauding them. I was literally clapping my hands. Amazing scene.
MLS MATCHES AND SCORES
Week 18
Matches + Scores:
-Sat Jul 7
Sporting Kansas City 0-0 Houston Dynamo
Venue: Livestrong Sporting Park
Atten: 19,307
Real Salt Lake 3-0 Portland Timbers - RSL goals all by Alvaro Saborio(1 via PK),
Venue: Rio Tinto Stadium
Atten: 16,444
FC Dallas 0-0 San Jose Earthquakes
Venue: FC Dallas Stadium
Atten: 10,132
CD Chivas USA 0-0 Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Venue: The Home Depot Center
Atten: 11,659
Seattle Sounders FC v Colorado Rapids - SS goals by Alvaro Fernandez + Eddie Johnson. CR goal by Omar Cummings.
Venue: CenturyLink Field
Atten: 39,060
-Sun Jul 8
Chicago Fire SC 0-2 LA Galaxy - LAG goals both by Robbie Keane(1 via PK),
Venue: Toyota Park
Atten: 20,563
Philadelphia Union 3-0 Toronto FC - PU goals by Gabriel Gomez, Freddy Adu + Antoine Hoppenot.
Venue: PPL Park
Atten: 18,393
New England Revolution 2-0 New York Red Bulls - NER goals by Lee Nguyen + Jerry Bengtsen.
Venue: Gillette Stadium
Atten: 14,373
Montreal Impact 2-1 Columbus Crew - MI goals by Zarek Valentin + Patrice Bernier(PK). CC goal by Milovan Mirosevic.
Venue: Saputo Stadium
Atten: 15,118
MLS MATCH NOTES
EJECTIONS:
Ramiro Corrales - San Jose - 2 yellow cards
dN
Seattle put a critical end to their winless streak.
dN
Dallas did not, making it now 12 in a row without a win. The all time league record is 14.
dN
Watching Colorado find new ways to not mark runners on set pieces was eye opening. Do they work on this stuff at practice? Apparently not.
dN
Yes, Toronto was not fixed by getting a new head coach. They still need an entirely new and competent defense.
dN
It was only a gimme, but seeing Jerry Bengtson score in his debut must be a huge relief to New England fans and management after all the stiff strikers they have seen come and go since Taylor Twellman was felled by concussions.
dN
Let take a moment to boooooo real loud at Dallas and Chivas for failing so miserably on ticket sales this past weekend!
dN
Great attendance as usual in KC, Seattle and Philly. And big day for Chicago on Sunday with what looked to be a sellout.
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 (-9)
17 Philadelphia Union (0)
10 Toronto FC (-15)
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
Sign up today for MLS Fantasy Soccer Manager, and then become a member of the du Nord Futbol league using this code: 3815-897
-There are 142 teams in our league!
-The league leader is LateNight504FC managed by Alan Kansas.
MLS TEAM AND PLAYER NEWS
General News
Real Salt Lake forward Alvaro Saborio has been named Player Of The Week.
dN
Kyle McCarthy of Goal.com with a look back at the week that just was - the Monday Morning Breakdown.
Player Transactions
Sporting Kansas City has signed 25 year old Serbian versatile defender(pref centerback) Neven Markovic from Doxa Drama FC in Greece.
dN
San Jose has released high priced recent international signing Tressor Moreno who saw very little time on the field.
-Patience rarely works in these cases, but SJ is only an injury or two away from needing the depth this player provided.
dN
SJ also sold Anthony Ampaipitakwong to a team in Thailand.
dN
Chivas has acquired centerback Bobby Burling from Montreal in exchange for a foreign player roster spot.
DC UNITED
Steven Goff of the Post looks ahead to the Tuesday announcement of a major investor in the team by giving us a run down of the history of all the financial investors in DCU.
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 Jul 7
Carolina RailHawks 3-3 Fort Lauderdale Strikers
Puerto Rico Islanders 1-1 FC Edmonton
Minnesota Stars 0-2 Atlanta Silverbacks
-Wed Jul 7
Puerto Rico Islanders v San Antonio Scorpions
-Thu Jul 12
Minnesota Stars v 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 (+10)
25 Puerto Rico (+7)
24 Tampa Bay (+2)
23 Minnesota (+2)
21 Carolina (+2)
20 Fort Lauderdale (-4)
13 Edmonton (-4)
11 Atlanta (-15)
No change in the standings at all.
AMERICANS IN EUROPE
Pat Phelan got his first goal for SJK in Finland's second division on Saturday.
dN
Game Action:
FINLAND - Veikkausliiga
Mike Banner - Jaro - on the bench as they won 1-0 v Haka.
Etchu Tabe - KuPS - went the distance as they drew 1-1 at MYPA
FINLAND - Ykkonen
Justin Moose - SJK - started and went 57 min as they tied 1-1 v Hameenlinna.
Pat Phelan - SJK - played the full 90 and scored a goal as they tied 1-1 v Hameenlinna.
Aaron Wheeler - KooTeePee - went the whole game getting a yellow card and losing badly 0-4 v Viikingit.
NORWAY - Eliteserien
Erik Benjaminsen - Stabaek - on the bench as they lost 1-2 v Stromsgodset.
Ricardo Clark - Stabaek - went the full 90 but lost 1-2 v Stromsgodset.
Steve Clark - Honefoss - went the full match getting the win 2-1 v Brann.
Sean Cunningham - Stabaek - played entire match losing 1-2 v Stromsgodset.
Josh Gatt - Molde - started and went 81 minutes losing 1-0 v Rosenborg.
NORWAY - 1 Divisjon
Rhett Bernstein - Mjondalen - started but came off at half time as they won 2-1 v Kongsvinger.
Kyle Helton - Mjondalen - came on as a sub at half time and they won 2-1 v Kongsvinger.
Sebastian Troupe - Baerum - played the whole 90 as they rolled 6-0 v Notodden.
SWEDEN - Allsvenskan Liga
Brian Span - Djurgarden - came on as a sub in the 64th min as they tied 1-1 at Syrianska.
ENGLAND
Manchester City has given head coach Roberto Mancini a new 5 year contract.
FRANCE
Didier Deschamps who resigned as head coach of Marseille last week has been hired as the new head coach of the France national team.
Portland Timbers fired head coach John Spencer today. He has been replaced on an interim basis by General Manager Gavin Wilkinson.
-Unless there was a near unanimous melt down by players against the coach then this was a very stupid move mid-season. And to do it without a replacement lined up at this critical juncture of the season is fools gold. They simply don't have good enough players and that is all on Wilkinson.
-The rest of the coaching staff will remain intact this season, including our friend in football assistant Amos Magee.
-We will always have time for this gem from Spencer's time in Portland!
dN
Two of Liverpools summer friendlies in the USA will be broadcast on ESPN2.
-Liverpool v Roma from Fenway Park in Boston on Jul 25 at 6:30pm CT, and Liverpool v Tottenham from M+T Bank Stadium in Baltimore on Jul 28 at 12pm CT.
STORY OF THE DAY
Scott French of ESPN LA talks to Herculez Gomez as his Santos Laguna get ready for the new Liga MX Apertura season, and a successful recent run with the USA.
MINNESOTA STARS FC
Matches + Scores:
-Sat Jul 7
Minnesota Stars 0-2 Atlanta Silverbacks
Venue: National Sports Center Stadium
Oof da! A terrible Saturday night at Loch Ness-Upon-Blaine as our boys looked completely burned out while Atlanta were energized by a new high profile head coach to they gave everything for. A shitty night no doubt.
-Thu Jul 12
Minnesota Stars v Tampa Bay Rowdies
Venue: National Sports Center Stadium - Blaine MN
THE LAMAR HUNT US OPEN CUP
Coming Wednesday!
Semifinals
Matches and Scores:
-Wed Jul 11
Philadelphia Union v Sporting Kansas City - 6:30pm CT
Venue: PPL Park - Chester PA
Seattle Sounders FC v CD Chivas USA - 9:00pm CT
Venue: Starfire Sports Complex - Tukwila WA
dN
And here are the scenarios for hosting the Final on Aug 7 or 8:
Sporting Kansas City v Seattle Sounders FC
OR
Sporting Kansas City v CD Chivas USA
OR
Seattle Sounders FC v Philadelphia Union
OR
Philadelphia Union v CD Chivas USA
QUOTE OF THE DAY
On Saturday after I had the pleasure of meeting former USA great, current Fox Soccer commentator and current Atlanta Silverback head coach Eric Wynalda for an interview on an upcoming episode of The du Nord Futbol Show. The first words he spoke to me were, "Great to meet you. Wow, you're a lot bigger than I expected." Stay tuned.
DO YOU REALIZE
Michael Lewis at Newsday with more quotes on the possible new MLS stadium in Queens New York.
-Thanks to Bart for the link.
DID YOU KNOW?
The Scottish Football League will announce on Friday which league Rangers will resume life in after it was decided that they will NOT play in the Premier League next season.
-Most guesses are saying the First Division, which is technically the second division, one below the top Premier League.
WELL WELL WELL
Did you know that the Mexican Primera Division has a new name for the upcoming Apertura season. It will now be known as Liga MX.
-The federation will also re-introduce the Copa Mexico to be played in both the Apertura and Clausura seasons pitting 14 teams from Liga MX and 14 from the second division. They will play both group and knock out stages to determine a twice yearly cup champion.
Thanks to the great readers who provided me with so much info on the new birth for Mexican club soccer. We will have more on this subject from one great reader in the next day or two.
FACT OF THE DAY
The MLS All Star Game First 11 was announced on Sunday.
VIDEO OF THE DAY 1
Sporting Kansas City has USA captain Carlos Bocanegra on their TV post-game show Saturday night and they asked him about his future with Rangers etc. Is he headed to MLS?
-Ronald Blum of the Associated Press also talks to Bocanegra about his future.
VIDEO OF THE DAY 2
Some nice tifo from San Jose's 1906 Ultras for their game against LA at Stanford Stadium.
VIDEO OF THE DAY 3
Shawn Francis of The Offside Rules hooks us up with a trailer to a documentary film about Bob Bradley and his journey as head coach of the Egypt national team.
PICTURE OF THE DAY
Seeing Steve Zakuani make his return to the field for Seattle on Sunday after 15 months away was amazing. And the fact that it was against the team, Colorado Rapids, they were playing when he suffered that horrific broken leg was even more amazing. At the end of the game when he and Brian Mullan who delivered that hideous tackle embraced I found myself sitting on the coach at home silently applauding them. I was literally clapping my hands. Amazing scene.
MLS MATCHES AND SCORES
Week 18
Matches + Scores:
-Sat Jul 7
Sporting Kansas City 0-0 Houston Dynamo
Venue: Livestrong Sporting Park
Atten: 19,307
Real Salt Lake 3-0 Portland Timbers - RSL goals all by Alvaro Saborio(1 via PK),
Venue: Rio Tinto Stadium
Atten: 16,444
FC Dallas 0-0 San Jose Earthquakes
Venue: FC Dallas Stadium
Atten: 10,132
CD Chivas USA 0-0 Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Venue: The Home Depot Center
Atten: 11,659
Seattle Sounders FC v Colorado Rapids - SS goals by Alvaro Fernandez + Eddie Johnson. CR goal by Omar Cummings.
Venue: CenturyLink Field
Atten: 39,060
-Sun Jul 8
Chicago Fire SC 0-2 LA Galaxy - LAG goals both by Robbie Keane(1 via PK),
Venue: Toyota Park
Atten: 20,563
Philadelphia Union 3-0 Toronto FC - PU goals by Gabriel Gomez, Freddy Adu + Antoine Hoppenot.
Venue: PPL Park
Atten: 18,393
New England Revolution 2-0 New York Red Bulls - NER goals by Lee Nguyen + Jerry Bengtsen.
Venue: Gillette Stadium
Atten: 14,373
Montreal Impact 2-1 Columbus Crew - MI goals by Zarek Valentin + Patrice Bernier(PK). CC goal by Milovan Mirosevic.
Venue: Saputo Stadium
Atten: 15,118
MLS MATCH NOTES
EJECTIONS:
Ramiro Corrales - San Jose - 2 yellow cards
dN
Seattle put a critical end to their winless streak.
dN
Dallas did not, making it now 12 in a row without a win. The all time league record is 14.
dN
Watching Colorado find new ways to not mark runners on set pieces was eye opening. Do they work on this stuff at practice? Apparently not.
dN
Yes, Toronto was not fixed by getting a new head coach. They still need an entirely new and competent defense.
dN
It was only a gimme, but seeing Jerry Bengtson score in his debut must be a huge relief to New England fans and management after all the stiff strikers they have seen come and go since Taylor Twellman was felled by concussions.
dN
Let take a moment to boooooo real loud at Dallas and Chivas for failing so miserably on ticket sales this past weekend!
dN
Great attendance as usual in KC, Seattle and Philly. And big day for Chicago on Sunday with what looked to be a sellout.
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 (-9)
17 Philadelphia Union (0)
10 Toronto FC (-15)
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
Sign up today for MLS Fantasy Soccer Manager, and then become a member of the du Nord Futbol league using this code: 3815-897
-There are 142 teams in our league!
-The league leader is LateNight504FC managed by Alan Kansas.
MLS TEAM AND PLAYER NEWS
General News
Real Salt Lake forward Alvaro Saborio has been named Player Of The Week.
dN
Kyle McCarthy of Goal.com with a look back at the week that just was - the Monday Morning Breakdown.
Player Transactions
Sporting Kansas City has signed 25 year old Serbian versatile defender(pref centerback) Neven Markovic from Doxa Drama FC in Greece.
dN
San Jose has released high priced recent international signing Tressor Moreno who saw very little time on the field.
-Patience rarely works in these cases, but SJ is only an injury or two away from needing the depth this player provided.
dN
SJ also sold Anthony Ampaipitakwong to a team in Thailand.
dN
Chivas has acquired centerback Bobby Burling from Montreal in exchange for a foreign player roster spot.
DC UNITED
Steven Goff of the Post looks ahead to the Tuesday announcement of a major investor in the team by giving us a run down of the history of all the financial investors in DCU.
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 Jul 7
Carolina RailHawks 3-3 Fort Lauderdale Strikers
Puerto Rico Islanders 1-1 FC Edmonton
Minnesota Stars 0-2 Atlanta Silverbacks
-Wed Jul 7
Puerto Rico Islanders v San Antonio Scorpions
-Thu Jul 12
Minnesota Stars v 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 (+10)
25 Puerto Rico (+7)
24 Tampa Bay (+2)
23 Minnesota (+2)
21 Carolina (+2)
20 Fort Lauderdale (-4)
13 Edmonton (-4)
11 Atlanta (-15)
No change in the standings at all.
AMERICANS IN EUROPE
Pat Phelan got his first goal for SJK in Finland's second division on Saturday.
dN
Game Action:
FINLAND - Veikkausliiga
Mike Banner - Jaro - on the bench as they won 1-0 v Haka.
Etchu Tabe - KuPS - went the distance as they drew 1-1 at MYPA
FINLAND - Ykkonen
Justin Moose - SJK - started and went 57 min as they tied 1-1 v Hameenlinna.
Pat Phelan - SJK - played the full 90 and scored a goal as they tied 1-1 v Hameenlinna.
Aaron Wheeler - KooTeePee - went the whole game getting a yellow card and losing badly 0-4 v Viikingit.
NORWAY - Eliteserien
Erik Benjaminsen - Stabaek - on the bench as they lost 1-2 v Stromsgodset.
Ricardo Clark - Stabaek - went the full 90 but lost 1-2 v Stromsgodset.
Steve Clark - Honefoss - went the full match getting the win 2-1 v Brann.
Sean Cunningham - Stabaek - played entire match losing 1-2 v Stromsgodset.
Josh Gatt - Molde - started and went 81 minutes losing 1-0 v Rosenborg.
NORWAY - 1 Divisjon
Rhett Bernstein - Mjondalen - started but came off at half time as they won 2-1 v Kongsvinger.
Kyle Helton - Mjondalen - came on as a sub at half time and they won 2-1 v Kongsvinger.
Sebastian Troupe - Baerum - played the whole 90 as they rolled 6-0 v Notodden.
SWEDEN - Allsvenskan Liga
Brian Span - Djurgarden - came on as a sub in the 64th min as they tied 1-1 at Syrianska.
ENGLAND
Manchester City has given head coach Roberto Mancini a new 5 year contract.
FRANCE
Didier Deschamps who resigned as head coach of Marseille last week has been hired as the new head coach of the France national team.
posted by brucio at 19:06
1 Comments:
I saw the info on the Mexican league, good stuff :) by the way I'm victor from El Paso, Texas. I didn't want to bug your busy email, I might not be the only soccer lover emailing you, so I figured to use the posTing boxes :) By like I have said, I follow very closely the MLS and the Mexican first division-LigaMX and other leagues from the world but every time the MLS takes a positive step forward, the Mexican league takes two to keep MLS behind. adding to that the NFL NBA MLB also do that the MLS, its so unfair. The other leagues like the arabic and Asian leagues or even the Brazilian are looking at the MLS and learning how to steal those new beckams free agents. Imagine what will happen when the NY Cosmos can back, will Every league expand or create a new Cosmos.
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