Tuesday, July 17, 2012

Some Soccer News for Tue Jul 17, 2012

STARTERS

The Vasectomy might be taking his game to Norway. LA Galaxy forward Chad Barrett is currently in Norway getting a try out with Valerenga.

STORY OF THE DAY 1

Michelle Kaufman of the Miami Herald introduces us to the new CONCACAF general secretary Enrique Sanz.

STORY OF THE DAY 2

Brian Straus of Sporting News on Michael Bradley going to play for Roma.

MINNESOTA STARS FC

Meet our main man with the Star, forward Martin Nunez. -Once known to us a fans as a hated rival who always found ways to beat us, this offseason he came to MN in a trade and is fast becoming a huge fan favorite, as all passionate players do!

Matches + Scores:
-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

DU NORD AT THE CONTROLS

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

FIFASCANDALIZATIONINGS

FIFA has announced the names of the people on the new ethics committee whose first task will be to investigate charges of bribery in the bidding for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups.

OOF

Michael Lewis of Big Apple Soccer asks why does NYRB has a home game on Wednesday that kicks off at 12 noon CT.
-The heat will be brutal.

VIDEO OF THE DAY

Soccer By Ives links us to a crushing bicycle goal by Terrence Boyd today for Rapid against Roma and Michael Bradley (who you see at the very end of the clip in the #4 shirt).

PODCAST OF THE DAY

In episode six of the Pitch Invasion podcast, hosts Peter Wilt and Tom Dunmore welcome Real Salt Lake president Bill Manning and Chicago Red Stars owner Arnim Whisler onto the show to discuss the business of American soccer. Download or listen here.

MLS MATCHES AND SCORES

Week 20 (15 games)

Matches + Scores:
-Wed Jul 18
New York Red Bulls v Chicago Fire SC - 12:00PM CT
Venue: Red Bull Arena
CD Chivas USA v Portland Timbers - 3:00PM CT
Venue: The Home Depot Center
Toronto FC v Colorado Rapids - 6:00PM CT
Venue: BMO Field
Montreal Impact v New England Revolution - 7:00PM CT
Venue: Saputo Stadium
Houston Dynamo v Sporting Kansas City - 7:30PM CT
Venue: BBVA Compass Stadium
Vancouver Whitecaps FC v LA Galaxy - 9:00PM CT
Venue: BC Place
San Jose Earthquakes v FC Dallas - 10:00PM CT on NBCSN
Venue: Buck Shaw Stadium
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 MATCH NOTES

Leading Goal Scorers:
(As of Tue Jul 17)
17 Chris Wondolowski
11 Kenny Cooper
10 Will Bruin
10 Alvaro Saborio
9 Thierry Henry
9 Danny Koevermans
9 Chris Pontius
8 Eddie Johnson
8 Robbie Keane
8 Saer Sene
7 Kris Boyd
7 Landon Donovan
7 Alan Gordon
7 Maicon Santos

MLS STANDINGS

EAST
36 Sporting Kansas City (+8)
33 DC United (+8)
32 New York Red Bulls (+5)
31 Chicago Fire SC (+1)
28 Houston Dynamo (+2)
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22 New England Revolution (+1)
22 Columbus Crew (-2)
21 Montreal Impact (-10)
20 Philadelphia Union (+1)
16 Toronto FC (-13)
WEST
40 San Jose Earthquakes (+17)
36 Real Salt Lake (+5)
31 Seattle Sounders FC (+4)
30 Vancouver Whitecaps FC (-2)
26 LA Galaxy (+1)
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22 Colorado Rapids (0)
20 CD Chivas USA (-7)
19 FC Dallas (-9)
19 Portland Timbers (-10)

MLS TEAM AND PLAYER NEWS

General News

Richard Farley of Pro Soccer Talk with the Monday "Meh" list.

dN

Nick Green of the Daily Breeze sees a very important stretch ahead for both the LA Galaxy and Chivas USA.

Punishment

Emilio Renteria of the Columbus Crew has been suspended one game for a head butt during a confrontation with Paulo Nagamura of KC.

Player Transactions

Montreal has loaned out forward Miguel Montano to Deportivo Cali in his native Colombia.

COLUMBUS CREW

Crew winger Bernardo Anor will be out for the rest of the season after suffering an ACL tear. Damn.

PHILADELPHIA UNION

Christopher Vito of the Daily Times gives out grades for the first half of the season.

VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC

Russell Berrisford of the Sun sees the Whitecaps not standing pat on what by most evaluations has been a very good first half of the season.

MLS SUMMER FRIENDLIES

Matches + Scores:
-Wed Jul 18
Seattle Seattle FC v Chelsea FC - World Football Challenge - 8:30PM CT on ESPN2 + ESPN3.com
Venue: CenturyLink Field
-Sat Jul 21
Toronto FC v Liverpool FC - World Football Challenge - 3:00PM CT on FOX Soccer
Venue: BMO Field

Here is the complete schedule of all the big club matches going on this summer pitting MLS teams against European teams.

MLS EXPANSION

The Sacramento Press on the chances of MLS expanding there.
-Thanks to Carl for the link.

NASL NEWS

Roger Bennett of ESPN talks to New York Cosmos chairman Seamus O'Brien, who frankly sounds delusional.

NASL SCOREBOARD

Matches + Scores:
-Wed Jul 18
Minnesota Stars v Fort Lauderdale Strikers
-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 (+3)
21 Carolina (+2)
21 Fort Lauderdale (-4)
14 Atlanta (-14) 13 Edmonton (-5)

USL PRO NEWS

The new team in Pheonix will be called Phoenix City FC.

Standings

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

Its time for the 2011-12 Academy League Finals!

Live from really hot Houston.

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

dN

U17/18

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

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 v Solar Chelsea
Baltimore Bays Chelsea v FC Dallas
Vancouver Whitecaps v De Anza Force
Colorado Rapids v 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

dN

U15/16

GROUP 1
New York Red Bulls
Pateadores
Charlotte Soccer Academy
Chicago Fire
Group 2
Crew Soccer Academy Wolves
DC United
PA Classics
St Louis Scott Gallagher Missouri

Matches + Scores:
Group Stage
-Tue Jul 17
New York Red Bulls v Pateadores
Charlotte Soccer Academy v Chicago Fire
Crew Soccer Academy Wolves v DC United
PA Classics v St Louis Scott Gallagher Missouri
-Thu Jul 19
DC United v PA Classics
St Louis Scott Gallagher Missouri v Crew Soccer Academy Wolves
Pateadores v Charlotte Soccer Academy
Chicago Fire v 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

David Smith at Yanks Abroad previews 3 Americans in the early stages of the UEFA Champions League.

dN

Brian Sciaretta of Yanks Abroad has articles on 2 of those Americas - Bryan Gerzicich of Haopel Kiryat Shmona - and - Josh Gatt of Molde.

dN

Ricardo Clark was released by Eintracht Frankfurt, leaving him without a team. He was just on a loan deal with Staebek.
dN

Game Action:

SWEDEN - Superettan
Ryan Miller - Halmstad - Tue Jul 17 - played the whole match but lost 2-1 at Brage.

UEFA Champions League - Second qualifying round - 1st Leg
Bryan Gerzicich - Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona - Tue Jul 17 - played the full 90 but lost 1-0 at Zlina.

dN

Coming Up:

UEFA Champions League - Second qualifying round - 1st Leg
Danijal Brkovic - Zeljeznicar - Wed Jul 18 at Maribor
Josh Gatt - Molde - Wed Jul 18 v Ventspils

UEFA Europa League - Second qualifying round - 1st Leg
Daniel Antunez - Inter Turku - Thu Jul 19 at Twente
Mikkel Diskerud - Gent - Thu Jul 19 v Differdange
Giuseppe Funicello - Thor Akureyri - Thu Jul 19 at Mlada Boleslav
Jann George - Senica - Thu Jul 19 at APOEL
Leo Krupnick - Maccabi Netanya - Thu Jul 19 v KuPS
Etchu Tabe - KuPS - Thu Jul 19 at Maccabi Netanya

ENDERS

Didya wanna see Charlie Davies wedding photos? Here ya go.
-Courtesy of the MLS Insider.

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