Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Some Soccer News for Tue Jul 24, 2012

STARTERS

The 3rd du Nord MLS Hot List - which teams are currently hot and which ones are not.

STORY OF THE DAY 1

Jonathan Tannenwald of Philly.com reports that former Philadelphia Union head coach Peter Nowak has filed a lawsuit against the Union for wrongful termination and unpaid severance package. In the article Tannenwald unearths the Unions detailed reasoning for firing Nowak. Its not pretty.

The Philadelphia Union released a one sentence statement: "The team disputes the allegations in complaint & will vigorously defend against the lawsuit."

STORY OF THE DAY 1

Roger Bennett of ESPN looks at MLS' new drive to build a national identity for the league.

USA WOMEN AT THE OLYMPICS

Group Stage
Matches + Scores:
-Wed Jul 25
USA v France - 11am CT on NBCSN
-Sat Jul 28
USA v Colombia - 11am CT on NBCSN
-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

Groups

GROUP A
Great Britain
Senegal
UAE
Uruguay
GROUP B
Gabon
Mexico
N Korea
Switzerland
GROUP C
Belarus
Brazil
Egypt
New Zealand
GROUP D
Honduras
Japan
Morocco
Spain

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Matches + Scores:

GROUP STAGE
Matchday 1
-Thu Jul 26
UAE v Uruguay - 11:00am CT on NBCSN - GROUP A
Great Britain v Senegal - 2:00pm CT on NBCSN - GROUP A
Mexico v N Korea - 8:30am CT on NBCSN - GROUP B
Gabon v Switzerland - 10:45am CT on MSNBC - GROUP B
Belarus v New Zealand - 3:45pm CT on NBCSN - GROUP C
Brazil v Egypt - 1:45pm CT on MSNBC - GROUP C
Spain v Japan - 8:45am CT on MSNBC - GROUP D
Honduras v Morocco - 6:00am CT on NBCSN - GROUP D
Matchday 2
-Sun Jul 29
Senegal v Uruguay - 11:00am CT on MSNBC - GROUP A
Great Britain v UAE - 1:45pm CT on MSNBC - GROUP A
Mexico v Gabon - GROUP B
N Korea v Switzerland - GROUP B
Brazil v Belarus - 9:00am CT on MSNBC - GROUP C
Egypt v New Zealand - GROUP C
Spain v Honduras - GROUP D
Japan v Morocco - GROUP D
Matchday 3
-Wed Aug 1
Great Britain v Uruguay - 1:45pm CT on NBCSN - GROUP A
Senegal v UAE - 2:50pm CT in progress on MSNBC - GROUP A
Mexico v Switzerland - 11:00am CT on NBCSN - GROUP B
N Korea v Gabon - GROUP B
Brazil v New Zealand - 8:30am CT on NBCSN - GROUP C
Egypt v Belarus - GROUP C
Japan v Honduras - GROUP D
Spain v Morocco - 11:00am CT on MSNBC - GROUP D

QUARTERFINALS
-Sat Aug 4
A: D-1 v C-2 - 6:00am CT on MSNBC
B: B-1 v A-2 - 8:30am CT on MSNBC
C: C-1 v D-2 - 11:00am CT on MSNBC
D: A-1 v B-2 - 1:30pm CT on MSNBC

SEMIFINALS
-Tue Aug 7
Winner A v B - 11:00am CT on NBCSN
Winner C v D - 1:45pm CT on NBCSN

BRONZE-MEDAL
-Fri Aug 10
Losers - 8:00am CT on MSNBC

GOLD-MEDAL
-Sat Aug 11
Winners - 9:00am CT on NBCSN

BEST NEWS I'VE HEARD ALL DAY

Look at this will ya.... Former DC United MLS Cup winning hero Alecko Eskandarian writes for Sports Illustrated on the arrival of Tim Cahill to the New York Red Bulls, and what this will do for their starting lineup.

Great to see Eskandarian's name at SI.

Y'ALL READY FOR THIS?

Todd Date of 3rd Degree talks to Dallas head coach Schellas Hyndman about the status of star player Brek Shea who has had a big falling out with the coach.

Date also talks to Hyndman, who is on the MLS Technical Committee, about some of the inner-workings of the league.

QUESTION OF THE DAY

Yesterday I asked the simple question - Why did the New York Red Bulls give up on right winger Dane Richards? And one of the best people in all of Metroland answered that question for us - Dan Ryazansky of Metrofanatic:

Richards is a free agent after the season who wants to go to Europe. Le Toux is a free agent as well. So, basically you're making a trade for the rest of the year. The team only has TWO strikers, Titi and Cooper. Richards is definitely not a striker, although has played there with limited success. Meanwhile, Solli has been freed from his right-back-by-necessity position by the emerging Barklage. So Solli (when healthy) is free to play in the midfield, especially at his preferred right midfield position. So either Solli replaces Richards on the right and Le Toux enters the forward rotation (remember, Titi misses a lot of games for various reasons), or Le Toux plays on the right and Solli becomes a midfield jack-of-all-trades. It also fits with the Cahill signing: they can now roll many parts in midfield and up front, adjusting due to injuries or other factors.

WELL WELL WELL

Spain wins yet another world championship! How many medals can one neck hold up at a time?

STAT OF THE DAY

In the past 8 games Landon Donovan has scored 7 goals and set up 5 more.

Combine him with Robbie Keane and David Beckham and the trio has scored 17 goals in those 8 games. Wow.

THIS IS WHAT ITS ALL ABOUT

Brian Sciaretta of the New York Times writes about the rapid return from knee surgery for LA Galaxy centerback Omar Gonzalez.

PICTURE OF THE DAY

Wha??????? On Sunday Manchester City star Carlos Tevez played golf caddy for countryman Andres Romero at the British Open. Brilliant!














MLS 2012 ALL STAR GAME

Dwayne DeRosario has been named team captain.

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Philadelphia Union midfielder Michael Farfan has been added to the All Star team.

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Jeff Carlisle of ESPN has a very strong list of another 11 players who easily could have been on the All Star team.

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Jonathan Tannenwald of Philly.com does an All-Star-centric Q + A with Jay DeMerit.

Match + Score:
-Wed Jul 25 MLS v Chelsea(England) - 7:30pm CT
Venue: PPL Park - Chester PA
MLS MATCHES AND SCORES

WEEK 21

Matches + Scores:
-Fri Jul 27
Real Salt Lake v Vancouver Whitecaps FC at 8:00PM CT
Venue: Rio Tinto Stadium
-Sat Jul 28
Toronto FC v Houston Dynamo at 3:30PM CT
Venue: BMO Field
Montreal Impact v New York Red Bulls at 6:30PM CT
Venue: Saputo Stadium
FC Dallas v LA Galaxy on NBCSN at 7:00PM CT
Venue: FC Dallas Stadium
Sporting Kansas City v Columbus Crew at 7:30PM CT
Venue: Livestrong Sporting Park
Colorado Rapids v Seattle Sounders FC at 8:00PM CT
Venue: Dick's Sporting Goods Park
San Jose Earthquakes v Chicago Fire SC at 9:30PM CT
Venue: Buck Shaw Stadium
Portland Timbers v CD Chivas USA at 10:00PM CT
Venue: JELD-WEN Field
-Sun Jul 29
Philadelphia Union v New England Revolution on NBCSN at 6:00PM CT
Venue: PPL Park

MLS MATCH NOTES

Leading Goal Scorers:
(As of Tue Jul 24)
17 Chris Wondolowski
13 Kenny Cooper
11 Alvaro Saborio
10 Will Bruin
10 Thierry Henry
9 Landon Donovan
9 Alan Gordon
9 Robbie Keane
9 Danny Koevermans
9 Chris Pontius
8 Eddie Johnson
8 Saer Sene

MLS STANDINGS

EAST
38 New York Red Bulls (+8)
37 Sporting Kansas City (+7)
34 Houston Dynamo (+6)
33 DC United (+7)
31 Chicago Fire SC (0)
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25 Columbus Crew (-1)
24 Montreal Impact (-12)
23 New England Revolution (0)
20 Philadelphia Union (-1)
19 Toronto FC (-12)
WEST
43 San Jose Earthquakes (+17)
39 Real Salt Lake (+7)
34 Vancouver Whitecaps FC (-1)
31 Seattle Sounders FC (+4)
30 LA Galaxy (+3)
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23 CD Chivas USA (-8)
22 Colorado Rapids (-3)
22 FC Dallas (-5)
19 Portland Timbers (-16)

MLS TEAM AND PLAYER NEWS

Player Transactions

Chicago has signed 28 year old Dutch forward Sherjill MacDonald from Beerschot in Belgium.

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Chicago opened up the spot on their roster by loaning out forward Federico Puppo to Defensor Sporting in Uruguayan.

MONTREAL IMPACT

Jon Spratt of Sports Net wonders if Alessandro Nestra can help fix the Impacts terrible backline.
-Whoever thought a backline featuring Nelson Rivas was a solid idea had obviously not paying attention to how terrible he was the past few years in Italy. And I mean terrible.

SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES

Lisa Erickson of Bay Area Bias looks at the huge effect Hondurans Marvin Chavez and Victor Bernardez have had on the Earthquakes fantastic season.

TORONTO FC

Daniel Rouse of Sports Net sees Terry Dunfield as a key player for TFC's future. Really? Are you sure?

MLS SUMMER FRIENDLIES

Matches + Scores:
-Tue Jul 24
LA Galaxy v Tottenham(England)
Venue: Home Depot Center - Carson CA
Sporting Kansas City v Montpellier(France)
Venue: Livestrong Sporting Park - Kansas City KS
Colorado Rapids v Swansea City(England)
Venue: Dick's Sporting Goods Park
Columbus Crew v Stoke City(England)
Venue: Crew Stadium
Montreal Impact v Lyon(France)
Venue: Saputo Stadium
Portland Timbers v Aston Villa(England)
Venue: Jeld-Wen Field - Portland OR

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

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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U15/16

The New York Red Bulls are champions. Huge congrats to them!

Matches + Scores:
-Mon Jul 23
Seventh place - Charlotte Soccer Academy 0-3 DC United
Fifth place - Pateadores 2-0 PA Classics
Third place - Chicago Fire 1-1 Crew Soccer Academy Wolves - CSAW wins 6-5 in Penalty Kick Shootout.
Championship - New York Red Bulls 1-0 St Louis Scott Gallagher Missouri - 8pm CT at BBVA Compass Stadium

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U17/18

FC Dallas has won the championship! Huge congrats to them.

AMERICANS IN EUROPE

2 Americans advanced to the next stage of the Champions League today. See details below.

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Game Action:

UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE - Second qualifying round - 2nd Leg
Josh Gatt - Molde - Tue Jul 24 - was not dressed as they tied 1-1 at Ventspils and advanced 4-1 on aggregate.
Bryan Gerzicich - Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona - Tue Jul 24 - went the full 90 as they won 2-1 v Zlina and advanced 2-1 on aggregate.

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Coming Up:

UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - Second qualifying round - 2nd Leg
Daniel Antunez - Inter Turku - Jul 26 v Twente
Mikkel Diskerud - Gent - Thu Jul 26 at Differdange
Giuseppe Funicello - Thor Akureyri - Thu Jul 26 v Mlada Boleslav
Jann George - Senica - Thu Jul 26 v APOEL
Leo Krupnick - Maccabi Netanya - Thu Jul 26 at KuPS
Etchu Tabe - KuPS - Thu Jul 26 v Maccabi Netanya

AMERICANS IN MEXICO

The younger brother of Herculez Gomez, Ulysses, is a professional mixed marshall arts fighter and has been signed for a fight in the top division UFC on Aug 4. Huge congrats to him!

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Jon Arnold of the New York Times with an article on a player we seldom get to read anything about - Edgar Castillo of Tijuana.

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Coming Up:

COPA MEXICO - Matchday 1
Isaac Acuna - Merida - Tue Jul 24 at Tijuana
Ventura Alvarado - America - Wed Jul 25 at Veracruz
DaMarcus Beasley - Puebla - Wed Jul 25 at Irapuato
Edgar Castillo - Tijuana - Tue Jul 24 v Merida
Joe Corona - Tijuana - Tue Jul 24 v Merida
Greg Garza - Tijuana - Tue Jul 24 v Merida
Alexandre Gonzalez - Necaxa - Tue Jul 24 at Chiapas
Sonny Guadarrama - Merida - Tue Jul 24 at Tijuana
Alejandro Guido - Tijuana - Tue Jul 24 v Merida
Michael Orozco Fiscal - San Luis - Wed Jul 25 at Pumas Morelos
Moises Orozco - Correcaminos - Tue Jul 24 at Queretaro
Adrian Ruelas - Veracruz - Wed Jul 25 v America
Jose Torres - Pachuca - Wed Jul 25 at Univ Guadalajara
Marco Vidal - Lobos BUAP - Tue Jul 24 at Toluca

COPA MEXICO

Group Stage
28 teams:
-14 from Liga (all but top 4 who are in CONCAChampions)
-14 from Asencio

Group 1
Dorados
Est Tecos
Leon
Morelia
Group 2
Altamira
Atlas
Cruz Azul
Toros Nexa
Group 3
Atlante
La Piedad
Pachuca
Univ Guadalajara
Group 4
Chiapas Jaguares
Necaxa
Pumas Morelos
San Luis
Group 5
America
Correcaminos UAT
Queretaro
Veracruz
Group 6
Celaya
Merida
Pumas UNAM
Tijuana
Group 7
Irapuato
Lobos BUAP
Puebla
Toluca

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Matchday 1
Matches + Scores:
-Tue Jul 24
Morelia v Est Tecos
Jaguares v Necaxa
Queretaro v Correcaminos UAT
Dorados v Leon
Tijuana v Merida
Toluca v Lobos BUAP
-Wed Jul 25
Pumas Morelos v San Luis
Cruz Azul v Toros Neza
Univ Guuadalajara v Pachuca
Celaya v Pumas UNAM
Irapuato v Puebla
Altamira v Atlas
Atlante v La Piedad
Veracruz v America

FRANCE

Ben Lyttleton of Sports Illustrated looks at the giant upside and the possible negative impact of Paris St Germain spending all that money to buy players.

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