Tuesday, July 03, 2012

Some Soccer News for Tue Jul 3, 2012

STARTERS

"...his stint as head coach is strictly short term. In fact, one of his tasks is to find his eventual replacement. Wynalda also made it clear that he is not quitting his day job as a broadcaster with Fox Sports."
My beloved Minnesota will host the Atlanta Silverbacks on Saturday with new head coach Eric Wynalda.
-Jeff Carlisle of ESPN talked to Wynalda and others about the new venture.
-Neil Morris of Indy Week in the Carolina Triangle with a big bold Wynalda article.
-Luke DeCock of the Charlotte Observer has more words from Wynalda.
-A cursory "Silverbacks hire Wynalda" article was posted in the Atlanta Journal Constitution.

dN

Two MLS games being played tonight and five more on Wednesday night.

MINNESOTA STARS FC

Matches + Scores:
-Wed Jul 4
Minnesota Stars v Puerto Rico Islanders
Venue: National Sports Center Stadium - Blaine MN
-Sat Jul 7
Minnesota Stars v Atlanta Silverbacks
Venue: National Sports Center Stadium

DU NORD AT THE CONTROLS

du Nord at the Controls - Tue Jul 3, 2012 - new music mix at Spotify.

COPA LIBERTADORES

Final

The second and deciding leg will be played on Wednesday night in Brazil.

Matches + Scores:
2nd Leg
-Wed Jul 4
Corinthians v Boca Juniors (1-1)

UEFA 2012 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP

Our Friend In Football Jimmy Conrad went to the Euro Champioship with his internet TV show Kick, and they give us this fine recap: KICKTV Euro Trip 2012 Highlights: Epic Montage Edition!

dN

The Big Picture from the Boston Globe has (as usual) amazing images from world events. like the European Championship:
-Part Two - the Action
















-Part One - the Fans


















HMMMMM, VERY INTERESTING

Kristian Dyer of Big Apple Soccer with the latest on Luke Rodgers, the New York Red Bulls and the US Immigration Department.

WELL WELL WELL

Ives Galarcep of Fox Soccer takes a look at yet another childish meltdown by David Beckham.

STAT OF THE DAY

Simon Kuper at Ask Men looks at the growing use of data analysis by soccer teams.

VIDEO OF THE DAY

Timbers fans make their giant tifo banner!
MLS MATCHES AND SCORES

Week 18

Matches + Scores:
-Tue Jul 3
Houston Dynamo v Chicago Fire SC - 7:30PM CT
Venue: BBVA Compass Stadium
Portland Timbers v San Jose Earthquakes - 9:30PM CT
Venue: JELD-WEN Field
-Wed Jul 4
Montreal Impact v Sporting Kansas City - 6:00PM CT
Venue: Saputo Stadium
FC Dallas v Toronto FC - 8:00PM CT
Venue: FC Dallas Stadium
Colorado Rapids v Vancouver Whitecaps FC - 8:30PM CT
Venue: Dick's Sporting Goods Park
Real Salt Lake v Seattle Sounders FC - 9:00PM CT
Venue: Rio Tinto Stadium
LA Galaxy v Philadelphia Union - 9:30PM CT
Venue: The Home Depot Center
-Sat Jul 7
Sporting Kansas City v Houston Dynamo - 7:00PM CT
Venue: Livestrong Sporting Park
Real Salt Lake v Portland Timbers - 8:00PM CT
Venue: Rio Tinto Stadium
FC Dallas v San Jose Earthquakes - 8:00PM CT
Venue: FC Dallas Stadium
CD Chivas USA v Vancouver Whitecaps FC - 9:30PM CT
Venue: The Home Depot Center
Seattle Sounders FC v Colorado Rapids - 10:00PM CT on NBCSN
Venue: CenturyLink Field
-Sun Jul 8
Chicago Fire SC v LA Galaxy - 2:00PM CT on ESPN
Venue: Toyota Park
Philadelphia Union v Toronto FC - 3:00PM CT
Venue: PPL Park
New England Revolution v New York Red Bulls - 6:00PM CT on Galavision
Venue: Gillette Stadium
Montreal Impact v Columbus Crew - 6:30PM CT
Venue: Saputo Stadium

MLS MATCH NOTES

Leading Goal Scorers: - As of Tue Jul 3
14 Chris Wondolowski
11 Kenny Cooper
9 Will Bruin
9 Thierry Henry
9 Chris Pontius
8 Danny Koevermans
8 Saer Sene
7 Eddie Johnson
7 Alvaro Saborio
7 Maicon Santos
6 Landon Donovan
6 Fabian Espindola
6 Steven Lenhart

MLS STANDINGS

EAST
33 DC United (+12)
31 New York Red Bulls (+7)
29 Sporting Kansas City (+4)
27 Chicago Fire SC (+2)
23 Houston Dynamo (-2)
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22 Columbus Crew (+1)
19 New England Revolution (0)
18 Montreal Impact (-8)
11 Philadelphia Union (-4)
9 Toronto FC (-12)
WEST
36 San Jose Earthquakes (+13)
32 Real Salt Lake (+7)
26 Seattle Sounders FC (+3)
26 Vancouver Whitecaps FC (-1)
22 Colorado Rapids (+3)
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20 LA Galaxy (-2)
19 CD Chivas USA (-7)
16 Portland Timbers (-6)
14 FC Dallas (-10)

MLS TEAM AND PLAYER NEWS

General News

Becoming one of the highlights to every week for me:
Steve Davis of Pro Soccer Talk with his Monday "Meh" list.
-He is totally wrong about Key Lime pie though. Its awesome. Maybe Steve had a bad slice.

CHICAGO FIRE

Seth Gruen of the Sun Times on the leadership Arne Freiedrich is providing the young Fire defense.

dN

Orrin Schwarz of the Daily Herald on the Fire's great current form.

COLUMBUS CREW

Adam Jardy of the Dispatch has a Q & A with midfielder Eddie Gaven.

HOUSTON DYNAMO

Jose Ortiz of the Chron looks at the Dyanmo hosting Chicago tonight, at the halfway point of the season.
-And a review of the first half of the season.

NEW YORK RED BULLS

Defender Heath Pearce is out this week due to a hamstring injury.

PORTLAND TIMBERS

Geoffrey Arnold of the Oregonian looks for the Timbers opponents, San Jose, weaknesses.

SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES

Matt Schwab of the Mercury News says Sam Cronin is not looking back at David Beckham incident but rather forward to tonights road game at Portland.

NASL SCOREBOARD

Matches + Scores:
-Tue Jul 3
Carolina RailHawks v Atlanta Silverbacks
-Wed Jul 4
Tampa Bay Rowdies v Fort Lauderdale Strikers
Minnesota Stars v Puerto Rico Islanders
San Antonio Scorpions v FC Edmonton
-Sat Jul 7
Carolina RailHawks v Fort Lauderdale Strikers
Puerto Rico Islanders v FC Edmonton
Minnesota Stars v Atlanta Silverbacks

Watch online

Standings
25 San Antonio (+9)
24 Puerto Rico (+11)
21 Tampa Bay (0)
20 Minnesota (0)
19 Fort Lauderdale (-2)
17 Carolina (+1)
12 Edmonton (-3)
8 Atlanta (-16)

AMERICANS IN EUROPE

Game Action:

SWEDEN - Allsvenskan Liga
Brian Span - Djurgarden - Tue Jul 3 - came on as a sub in 75th min getting a yellow card and they won 3-2 v Goteborg.

dN

Coming Up:

UEFA - Europa League - First Qualifying Round
Etchu Tabe - KuPS - Jul 5 v Llanelli
Erik Benjaminsen - Stabaek - Jul 5 at JJK
Ricardo Clark - Stabaek - Jul 5 at JJK
Sean Cunningham - Stabaek - Jul 5 at JJK
Giuseppe Funicello - Thor Akureyri - Jul 5 at Bohemians
Jann George - Senica - Jul 5 at MTK Budapest

FINLAND - Ykkonen
Justin Moose - SJK - Wed Jul 4 at PK-35 Vantaa
Pat Phelan - SJK - Wed Jul 4 at PK-35 Vantaa
Aaron Wheeler - KooTeePee - Wed Jul 4 v RoPS

NORWAY - NM Cupen - Round of 16
Rhett Bernstein - Mjondalen - Wed Jul 4 at Stromsgodset
Kyle Helton - Mjondalen - Wed Jul 4 at Stromsgodset

ENGLAND

Tottenahm has hired former Porto + Chelsea manager Andre Villas Boas as their new head man.

2 Comments:

Anonymous sasha said...

With Wynalda's NASL coaching debut happening this Saturday at Blaine, I am just kicking myself in regret that I decided not to go back with my wife to MN for the 4th of July weekend.

May the jackassery reign from the Dark Clouds.

6:18 PM  
Anonymous Robert N. said...

Corinthians are Libertadores champions! See you in Japan Chelsea!

e campeao...e campeao... e campeo...

10:25 PM  

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