Some Soccer News for Wed Jul 18, 2012
STARTERS
Paul Doyle of the Guardian raves about Clint Dempsey and why Liverpool, or any other team, should be overjoyed to get their hands on him.
-While the stories have been going 'round and 'round that Liverpool has already signed Dempsey, keep in mind he has said on many occasions that he wants to play in the Champions League, and Liverpool is not in that tournament.
dN
Seattle hosts Chelsea and Philadelphia hosts Aston Villa tonight as the summer friendly season kicks into high gear. See all the details below on all the games coming up.
STORY OF THE DAY
Stefan Bienkowski of the New York Times looks at the exploding pipeline of players from Japan to Germany (and now beyond.)
MINNESOTA STARS FC
I'll see you in Blaine tonight, rain or shine!
Matches + Scores:
-Wed Jul 18
Minnesota Stars v Fort Lauderdale Strikers
Venue: National Sports Center Stadium - Blaine MN
TASTIEST MLS GAME OF THE WEEK
Houston Dynamo v Sporting Kansas City goes down tonight in a battle between two Eastern conference playoff position teams.
DU NORD AT THE CONTROLS
du Nord at the Controls - Tue Jul 17, 2012 - new music mix at Spotify.
WHAT A JOKE
Sports Business Global rounds up the story on Spanish club Malaga that was bought last year by a member of the Qatari Royal Family, where it seems the club still owes the players 35-40% of their salaries from last season. Who is this rich guy with no money to pay players?
HMMMMM, VERY INTERESTING
Brian Sciaretta of Yanks Abroad tells us about 10 high quality young players who all have dual USA citizenship and who could chose to play internationally for the USA.
WELL WELL WELL
Andrew Lewellen of Grantland with part 3 of his American soccer series, this time focusing on the role of college soccer.
THIS IS WHAT ITS ALL ABOUT
Jack Bell of the New York Times says it best: Just Wondolowski!
VIDEO OF THE DAY
Under Armor is getting deeper into the soccer business and this year is be doing the uniforms for Tottenham.
MLS MATCHES AND SCORES
Week 20 (15 games)
Matches + Scores:
-Wed Jul 18
New York Red Bulls 1-0 Chicago Fire SC - NYRB goal by Thierry Henry.
Venue: Red Bull Arena
Atten: 15,814
CD Chivas USA v Portland Timbers - 3:00PM CT
Venue: The Home Depot Center
Atten:
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
Thierry Henry scored his first goal since April 28, and it was a beauty. See it right here folks.
dN
It looked like there were about 6000 in the stands at Red Bull Arena despite what the official attendance will show.
MLS STANDINGS
EAST
36 Sporting Kansas City (+8)
35 New York Red Bulls (+5)
33 DC United (+8)
31 Chicago Fire SC (0)
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)
NOTICE
MLS Fantasy Soccer Manager - the du Nord Futbol league, code: 3815-897
-There are 142 teams in our league!
-The league leader is LateNight504FC managed by Alan Kansas.
MLS TEAM AND PLAYER NEWS
HOUSTON DYNAMO
Jose Ortiz of the Chronicle says the Dynamo have gotten a speed upgrade with their new attacking formation.
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
Philadelphia Union v Aston Villa(England)
Venue: PPL Park - Chester PA
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 follows up on an earlier report of MLS intestest in their city. This article really lays out the current league view on future expansion. The Twin Cities is mentioned.
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)
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.
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
3 Chicago Fire (+2)
3 New York Red Bulls (+2)
0 Charlotte Soccer Academy (-2)
0 Pateadores (-2)
Group 2
3 St Louis Scott Gallagher Missouri (+3)
1 Crew Soccer Academy Wolves (0)
1 DC United (0)
0 PA Classics (-3)
Matches + Scores:
Group Stage
-Tue Jul 17
New York Red Bulls 3-1 Pateadores
Charlotte Soccer Academy 1-3 Chicago Fire
Crew Soccer Academy Wolves 1-1 DC United
PA Classics 0-3 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
Franco Panizo of Soccer By Ives with lots of quotes from Michael Bradley about his brand new team Roma.
dN
Michael Adubato of Yanks Abroad with an article on Devann Yao, a one time prodigy of sorts, who is currently playing in the 2nd division in Belgium.
dN
Game Action:
UEFA Champions League - Second qualifying round - 1st Leg
Danijal Brkovic - Zeljeznicar - Wed Jul 18 - on teh bench as they lost 4-1 at Maribor.
Josh Gatt - Molde - Wed Jul 18 - went the full 90 as they won 3-0 v Ventspils.
dN
Coming Up:
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
MEXICO
Tom Marshall of Soccer 365 previews the Liga MX season for all 18 teams, which starts on Friday.
ENDERS
UEFA has announced the nominees for the horribly titled "Best Player in Europe" award: (I swear that a half dozen names on this list must be a joke.)
Kun Aguero - Manchester City
Xabi Alonso - Real Madrid
Mario Balotelli - Manchester City
Jakub Blaszczykowski - Borussia Dortmund
Gigi Buffon - Juventus
Iker Casillas - Real Madrid
Petr Cech - Chelsea
Fabio Coentrao - Real Madrid
Les Davies - Bangor City
Didier Drogba - Shanghai Shenhua
Cesc Fabregas - Barcelona
Radamel Falcao - Atletico Madrid
Raul Gonzalez - Al-Sadd
Joe Hart - Manchester City
Xavi Hernandez - Barcelona
Zlatan Ibrahimovic - Paris St Germain
Andres Iniesta - Barcelona
Shinji Kagawa - Manchester United
Vincent Kompany - Manchester City
Frank Lampard - Chelsea
Lionel Messi - Barcelona
Luka Modric - Tottenham
Mesut Ozil - Real Madrid
Pepe - Real Madrid
Andrea Pirlo - Juventus
Sergio Ramos - Real Madrid
Cristiano Ronaldo - Real Madrid
Wayne Rooney - Manchester United
David Silva - Manchester City
Fernando Torres - Chelsea
Yaya Toure - Manchester City
Robin Van Persie - Arsenal
Paul Doyle of the Guardian raves about Clint Dempsey and why Liverpool, or any other team, should be overjoyed to get their hands on him.
-While the stories have been going 'round and 'round that Liverpool has already signed Dempsey, keep in mind he has said on many occasions that he wants to play in the Champions League, and Liverpool is not in that tournament.
dN
Seattle hosts Chelsea and Philadelphia hosts Aston Villa tonight as the summer friendly season kicks into high gear. See all the details below on all the games coming up.
STORY OF THE DAY
Stefan Bienkowski of the New York Times looks at the exploding pipeline of players from Japan to Germany (and now beyond.)
MINNESOTA STARS FC
I'll see you in Blaine tonight, rain or shine!
Matches + Scores:
-Wed Jul 18
Minnesota Stars v Fort Lauderdale Strikers
Venue: National Sports Center Stadium - Blaine MN
TASTIEST MLS GAME OF THE WEEK
Houston Dynamo v Sporting Kansas City goes down tonight in a battle between two Eastern conference playoff position teams.
DU NORD AT THE CONTROLS
du Nord at the Controls - Tue Jul 17, 2012 - new music mix at Spotify.
WHAT A JOKE
Sports Business Global rounds up the story on Spanish club Malaga that was bought last year by a member of the Qatari Royal Family, where it seems the club still owes the players 35-40% of their salaries from last season. Who is this rich guy with no money to pay players?
HMMMMM, VERY INTERESTING
Brian Sciaretta of Yanks Abroad tells us about 10 high quality young players who all have dual USA citizenship and who could chose to play internationally for the USA.
WELL WELL WELL
Andrew Lewellen of Grantland with part 3 of his American soccer series, this time focusing on the role of college soccer.
THIS IS WHAT ITS ALL ABOUT
Jack Bell of the New York Times says it best: Just Wondolowski!
VIDEO OF THE DAY
Under Armor is getting deeper into the soccer business and this year is be doing the uniforms for Tottenham.
MLS MATCHES AND SCORES
Week 20 (15 games)
Matches + Scores:
-Wed Jul 18
New York Red Bulls 1-0 Chicago Fire SC - NYRB goal by Thierry Henry.
Venue: Red Bull Arena
Atten: 15,814
CD Chivas USA v Portland Timbers - 3:00PM CT
Venue: The Home Depot Center
Atten:
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
Thierry Henry scored his first goal since April 28, and it was a beauty. See it right here folks.
dN
It looked like there were about 6000 in the stands at Red Bull Arena despite what the official attendance will show.
MLS STANDINGS
EAST
36 Sporting Kansas City (+8)
35 New York Red Bulls (+5)
33 DC United (+8)
31 Chicago Fire SC (0)
28 Houston Dynamo (+2)
-----
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)
-----
22 Colorado Rapids (0)
20 CD Chivas USA (-7)
19 FC Dallas (-9)
19 Portland Timbers (-10)
NOTICE
MLS Fantasy Soccer Manager - the du Nord Futbol league, code: 3815-897
-There are 142 teams in our league!
-The league leader is LateNight504FC managed by Alan Kansas.
MLS TEAM AND PLAYER NEWS
HOUSTON DYNAMO
Jose Ortiz of the Chronicle says the Dynamo have gotten a speed upgrade with their new attacking formation.
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
Philadelphia Union v Aston Villa(England)
Venue: PPL Park - Chester PA
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 follows up on an earlier report of MLS intestest in their city. This article really lays out the current league view on future expansion. The Twin Cities is mentioned.
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)
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.
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
3 Chicago Fire (+2)
3 New York Red Bulls (+2)
0 Charlotte Soccer Academy (-2)
0 Pateadores (-2)
Group 2
3 St Louis Scott Gallagher Missouri (+3)
1 Crew Soccer Academy Wolves (0)
1 DC United (0)
0 PA Classics (-3)
Matches + Scores:
Group Stage
-Tue Jul 17
New York Red Bulls 3-1 Pateadores
Charlotte Soccer Academy 1-3 Chicago Fire
Crew Soccer Academy Wolves 1-1 DC United
PA Classics 0-3 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
Franco Panizo of Soccer By Ives with lots of quotes from Michael Bradley about his brand new team Roma.
dN
Michael Adubato of Yanks Abroad with an article on Devann Yao, a one time prodigy of sorts, who is currently playing in the 2nd division in Belgium.
dN
Game Action:
UEFA Champions League - Second qualifying round - 1st Leg
Danijal Brkovic - Zeljeznicar - Wed Jul 18 - on teh bench as they lost 4-1 at Maribor.
Josh Gatt - Molde - Wed Jul 18 - went the full 90 as they won 3-0 v Ventspils.
dN
Coming Up:
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
MEXICO
Tom Marshall of Soccer 365 previews the Liga MX season for all 18 teams, which starts on Friday.
ENDERS
UEFA has announced the nominees for the horribly titled "Best Player in Europe" award: (I swear that a half dozen names on this list must be a joke.)
Kun Aguero - Manchester City
Xabi Alonso - Real Madrid
Mario Balotelli - Manchester City
Jakub Blaszczykowski - Borussia Dortmund
Gigi Buffon - Juventus
Iker Casillas - Real Madrid
Petr Cech - Chelsea
Fabio Coentrao - Real Madrid
Les Davies - Bangor City
Didier Drogba - Shanghai Shenhua
Cesc Fabregas - Barcelona
Radamel Falcao - Atletico Madrid
Raul Gonzalez - Al-Sadd
Joe Hart - Manchester City
Xavi Hernandez - Barcelona
Zlatan Ibrahimovic - Paris St Germain
Andres Iniesta - Barcelona
Shinji Kagawa - Manchester United
Vincent Kompany - Manchester City
Frank Lampard - Chelsea
Lionel Messi - Barcelona
Luka Modric - Tottenham
Mesut Ozil - Real Madrid
Pepe - Real Madrid
Andrea Pirlo - Juventus
Sergio Ramos - Real Madrid
Cristiano Ronaldo - Real Madrid
Wayne Rooney - Manchester United
David Silva - Manchester City
Fernando Torres - Chelsea
Yaya Toure - Manchester City
Robin Van Persie - Arsenal
posted by brucio at 16:22
1 Comments:
In NYRB's defense for the low attendance against the Fire, it was a weird time to have the game--1pm on a workday--and it was ridiculously hot, over 100 degrees, which couldn't have helped. Also, whatever the total was, you can add one, because we brought our 5-1/2-week-old son to his first match, and even though he didn't need a ticket, I say he counts.
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