Some Soccer News for Wed Jul 25, 2012

STARTERS

The 4th episode of the du Nord Futbol Show podcast is now ready for you to listen. Check it out right here.

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The MLS summer transfer window closes on Fri Jul 27.

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Great comeback win for the USA Women today to start the Olympic tournament. Trailing 0-2 just 16 minutes into the match they stormed back to tie before half time and grab 2 more in the second half for a commanding 4-2 win.

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CONCACAF Champions League that starts next Tuesday!

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All of the MLS players will be wired up to the new Adidas mi-coach for tonight's All Star game, and you can track the as it happens data gathering right here.

STORY OF THE DAY 1

Arash Markazi on ESPN sees the LA Galaxy brand growing into a legitimate world wide power.

I think those black and gold uniforms the LA Galaxy have worn a few times lately are really sharp. This is the team that lined up last night in the friendly against Tottenham.

DU NORD AT THE CONTROLS

du Nord at the Controls - Tue Jul 24, 2012 - new music mix at Spotify.

TEAM USA - EL EQUIPO DE TODOS


USA WOMEN AT THE OLYMPICS

Group Stage
Matches + Scores:
-Wed Jul 25
USA 4-2 France - USA goals by Abby Wambach, Alex Morgan(2) + Carli Lloyd. Fra goals by Gaetane Thiney + Marie-Laure Delie.
-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

QUOTE OF THE DAY

NYC remains our top priority for our 20th team. We are still having discussions in Miami, Atlanta, Minneapolis and some other markets.
-MLS commissioner Don Garber today, Wed Jul 26, during fan chat on Facebook.

WELL WELL WELL

TV Guide, yes TV Guide, has an article on Chris Wondolowski being the real star of the MLS All Star team.

FACT OF THE DAY

Colorado has signed their goalkeeper Matt Pickens to a fat new multi-year contract. Good move.

THIS IS WHAT ITS ALL ABOUT

Steve Goff of the Washington Post with a feature story on DC United head coach Ben Olsen.

MLS 2012 ALL STAR GAME

Brian Straus of Sporting News previews the MLS team that was thrown together 2 days ago for tonight's game.

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Jonathan Tannenwald of Philly.com talks to Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter about his city having an MLS team and hosting the All Star game. He has become a fan of the sport.
-Philly.com has photos from a big MLS party last night.

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Matt Schwab of the San Jose Mercury News writes about three Bay Area players who all represent the San Jose Earthquakes in the All Star game.

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13 more MLS players were named as reserves to the All Star squad today, mostly for contract bonus purposes. Here they are:
-Its really too bad that there are several players who are having great seasons that did not make this list and 7 players on this list that I disagree with.
Jon Busch - San Jose Earthquakes
Geoff Cameron - Houston Dynamo
Marvin Chavez - San Jose Earthquakes
Kenny Cooper - New York Red Bulls
Brad Davis - Houston Dynamo
Fabian Espindola - Real Salt Lake
Roger Espinoza - Sporting Kansas City
Kei Kamara - Sporting Kansas City
Fredy Montero - Seattle Sounders
Jamison Olave - Real Salt Lake
Marco Pappa - Chicago Fire
Nick Rimando - Real Salt Lake
Brek Shea - FC Dallas

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 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

Punishment

Landon Donovan will not play for LA this weekend due to a 1 game suspension after picking up his 5th yellow card of the season.

HOUSTON DYNAMO

Jose Ortiz of the Chronicle with an article on first year player Warren Creavalle.

LA GALAXY

David Beckham is not expected to play for LA this weekend due to his inclusion in the London Olympics opening ceremonies the day before.

NEW YORK RED BULLS

Brian Lewis of the Post reports that Tim Cahill is in New York and his new Red Bulls teammates are pretty excited.

REAL SALT LAKE

Martin Renzhofer of the Tribune writes about RSL's prep for CONCACAF Champions League that starts next Tuesday. Yes, next Tuesday.

VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC

Russell Berrisford of the Sun looks at how BC Place has become a real home field advantage for the Caps.

MLS SUMMER FRIENDLIES

In six games last night Colorado + Columbus won, LA, Montreal + Portland got ties, and Kansas City was blanked in a loss.
-Soccer By Ives has a quick wrap up of all the games.

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Just added:
-Sat Sep 8
Chicago Fire v Santos Laguna(Mexico)
Venue: Toyota Park - Bridgeview IL

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Matches + Scores:
-Tue Jul 24
LA Galaxy 1-1 Tottenham(England)
Venue: Home Depot Center - Carson CA
Sporting Kansas City 0-3 Montpellier(France)
Venue: Livestrong Sporting Park - Kansas City KS
Colorado Rapids 2-1 Swansea City(England)
Venue: Dick's Sporting Goods Park
Columbus Crew 2-1 Stoke City(England)
Venue: Crew Stadium
Montreal Impact 1-1 Lyon(France)
Venue: Saputo Stadium
Portland Timbers 2-2 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.

USA U20 TEAM

The team will next play on Thursday in the 3rd place game of the annual Milk Cup in Ballymena, Northern Ireland.

BBC Northern Ireland always has the best coverage.

Matches + Scores:
Playoffs
-Thu Jul 26

1st Place - Denmark v Mexico
3rd Place - USA v Chile
5th Place - N Ireland v Turkey

AMERICANS IN EUROPE

Sky Sports talks to Tim Ream about the Bolton preseason.

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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

Game Action:

COPA MEXICO - Matchday 1
Isaac Acuna - Merida - Tue Jul 24 - started and went 72 min as they tied 0-0 at Tijuana.
Greg Garza - Tijuana - Tue Jul 24 - went the full 90 as they tied 0-0 v Merida.
Sonny Guadarrama - Merida - Tue Jul 24 - played the whole game as they tied 0-0 at Tijuana.
Alejandro Guido - Tijuana - Tue Jul 24 - on the bench as they tied 0-0 v Merida.
Marco Vidal - Lobos BUAP - Tue Jul 24 - played the whole match and won 1-3 at Toluca.
William Yarbrough - Leon - Tue Jul 24 - went the full 90 but lost 2-1 at Dorados.

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Coming Up:

COPA MEXICO - Matchday 1
Ventura Alvarado - America - Wed Jul 25 at Veracruz
DaMarcus Beasley - Puebla - Wed Jul 25 at Irapuato
Michael Orozco Fiscal - San Luis - Wed Jul 25 at Pumas Morelos
Adrian Ruelas - Veracruz - Wed Jul 25 v America
Jose Torres - Pachuca - Wed Jul 25 at Univ Guadalajara

COPA MEXICO

5 of the 6 games last brought unexpected results. Thats what its all about!!

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

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

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Matchday 1
Matches + Scores:
-Tue Jul 24
Morelia 1-1 Est Tecos
Jaguares 1-0 Necaxa
Queretaro 1-2 Correcaminos UAT
Dorados 2-1 Leon
Tijuana 0-0 Merida
Toluca 1-3 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