Some Soccer News for Fri Aug 31, 2012
THE CLINT DEMPSEY SWEEPSTAKES
And the winner is... Tottenham Hotspur!
Clint won't even have to move to another city.
-Here is the official from the team.
And Dempsey has signed a new three year contract.
Word in the English press is that it cost Spurs $9.5 million to buy him from Fulham.
Its been exactly 14 days since Clint sent out his last Twitter message and it was in the middle of an ugly media storm with Fulham. Do you think we will get a new one tonight now that the saga is over?
STARTERS
The du Nord Futbol Show Podcast - Episode 9 has been set free into the wild from its rusty cage! Download or listen here.
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Carlos Bocanegra has signed a 1 year loan deal with Racing Santander in the Spanish Segunda Division.
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And what is Brad Friedel's future? Tottenham today signed 25 year old starting French goalkeeper Hugo Lloris from Lyon.
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Oguchi Onyewu has left Sporting of Portugal on a loan deal to Malaga in Spain.
Philadelphia Union has made interim head coach John Hackworth their permanent head coach.
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-Kerith Gabriel of the Philadelphia Daily News with the story.
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Kevin Baxter of the LA Times with more on Jorge Vergara assuming full control of Chivas USA Wednesday.
-Is this exactly what this team needs? Or completely the wrong move?
Ridge Mahoney of Soccer America asks a very important question - with Jorge Vergara + Co. taking over full control of Chivas USA is it finally time for a total makeover of the team?
STORY OF THE DAY
Ken Belson of the New York Times on the dawning of beIN Sport - the newest soccer channel on American television, owned by Al Jazeera, which is run by the government of the country Qatar.
-Interesting bit from this article: "...BeIN Sport has reportedly paid Comcast to be carried to the cable company’s 22 million television subscribers..."
-Comcast is shooting for a Sep 6 launch date for beIN.
MINNESOTA STARS FC
Matches + Scores:
-Sat Sep 1
Minnesota Stars v San Antonio Scorpions
Venue: NSC Stadium - Blaine MN
-Sat Sep 8
Minnesota Stars v Edmonton
Venue: NSC Stadium
TASTIEST MLS GAME OF THE WEEK
Saturday sees more playoff chasing as we get Columbus v Montreal, and then playoff position hunters LA v Vancouver.
And on Sunday another battle for playoff positions with Chicago v Houston.
BIG EUROPEAN CLUB MATCHES COMING UP THIS WEEK
UEFA Super Cup
-Champions League winner v Europa League winner.
It was Atleti in a rout as Radamel Falcao scored three and Chelsea looked awful.
Match + Score:
-Fri Aug 31
Chelsea 1-4 Atletico Madrid
Venue: Stade Louis II - Monaco
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Matches + Scores:
-Sun Sep 2
Liverpool v Arsenal - Live at 7:25am CT on Fox Soccer
Udinese v Juventus - Live at 11:00am on beIN
Barcelona v Valencia - Live at 3:00pm on beIN
Inter v Roma
DU NORD AT THE CONTROLS
du Nord at the Controls - Tue Aug 28, 2012 - new music mix at Spotify.
TEAM USA - EL EQUIPO DE TODOS
Head coach Jurgen Klinsmann will announce the team roster for the upcoming World Cup qualifiers at 2pm CT on Sun Sep 2.
Ives Galarcep of Fox Soccer interviews Geoff Cameron upon his arrival at Stoke in England.
Ben Hooper of The Original Winger does a Q + A with Brek Shea.
-TOW has a very cool Brek Shea prize contest too.
Rumored to be on roster, with word coming from club teams:
-Tim Ream
-Brek Shea
-Carlos Bocanegra
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WORLD CUP QUALIFYING
Matches + Scores:
-Fri Sep 7
Jamaica v USA
-Tue Sep 11
USA v Jamaica
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Here is the Jamaican roster for the two game battle:
G:
Jacomeno Barrett - Montego Bay United
Duwayne Kerr - Strommen
Dwayne Miller - Syrianska
v D:
Andrae Campbelll - Nottodden
Adrian Mariappa - Reading
Nyron Nosworthy - Watford
Lovel Palmer - Portland Timbers
Jermaine Taylor - Houston Dynamo
Shavar Thomas - Montreal Impact
Dicoy Williams - Toronto
O’Brian Woodbine - Vaasan Palloseura
M:
Rodolph Austin - Leeds
Ewan Grandison - Portmore United
Jason Morrison - Aaelsund
Dane Richards - Vancouver Whitecaps
Joel Senior - Harbour View
Errol Stevens - Arnett Gardens
JeVaughn Watson - Houston Dynamo
F:
Kavin Bryan - Vicem Hai Phong
Omar Cummings - Colorado Rapids
Ryan Johnson - Toronto
Darren Mattocks - Vancouver Whitecaps
Luton Shelton - Karabukspor
Tramaine Stewart - Aaelsund
CONCACHAMPIONS 2012-13
Houston was very lucky to get out of Honduras with a point. Olimpia put it to them but could not get enough luck on their side to turn the corner. Great job by Houston, especially keeping with the decision to play almost all reserves.
Seattle basically traveled to South America and did what they have been doing for the last several weeks - pouring in the goals. Beautifully done.
Caledonia of Trinidad is the first team elimidated from the tournament.
-No one has advanced yet.
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Matches + Scores:
-Tue Aug 28
Toronto 1-3 Santos Laguna - Tor goal by Quincy Amarikwa. SL goals by Carlos Quintero, Daniel Luduena + Candido Ramirez.
Real Esteli 0-1 Alajuelense - Ala goal by Allen Guevara
-Wed Aug 29
LA Galaxy 4-0 Puerto Rico Islanders - LAG goals by Tommy Meyer, Jose Villareal, Jack McBean + Michael Stephens.
Guadalajara 4-0 W Connection - Gua goals by Marco Fabian(3) + C Fierro.
Municipal 0-1 Monterrey - mon goal by Humberto Suazo.
-Thu Aug 30
Caledonia AIA 1-3 Seattle Sounders - Cal goal by Kareen Joseph(PK). SS goals by Alex Caskey, Fredy Montero + Sammy Ochoa.
Olimpia 1-1 Houston Dynamo - Oli goal by . HD goal by Adam Moffat.
Tauro 0-1 Herediano - Her goal by Whylon Francis.
All games are shown on the internet at CONCACAF TV.
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Standings:
Group 1
6 Santos Laguna(+7)
3 Toronto(+2)
0 Aguila(-9)
Group 2
4 Herediano(+2)
3 Real Salt Lake(+1)
0 Tauro(-4)
Group 3
4 Olimpia(+3)
4 Houston Dynamo(+2)
0 FAS(-5)
Group 4
6 Seattle Sounders(+4)
1 Marathon(0)
OUT-1 Caledonia AIA(-4)
Group 5
6 LA Galaxy(+7)
3 Metapan(-1)
0 Puerto Rico Islanders(-6)
Group 6
4 Tigres UANL(+4)
4 Alajuelense(+1)
0 Real Esteli(-5)
Group 7
6 Monterrey(+6)
3 Municipal(0)
0 Chorrillo(-6)
Group 8
4 Xelaju(+1)
3 Guadalajara(+3)
1 W Connection(-4)
BEST NEWS I'VE HEARD ALL DAY
Steven Goff of the Washington Post has a short chat with everyone's favorite soccer tv color commentator, the magisterial Ray Hudson, who has started a new job at beIN Sport.
FACT OF THE DAY
8 Americans are in the group stage of the UEFA Europa League this season. Here is the list and who they are grouped with:
-Alejandro Bedoya - Helsingborg - Group L with Hannover, Levante and Twente
-Terrence Boyd - Rapid Vienna - Group K with Leverkusen, Metalist and Rosenborg
-Steve Cherundolo - Hannover - Group L with Helsingborg, Levante and Twente
-Clint Dempsey - Tottenham - Group J with Lazio, Maribor and Panathinakios
-Michael Diskeruud - Rosenborg - Group K with Leverkusen, Metalist and Rapid Vienna
-Brad Friedel - Tottenham - Group J with Lazio, Maribor and Panathinakios
-Josh Gatt - Molde - Group E with Kobenhavn, Steaua Bucuresti and Stuttgart
-Bryan Gerzicich - Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona - Group I with Athletic Bilbao, Lyon and Sparta Prague
Notice that Bedoya + Cherundolo and Boyd + Diskerud are paired up against each other.
THIS IS WHAT ITS ALL ABOUT
Grant Wahl of Sports Illustrated with an article on hard working veteran Alan Gordon who is peaking this season at age 30.
MLS MATCHES AND SCORES
WEEK 26
Matches + Scores:
-Wed Sep 29
DC United 2-2 New York Red Bulls - DCU goals by Nick DeLeon + Dwayne DeRosario. NYRB goals by Joel Lindpere + Wilman Conde.
Venue: RFK Stadium
Atten: 10,303
New England Revolution 3-3 CD Chivas USA - NER goals by Saer Sene(2) + Rauwshan McKenzie(OG). CU goals by Shalrie Joseph(2) + Miller Bolanos.
Venue: Gillette Stadium
Atten: 10,945
Philadelphia Union 1-2 Columbus Crew - PU goal by Carlos Valdes. CC goals by Josh Williams + Eddie Gaven.
Venue: PPL Park
Atten: 16,568
-Fri Aug 31
Portland Timbers v Colorado Rapids - 9:30pm CT on NBCSN
Venue: Jeld Wen Field
-Sat Sep 1
New England Revolution v Philadelphia Union
Venue: Gillette Stadium
Columbus Crew v Montreal Impact
Venue: Crew Stadium
Sporting Kansas City v Toronto FC
Venue: Livestrong Sporting Park
Real Salt Lake v DC United
Venue: Rio Tinto Stadium
LA Galaxy v Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Venue: The Home Depot Center
-Sun Aug 2
Chicago Fire SC v Houston Dynamo - 6pm CT on Galavision
Venue: Toyota Park
FC Dallas v Seattle Sounders FC
Venue: FC Dallas Stadium
San Jose Earthquakes v CD Chivas USA - 8pm CT on NBCSN
Venue: Buck Shaw Stadium
-All 19 teams are in action this week.
MLS STANDINGS
EAST
47 Sporting Kansas City (32GF/26GP)
46 New York Red Bulls (46GF/27GP)
42 Houston Dynamo (38GF/26GP)
41 DC United (43GF/26GP)
41 Chicago Fire SC (32GF/25GP)
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39 Montreal Impact (42GF/28GP)
39 Columbus Crew (31GF/25GP)
25 Philadelphia Union (25GF/24GP)
24 New England Revolution (33GF/26GP)
21 Toronto FC (29GF/26GP)
WEST
50 San Jose Earthquakes (52GF/26GP)
43 Seattle Sounders FC (40GF/25GP)
43 Real Salt Lake (37GF/27GP)
40 LA Galaxy (46GF/27GP)
37 Vancouver Whitecaps FC (29GF/27GP)
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32 FC Dallas (33GF/28GP)
28 CD Chivas USA (20GF/24GP)
26 Colorado Rapids (33GF/26GP)
24 Portland Timbers (26GF/25GP)
-(Goals For/Games Played)
The first tie breaker is goals scored.
MLS TEAM AND PLAYER NEWS
NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION
Leading goal scorer Saer Sene will not play this weekend due to a sprained knee.
NEW YORK RED BULLS
Big Apple Soccer on the surprising success over the past 2 games of Wilman Conde at left fullback.
PHILADELPHIA UNION
Marc Narducci of the Inquirer wonders if the youthfulness of the Union is hurting them.
MLS STADIUMS
Capital New York with the latest on the MLS plan to build a stadium in Queens NY.
-Thanks to The Offside Rules for the link.
NASL SCOREBOARD
Matches + Scores:
-Sat Sep 1
Fort Lauderdale Strikers v Tampa Bay Rowdies
Puerto Rico Islanders v Carolina RailHawks
Minnesota Stars v San Antonio Scorpions
-Sun Sep 2
Edmonton v Atlanta Silverbacks
Watch online
Standings
*42 San Antonio (+21)
36 Puerto Rico (+6)
36 Tampa Bay (+1)
34 Fort Lauderdale (-2)
31 Carolina (-4)
29 Minnesota (-1)
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22 Edmonton (-5)
19 Atlanta (-16)
*Clinched Playoff Berth
USL PRO NEWS
Playoffs - Semifinals
Matches + Scores:
-Fri Aug 31
Orlando City v Wilmington Hammerheads
Rochester Rhinos v Charleston Battery
US SOCCER DEVELOPMENT ACADEMY
The US Soccer Development Academy has announced it will add the U-13/14 age division starting in the Fall of 2013.
WOMEN'S U20 WORLD CUP
The USA advanced with a goal in added extra time to beat N Korea. They will take on Nigeria in the Semifinals next Tuesday.
Knockout Stage:
Quarterfinals
Matches + Scores:
-Thu Aug 30
Nigeria 1-0 Mexico
Japan 3-1 S Korea
-Fri Aug 31
N Korea 1-2 USA
Germany 4-0 Norway
Semifinals
Matches + Scores:
-Tue Sep 4
Nigeria v USA
Japan v Germany
Final
Match + Score:
-Sat Sep 8
Semifinal Winners
AMERICANS IN EUROPE
Yanks Abroad reports that midfielder Joe Gyau has been loaned out by Hoffenheim to St Pauli.
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Nick Leyden of Yanks Abroad with a story on Portguese-American Steven who plays in the 2nd division with Leixoes in Portugal.
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Young goalkeeper Cody Cropper has signed with Southampton.
MEXICO
Mexico has gone with youth in their roster for the upcoming duo of World Cup qualifiers with Costa Rica - 8 players from the Olympic team on on this one too.
Matches & Scores:
-Fri Sep 7
Costa Rica v Mexico
-Tue Sep 11
Mexico v Costa Rica
-Mexico roster:
G:
Jesus Corona - Cruz Azul
Guillermo Ochoa - Ajaccio
Alfredo Talavera - Toluca
D:
Hugo Ayala - Tigres UANL
Darvin Chavez - Monterrey
Israel Jimenez - Tigres UANL
Severo Meza - Monterrey
Hiram Mier - Monterrey
Hector Moreno - Espayol
Francisco Rodriguez - Stuttgart
Jorge Torres Nilo - Tigres UANL
M:
Javier Aquino - Cruz Azul
Pablo Barrera - Cruz Azul
Andres Guardado - Valencia
Elias Hernandez - Tigres UANL
Carlos Salcido - Tigres UANL
Gerardo Torrado - Cruz Azul
Jesus Zavala - Monterrey
F:
Marco Fabian - Guadalajara
Javier Hernandez - Manchester United
Aldo De Nigris - Monterrey
Oribe Peralta - Santos Laguna
Angel Reyna - Monterrey
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LIGA MX
UNAM Pumas has hired Mario Carrillo as the new head coach.
-I think he has been working for ESPN Deportes.
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Apertura - Round 7 of 17
Matches + Scores:
-Fri Aug 31
Tijuana v Jaguares
Morelia v Pumas UNAM
-Sat Sep 1
Cruz Azul v Pachuca
Queretaro v Atlante
Santos Laguna v Tigres UANL
Monterrey v Atlas
San Luis v Leon
-Sun Sep 2
Toluca v America
Guadalajara v Puebla
COPA MEXICO
Matchday 5
One round left to go in the group stage. The 7 group winners and #1 runner up will advance to the knockout rounds.
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Group Stage
Group 1
10 Morelia
10 Leon
9 Dorados
OUT-2 Est Tecos
Group 2
9 Cruz Azul
9 Altamira
8 Toros Nexa
5 Atlas
Group 3
12 Pachuca
7 Atlante
OUT-6 La Piedad
OUT-4 Univ Guadalajara
Group 4
12 Necaxa
11 San Luis
OUT-5 Pumas Morelos
OUT-4 Jaguares
Group 5
11 America
9 Correcaminos UAT
6 Queretaro
OUT-5 Veracruz
Group 6
9 Tijuana
8 Merida
6 Pumas UNAM
5 Celaya
Group 7
10 Puebla
8 Toluca
8 Lobos BUAP
7 Irapuato
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Matchday 5
Matches + Scores:
-Thu Aug 30
Puebla 1-0 Toluca
CANADA
Canada has two crucial World Cup qualifiers coming up next week.
Matches + Scores:
-Fri Sep 7
Canada v Panama
-Tue Sep 11
Panama v Canada
-Here is the roster:
G:
Lars Hirschfeld - Valerenga
Milan Borjan - Sivasspor
Kenny Stamatopoulos - AIK
D:
Ante Jazic - Chivas USA
Kevin McKenna - Koln
Andre Hainault - Houston Dynamo
Marcel de Jong - Augsburg
Dejan Jakovic - DC United
David Edgar - Burnley
Ashtone Morgan - Toronto
M:
Nik Ledgerwood - Hammarby
Julian de Guzman - Dallas
Terry Dunfield - Toronto
Will Johnson - Real Salt Lake
Atiba Hutchinson - PSV Eindhoven
Pedro Pacheco - Santa Clara
Patrice Bernier - Impact Montreal
F:
Tosaint Ricketts - Politehnica Timisoara
Simeon Jackson - Norwich
Dwayne De Rosario - DC United
Olivier Occean - Eintracht Frankfurt
ITALY
Powerful striker Edinson Cavani of Napoli has signed a long-term contract extension.
UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE
Here is a graphic of the 12 Groups that will begin play on Thu Sep 20:
(click to enlarge)
ENDERS
From reader Brian Ross - Find Ozil:
And the winner is... Tottenham Hotspur!
Clint won't even have to move to another city.
-Here is the official from the team.
And Dempsey has signed a new three year contract.
Word in the English press is that it cost Spurs $9.5 million to buy him from Fulham.
Its been exactly 14 days since Clint sent out his last Twitter message and it was in the middle of an ugly media storm with Fulham. Do you think we will get a new one tonight now that the saga is over?
STARTERS
The du Nord Futbol Show Podcast - Episode 9 has been set free into the wild from its rusty cage! Download or listen here.
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Carlos Bocanegra has signed a 1 year loan deal with Racing Santander in the Spanish Segunda Division.
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And what is Brad Friedel's future? Tottenham today signed 25 year old starting French goalkeeper Hugo Lloris from Lyon.
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Oguchi Onyewu has left Sporting of Portugal on a loan deal to Malaga in Spain.
Philadelphia Union has made interim head coach John Hackworth their permanent head coach.
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-Kerith Gabriel of the Philadelphia Daily News with the story.
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Kevin Baxter of the LA Times with more on Jorge Vergara assuming full control of Chivas USA Wednesday.
-Is this exactly what this team needs? Or completely the wrong move?
Ridge Mahoney of Soccer America asks a very important question - with Jorge Vergara + Co. taking over full control of Chivas USA is it finally time for a total makeover of the team?
STORY OF THE DAY
Ken Belson of the New York Times on the dawning of beIN Sport - the newest soccer channel on American television, owned by Al Jazeera, which is run by the government of the country Qatar.
-Interesting bit from this article: "...BeIN Sport has reportedly paid Comcast to be carried to the cable company’s 22 million television subscribers..."
-Comcast is shooting for a Sep 6 launch date for beIN.
MINNESOTA STARS FC
Matches + Scores:
-Sat Sep 1
Minnesota Stars v San Antonio Scorpions
Venue: NSC Stadium - Blaine MN
-Sat Sep 8
Minnesota Stars v Edmonton
Venue: NSC Stadium
TASTIEST MLS GAME OF THE WEEK
Saturday sees more playoff chasing as we get Columbus v Montreal, and then playoff position hunters LA v Vancouver.
And on Sunday another battle for playoff positions with Chicago v Houston.
BIG EUROPEAN CLUB MATCHES COMING UP THIS WEEK
UEFA Super Cup
-Champions League winner v Europa League winner.
It was Atleti in a rout as Radamel Falcao scored three and Chelsea looked awful.
Match + Score:
-Fri Aug 31
Chelsea 1-4 Atletico Madrid
Venue: Stade Louis II - Monaco
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Matches + Scores:
-Sun Sep 2
Liverpool v Arsenal - Live at 7:25am CT on Fox Soccer
Udinese v Juventus - Live at 11:00am on beIN
Barcelona v Valencia - Live at 3:00pm on beIN
Inter v Roma
DU NORD AT THE CONTROLS
du Nord at the Controls - Tue Aug 28, 2012 - new music mix at Spotify.
TEAM USA - EL EQUIPO DE TODOS
Head coach Jurgen Klinsmann will announce the team roster for the upcoming World Cup qualifiers at 2pm CT on Sun Sep 2.
Ives Galarcep of Fox Soccer interviews Geoff Cameron upon his arrival at Stoke in England.
Ben Hooper of The Original Winger does a Q + A with Brek Shea.
-TOW has a very cool Brek Shea prize contest too.
Rumored to be on roster, with word coming from club teams:
-Tim Ream
-Brek Shea
-Carlos Bocanegra
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WORLD CUP QUALIFYING
Matches + Scores:
-Fri Sep 7
Jamaica v USA
-Tue Sep 11
USA v Jamaica
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Here is the Jamaican roster for the two game battle:
G:
Jacomeno Barrett - Montego Bay United
Duwayne Kerr - Strommen
Dwayne Miller - Syrianska
v D:
Andrae Campbelll - Nottodden
Adrian Mariappa - Reading
Nyron Nosworthy - Watford
Lovel Palmer - Portland Timbers
Jermaine Taylor - Houston Dynamo
Shavar Thomas - Montreal Impact
Dicoy Williams - Toronto
O’Brian Woodbine - Vaasan Palloseura
M:
Rodolph Austin - Leeds
Ewan Grandison - Portmore United
Jason Morrison - Aaelsund
Dane Richards - Vancouver Whitecaps
Joel Senior - Harbour View
Errol Stevens - Arnett Gardens
JeVaughn Watson - Houston Dynamo
F:
Kavin Bryan - Vicem Hai Phong
Omar Cummings - Colorado Rapids
Ryan Johnson - Toronto
Darren Mattocks - Vancouver Whitecaps
Luton Shelton - Karabukspor
Tramaine Stewart - Aaelsund
CONCACHAMPIONS 2012-13
Houston was very lucky to get out of Honduras with a point. Olimpia put it to them but could not get enough luck on their side to turn the corner. Great job by Houston, especially keeping with the decision to play almost all reserves.
Seattle basically traveled to South America and did what they have been doing for the last several weeks - pouring in the goals. Beautifully done.
Caledonia of Trinidad is the first team elimidated from the tournament.
-No one has advanced yet.
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Matches + Scores:
-Tue Aug 28
Toronto 1-3 Santos Laguna - Tor goal by Quincy Amarikwa. SL goals by Carlos Quintero, Daniel Luduena + Candido Ramirez.
Real Esteli 0-1 Alajuelense - Ala goal by Allen Guevara
-Wed Aug 29
LA Galaxy 4-0 Puerto Rico Islanders - LAG goals by Tommy Meyer, Jose Villareal, Jack McBean + Michael Stephens.
Guadalajara 4-0 W Connection - Gua goals by Marco Fabian(3) + C Fierro.
Municipal 0-1 Monterrey - mon goal by Humberto Suazo.
-Thu Aug 30
Caledonia AIA 1-3 Seattle Sounders - Cal goal by Kareen Joseph(PK). SS goals by Alex Caskey, Fredy Montero + Sammy Ochoa.
Olimpia 1-1 Houston Dynamo - Oli goal by . HD goal by Adam Moffat.
Tauro 0-1 Herediano - Her goal by Whylon Francis.
All games are shown on the internet at CONCACAF TV.
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Standings:
Group 1
6 Santos Laguna(+7)
3 Toronto(+2)
0 Aguila(-9)
Group 2
4 Herediano(+2)
3 Real Salt Lake(+1)
0 Tauro(-4)
Group 3
4 Olimpia(+3)
4 Houston Dynamo(+2)
0 FAS(-5)
Group 4
6 Seattle Sounders(+4)
1 Marathon(0)
OUT-1 Caledonia AIA(-4)
Group 5
6 LA Galaxy(+7)
3 Metapan(-1)
0 Puerto Rico Islanders(-6)
Group 6
4 Tigres UANL(+4)
4 Alajuelense(+1)
0 Real Esteli(-5)
Group 7
6 Monterrey(+6)
3 Municipal(0)
0 Chorrillo(-6)
Group 8
4 Xelaju(+1)
3 Guadalajara(+3)
1 W Connection(-4)
BEST NEWS I'VE HEARD ALL DAY
Steven Goff of the Washington Post has a short chat with everyone's favorite soccer tv color commentator, the magisterial Ray Hudson, who has started a new job at beIN Sport.
FACT OF THE DAY
8 Americans are in the group stage of the UEFA Europa League this season. Here is the list and who they are grouped with:
-Alejandro Bedoya - Helsingborg - Group L with Hannover, Levante and Twente
-Terrence Boyd - Rapid Vienna - Group K with Leverkusen, Metalist and Rosenborg
-Steve Cherundolo - Hannover - Group L with Helsingborg, Levante and Twente
-Clint Dempsey - Tottenham - Group J with Lazio, Maribor and Panathinakios
-Michael Diskeruud - Rosenborg - Group K with Leverkusen, Metalist and Rapid Vienna
-Brad Friedel - Tottenham - Group J with Lazio, Maribor and Panathinakios
-Josh Gatt - Molde - Group E with Kobenhavn, Steaua Bucuresti and Stuttgart
-Bryan Gerzicich - Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona - Group I with Athletic Bilbao, Lyon and Sparta Prague
Notice that Bedoya + Cherundolo and Boyd + Diskerud are paired up against each other.
THIS IS WHAT ITS ALL ABOUT
Grant Wahl of Sports Illustrated with an article on hard working veteran Alan Gordon who is peaking this season at age 30.
MLS MATCHES AND SCORES
WEEK 26
Matches + Scores:
-Wed Sep 29
DC United 2-2 New York Red Bulls - DCU goals by Nick DeLeon + Dwayne DeRosario. NYRB goals by Joel Lindpere + Wilman Conde.
Venue: RFK Stadium
Atten: 10,303
New England Revolution 3-3 CD Chivas USA - NER goals by Saer Sene(2) + Rauwshan McKenzie(OG). CU goals by Shalrie Joseph(2) + Miller Bolanos.
Venue: Gillette Stadium
Atten: 10,945
Philadelphia Union 1-2 Columbus Crew - PU goal by Carlos Valdes. CC goals by Josh Williams + Eddie Gaven.
Venue: PPL Park
Atten: 16,568
-Fri Aug 31
Portland Timbers v Colorado Rapids - 9:30pm CT on NBCSN
Venue: Jeld Wen Field
-Sat Sep 1
New England Revolution v Philadelphia Union
Venue: Gillette Stadium
Columbus Crew v Montreal Impact
Venue: Crew Stadium
Sporting Kansas City v Toronto FC
Venue: Livestrong Sporting Park
Real Salt Lake v DC United
Venue: Rio Tinto Stadium
LA Galaxy v Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Venue: The Home Depot Center
-Sun Aug 2
Chicago Fire SC v Houston Dynamo - 6pm CT on Galavision
Venue: Toyota Park
FC Dallas v Seattle Sounders FC
Venue: FC Dallas Stadium
San Jose Earthquakes v CD Chivas USA - 8pm CT on NBCSN
Venue: Buck Shaw Stadium
-All 19 teams are in action this week.
MLS STANDINGS
EAST
47 Sporting Kansas City (32GF/26GP)
46 New York Red Bulls (46GF/27GP)
42 Houston Dynamo (38GF/26GP)
41 DC United (43GF/26GP)
41 Chicago Fire SC (32GF/25GP)
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39 Montreal Impact (42GF/28GP)
39 Columbus Crew (31GF/25GP)
25 Philadelphia Union (25GF/24GP)
24 New England Revolution (33GF/26GP)
21 Toronto FC (29GF/26GP)
WEST
50 San Jose Earthquakes (52GF/26GP)
43 Seattle Sounders FC (40GF/25GP)
43 Real Salt Lake (37GF/27GP)
40 LA Galaxy (46GF/27GP)
37 Vancouver Whitecaps FC (29GF/27GP)
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32 FC Dallas (33GF/28GP)
28 CD Chivas USA (20GF/24GP)
26 Colorado Rapids (33GF/26GP)
24 Portland Timbers (26GF/25GP)
-(Goals For/Games Played)
The first tie breaker is goals scored.
MLS TEAM AND PLAYER NEWS
NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION
Leading goal scorer Saer Sene will not play this weekend due to a sprained knee.
NEW YORK RED BULLS
Big Apple Soccer on the surprising success over the past 2 games of Wilman Conde at left fullback.
PHILADELPHIA UNION
Marc Narducci of the Inquirer wonders if the youthfulness of the Union is hurting them.
MLS STADIUMS
Capital New York with the latest on the MLS plan to build a stadium in Queens NY.
-Thanks to The Offside Rules for the link.
NASL SCOREBOARD
Matches + Scores:
-Sat Sep 1
Fort Lauderdale Strikers v Tampa Bay Rowdies
Puerto Rico Islanders v Carolina RailHawks
Minnesota Stars v San Antonio Scorpions
-Sun Sep 2
Edmonton v Atlanta Silverbacks
Watch online
Standings
*42 San Antonio (+21)
36 Puerto Rico (+6)
36 Tampa Bay (+1)
34 Fort Lauderdale (-2)
31 Carolina (-4)
29 Minnesota (-1)
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22 Edmonton (-5)
19 Atlanta (-16)
*Clinched Playoff Berth
USL PRO NEWS
Playoffs - Semifinals
Matches + Scores:
-Fri Aug 31
Orlando City v Wilmington Hammerheads
Rochester Rhinos v Charleston Battery
US SOCCER DEVELOPMENT ACADEMY
The US Soccer Development Academy has announced it will add the U-13/14 age division starting in the Fall of 2013.
WOMEN'S U20 WORLD CUP
The USA advanced with a goal in added extra time to beat N Korea. They will take on Nigeria in the Semifinals next Tuesday.
Knockout Stage:
Quarterfinals
Matches + Scores:
-Thu Aug 30
Nigeria 1-0 Mexico
Japan 3-1 S Korea
-Fri Aug 31
N Korea 1-2 USA
Germany 4-0 Norway
Semifinals
Matches + Scores:
-Tue Sep 4
Nigeria v USA
Japan v Germany
Final
Match + Score:
-Sat Sep 8
Semifinal Winners
AMERICANS IN EUROPE
Yanks Abroad reports that midfielder Joe Gyau has been loaned out by Hoffenheim to St Pauli.
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Nick Leyden of Yanks Abroad with a story on Portguese-American Steven who plays in the 2nd division with Leixoes in Portugal.
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Young goalkeeper Cody Cropper has signed with Southampton.
MEXICO
Mexico has gone with youth in their roster for the upcoming duo of World Cup qualifiers with Costa Rica - 8 players from the Olympic team on on this one too.
Matches & Scores:
-Fri Sep 7
Costa Rica v Mexico
-Tue Sep 11
Mexico v Costa Rica
-Mexico roster:
G:
Jesus Corona - Cruz Azul
Guillermo Ochoa - Ajaccio
Alfredo Talavera - Toluca
D:
Hugo Ayala - Tigres UANL
Darvin Chavez - Monterrey
Israel Jimenez - Tigres UANL
Severo Meza - Monterrey
Hiram Mier - Monterrey
Hector Moreno - Espayol
Francisco Rodriguez - Stuttgart
Jorge Torres Nilo - Tigres UANL
M:
Javier Aquino - Cruz Azul
Pablo Barrera - Cruz Azul
Andres Guardado - Valencia
Elias Hernandez - Tigres UANL
Carlos Salcido - Tigres UANL
Gerardo Torrado - Cruz Azul
Jesus Zavala - Monterrey
F:
Marco Fabian - Guadalajara
Javier Hernandez - Manchester United
Aldo De Nigris - Monterrey
Oribe Peralta - Santos Laguna
Angel Reyna - Monterrey
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LIGA MX
UNAM Pumas has hired Mario Carrillo as the new head coach.
-I think he has been working for ESPN Deportes.
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Apertura - Round 7 of 17
Matches + Scores:
-Fri Aug 31
Tijuana v Jaguares
Morelia v Pumas UNAM
-Sat Sep 1
Cruz Azul v Pachuca
Queretaro v Atlante
Santos Laguna v Tigres UANL
Monterrey v Atlas
San Luis v Leon
-Sun Sep 2
Toluca v America
Guadalajara v Puebla
COPA MEXICO
Matchday 5
One round left to go in the group stage. The 7 group winners and #1 runner up will advance to the knockout rounds.
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Group Stage
Group 1
10 Morelia
10 Leon
9 Dorados
OUT-2 Est Tecos
Group 2
9 Cruz Azul
9 Altamira
8 Toros Nexa
5 Atlas
Group 3
12 Pachuca
7 Atlante
OUT-6 La Piedad
OUT-4 Univ Guadalajara
Group 4
12 Necaxa
11 San Luis
OUT-5 Pumas Morelos
OUT-4 Jaguares
Group 5
11 America
9 Correcaminos UAT
6 Queretaro
OUT-5 Veracruz
Group 6
9 Tijuana
8 Merida
6 Pumas UNAM
5 Celaya
Group 7
10 Puebla
8 Toluca
8 Lobos BUAP
7 Irapuato
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Matchday 5
Matches + Scores:
-Thu Aug 30
Puebla 1-0 Toluca
CANADA
Canada has two crucial World Cup qualifiers coming up next week.
Matches + Scores:
-Fri Sep 7
Canada v Panama
-Tue Sep 11
Panama v Canada
-Here is the roster:
G:
Lars Hirschfeld - Valerenga
Milan Borjan - Sivasspor
Kenny Stamatopoulos - AIK
D:
Ante Jazic - Chivas USA
Kevin McKenna - Koln
Andre Hainault - Houston Dynamo
Marcel de Jong - Augsburg
Dejan Jakovic - DC United
David Edgar - Burnley
Ashtone Morgan - Toronto
M:
Nik Ledgerwood - Hammarby
Julian de Guzman - Dallas
Terry Dunfield - Toronto
Will Johnson - Real Salt Lake
Atiba Hutchinson - PSV Eindhoven
Pedro Pacheco - Santa Clara
Patrice Bernier - Impact Montreal
F:
Tosaint Ricketts - Politehnica Timisoara
Simeon Jackson - Norwich
Dwayne De Rosario - DC United
Olivier Occean - Eintracht Frankfurt
ITALY
Powerful striker Edinson Cavani of Napoli has signed a long-term contract extension.
UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE
Here is a graphic of the 12 Groups that will begin play on Thu Sep 20:
(click to enlarge)
ENDERS
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