Friday, August 03, 2012

Some Soccer News for Fri Aug 3, 2012

STARTERS

The du Nord Futbol Show podcast Ep 5 is ready for action!

dN

Attendance for Seattle v LA will cross the 60,000 threshold on Sunday!

STORY OF THE DAY

Todd Date of 3rd Degree has the transcript of a press Q + A with FC Dallas' troubled star Brek Shea.
-What is going on with him after 2 weeks out of the lineup?

MINNESOTA STARS FC

The Stars desperately need to end a 3 games losing streak, all on the road.

Matches + Scores:
-Sat Aug 4
FC Edmonton v Minnesota Stars
Venue: Clarke Stadium

TASTIEST MLS GAME OF THE WEEK

Three huge games: Houston v New York (#2 v #1 in the East) on Friday night, DC v Columbus and Colorado v Salt Lake (The Rocky Mountain Cup) on Saturday, and then Seattle v LA on Sunday.

By the way - New York and Houston will play the reverse fixture at Red Bull Arena in one week! How cool is that?

DU NORD AT THE CONTROLS

du Nord at the Controls - Tue Jul 31, 2012 - The Fall - new music mix at Spotify.

USA WOMEN AT THE OLYMPICS

Simple solid win for the USA, albeit uninspired.

And now they will be playing a Canadian team in the Semifinals that will do whatever it takes to end decades of being the USA's doormat!

dN

Matches + Scores:

Quarterfinals:
-Fri Aug 3
A: USA 2-0 New Zealand - USA goals by Abby Wambach + Sydney Leroux.
B: Great Britain 0-2 Canada
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C: Brazil 0-2 Japan
D: France 2-1 Sweden

Semifinals
-Mon Aug 6
USA v Canada - 1:45pm CT on NBCSN
Japan v France

Final
-Thu Aug 9

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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

Knockout Stage

QUARTERFINALS
-Sat Aug 4
A: Japan v Egypt - 6:00am CT on MSNBC
B: Mexico v Senegal - 8:30am CT on MSNBC
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C: Brazil v Honduras - 11:00am CT on MSNBC
D: Great Britain v S Korea - 1:30pm CT on MSNBC

SEMIFINALS
-Tue Aug 7
Winners A v B - 11:00am CT on NBCSN
Winners 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

2012-13 CONCACACHAMPIONS

The Group Stage

One time DC United star striker Luciano Emilio scored a goal for Olimpia last night.

Alex Rose set up the first two goals for Seattle, then scored the third one himself.

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Group 1
3 Toronto (+4)
- Santos Laguna
0 Aguila (Salv) (-4)
Group 2
3 Herediano (CR)
- Tauro (Pan) (+1)
0 Real Salt Lake (-1)
Group 3
3 Olimpia (Hond) (+3)
- Houston Dynamo
0 FAS (Salv) (-3)
Group 4
3 Seattle Sounders (+2)
- Marathon (Hond)
0 Caledonian AIA (T+T) (-2)
Group 5
3 Isidro Metapan (Salv) (+2)
- LA Galaxy
0 Puerto Rico Islanders (PR) (-2)
Group 6
3 Tigres (+4)
- Alajuelense (CR)
0 Real Esteli (Nica) (-4)
Group 7
3 Monterrey (+5)
- Municipal (Guat)
0 Chorrillo (Pan) (-5)
Group 8
1 Xelaju (Guat) (0)
1 W Connection (T+T) (0)
Guadalajara

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Matches + Scores:
-Tue Jul 31
Monterrey 5-0 Chorrillo - Mon goals by Jose Basanta, Angel Reyna(3) + Abraham Carreno.
Herediano 1-0 Real Salt Lake - Her goal by Elias Aguilar.
-Wed Aug 1
Toronto 5-1 Aguila - TFC goals by Luis Silva, Reggie Lambe(2), Terry Dunfield + Ryan Johnson. Agu goal by Yaikel Perez.
Tigres UANL 4-0 Real Esteli - Tig goals by Edno Cunha, Fernando Navarro, Tuafic Guarch + Jose Rivas.
Metapan 3-1 Puerto Rico Islanders - Met goals all by Nicolas Munoz. PRI goal by Nicolas Addlery.
-Thu Aug 2
W Connection 2-2 Xelaju - WC goals by Hachim Arcia + Rennie Britto. Xel goals both by Edgar Chinchilla.
Olimpia 3-0 FAS - Oli goals by Luciano Emilio, Juan Garcia + Roger Rojas.
Seattle Sounders 3-1 Caledonia - SS goals by Sammy Ochoa, Fredy Montero + Alex Rose. Cal goal by Kareem Joseph(PK).

The next round of games will take place on Aug 21, 22 + 23.

THE LAMAR HUNT US OPEN CUP

Final

I'm going! Are you going ?

Matches and Scores:
-Wed Aug 8
Sporting Kansas City v Seattle Sounders FC
Venue: Livestrong Sporting Park

FACT OF THE DAY

Portland hosts Dallas on Sunday at 6pm CT on NBCSN just two weeks after losing badly 5-0 at Dallas. Time for the Big Payback?!

OOF

You never ever want to see this on Twitter 2 days before you face your biggest rival!

Thu Aug 2 5:12pm CT
Tim Hinchey III (Colorado Rapids president)
"over 450+ tickets still available on #TheTerrace for #Rapids vs. #RSL. Come join us for the Subaru Rocky Mountain Cup Saturday! #COYRapids"

THIS IS WHAT ITS ALL ABOUT

Zach Slaton of Forbes examines the history of the Seattle Sounders:
-Part 1
-Part 2
-Part 3 (Coming Soon)

VIDEO OF THE DAY

8.8.12

8.8.12 II

8.8.12 III

PICTURE OF THE DAY

UFC Heavyweight Champ Junior Dos Santos turned up at the LA Galaxy v Real Madrid friendly on Thursday night! Oh yeah!

















MLS MATCHES AND SCORES

WEEK 22

Matches + Scores:
-Fri Aug 3
Houston Dynamo v New York Red Bulls - 7:00PM CT on NBCSN
Venue: BBVA Compass Stadium
-Sat Aug 4
DC United v Columbus Crew - 6:30PM CT
Venue: RFK Stadium
New England Revolution v Sporting Kansas City - 6:30PM CT
Venue: Gillette Stadium
Montreal Impact v Philadelphia Union - 6:30PM CT
Venue: Saputo Stadium
Chicago Fire SC v Toronto FC - 7:30PM CT
Venue: Toyota Park
Colorado Rapids v Real Salt Lake - 8:00PM CT
Venue: Dick's Sporting Goods Park
-Sun Aug 5
Portland Timbers v FC Dallas - 6:00PM CT on NBCSN
Venue: JELD-WEN Field
Seattle Sounders FC v LA Galaxy - 8:00PM CT on ESPN2
Venue: CenturyLink Field

3 teams have a buy this week: San Jose Earthquakes, Vancouver Whitecaps FC + CD Chivas USA.

MLS STANDINGS

EAST
38 New York Red Bulls (+6)
37 Houston Dynamo (+8)
37 Sporting Kansas City (+6)
33 DC United (+7)
32 Chicago Fire SC (0)
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28 Columbus Crew (0)
27 Montreal Impact (-10)
23 Philadelphia Union (0)
23 New England Revolution (-1)
19 Toronto FC (-14)
WEST
44 San Jose Earthquakes (+17)
42 Real Salt Lake (+8)
34 Seattle Sounders FC (+5)
34 Vancouver Whitecaps FC (-2)
33 LA Galaxy (+4)
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26 CD Chivas USA (-7)
22 Colorado Rapids (-4)
22 FC Dallas (-6)
19 Portland Timbers (-17)

MLS TEAM AND PLAYER NEWS

General News

Jose Ortiz of the Houston Chronicle writes that the big names are a huge part of the current growth of the league.

Player Transactions

Good to see a couple of younger players added to rosters today, instead of more old timers:

Toronto has signed 25 year old Irish defender (can play center or full) Darren O'Dea from Celtic.
-He was on loan at Leeds last season, after 2 other loan seasons before that.

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Vancouver has signed 23 year old Brazilian holding midfielder Tiago Ulisses from Botafogo.

CHICAGO FIRE

Orrin Schwarz of the Daily Herald on what its going to take to get the Fire back in to the playoffs.

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Jack McCarthy of the Tribune looks at the surge goalkeeper Sean Johnson is making as this season moves into the stretch.

FC DALLAS

3rd Degree reports that the season could be over for Ugo Ihemelu do to ongoing concussion symptoms.

HOUSTON DYNAMO

Jose Ortiz of the Chronicle writes about the team with the lowest payroll in the league taking on the team with the highest payroll in the league tonight with first place in the East on the line.
REAL SALT LAKE

Centerback Jamison Olave has suffered a hamstring injury that will put him out approx 1 month.

dN

James Edward of the Deseret looks at the very thin centerback spot for RSL.

MLS SUMMER FRIENDLIES

A new attendance record of 30,317 was set at the Home Depot Center last night for the LA Galaxy game against Real Madrid.
-Capacity at the stadium is listed at 27,000.

Matches + Scores:
-Thu Aug 2
LA Galaxy 1-5 Real Madrid(Spain)
Venue: Home Depot Center - Carson CA

-Sat Aug 4
Milan(Italy) v Olimpia(Honduras)
Venue: Gillette Stadium - Foxborough MA

-Sun Aug 5
Real Madrid(Spain) v Santos Laguna(Mexico)
Venue: Sam Boyd Stadium - Whitney NV

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

NASL SCOREBOARD

Matches + Scores:
-Sat Aug 4
Carolina RailHawks v Tampa Bay Rowdies
Atlanta Silverbacks v Fort Lauderdale Strikers
FC Edmonton v Minnesota Stars FC
-Sun Aug 5
San Antonio Scorpions v Puerto Rico Islanders

Watch online

Standings
35 San Antonio (+18)
33 Tampa Bay (+5)
31 Puerto Rico (+6)
27 Fort Lauderdale (-2)
26 Minnesota (0)
24 Carolina (-5)
16 Edmonton (-5)
14 Atlanta (-17)

USL PDL

FINAL
Match + Score:
-Sat Aug 4
Carolina Dynamo v Forest City London
Venue: Macpherson Stadium - Greensboro NC
AMERICANS IN EUROPE

Alex Labidou of Goal.com talks to Sacha Kljestan about club success and national team disappointment.

dN

The German 2nd division began their new season today!
-And 19 year old John Anthony Brooks made his debut, going the full 90!

dN

Chad Barrett made his debut for Valerenga in Norway today, getting the start.

dN

Game Action:

GERMANY - 2 Bundesliga
John Anthony Brooks - Hertha Berlin - Fri Aug 3 - went the full 90 as they tied 2-2 v Paderborn.

NORWAY - Eliteserien
Chad Barrett - Valerenga - Fri Aug 3 - started and went 56 min but lost 4-2 at Haugesund.

AMERICANS IN MEXICO

Adrian Ruelas scored his first goal for Veracruz, in a losing effort in the Copa Mexico.
-Yanks Abroad has video of the goal. And its a very good goal.

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Game Action:

COPA MEXICO - Group Stage - Matchday 2
Ventura Alvarado - America - Thu Aug 2 - on the bench as they won 3-1 v Veracruz.
Adrian Ruelas - Veracruz - Thu Aug 2 - started and went 56 min scoring a goal but they lost 3-1 at America.

MEXICO

Liga MX Apertura Round 3
Matches + Scores:
-Fri Aug 3
Santos Laguna v Puebla
Tijuana v Pumas UNAM
Morelia v San Luis
-Sat Aug 4
Cruz Azul v Guadalajara
Queretaro v Pachuca
Monterrey v Jaguares
Atlas v Tigres UANL
-Sun Aug 5
Toluca v Leon
Atlante v America

COPA MEXICO

Group Stage

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

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Matchday 2
Matches + Scores:
-Tue Jul 31
Leon 4-0 Dorados
Necaxa 3-0 Jaguares
Merida 0-1 Tijuana
Correcaminos 2-2 Queretaro
Est Tecos 0-3 Morelia
Atlas 1-1 Altamira
San Luis 2-0 Pumas Morelos
Pumas UNAM 0-0 Celaya
Lobos BUAP 2-2 Toluca
-Wed Aug 1
Toros Neza 2-1 Cruz Azul
Pachuca 3-0 Univ Guadalajara
Puebla 0-2 Irapuato
-Thu Aug 2
La Piedad 0-0 Atlante
America 3-1 Veracruz

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