Some Soccer News for Mon Aug 6, 2012
STARTERS
Lets stop everything for a few moments and open our hearts to the family, friends and teammates of Columbus Crew player Kirk Urso who passed away unexpectedly on Sunday morning. Its a very sad day. RIP Kirk Urso.
There has been no further word on the cause of Urso's death. He fell unconscious at a Columbus bar and first responders failed to revive him.
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A stunning win in the final seconds of Added Extra Time sees the USA Women return to the Olympic Final for the 5th time. They trailed Canada three times and somehow won in 4-3.
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Emphatic wins for contenders Houston and Seattle this weekend!
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Remember that guy that from Colombia who New England signed in the preseason who then turned around and told local press he didn't want to move? Then he ended up coming to New England anyway? Barely? Anyway, they cut him today. He was useless. His name is Jose Moreno.
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Coming off a championship season Boca Juniors open the Apertura in exactly the wrong way, losing 3-0 at Quilmes.
MINNESOTA STARS FC
The Stars thought they had their win and then gave up an own goal in the dying moments up in Edmonton.
-Stars midfielder Geison Moura was the victim of a brutal foul near the end of the game and suffered a concussion. As he went up for a head ball Edmonton's Paul Hamilton came flying in out of control and violently took Moura's head off. Hamilton should be punished by the league for that out of line foul.
Matches + Scores:
-Sat Aug 4
FC Edmonton 1-1 Minnesota Stars - FCE goals by Ernest Tchoupe(OG). MS goal by Martin Nunez.
Venue: Clarke Stadium
-Sat Aug 11
Minnesota Stars v San Antonio Scorpions
Venue: National Sports Center Stadium - Blaine MN
TEAM USA - EL EQUIPO DE TODOS
Jon Godfrey of the New York Times with an early look at Mexico v USA on Aug 15. Who will be on the roster?
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Andrew Wiebe of MLSsoccer.com talks to Herculez Gomez who really wants to play for the USA in Mexico City.
-You can be certain Herc will be on that roster.
USA WOMEN AT THE OLYMPICS
What can you say? Simply amazing, works for me. Down 0-1. Tie it up. Down 1-2. Tie it up. Down 2-3. Tie it up. Then. Win it 4-3. In stoppage time of Added Extra Time. Wow.
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The USA were just fantastic. But you have to feel distraught for Canada. What else did they have to do to win that? A lot of people will point at the referee and ask questions. I try not to ever do that, even when my own teams is the victim. There are so many chances in every game and one or two calls at certain times are not to blame. I will admit the one was pretty damn weird. It happens, every game, but usually not to that extent. On the other hand if we held players to that same standard of perfection then no players would ever come close to taking the field.
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Grant Wahl of Sports Illustrated with instant post game analysis.
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Matches + Scores:
Semifinals
-Mon Aug 6
USA 4-3 Canada - in Added Extra Time.
Japan 2-1 France
Final
-Thu Aug 9
USA v Japan - 1:30pm 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
Japan was the only 1 of the 4 teams to roll through the Quarterfinals. They now face Mexico who went to Added Extra Time, and their winner will face Brazil who were in a dogfight and S Korea who went to a Penalty Kick Shootout. Two great looking Semifinals for Tuesday.
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Knockout Stage
QUARTERFINALS
-Sat Aug 4
A: Japan 3-0 Egypt - Jap goals by Kensuke Nagai, Maya Yoshida + Yuki Otsu.
B: Mexico 4-2 Senegal - Added Extra Time - Mex goals by Jorge Enriquez, Javier Aquino, Gio Don Santos + Hector Herrera. Sen goals by Mousa Konate + Ibrahima Balde.
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C: Brazil 3-2 Honduras - Bra goals by Leandro Damiao + Neymar(2, 1 via PK). Hon goals by Mario Martinez + Roger Espinoza.
D: Great Britain 1-1 S Korea - SK advances 5-4 in Penalty Kick Shootout. GB goal by Aaron Ramsey(PK). SK goal by Ji Dongwon.
SEMIFINALS
-Tue Aug 7
Japan v Mexico - 11:00am CT on NBCSN
Brazil v South Korea - 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
THE LAMAR HUNT US OPEN CUP
Final
Tod Palmer of the KC Star looks at the history of the tournament.
-These two teams both have a strong recent success.
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Matches and Scores:
-Wed Aug 8
Sporting Kansas City v Seattle Sounders FC - 8pm CT on GolTV.
Venue: Livestrong Sporting Park
TWITTERVERSE/FACEBOOKING
Chris Wondolowski @ChrisWondo answering questions online: @goUSAbid2066: what's your dogs name? "Gattusso"
GUARDIAN 2012-13 ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE SEASON PREVIEWS
Arsenal
Aston Villa
Chelsea
Everton
Fulham
Liverpool
Manchester City
Manchester United
Newcastle
Norwich
Queens Park Rangers
Reading
Southampton
Stoke
Sunderland
Swansea
Tottenham
West Bromich
West Ham
Wigan
QUESTION OF THE DAY
Has The "Beckham Rule" Worked For MLS?
Bobby McMahon of Forbes looks at the value of the Designated Player.
DID YOU KNOW?
LE Eisenmenger of the Examiner with a big profile new CONCACAF general secretary Enrique Sanz.
-Including a Q + A with Sanz.
NO SURPRISE THERE
I hear that David Beckham and Landon Donovan were complaining about the referee after they got destroyed by Seattle last night. No surprise there. Its always someone elses fault but their own. Whiners.
EH
I watched the NBCSN documentary on Sunday night, MLS36 Chris Wondolowski, and was slightly underwhelmed. There were times when it was excellent; the locker room, the tiny bits of on-field stuff like Wondo interacting with John Terry, and the personal stuff with his wife etc. But overall the production felt more Saturday morning kids show then prime time sports show. My biggest complaint was the voice over. With all the amazing unique voices in the world they used one that was completely generic. I give it a B-.
THIS IS WHAT ITS ALL ABOUT
Zach Slaton of Forbes examines the history of the Seattle Sounders.
-Part 3
-Part 1
-Part 2
VIDEO OF THE DAY
KickTV gives us all the goals from Week 22 in MLS.
-Inclucing great goals by Felipe, Jack Jewsbury, Fredy Montero + Alex Caskey.
MLS MATCHES AND SCORES
WEEK 22
Matches + Scores:
-Fri Aug 3
Houston Dynamo 2-0 New York Red Bulls - HD goals by Jermaine Taylor + Calen Carr.
Venue: BBVA Compass Stadium
Atten: 22,039
-Sat Aug 4
DC United 1-0 Columbus Crew - DCU goal by Chris Pontius.
Venue: RFK Stadium
Atten: 14,640
New England Revolution 0-1 Sporting Kansas City - SKC goals by Teal Bunbury.
Venue: Gillette Stadium
Atten: 17,592
Montreal Impact 2-0 Philadelphia Union - MI goals by Andrew Wenger + Felipe.
Venue: Saputo Stadium
Atten: 18,535
Chicago Fire SC 2-1 Toronto FC - CF goals by Marco Pappa + Austin Berry. TFC goal by Ryan Johnson.
Venue: Toyota Park
Atten: 15,757
Colorado Rapids 1-0 Real Salt Lake - CR goal by Joseph Nane.
Venue: Dick's Sporting Goods Park
Atten: 15,218
-Sun Aug 5
Portland Timbers 1-1 FC Dallas - PT goal by Jack Jewsbury. FCD goal by Scott Sealy.
Venue: JELD-WEN Field
Atten: 20,438
Seattle Sounders FC 4-0 LA Galaxy - SS goals by Eddie Johnson, Fredy Montero, Alex Caskey + Andy Rose.
Venue: CenturyLink Field
Atten: 60,908
3 teams have a buy this week: San Jose Earthquakes, Vancouver Whitecaps FC + CD Chivas USA.
MLS MATCH NOTES
EJECTIONS:
Nelson Rivas - Montreal - red card.
Jack McInerney - Philadelphia - red card.
Zach Loyd - Dallas - 2 yellow cards.
Logan Emory - Toronto - 2 yellow cards.
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An awesome night of soccer in Seattle! Over 60,000! Wow.
dN
Last night was the 6th time this season that the Galaxy has given up 3 or more goals.
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Brian Mullen of Colorado made his 300th MLS appearance.
MLS STANDINGS
EAST
40 Houston Dynamo (+10)
40 Sporting Kansas City (+7)
38 New York Red Bulls (+4)
36 DC United (+8)
35 Chicago Fire SC (+1)
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30 Montreal Impact (-8)
28 Columbus Crew (-1)
23 Philadelphia Union (-2)
23 New England Revolution (-2)
19 Toronto FC (-15)
WEST
44 San Jose Earthquakes (+17)
42 Real Salt Lake (+7)
37 Seattle Sounders FC (+9)
34 Vancouver Whitecaps FC (-2)
33 LA Galaxy (0)
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26 CD Chivas USA (-7)
25 Colorado Rapids (-3)
23 FC Dallas (-6)
20 Portland Timbers (-17)
In the East: Both Houston + KC hit 40 points on the season, becoming the 3rd + 4th teams to do that, and leap frogged New York into #1 + #2 positions with wins. While Montreal took over 6th place, but still 6 points ou of the playoffs.
In the West: No changes in the standings, although a tie moved Portland off the bottom of league barrel over Toronto.
MLS TEAM AND PLAYER NEWS
General News
Seattle Sounders forward Eddie Johnson has been named MLS Player Of The Week.
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Kyle McCarthy of Goal.com with the Monday Morning Breakdown - Seattle's statement, the loss of Kirk Urso, Houston's statement, Montreal has taken care of the centerback issue, and more.
Player Transactions
DC acquired 21 year old Brazilian attacking midfielder Raphael Augusto on a loan deal from Fluminense.
DC UNITED
DCU forward Maicon Santos has received his green card and will no longer be listed as an international player on the roster.
-This deal went down over a week ago but we missed it then. So here it is.
HOUSTON DYNAMO
Jose Ortiz of the Chronicle tells us that Ricardo Clark is training with the Dynamo.
-Now they just have to wait for Geoff Cameron to get his English work permit to play for Stoke and be removed from the Houston roster.
NEW YORK RED BULLS
Brian Lewis of the Post writes that Joel Lindpere will be used as a left sided midfielder or traded away.
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Lewis also talks to GM Erik Soler who says the priorities for his team this season are simple: MLS Cup, Supporters Shield, and CONCACAF Champions League.
VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC
Irfaan Faffar of Sportnet looks at the Cap and wonders if they have what it takes to compete for a title this season.
MLS SUMMER FRIENDLIES
Matches + Scores:
-Sat Aug 4
Milan(Italy) 2-1 Olimpia(Honduras)
Venue: Gillette Stadium - Foxborough MA
-Sun Aug 5
Real Madrid(Spain) 2-1 Santos Laguna(Mexico)
Venue: Sam Boyd Stadium - Whitney NV
-Wed Aug 8
Milan(Italy) v Real Madrid(Spain)
Venue: Yankee Stadium - New York NY
Here is the complete schedule of all the big club matches going on this summer pitting MLS teams and European teams.
MLS STADIUMS
Jose Ortiz of the Houston Chronicle talks to Dynamo president Chris Canetti on the importance of their training facility that opened a little over a year ago.
NASL SCOREBOARD
With the weekend's results Puerto Rico moves back into 2nd place and Minnesota up to 4th place.
Matches + Scores:
-Sat Aug 4
Carolina RailHawks 3-3 Tampa Bay Rowdies
Atlanta Silverbacks 4-2 Fort Lauderdale Strikers
FC Edmonton 1-1 Minnesota Stars FC
-Sun Aug 5
San Antonio Scorpions 1-2 Puerto Rico Islanders
Watch online
Standings
35 San Antonio (+17)
34 Puerto Rico (+7)
34 Tampa Bay (+5)
27 Minnesota (0)
27 Fort Lauderdale (-4)
25 Carolina (-5)
17 Edmonton (-5)
17 Atlanta (-15)
USL PRO NEWS
Standings
USL PDL
FINAL
Forect City is the 2012 PDL Champions. Huge Congrats to them.
Match + Score:
-Sat Aug 4
Carolina Dynamo 1-2 Forest City London
Venue: Macpherson Stadium - Greensboro NC
AMERICANS IN EUROPE
Game Action:
AUSTRIA -
Terrence Boyd - Rapids Vienna - played the whole match but lost the derby 0-3 v Austria Wien.
BELGIUM - Pro League
Sacha Kljestan - Anderlecht - came on as a sub in the 81st as they won 1-0 v Beerschot.
DENMARK - Superliga
Charlie Davies - Randers - came on as a sub at half time but lost 2-1 at Midtjylland.
Clarence Goodson - Brondy - played the full match getting a yellow card and they lost 3-1 at Aarhus.
Conor O'Brien - SonderjyskE - started and went 85 min but lost 0-2 v Horsens.
Michael Parkhurst - Nordsjaelland - played the full 90 getting a yellow card as they tied 1-1 at Alborg.
FINLAND - Veikkausliiga
Daniel Antunez - Inter Turku - went the full 90 and won 0-2 at Haka.
Mike Banner - Jaro - playe the whole match but lost 0-3 v JJK.
Etchu Tabe - KuPS - went the distance getting a yellow card and losing 0-2 v Honka.
FINLAND - Ykkonen
Justin Moose - SJK - on the bench as they drew 2-2 v Oulu.
Pat Phelan - SJK - played the full game getting a yellow card and tieing 2-2v Oulu.
Aaron Wheeler - KooTeePee - on the bench as they won 1-0 v PK-35 Vantaa.
NORWAY - Eliteserien
Erik Benjaminsen - Stabaek - came on as a sub at half time but they lost 0-4 b Brann.
Steve Clark - Honefoss - went the full 90 and drew 1-1 v Stromsgodset.
Sean Cunningham - Stabaek - went the full 90 but lost 0-4 v Brann.
Kenneth Di Vita Jensen - Honefoss - on the bench as they tied 1-1 v Stromsgodset.
NORWAY - 1 Divisjon
Rhett Bernstein - Mjondalen - on the bench and they won 2-1 v Ullensaker/Kisa.
Sebastian Troupe - Baerum - went the distance but lost 2-4 v Sarpsborg.
SWEDEN - Allsvenskan Liga
Brian Span - Djurgarden - on the bench as they won 0-1 at Sundsvall.
SWEDEN - Superettan
Brian Edwards - Degerfors - went the full 90 as they tied 2-2 v Halmstad.
Patrick Hopkins - Ljungskile - played the entire match and they won 1-0 v Jonkopings Sodra.
Ryan Miller - Halmstad - played the full game as they tied 2-2 at Degerfors.
Billy Schuler - Hammarby - on the bench as they won 1-0 v Umea.
AMERICANS IN MEXICO
Jose Torres did not play this week for Pachuca due to a red card suspension.
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Game Action:
PRIMERA DIVISION
DaMarcus Beasley - Puebla - went the full 90 as they tied 2-2 at Santos Laguna.
Jonathan Bornstein - Tigres UANL - on the bench as they tied 0-0 at Atlas.
Edgar Castillo - Tijuana - played the whole match getting a yellow card as they won 1-0 v Pumas.
Joe Corona - Tijuana - started and went 69 min as they won 1-0 v Pumas.
Herculez Gomez - Santos Laguna - started and played 70 min scoring a goal as they drew 2-2 v Puebla.
Michael Orozco Fiscal - San Luis - played the entire game as they tied 3-3 at Morelia.
Jesus Padilla - Guadalajara - came on as a sub in the 86th min of a scoreless game at Cruz Azul.
LIGA DE ASCENSO
Isaac Acuna - Merida - went the distance as they tied 1-1 v Irapuato.
Sonny Guadarrama - Merida - started and played 78 min as they drew 1-1 v Irapuato.
Marco Vidal - Lobos BUAP - played the full 90 and tied 202 at Dorados.
AMERICANS IN SOUTH AMERICA
Game Action:
CHILE - Primera Division
Jimmy Maurer - Univ Concepcion - on the bench as they tied 1-1 v Colo-Colo.
COLOMBIA - Primera A
Kevin Piedrahita - Itagui - went the full 90 and tied 1-1 at Atletico Nacional.
MEXICO
And after 3 games Toluca is the only team with the full 9 points. While not surprisingly the favorites Tigures and Santos are in 2nd + 3rd with 7 points.
Liga MX Apertura Round 3
Matches + Scores:
-Fri Aug 3
Santos Laguna 2-2 Puebla
Tijuana 1-0 Pumas UNAM
Morelia 3-3 San Luis
-Sat Aug 4
Cruz Azul 0-0 Guadalajara
Queretaro 0-1 Pachuca
Monterrey 2-1 Jaguares
Atlas 0-0 Tigres UANL
-Sun Aug 5
Toluca 2-1 Leon
Atlante 2-2 America
COPA MEXICO
We are already to the 3rd round of group play.
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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 3
Matches + Scores:
-Tue Aug 7
Pumas Morelos v Jaguares
Leon v Estudiantes Tecos
Altamira v Cruz Azul
Atlante v Univ Guadlajara
San Luis v Necaxa
Puebla v Lobos BUAP
Dorados v Morelia
-Wed Aug 8
La Piedad v Pachuca
Veracruz v Queretaro
Irapuato v Toluca
Atlas v Toros Neza
Pumas UNAM v Merida
Lets stop everything for a few moments and open our hearts to the family, friends and teammates of Columbus Crew player Kirk Urso who passed away unexpectedly on Sunday morning. Its a very sad day. RIP Kirk Urso.
There has been no further word on the cause of Urso's death. He fell unconscious at a Columbus bar and first responders failed to revive him.
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A stunning win in the final seconds of Added Extra Time sees the USA Women return to the Olympic Final for the 5th time. They trailed Canada three times and somehow won in 4-3.
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Emphatic wins for contenders Houston and Seattle this weekend!
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Remember that guy that from Colombia who New England signed in the preseason who then turned around and told local press he didn't want to move? Then he ended up coming to New England anyway? Barely? Anyway, they cut him today. He was useless. His name is Jose Moreno.
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Coming off a championship season Boca Juniors open the Apertura in exactly the wrong way, losing 3-0 at Quilmes.
MINNESOTA STARS FC
The Stars thought they had their win and then gave up an own goal in the dying moments up in Edmonton.
-Stars midfielder Geison Moura was the victim of a brutal foul near the end of the game and suffered a concussion. As he went up for a head ball Edmonton's Paul Hamilton came flying in out of control and violently took Moura's head off. Hamilton should be punished by the league for that out of line foul.
Matches + Scores:
-Sat Aug 4
FC Edmonton 1-1 Minnesota Stars - FCE goals by Ernest Tchoupe(OG). MS goal by Martin Nunez.
Venue: Clarke Stadium
-Sat Aug 11
Minnesota Stars v San Antonio Scorpions
Venue: National Sports Center Stadium - Blaine MN
TEAM USA - EL EQUIPO DE TODOS
Jon Godfrey of the New York Times with an early look at Mexico v USA on Aug 15. Who will be on the roster?
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Andrew Wiebe of MLSsoccer.com talks to Herculez Gomez who really wants to play for the USA in Mexico City.
-You can be certain Herc will be on that roster.
USA WOMEN AT THE OLYMPICS
What can you say? Simply amazing, works for me. Down 0-1. Tie it up. Down 1-2. Tie it up. Down 2-3. Tie it up. Then. Win it 4-3. In stoppage time of Added Extra Time. Wow.
dN
The USA were just fantastic. But you have to feel distraught for Canada. What else did they have to do to win that? A lot of people will point at the referee and ask questions. I try not to ever do that, even when my own teams is the victim. There are so many chances in every game and one or two calls at certain times are not to blame. I will admit the one was pretty damn weird. It happens, every game, but usually not to that extent. On the other hand if we held players to that same standard of perfection then no players would ever come close to taking the field.
dN
Grant Wahl of Sports Illustrated with instant post game analysis.
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Matches + Scores:
Semifinals
-Mon Aug 6
USA 4-3 Canada - in Added Extra Time.
Japan 2-1 France
Final
-Thu Aug 9
USA v Japan - 1:30pm 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
Japan was the only 1 of the 4 teams to roll through the Quarterfinals. They now face Mexico who went to Added Extra Time, and their winner will face Brazil who were in a dogfight and S Korea who went to a Penalty Kick Shootout. Two great looking Semifinals for Tuesday.
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Knockout Stage
QUARTERFINALS
-Sat Aug 4
A: Japan 3-0 Egypt - Jap goals by Kensuke Nagai, Maya Yoshida + Yuki Otsu.
B: Mexico 4-2 Senegal - Added Extra Time - Mex goals by Jorge Enriquez, Javier Aquino, Gio Don Santos + Hector Herrera. Sen goals by Mousa Konate + Ibrahima Balde.
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C: Brazil 3-2 Honduras - Bra goals by Leandro Damiao + Neymar(2, 1 via PK). Hon goals by Mario Martinez + Roger Espinoza.
D: Great Britain 1-1 S Korea - SK advances 5-4 in Penalty Kick Shootout. GB goal by Aaron Ramsey(PK). SK goal by Ji Dongwon.
SEMIFINALS
-Tue Aug 7
Japan v Mexico - 11:00am CT on NBCSN
Brazil v South Korea - 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
THE LAMAR HUNT US OPEN CUP
Final
Tod Palmer of the KC Star looks at the history of the tournament.
-These two teams both have a strong recent success.
dN
Matches and Scores:
-Wed Aug 8
Sporting Kansas City v Seattle Sounders FC - 8pm CT on GolTV.
Venue: Livestrong Sporting Park
TWITTERVERSE/FACEBOOKING
Chris Wondolowski @ChrisWondo answering questions online: @goUSAbid2066: what's your dogs name? "Gattusso"
GUARDIAN 2012-13 ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE SEASON PREVIEWS
Arsenal
Aston Villa
Chelsea
Everton
Fulham
Liverpool
Manchester City
Manchester United
Newcastle
Norwich
Queens Park Rangers
Reading
Southampton
Stoke
Sunderland
Swansea
Tottenham
West Bromich
West Ham
Wigan
QUESTION OF THE DAY
Has The "Beckham Rule" Worked For MLS?
Bobby McMahon of Forbes looks at the value of the Designated Player.
DID YOU KNOW?
LE Eisenmenger of the Examiner with a big profile new CONCACAF general secretary Enrique Sanz.
-Including a Q + A with Sanz.
NO SURPRISE THERE
I hear that David Beckham and Landon Donovan were complaining about the referee after they got destroyed by Seattle last night. No surprise there. Its always someone elses fault but their own. Whiners.
EH
I watched the NBCSN documentary on Sunday night, MLS36 Chris Wondolowski, and was slightly underwhelmed. There were times when it was excellent; the locker room, the tiny bits of on-field stuff like Wondo interacting with John Terry, and the personal stuff with his wife etc. But overall the production felt more Saturday morning kids show then prime time sports show. My biggest complaint was the voice over. With all the amazing unique voices in the world they used one that was completely generic. I give it a B-.
THIS IS WHAT ITS ALL ABOUT
Zach Slaton of Forbes examines the history of the Seattle Sounders.
-Part 3
-Part 1
-Part 2
VIDEO OF THE DAY
KickTV gives us all the goals from Week 22 in MLS.
-Inclucing great goals by Felipe, Jack Jewsbury, Fredy Montero + Alex Caskey.
MLS MATCHES AND SCORES
WEEK 22
Matches + Scores:
-Fri Aug 3
Houston Dynamo 2-0 New York Red Bulls - HD goals by Jermaine Taylor + Calen Carr.
Venue: BBVA Compass Stadium
Atten: 22,039
-Sat Aug 4
DC United 1-0 Columbus Crew - DCU goal by Chris Pontius.
Venue: RFK Stadium
Atten: 14,640
New England Revolution 0-1 Sporting Kansas City - SKC goals by Teal Bunbury.
Venue: Gillette Stadium
Atten: 17,592
Montreal Impact 2-0 Philadelphia Union - MI goals by Andrew Wenger + Felipe.
Venue: Saputo Stadium
Atten: 18,535
Chicago Fire SC 2-1 Toronto FC - CF goals by Marco Pappa + Austin Berry. TFC goal by Ryan Johnson.
Venue: Toyota Park
Atten: 15,757
Colorado Rapids 1-0 Real Salt Lake - CR goal by Joseph Nane.
Venue: Dick's Sporting Goods Park
Atten: 15,218
-Sun Aug 5
Portland Timbers 1-1 FC Dallas - PT goal by Jack Jewsbury. FCD goal by Scott Sealy.
Venue: JELD-WEN Field
Atten: 20,438
Seattle Sounders FC 4-0 LA Galaxy - SS goals by Eddie Johnson, Fredy Montero, Alex Caskey + Andy Rose.
Venue: CenturyLink Field
Atten: 60,908
3 teams have a buy this week: San Jose Earthquakes, Vancouver Whitecaps FC + CD Chivas USA.
MLS MATCH NOTES
EJECTIONS:
Nelson Rivas - Montreal - red card.
Jack McInerney - Philadelphia - red card.
Zach Loyd - Dallas - 2 yellow cards.
Logan Emory - Toronto - 2 yellow cards.
dN
An awesome night of soccer in Seattle! Over 60,000! Wow.
dN
Last night was the 6th time this season that the Galaxy has given up 3 or more goals.
dN
Brian Mullen of Colorado made his 300th MLS appearance.
MLS STANDINGS
EAST
40 Houston Dynamo (+10)
40 Sporting Kansas City (+7)
38 New York Red Bulls (+4)
36 DC United (+8)
35 Chicago Fire SC (+1)
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30 Montreal Impact (-8)
28 Columbus Crew (-1)
23 Philadelphia Union (-2)
23 New England Revolution (-2)
19 Toronto FC (-15)
WEST
44 San Jose Earthquakes (+17)
42 Real Salt Lake (+7)
37 Seattle Sounders FC (+9)
34 Vancouver Whitecaps FC (-2)
33 LA Galaxy (0)
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26 CD Chivas USA (-7)
25 Colorado Rapids (-3)
23 FC Dallas (-6)
20 Portland Timbers (-17)
In the East: Both Houston + KC hit 40 points on the season, becoming the 3rd + 4th teams to do that, and leap frogged New York into #1 + #2 positions with wins. While Montreal took over 6th place, but still 6 points ou of the playoffs.
In the West: No changes in the standings, although a tie moved Portland off the bottom of league barrel over Toronto.
MLS TEAM AND PLAYER NEWS
General News
Seattle Sounders forward Eddie Johnson has been named MLS Player Of The Week.
dN
Kyle McCarthy of Goal.com with the Monday Morning Breakdown - Seattle's statement, the loss of Kirk Urso, Houston's statement, Montreal has taken care of the centerback issue, and more.
Player Transactions
DC acquired 21 year old Brazilian attacking midfielder Raphael Augusto on a loan deal from Fluminense.
DC UNITED
DCU forward Maicon Santos has received his green card and will no longer be listed as an international player on the roster.
-This deal went down over a week ago but we missed it then. So here it is.
HOUSTON DYNAMO
Jose Ortiz of the Chronicle tells us that Ricardo Clark is training with the Dynamo.
-Now they just have to wait for Geoff Cameron to get his English work permit to play for Stoke and be removed from the Houston roster.
NEW YORK RED BULLS
Brian Lewis of the Post writes that Joel Lindpere will be used as a left sided midfielder or traded away.
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Lewis also talks to GM Erik Soler who says the priorities for his team this season are simple: MLS Cup, Supporters Shield, and CONCACAF Champions League.
VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC
Irfaan Faffar of Sportnet looks at the Cap and wonders if they have what it takes to compete for a title this season.
MLS SUMMER FRIENDLIES
Matches + Scores:
-Sat Aug 4
Milan(Italy) 2-1 Olimpia(Honduras)
Venue: Gillette Stadium - Foxborough MA
-Sun Aug 5
Real Madrid(Spain) 2-1 Santos Laguna(Mexico)
Venue: Sam Boyd Stadium - Whitney NV
-Wed Aug 8
Milan(Italy) v Real Madrid(Spain)
Venue: Yankee Stadium - New York NY
Here is the complete schedule of all the big club matches going on this summer pitting MLS teams and European teams.
MLS STADIUMS
Jose Ortiz of the Houston Chronicle talks to Dynamo president Chris Canetti on the importance of their training facility that opened a little over a year ago.
NASL SCOREBOARD
With the weekend's results Puerto Rico moves back into 2nd place and Minnesota up to 4th place.
Matches + Scores:
-Sat Aug 4
Carolina RailHawks 3-3 Tampa Bay Rowdies
Atlanta Silverbacks 4-2 Fort Lauderdale Strikers
FC Edmonton 1-1 Minnesota Stars FC
-Sun Aug 5
San Antonio Scorpions 1-2 Puerto Rico Islanders
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Standings
35 San Antonio (+17)
34 Puerto Rico (+7)
34 Tampa Bay (+5)
27 Minnesota (0)
27 Fort Lauderdale (-4)
25 Carolina (-5)
17 Edmonton (-5)
17 Atlanta (-15)
USL PRO NEWS
Standings
USL PDL
FINAL
Forect City is the 2012 PDL Champions. Huge Congrats to them.
Match + Score:
-Sat Aug 4
Carolina Dynamo 1-2 Forest City London
Venue: Macpherson Stadium - Greensboro NC
AMERICANS IN EUROPE
Game Action:
AUSTRIA -
Terrence Boyd - Rapids Vienna - played the whole match but lost the derby 0-3 v Austria Wien.
BELGIUM - Pro League
Sacha Kljestan - Anderlecht - came on as a sub in the 81st as they won 1-0 v Beerschot.
DENMARK - Superliga
Charlie Davies - Randers - came on as a sub at half time but lost 2-1 at Midtjylland.
Clarence Goodson - Brondy - played the full match getting a yellow card and they lost 3-1 at Aarhus.
Conor O'Brien - SonderjyskE - started and went 85 min but lost 0-2 v Horsens.
Michael Parkhurst - Nordsjaelland - played the full 90 getting a yellow card as they tied 1-1 at Alborg.
FINLAND - Veikkausliiga
Daniel Antunez - Inter Turku - went the full 90 and won 0-2 at Haka.
Mike Banner - Jaro - playe the whole match but lost 0-3 v JJK.
Etchu Tabe - KuPS - went the distance getting a yellow card and losing 0-2 v Honka.
FINLAND - Ykkonen
Justin Moose - SJK - on the bench as they drew 2-2 v Oulu.
Pat Phelan - SJK - played the full game getting a yellow card and tieing 2-2v Oulu.
Aaron Wheeler - KooTeePee - on the bench as they won 1-0 v PK-35 Vantaa.
NORWAY - Eliteserien
Erik Benjaminsen - Stabaek - came on as a sub at half time but they lost 0-4 b Brann.
Steve Clark - Honefoss - went the full 90 and drew 1-1 v Stromsgodset.
Sean Cunningham - Stabaek - went the full 90 but lost 0-4 v Brann.
Kenneth Di Vita Jensen - Honefoss - on the bench as they tied 1-1 v Stromsgodset.
NORWAY - 1 Divisjon
Rhett Bernstein - Mjondalen - on the bench and they won 2-1 v Ullensaker/Kisa.
Sebastian Troupe - Baerum - went the distance but lost 2-4 v Sarpsborg.
SWEDEN - Allsvenskan Liga
Brian Span - Djurgarden - on the bench as they won 0-1 at Sundsvall.
SWEDEN - Superettan
Brian Edwards - Degerfors - went the full 90 as they tied 2-2 v Halmstad.
Patrick Hopkins - Ljungskile - played the entire match and they won 1-0 v Jonkopings Sodra.
Ryan Miller - Halmstad - played the full game as they tied 2-2 at Degerfors.
Billy Schuler - Hammarby - on the bench as they won 1-0 v Umea.
AMERICANS IN MEXICO
Jose Torres did not play this week for Pachuca due to a red card suspension.
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Game Action:
PRIMERA DIVISION
DaMarcus Beasley - Puebla - went the full 90 as they tied 2-2 at Santos Laguna.
Jonathan Bornstein - Tigres UANL - on the bench as they tied 0-0 at Atlas.
Edgar Castillo - Tijuana - played the whole match getting a yellow card as they won 1-0 v Pumas.
Joe Corona - Tijuana - started and went 69 min as they won 1-0 v Pumas.
Herculez Gomez - Santos Laguna - started and played 70 min scoring a goal as they drew 2-2 v Puebla.
Michael Orozco Fiscal - San Luis - played the entire game as they tied 3-3 at Morelia.
Jesus Padilla - Guadalajara - came on as a sub in the 86th min of a scoreless game at Cruz Azul.
LIGA DE ASCENSO
Isaac Acuna - Merida - went the distance as they tied 1-1 v Irapuato.
Sonny Guadarrama - Merida - started and played 78 min as they drew 1-1 v Irapuato.
Marco Vidal - Lobos BUAP - played the full 90 and tied 202 at Dorados.
AMERICANS IN SOUTH AMERICA
Game Action:
CHILE - Primera Division
Jimmy Maurer - Univ Concepcion - on the bench as they tied 1-1 v Colo-Colo.
COLOMBIA - Primera A
Kevin Piedrahita - Itagui - went the full 90 and tied 1-1 at Atletico Nacional.
MEXICO
And after 3 games Toluca is the only team with the full 9 points. While not surprisingly the favorites Tigures and Santos are in 2nd + 3rd with 7 points.
Liga MX Apertura Round 3
Matches + Scores:
-Fri Aug 3
Santos Laguna 2-2 Puebla
Tijuana 1-0 Pumas UNAM
Morelia 3-3 San Luis
-Sat Aug 4
Cruz Azul 0-0 Guadalajara
Queretaro 0-1 Pachuca
Monterrey 2-1 Jaguares
Atlas 0-0 Tigres UANL
-Sun Aug 5
Toluca 2-1 Leon
Atlante 2-2 America
COPA MEXICO
We are already to the 3rd round of group play.
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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 3
Matches + Scores:
-Tue Aug 7
Pumas Morelos v Jaguares
Leon v Estudiantes Tecos
Altamira v Cruz Azul
Atlante v Univ Guadlajara
San Luis v Necaxa
Puebla v Lobos BUAP
Dorados v Morelia
-Wed Aug 8
La Piedad v Pachuca
Veracruz v Queretaro
Irapuato v Toluca
Atlas v Toros Neza
Pumas UNAM v Merida
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