Some Soccer News for Thu Aug 23, 2012
STARTERS
Episode 8 of the du Nord Futbol Show podcast is now ready for blasting! As in, blasting from your speakers dude!
dN
New soccer channel beIN which had previously announced broadcast deals with Directv and Dish Network has today announced a deal with Comcast.
-They will be showing all USA away World Cup qualifiers EXCEPT those from Mexico.
dN
San Jose Earthquakes will have a "major announcement" about their new stadium project on Saturday. Fantastic!!
-San Jose fans deserve a stadium of their own as much as any fans in the history of MLS.
dN
5 American played in the UEFA Europa League today - see details below in Americans In Europe section.
STORY OF THE DAY
Geoffrey Arnold of the Oregonian talks to Portland Timbers general manager and interim head coach Gavin Wilkinson about the heavy criticism he is hearing from some of the fans.
What this article fails to address is that for many years there is a segment of the fan base that has not liked Wilkinson, and this latest chapter only adds to their fire. This is nothing new in Portland, just at a new level of frustration.
MINNESOTA STARS FC
Matches + Scores:
-Sat Aug 25
Minnesota Stars v Edmonton
Venue: NSC Stadium - Blaine MN
TASTIEST MLS GAME OF THE WEEK
Two on Saturday: -Another leg of the Cascadia Cup: Portland v Vancouver.
-And Montreal v DC with implications for the last playoff spot in the East.
And on Sunday its the biggest game of the week, on national television too, is Kansas City v New York at 8:00pm CT on ESPN2
DU NORD AT THE CONTROLS
du Nord at the Controls - Tue Aug 21, 2012 - new music mix at Spotify.
CONCACHAMPIONS 2012-13
Houston joined the party from MLS by traveling to Salvadoran power Club Deportivo Futbolistas Asociados Santanecos aka FAS and backing over them with a large dump truck.
Two very impressive things happened for Houston last night:
1. They only had 1 regular in their starting 11 - centerback Bobby Boswell. The other 10 were all reserves!
2. They had never won on the road in CCL before.
Will Landon Donovan play for LA tonight or not? He has a hamstring strain from the USA game in Mexico City (remember he came off at half time.)
dN
Matches + Scores:
-Tue Aug 21
Santos Laguna 5-0 Aguila - SL goals by Carlos Quintero(3), Edgar Lugo + Daniel Luduena.
Real Salt Lake 2-0 Tauro - RSL goals by Alvaro Saborio + Kyle Beckerman.
Xelaju 1-0 Guadalajara - Xel goal by Edgar Chinchilla.
-Wed Aug 22
Caledonia AIA 0-0 Marathon
Alajuelense 2-2 Tigres UANL - Ala goals by Diego Calvo + Luis Valle. Tig goals by Alonso Zamora + Manuel Viniegra.
FAS 1-3 Houston Dynamo - FAS goal by Jonathan Aguila. HD goals by Brian Ching, Cam Weaver + Je-Vaughn Watson.
-Thu Aug 23
Chorrillo v Municipal - 7:00pm
LA Galaxy v Isidro Metapan - 9:00pm on Fox Soccer
Standings
All games are shown on the internet at CONCACAF TV.
BEST NEWS I'VE HEARD ALL DAY
Geoff Cameron is finally really officially off to join Stoke City in England:
via Twitter @GeoffCameron Visa check! Airline ticket check! #FACT bye bye #USA here I come #England
OPENING WEEKEND IN THE WORLD'S BIGGEST LEAGUES
Opening weekend begins tomorrow in Germany and Saturday in Italy!
Bundesliga
Matches + Scores:
-Fri Aug 24
Borussia Dortmund v Werder Bremen - 1:30pm CT on GolTV
Sat Aug 25
Borussia Monchengladbach v Hoffenheim
Freiburg v Mainz
Augsburg v Fortuna Dusseldorf
Hamburger v Nurnberg
Greuther Furth v Bayern Munich - 8:30am CT on GolTV
Eintracht Frankfurt v Bayer Leverkusen - 11:30am CT on GolTV
Stuttgart v Wolfsburg - 1:45pm CT on GolTV
-Sun Aug 26
Hannover v Schalke - 10:30am CT on GolTV
If we go by the assumption that Dortmund and Bayern are the clear favorites to fight for the title, then the only othe question becomes - Are there any other teams that could chase? And those candidates are:
-Leverkusen - last season finished 5th
-Gladbach - last season finished 4th
-Hamburg - last season finished 15th
-Hannover - last season finished 7th
-Hoffenheim - last season finished 11th
-Schalke - last season finished 3rd
-Stuttgart - last season finished 6th
-Bremen - last season finished 9th
-Wolfsburg - last season finished 8th
So do any of them have what it takes? Schalke maybe, or someone else we can't predict yet?
dN
Serie A Matches + Scores:
-Sat Aug 25
Fiorentina v Udinese - 10:55am CT on beIN
Juventus v Parma - 1:40pm CT on beIN
-Sun Aug 26
Milan v Sampdoria - 6:00pm CT (DELAYED) on beIN
Atalanta v Lazio
Chievo v Bologna
Genoa v Cagliari
Palermo v Napoli - 8:00pm CT (DELAYED) on beIN
Pescara v Internazionale
Roma v Catania
Siena v Torino
Juventus is picked to win again, but how do they operate without head coach Antonio Conte for 10 months? Who else could challenge:
Fiorentina - last season finished 13th
Inter - last season finished 6th
Lazio - last season finished 4th
Milan - last season finished 2nd
Napoli - last season finished 5th
Udinese - last season finished 3rd
Roma - last season finished 7th
I think we might be in for a big surprise from Roma.
A-MAZ-ING
Its not just the rebranding of the Kansas City Wizards to Sporting Kansas City, or opening a state of the art new stadium in Livestrong Sporting Park, its starting an spinning off a whole new business that combines high tech, with stadiums and fan experience that has made KC the most amazing success story in the current iteration of MLS.
Kevin Collison of the Kansas City Star writes about the immediate success of their new company Sporting Innovations.
PODCAST OF THE DAY
Glenn Davis does a great interview with Geoff Cameron before his official arrival at Stoke and post-USA win in Mexico. Download or listen here.
-On the show Cameron called the win in Mexico City first and foremost "a relief."
-Cameron said head coach Jurgen Klinsmann told the players before the game: If everybody on the field is together, everybody, then you can win. It takes everyone.
-Traits that Cameron feels coming from Klinsmann: Positive, influential, open minded, lets players express themselves, possession out of back, wants creativity and individuality, tells players to express themselves (gives Shea as an example), strength/conditioning, and diet.
MLS MATCHES AND SCORES
WEEK 25
Matches + Scores:
-Wed Aug 22
Columbus Crew 2-1 Toronto FC - CC goals by Eddie Gavin + Federico Higuain. TFC goal by Luis Silva.
Venue: Crew Stadium
Atten: 10,049
DC United 4-2 Chicago Fire SC - DCU goals by Dwayne DeRosario, Lionard Pajoy, Brandon McDonald + Long Tan. CF goals by Daniel Paladini + Gonzalo Segares.
Venue: RFK Stadium
Atten: 10,291
-Fri Aug 24
Philadelphia Union v Real Salt Lake - 6:30pm CT on NBCSN
Venue: PPL Park
-Sat Aug 25
Montreal Impact v DC United - 3:30pm CT
Venue: Saputo Stadium
Columbus Crew v New England Revolution - 6:30pm CT
Venue: Crew Stadium
Houston Dynamo v Toronto FC - 7:30pm CT
Venue: BBVA Compass Stadium
Portland Timbers v Vancouver Whitecaps FC - 9:30pm CT
Venue: Jeld Wen Field
CD Chivas USA v Seattle Sounders FC - 9:30pm CT
The Home Depot Center
San Jose Earthquakes v Colorado Rapids - 9:30pm CT
Venue: Buck Shaw Stadium
-Sun Aug 26
LA Galaxy v FC Dallas - 6:00pm CT on NBCSN
Venue: The Home Depot Center
Sporting Kansas City v New York Red Bulls - 8:00pm CT on ESPN2
Venue: Livestrong Sporting Park
Everyone plays this round!
MLS MATCH NOTES
DC is the latest team to break the 40 point barrier.
Dwayne DeRosario scored MLS career goal number 99 last night. Will he hit the century mark this weekend in Montreal? I say YES.
MLS STANDINGS
EAST
46 Sporting Kansas City (31)
44 New York Red Bulls (43)
41 Houston Dynamo (37)
41 Chicago Fire SC (32)
40 DC United (41)
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36 Montreal Impact (39)
33 Columbus Crew (25)
24 Philadelphia Union (24)
23 New England Revolution (27)
20 Toronto FC (28)
WEST
47 San Jose Earthquakes (48)
42 Real Salt Lake (37)
40 Seattle Sounders FC (34)
37 LA Galaxy (44)
37 Vancouver Whitecaps FC (28)
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32 FC Dallas (33)
27 CD Chivas USA (15)
26 Colorado Rapids (32)
21 Portland Timbers (24)
MLS TEAM AND PLAYER NEWS
General News
Jeff Carlisle of ESPN with this weeks round up: the return of David Ferreira is fueling Dallas, Montreal has won 6 of its last 8 games, and a new fairly high profile signing in Colorado at a key position.
dN
Grantland gets into the MLS business with a new regular column from Guardian writer Graham Parker.
COLORADO RAPIDS
Ros Dumlao of the Post gets a few words from new signing Hendry Thomas.
COLUMBUS CREW
New signing Federico Higuain says he is wearing #33 cuz that is the age Jesus was when he died.
dN
Higuain has wasted no time contributing to the Crew either. A great start to his career with 1 goal and 2 assists in just 121 minutes in his 2 games since arriving late last week.
FC DALLAS
After what seems like half a season out injured Blas Perez is back in training with FCD and could play this weekend. If only he and Ferreria has returned a month earlier, this could have been one hell of a season.
SPORTING KANSAS CITY SC
Thomas Floyd of Soccer By Ives with a story on KC centerback Matt Besler.
dN
The Home section of the Star does a Q + A with goalkeeper Jimmy Neilson on his families living quarters.
NEW YORK RED BULLS
Goalkeeper Ryan Meara is going to have surgery to fix a damaged hip. He is expected to miss the remainder of the season.
PHILADELPHIA UNION
Christopher Vito of the Daily Times with words from coach John Hackworth on what Freddy Adu needs to be contributing to the team.
-And a few other team notes.
TORONTO FC
FIFA.com talks to Torsten Frings about life at Toronto FC in MLS + CONCAChampions.
WOMEN'S U20 WORLD CUP
The tournament is underway.
The USA gets a draw in game 2 and face their biggest challenge against Germany in game 3.
Here are the groups:
Group A
4 Japan (+3)
4 New Zealand (+1)
3 Mexico (-1)
0 Switzerland (-4)
Group B
4 Nigeria (+2)
3 S Korea (0)
2 Brazil (0)
1 Italy (-2)
Group C
6 N Korea (+11)
3 Canada (+5)
3 Norway (-1)
0 Argentina (-15)
Group D
6 Germany (+5)
4 USA (+4)
1 China (-4)
0 Ghana (-5)
dN
Group Stage
Matches + Scores:
MATCHDAY 2
-Thu Aug 23
N Korea 9-0 Argentina
Norway 2-1 Canada
Ghana 0-1 Germany
USA 1-1 China
MATCHDAY 3
-Sun Aug 26
Mexico v New Zealand
Switzerland v Japan
Italy v Nigeria
S Korea v Brazil
-Mon Aug 27
Norway v Argentina
Canada v N Korea
USA v Germany
China v Ghana
dN
Knockout Stage:
Quarterfinals
Matches + Scores:
-Thu Aug 30
B1 v A2
A1 v B2
-Fri Aug 31
C1 v D2
D1 v C2
Semifinals
Matches + Scores:
-Tue Sep 4
B1/A2 Winner v C1/D2 Winner
A1/B2 Winner v D1/C2 Winner
Final
Match + Score:
-Sat Sep 8
Semifinal Winners
AMERICANS IN EUROPE
Robbie Rogers has been loaned out by Leeds to League One team Stevenage which features American Mike Grella and is coached by former Colorado head man Gary Smiff.
dN
Brian Sciaretta of Yanks Abroad reports that Andrew Wooten has been loaned out by Kaiserslautern to Sandhausen who is also in 2 Bundesliga.
dN
Game Action:
UEFA - Europa League Play-Off Round 1st Leg
Jozy Altidore - AZ - Thu Aug 23 - goes the full 90 but they lost 1-0 at Anzhi Makhachkala.
Terrence Boyd - Rapid Wien - Thu Aug 23 - came on as a sub in the 82nd min but lost 2-1 at PAOK.
Steve Cherundolo - Hannover - Thu Aug 23 - went the distance as they won 3-5 at Slask Wroclaw.
Michael Diskeruud - Rosenborg - Thu Aug 23 - played the whole game getting a yellow card as they tied 1-1 at Legia Warszawa.
Josh Gatt - Molde - Thu Aug 23 - started and went 81 min as they won 2-0 v Heerenveen.
AMERICANS IN MEXICO
Game Action:
CONCACAF - Champions League - Group Stage
Victor Garza - Tigures UANL - on the bench as they tied 2-2 at Alajuelense.
COPA MX Groups Stage - Matchday 4
Ventura Alvarado - America - Wed Aug 22 - on the bench as they won 6-0 v Correcaminos.
MEXICO
LIGA MX - Apertura - Round 6
Matches + Scores:
-Fri Aug 24
Jaguares v Queretaro
Leon v Morelia
-Sat Aug 25
America v Tijuana
Pachuca v Santos Laguna
Tigres UANL v Toluca
-Sun Aug 26
Puebla v San Luis
Pumas UNAM v Cruz Azul
Guadalajara v Monterrey
Atlante v Atlas
COPA MEXICO
dN
Group Stage
Group 1
7 Morelia
7 Leon
6 Dorados
2 Est Tecos
Group 2
7 Cruz Azul
7 Toros Nexa
5 Altamira
2 Atlas
Group 3
7 Pachuca
6 Atlante
4 Univ Guadalajara
3 La Piedad
Group 4
7 San Luis
7 Necaxa
4 Jaguares
4 Pumas Morelos
Group 5
7 Correcaminos UAT
6 America
5 Queretaro
4 Veracruz
Group 6
7 Tijuana
5 Pumas UNAM
5 Celaya
4 Merida
Group 7
7 Toluca
6 Irapuato
6 Puebla
4 Lobos BUAP
dN
Matchday 4
Matches + Scores:
-Wed Aug 22
Toros Neza 2-1 Atlas
Merida 3-1 Pumas UNAM
Toluca 4-1 Irapuato
America 6-0 Correcaminos UAT
SPAIN
Spanish Super Cup Final
1st Leg
-Thu Aug 23
Barcelona 3-2 Real Madrid
2nd Leg
-Wed Aug 29
Real Madrid v Barcelona (2-3)
UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE
The Playoff Round is here - Wed Aug 22 + Thu Aug 23 and Tue Aug 28 + Thu Aug 30.
Episode 8 of the du Nord Futbol Show podcast is now ready for blasting! As in, blasting from your speakers dude!
dN
New soccer channel beIN which had previously announced broadcast deals with Directv and Dish Network has today announced a deal with Comcast.
-They will be showing all USA away World Cup qualifiers EXCEPT those from Mexico.
dN
San Jose Earthquakes will have a "major announcement" about their new stadium project on Saturday. Fantastic!!
-San Jose fans deserve a stadium of their own as much as any fans in the history of MLS.
dN
5 American played in the UEFA Europa League today - see details below in Americans In Europe section.
STORY OF THE DAY
Geoffrey Arnold of the Oregonian talks to Portland Timbers general manager and interim head coach Gavin Wilkinson about the heavy criticism he is hearing from some of the fans.
What this article fails to address is that for many years there is a segment of the fan base that has not liked Wilkinson, and this latest chapter only adds to their fire. This is nothing new in Portland, just at a new level of frustration.
MINNESOTA STARS FC
Matches + Scores:
-Sat Aug 25
Minnesota Stars v Edmonton
Venue: NSC Stadium - Blaine MN
TASTIEST MLS GAME OF THE WEEK
Two on Saturday: -Another leg of the Cascadia Cup: Portland v Vancouver.
-And Montreal v DC with implications for the last playoff spot in the East.
And on Sunday its the biggest game of the week, on national television too, is Kansas City v New York at 8:00pm CT on ESPN2
DU NORD AT THE CONTROLS
du Nord at the Controls - Tue Aug 21, 2012 - new music mix at Spotify.
CONCACHAMPIONS 2012-13
Houston joined the party from MLS by traveling to Salvadoran power Club Deportivo Futbolistas Asociados Santanecos aka FAS and backing over them with a large dump truck.
Two very impressive things happened for Houston last night:
1. They only had 1 regular in their starting 11 - centerback Bobby Boswell. The other 10 were all reserves!
2. They had never won on the road in CCL before.
Will Landon Donovan play for LA tonight or not? He has a hamstring strain from the USA game in Mexico City (remember he came off at half time.)
dN
Matches + Scores:
-Tue Aug 21
Santos Laguna 5-0 Aguila - SL goals by Carlos Quintero(3), Edgar Lugo + Daniel Luduena.
Real Salt Lake 2-0 Tauro - RSL goals by Alvaro Saborio + Kyle Beckerman.
Xelaju 1-0 Guadalajara - Xel goal by Edgar Chinchilla.
-Wed Aug 22
Caledonia AIA 0-0 Marathon
Alajuelense 2-2 Tigres UANL - Ala goals by Diego Calvo + Luis Valle. Tig goals by Alonso Zamora + Manuel Viniegra.
FAS 1-3 Houston Dynamo - FAS goal by Jonathan Aguila. HD goals by Brian Ching, Cam Weaver + Je-Vaughn Watson.
-Thu Aug 23
Chorrillo v Municipal - 7:00pm
LA Galaxy v Isidro Metapan - 9:00pm on Fox Soccer
Standings
All games are shown on the internet at CONCACAF TV.
BEST NEWS I'VE HEARD ALL DAY
Geoff Cameron is finally really officially off to join Stoke City in England:
via Twitter @GeoffCameron Visa check! Airline ticket check! #FACT bye bye #USA here I come #England
OPENING WEEKEND IN THE WORLD'S BIGGEST LEAGUES
Opening weekend begins tomorrow in Germany and Saturday in Italy!
Bundesliga
Matches + Scores:
-Fri Aug 24
Borussia Dortmund v Werder Bremen - 1:30pm CT on GolTV
Sat Aug 25
Borussia Monchengladbach v Hoffenheim
Freiburg v Mainz
Augsburg v Fortuna Dusseldorf
Hamburger v Nurnberg
Greuther Furth v Bayern Munich - 8:30am CT on GolTV
Eintracht Frankfurt v Bayer Leverkusen - 11:30am CT on GolTV
Stuttgart v Wolfsburg - 1:45pm CT on GolTV
-Sun Aug 26
Hannover v Schalke - 10:30am CT on GolTV
If we go by the assumption that Dortmund and Bayern are the clear favorites to fight for the title, then the only othe question becomes - Are there any other teams that could chase? And those candidates are:
-Leverkusen - last season finished 5th
-Gladbach - last season finished 4th
-Hamburg - last season finished 15th
-Hannover - last season finished 7th
-Hoffenheim - last season finished 11th
-Schalke - last season finished 3rd
-Stuttgart - last season finished 6th
-Bremen - last season finished 9th
-Wolfsburg - last season finished 8th
So do any of them have what it takes? Schalke maybe, or someone else we can't predict yet?
dN
Serie A Matches + Scores:
-Sat Aug 25
Fiorentina v Udinese - 10:55am CT on beIN
Juventus v Parma - 1:40pm CT on beIN
-Sun Aug 26
Milan v Sampdoria - 6:00pm CT (DELAYED) on beIN
Atalanta v Lazio
Chievo v Bologna
Genoa v Cagliari
Palermo v Napoli - 8:00pm CT (DELAYED) on beIN
Pescara v Internazionale
Roma v Catania
Siena v Torino
Juventus is picked to win again, but how do they operate without head coach Antonio Conte for 10 months? Who else could challenge:
Fiorentina - last season finished 13th
Inter - last season finished 6th
Lazio - last season finished 4th
Milan - last season finished 2nd
Napoli - last season finished 5th
Udinese - last season finished 3rd
Roma - last season finished 7th
I think we might be in for a big surprise from Roma.
A-MAZ-ING
Its not just the rebranding of the Kansas City Wizards to Sporting Kansas City, or opening a state of the art new stadium in Livestrong Sporting Park, its starting an spinning off a whole new business that combines high tech, with stadiums and fan experience that has made KC the most amazing success story in the current iteration of MLS.
Kevin Collison of the Kansas City Star writes about the immediate success of their new company Sporting Innovations.
PODCAST OF THE DAY
Glenn Davis does a great interview with Geoff Cameron before his official arrival at Stoke and post-USA win in Mexico. Download or listen here.
-On the show Cameron called the win in Mexico City first and foremost "a relief."
-Cameron said head coach Jurgen Klinsmann told the players before the game: If everybody on the field is together, everybody, then you can win. It takes everyone.
-Traits that Cameron feels coming from Klinsmann: Positive, influential, open minded, lets players express themselves, possession out of back, wants creativity and individuality, tells players to express themselves (gives Shea as an example), strength/conditioning, and diet.
MLS MATCHES AND SCORES
WEEK 25
Matches + Scores:
-Wed Aug 22
Columbus Crew 2-1 Toronto FC - CC goals by Eddie Gavin + Federico Higuain. TFC goal by Luis Silva.
Venue: Crew Stadium
Atten: 10,049
DC United 4-2 Chicago Fire SC - DCU goals by Dwayne DeRosario, Lionard Pajoy, Brandon McDonald + Long Tan. CF goals by Daniel Paladini + Gonzalo Segares.
Venue: RFK Stadium
Atten: 10,291
-Fri Aug 24
Philadelphia Union v Real Salt Lake - 6:30pm CT on NBCSN
Venue: PPL Park
-Sat Aug 25
Montreal Impact v DC United - 3:30pm CT
Venue: Saputo Stadium
Columbus Crew v New England Revolution - 6:30pm CT
Venue: Crew Stadium
Houston Dynamo v Toronto FC - 7:30pm CT
Venue: BBVA Compass Stadium
Portland Timbers v Vancouver Whitecaps FC - 9:30pm CT
Venue: Jeld Wen Field
CD Chivas USA v Seattle Sounders FC - 9:30pm CT
The Home Depot Center
San Jose Earthquakes v Colorado Rapids - 9:30pm CT
Venue: Buck Shaw Stadium
-Sun Aug 26
LA Galaxy v FC Dallas - 6:00pm CT on NBCSN
Venue: The Home Depot Center
Sporting Kansas City v New York Red Bulls - 8:00pm CT on ESPN2
Venue: Livestrong Sporting Park
Everyone plays this round!
MLS MATCH NOTES
DC is the latest team to break the 40 point barrier.
Dwayne DeRosario scored MLS career goal number 99 last night. Will he hit the century mark this weekend in Montreal? I say YES.
MLS STANDINGS
EAST
46 Sporting Kansas City (31)
44 New York Red Bulls (43)
41 Houston Dynamo (37)
41 Chicago Fire SC (32)
40 DC United (41)
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36 Montreal Impact (39)
33 Columbus Crew (25)
24 Philadelphia Union (24)
23 New England Revolution (27)
20 Toronto FC (28)
WEST
47 San Jose Earthquakes (48)
42 Real Salt Lake (37)
40 Seattle Sounders FC (34)
37 LA Galaxy (44)
37 Vancouver Whitecaps FC (28)
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32 FC Dallas (33)
27 CD Chivas USA (15)
26 Colorado Rapids (32)
21 Portland Timbers (24)
MLS TEAM AND PLAYER NEWS
General News
Jeff Carlisle of ESPN with this weeks round up: the return of David Ferreira is fueling Dallas, Montreal has won 6 of its last 8 games, and a new fairly high profile signing in Colorado at a key position.
dN
Grantland gets into the MLS business with a new regular column from Guardian writer Graham Parker.
COLORADO RAPIDS
Ros Dumlao of the Post gets a few words from new signing Hendry Thomas.
COLUMBUS CREW
New signing Federico Higuain says he is wearing #33 cuz that is the age Jesus was when he died.
dN
Higuain has wasted no time contributing to the Crew either. A great start to his career with 1 goal and 2 assists in just 121 minutes in his 2 games since arriving late last week.
FC DALLAS
After what seems like half a season out injured Blas Perez is back in training with FCD and could play this weekend. If only he and Ferreria has returned a month earlier, this could have been one hell of a season.
SPORTING KANSAS CITY SC
Thomas Floyd of Soccer By Ives with a story on KC centerback Matt Besler.
dN
The Home section of the Star does a Q + A with goalkeeper Jimmy Neilson on his families living quarters.
NEW YORK RED BULLS
Goalkeeper Ryan Meara is going to have surgery to fix a damaged hip. He is expected to miss the remainder of the season.
PHILADELPHIA UNION
Christopher Vito of the Daily Times with words from coach John Hackworth on what Freddy Adu needs to be contributing to the team.
-And a few other team notes.
TORONTO FC
FIFA.com talks to Torsten Frings about life at Toronto FC in MLS + CONCAChampions.
WOMEN'S U20 WORLD CUP
The tournament is underway.
The USA gets a draw in game 2 and face their biggest challenge against Germany in game 3.
Here are the groups:
Group A
4 Japan (+3)
4 New Zealand (+1)
3 Mexico (-1)
0 Switzerland (-4)
Group B
4 Nigeria (+2)
3 S Korea (0)
2 Brazil (0)
1 Italy (-2)
Group C
6 N Korea (+11)
3 Canada (+5)
3 Norway (-1)
0 Argentina (-15)
Group D
6 Germany (+5)
4 USA (+4)
1 China (-4)
0 Ghana (-5)
dN
Group Stage
Matches + Scores:
MATCHDAY 2
-Thu Aug 23
N Korea 9-0 Argentina
Norway 2-1 Canada
Ghana 0-1 Germany
USA 1-1 China
MATCHDAY 3
-Sun Aug 26
Mexico v New Zealand
Switzerland v Japan
Italy v Nigeria
S Korea v Brazil
-Mon Aug 27
Norway v Argentina
Canada v N Korea
USA v Germany
China v Ghana
dN
Knockout Stage:
Quarterfinals
Matches + Scores:
-Thu Aug 30
B1 v A2
A1 v B2
-Fri Aug 31
C1 v D2
D1 v C2
Semifinals
Matches + Scores:
-Tue Sep 4
B1/A2 Winner v C1/D2 Winner
A1/B2 Winner v D1/C2 Winner
Final
Match + Score:
-Sat Sep 8
Semifinal Winners
AMERICANS IN EUROPE
Robbie Rogers has been loaned out by Leeds to League One team Stevenage which features American Mike Grella and is coached by former Colorado head man Gary Smiff.
dN
Brian Sciaretta of Yanks Abroad reports that Andrew Wooten has been loaned out by Kaiserslautern to Sandhausen who is also in 2 Bundesliga.
dN
Game Action:
UEFA - Europa League Play-Off Round 1st Leg
Jozy Altidore - AZ - Thu Aug 23 - goes the full 90 but they lost 1-0 at Anzhi Makhachkala.
Terrence Boyd - Rapid Wien - Thu Aug 23 - came on as a sub in the 82nd min but lost 2-1 at PAOK.
Steve Cherundolo - Hannover - Thu Aug 23 - went the distance as they won 3-5 at Slask Wroclaw.
Michael Diskeruud - Rosenborg - Thu Aug 23 - played the whole game getting a yellow card as they tied 1-1 at Legia Warszawa.
Josh Gatt - Molde - Thu Aug 23 - started and went 81 min as they won 2-0 v Heerenveen.
AMERICANS IN MEXICO
Game Action:
CONCACAF - Champions League - Group Stage
Victor Garza - Tigures UANL - on the bench as they tied 2-2 at Alajuelense.
COPA MX Groups Stage - Matchday 4
Ventura Alvarado - America - Wed Aug 22 - on the bench as they won 6-0 v Correcaminos.
MEXICO
LIGA MX - Apertura - Round 6
Matches + Scores:
-Fri Aug 24
Jaguares v Queretaro
Leon v Morelia
-Sat Aug 25
America v Tijuana
Pachuca v Santos Laguna
Tigres UANL v Toluca
-Sun Aug 26
Puebla v San Luis
Pumas UNAM v Cruz Azul
Guadalajara v Monterrey
Atlante v Atlas
COPA MEXICO
dN
Group Stage
Group 1
7 Morelia
7 Leon
6 Dorados
2 Est Tecos
Group 2
7 Cruz Azul
7 Toros Nexa
5 Altamira
2 Atlas
Group 3
7 Pachuca
6 Atlante
4 Univ Guadalajara
3 La Piedad
Group 4
7 San Luis
7 Necaxa
4 Jaguares
4 Pumas Morelos
Group 5
7 Correcaminos UAT
6 America
5 Queretaro
4 Veracruz
Group 6
7 Tijuana
5 Pumas UNAM
5 Celaya
4 Merida
Group 7
7 Toluca
6 Irapuato
6 Puebla
4 Lobos BUAP
dN
Matchday 4
Matches + Scores:
-Wed Aug 22
Toros Neza 2-1 Atlas
Merida 3-1 Pumas UNAM
Toluca 4-1 Irapuato
America 6-0 Correcaminos UAT
SPAIN
Spanish Super Cup Final
1st Leg
-Thu Aug 23
Barcelona 3-2 Real Madrid
2nd Leg
-Wed Aug 29
Real Madrid v Barcelona (2-3)
UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE
The Playoff Round is here - Wed Aug 22 + Thu Aug 23 and Tue Aug 28 + Thu Aug 30.
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