Some Soccer News for Wed Aug 1, 2012

STARTERS

Long time MLS great Shalrie Joseph has been traded by New England to Chivas USA! Wow!
-See all the details below.

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Alright! US Open Cup Final to be shown live on GolTV!
-Wed Aug 8
Sporting Kansas City v Seattle Sounders FC - 8pm CT

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American midfielder Bryan Gerzicich of Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona scored 2 goals for his team in the UEFA Champions League today!

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So who exactly is this scum bag Sheikh Al-Thani who bought Spanish club Malaga before last season and is supposedly loaded yet owes player wages from part of last season and the former owner over $4M?

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So on one day Chevy announces a deal to have their name on the front of the Manchester United shirt for 6 years at a cost of $600M, and the next day they fire they guy that did the deal. Oof!

STORY OF THE DAY

New England drawing a close to their era with Shalrie Joseph as their captain caught everyone by surprise.

I guess the Revs have decided to dump an older player with a big salary.

I had found it quite surprising that he did not start last weekend in Philly. Now we know why.

And Shalrie tweets that he is not happy to be leaving: "1 of the saddest days of my life, I believed n trusted that I would retire a Rev. It's a tough business but am looking forward to the future"

Kyle McCarthy of the Boston Herald with a quote from head coach Jay Heaps.

McCarthy writing for MLSsoccer.com about how the Revs the players did not see this coming.

The team gives us the exact details of the trade, plus a quote from general manager Michael Burns.

KCKRS points out that the Revs will host Chivas on Aug 29 and guess who is on the ticket that season ticket holders received - yes, Shalrie!

MINNESOTA STARS FC

Much of the first 15 minutes of this weeks Ultras Alive radio show from Miami features the President of Traffic Sports USA Aaron Davidson talking about the future of the Minnesota Stars.
-Thanks to BQ for the link.

TASTIEST MLS GAME OF THE WEEK

What a weekend we have to look forward to!

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.

Awesome!

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

The USA plays their Quarterfinal match at 8:30am CT on Friday.

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Matches + Scores:

Quarterfinals:
-Fri Aug 3
A: USA v New Zealand
B: Great Britain v Canada
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C: Brazil v Japan
D: France v Sweden

Semifinals
-Mon Aug 6
A Winner v B Winner
C Winner v D Winner

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

Brazil (only team with 3 wins), Japan, Great Britain, Senegal, Mexico, N Korea, Egypt & Honduras have advanced to the knockout stage.

The host country is the only European team left in the tourney.

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Groups

GROUP A
ADV-7 Great Britain
ADV-5 Senegal
3 Uruguay
1 UAE
GROUP B
ADV-7 Mexico
ADV-5 S Korea
2 Gabon
1 Switzerland
GROUP C
ADV-9 Brazil
ADV-4 Egypt
3 Belarus
1 New Zealand
GROUP D
ADV-7 Japan
ADV-5 Honduras
2 Morocco
1 Spain

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Matches + Scores:

GROUP STAGE
Matchday 3
-Wed Aug 1
Brazil 3-0 New Zealand
Mexico 1-0 Switzerland
Spain 0-0 Morocco
S Korea 0-0 Gabon
Egypt 3-1 Belarus
Japan 0-0 Honduras
Great Britain 1-0 Uruguay
Senegal 1-1 UAE

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
Winner A v B - 11:00am CT on NBCSN
Winner C v D - 1:45pm CT on NBCSN

BRONZE-MEDAL
-Fri Aug 10
Losers - 8:00am CT on MSNBC

GOLD-MEDAL
-Sat Aug 11
Winners - 9:00am CT on NBCSN

2012-13 CONCACACHAMPIONS

The Group Stage

Monterrey got off to a monster start, and RSL struggled with a troubling red card.

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

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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 v Aguila - 7:00PM CT on Fox Soccer
Tigres UANL v Real Esteli - 9:00PM CT
Metapan v Puerto Rico Islanders - 9:00PM CT
-Thu Aug 2
W Connection v Xelaju - 7:00PM CT
Olimpia v FAS - 9:00PM CT
Seattle Sounders v Caledonia - 9:00PM CT on Fox Soccer

All games are shown on the internet at CONCACAF TV.

DO YOU REALIZE

Both Torino and Varese have been docked 1 point from the upcoming season for their role in 2010-11 matching fixing. Thats it?!?!

WELL WELL WELL

Soccer America reports that "the FC Dallas-Los Angeles viewership was more than the combined viewership for the Chelsea-AC Milan and Liverpool-Tottenham games the same day on ESPN2."
-And huge TV numbers for the USA Women at the Olympics.

FACT OF THE DAY

Serie A will have 2 extra officials this season, stationed just off the field in the 2 goal areas.

VIDEO OF THE DAY

8.8.12

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

Player Transactions

Chivas has acquired multiple time All-MLS player Shalrie Joseph from New England in exchange for Blair Gavin, a future draft pick and allocation money.

CD CHIVAS USA

Nick Green of the Daily Breeze on the coup that landed Shalrie Joseph with CUSA today.

HOUSTON DYNAMO

Steve Bottjer of Sports Net looks at the quietly building strong career of fullback/centerback Andre Hainault.

LA GALAXY

It's official: "The LA Galaxy today agreed to loan forward Chad Barrett to Vålerenga of the Norwegian Premier League through the end of their 2012 season, which concludes in November."

MONTREAL IMPACT

Jon Spratt of Sports Net looks at the rough stats being accumulated by goalkeeper Donovan Ricketts this season.

NEW YORK RED BULLS

Brian Lewis of the Post introduces us to new signing Jide Ogunbiyi.

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Lewis also writes about the job Bill Gaudette has been doing in goal since replacing injured Ryan Meara.

REAL SALT LAKE

The Tribune on the reality of losing in Central America.
-Within a few minutes in the second half RSL lost both centerbacks, Nat Borchers to a stupid lunging tackle red card and Jamison Olave to an undisclosed leg injury.

SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES

Team pres Dave Kaval with his latest missive to the fans.
SEATTLE SOUNDERS

Don Ruiz of the New Tribune tells us more about new signing Christian Tiffert who jumped right into training, while he waits for a work visa.

TORONTO FC

Kurtis Larson of the Sun on TFC's prep for the CONCAChampions tonight.

VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC

Russell Berrisford of the Sun wonders if the Caps aren't causing themselves a more trouble then its worth by signing all these older players and letting the young ones go.
-Joe Cannon (37 years old)
-Young Pyo Lee (35 years old)
-Barry Robson (33 years old)
-Jay DeMerit (32 years old)
-Kelly Miller (32 years old)

And then today the team adds another relic - 33 year old English/Irish centerback Andy O'Brien from Leeds.
-Are they headed to Antiques Roadshow instead of playoffs?

MLS SUMMER FRIENDLIES

Matches + Scores:
-Tue Jul 31
New York Red Bulls 1-2 Tottenham(England)
Venue: Red Bull Arena - Harrison NJ
San Jose Earthquakes 2-2 Swansea(England)
Venue: Buck Shaw Stadium – Santa Clara CA

-Wed Aug 1
Sporting Kansas City v Stoke City(England)
Venue: Livestrong Sporting Park

-Thu Aug 2
LA Galaxy v Real Madrid(Spain)
Venue: Home Depot Center - Carson CA

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

AMERICANS IN EUROPE

Michael Adubato of Yanks Abroad talks to Sacha Kljestan as he and Anderlecht get going in the UEFA Champions League.
-Despite being a regular in their league championship winning season, this year in preseason and 1 league game Kljestan has found himself back on the bench. More European coaches who don't believe in American players?

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Brian Sciaretta of Yanks Abroad writes that Will Packwood of Birmingham has been given a 1st team shirt number which bodes very well for his chances to make his debut this season.

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Josh Gatt was out injured for Molde today as they lost at home in the Champions League.

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Game Action:

UEFA Champions League - Third Qualifying Round - 1st Leg
Bryan Gerzicich - Hapoel Kiryat Shmona - Wed Aug 1 - went the full 90 scoring 2 goals as they won 4-0 v Neftci.
Sacha Kljestan - Anderlecht - Wed Aug 1 - came on as a sub in the 62nd min and they won 5-0 v Ekranas.

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Coming Up:

UEFA Europa League - 3rd Qualifying Round - 1st Leg
Etchu Tabe - KuPS - Thu Aug 2 v Bursaspor
Steve Cherundolo - Hannover - Thu Aug 2 at St Patrick's
Terrence Boyd - Rapid Wien - Thu Aug 2 at Vojvodina

AMERICANS IN MEXICO

Game Action:

Greg Garza - Tijuana - played the whole game getting a yellow card as they won 0-1 at Merida.
Alejandro Guido - Tijuana - on the bench as they won 0-1 at Merida.
Isaac Acuna - Merida - came on as a sub in the 60th min but lost 0-1 v Tijuana.
Sonny Guadarrama - Merida - went the full 90 but lost 0-1 v Tijuana.
Marco Vidal - Lobos BUAP - played the entire game and tied 2-2 v Toluca.
William Yarbrough - Leon - on the bench as they won 4-0 v Dorados.

COPA MEXICO

San Luis are the first team to register 2 wins in 2 games.

On the flip side, Pumas Morelos is the only team with 0 points from 2 games.

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Group Stage

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