Some Soccer News for Thu Sep 20, 2012
STARTERS
Episode 12 of the du Nord Futbol Show podcast is now available for your listening pleasure!
In this episode we cover Jozy "The Big Friendly Altidore, lots of MLS news, the UEFA Champions League (professing our love to Jose Mourinho), the NASL Playoffs, lots of Euro-centric news, and introducing The Tottenham Minute.
dN
Philly Sports Live unearthed today that on August 17th Major League Soccer trademarked two names for what could possibly be used for a new team in New York City - Empire FC and City FC.
dN
Kansas City beat New York in Red Bull Arena last night for NYRB's first home loss of the season. And it wasn't even close.
-You saw exactly why Kansas City is the best road team in MLS. They don't play conservative cliched road tactics.
-Jack Bell of the New York Times has a huge stack of stats that show exactly why New York lost and KC got another big road win.
dN
Columbus moved back into a playoff spot in the Eastern Conference last night with a dramatic late win.
dN
The Quarterfinals are all set for the Copa MX. See details in the special section below.
TASTIEST MLS GAME OF THE WEEK
The big Big BIg BIG one of the weekend is easily Seattle v San Jose at 9:30PM CT on Saturday night.
BIG EUROPEAN CLUB MATCHES COMING UP THIS WEEK
-Sat Sep 22
Schalke v Bayern Munchen
-Sun Sep 22
Liverpool v Manchester United
Manchester City v Arsenal
DU NORD AT THE CONTROLS
du Nord at the Controls - Tue Sep 18, 2012 - new music mix at Spotify.
CONCACHAMPIONS 2012-13
Seattle is the first team to advance to the knockout stages next Spring.
Joshua Mayers of the Seattle Times has lots of quotes from Sounders coach and players after the win last night.
Jose Ortiz of the Houston Chronicle writes about the Dynamo balancing fighting for advancement in CONCACAF and an MLS playoff spot at the same time.
dN
ADV:(1) Seattle
OUT:(7) Puerto Rico, Aguila, Marathon, Tauro, W Connection, Real Esteli, Caledonia AIA
dN
Matches + Scores:
-Tue Sep 18
Tauro 0-1 Real Salt Lake - RSL goal by Alvaro Saborio(PK).
Xelaju 3-2 W Connection - Xel goals by K Cupid(OG), Israel Silva + Fredy Santiago. WC goals by Rennie Britto + Joevin Jones.
Real Esteli 1-1 Tigres UANL - RE goal by Juan Barrera. Tig goal by Jorge Espericueta.
-Wed Sep 19
Puerto Rico Islanders 0-0 LA Galaxy
Aguila 0-4 Santos Laguna - SL goals by Jesus Escobar(2), Aaron Galindo + Marc Crosas(PK).
Marathon 2-3 Seattle Sounders - Mar goals by Mario Berrios(2 via PK). SS goals by Sammy Ochoa, Eddie Johnson + Brad Evans.
-Thu Sep 20
Houston Dynamo v FAS - 7pm CT on Fox Soccer
Municipal v Chorrillo
All games are shown on the internet at CONCACAF TV.
dN
Standings:
Group 1
9 Santos Laguna(+11)
3 Toronto(+2)
OUT-0 Aguila(-13)
Group 2
6 Real Salt Lake(+2)
6 Herediano(+2)
OUT-0 Tauro(-4)
Group 3
4 Olimpia(+3)
4 Houston Dynamo(+2)
0 FAS(-5)
Group 4
ADV-9 Seattle Sounders(+5)
OUT-1 Marathon(-1)
OUT-1 Caledonia AIA(-4)
Group 5
7 LA Galaxy(+7)
3 Metapan(-1)
OUT-1 Puerto Rico Islanders(-6)
Group 6
5 Tigres UANL(+4)
4 Alajuelense(+1)
OUT-1 Real Esteli(-5)
Group 7
6 Monterrey(+6)
3 Municipal(0)
0 Chorrillo(-6)
Group 8
7 Xelaju(+2)
3 Guadalajara(+3)
OUT-1 W Connection(-5)
UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
Group Stage - Matchday 1
dN
A great start to what on paper looks like could be one of the best group stages in recent history.
Ben Lyttleton of Sports Illustrated with a good recap of Matchday 1 including new heights of greatness for Lionel Messi.
The Guardian with 10 talking points from Matchday 1.
dN
Matches & Scores:
-Wed Sep 19
Barcelona 3-2 Spartak Moskva - Bar goals by Tello + Lionel Messi(2). SM goals by Dani Alves(OG) + Romulo.
Chelsea 2-2 Juventus - Che goals both by Oscar. Juv goals by Arturo Vidal + Fabio Quaglarella.
Man United 1-0 Galatasaray - MU goal by Michael Carrick.
Shakhtar Donetsk 2-0 Nordsjaelland - SD goals both by Henrikh Mkhitaryan.
Lille 1-3 BATE - Lil goal by Aurelien Chedjou. BAT goals by Aliaksandr Volodko, Vitali Rodionov + Edgar Olekhnovich.
Bayern 2-1 Valencia - Bay goals by Bastian Schweinsteiger + Toni Kroos. Val goal by Nelson Valdez.
Celtic 0-0 Benfica
Sporting Braga 0-2 Cluj - Clu goals both by Rafael Bastos.
and
-Tue Sep 18
Montpellier 1-2 Arsenal - Mon goal by Younes Belhanda(PK). Ars goals by Lukas Podolski + Gervinho.
Dinamo Zagreb 0-2 Porto - Por goals by Luis Gonzalez + Steven Defour.
PSG 4-1 Dynamo Kyiv - PSG goals by Zlatan Irbrahimovic(PK), Thiago Silva, Alex + Javier Pastore. DK goal by Miguel Veloso.
Olympiakos 1-2 Schalke - Oly goal by Djamel Abdoun. Sch goals by Benedikt Howedes + Klaas Jan Huntelaar.
Malaga 3-0 Zenit - Mal goals by Isco(2) + Javier Saviola.
Milan 0-0 Anderlecht
Dortmund 1-0 Ajax - Dor goal by Robert Lewandowski.
Real Madrid 3-2 Man City - RM goals by Marcelo, Karim Benzema + Cristiano Ronaldo. MC goals by Edin Dzeko + Aleksandar Kolarov.
WHAT A JOKE
Thierry Henry showed again last night why he is the most baffling player in the league. One minute he is amazing and gracious, the next he is a cheap shot punk. Last night near the end of New York's game against Kansas City he attempted a weird sideways head butt move on KC's Kei Kamara and kinda whiffed on it, then went to the ground like HE had been head butted. He spent the last few minutes of the game walking around holding his head like an alien baby was about to burst out of it, and after the whistle he could be seen dabbing his lip with his shirt is come bizarre attempt to find blood(?) to maybe prove he was the one attacked, when in reality the video clearly showed him running into a completely unaware Kamara. What a confusing guy. Love/Hate.
THIS ARTICLE HAS APPARENTLY NOT BEEN WRITTEN IN A COUPLE OF YEARS, SO ITS THAT TIME AGAIN: SOCCER IS THE SPORT OF THE FUTURE IN AMERICA
"It is a true community. The only group that comes close are college sports fans or followers of the Grateful Dead. They embrace soccer as a communal lifestyle as opposed to a personal experience or a community that only exists on gameday."
Roger Bennett of ESPN talks to a researcher who says the time is coming for soccer to become a huge sport in America.
FACT OF THE DAY
Chris Wondolowski moved back into a tie with Chivas USA for the MLS golden boot at 21 goals each.
-Oh wait, Chivas is a whole team with only 21 goals! Same numbers as Wondo!
STAT OF THE DAY
Most goals scored in a single MLS season:
27 Roy Lassiter - Tampa Bay - 1996
26 Stern John - Columbus - 1998
26 Mamadou Diallo - Tampa Bay - 2000
24 Carlos Ruiz - LA - 2002
23 Taylor Twellman - New England - 2002
23 Raul Diaz Arce - DC - 1996
THIS IS WHAT ITS ALL ABOUT
Grant Wahl of Sports Illustrated answers viewer mail, including a question about this season's MLS MVP race - there is no race.
MLS MATCHES AND SCORES
WEEK 29
Matches + Scores:
-Wed Sep 19
New York Red Bulls 0-2 Sporting Kansas City - SKC goals by CJ Sapong + Kei Kamara
Venue: Red Bull Arena
Atten: 10,286
Columbus Crew 1-0 CD Chivas USA - CC goal by Justin Meram.
Venue: Crew Stadium
Atten: 13,874
San Jose Earthquakes 2-2 Portland Timbers - SJE goals both by Chris Wondolowski. PT goals both by Danny Mwanga.
Venue: Buck Shaw Stadium
Atten: 9,877
-Thu Sep 20
Philadelphia Union v DC United - 7:00PM CT on ESPN2
Venue: PPL Park
-Sat Sep 22
Montreal Impact v Sporting Kansas City - 12:00PM CT
Venue: Saputo Stadium
New England Revolution v New York Red Bulls - 6:30PM CT
Venue: Gillette Stadium
Real Salt Lake v Portland Timbers - 7:00PM CT on NBCSN
Venue: Rio Tinto Stadium
Chicago Fire FC v Columbus Crew - 7:30PM CT
Venue: Toyota Park
Seattle Sounders FC v San Jose Earthquakes - 9:30PM CT
Venue: CenturyLink Field
LA Galaxy v Toronto FC - 9:30PM CT
Venue: The Home Depot Center
-Sun Sep 23
Philadelphia Union v Houston Dynamo - 3:00PM CT
Venue: PPL Park
DC United v CD Chivas USA - 6:00PM CT on Galavision
Venue: RFK Stadium
Vancouver Whitecaps FC v Colorado Rapids - 6:30PM CT
Venue: BC Place
Dallas has a buy this week.
MLS MATCH NOTES
The Red Bulls appear to have sunk to a new all time low drawing only 10k to a game for first place this late in the season. There are no excuses for a team to be run that poorly in the sales department. Especially one with all that money. Pretty pathetic.
dN
Chris Wondolowski came on as a sub as he said "tried to put 90 minute sof effort into 30 minutes of work." He did! 2 more goals. 21 on the season with 5 regular season games left to play. Wow.
MLS STANDINGS
In the East:
Columbus moves back up into 5th place above DC with a win last night.
In the West:
EAST
54 Sporting Kansas City (37GF/29GP)
50 Chicago Fire SC (40GF/28GP)
49 New York Red Bulls (49GF/29GP)
46 Houston Dynamo (41GF/29GP)
45 Columbus Crew (35GF/29GP)
-----
44 DC United (45GF/28GP)
39 Montreal Impact (44GF/30GP)
@28 New England Revolution (36GF/29P)
27 Philadelphia Union (26GF/26GP)
@22 Toronto FC (32GF/29GP)
WEST
*57 San Jose Earthquakes (60GF/29GP)
48 Seattle Sounders FC (44GF/28GP)
46 LA Galaxy (50GF/29GP)
46 Real Salt Lake (38GF/29GP)
37 Vancouver Whitecaps FC (29GF/29GP)
-----
36 FC Dallas (35GF/30GP)
29 Colorado Rapids (36GF/29GP)
29 Portland Timbers (30GF/29GP)
28 CD Chivas USA (21GF/28GP)
-(Goals For/Games Played)
* clinched a playoff berth.
@ eliminated from the playoff race
The first tie breaker is goals scored.
MLS TEAM AND PLAYER NEWS
CHICAGO FIRE
Thomas Floyd of Soccer By Ives looks at the big time return to Chicago for Chris Rolfe.
dN
Orrin Schwarz of the Daily Herald still sees some holes in the Fire defense.
COLUMBUS CREW
Adam Jardy of the Dispatch has lots of post game notes from another Crew win.
NEW YORK RED BULLS
Michael Lewis of Big Apple Soccer writes that the Bulls latest set back is all on head coach Hans Backe.
dN
Brian Lewis of the Post on New York and Kansas City growing to dislike for one another.
VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC
Cam Tucker of the National Post writes that Brad Knighton has beaten out Joe Cannon for the Caps starting goalkeepers job.
-Another sign that the Whitecaps are very unsettled, which is not good at this time of the season.
NASL SCOREBOARD
Tampa secured a first round buy with a draw last night.
All 6 seeds will be settled at the games on Saturday and Sunday.
Matches + Scores:
-Wed Sep 19
Atlanta Silverbacks 3-1 San Antonio Scorpions
Tampa Bay Rowdies 1-1 Carolina RailHawks
-Sat Sep 22
Carolina RailHawks v Tampa Bay Rowdies
Puerto Rico Islanders v Atlanta Silverbacks
-Sun Sep 23
FC Edmonton v Fort Lauderdale Strikers
San Antonio Scorpions v Minnesota Stars
END OF REGULAR SEASON
Watch online
Standings
**46 San Antonio (+18)
**44 Tampa Bay (+7)
*40 Puerto Rico (+2)
*39 Carolina (-2)
*35 Fort Lauderdale (-6)
*34 Minnesota (+1)
-----
24 Edmonton (-10)
29 Atlanta (-10)
*Clinched Playoff Berth
**Clinched 1st Round Buy
AMERICANS IN EUROPE
Game Action:
ENGLAND - Championship League
Zak Whitbread - Leicester - Wed Sep 19 - on the bench as they won 2-1 v Burnley.
UEFA - Champions League Group Stage
Michael Parkhurst - Nordsjaellan - Wed Sep 19 - played the full 90 but lost 2-0 at Shakhtar Donetsk.
UEFA - Europa League Group Stage - Matchday 1 Thu Sep 20
Alejandro Bedoya - Helsingborg - played the entire game getting a yellow card but lost 1-0 at Levante.
Terrence Boyd - Rapid Vienna - went the full 90 but lost 1-2 v Rosenborg.
Steve Cherundolo - Hannover - went the distance as they tied 2-2 at Twente.
Clint Dempsey - Tottenham - started and went 76 min as they tied 0-0 v Lazio.
Michael Diskeruud - Rosenborg - started and came off in second half stoppage time as they won 1-2 at Rapid Vienna.
Brad Friedel - Tottenham - did not suit up as they tied 0-0 v Lazio.
Josh Gatt - Molde - still out injured as they lost 2-1 at Kobenhavn.
Bryan Gerzicich - Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona - out injured as they tied 1-1 at Athletic Bilbao.
AMERICANS IN MEXICO
Sonny Guadarama continued his amazing hot streak for Merida scoring for the 5th straight game (in all competitions.)
dN
Game Action:
CONCACAF - Champions League
Herculez Gomez - Santos Laguna - started and went 73 min as they won 0-4 at Aguila.
Benji Joya - Santos Laguna - on the bench as they won 0-4 at Aguila.
COPA MX - Group Stage
Joe Corona - Tijuana - came on as a sub in the 58th min and they won 2-1 v Pumas UNAM.
Greg Garza - Tijuana - went the full 90 as they won 2-1 v Pumas UNAM.
COPA MX
Back for the final schedule of games in the group stage.
Dorados, Toros Neza, Pachuca, Necaxa, Correcaminos, Tijuana, Toluca and San Luis (top 2nd place team) advanced to the knock out stage.
Matchday 6
Matches + Scores:
-Wed Sep 19
Jaguares 1-1 San Luis
Queretaro 1-0 America
Pachuca 1-0 Atlante
Tijuana 2-1 Pumas UNAM
QUARTERFINALS
Matches + Scores:
-Wed Sep 26
Toros Neza v Pachuca
Necaxa v Toluca
Dorados v San Luis
Correcaminos v Tijuana
Episode 12 of the du Nord Futbol Show podcast is now available for your listening pleasure!
In this episode we cover Jozy "The Big Friendly Altidore, lots of MLS news, the UEFA Champions League (professing our love to Jose Mourinho), the NASL Playoffs, lots of Euro-centric news, and introducing The Tottenham Minute.
dN
Philly Sports Live unearthed today that on August 17th Major League Soccer trademarked two names for what could possibly be used for a new team in New York City - Empire FC and City FC.
dN
Kansas City beat New York in Red Bull Arena last night for NYRB's first home loss of the season. And it wasn't even close.
-You saw exactly why Kansas City is the best road team in MLS. They don't play conservative cliched road tactics.
-Jack Bell of the New York Times has a huge stack of stats that show exactly why New York lost and KC got another big road win.
dN
Columbus moved back into a playoff spot in the Eastern Conference last night with a dramatic late win.
dN
The Quarterfinals are all set for the Copa MX. See details in the special section below.
TASTIEST MLS GAME OF THE WEEK
The big Big BIg BIG one of the weekend is easily Seattle v San Jose at 9:30PM CT on Saturday night.
BIG EUROPEAN CLUB MATCHES COMING UP THIS WEEK
-Sat Sep 22
Schalke v Bayern Munchen
-Sun Sep 22
Liverpool v Manchester United
Manchester City v Arsenal
DU NORD AT THE CONTROLS
du Nord at the Controls - Tue Sep 18, 2012 - new music mix at Spotify.
CONCACHAMPIONS 2012-13
Seattle is the first team to advance to the knockout stages next Spring.
Joshua Mayers of the Seattle Times has lots of quotes from Sounders coach and players after the win last night.
Jose Ortiz of the Houston Chronicle writes about the Dynamo balancing fighting for advancement in CONCACAF and an MLS playoff spot at the same time.
dN
ADV:(1) Seattle
OUT:(7) Puerto Rico, Aguila, Marathon, Tauro, W Connection, Real Esteli, Caledonia AIA
dN
Matches + Scores:
-Tue Sep 18
Tauro 0-1 Real Salt Lake - RSL goal by Alvaro Saborio(PK).
Xelaju 3-2 W Connection - Xel goals by K Cupid(OG), Israel Silva + Fredy Santiago. WC goals by Rennie Britto + Joevin Jones.
Real Esteli 1-1 Tigres UANL - RE goal by Juan Barrera. Tig goal by Jorge Espericueta.
-Wed Sep 19
Puerto Rico Islanders 0-0 LA Galaxy
Aguila 0-4 Santos Laguna - SL goals by Jesus Escobar(2), Aaron Galindo + Marc Crosas(PK).
Marathon 2-3 Seattle Sounders - Mar goals by Mario Berrios(2 via PK). SS goals by Sammy Ochoa, Eddie Johnson + Brad Evans.
-Thu Sep 20
Houston Dynamo v FAS - 7pm CT on Fox Soccer
Municipal v Chorrillo
All games are shown on the internet at CONCACAF TV.
dN
Standings:
Group 1
9 Santos Laguna(+11)
3 Toronto(+2)
OUT-0 Aguila(-13)
Group 2
6 Real Salt Lake(+2)
6 Herediano(+2)
OUT-0 Tauro(-4)
Group 3
4 Olimpia(+3)
4 Houston Dynamo(+2)
0 FAS(-5)
Group 4
ADV-9 Seattle Sounders(+5)
OUT-1 Marathon(-1)
OUT-1 Caledonia AIA(-4)
Group 5
7 LA Galaxy(+7)
3 Metapan(-1)
OUT-1 Puerto Rico Islanders(-6)
Group 6
5 Tigres UANL(+4)
4 Alajuelense(+1)
OUT-1 Real Esteli(-5)
Group 7
6 Monterrey(+6)
3 Municipal(0)
0 Chorrillo(-6)
Group 8
7 Xelaju(+2)
3 Guadalajara(+3)
OUT-1 W Connection(-5)
UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
Group Stage - Matchday 1
dN
A great start to what on paper looks like could be one of the best group stages in recent history.
Ben Lyttleton of Sports Illustrated with a good recap of Matchday 1 including new heights of greatness for Lionel Messi.
The Guardian with 10 talking points from Matchday 1.
dN
Matches & Scores:
-Wed Sep 19
Barcelona 3-2 Spartak Moskva - Bar goals by Tello + Lionel Messi(2). SM goals by Dani Alves(OG) + Romulo.
Chelsea 2-2 Juventus - Che goals both by Oscar. Juv goals by Arturo Vidal + Fabio Quaglarella.
Man United 1-0 Galatasaray - MU goal by Michael Carrick.
Shakhtar Donetsk 2-0 Nordsjaelland - SD goals both by Henrikh Mkhitaryan.
Lille 1-3 BATE - Lil goal by Aurelien Chedjou. BAT goals by Aliaksandr Volodko, Vitali Rodionov + Edgar Olekhnovich.
Bayern 2-1 Valencia - Bay goals by Bastian Schweinsteiger + Toni Kroos. Val goal by Nelson Valdez.
Celtic 0-0 Benfica
Sporting Braga 0-2 Cluj - Clu goals both by Rafael Bastos.
and
-Tue Sep 18
Montpellier 1-2 Arsenal - Mon goal by Younes Belhanda(PK). Ars goals by Lukas Podolski + Gervinho.
Dinamo Zagreb 0-2 Porto - Por goals by Luis Gonzalez + Steven Defour.
PSG 4-1 Dynamo Kyiv - PSG goals by Zlatan Irbrahimovic(PK), Thiago Silva, Alex + Javier Pastore. DK goal by Miguel Veloso.
Olympiakos 1-2 Schalke - Oly goal by Djamel Abdoun. Sch goals by Benedikt Howedes + Klaas Jan Huntelaar.
Malaga 3-0 Zenit - Mal goals by Isco(2) + Javier Saviola.
Milan 0-0 Anderlecht
Dortmund 1-0 Ajax - Dor goal by Robert Lewandowski.
Real Madrid 3-2 Man City - RM goals by Marcelo, Karim Benzema + Cristiano Ronaldo. MC goals by Edin Dzeko + Aleksandar Kolarov.
WHAT A JOKE
Thierry Henry showed again last night why he is the most baffling player in the league. One minute he is amazing and gracious, the next he is a cheap shot punk. Last night near the end of New York's game against Kansas City he attempted a weird sideways head butt move on KC's Kei Kamara and kinda whiffed on it, then went to the ground like HE had been head butted. He spent the last few minutes of the game walking around holding his head like an alien baby was about to burst out of it, and after the whistle he could be seen dabbing his lip with his shirt is come bizarre attempt to find blood(?) to maybe prove he was the one attacked, when in reality the video clearly showed him running into a completely unaware Kamara. What a confusing guy. Love/Hate.
THIS ARTICLE HAS APPARENTLY NOT BEEN WRITTEN IN A COUPLE OF YEARS, SO ITS THAT TIME AGAIN: SOCCER IS THE SPORT OF THE FUTURE IN AMERICA
"It is a true community. The only group that comes close are college sports fans or followers of the Grateful Dead. They embrace soccer as a communal lifestyle as opposed to a personal experience or a community that only exists on gameday."
Roger Bennett of ESPN talks to a researcher who says the time is coming for soccer to become a huge sport in America.
FACT OF THE DAY
Chris Wondolowski moved back into a tie with Chivas USA for the MLS golden boot at 21 goals each.
-Oh wait, Chivas is a whole team with only 21 goals! Same numbers as Wondo!
STAT OF THE DAY
Most goals scored in a single MLS season:
27 Roy Lassiter - Tampa Bay - 1996
26 Stern John - Columbus - 1998
26 Mamadou Diallo - Tampa Bay - 2000
24 Carlos Ruiz - LA - 2002
23 Taylor Twellman - New England - 2002
23 Raul Diaz Arce - DC - 1996
THIS IS WHAT ITS ALL ABOUT
Grant Wahl of Sports Illustrated answers viewer mail, including a question about this season's MLS MVP race - there is no race.
MLS MATCHES AND SCORES
WEEK 29
Matches + Scores:
-Wed Sep 19
New York Red Bulls 0-2 Sporting Kansas City - SKC goals by CJ Sapong + Kei Kamara
Venue: Red Bull Arena
Atten: 10,286
Columbus Crew 1-0 CD Chivas USA - CC goal by Justin Meram.
Venue: Crew Stadium
Atten: 13,874
San Jose Earthquakes 2-2 Portland Timbers - SJE goals both by Chris Wondolowski. PT goals both by Danny Mwanga.
Venue: Buck Shaw Stadium
Atten: 9,877
-Thu Sep 20
Philadelphia Union v DC United - 7:00PM CT on ESPN2
Venue: PPL Park
-Sat Sep 22
Montreal Impact v Sporting Kansas City - 12:00PM CT
Venue: Saputo Stadium
New England Revolution v New York Red Bulls - 6:30PM CT
Venue: Gillette Stadium
Real Salt Lake v Portland Timbers - 7:00PM CT on NBCSN
Venue: Rio Tinto Stadium
Chicago Fire FC v Columbus Crew - 7:30PM CT
Venue: Toyota Park
Seattle Sounders FC v San Jose Earthquakes - 9:30PM CT
Venue: CenturyLink Field
LA Galaxy v Toronto FC - 9:30PM CT
Venue: The Home Depot Center
-Sun Sep 23
Philadelphia Union v Houston Dynamo - 3:00PM CT
Venue: PPL Park
DC United v CD Chivas USA - 6:00PM CT on Galavision
Venue: RFK Stadium
Vancouver Whitecaps FC v Colorado Rapids - 6:30PM CT
Venue: BC Place
Dallas has a buy this week.
MLS MATCH NOTES
The Red Bulls appear to have sunk to a new all time low drawing only 10k to a game for first place this late in the season. There are no excuses for a team to be run that poorly in the sales department. Especially one with all that money. Pretty pathetic.
dN
Chris Wondolowski came on as a sub as he said "tried to put 90 minute sof effort into 30 minutes of work." He did! 2 more goals. 21 on the season with 5 regular season games left to play. Wow.
MLS STANDINGS
In the East:
Columbus moves back up into 5th place above DC with a win last night.
In the West:
EAST
54 Sporting Kansas City (37GF/29GP)
50 Chicago Fire SC (40GF/28GP)
49 New York Red Bulls (49GF/29GP)
46 Houston Dynamo (41GF/29GP)
45 Columbus Crew (35GF/29GP)
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44 DC United (45GF/28GP)
39 Montreal Impact (44GF/30GP)
@28 New England Revolution (36GF/29P)
27 Philadelphia Union (26GF/26GP)
@22 Toronto FC (32GF/29GP)
WEST
*57 San Jose Earthquakes (60GF/29GP)
48 Seattle Sounders FC (44GF/28GP)
46 LA Galaxy (50GF/29GP)
46 Real Salt Lake (38GF/29GP)
37 Vancouver Whitecaps FC (29GF/29GP)
-----
36 FC Dallas (35GF/30GP)
29 Colorado Rapids (36GF/29GP)
29 Portland Timbers (30GF/29GP)
28 CD Chivas USA (21GF/28GP)
-(Goals For/Games Played)
* clinched a playoff berth.
@ eliminated from the playoff race
The first tie breaker is goals scored.
MLS TEAM AND PLAYER NEWS
CHICAGO FIRE
Thomas Floyd of Soccer By Ives looks at the big time return to Chicago for Chris Rolfe.
dN
Orrin Schwarz of the Daily Herald still sees some holes in the Fire defense.
COLUMBUS CREW
Adam Jardy of the Dispatch has lots of post game notes from another Crew win.
NEW YORK RED BULLS
Michael Lewis of Big Apple Soccer writes that the Bulls latest set back is all on head coach Hans Backe.
dN
Brian Lewis of the Post on New York and Kansas City growing to dislike for one another.
VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC
Cam Tucker of the National Post writes that Brad Knighton has beaten out Joe Cannon for the Caps starting goalkeepers job.
-Another sign that the Whitecaps are very unsettled, which is not good at this time of the season.
NASL SCOREBOARD
Tampa secured a first round buy with a draw last night.
All 6 seeds will be settled at the games on Saturday and Sunday.
Matches + Scores:
-Wed Sep 19
Atlanta Silverbacks 3-1 San Antonio Scorpions
Tampa Bay Rowdies 1-1 Carolina RailHawks
-Sat Sep 22
Carolina RailHawks v Tampa Bay Rowdies
Puerto Rico Islanders v Atlanta Silverbacks
-Sun Sep 23
FC Edmonton v Fort Lauderdale Strikers
San Antonio Scorpions v Minnesota Stars
END OF REGULAR SEASON
Watch online
Standings
**46 San Antonio (+18)
**44 Tampa Bay (+7)
*40 Puerto Rico (+2)
*39 Carolina (-2)
*35 Fort Lauderdale (-6)
*34 Minnesota (+1)
-----
24 Edmonton (-10)
29 Atlanta (-10)
*Clinched Playoff Berth
**Clinched 1st Round Buy
AMERICANS IN EUROPE
Game Action:
ENGLAND - Championship League
Zak Whitbread - Leicester - Wed Sep 19 - on the bench as they won 2-1 v Burnley.
UEFA - Champions League Group Stage
Michael Parkhurst - Nordsjaellan - Wed Sep 19 - played the full 90 but lost 2-0 at Shakhtar Donetsk.
UEFA - Europa League Group Stage - Matchday 1 Thu Sep 20
Alejandro Bedoya - Helsingborg - played the entire game getting a yellow card but lost 1-0 at Levante.
Terrence Boyd - Rapid Vienna - went the full 90 but lost 1-2 v Rosenborg.
Steve Cherundolo - Hannover - went the distance as they tied 2-2 at Twente.
Clint Dempsey - Tottenham - started and went 76 min as they tied 0-0 v Lazio.
Michael Diskeruud - Rosenborg - started and came off in second half stoppage time as they won 1-2 at Rapid Vienna.
Brad Friedel - Tottenham - did not suit up as they tied 0-0 v Lazio.
Josh Gatt - Molde - still out injured as they lost 2-1 at Kobenhavn.
Bryan Gerzicich - Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona - out injured as they tied 1-1 at Athletic Bilbao.
AMERICANS IN MEXICO
Sonny Guadarama continued his amazing hot streak for Merida scoring for the 5th straight game (in all competitions.)
dN
Game Action:
CONCACAF - Champions League
Herculez Gomez - Santos Laguna - started and went 73 min as they won 0-4 at Aguila.
Benji Joya - Santos Laguna - on the bench as they won 0-4 at Aguila.
COPA MX - Group Stage
Joe Corona - Tijuana - came on as a sub in the 58th min and they won 2-1 v Pumas UNAM.
Greg Garza - Tijuana - went the full 90 as they won 2-1 v Pumas UNAM.
COPA MX
Back for the final schedule of games in the group stage.
Dorados, Toros Neza, Pachuca, Necaxa, Correcaminos, Tijuana, Toluca and San Luis (top 2nd place team) advanced to the knock out stage.
Matchday 6
Matches + Scores:
-Wed Sep 19
Jaguares 1-1 San Luis
Queretaro 1-0 America
Pachuca 1-0 Atlante
Tijuana 2-1 Pumas UNAM
QUARTERFINALS
Matches + Scores:
-Wed Sep 26
Toros Neza v Pachuca
Necaxa v Toluca
Dorados v San Luis
Correcaminos v Tijuana
posted by brucio at 17:10
3 Comments:
I enjoy your blog very much, but Bruce, why do you have such difficulty harshly characterizing "foul play" when it is committed by Thierry Henry or Carlos Ruiz ?
You just characterized Henry's cheap, phony play against Kei Kamara as merely "baffling," rather than as dirty or cheap.
You used to do the same thing with Carlos Ruiz and all of his nasty, dirty, cheap fouls.
I wonder if you're just a little hesitant to characterize Henry and Ruiz as "dirty" because you fear being perceived as "racist."
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Racism?
Anyone who has ever read this blog would be familiar with the fact that it has never pulled punches against people (look for any time Bruce mentions Rafa Marquez).
Henry is baffling because we just got done talking about how great and gracious he is on the podcast.
geez.
Red Bulls pathetic attendance is mystifying, as for all their problems, they are entertaining to watch. Seems ludicrous to me that MLS is hell bent on adding another NYC area team when RBNY does such a poor job of getting crowds to their terrific stadium.
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