Some Soccer News for Wed Sep 19, 2012

BREAKING NEWS

This story could be the biggest soccer news in America, maybe ever!

The Anschutz Corp. run by Phil Anschutz essentially bankrolled MLS during the very lean years, and is now set to sell off the entertainment portion of his company that contains his MLS stake.

What does this mean for MLS and American soccer?

The Hollywood Reporter broke the news on Tuesday night writing that Anschutz Corp is lining up to sell Anschutz Entertainment Group (AEG) which owns among other things the LA Galaxy and Home Depot Center.

The LA Times with more on the story.

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 introduce The Tottenham Minute.

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Mr Cristiano Ronaldo has played in 151 games for Real Madrid And he has scored 151 goals! Simply Astonishing!
See all the UEFA Champions League scores below in the special section.

TASTIEST MLS GAME OF THE WEEK

On Wednesday night its #3 v #1 in the East - New York v Kansas City!

DU NORD AT THE CONTROLS

du Nord at the Controls - Tue Sep 18, 2012 - new music mix at Spotify.

CONCACHAMPIONS 2012-13

Salt Lake got a dramatic late winner in Panama last night to keep their chances of advancing alive. Alvaro Saborio was taken down in the Penalty Box 2 minutes into second half stoppage time, and he converted the PK to win it 0-1.
Michael C Lewis of the Salt Lake Tribune reports that Saborio sprained his shoulder on the big play and could miss a month. A month in which the team and his country Costa Rica desperately need him in all competitions.
-Lewis gives us a match report as well.

James Edward of the Deseret News also reports on RSL's crazy win at Tauro.

Saborio will also miss the next CCL game (a must-win game v Herediano) no matter what his health due to yellow card accumulation.

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Joshua Mayers of the Seattle Times writes that the Sounders can advance with a win in Honduras.

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ADV:(0) NONE

OUT:(4) Tauro, W Connection, Real Esteli, Caledonia AIA

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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 v LA Galaxy - 7pm CT on Fox Soccer
Aguila v Santos Laguna
Marathon v Seattle Sounders - 9pm CT on Fox Soccer
-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.

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Standings:
Group 1
6 Santos Laguna(+7)
3 Toronto(+2)
0 Aguila(-9)
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
6 Seattle Sounders(+4)
1 Marathon(0)
OUT-1 Caledonia AIA(-4)
Group 5
6 LA Galaxy(+7)
3 Metapan(-1)
0 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)

BUMMER OF THE DAY

"Peter Nowak "may have improperly profited from player transactions" involving "contracts for players in South America" while manager of the team."
Jonathan Tannenwald of Philly.com tells us about new and possibly ugly details in the Petr Nowak - Philadelphia Union lawsuit.

MLS MATCHES AND SCORES

WEEK 29

Matches + Scores:
-Wed Sep 19
New York Red Bulls v Sporting Kansas City - 6:00PM CT
Venue: Red Bull Arena
Columbus Crew v CD Chivas USA - 6:30PM CT
Venue: Crew Stadium
San Jose Earthquakes v Portland Timbers - 9:30PM CT
Venue: Buck Shaw Stadium
-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 STANDINGS

EAST
51 Sporting Kansas City (35GF/28GP)
50 Chicago Fire SC (40GF/28GP)
49 New York Red Bulls (49GF/28GP)
46 Houston Dynamo (41GF/29GP)
44 DC United (45GF/28GP)
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42 Columbus Crew (34GF/28GP)
39 Montreal Impact (44GF/30GP)
@28 New England Revolution (36GF/29P)
27 Philadelphia Union (26GF/26GP)
@22 Toronto FC (32GF/29GP)
WEST
*56 San Jose Earthquakes (58GF/28GP)
48 Seattle Sounders FC (44GF/28GP)
46 LA Galaxy (50GF/29GP)
46 Real Salt Lake (38GF/29GP)
37 Vancouver Whitecaps FC (29GF/29GP)
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36 FC Dallas (35GF/30GP)
29 Colorado Rapids (36GF/29GP)
28 Portland Timbers (28GF/28GP)
28 CD Chivas USA (21GF/27GP)
-(Goals For/Games Played)

* clinched a playoff berth.
@ eliminated from the playoff race

The first tie breaker is goals scored.

NASL SCOREBOARD

Matches + Scores:
-Wed Sep 19
Atlanta Silverbacks v San Antonio Scorpions
Tampa Bay Rowdies v 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

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Standings
**46 San Antonio (+21)
*43 Tampa Bay (+7)
*40 Puerto Rico (+2)
*38 Carolina (-2)
*35 Fort Lauderdale (-6)
*34 Minnesota (+1)
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24 Edmonton (-10)
26 Atlanta (-13)
*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.

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Coming Up:

UEFA - Europa League Group Stage - Matchday 1 Thu Sep 20
Alejandro Bedoya - Helsingborg - at Levante
Terrence Boyd - Rapid Vienna - v Rosenborg
Steve Cherundolo - Hannover - at Twente
Clint Dempsey - Tottenham - v Lazio
Michael Diskeruud - Rosenborg - at Rapid Vienna
Brad Friedel - Tottenham - v Lazio
Josh Gatt - Molde - at Kobenhavn
Bryan Gerzicich - Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona - at Athletic Bilbao

AMERICANS IN MEXICO

Sonny Guadarma continued his amazing hot streak for Merida scoring for the 5th straight game (in all competitions.)

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Game Action:

CONCACAF - Champions League
Jonathan Bornstein - Tigres UANL - Tue Sep 18 - started and went 55 min as they tied 1-1 at Real Esteli.
Victor Garza - Tigres UANL - Tue Sep 18 - on the bench as they tied 1-1 at Real Esteli

COPA MX - Group Stage
Isaac Acuna - Merida - started and went 64 min as they won 3-0 v Celaya.
Sonny Guadarrama - Merida - started and went 80 min scoring a goal as they won 3-0 v Celaya.
Adrian Ruelas - Veracruz - started and went 66 min as they lost 3-0 at Correcaminos.
Marco Vidal - Lobos BUAP - went the full 90 but lost 2-1 at Irapuato.
William Yarbrough - Leon - on the bench as they tied 0-0 at Morelia.

COPA MEXICO

Back for the final schedule of games in the group stage.

Matchday 6
Matches + Scores:
-Tue Sep 18
Toros Neza 2-1 Altamira
Pumas Morelos 2-2 Necaxa
Est Tecos 0-3 Dorados
Univ Guadalajara 1-2 La Piedad
Merida 3-0 Celaya
Toluca 2-0 Puebla
Morelia 0-0 Leon
Cruz Azul 1-1 Atlas
Correcaminos 3-0 Veracruz
Irapuato 2-1 Lobos BUAP
-Wed Sep 19
Jaguares v San Luis
Queretaro v America
Pachuca v Atlante
Tijuana v Pumas UNAM

UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

Group Stage - Matchday 1
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.