Tuesday, January 19, 2016

Some Soccer News for Jan 19, 2016

It's Day 19 of 2016.


Back in action here at the blog after a nice week off!

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Did ya hear the wild story about Marco Pappa? Recently sold by Seattle Sounders to Colorado Rapids, he was found in the company of beauty pageant winner "Miss Washington" stabbed and bleeding. No charges have been filed, so we don't know who stabbed Pappa (who needed surgery), but its a bad scene all around. Daniel Boniface of the Denver Post with the details.
-Turns out Miss Washington also got a DUI and has now been stripped of her pageant title.

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Bruce Arena of the LA Galaxy talks about the quality of MLS, the players and development, and expansion. Good topics. By Jeff Carlisle of ESPNFC.

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Here is a complete list of all the MLS club roster moves this off-season.

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Good to see Toronto addressing their defensive leakage:  Signed fullback Steven Beitashour (Vancouver), centerback Drew Moor (Colorado) and goalkeeper Clint Irwin (Colorado).
-They still need another big time centerback to make the whole team very solid.

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Yura Movsisyan has returned to Real Salt Lake after 6 years in Europe, most recently at Spartak Moscow where he scored 25 goals in 62 games. He is 28 years old.

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A running thread of chats with players (including Clint Dempsey, Giovanni Dos Santos, Sebastian Giovinco, Diego Valeri, Robbie Keane) from MLS media day today in Los Angeles - by Grant Wahl of Sports Illustrated.

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Where does Jermaine Jones stand on the "I need a new contract front?" By Jeff Carlisle of ESPNFC.

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Aston Villa has relieved Brad Guzan of his starting duties - could this be the end for him at the club?
-Still don't understand why he wasted those 4 important years sitting on the bench there.

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USA January Camp News:
-Bill Hamid is out and will need surgery to repair a knee injury that has plagued him for a year. He will be down for several months to start the DC United season.
-Sean Johnson of Chicago Fire has been added as another goalkeeper.
-Brad Evans of Seattle Sounders has been added to the roster.
-Stuart Holden, a man with no club, is training with the team but not on the roster proper. I am sure if things go well they would add him.

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Jordan Morris has told Werder Bremen, "Thanks, but no thanks," to the contract they offered him. -What's next for Morris? By Brian Straus of Sports Illustrated.

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The group stage draw for the Copa America Centenario will be held on Feb 21.

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Minnesota United has re-signed Jamie Watson to a new contract.
-The team also insinuated that more player announcements will be coming this week.

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In just 18 months everyone seems to have forgotten that Luis Suarez was the most hated man in soccer. By Rob Hughes of the New York Times.

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Chile's head coach Jorge Sampaoli has stepped down due to all the chaos in that countries federation and CONMEBOL. He was incredibly successful and some country will land a good leader.

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Hey Leicester City FC is still very close to the top in England after 22 games. I call that a miracle. Tied on points with 1st place Arsenal and only 3 back on goal differential. Amazing.

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Bundesliga returns from winter break on Friday.

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An exec of Swiss bank Julius Bar has been arrested by the US Dept of Justice. Could this split the whole FIFA corruption case wide open? From Inside World Football.



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2 Comments:

Blogger Demko said...

Very jealous of Marco Pappa!

10:55 PM  
Blogger brucio said...

What I wouldn't do to be hitched to Miss Washington! I might stab myself if that is what she needed.

8:14 AM  

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