Friday, January 29, 2016

Some Soccer News for Jan 29, 2016

It's Day 29 of 2016.


Ranking the Top 25 USA players right now. By Doug McIntyre of ESPNFC.
-I think this is a pretty strong list but of course being me I have four issues: 1. Brad Guzan has fallen off a cliff and is still at #9. 2. Same goes for DeAndre Yedlin and is at #12. 3. Darlington Nagbe is still pretty much all about potential having never even featured for the USA and is at #11. 4. Jorge Villafana has never even been called in to a USA camp so he cannot be #24.

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Centerback Michael Orozco of Tijuana has been added to the USA roster for the two upcoming friendlies. He replaces Matt Miazga who is off to Chelsea.
-Orozco has only been playing in Copa MX for Tijuana.

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USA v Iceland
Sun Jan 31 at 2:45pm
-Here is where I will be watching. Come join me:
Lake Monster Brewery in St Paul
550 Vandalia St - Just off University & Cretin

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While Chelsea has yet to announce that they have signed American centerback Matt Miazga from Red Bulls their manager Guus Hiddink talked about him in a press conference this morning and the team posted this on Twitter:


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Minnesota United has signed Ibson to a new contract. Good move. I thought he was the most talented player in NASL last year. Not the most successful mind you, but the most talented.
-Said head coach Carl Craig: "I'm sure he's spent the whole offseason practicing his English, so he and I can share a few words and some expletives."

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Tony Tchani of the Crew had a great 2015 and has now been called up by both Cameroon and the USA, and he is currently at the January camp in LA. By Kyle McCarthy of Fox.

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Jermaine Jones is now voicing great displeasure with the 6 game suspension he was given by MLS after going nuts, screaming in the face and even a little shoving on the referee in a New England Revs playoff game last year. He says the length of the punishment is hurting his chances at a new deal with teams in Europe. By the Associated Press via ESPN.

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Portland has lost both their left midfielder and left fullback this offseason. Rodney Wallace signed with Arouca in Portugal today. And Jorge Villafana went to Santos Laguna already.

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14 Americans were on the field this week in Copa MX. 14! From Soccer America.

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Omar Gonzalez has another big test this weekend in Liga MX: #3 Pachuca v #2 Monterrey. (No USA TV dammit)

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And you can see Miguel Ibarra and Leon on Sat at 7pm CT away to Tigres on Univision Deportes!

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Some MLS academy teams are starting to add traditional schooling to the training mix and are looking for big results. This article focuses on the LA Galaxy, with a little bit on Philadelphia Union too. By Thuc Nhi Nguyen of the LA Daily News.

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An examination of the near miracle job head coach Diego Simeone has done at Atletico Madrid. By Jonathan Wilson of Sports Illustrated.



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