Monday, January 04, 2016

Some Soccer News for Jan 4, 2016

Mark it down: Today is the day Zizou took over the reins of Real Madrid.

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Liga MX Clausura 2016 begins on Fri Jan 8.

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A year of discontent and regression for USMNT. By Matthew Doyle of MLSsoccer.com.

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An ugly 2015 for the USA men. By Doug McIntyre of ESPNFC.

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Predictions for 2016? Grant Wahl of Sports Illustrated makes his.
-He has New York Red Bulls pegged for MLS Cup winners.

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Portland has allowed 31 year old centerback Liam Ridgewell to take his 8 week off-season and cut it to 4 by going on loan to English 2nd division team Brighton + Hove. They better hope he holds up for the whole 2016 season.

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Can you believe that the Red Bulls of New York/New Jersey have signed 6 of their academy players to first team contracts since the end of last season. Seems to be that this trend is about to stop being news - its the norm now.

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Another new song from Mountain Singers for the new year!
The song is "iteration 2015.12.29 "
"I dreamed that presidential candidate and wealthy real estate tycoon Donald Trump had gone missing. After 4 days with no answers his head was found impaled on the wall separating the United States and Mexico. His body was never found. What a strange yet poetic dream. This is the soundtrack to that dream."
-Video
-Audio

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Milo Djukanovic, Prime Minister of Montenegro, has been named OCCRP’s 2015 Man Of The Year In Organized Crime - for his work in promoting crime, corruption and uncivil society

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Over Christmas weekend my father turned 84 years old and many pictures were taken. He declared he was done smiling though. "I have been looking at a lot of pictures of people in their obituaries lately and none of them are smiling, so I am done smiling for pictures." He didn't explain what his actual motive is, but I like that he is taking a firm stand. The next photo I took of him he smiled.

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The significance of local ownership: The new owner of Netherlands club ADO Den Haag made big promises when he bought the club in 2014 - the fans are still waiting for him to deliver. By James Montague of the New York Times.

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CONCACAF region people indicted for corruption by the USA Department of Justice:
Chuck Blazer - USA
Aaron Davidson - USA
Jeffrey Webb - Cayman Islands
Costa Takkas - Cayman Islands
Eduardo Li - Costa Rica
Brayan Jiménez - Guatemala
Rafael Salguero - Guatemala
Hector Trujillo - Guatemala
Alfredo Hawit - Honduras
Rafael Callejas - Honduras
Julio Rocha - Nicaragua
Ariel Alvarado - Panama
Reynaldo Vasquez - El Salvador
Jack Warner - T&T
Daryan Warner - T&T
Daryll Warner - T&T

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Week after week, this is a great column to read: English Premier League: 10 talking points from the weekend’s action. From the Guardian.

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On Nov 23 I wrote this about then EPL leaders Leicester:
-"Coming up in the next 6 games are Nov 28 v Man U, Dec 5 v Swansea, Dec 14 v Chelsea, Dec 19 at Everton, Dec 26 at Liverpool and Dec 29 v Man City. Lets see where they stand come New Years Day."
-Its now Jan 4, how did they do?
1 Nov 28 v #2 Man U 1-1 D
3 Dec 5 at Swansea 0-3 W
3 Dec 14 v Chelsea 2-1 W
3 Dec 19 at #7 Everton 2-3 W
0 Dec 26 at #8 Liverpool 1-0 L
1 Dec 29 v #3 Man City 0-0 D
-11 points
-Since then:
1 Sat Jan 2 v Bournemouth 0-0 D
-That's 3 games in a row with out a goal.
-Leicester has fallen 2 points behind Arsenal and into 2nd place.
-Odds are still very good that they will end up in the top 4 or 5, which is remarkable.



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