Some Soccer News for Mar 4, 2016

It's Day 64 of 2016.


SPECIAL EDITORS NOTE: The complaints have been heard!!!! Dortmund v Bayern Munich WILL be shown live on FX at 11:30am CT! (Ch 248 on Directv) Thank you Fox Soccer.

• The coaches of Bayern (Pepper Guardiola) and Dortmund (Thomas The Train Tuchel) have mutual respect. From Deutsche Welle.

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Here are my 2016 MLS predictions!

EASTERN CONFERENCE
1 Toronto
2 Red Bull New York
3 Orlando City
4 Montreal Impact
5 Columbus Crew
6 New England Rrevolution
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7 Chicago Fire
8 DC United
9 New York City
10 Philadelphia Union
WESTERN CONFERENCE
1 Vancouver Whitecaps
2 Dallas
3 Portland Timbers
4 LA Galaxy
5 Sporting Kansas City
6 Seattle Sounders
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7 Colorado Rapids
8 San Jose Earthquakes
9 Houston Dynamo
10 Real Salt Lake

Champion: Vancouver Whitecaps

MVP: Mauro Diaz - Dallas

Golden Boot: Kei Kamara - Columbus Crew

Breakout: Gonzalo Veron - Red Bull New York

Newcomer: Shkelzen Gashi - Colorado Rapids

Coaches Hot Seat
6 Mauro Biello - Montreal Impact
5 Owen Coyle - Houston Dynamo
4 Pablo Mastroeni - Colorado Rapids
3 Jeff Cassar - Real Salt Lake
2 Greg Vanney - Toronto
1 Jim Curtin - Philadelphia Union

Change I Want: Make ALL playoff rounds home and away.

MLS Opening Day Schedule!
-Sun Mar 6
NYRB v T - 12:30pm CT on MLS Live
OC v RSL - 1:00pm CT on MLS Live
CF v NYC - 1:00pm CT on MLS Live
HD v NER - 2:00pm CT on MLS Live
SJE v CR - 2:00pm CT on MLS Live
D v PU - 2:00pm CT on MLS Live
PT v CC - 3:30pm CT on ESPN
VW v MI - 4:30pm CT on MLS Live
SS v SKC - 6:00pm CT on FS1
LAG v DCU - 9pm CT on UniMas

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Nat Borchers and his big big beard step up big big time in Portland. By Jeff Carlisle of ESPNFC.

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Didier Drogba is treating Montreal Impact like a pair of old shoes that he claims to love but refuses to wear. By Kurt Larson of the Toronto Sun.

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MLS 2016 season predictions from the staff of the Guardian.

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Minnesota United has signed forward Ismaila Jome. The Brooklyn Park raised 21 year old played for Prairie Seeds Academy and UC-Santa Barbara (where he was listed as a defender/winger.) He is the first Minn Utd signing in a long time that comes to the team without any professional experience. He was the 2012 Minnesota state high school player of the year.

• There are 3 Minnesota players on the teams roster now: Andrei Gotsmanov, Ismaila Jome and Brent Kallman.

• The team still only has 4 defenders on the roster - 2 centerbacks and 2 fullbacks.

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Minnesota United head coach Carl Craig gets some love from the English press. By Bob Williams of the Telegraph.

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Smokin' goal from Crystal Dunn for the USWNT last night as they beat England 1-0 in the SheBelievesCup opener. Check it:



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Big bad UFC card this weekend headlined by the Notorious Conor McGregor v The Stockton Badboy Nate Diaz. Before that Holly Holm defends her title v Miesha Tate.
In his previous fight McGregor knocked out the worlds best Pound-For-Pound martial artist Jose Aldo in 13 seconds flat:

Conor McGregor vs Jose Aldo at UFC 194 on December 12, 2015 in Las Vegas, NV. #DWCOTD

A video posted by Dana White (@danawhiteufc) on Mar 3, 2016 at 6:57pm PST

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Premier League: 10 Things To Look Out For This Weekend. By Paul Doyle and Gregg Bakowsk of the Guardian.

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Barcelona set a La Liga record on Wednesday of 35 consecutive league games without a loss. Unreal.

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Adios Bud Collins. RIP.


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