Some Soccer News for Mar 7, 2016
It's Day 67 of 2016.
MLS Opening Day Summary!
-Sun Mar 6
NYRB 0-2 T - game was described to me by a RB supporter as "torture."
OC 2-2 RSL - My friend Superrookie left the game early with OC losing to beat the traffic, then OC scores twice after the 90th!
CF 3-4 NYC - the tire fire is raging, but Chicago will get it under control, I promise. (NYC? who knows, still no defense)
HD 3-3 NER - Houston looked great in black!
SJE 1-0 CR - Wondo.
D 2-0 PU - Castillo stretchered off - TV announcers don't ask coach about it in post-game interview. (Adductor strain - muscle that connects thigh to pelvis.)
PT 2-1 CC - Rose City over #CrewSC by the same score as the Final.
VW 2-3 MI - are we underestimating the Impact?
SS 0-1 SKC - uh oh... Frei gave up a blunderous goal?
LAG 4-1 DCU - the return of Magic Mike!
-36 goals in 10 games for an average of 3.6 per game. YES!
dN
My pick for league MVP Mauro Diaz of Dallas had the best weekend of any player until Mike Magee came on at halftime for LA Galaxy in the last game of the day. (Ignacio Piatti of Montreal had a pretty great weekend too.)
-Here is what Magic Mike did in 45 minutes:
Set up the 1st goal with his corner kick
Scored the 2nd goal by chipping the keeper
Drew a foul in the box for the 3rd goal
Scored the 4th goal with a flashing header
-I would say Magee's return to LA was a success! A 4-1 win!
dN
Steven Gerard and Andrea Pirlo look like really old men out there. They should be on the bench. Their price tag says they won't be. Which coach will pull the plug first?
dN
Best Goal of the Week: Federico Higuain!!!
dN
Always the very best MLS weekly match recap by the Armchair Analyst - Matt Doyle. From MLSsoccer.com.
dN
The annual sarcast-a-thon from Bruce Arena, in a brilliant Q + A by Steven Goff of the Washington Post.
dN
Earnie Stewart has had a couple of months at the controls of the Philadelphia Union team. How is it going? By Marc Narducci of Philly.com. (I was hoping for a lot more from this article. Seems like a conversation between 2 people passing in a hallway.)
dN
Didier Drogba wants to be in Montreal so bad that he is going to train out in Sacramento until he feels ready to go. Thats a helluva plan!
dN
What is the ambition level of every MLS club this season? Grant Wahl of Sports Illustrated calls it as he sees it.
-#1 LA Galaxy
-#20 New England Revolution
dN
Is the Jordan Morris hype machine running so fast it will go right off the tracks? Probably not. By Matt Pentz of the Seattle Times.
dN
The first MLS Continental Tire Fire Power Rankings of 2016. By Wes Burdine of Northern Pitch. And Philly didn't even make the list!
dN
Minn United played a friendly against University of Nebraska-Omaha on Saturday afternoon at Parade Park and won 2-0 on goals by Cristian Ramirez in the first half and Aaron Pitchkolan in the 2nd half. Many regulars were not even in uniform for MNUFC: Pinho, Vicentini, Laing, Ndjock, Ibson, Banks.
MNUFC has headed to Mexico for 10 days of training and 3 matches.
Centerback Damion Lowe who has been training with Minnesota in preseason posted a note on Twitter that he has joined the team. We have not heard anything official, but the guess is that it will be a loan from Seattle Sounders.
By the way, that was Grant Bell who played some at right fullback during the UNO game on Saturday. He is from Little Falls MN, played for Thunder Academy and attended Bradley University. He went to Mexico with the team today.
dN
And the Loons announced a summer friendly today - Sat Jun 25 v Club Leon of Liga MX. The game will be played in Minneapolis at Target Field, home of the Minnesota Twins. Will Miguel Ibarra be there? Ticket info coming soon for season ticket holders (watch your email.)
dN
Bobby Wood continues his first class season at Union Berlin with 2 goals (the first one on a PK) as they won 4-0 over FSV Frankfurt.
dN
The top 3 teams in Liga MX all have Americans in their starting 11 week in and week out! Edgar Castillo (Monterrey - 1st place), Omar Gonzalez (Pachuca - 2nd place), and William Yarbrough (Leon - 3rd place).
dN
Thanks to everyone on Fox that fought to get the Dortmund v Bayern game on TV last weekend. (For some reason they had chosen not to show it, but fans kicked up a loud ruckus.) The game ended scoreless, which is basically a victory for Bayern who remain 5 points ahead. Report by Rafael Honigstein of the Guardian.
dN
These two young whipper snappers had a great time last week at the Inter-Juve league cup match. Juve went into the game with a 3-0 lead from Leg 1. Madness ensued!
The Bird Is The Word
MLS Opening Day Summary!
-Sun Mar 6
NYRB 0-2 T - game was described to me by a RB supporter as "torture."
OC 2-2 RSL - My friend Superrookie left the game early with OC losing to beat the traffic, then OC scores twice after the 90th!
CF 3-4 NYC - the tire fire is raging, but Chicago will get it under control, I promise. (NYC? who knows, still no defense)
HD 3-3 NER - Houston looked great in black!
SJE 1-0 CR - Wondo.
D 2-0 PU - Castillo stretchered off - TV announcers don't ask coach about it in post-game interview. (Adductor strain - muscle that connects thigh to pelvis.)
PT 2-1 CC - Rose City over #CrewSC by the same score as the Final.
VW 2-3 MI - are we underestimating the Impact?
SS 0-1 SKC - uh oh... Frei gave up a blunderous goal?
LAG 4-1 DCU - the return of Magic Mike!
-36 goals in 10 games for an average of 3.6 per game. YES!
dN
My pick for league MVP Mauro Diaz of Dallas had the best weekend of any player until Mike Magee came on at halftime for LA Galaxy in the last game of the day. (Ignacio Piatti of Montreal had a pretty great weekend too.)
-Here is what Magic Mike did in 45 minutes:
Set up the 1st goal with his corner kick
Scored the 2nd goal by chipping the keeper
Drew a foul in the box for the 3rd goal
Scored the 4th goal with a flashing header
-I would say Magee's return to LA was a success! A 4-1 win!
dN
Steven Gerard and Andrea Pirlo look like really old men out there. They should be on the bench. Their price tag says they won't be. Which coach will pull the plug first?
dN
Best Goal of the Week: Federico Higuain!!!
dN
Always the very best MLS weekly match recap by the Armchair Analyst - Matt Doyle. From MLSsoccer.com.
dN
The annual sarcast-a-thon from Bruce Arena, in a brilliant Q + A by Steven Goff of the Washington Post.
dN
Earnie Stewart has had a couple of months at the controls of the Philadelphia Union team. How is it going? By Marc Narducci of Philly.com. (I was hoping for a lot more from this article. Seems like a conversation between 2 people passing in a hallway.)
dN
Didier Drogba wants to be in Montreal so bad that he is going to train out in Sacramento until he feels ready to go. Thats a helluva plan!
dN
What is the ambition level of every MLS club this season? Grant Wahl of Sports Illustrated calls it as he sees it.
-#1 LA Galaxy
-#20 New England Revolution
dN
Is the Jordan Morris hype machine running so fast it will go right off the tracks? Probably not. By Matt Pentz of the Seattle Times.
dN
The first MLS Continental Tire Fire Power Rankings of 2016. By Wes Burdine of Northern Pitch. And Philly didn't even make the list!
dN
Minn United played a friendly against University of Nebraska-Omaha on Saturday afternoon at Parade Park and won 2-0 on goals by Cristian Ramirez in the first half and Aaron Pitchkolan in the 2nd half. Many regulars were not even in uniform for MNUFC: Pinho, Vicentini, Laing, Ndjock, Ibson, Banks.
Photos from yesterday afternoon's match. #MNUvUNO pic.twitter.com/HqdiRDJZyV— Minnesota United FC (@MNUnitedFC) March 6, 2016
MNUFC has headed to Mexico for 10 days of training and 3 matches.
Centerback Damion Lowe who has been training with Minnesota in preseason posted a note on Twitter that he has joined the team. We have not heard anything official, but the guess is that it will be a loan from Seattle Sounders.
By the way, that was Grant Bell who played some at right fullback during the UNO game on Saturday. He is from Little Falls MN, played for Thunder Academy and attended Bradley University. He went to Mexico with the team today.
dN
And the Loons announced a summer friendly today - Sat Jun 25 v Club Leon of Liga MX. The game will be played in Minneapolis at Target Field, home of the Minnesota Twins. Will Miguel Ibarra be there? Ticket info coming soon for season ticket holders (watch your email.)
dN
Bobby Wood continues his first class season at Union Berlin with 2 goals (the first one on a PK) as they won 4-0 over FSV Frankfurt.
dN
The top 3 teams in Liga MX all have Americans in their starting 11 week in and week out! Edgar Castillo (Monterrey - 1st place), Omar Gonzalez (Pachuca - 2nd place), and William Yarbrough (Leon - 3rd place).
dN
Thanks to everyone on Fox that fought to get the Dortmund v Bayern game on TV last weekend. (For some reason they had chosen not to show it, but fans kicked up a loud ruckus.) The game ended scoreless, which is basically a victory for Bayern who remain 5 points ahead. Report by Rafael Honigstein of the Guardian.
dN
These two young whipper snappers had a great time last week at the Inter-Juve league cup match. Juve went into the game with a 3-0 lead from Leg 1. Madness ensued!
The Bird Is The Word
posted by brucio at 16:19
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fun IFTV video
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