Some Soccer News for Apr 12, 2016

It's Day 103 of 2016.


Sing it with me. (To the tune of Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap):
Carl Craig And A Bleep Bleep Bleep
buuuuum
bum bum
bum bum
Bleep Bleep Bleep
(practice right here)

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No broken bones for Darlington Nagbe. Don't know how long he will be out with leg and ligament trauma though.

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Germ Jerm is set to make his debut for Colorado Rapids on Sat Apr 16 v Red Bulls! Are you on the band wagon?

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The great MLS weekly awards show. [VIDEO] You know it. You love it. Autogolazo! By Alejandro Moreno of ESPNFC.

• Oh no, Zac MacMath, what in the world are you doing???

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Fabian Espindola of DC United has been named MLS Player Of The Week.

Taylor Mueller of Charleston Battery has been named USL Player Of The Week.

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A Q + A to catch up with our main man Miguel Ibarra at Leon. By Michael Levine of NASL.

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Minnesota has released midfielder Andrei Gotsmanov. I have no doubt he is a very good guy, just never been one of my preferred players.

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Minnesota saw centerback Tiago Calvano go down with an injury in the first half at the Montons on Sunday, but we have heard nothing as to what the injury is and what the prognosis might be.

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NASL commish Bill Peterson on several topics: OKC + Miami debuts, Cosmos attendance, expansion and Canada. By Jake Nutting of Empire Of Soccer.

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By the way, Freddy Adu has not been named in the 18 player gameday roster in either of the first two games for Tampa Bay. He is not injured.

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Who is UP and who is DOWN for the USMNT. By Doug McIntyre of ESPNFC.

• This list has befuddled me at times. For instance, how in the world is Brad Guzan on the UP list? At best he is neutral. At best! His club Aston Villa has been outscored 23-3 in their last 8 games (2.9 per game!) and he was in goal for all of them. I know the whole team is awful, but he is not exactly shining.

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On Monday Palermo fired their EIGHTH coach of the season. The team owner Maurizio Zamparini is clearly a nut job. There is no way you can maintain any quality whatsoever with that hanging over your head as a coach or player.

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UEFA Champions League Quarterfinals:

Its off to the Semifinals for Manchester City (De Bruyne goal) and Real Madrid (Ronaldo all 3 goals). As predicted in most forums.

2nd Leg
-Tue Apr 12
Man City 1-0 PSG - MC advances 3-2 on aggregate.
Real 3-0 Wolfsburg - RM advances 3-2 on aggregate.
-Wed Apr 13
Benfica v Bayern (0-1)
Atleti v Barca (1-2)

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Monterrey became the first team to clinch their spot in the Liga MX Spring post-season playoffs.

• There are 4 rounds left in the regular season.

• America + Pachuca are on the verge of securing their playoff positions.

• 7 teams will be fighting over the last 2 or 3 of the eight playoff spots, and like usual it will go down to the last day of the season on May 8th to sort that out.

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