Some Soccer News for May 17, 2016
It's Day 138 of 2016.
Its a new day at FIFA, but guess what happened almost immediately? The same old things. The majority of FIFA members have no interest in changing how they have done business in the past:
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Norma Hunt was the wife of the late Lamar Hunt, one of the biggest American soccer backers. She is still involved today. By Rick Gosselin of the Dallas Morning News.
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The USMNT has gathered in Miami to prep for the Sunday game in Puerto Rico:
How the roster for this Puerto Rico match was put together. From US Soccer.
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The Dark Clouds home away from home, The Nomad Pub in Minneapolis, is for sale. Thanks to BL for the heads up.
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US Open Cup 2nd Round on Wed May 18 and Thu May 19:
Richmond Kickers v Aromas Cafe
West Chester United v Harrisburg City Islanders
San Antonio FC v Corinthians FC of San Antonio
Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC v Harpo's FC
Kitsap Pumas v Seattle Sounders U23
FC Tucson v Arizona United
LA Wolves v Orange County Pateadores Blues
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Kekuta Manneh of Vancouver Whitecaps named MLS Player Of The Week
Pape Diakite of Edmonton named NASL Player Of The Week
Alyssa Naeher of Chicago Red Stars named NWSL Player Of The Week
Tommy Thompson of Sacramento Republic named USL Player Of The Week
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Alejandro Moreno's weekly MLS award show! [VIDEO] From ESPNFC.
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Is NYCFC finally on the right track to success? By Alexander Abnos of Sports Illustrated.
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Rivalries are a big part of the present and bigger part of the future of MLS. By Jason Davis of ESPNFC.
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Chicago Fire has signed 29 year old Dutch forward Michael de Leeuw from Gronigen. He has scored 46 goals in 4 seasons for them. Not bad. He cannot join the team until the transfer window opens on Jul 1 though.
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Liga MX Clausura Laguilla Semifinals:
-Wed May 18
America (4) v Monterrey (1)
-Thu May 19
Leon (3) v Pachuca (2)
-2nd Leg matches on May 21 + 22
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Jim Jarmusch surprised us all last week with the announcement of his new film Gimme Danger, the story of the great Detroit rock band The Stooges. But to top that he has a new fictional film in the Cannes Film Festival this week, called Paterson. From the Associated Press.
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Some of the coolest video footage I have seen in a long time. 100+ MPH wind on Mount Washington in New Hampshire. [VIDEO]
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Henrikh Mkhitaryan of Borussia Dortmund named Bundesliga Player Of The Season by Deutsche Welle.
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Bremen fans dig deep to help their team avoid what seemed like certain relegation. By Jefferson Chase of Deutsche Welle.
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Sevilla is going for its 3rd consecutive Europa League championship. Here is the impressive story of Raman Rodriguez Verdejo AKA Monchi, who is making it all happen. By Sid Lowe of the Guardian.
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Europa League Final
-Wed May 18
Liverpool v Sevilla
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Huge congrats to Besiktas on winning their 14th Turkish Super Lig championship.
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Its a new day at FIFA, but guess what happened almost immediately? The same old things. The majority of FIFA members have no interest in changing how they have done business in the past:
- One of new president Gianna Infantino's first orders of business was to get a rule passed that that allows the executive committee to hire and fire members of the supposed independent audit and oversight committee.
- This prompted the current head of that committee to resign. Domenico Scala who was put in charge of cleaning up FIFA saw an even bigger power grab by the new executives taking place and said he would play no part in it. By Joshua Robinson of the Wall Street Journal.
- The whole point of Infantino's new leadership was to reduce the power at the top. The opposite of what went down.
- Accusations are flying back and forth over the matter. This is FIFA as usual, not FIFA changing. By Ben Rumsby of the Telegraph.
- Presidential candidate Prince Ali goes after Infantino. By Keir Radnedge of World Soccer.
- Ali called the new ruling: "...complete betrayal to all of those who thought they had voted for change, transparency, fair play and reform.”
- Ali continued: "...a change to the statutes that removed the independence of the ethics committee, the audit and compliance committee, the appeal committee and the reform committee.”
- The real kicker is that the 209 members of FIFA voted on this change, which tells us all that the majority of FIFA members have no interest in reforming.
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Norma Hunt was the wife of the late Lamar Hunt, one of the biggest American soccer backers. She is still involved today. By Rick Gosselin of the Dallas Morning News.
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The USMNT has gathered in Miami to prep for the Sunday game in Puerto Rico:
#USMNT training is underway in Miami. Five days until #USAvPUR on @FS1 and @UniMas. pic.twitter.com/WRPLdGXKlS— U.S. Soccer (@ussoccer) May 17, 2016
How the roster for this Puerto Rico match was put together. From US Soccer.
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The Dark Clouds home away from home, The Nomad Pub in Minneapolis, is for sale. Thanks to BL for the heads up.
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US Open Cup 2nd Round on Wed May 18 and Thu May 19:
- Full match schedule
- Including these 8 derby matches:
Richmond Kickers v Aromas Cafe
West Chester United v Harrisburg City Islanders
San Antonio FC v Corinthians FC of San Antonio
Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC v Harpo's FC
Kitsap Pumas v Seattle Sounders U23
FC Tucson v Arizona United
LA Wolves v Orange County Pateadores Blues
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Kekuta Manneh of Vancouver Whitecaps named MLS Player Of The Week
Pape Diakite of Edmonton named NASL Player Of The Week
Alyssa Naeher of Chicago Red Stars named NWSL Player Of The Week
Tommy Thompson of Sacramento Republic named USL Player Of The Week
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Alejandro Moreno's weekly MLS award show! [VIDEO] From ESPNFC.
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Is NYCFC finally on the right track to success? By Alexander Abnos of Sports Illustrated.
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Rivalries are a big part of the present and bigger part of the future of MLS. By Jason Davis of ESPNFC.
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Chicago Fire has signed 29 year old Dutch forward Michael de Leeuw from Gronigen. He has scored 46 goals in 4 seasons for them. Not bad. He cannot join the team until the transfer window opens on Jul 1 though.
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Liga MX Clausura Laguilla Semifinals:
- Four really good teams in the semis. No one will be a surprise winner.
-Wed May 18
America (4) v Monterrey (1)
-Thu May 19
Leon (3) v Pachuca (2)
-2nd Leg matches on May 21 + 22
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Jim Jarmusch surprised us all last week with the announcement of his new film Gimme Danger, the story of the great Detroit rock band The Stooges. But to top that he has a new fictional film in the Cannes Film Festival this week, called Paterson. From the Associated Press.
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Some of the coolest video footage I have seen in a long time. 100+ MPH wind on Mount Washington in New Hampshire. [VIDEO]
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Henrikh Mkhitaryan of Borussia Dortmund named Bundesliga Player Of The Season by Deutsche Welle.
- DW says he has 23 goals and 32 assists in all competitions. THIRTY TWO ASSISTS!
- Its Dortmund v Bayern in the German Cup Final on Sat.
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Bremen fans dig deep to help their team avoid what seemed like certain relegation. By Jefferson Chase of Deutsche Welle.
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Sevilla is going for its 3rd consecutive Europa League championship. Here is the impressive story of Raman Rodriguez Verdejo AKA Monchi, who is making it all happen. By Sid Lowe of the Guardian.
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Europa League Final
-Wed May 18
Liverpool v Sevilla
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Huge congrats to Besiktas on winning their 14th Turkish Super Lig championship.
The Bird Is The Word
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