Friday, May 20, 2016

Some Soccer News for May 20, 2016

It's Day 141 of 2016.


No less than 5 big League Cup Finals around Europe this weekend:
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FA Cup Final
-Sat May 21
Crystal Palace v Man United
- - -
Copa Del Ray Final
-Sun May 22
Barcelona v Sevilla
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DFB Pokal Final
-Sat May 21
Dortmund v Bayern
- - -
Coppa Italia Final
-Sat May 21
Milan v Juventus
- - -
Coupe De France Final
-Sat May 21
Marseille v Paris Saint-Germain

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Very interesting:
Giovani dos Santos has said NO to Mexico for the Copa America. By Tom Marshall of ESPNFC.
  • See! He knows its just meaningless friendlies.

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Would we help ignite the revolution if we built thousands upon thousands of these mini pitches all over the country? Philadelphia Union is building 20. From MLS Works.

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USMNT pre-Copa America friendly:
-Sun May 22
Puerto Rico vs USA - 11:00am CT on FS1, UniMas, UDN

USA v Puerto Rico Roster:
G: Brad Guzan, Tim Howard, Zach Steffen
D: John Brooks, Geoff Cameron, Eric Lichaj, Matt Miazga, Michael Orozco, Tim Ream, DeAndre Yedlin
M: Alejandro Bedoya, Emerson Hyndman, Fabian Johnson, Perry Kitchen, Alfredo Morales, Caleb Stanko, Danny Williams
F: Paul Arriola, Julian Green, Fabrice Picault, Amando Moreno, Bobby Wood

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USA players are training in south Florida in prep for PR, and articles from Michelle Kaufman of the Miami Herald have appeared this week:

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Christian Arbeit of Union Berlin on Bobby Wood: "...he will leave with three records: our most expensive signing, our top goal scorer, and our most lucrative sale.” Union has been the site of a breakthrough for Wood in Germany. By Matthew Schofield of the Miami Herald. (Article published last week before he was sold to Hamburg.)

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Talking about Minnesota United, NASL and soccer journalism, Wes Burdine is the guest of Neil Morris on the Inverted Triangle podcast. Wes comes on the show at 40:30. [AUDIO] From WRAL Sports Fan.

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NASL Week 8
-Sat May 21
Indy Eleven v Minnesota United
Rayo OKC v Fort Lauderdale Strikers
-Sun May 22
Ottawa Fury v Jacksonville Armada
Edmonton v Carolina RailHawks
New York Cosmos v Tampa Bay Rowdies

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A month ago we were all saying NYCFC was off to another blundering start. Now we are saying that they are a decent team in a very weak conference which makes them big dogs in the East. David Villa has been good in MLS since day 1, so who else is contributing? By Filip Bondy of the New York Times.

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Kekuta Manneh might be having that breakout season people have been expecting for a while now. He is also working on becoming a citizen of the USA. By Jeff Carlisle of ESPNFC.

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MLS Week 12 (AKA Rivalry Week)
-Wed May 18
Toronto 1-1 New York City
New York Red Bulls 1-0 Chicago Fire
-Fri May 20
Philadelphia Union v DC United - rivals
-Sat May 21
New York City v New York Red Bulls - rivals
Chicago Fire v Houston Dynamo
Toronto v Columbus Crew - rivals
New England Revolution v Dallas
Orlando City v Montreal Impact
Sporting Kansas City v Real Salt Lake
Seattle Sounders v Colorado Rapids
-Sun May 22
Portland Timbers v Vancouver Whitecaps - rivals
LA Galaxy v SJ Earthquakes - rivals

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An amateur team from Flordia called The Villages SC has been disqualified from the US Open Cup:

  • The team they knocked out, Charleston Battery, is back in and will travel to Jacksonville Armada.

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Got a hankering for spaced out German meditative gentle-drone cycle? Or maybe you are just freaky? Then Max Richter's 8 hour album Sleep is for you. Released by one of the most respected classical music labels, Deutsche Grammaphon.

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A mythical music list from 1979 has pointed a lot of odd balls on a path to discovery over the past 37 years. And remains a giant challenge even by today's standard. That is quite the achievement. By Gustavo Turner of the LA Weekly.

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Starting at noon local time today, you will be able to ride light-rail from downtown LA to Santa Monica in about 50 minutes. This is huge for a city that is so devoted to the automobile.

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Liga MX Clausura Laguilla Semifinals:
1st Leg
-Thu May 19
Leon (3) 1-1 Pachuca (2)
  • William Yarborough and Omar Gonzalez played the whole match for their respective clubs.
2nd Leg
-Sat May 21
Monterrey v America (0-1) - 8:30pm CT on Univision Deportes
-Sun May 22
Pachuca v Leon (1-1) - 8:00pm CT on NBC UNIVERSO.

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Bayern Munich tries to become one of the biggest football clubs in the USA. By Joshua Kloke of the Guardian.



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