Thursday, July 28, 2016

Some Soccer News for Jul 28, 2016

It's Day 210 of 2016.


Copa Libertadores Finals:
  • The home team Nacional of Colombia scored early and then hung on to win their second mega trophy, the Libertadores Cup!!! Huge congrats to them and the fans in Medellin.
  • 23 year old Colombian forward Miguel Borja only joined the team AFTER the Copa America, so he only played 4 games, but he scored 5 goals (of 6), including the Cup winner. Wow.
  • Nacional played 14 games in the tournament: 10 wins, 3 ties, and only 1 loss. 25 scored and 6 allowed. Impressive.
2nd Leg Results
-Wed Jul 27
Atletico Nacional (COL) 1-0 Independiente del Valle (ECU) - AN wins it 2-1 on aggregate.

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Clint Dempsey sat down for an interview with Taylor Twellman, old teammates. Part 1 - and - Part 2. (We are told there is a Part 3 coming.) From ESPNFC. [VIDEO]

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MLS All Star Game:
-Thu Jul 27
MLS v Arsenal - 8pm CT on ESPN

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Bob Bradley and his team Le Havre (HAC) play their first game of the new season this week on Fri Jul 29 at Orleans.

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A massive box set of early Pink Floyd music is being released. 27 CDs/DVDs. 11+ hours audio of unreleased studio recordings. 7+ hours audio of unreleased live recordings. Plus tons more.
  • Two imporant things to note:
  1. Its $700.
  2. All the music is pre-Dark Side of the Moon.

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Omar Gonzalez talks about his big move from LA Galaxy to Pachuca. Lots of success already, but its never easy. By Tom Marshall of ESPNFC.

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A preview of several young American prodigies who are getting set to start a new season around Europe. By Avi Creditor of Sports Illustrated.

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We have been waiting all week for the latest Minnesota United training report. By Jeff Rueter of Fifty Five One.
  • The Loons fly to OKC on Friday for Saturday's game on that abomination of a field. They lost their 1-0 on Jun 4.
  • OKC beat Tampa last night on a fluke goal - huge mistake from the Rowdies keeper.

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Here you go: answering all your questions about the future of Minnesota United as we know it, or don't know it yet, shhhhhhhhh its a secret. By Wes Burdine of Fifty Five One.

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Edmonton got their 7th consecutive home win last night. They are doing it with stout defense. But last night they scored 2 goals, uncommon for them.
  • Just the 5th times in 15 games that they have scored multiple goals. They have never scored more than 2 in any game this season.

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Mid-week results in the NASL:
Week 15
-Wed Jul 2
Ottawa Fury 2-0 Carolina RailHawks
Edmonton 2-1 NY Cosmos
Rayo OKC 1-0 Tampa Bay Rowdies

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Since the NASL teams have played between 14 and 16 games the only way to truly see where they stand is by Points Per Game.

NASL PPG Standings:
1.87 Indy
1.80 Edmon
1.79 Minne
1.75 Cosmos
1.44 OKC
1.40 Tampa
1.40 Caro
1.07 Ft L
1.00 Otta
1.00 PR
0.86 Miami
0.73 Jax



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