Wednesday, September 21, 2016

Some Soccer News for Sep 21, 2016

It's Day 265 of 2016.


$360
The price of a 2017 Supporters Season Tickets for Minnesota United
  • Use the code: DARKCLOUDSFOLLOW
  • Put down your $40 deposit
  • Deal expires 9/23

NOTE: If you already made your deposit then you are all set. Nothing to see here. Your ticket rep will call you when tix go on sale at this price.

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This is such a great story. A kid with inoperable brain cancer got to see his favorite team Seattle Sounders, hang out with his favorite player Clint Dempsey, and meet the rest of the squad. Wonderful. From the Sounders. [VIDEO]

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Brutal. It looks like the Fort Lauderdale Strikers Brazilian owners are pulling out of funding the team, effective immediately. By Neil Morris of WRAL.
  • Bill Edwards, owner of Tampa Bay Rowdies, has shown his good side and has been loaning Fort Lauderdale money so they can continue paying some of their bills.

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Bob Bradley + Le Havre Tracker:
  • Standings - 9th place, 5 points out of 1st after 7 played
  • Up Next - Tue Sep 20 v Brest (1st place)

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Its a good day for American midfielder Perry Kitchen:


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Young American Lyden Gooch is getting a shot in the starting 11 at Sunderland early this season and he is not failing. By Chris Young of the Guardian.

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American Fabian Johnson scored a goal today for Monchengladbach as they tied 1-1 at Leipzig.

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In the wake of guys like Christian Pulisic being given such a huge chance to play at Dortmund the question gets asked more and more, are MLS teams doing their youth justice on the field? By Jeff Carlisle of ESPNFC.
  • The answer is no.

Another player getting rave reviews is 18 year old Cameron Carter-Vickers at Tottenham. (Article is about another player so you have to scroll down a ways for CCV mentions.) By David Hytner of the Guardian.
  • CCV made his Tottenham 1st team debut today in the League Cup. He played the full 90 and they won 5-0 over Gillingham.
  • Thanks to Brian Sciaretta for the heads up. Follow him for the very best on Yanks Abroad.

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The Chase for 6th Place!
  • Who is gonna grab the last spot in MLS Playoffs in each division:
EAST
38 Montreal - Next: at Red Bulls
36 New England - Next: at Columbus
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34 DC - Next: v Orlando
34 Orlando - Next: at DC

WEST
41 Portland - Next: at Houston
40 Kansas City - Next: at San Jose
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35 Seattle - Next: at LA
34 Vancouver - Next: v Colorado
34 San Jose - Next: v Kansas City

MLS goals leaders:
20 Bradley Wright-Phillips
17 David Villa
16 Sebastian Giovinco
15 Fanedo Adi
14 Giovani Dos Santos
14 Ignacio Piatti
14 Cyle Larin
14 Dom Dwyer

MLS assists leaders:
16 Sacha Kljestan
13 Sebastian Giovinco
11 Steven Gerrard
11 Mauro Diaz
11 Giovani Dos Santos
11 Joao Plata
10 Andrea Pirlo

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In the wake of Columbus Crew's horrible season everyone seems to have forgotten about their great young midfielder Wil Trapp. He continues to improve. By Paul Tenorio of Four Four Two.

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The 2017 MLS team logos ranked. By Fox Sports.

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UEFA announced the 12 cities that will host Euro 2020 games. I had to look one of them up cuz I had never heard of it and had no idea where it was: Baku.

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Real Madrid's perfect start to the season ended in Game 5 as they tied Villarreal 1-1 at home. -And Hertha Berlin were beaten in Round 4 by Bayern to end their perfect start.

Perfect starts to the season in the Big Euro Leagues:
(how many games with no losses, no ties)
6 Feyenoord
5 Man City
4 Istanbul Basaksehir
4 Bayern Munich



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