Some Soccer News for Sep 6, 2016
It's Day 250 of 2016.
USMNT Final World Cup qualifying semifinal round game:
-Tue Sep 6
USA v Trinidad + Tobago - EverBank Field, Jacksonville FL - 7:00pm CT on FS1 + Univision
Technically the USA has not qualified for the Hex yet. A win tonight will do the trick and give USA first place in the group. This is what they should fulfill without question.
Pregame notes on both teams. From US Soccer.
Matt Besler was released from the USA roster to go be with his new born daughter. Congrats to his family.
DeAndre Yedlin is also off roster for tonight due to Yellow Card accumulation suspension.
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Things are coming fast but apparently not overwhelmingly so for Christian Pulisic. Here is how he feels about his 2016 so far. By Doug McIntyre of ESPNFC.
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USA Roster:
G: Brad Guzan - Middlesbrough, Ethan Horvath - Molde, Tim Howard - Colorado Rapids
D: Kellyn Acosta - Dallas, Steve Birnbaum - DC United, Geoff Cameron - Stoke City, Omar Gonzalez - Pachuca, Fabian Johnson - Monchengladbach, Michael Orozco - Tijuana
M: Paul Arriola - Tijuana, Kyle Beckerman - Real Salt Lake, Alejandro Bedoya - Philadelphia Union, Michael Bradley - Toronto, Sacha Kljestan - New York Red Bulls, Darlington Nagbe - Portland Timbers, Christian Pulisic - Dortmund, Caleb Stanko - Vaduz, Graham Zusi - Sporting Kansas City
F: Jozy Altidore - Toronto, Jordan Morris - Seattle Sounders, Rubio Rubin - Utrecht, Chris Wondolowski - San Jose Earthquakes, Bobby Wood - Hamburger
Names of interest on the T+T rosters:
Kenwyne Jones - recently signed with Atlanta United
Kevin Molino - of Orlando City
Cordell Cato - of San Jose Earthquakes
Joevin Jones - of Seattle Sounders
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Players from El Salvador held a press conference to announce that they had been offered money to influence the score of their game against Canada tonight. By Sam Stejskal of MLSsoccer.
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For Canada to achieve the Hexagonal round of qualifying they will have to win tonight, combined with a Honduras loss, and make up a goal differential of 5. See standings and matches below.
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CONCACAF World Cup Qualifying Semifinal Round - standings, matches and results:
Standings:
Group A
15A Mexico (+12 GD)
7 Honduras (0 GD)
4 Canada (-5 GD)
2E El Salvador (-7 GD)
Group B
10A Costa Rica (+6 GD)
10A Panama (+4 GD)
4E Jamaica (-6 GD)
1E Haiti (-4 GD)
Group C
11A Trinidad + Tobago (+8 GD)
10 United States of America (+13 GD)
7 Guatemala (+1 GD)
0E Saint Vincent + the Grenadines (-22 GD)
Match results and schedule:
-Fri Sep 2
Hon 2-1 Can
ElS 1-3 Mex
Pan 2-0 Jam
Hai 0-1 CR
TnT 2-2 Gua
StV 0-6 USA
-Tue Sep 6
Mex v Hon
Can v ElS
CR v Pan
Jam v Hai
USA v TnT
Gua v StV
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Is it the dawning of a new era, for American players in Europe? By Brian Sciaretta of the New York Times.
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My Minnesota United Notes:
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NASL Week 20 results:
-Fri Sep 2
Ottawa Fury 2-2 Edmonton
-Sat Sep 3
Fort Lauderdale Strikers 0-0 New York Cosmos
Carolina RailHawks 1-0 Jacksonville Armada
Puerto Rico 0-3 Miami
Indy Eleven 1-1 Tampa Bay Rowdies
Minnesota United 1-0 Rayo OKC
NASL Standings (32 game schedule)
45 NYC (23 GP)
41 E (21 GP)
39 IE (23 GP)
36 MU (23 GP)
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29 CRH (21 GP)
28 TBR (22 GP)
28 FLS (22 GP)
26 M (21 GP)
25 ROKC (22 GP)
21 OF (22 GP)
17 JA (22 GP)
8 PR (12 GP) - did not start until Summer/Fall Season
NASL Week 21 - midweek game:
-Wed Sep 7
Puerto Rico v Ottawa
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Frank Lampard of New York City named MLS Player Of The Week
Enzo Martinez of Charlotte Independence named USL Player Of The Week
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The 2016 MLS Cup Final will be shown on FOX this season. (Sat Dec 10)
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FC Dallas has opened up a 7 point lead for the Supporters Shield with 6 games left to play in the regular season.
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Detailed and delightful breakdown of Week 26 in MLS. By Matthew Doyle of MLSsoccer.
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The weekly funtastic MLS video awards. By Alejandro Moreno of ESPNFC. [VIDEO]
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Five things we learned from MLS over the weekend. By Graham Ruthven and Dave Martinez of the Guardian.
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If you have an interest in the Houston Dynamo then you should read this: An interview with team president Chris Canetti. There is a lot for him to talk about. By Kyle Nowotny of Keeper Notes.
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MLS Week 26 results:
-Thu Sep 1
New York City 3-2 DC United
-Sat Sep 3
Vancouver 0-1 NYRB
New England 2-0 Colorado
Chicago 3-0 Philadelphia
Dallas 3-1 Portland
LA 2-1 Columbus
Coming up midweek in Week 27:
-Wed Sep 7
Real Salt Lake v LA Galaxy
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MLS Race for 6th Place (final playoff spot in each conference):
EAST
6. 32 DC
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7. 31 OC
8. 30 NER
WEST
6. 35 PT
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7. 32 SJE
8. 31 SS
9. 31 VW
The Bird Is The Word
USMNT Final World Cup qualifying semifinal round game:
-Tue Sep 6
USA v Trinidad + Tobago - EverBank Field, Jacksonville FL - 7:00pm CT on FS1 + Univision
Technically the USA has not qualified for the Hex yet. A win tonight will do the trick and give USA first place in the group. This is what they should fulfill without question.
Pregame notes on both teams. From US Soccer.
Matt Besler was released from the USA roster to go be with his new born daughter. Congrats to his family.
DeAndre Yedlin is also off roster for tonight due to Yellow Card accumulation suspension.
dN
Things are coming fast but apparently not overwhelmingly so for Christian Pulisic. Here is how he feels about his 2016 so far. By Doug McIntyre of ESPNFC.
- More on Pulisic from Grant Wahl of Sports Illustrated.
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USA Roster:
G: Brad Guzan - Middlesbrough, Ethan Horvath - Molde, Tim Howard - Colorado Rapids
D: Kellyn Acosta - Dallas, Steve Birnbaum - DC United, Geoff Cameron - Stoke City, Omar Gonzalez - Pachuca, Fabian Johnson - Monchengladbach, Michael Orozco - Tijuana
M: Paul Arriola - Tijuana, Kyle Beckerman - Real Salt Lake, Alejandro Bedoya - Philadelphia Union, Michael Bradley - Toronto, Sacha Kljestan - New York Red Bulls, Darlington Nagbe - Portland Timbers, Christian Pulisic - Dortmund, Caleb Stanko - Vaduz, Graham Zusi - Sporting Kansas City
F: Jozy Altidore - Toronto, Jordan Morris - Seattle Sounders, Rubio Rubin - Utrecht, Chris Wondolowski - San Jose Earthquakes, Bobby Wood - Hamburger
Names of interest on the T+T rosters:
Kenwyne Jones - recently signed with Atlanta United
Kevin Molino - of Orlando City
Cordell Cato - of San Jose Earthquakes
Joevin Jones - of Seattle Sounders
dN
Players from El Salvador held a press conference to announce that they had been offered money to influence the score of their game against Canada tonight. By Sam Stejskal of MLSsoccer.
dN
For Canada to achieve the Hexagonal round of qualifying they will have to win tonight, combined with a Honduras loss, and make up a goal differential of 5. See standings and matches below.
dN
CONCACAF World Cup Qualifying Semifinal Round - standings, matches and results:
- The top 2 teams from each group will advance to Final Round - the Hexagonal.
Standings:
Group A
15A Mexico (+12 GD)
7 Honduras (0 GD)
4 Canada (-5 GD)
2E El Salvador (-7 GD)
Group B
10A Costa Rica (+6 GD)
10A Panama (+4 GD)
4E Jamaica (-6 GD)
1E Haiti (-4 GD)
Group C
11A Trinidad + Tobago (+8 GD)
10 United States of America (+13 GD)
7 Guatemala (+1 GD)
0E Saint Vincent + the Grenadines (-22 GD)
Match results and schedule:
-Fri Sep 2
Hon 2-1 Can
ElS 1-3 Mex
Pan 2-0 Jam
Hai 0-1 CR
TnT 2-2 Gua
StV 0-6 USA
-Tue Sep 6
Mex v Hon
Can v ElS
CR v Pan
Jam v Hai
USA v TnT
Gua v StV
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Is it the dawning of a new era, for American players in Europe? By Brian Sciaretta of the New York Times.
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My Minnesota United Notes:
- A very good solid team win over OKC. The margin on the scoreboard was nervously small, but the margin of quality play was enormous. With the same effort on another night the score could have been 4-0.
- Game highlights [VIDEO]
- Great team goal for MN with Lance Laing, and Jamie Watson passing to Christian Ramirez to finish.
- Both Laing and Watson had their best games of the season.
- Loons switching things up formation wise with a 4-1-4-1.
- Another shut out for the defense and keeper Sammy Ndjock. If you can't score you must stop the other team for finishing
- Since being humiliated at home by Miami on Aug 6 they have only given up 2 goals in 6 games.
- Maybe the only negative from the game for Minn was that Ibson did not have a particularly good night, or rather he was quite invisible.
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NASL Week 20 results:
-Fri Sep 2
Ottawa Fury 2-2 Edmonton
-Sat Sep 3
Fort Lauderdale Strikers 0-0 New York Cosmos
Carolina RailHawks 1-0 Jacksonville Armada
Puerto Rico 0-3 Miami
Indy Eleven 1-1 Tampa Bay Rowdies
Minnesota United 1-0 Rayo OKC
NASL Standings (32 game schedule)
45 NYC (23 GP)
41 E (21 GP)
39 IE (23 GP)
36 MU (23 GP)
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29 CRH (21 GP)
28 TBR (22 GP)
28 FLS (22 GP)
26 M (21 GP)
25 ROKC (22 GP)
21 OF (22 GP)
17 JA (22 GP)
8 PR (12 GP) - did not start until Summer/Fall Season
NASL Week 21 - midweek game:
-Wed Sep 7
Puerto Rico v Ottawa
dN
Frank Lampard of New York City named MLS Player Of The Week
Enzo Martinez of Charlotte Independence named USL Player Of The Week
dN
The 2016 MLS Cup Final will be shown on FOX this season. (Sat Dec 10)
dN
FC Dallas has opened up a 7 point lead for the Supporters Shield with 6 games left to play in the regular season.
dN
Detailed and delightful breakdown of Week 26 in MLS. By Matthew Doyle of MLSsoccer.
dN
The weekly funtastic MLS video awards. By Alejandro Moreno of ESPNFC. [VIDEO]
dN
Five things we learned from MLS over the weekend. By Graham Ruthven and Dave Martinez of the Guardian.
dN
If you have an interest in the Houston Dynamo then you should read this: An interview with team president Chris Canetti. There is a lot for him to talk about. By Kyle Nowotny of Keeper Notes.
dN
MLS Week 26 results:
-Thu Sep 1
New York City 3-2 DC United
-Sat Sep 3
Vancouver 0-1 NYRB
New England 2-0 Colorado
Chicago 3-0 Philadelphia
Dallas 3-1 Portland
LA 2-1 Columbus
Coming up midweek in Week 27:
-Wed Sep 7
Real Salt Lake v LA Galaxy
dN
MLS Race for 6th Place (final playoff spot in each conference):
EAST
6. 32 DC
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7. 31 OC
8. 30 NER
WEST
6. 35 PT
-----
7. 32 SJE
8. 31 SS
9. 31 VW
The Bird Is The Word
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