Some Soccer News for Sep 8, 2016

It's Day 252 of 2016.


BOMBSHELL: Landon Donovan is about to return to the LA Galaxy for the remainder of this season! Holy Moly!

• This is the Tweet that started it all off earlier today:

Hearing from multiple sources that @landondonovan is close to coming out of retirement to rejoin @lagalaxy for remainder of season

— Blake Thomsen (@blakecthomsen) September 8, 2016

• Great signing with Gyasi Zardes out of action due to a broken foot.

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The TV channel One World Sports which shows a weekly NASL game (and is owned by the same people who own New York Cosmos) has been added to DirecTV this week. Find it at channel 623. Thanks to HRD for the heads up.

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NASL Week 21:
-Wed Sep 7
Puerto Rico 0-0 Ottawa

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Minnesota has named Tim Carter as the director of their youth development academy. He has been the director of the Shattuck St Marys academy which is part of the US Soccer Development Academy league.

• An explanation of who Tim Carter is. By Brian Quarstad of Fifty Five One.

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Kindling: du Nord Music Mix Vol 95 (download + extract)

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Coming Next Week!
US Open Cup Final
-Tue Sep 13
FC Dallas v New England Revolution - at 9pm CT on ESPN2 and UDN

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Nicolas Lodeiro of Seattle Sounders named MLS Player Of The Month

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My MLS Notes:

• 11 goals scored last night in 2 MLS games. I love that.

• Orlando with a HUGE road win. Bumping them up into the last playoff spot in the East.

• RSL was down 1-3 at home and came back to tie the game 4 minutes into 2nd half stoppage time.

• Not one, not two, but THREE goalkeeper blunders last night lead directly to goals:

1. Joe Bendick
2. Brian Rowe 1
3. Brian Rowe 2

•  To be fair to Bendick he later saved a PK attempt from Didier Drogba.

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MLS Week 27:
-Wed Sep 7
Montreal Impact 1-4 Orlando City
Real Salt Lake 3-3 LA Galaxy
-Fri Sep 9
Sporting Kansas City v Houston Dynamo

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FC Dallas has signed the 15th player from their academy system! The most in MLS history.

• This time its 16 year old forward Paxton Pomykal who is the biggest prodigy Dallas has produced so far. He has been WOW-ing people all over the world.

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Bob Bradley + Le Havre Tracker:

• Up Next - Sat Sep 10 v Valenciennes

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Canada appears to be headed toward firing/hiring another men's national team coach. What went wrong with Benito Flores? By Kurt Larson of the Toronto Sun.

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Jose v Pep on Saturday morning at 6:30am CT.

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The Old Firm returns on Saturday for the first time in the Scottish Premier League in 4 years. Celtic v Rangers - as bitter a rivalry as you will find anywhere in sports. By Rory Smith of the New York Times.



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