Some Soccer News for Nov 10, 2016

It's Day 315 of 2016.


Can Minnesota United keep Christian Ramirez on the roster in the move to MLS? By Jeff Rueter of Fifty Five One.

What is the immediate future for the rest of the Minnesota United roster and staff? By David La Vaque of the Star Tribune.

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1 day until USA v Mexico in Columbus - CONCACAF World Cup qualifying. 6:45pm CT on FS1.

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I guess we know the media's focus of this game:
Pulisic - Vice
Pulisic - The Herd
Pulisic - ESPN
Pulisic - Washington Post
Pulisic - Sports Illustrated
Pulisic - Bundesliga
Pulisic - Four Four Two

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Mexico is focused on not losing 2-0. By Tom Marshall of ESPNFC.

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USA Roster
G
Brad Guzan - Middlesbrough
Ethan Horvath - Molde
Tim Howard - Colorado Rapids
William Y4arbrough - Leon
D
Matt Besler - Sporting Kansas City
Steve Birnbaum - DC United
John Brooks - Hertha Berlin
Cameron Carter-Vickers - Tottenham
Timmy Chandler - Eintracht Frankfurt
Omar Gonzalez - Pachuca
Fabian Johnson - Monchengladbach
Michael Orozco - Tijuana
DeAndre Yedlin - Newcastle
M
Alejandro Bedoya - Philadelphia Union
Michael Bradley - Toronto
Lynden Gooch - Sunderland
Julian Green - Bayern Munich
Jermaine Jones - Colorado Rapids
Sacha Kljestan - New York Red Bulls
Christian Pulisic - Dortmund
Caleb Stanko - Vaduz
Graham Zusi - Sporting Kansas City
F
Jozy Altidore - Toronto
Alan Gordon - LA Galaxy
Aron Johannsson - Werder Bremen
Bobby Wood - Hamburger

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The Hex - CONCACAF World Cup qualifying schedule:

• Matchday 1

-Fri Nov 11
USA v Mexico - 6:45pm CT on FS1
Honduras v Panama
Trinidad + Tobago v Costa Rica

• Matchday 2

-Tue Nov 15
Costa Rica v USA - 8:00pm CT on beIN Sports
Honduras v Trinidad + Tobago
Panama v Mexico

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Mexico roster:
G
Guillermo Ochoa - Granada
Alfredo Talavera - Toluca
Jesus Corona - Cruz Azul
D
Diego Reyes - Espanyol
Hector Moreno - PSV Eindhoven
Carlos Salcedo - Fiorentina
Miguel Layun - Porto
Hugo Ayala - Tigres UANL
Rafael Marquez - Atlas
Nestor Araujo - Santos Laguna
Oswaldo Alanis - Guadalajara
M
Hector Herrera - Porto
Jonathan dos Santos - Villarreal
Andres Guardado - PSV Eindhoven
Marco Fabian - Eintracht Frankfurt
Giovani dos Santos - LA Galaxy
Jesus Duenas - Tigres UANL
Orbelin Pineda - Guadalajara
Jurgen Damm - Tigres UANL
F
Carlos Vela - Real Sociedad
Jesus Manuel Corona - Porto
Raul Jimenez - Benfica
Javier Hernandez - Leverkusen
Hirving Lozano - Pachuca
Oribe Peralta - America

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Do-over: du Nord Music Mix Vol 104 (download + extract)

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Rafael Esquivel, former president of the Venezuela football federation, has plead guilty to the US Dept of Justice charges in the FIFA Scandal. From the AP.

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Juan Arango of New York Cosmos named NASL Golden Ball winner as league's best player.

• Completely deserved. Great player on a great team.

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Tim Hankinson of Indy Eleven named NASL Coach Of The Year.

• Congrats to him cuz he did a remarkable job of lifting Indy to heights we didn't think possible.

• I voted for Giovanni Savarese.

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Jordan Morris of Seattle Sounders named MLS Rookie of the Year.

• Other 2 finalists were Jack Harrison 0f New York City and Keegan Rosenberry of Philadelphia Union.

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Montreal Impact has sold over 40,000 tickets for MLS Semifinal Leg 1 game v Toronto on Tue Nov 22.

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The five hot topics in and around MLS this week. By Steve Davis of FC Dallas.com.

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Jake Edwards, president of the USL, talks seasons end, their structure and the future. By Paul Kennedy of Soccer America.

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CONMEBOL World Cup qualifying schedule:

• Round 11

-Thu Nov 10
Colombia v Chile
Venezuela v Bolivia
Uruguay v Eduador
Paraguay v Peru
Brazil v Argentina

• Matchday 12

-Tue Nov 15
Ecuador v Venezuela
Bolivia v Paraguay
Chile v Uruguay
Argentina v Colombia
Peru v Brazil

Standings
(10 of 18 games played)
21 Brazil
20 Uruguay
17 Ecuador
17 Colombia
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16 Argentina
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15 Paraguay
14 Chile
8 Peru
8 Bolivia
2 Venezuela



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