Some Soccer News for Nov 9, 2016

It's Day 314 of 2016.


Fight The Power

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

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A report from Columbus Ohio. By Kellen Becoats of the Columbus Dispatch.

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CONCACAF World Cup Qualifying

• 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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Wilson

• Trailer for the new film based on Daniel Clowes graphic novel of the same name.

• Starring Woody Harrelson as Wilson.

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I am trying to do something I would normally do every Wednesday to snap me out of this awful, weird, depressive funk...

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

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UFC 205 - New York City - Madison Square Garden
-Sat Nov 12
Eddie Alvarez v Conor McGregor - Lightweight (155 lbs) title fight
Tyron Woodley v Stephen Thompson - Welterweight (170 lbs) title fight
Joanna Jedrzejczyk v Karolina Kowalkiewicz - Strawweight (115 lbs) title fight

• Plus 9 more fights on the card

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Pape Diakite of Edmonton named NASL Young Player Of The Year.

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Real Salt Lake announces that Jeff Cassar has been given the green light as head coach again for next season.

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Colorado teammate Kevin Doyle raves about Tim Howard. No surprise. By Kevin Palmer of ESPNFC.

• I must admit I didn't see this team being this good, but when you add Howard, Jermaine Jones and Shkelzen Gashi to the talent level of Doyle you have a pretty damned good team.

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MLS Playoffs - all these important and talented players didn't get the job done when it mattered most:

• Matt Hedges + Walker Zimmerman - Dallas

• Keane + Donovan - LA

• Pirlo, Lampard, Villa + Viera - NYC

• Bradley Wright Phillips, Dax McCarty + Sacha Kljestan - RBNY

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Italy is definitely making a mistake by leaving Sebastian Giovinco out of their national team just because he plays in MLS, which is the reason the coach has given to the Atomic Ant's exclusion. By Luis Miguel Echegaray of the Guardian.

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CONMEBOL World Cup qualifying schedule:

• Matchday 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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