Wednesday, April 05, 2017

Some Soccer News for Apr 5, 2017

It's Day 95 of 2017.


Big news: US Soccer and the Women's National Team announced that they have agreed to a new Collective Bargaining Agreement that runs thru 2021. Huge congrats to them.

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The Irish women's team has put their foot down. They say they are done being treated poorly by their federation. They made a list of demands and then failed to show up for training today. From FM104.
  • They will sit down with federation leadership later today to discuss the issues. By Emmet Malone for the Irish Times.

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After Minnesota had the lead in Denver for just 1 minute it was great to see them get the lead on Saturday against RSL and hold it for the remaining 41:16 of the game for the win.
  • Thanks to The Real Greg X for the exact time.

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CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

  • The better team won last night and it wasn't FC Dallas. By Peter Welpton for Dallas Morning News.
  • The series was tied 3-3 in 2nd half stoppage time but Dallas was a step behind Pachuca at that point and could not prevent a last second goal.
  • I saw a few people online last night saying Kellyn Acosta was the best player on the field. No chance. I think Acosta is very good but he couldn't come close to the performance of Hirving Lozano for Pachuca. That guy was fantastic.
  • And why was Dallas tired at the end? They didn't play over the weekend. And why was Acosta taken off with several minutes left to play? Odd situation.
  • The 8,000 ft elevation in Pachuca most likely played a role in Dallas's demise, even though they trained in Pachuca for the week leading up to the game.
  • Waaaaay too many Dallas players put in subpar performances - give that credit to Pachuca who are an excellent team, and made Dallas pay for every mistake.
  • According to the great statistician Paul Carr: Mexican clubs have now advanced in 26 of 29 CONCACAF knockout series vs MLS teams.
  • Omar Gonzalez and Pachuca are very happy:


Let's not kid ourselves here, MLS teams still have a long way to go to be on par with Liga MX opponents. By Paul Tenorio for Four Four Two.
  • There has been talk that the difference in team salaries between Pachuca and Dallas was $40M to $5M. I don't believe that, but even half that would still be huge.

Tonight its the Vancouver Whitecaps turn to try for the Final. They are trailing by 2 goals, but are playing at home. A letter to fans from Vancouver head coach Carl Robinson as they take on heavy favorites Tigres. From Vancouver Province.
  • Vancouver needs to win by 3 goals to advance. Good luck to them.

Semifinal Schedule/Results:
2nd Leg
-Tue Apr 4
Pachuca 3-1 Dallas - Pac advances 4-3 on aggregate.
-Wed Apr 5
Vancouver v Tigres (0-2) - 9pm CT on Univision Deportes, Galavision + CONCACAF Facebook

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MINNESOTA UNITED

Today's media reports:

Match Schedule/Results:
-Sat Apr 8
Dallas v Minnesota - 7:00pm CT on My29 + TXA-21

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Undisputed: du Nord Music Mix Vol 118 (download + extract)

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MLS

Ryan Hollingshead of Dallas was hit by a car on an icy freeway in early January while trying to help a fellow stranded traveler. He suffered a broken neck and other minor injuries. He was lucky to alive. But he is already back to training with the team! By Jeff Miller for ESPNFC.

Week 6 Schedule/Results:
-Fri Apr 7
LA Galaxy v Montreal Impact
-Sat Apr 8
Chicago Fire v Columbus Crew
New England Revolution v Houston Dynamo
DC United v New York City - 3:00pm CT on UniMas
Philadelphia Union v Portland Timbers
Toronto v Atlanta United
Dallas v Minnesota United
Real Salt Lake v Vancouver Whitecaps
San Jose Earthquakes v Seattle Sounders
-Sun Apr 9
Orlando City v New York Red Bulls - 3:00pm CT on ESPN
Sporting Kansas City v Colorado Rapids - 6:00pm CT on FS1

Josef Martinez of Atlanta United Named MLS Player Of The Month for March.
  • Well deserved award for the 23 year old Venezuelan who scored 5 goals in 3 games including a hat trick against Minnesota.

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St Louis's bid for MLS expansion weighed on a vote to give tax revenue to the stadium project - it failed at the polls yesterday.
  • A note from the leader of that expansion group:


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USMNT

Which USA players are on the ups and which are on the downs? By Doug McIntyre for ESPNFC.

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The Terrence Boyd + Darmstadt Tracker:
  • Results - Wed Apr 5 Lost 0-2 v Leverkusen
  • Note - Boyd started and went 65 minutes in the losing effort.
  • Standings - With just 7 games left they are in Last place, 14 points below relegation playoff and 15 points from safety.
  • Up Next - Sun Apr 9 at Ingolstadt

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BIG MID-WEEK GAMES IN EUROPE:

-Wed Apr 5
Barcelona v Sevilla - #2 v #4
Chelsea v Manchester City - #1 v #4



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