Some Soccer News for Jun 19, 2017
It's Day 170 of 2017.
Minnesota United
Results:
-Sat Jun 17
Salt Lake 1-0 Minnesota
My MNUFC Notes:
Some more scary stats:
Media:
(skip it - you don't want to read it anyway)
Schedule (2 this week):
-Wed Jun 21
Minnesota v Portland - 7:00pm CT on My29.
-Sat Jun 24
Minnesota v Vancouver - 7:00pm CT on My29.
Marc Burch has gone to a see a medical specialist about what has for weeks been called a groin injury. By Megan Ryan for the Star Tribune.
Heavy equipment is on the scene in St Paul and construction has begun on the new Minn United stadium. [BRIEF VIDEO]
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USMNT
Friendly schedule:
-Sat Jul 1
USA v Ghana - 3:45pm CT on ESPN
Rentschler Field, East Hartford
Gold Cup roster to be announced on Jun 27.
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CONCACAF World Cup Qualifying:
Hexagonal results:
Matchday 5
-Thu Jun 8
USA 2-0 T+T
Costa Rica 0-0 Panama
Mexico 3-0 Honduras
Matchday 6
-Sun Jun 11
Mexico 1-1 USA
-Tue Jun 13
Panama 2-2 Honduras
Costa Rica 2-1 T+T
Hexagonal Standings:
(6 of 10 games played)
14 Mexico (+7)
11 Costa Rica (+5)
8 USA (+3)
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7 Panama (0)
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5 Honduras (-8)
3 Trinidad +Tobago (-7)
Matchdays 7 + 8 will be played Fri Sep 1 + Tue Sep 5 - USA v Costa Rica and at Honduras
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MLS
My MLS Notes:
David Villa is the best MLS import since Robbie Keane. By Matt Pentz for the Guardian.
Media:
Week 16 schedule/results:
(11 games)
-Sat Jun 17
New York City 2-1 Seattle
Atlanta 3-1 Columbus
New England 1-2 Chicago
Orlando 3-3 Montreal
Toronto 2-0 DC
San Jose 0-0 Kansas City
Colorado 2-1 Portland
Salt Lake 1-0 Minnesota
Vancouver 1-1 Dallas
LA 2-2 Houston
-Sun Jun 18
Philadelphia 0-2 New York RB
30 goals in 11 games = 2.7 goals per game.
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CONFED CUP
The Bird Is The Word
Minnesota United
Results:
-Sat Jun 17
Salt Lake 1-0 Minnesota
My MNUFC Notes:
- Game highlights - literally ALL Salt Lake. There isn't a single Minnesota attacking clip in the 4 minutes.
- Where do you even start with a game like this?
- Loons started the game in 4-2-3-1. Then shifted to 4-3-3, which has never worked for this team.
- 3 minutes after the shift they got scored on.
- MU used 1 sub - 1 sub at elevation!
- Where was the bench? They only took 18 players and 2 were injured.
- Outshot 29-5 - on target 9-1
- It was The Inept v The Terrible.
- NRV = No Redeeming Value.
- MU caught offside twice on set pieces.
- All that work gone in a flash: Shuttleworth made 8 good saves, then blows an easy one to give away the game - Ramirez and Cronin gave up on play too.
- Iron fucking skillet!
- Shuttleworth good, until he wasn't.
- Ibson good.
- Thiesson ok.
- Kallman ok.
- Cronin good in 1st half, invisible in 2nd half.
- Calvo messy.
- Ramirez, Molino, Ibarra, Danladi, all invisible.
- KVenegas good to see him on the field again, but the mustache appeared to be messing with his crossing abilities.
- Schuller who?
- It wasn't the defensive 4 alone who did not slow down RSL. It was the whole team. No one in front of the centerbacks slowed anyone down.
- Manny Lagos and Amos Magee have to be under tremendous pressure to get several quality players into this roster asap. They need 5-6 players. Will they get more than 1 or 2? This is important stuff.
- The Loons have dropped to the bottom of the overall league standings. Not good.
- The loss was the first of 5 games in 17 days. Big trouble for a team with such a thin roster.
- Other teams have figured out how to shut down the Minnesota offense. No re-adjustments from the Minn except reverting to defensive shell which does not work when you can't generate any offense.
Some more scary stats:
- 7 goals scored and 14 allowed in all comps since Apr 23 - 9 games.
- Last 5 games its 2 scored and 10 allowed.
- Only 5 teams have scored less goals.
- 1 team has given up more goals.
- Least amount of points in the league - 14.
- Only team in league that is averaging less than 1 point per game - 0.93.
Media:
(skip it - you don't want to read it anyway)
Schedule (2 this week):
-Wed Jun 21
Minnesota v Portland - 7:00pm CT on My29.
-Sat Jun 24
Minnesota v Vancouver - 7:00pm CT on My29.
Marc Burch has gone to a see a medical specialist about what has for weeks been called a groin injury. By Megan Ryan for the Star Tribune.
Heavy equipment is on the scene in St Paul and construction has begun on the new Minn United stadium. [BRIEF VIDEO]
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USMNT
A leak of the USMNT Gold Cup jersey from @Footy_Headlines https://t.co/b47vseXCRN pic.twitter.com/CCSwnwzES8— Bruce McGuire (@dunord) June 19, 2017
Friendly schedule:
-Sat Jul 1
USA v Ghana - 3:45pm CT on ESPN
Rentschler Field, East Hartford
Gold Cup roster to be announced on Jun 27.
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CONCACAF World Cup Qualifying:
Hexagonal results:
Matchday 5
-Thu Jun 8
USA 2-0 T+T
Costa Rica 0-0 Panama
Mexico 3-0 Honduras
Matchday 6
-Sun Jun 11
Mexico 1-1 USA
-Tue Jun 13
Panama 2-2 Honduras
Costa Rica 2-1 T+T
Hexagonal Standings:
(6 of 10 games played)
14 Mexico (+7)
11 Costa Rica (+5)
8 USA (+3)
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7 Panama (0)
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5 Honduras (-8)
3 Trinidad +Tobago (-7)
Matchdays 7 + 8 will be played Fri Sep 1 + Tue Sep 5 - USA v Costa Rica and at Honduras
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MLS
My MLS Notes:
- Josef Martinez is really really good. And he is back in the Atlanta lineup.
- Chicago wins ON THE ROAD AGAIN! Sticking right behind Toronto for best in the league.
- Montreal has another guy to go along side Ignacio Piatti now! Look out - Blerim Dzemaili is for real.
- DC is nearly as bad as Minnesota right now. Its a race to the bottom.
- Alan frickin Gordon! 3 wins in a row for Colorado.
- BWP gets 2 late goals after missing about 60 chances. At least he got 'em.
David Villa is the best MLS import since Robbie Keane. By Matt Pentz for the Guardian.
- Giovinco has been better than Villa in my book.
Media:
- Observations on all 22 teams. By Matt Doyle for MLS.
- 6 takeaways and a new contender. By Caitlin Murray for Fox Sports.
- Heroes new and old. By Alexander Abnos for Sports Illustrated.
Week 16 schedule/results:
(11 games)
-Sat Jun 17
New York City 2-1 Seattle
Atlanta 3-1 Columbus
New England 1-2 Chicago
Orlando 3-3 Montreal
Toronto 2-0 DC
San Jose 0-0 Kansas City
Colorado 2-1 Portland
Salt Lake 1-0 Minnesota
Vancouver 1-1 Dallas
LA 2-2 Houston
-Sun Jun 18
Philadelphia 0-2 New York RB
30 goals in 11 games = 2.7 goals per game.
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CONFED CUP
- Does anyone actually care? Tell me if you do.
- It seems that the Russian people do not care. The stands were quite empty for the first two games.
- I watched Mexico v Portugal on Sunday and it was a decent game. The VAR came in to play.
- Later Sunday I watched Chile v Cameroon and again the VAR was used. But after getting the correct call the 1st time and disallowing a Chile goal, they got it wrong the 2nd time and gave Chile a goal that should have been stopped for offside.
The Bird Is The Word
1 Comments:
I would like if the US chose a jersey design and stick with it for a decade or so. I can't be bothered with a new jersey every few months.
Marc
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