Some Soccer News for Sep 28, 2017

It's Day 271 of 2017.


#UnitedForEachOther The 5 TV networks that simulcast Liga MX games in the USA on Tue and Wed raised over $1 Million in donations. Fantastic.

• Red Cross.

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FOX is laying out their plans for broadcasting the World Cup from Russia next summer. By Jonathan Tannenwald for Philly.com.

• More than half the games will be shown live on FOX. The rest on FS1.
• The #1 team of game broadcasters will be John Strong, Stuart Holden and Landon Donovan.

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MLS PLAYOFF CERTAINTIES

• IN EAST: (4 of 6) - Toronto, New York City, Atlanta, Chicago
• OUT EAST: (1 of 5) - DC
• IN WEST: (0 of 6) - (none)
• OUT WEST: (2 of 5) - Colorado, LA

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MINNESOTA UNITED

The coach says the players still have a lot of responsibility in the remaining games. Yes they do, their jobs and his. By Megan Ryan for the Star Tribune.

Sam Cronin who has been dealing with a concussion for a few weeks now is still not practicing with the team. Thanks to Andy Greder for that info.

Joe Greenspan has been loaned back to Pittsburgh for 1 game, will be back with Minn for 2 games, and then head back to Pittsburgh one last time before season ends.

Schedule:
-Sat Sep 30
Houston Dynamo v Minnesota United - 7:30pm CT on Fox 9+

MNUFC Academy schedule:
(All games at National Sports Center Grassbowl)
-Sat Sep 30
U13 MNUFC v Columbus Crew U13 - 9:30am CT
U14 MNUFC v Columbus Crew U14 - 11:30am CT
-Sun Oct 1
U13 MNUFC v Internationals U13 (from South of Cleveland) - 9:00am CT
U14 MNUFC v Internationals U14 - 11:00am CT

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MLS

Colorado forward Kevin Doyle retired today due to repeated concussions and worrying about his future health.

MY MLS Notes:

• A big night on Wednesday for playoff implications.
• Both Atlanta and Chicago clinched playoff berths on Wednesday night.
• New England got absolutely smoked 6-1 at Orlando. Brutal.
• New England is the only team in the league without a road win this season.
• You know what though - KC only has 2 road wins this season. Not very good for a team that wants to be a contender.
• Atlanta is a joy to watch. Their supporters must be nearing rapture.
• But Atlanta's dominance is a bit of a foggy situation. In the past 16 games they have only played 2 teams in current playoff contention. (Beaten Columbus twice. Tied Kansas City.)
• Dallas won for the 1st time in 11 games.

A player truly on the rise is RBNY's Tyler Adams. He still lives with mom and dad. By Noah Davis for ESPNFC.

• I have watched entire Red Bulls games just to watch Adams. He was their best player in the Open Cup Final.
• And on Wednesday he went out and scored 2 goals.

Armchair Analyst - special Wednesday match recap edition. By Matt Doyle for MLS.

Current estimates have DC United playing the first 1/3 of next season on the road. That can't be good. Minnesota needs to avoid that in 2019.

Toronto has lost some of their glitzy glimmer in the past few weeks - Here are 10 questions the team must answer headed to the playoffs. By Kurt Larson for Toronto Sun.

NYCFC desperately needs to get out of Yankee Stadium - here is their latest attempt. By Andrew Das for the New York Times.

Sigi Schmid plans for rebuilding the Galaxy. By Jeff Carlisle for ESPNFC.

• This is assuming he has a job. The whole management team could be gone soon.

Does Seattle have what it takes to repeat as MLS Cup champs? By Matt Pentz for ESPNFC.

Week 30 Schedule:
(19 games)
-Wed Sep 27
Atlanta 3-0 Philadelphia
Montreal 0-1 New York City
New York RB 3-3 DC
Orlando 6-1 New England
Dallas 2-0 Colorado
Houston 3-3 LA
San Jose 1-4 Chicago
Seattle 3-0 Vancouver
-Sat Sep 30
Orlando v Dallas - 3pm CT on Univision
Toronto v New York RB
Columbus v DC
New England v Atlanta
Chicago v New York City
Houston v Minnesota
Colorado v Montreal
Kansas City v Vancouver
LA v Salt Lake
San Jose v Portland
-Sun Oct 1
Philadelphia v Seattle - 12pmCT on ESPN

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NWSL PLAYOFFS

In an odd twist, the 4 teams who are qualified for the plays will be matched up against each other in the final round of the regular season on Saturday.

Seeding:
49 North Carolina (#1 seed)
44 Portland (#2 seed)
39 Chicago (3 or 4 seed)
37 Orlando (3 or 4 seed)

Last Games Of Regular Season Schedule:
-Wed Sep 27
Houston 0-4 North Carolina
-Sat Sep 30
Portland v Chicago
North Carolina v Orlando

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NASL

The attorney for NASL is an infamous lawyer who goes after sports leagues. Here is his plan. By Brian Straus for Sports Illustrated.

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USMNT WORLD CUP QUALIFYING

Jimmy Conrad gives his 2 cents on what its going to take for the USMNT to qualify. From FIFA.

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BIG TEAMS + GAMES IN EUROPES TOP LEAGUES:

Bayern has fired coach Carlo Ancelotti after getting beaten badly by PSG in the Champions League yesterday.

Weekend Schedule:
-Fri Sep 29
Monaco v Montpellier
Schalke v Leverkusen
-Sat Sep 30
Chelsea v Manchester City
Leganes v Atletico Madrid
Augsburg v Dortmund
Manchester United v Crystal Palace
PSG v Bordeaux
Sevilla v v Malaga
Huddersfield v Tottenham
-Sun Oct 1
Barcelona v Las Palmas
Real Madrid v Espanyol
Atalanta v Juventus
Hertha v Bayern
Milan v Roma
Arsenal v Brighton & Hove Albion
Newcastle v Liverpool
Benevento v Inter
Angers v Lyon
Nice v Marseille
Napoli v Cagliari



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