Some Soccer News for Oct 30, 2017
It's Day 303 of 2017.
MLS PLAYOFFS
Lets hope upon hope that the first leg games on Mon and Tues are dramatically better than the Sun night game. Vancouver didn't come to play and Seattle let them not play but not playing themselves.
Quarterfinals Schedule/Results:
1st Leg
-Sun Oct 29
Vancouver 0-0 Seattle - a dullards delight.
-Mon Oct 30
NYRB v Toronto - 6:00pm CT
Houston v Portland - 8:30pm CT
Previews:
-Tue Oct 31
Columbus v NYCFC - 7:00pm CT
2nd Leg
-Thu Nov 2
Seattle v Vancouver - 9:30pm CT
-Sun Nov 5
Toronto v NYRB - 2:00pm CT
-Mon Nov 6
NYCFC v Columbus - TBA CT
Portland v Houston - TBA CT
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Tyler Deric of Houston Dynamo named MLS Player Of The Month for October.
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MINNESOTA UNITED
Six years ago yesterday!
Another argument for better defense next year (I can't believe some people are disagreeing with me on this point.) Goal output home and away was almost identical. It was the road defense that killed them.
17 Home Games:
17 Away Games:
MNUFC Academy teams have their first derby matches!
-Sun Nov 5
Minnesota Thunder v Minnesota United
U-13 - 1:00 PM
U-14 - 3:00 PM
At Academy of Holy Angels Dome, Richfield
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USL PLAYOFFS
Red Bulls II, the defending champs, pulled off another upset win. OKC beat a higher seeded opponent too.
Quarterfinals Results:
-Sat Oct 28
Louisville 1-0 Rochester
Tampa Bay 1-2 Red Bulls II
Swope Park 1-0 Sacramento
San Antonio 1-1 OKC - OKC adv 4-1 on PKs.
Semifinals Schedule:
-Sat Nov 4
Louisville v NYRB II - 6:30pm CT
Swope Park v OKC - 7:30pm CT
dN
NASL PLAYOFFS
Semifinals Schedule:
Miami(#1) v New York Cosmos(#4) - 4:00pm CT
San Francisco(#2) v North Carolina(#3) - 7:00pm CT
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Emmanuel Ledesma of New York Cosmos named NASL Player Of The Week
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AMERICANS ABROAD
John Brooks returned to the field, making his regular season debut for Wolfsburg. He went the full 90 as they tied 1-1 at Schalke.
20 year old Shaquell Moore made his debut for Levante in Spains La Liga. He came on in the 72nd as they tied 2-2 at Eibar.
Going back a month to Sep 26 things have not gone real well for Christian Pulisic and Dortmund:
Bobby Wood is another player struggling in the Bundesliga, having scored in Game 2 of the season and he has yet to score another goal in any of the other 8 games he has played.
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COPA LIBERTADORES
Semifinal Schedule:
(no TV in America)
2nd Leg
-Oct 31
Lanus v River Plate (0-1)
-Nov 1
Gremio v Barcelona (3-0)
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LIGA MX
Apertura Liguilla Race (with 2 round remaining in regular season.)
IN: Monterrey
OUT: Queretaro, Pumas, Veracruz
MEXICO - COPA MX
Quarterfinals Schedule:
-Oct 31
Guadalajara v Atlante
Pachuca v Tijuana
America v Queretaro
Monterry v Santos Laguna
dN
UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE - GROUP STAGE
Matchday 4 full Schedule.
Highlight games:
-Tue Oct 31
Roma v Chelsea
-Wed Nov 1
Napoli v Manchester City
Tottenham v Real Madrid
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BIG TEAMS + GAMES IN EUROPES TOP LEAGUES
Two upsets in the big team zone:
Results:
-Fri Oct 27
PSG 3-0 Nice
-Sat Oct 28
Man United 1-0 Tottenham
Bayern 2-0 Leipzig
Milan 0-2 Juventus
Bilbao 0-2 Barcelona
West Brom 2-3 Man City
Bournemouth 0-1 Chelsea
Hannover 4-2 Dortmund
Arsenal 2-1 Swansea
Roma 1-0 Bologna
Liverpool 3-0 Huddersfield
Atletico Madrid 1-1 Villarreal
Schalke 1-1 Wolfsburg
Bordeaux 0-2 Monaco
-Sun Oct 29
Girona 2-1 Real Madrid
Napoli 3-1 Sassuolo
Lille 0-1 Marseille
-Mon Oct 30
Hellas Verona v Inter
The Bird Is The Word
MLS PLAYOFFS
Lets hope upon hope that the first leg games on Mon and Tues are dramatically better than the Sun night game. Vancouver didn't come to play and Seattle let them not play but not playing themselves.
Quarterfinals Schedule/Results:
1st Leg
-Sun Oct 29
Vancouver 0-0 Seattle - a dullards delight.
-Mon Oct 30
NYRB v Toronto - 6:00pm CT
Houston v Portland - 8:30pm CT
Previews:
- New York - Red Bulls very impressed by TFC. By Kyle Schnitzer for the New York Post.
- Toronto - Q + A with Vanney talking about Marsch. By John Molinaro for Sports Net.
- Houston - Who will step up to make a real difference? By Corey Roepken for the Houston Chronicle.
- Portland - Timbers have experience on their side. By Jamie Goldberg for the Oregonian.
-Tue Oct 31
Columbus v NYCFC - 7:00pm CT
2nd Leg
-Thu Nov 2
Seattle v Vancouver - 9:30pm CT
-Sun Nov 5
Toronto v NYRB - 2:00pm CT
-Mon Nov 6
NYCFC v Columbus - TBA CT
Portland v Houston - TBA CT
dN
Tyler Deric of Houston Dynamo named MLS Player Of The Month for October.
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MINNESOTA UNITED
Six years ago yesterday!
On this day in 2011, the NSC Minnesota Stars claimed the NASL championship. #Wonderwall pic.twitter.com/UPGfgVOAyY— Chris Lidholm 🎙 (@chrislidholm) October 30, 2017
Another argument for better defense next year (I can't believe some people are disagreeing with me on this point.) Goal output home and away was almost identical. It was the road defense that killed them.
17 Home Games:
- 7W - 4T - 6L
- 25 GF - 1.5 gpg
- 26 GA - 1.5 gpg
- 5 times shut out
- 4 clean sheets kept
17 Away Games:
- 3W - 2T - 12L
- 22 GF - 1.3 gpg
- 44 GA - 2.6 gpg
- 5 times shut out
- 0 clean sheets kept
MNUFC Academy teams have their first derby matches!
-Sun Nov 5
Minnesota Thunder v Minnesota United
U-13 - 1:00 PM
U-14 - 3:00 PM
At Academy of Holy Angels Dome, Richfield
dN
USL PLAYOFFS
Red Bulls II, the defending champs, pulled off another upset win. OKC beat a higher seeded opponent too.
Quarterfinals Results:
-Sat Oct 28
Louisville 1-0 Rochester
Tampa Bay 1-2 Red Bulls II
Swope Park 1-0 Sacramento
San Antonio 1-1 OKC - OKC adv 4-1 on PKs.
Semifinals Schedule:
-Sat Nov 4
Louisville v NYRB II - 6:30pm CT
Swope Park v OKC - 7:30pm CT
dN
NASL PLAYOFFS
Semifinals Schedule:
Miami(#1) v New York Cosmos(#4) - 4:00pm CT
San Francisco(#2) v North Carolina(#3) - 7:00pm CT
- Semis + Final will air on beIN Sports.
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Emmanuel Ledesma of New York Cosmos named NASL Player Of The Week
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AMERICANS ABROAD
John Brooks returned to the field, making his regular season debut for Wolfsburg. He went the full 90 as they tied 1-1 at Schalke.
20 year old Shaquell Moore made his debut for Levante in Spains La Liga. He came on in the 72nd as they tied 2-2 at Eibar.
Going back a month to Sep 26 things have not gone real well for Christian Pulisic and Dortmund:
- 9-26 Lost 1-3 to Real Madrid in Champions League
- 9-29 Won 1-2 at Augsburg in Bundesliga
- 10-14 Lost 2-3 to Liepzig in Bundesliga
- 10-17 Tied 1-1 at Apoel in Champions League
- 10-21 Tied 2-2 at Eintracht Frankfurt in Bundesliga
- 10-24 Won 0-5 at Magdeburg in DFB Pokal
- 10-28 Lost 4-2 at Hannover in Bundesliga
- 7 Games: 2W - 2T - 3L
- Won just 1 of 4 in Bundesliga
Bobby Wood is another player struggling in the Bundesliga, having scored in Game 2 of the season and he has yet to score another goal in any of the other 8 games he has played.
- Hamburg boss says he has not lost faith in Wood. By Stephan Uersfeld for ESPNFC.
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COPA LIBERTADORES
Semifinal Schedule:
(no TV in America)
2nd Leg
-Oct 31
Lanus v River Plate (0-1)
-Nov 1
Gremio v Barcelona (3-0)
dN
LIGA MX
Apertura Liguilla Race (with 2 round remaining in regular season.)
IN: Monterrey
OUT: Queretaro, Pumas, Veracruz
MEXICO - COPA MX
Quarterfinals Schedule:
-Oct 31
Guadalajara v Atlante
Pachuca v Tijuana
America v Queretaro
Monterry v Santos Laguna
dN
UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE - GROUP STAGE
Matchday 4 full Schedule.
Highlight games:
-Tue Oct 31
Roma v Chelsea
-Wed Nov 1
Napoli v Manchester City
Tottenham v Real Madrid
dN
BIG TEAMS + GAMES IN EUROPES TOP LEAGUES
Two upsets in the big team zone:
- Dortmund beaten by surprising Hannover
- Real Madrid shockingly upset up nobodies Girona.
- Liepzig lost, but to Bayern.
- Milan lost to Juve.
- And Tottenham was beaten too, by Man U.
Results:
-Fri Oct 27
PSG 3-0 Nice
-Sat Oct 28
Man United 1-0 Tottenham
Bayern 2-0 Leipzig
Milan 0-2 Juventus
Bilbao 0-2 Barcelona
West Brom 2-3 Man City
Bournemouth 0-1 Chelsea
Hannover 4-2 Dortmund
Arsenal 2-1 Swansea
Roma 1-0 Bologna
Liverpool 3-0 Huddersfield
Atletico Madrid 1-1 Villarreal
Schalke 1-1 Wolfsburg
Bordeaux 0-2 Monaco
-Sun Oct 29
Girona 2-1 Real Madrid
Napoli 3-1 Sassuolo
Lille 0-1 Marseille
-Mon Oct 30
Hellas Verona v Inter
The Bird Is The Word
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