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Blas Perez, future mayor of FC Dallas Stadium. (Photo via FC Dallas communications)
No, you read the headline correctly. FC Dallas newcomer Blas Perez is in heavy pursuit to become
the mayor...of FC Dallas Stadium.
Yes, the guy is addicted to Foursquare, the social media service that allows users to check-in
at places.
Blas Perez, future mayor of FC Dallas Stadium. (Photo via FC Dallas communications)
No, you read the headline correctly. FC Dallas newcomer Blas Perez is in heavy pursuit to become
the mayor...of FC Dallas Stadium.
Yes, the guy is addicted to Foursquare, the social media service that allows users to check-in
at places.
Another amazing stadium opens this weekend. (Wilf Thorne / Houston Dynamo)
All eyes this weekend will be on Houston. Major League Soccer get to open up yet another soccer
specific stadium and BBVA Compass Stadium will certainly be a proud one to display to the world.
The bright orange seats and the oven-like feeling inside will almost certainly give the Dynamo a
tough home environment to deal with.
Not to be out-shown by the atrocious work being done in the press box, both the United States
and Panama turned in embarrassingly poor performances in what was, by far, the least attractive
game of soccer in the Klinsmann era. Graham Zusi grabbed the game's only goal in the 9th minute,
lashing home a cross that the US was lucky to see bounce off the back of hapless striker Teal
Bunbury's leg inside the Panamanian area.
Ryan Johnson could have a big season ahead with Toronto FC. (Getty Images)
Each season in Major League Soccer there are a number of players that seemingly come out of
nowhere to enjoy a big season. A couple years ago it was Chris Wondolowski to last season with
Dominic Oduro finally finding his way in the Windy City with the Fire.
It is that time again, the new season is here and I will make my annual Bold
MLS Season Predictions.
Last year I did alright in some predictions, and pretty poorly in others. In years past I've
always thrown out a few random predictions to mix things up a bit so this isn't just another
predictions post out there.
LA and Salt Lake resume their rivalry to kickoff the season. (Getty Images)
The 2012 season is finally here folks. After a few months of offseason and preseason madness,
the new season is ready to kickoff. Many clubs have reason to be optimistic going into the new
season while expectations are already being placed on the big boys in the league to do well again
once more this season.
By DAVE MARTINEZ
The New York Red Bulls had months to address many of the pressing problems surrounding the team,
but their opening day loss felt quite familiar. Defensive miscues put young rookie goalkeeper
Ryan Meara under fire, set piece situation's looked as shaky as ever, and the team could only
manage to find an attacking rhythm in spurts.
By DAVE MARTINEZ
As the final whistle blew on the New York Red Bulls' season-opening loss to FC Dallas, no one
was more visibly angered than Thierry Henry - and with good reason. The Red Bulls' lack of
rhythm, cohesion and inability to move forward was a throw-back to a time he would have much rather
forgotten.
Benny Feilhaber put in a solid performance off the bench in a losing effort. (Photo: Chris
Aduama/aduama.com)
After each match the contributors to New England Soccer Today will rate the
performances of the New England Revolution players who made an appearance on a 1 to 10 scale (1
horrendous, 5 average, 10 perfection).
It's Monday. So along with the other usual suspects (posts) around here, I think I may try a new
one as the MLS Discipline Committee continues to hand down weekly suspensions and fines. Its a new
game of guess who gets fined or suspended this week!
Here are some nominees:
Sanny Nyassi for his boot to the face of Troy Perkins
What about someone in the scuffle between Chicago and Seattle?
On Sunday night, the Colorado Rapids defeated FC Dallas 2-0 in a penalty-filled affair at FC
Dallas Stadium.
FC Dallas lost two men to red cards in the first half, forcing the club to play with nine men
for 54 minutes of the match.
Midfielder Daniel Hernandez was the first to be shown a red, after picking up his second yellow
card in only the 34th minute.
With the international break nearly here, MLS teams are cramming in games before World Cup
qualifiers begin, and the result is a numerous mid-week matches.
Four MLS games and a friendly accompany the Canadian championship on the docket Wednesday night,
highlighted by the New York Red Bulls' five-game winning streak being put to the test by recent
trade partner Chivas USA and the Los Angeles Galaxy looking to end their struggles against the San
Jose Earthquakes in the California Clasico.
FC Dallas has emerged from its offseason slumber in a big way.
The club signed Panama striker Blas Perez and young Colombian defender Hernan Pertuz on Tuesday,
addressing two areas of need with international-caliber talent. Neither deal was classified as a
Designated Player signing according to a team release.
By Tony Edwards - San Jose, CA (Jan 10, 2012) US Soccer Players -- Tuesday's Five, and Tony
considers a big name in CONCACAF coming to MLS, Chicago's latest signing, and coaches who were
fired after they won MLS Cup. Which has been the quietest 'big name' signing by an MLS club this
offseason? How about Dallas signing Panamanian forward Blas Perez.
Mais um jogo das eliminatórias da Copa do Mundo de 2014, foi realizado no dia 07/10/2011, na
cidade de Roseau-DMA, onde jogaram as seleções da Dominica (149º no ranking da FIFA) e a
seleção do Panamá (53º no ranking da FIFA).
Antes desse jogo, as 2 seleções nunca haviam jogado.
Photo by Patricia Giobetti/ISIphotos.com
D.C. United's wing options got a little more intriguing on Friday.
The club acquired midfielder Danny Cruz from the Houston Dynamo in exchange for a partial
allocation, adding an up-and-coming player to the team's already up-and-coming nucleus.
New FC Dallas signings Blas Perez and Carlos Rodriguez and new Philadelphia Union midfielder
Gabriel Gomez are among the 18 players called in by Julio Dely Valdes for Panama's friendly against
the United States next week.
Not included on Panama's roster are Santos Laguna centerback Felipe Baloy or star forward Luis
Tejada, who scored three times at the 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup.
GK: Luis Mejia (Fenix), Kevin Melgar (Alianza FC) DEF: Rolando Algandona (San Francisco FC), Edward
Benitez (Sporting SM), Eduardo Dasent (Tauro FC), Carlos Rodriguez (FC Dallas), Sergio Thompson
(Sporting SM), Eric Vasquez (Chorrillo FC) MID: Rolando Botello (Tauro FC), Gabriel Gomez
(Philadephia Union), Juan de Gracia (Chepo FC), Luis Ovalle (Sporting SM), Alberto Quintero
(Chorrillo FC), Marcos Sanchez (Tauro FC), Amir Waithe (San Francisco FC) FOR: Manuel Mosquera
(Arabe Unido), Blas Perez (FC Dallas), Luis.
Panama head coach Julio Dely Valdes has called in 18 players for Wednesday night's friendly against
the United States, and the roster features a couple key veterans as well as several young
internationals who will be a part of CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying in March.
FC Dallas striker Blas Perez has 23 career goals for the marearoja, including two against
the United States.
Jon Levy The Yanks are coming off what's becoming the typical Jurgen Klinsmann USMNT performance
when faced with less skilled competition. They possessed the crap out of ball, moved it well in
their opponent's half, but failed to generate clear cut scoring chances against a well organized
defense. But they did get a pinch of [.
The U.S. Men's National Team last faced Canada in the 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup, but it's been more
than 13 years since the teams met on Canadian soil. With the U.S. and Canada set to face each other
in Toronto at 7 p.m. ET on June 3, we took a look at the history between the sides and found some
interesting facts.
Four days after putting together an impeccable performance against Venezuela, the United States
had to overcome a sloppy and disheveled showing to escape Estadio Rommel Fernandez with a 1-0 win
over Panama Wednesday night.
Graham Zusi's ninth minute goal survived more than 85 minutes of as Panama squandered countless
chances to equalize against a maligned back line during the international friendly.
By FRANCO PANIZO
U.S. men's national team head coach Jurgen Klinsmann scheduled the friendly in Panama to
experience what a road game in CONCACAF was like, and he got just what he wanted.
Four days after beating Venezuela, the United States defeated Panama, 1-0, on Wednesday night in
a game that felt much like a CONCACAF World Cup qualifier on the road.
Featured image courtesy of Philadelphia Union
Le Talk
While posing a hypothetical question to the Union Twitterati whether they would accept $2.75
million for Sebastien Le Toux, Jonathan "The Goalkeeper" Tannenwald mentions, "I've been told there
has been no offer yet."
Meanwhile, Daily News reporter Kerith Gabriel writes, "It's likely the Union will start the 2012
campaign without Frenchman Sebastien Le Toux.
Kenny Cooper opened his New York Red Bulls account on Tuesday, doing so against his former club in
the process.
Cooper scored the opening goal in the Red Bulls' 2-0 preseason victory over FC Dallas in Cancun,
Mexico, a game that was postponed from Monday because of field conditions.
Photo by Bill Barrett/ISIphotos.com
By CALEB SONNELAND
In a prelude to their season-opening match that is less than a month away, Sporting Kansas City
topped D.C. United, 2-1, in Casa Grande, Ariz., Saturday on the strength of goals from Graham Zusi
and Soony Saad.
photo by ISIphotos.com
By FRANCO PANIZO
The Portland Timbers wrapped up their preseason camp in Carson, California on Wednesday with a
win that improved them to 3-0-1 during their time there.
Portland recorded a 2-0 victory over the Chicago Fire in the last preseason match of its
training camp at the Home Depot Center.
Mais um jogo das eliminatórias da Copa do Mundo de 2014, foi realizado no dia 11/10/2011, na
cidade do Panama-PAN, onde jogaram as seleções do Panamá (53º no ranking da FIFA) e a seleção
da NIcaragua (156º no ranking da FIFA).
Antes desse jogo, as 2 seleções jogaram:
Eliminatórias Copa do Mundo2014Managua 06/09/2011 NCA1:2 (1:1)PAN 2002Panama City 21/05/2000 PAN4:0 (0:0)NCA Central American
Round2002Diriamba 19/03/2000 NCA0:2 (0:1)PAN Central American Round
Copa OUro2009Glendale 12/07/2009 PAN4:0 (1:0)NCA First stage1963San Salvador 29/03/1963 PAN5:0NCA First
stage
Eliminatórias Continentais2011Panama City 16/01/2011 PAN2:0 (1:0)NCA First stage2003Panama City 21/02/2003 PAN0:1 (0:0)NCA
2001Tegucigalpa 27/05/2001 PAN6:0 (3:0)NCA First round1995Diriamba 29/10/1995 NCA0:5 (0:1)PAN
Preliminary round1995Panama City 22/10/1995 PAN2:0 (0:0)NCA Preliminary round1967Guatemala City
17/02/1967 PAN1:3NCA
Amistosos1970Panama City 02/03/1970 PAN4:3NCA First stage1953San Jose (Crc) 14/03/1953 PAN0:2NCA 1951Panama
City 04/03/1951 PAN6:2NCA 1951Panama City 28/02/1951 PAN4:0NCA 1946San Jose (Crc) 10/03/1946
PAN0:2NCA 1941San Jose (Crc) 18/05/1941 PAN5:2 (2:1)NCA
O árbitro desse jogo, foi: Edenlison Ventura-SLV
Scout:Luis Tejada (27.
David Ferreira recorded a goal and assist to lead FC Dallas to a 4-0 romp over a ten-man Orlando
City side in the Disney Pro Soccer Classic on Tuesday.
A fourth-minute red card to Orlando City goalkeeper Sean Kelley forced the home team to play a
man down for most of the night and FC Dallas took full advantage, with four different players
scoring goals.
photo by Brad Smith/ISIphotos.com
By FRANCO PANIZO
A red-hot start. A faltering finish. Brek Shea's dominating season. David Ferreira's season-long
injury.
For FC Dallas, the 2011 season was a year full of high and lows. Led by U.S. men's national team
winger Brek Shea, the team looked a serious contender for the MLS Cup before a heavy schedule that
included MLS regular season, U.
Continuing our trip West, we look at teams that the Colorado Rapids will be battling for a
playoff spot in 2012.
FC Dallas: Pizza Hut Park is home to one of my two enigmas for the coming
season. The defense looks better with George John's return, but there are questions on whether
Dallas is closer to the 2010 team that went to the MLS Cup finals, or a squad likely to scrape by
into the playoffs.
Continuing our trip West, we look at teams that the Colorado Rapids will be battling for a
playoff spot in 2012.
FC Dallas: Pizza Hut Park is home to one of my two enigmas for the coming
season. The defense looks better with George John's return, but there are questions on whether
Dallas is closer to the 2010 team that went to the MLS Cup finals, or a squad likely to scrape by
into the playoffs.
Alright, let me try my hand at these...
1. Real Salt Lake: Tore apart defending champs at their place.
2. Seattle: Will get more accurate read once league play starts.
3. LA Galaxy: Um... they're still pretty good.
4. Sporting KC: Took a late winner but got job done.
5.
An excellent Blas Perez and crap defending by the Red Bulls saw them lose their MLS opener to FC
Dallas.
Perez, the Panamanian signing was instrumental in creating both goals for Dallas while Kenny
Cooper, the record goalscorer for his old club, scored on debut for Red Bulls to pull one back.
The Colombian influence in MLS continues to grow.
FC Dallas continued to do their part in maintaining the trend by signing 25-year-old Colombian
striker Luis Perea, adding a complement up top to Blas Perez and giving FCD more firepower during a
time which Brek Shea is off on U.
Quick Recap: The Portland Timbers looked terrible in the first and were very lucky to only give
up 1 goal. Portland responded well to whatever John Spencer said at half time and looked like a
different team in the 2nd half but only got the equalizer. 1 to 1 on the road.
First Half:
It was as if Portland decided to remind the fans what they were like on the road during the 2011
season.
Geoff was not available to do the player ratings this week so I will
be filling in for him today. -Will
Yesterday the Portland Timbers struggled early on against FC Dallas, looking extremely shaky as
they went down 1-0 before the half. However, in the second half of play the Timbers came roaring
back, grabbing an early equalizer and looking likely to take all three points until tiring later
on.
Record vs Dallas - 19-19-8
Record at home - 10-8-5
at LSP - 0-1
Last game 8/27/11 - 2-3 (Kamara 22, Bravo 68, Hernandez 70, Santos 89, Warshaw 92+)
KC is getting into a meaty portion of their schedule starting tomorrow when they take on FC Dallas.
It's the first of four in a row against the Western Conference for the Wizards.
Will DC and Dallas battle to any goals this year? (Getty Images)
Here we are, at the end of the first month of the season already and by the end of the weekend
we'll be in April. Week 4 in Major League Soccer gets started a little early with a game tomorrow
night in DC with United hosting FC Dallas.
