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US Soccer has named Clint Dempsey as the 2011 Male Athlete of the Year. And Brek Shea was named the
Young Male Athlete of the Year.
dN
Richie Williams, the original Ankle Biter, has been named the new head coach of the USA U17 team.
He had been serving as coach of the U18s, so I guess they are looking for a new boss now.
Xabi Alonso strokes his beard whilst mulling over his team's chances of winning this weekend's El
Clasico.
It's going to be a big, contentious weekend of footy, we can feel it.
Short on time or interest to catch all the action as it happens? Yeah, we can feel that too.
There is a solve, though, that we've never explored before.
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Its official - France v USA - Fri Nov 11 in Paris at Stade de France - 2pm CT on ESPN2.
-Alright, who out there in du Nord land has frequent flyer miles to get you & me to Paris for this
game. I will get us the game tix.
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Ticket sales in Seattle for the Sounders final regular season home game on Saturday have now topped
61,000!
NASL PLAYOFFS
You have NO excuse for not attending the Stars home Semifinal game on Saturday night.
Surly Brewing will be pitching in for the Dark Clouds supporters pre-game tailgate party by
providing free beer to everyone 21 years old and over. Hooray beer.
dN
Semifinals - Home & Home Series
Matches & Scores:
1st Leg
-Sat Oct 8
NSC Minnesota Stars v Carolina RailHawks
Ft Lauderdale Strikers v Puerto Rico Islanders
2nd Leg
-Sat Oct 15
Carolina RailHawks v NSC Minnesota Stars
Puerto Rico Islanders v Ft Lauderdale Strikers
TEAM USA - EL EQUIPO DE TODOS
Michelle Kaufman of the Miami Herald on Jurgen Klinsmann's vision for the USA team.
STARTERSRumors began pouring out this afternoon that Chuck Blazer would step down as General Secratary of
CONCACAF at years end. Confirmation came a short while later. It will be interesting if we hear any
story behind this move.-Bill Archer at Big Soccer with the story.
-Blazer will NOT step down from his FIFA executive committee post though.
STARTERSLess than 7,000 tickets have been sold to the USA v Honduras game on Saturday night. Miami for MLS
right? Lets see what ya got!
dN
The LA Galaxy will lay claim to the Supporters Shield tonight if they are victorious in New
York.
US OPEN CUPThe 2011 Final is Tonight!
STARTERSLandon Donovan is OUT of the upcoming USA friendlies with a thigh muscle injury. Edson Buddle has
been called in to take his place.
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Montreal's big splashy first MLS signing is a centerback who has barely played a game since the
middle of 2006 - 28 year old Colombian Nelson Rivas.
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Vancouver Whitecaps will debut at the beautifully refurbished BC Place stadium this weekend against
long time rivals Portland Timbers. Should be a skeptical.
VIDEO OF THE DAY
The latest video from the Minnesota Stars follows them south to Cary North Carolina for the final
game of the regular season - a must win.
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My huge thanks go out to Joe the Curmudgeon for posting the du Nord news last Thursday and Friday
while I was off on safari.
STORY OF THE DAY
Awesome video of my favorite team NSC Minnesota Stars singing in the lockerroom down in Cary NC
after clinching their playoff spot.
TEAM USA - EL EQUIPO DE TODOS
In case you missed it last week, Jose Torres has suffered a broken bone in his left foot and after
surgery he will be on the shelf until some time in January or the beginning of February.
STORY OF THE DAY
This story has popped up in every city where a club team from the US Soccer development academy has
told their players to make a choice between the club that plays in a national league or their high
school team.
STARTERSBob Bradley is scheduled to be in Cairo on Wednesday. Will this seal the deal?
-Andrew Das of the New York Times looks at the situation Bradley will face.
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Holy Gasperini Batman! Inter Milan has now started their new season with a 2nd loss in 3 games,
this time 3-1 to newly promoted Novara.
STARTERSStuart Holden is said to be in the starting 11 for Bolton tomorrow in the English League Cup.
Hooray hooray hooray! Oh Yeah!
-The team website has words from the man himself.
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Javier Morales is traveling with Real Salt Lake this week for the first time since suffering a
severely broken ankle back in May.
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In Dallas this Saturday the fans ritual march to the stadium will be in honor of Bobby Rhine who
passed away last week. Leading this march will be MLS Commissioner Don Garber along with members of
Bobby's family, plus FCD midfielder Brek Shea and FCD President Doug Quinn.
STARTERSBob Bradley has officially been hired as head coach of Egypt. El Badil with the story.
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Jozy Altidore got the first goal for AZ in a Europa League win today.
STORY OF THE DAYESPN has the story of Richard Sanchez who was born and raised in the USA but played goalkeeper for
the Mexican national team this summer when they won the U17 World Cup.
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Rumors are spreading like a sandstorm that Bob Bradley will be announced as the new head coach of
the Egyptian national team.
-Any Egyptian readers care to give us their thoughts?
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Stumbling Columbus hosts bumbling Houston in MLS action tonight.
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Tomorrow - Wed Sep 15 is the last day MLS teams can make any roster moves for this season. Thats
it.
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The rumor is that the USA will schedule two more friendlies this calendar year - Approx Fri Nov 11
and Tue Nov 15, both in Europe.
2011-12 CONCACACHAMPIONS
Matchday 3
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Scott French of ESPN writes about LA headed to Morelia and the wave of negativity headed toward
Landon Donovan.
STARTERSALL UEFA Champions League games are shown live on Direct TV.
TEAM USA - EL EQUIPO DE TODOSA second October friendly is now official - Tue Oct 11 v Ecuador at Red Bull Arena in Harrison
NJ.
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US Soccer gives us a recap of part of Jurgen Klinsmanns recent European scouting trip.
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Blackburn is paying just under US$2 million for Dallas centerback George John.
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INSANITY: Cameroon forward Samuel Eto'o is now the highest paid player in the world. Unreal.
-Russian team Anzhi Makhachkala has bought Eto'o from Inter Milan for US$36 Million.
STARTERSBrazil won the U20 World Cup over Portugal on Saturday. Mexico won the third place game. And
American Marc Geiger was the referee for the final. See details below in U20 World Cup section.
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Yahoo reports that the Mexican Primera match on Saturday between Santos Laguna and Morelia was
stopped and suspended on Saturday after suspected drug gangs and police had a shootout on the
streets right outside the stadium.
Andy Carroll finally proved his worth to Liverpool against Manchester City on Monday night. In his
fourth full game for the Reds, the giant Geordie scored two brilliant goals underlining his
potential and ability as a big-game player. The goals showcased Carroll's talents and strengths, a
lethally accurate left foot and superb heading ability.
Guys I am actually travelling back home & have stopped to put this post in asap. LIONEL MESSI is
the 2010 FIFA GOLDEN BALL winner surprising everyone, including myself. Its his second in a row &
some suspect that the "commercial interests" have played a mayor role in the choice. It is not the
first or last time that FIFA is "suspected" of favouring the economic angle of things.
