While the playoff hope fades, the young Union players will still keep learning from games like
this. The more games they play the better the team gets. Or so we all hope.
Photo essay: Union 0-0 Real Salt Lake
Pictures from the Union game that describe important plays during the game.
The Sounder Women fought hard, but a mistake on a set piece was their downfall. The better team
is moving on to the semifinals in Ottawa. Pali remains undefeated in their season. The only other
team in the league that remains undefeated is DC United. They have also downed their opponent today
to move on to Ottawa.
Admittedly, we don't cover women's soccer around here as much as we probably should. There is,
after all, a professional team playing under the name Sounders that was once officially part of the
same organization. They play their games at Starfire and are actually hosting the USL's W-League
Final Four starting tonight.
Portland's Jason Massie scored in the second minute and the Phoenix never looked back in
Saturday's 5-0 thrashing of the Victory at Scarborough High School.
Massie early goal gave way to strikes from Eric Anderson (10′), Ben Havey (18′), Keegan
Ziada (76′) and Andrew Jones (82′). Goalkeepers Terence Dieterich and Aidan McParland combined
for the clean sheet while Boston's Joao Santos and Portland's Rory Kennedy were shown red cards in
the 53rd minute.
The Pioneers strengthened their playoff push with a 2-0 win over CFC Azul on Friday at
Lusitano Stadium.
Ryan Malone (26′) and Jayme Kapinos (90+2′) each scored for the hosts while goalkeeperÂ
Warren Gross earned his league-leading ninth sheet clean of the season to put the Azul three
points behind in the Northeast Division standings.
Ottawa striker William Beague scored in added time on Saturday to help the Fury beat Boston
Victory, 1-0, at Oliver Ames High School in North Easton, Massachusetts.
With the scored knotted at 0-0 after 90 minutes, Beague took a pass from midfielder Drew Beckie
and was able to beat Victory goalie Vinny Papageorglou to get the full three points.
Scott Rowling's second half goal lifted the Seacoast over Portland in Wednesday's 1-0 win at
Deering High School.
Rowling scored in the 64th minute while Colin O'Donnell stopped four Phoenix shots to earn the
clean sheet. Keegan Ziada received the only caution of the game in the 38th minute.
The Ottawa NASL rumors have been floating for months. Now word out of Canada and the US is that
Ottawa will be announced as the newest NASL team which would start play in 2013. The announcement
will come some time next week.
On the most recent Miami Ultra's podcast called Miami Ultra's Alive, hosted by Pieter Brown and
Uncle Ed, guest Tim Robbie, president of the Fort Lauderdale Strikers mentioned let slip that
Ottawa will indeed be joining the NASL for 2013.
La FIFA ha anunciado que la próxima Copa Mundial Femenina que se celebrará en el 2015 en
Canadá será la primera edición en la que se contará con 24 selecciones; anteriormente solo
participaban 16, por lo que 8 paÃses mas de acuerdo a su Confederación y el número de plazas que
fueron otorgadas, tendrán oportunidad de participar en está edición.
Oooh, natural grass pitch!
The Nutrilite Canadian Championship just got more muddled. Well, by "just" we mean in 2014 - the
projected inaugural season for Ottawa's new NASL club. Scheduled to play in a revamped Lansdowne
Park Stadium alongside a new CFL club, Ottawa will be joining the ranks of Canadian pro footy clubs
alongside the three MLS squads and their NASL brethren FC Edmonton.
Last week, I looked at what would've happened if the NFL had promotion and relegation. Today, I
look at the NHL using the same rules.
Like the NFL, there's a clear point in which implementing it would've made sense. That's the
1967-68 expansion which saw the size of the league double, from the long-standing six teams to
twelve.
Before I start, I will say. Yes, there is a chance that they're working quietly behind the
scenes to get everything sorted out, and that come April 2010 we may all look back and say "Why'd I
ever doubt them?", but it really doesn't look that way at the moment.
When it was announced FCNY was treated as a big deal, MLS wasn't in New York City proper, so it
was treated as if it were the largest untapped market in the country.
Hola amigos! Burrito bring you the War of the Soccer Leagues between USL and the new NASL that the
TOA will begin in 2010. We still wait for ok from USSF but Burrito's connections say it going to
happen one way or another! Burrito want to warn you carnales this may be a little long so go get
something to eat, or drink a cafecito and relax and read Burritos futbol poetrys!
Let's talk about Don Garber's remarks from yesterday. First, expansion:
"We've had productive conversations with Montreal to be our 19th team," Garber said.
"We have not put a timetable as to when that team would join the league if we're able to reach
agreement with them. We do not have any active discussions going on of note for the 20th team and
certainly don't have any timetable for the 20th team.
Yesterday we found out that the new League was a go and today a number of sites confirm that the
TOA will play the 2010 season in a new league.
Teams such as Miami FC, Atlanta Silverbacks, Minnesota Thunder, Montreal Impact, Carolina Railhawks
and the Vancouver Whitecaps will soon be joined by a St.
Six ownership groups that were previously part of the USL-First Division have joined forces with
St. Louis Soccer United to form a new professional soccer league that will begin play in 2010.
The Atlanta Silverbacks, Carolina Railhawks, Miami FC, Minnesota Thunder, Montreal Impact and
Vancouver Whitecaps have joined St.
Six ownership groups that were previously part of the USL-First Division have joined forces with
St. Louis Soccer United to form a new professional soccer league that will begin play in 2010.
The Atlanta Silverbacks, Carolina Railhawks, Miami FC, Minnesota Thunder, Montreal Impact and
Vancouver Whitecaps have joined St.
Yesterday out at the Nike headquarters in Oregon the USL first division owners got together for
a little meeting. It turns out the group does know how to play some hardball with the other group
of owners known as the TOA who are planning to start their own league.
The USL called it a new era for the league, especially the first division.
I guess some would look at this as a continuation of the war of press releases between the
United Soccer Leagues and the Team Owners Association, but nonetheless it's still news.
According to the press release the USL First Division will move forward next year without the
member clubs of the TOA, though Tampa seems to be on-board with the USL despite flirting with TOA
over the last few months.
In a story that was first announced by Arsenal blog Young Guns in August,
Arsenal have finally confirmed the signing of Japanese forward Ryo Miyaichi. It
was a great birthday present for the young player as he signed his contract with the Gunners on his
18th birthday.
The group stages for the 16 teams were revealed yesterday in Germany. The host
nation saw their name drawn right at the beginning as they get to play in the first match against
Canada on June 26th of next year.
Having already qualified for the Women's World Cup next year in Germany, after
defeating Costa Rica 4-0 in the semi-final, the Canadians had the chance to take
it all in the final against host Mexico.
Most football fans would say "it's only the Carling Cup." However, when it comes down
to these two rivals it's always more than that.Â
Arsenal vs Tottenham Hotspurs - a match that is always enjoyable to watch had a
surprisingly strong young Arsenal side take the lead in the first 15 minutes with
first time starter Henri Lansbury tapping in a beautiful cross from Jack
Wilshere.
It was smooth sailing for England as they celebrated a Wayne Rooney goal in the
first 10 minutes of their Euro 2012 campaign against Switzerland, which ended with a 3-1 win.
However, for Arsenal fans the main focus was on Theo Walcott's injury.
The Sounders Women face the Pali Blues today. This is the final game of the regular season for
the Sounders. The Pali Blues are undefeated thus far, and hope to remain so. This is a preview of
next weekend's playoff game. If the Sounders can beat Pali next weekend, then it's off to Ottawa
for the four team final.
Genevieve Richard, who is expected to challenge for the starting goalkeeper job with the
University of Wisconsin women's soccer team in the fall, was named the USL W-League Player of the
Week for Week 3.
The Hamilton FC Rage keeper made seven saves in a 2-0 victory over Ottawa last Sunday, ending
the Fury's 17-game regular-season unbeaten streak.
The NHL needs to make money any way possible these days. To bring in some extra cash, the NHL
sold the naming rights to the 2012 NHL All-Star Game to Tim Horton Doughnut Shop. The game will now
be known as the 2012 Tim Hortons NHL All-Star Game.
Tim Horton was an NHL player for 24 years until he died in 1974 in a car crash.
If you missed last nights Miami Ultras Alive you MUST listen below. One of our best shows thanks to
Tim Robbie.
Fort Lauderdale Strikers President Tim Robbie talked for about an hour about the Strikers stadium
situation and the future of the team. Tim also broke the news on MUA#10 that Ottawa will be joining
the NASL.
"It was crap" was how US coach Pia Sundhage described the match against
Italy this weekend. Although happy to have qualified for Germany,
the coach was describing more of the poor performance in the first 20 minutes in Toyota
Park.
Let's start today off with a bang: Eric Wynalda has been named Director of International
Operations for Mexican Segunda division side Murcielagos (that's the third division in Mexico).
Wynalda will scout players and try to facilitate player exchanges that will bring the talent to
Murcielagos that will move them up to the top.
