Heads up, long post ahead. Time to catch up on some stuff from the week.
The big news is that the Rapids re-signed Jamie Smith today. Actually, based on the scrimmage report from Wednesday, it appears to have happened earlier this week but it was announced today. Good move from the team.
The Hendry Thomas re-signing was made official today.
The full schedule is expected on Wednesday.
Edson Buddle was called up for January's Camp Cupcake Nats camp. This is not the player pool that will face Honduras in the first World Cup Qualifier but there's a good chance a handful of players from this camp will be on that roster.
Williams and the Union are back on March 9th! MLS announced the home openers today. The Rapids will be the visiting team for two of them as well as hosting their own (of course).
March 2nd - @Dallas
March 9th - Home opener against Philly (and my birthday!)
March 16th - @FSL
We only visit Dallas and FSL once next year, so we'll get those trips out of the way ASAP.
The MLS playoff picture became a little clearer on Saturday, and the dates and times for some of the games have already been set.
After being held to a draw by D.C. United on Saturday, the Chicago Fire will again play host when the Houston Dynamo travel to Toyota Park for the Eastern Conference knockout round game on Wednesday night.
This spring and summer is going to be a busy when it comes to soccer, especially at it's highest level in this country. Today FC Kansas City and the NWSL announced their schedule for their first season. Between them and Sporting KC it's going to be a busy summer.
First the good news, soccer fans in KC will not have to decide between Sporting and FCKC being at home on the same day.
It's finally here! Yes, folks, the Portland Timbers 2013 schedule is officially released. While there are still a few outstanding questions relating to kickoff times, Timbers fans have the general dates and times of every home and away match.
The schedule for the 2012 MLS Cup playoffs is set. Here is where you can find each game on TV.
One new wrinkle is in the Conference Championship games. Unlike previous years, the Conference Championships will also be decided by two-leg aggregate goals series, with the winners advancing to MLS Cup 2012 on December 1 – hosted by the finalist with the better regular season record.
By Jason Davis - WASHINGTON, DC (Oct 24, 2012) US Soccer Players -- For all the meddling Major League Soccer's all-powerful brain trust does with the League's format and schedule, the 2012 regular season is set to close with a bit of a whimper. With just a game left to play for 18 out of 19 teams, all ten playoff participants are set.
Usually our attention is focused on the "big" European leagues English, Spanish, German, Italian but this weekend features two big rivalry matches elsewhere, both on Sunday: the DutchDeKlassieker, withAjax travelling to Rotterdam to take on Feyenoord atDe Kuip; and down in Buenos Aires, the first Argentine Superclásicoin 17 months this weekend, with River Plate hosting Boca Juniors at the Estadio Monumental.
With the 2012-2013 UEFA Champions League kicking off in a matter of hours, it feels like the European club season really gets started in earnest today. Scroll down for all eight of today's fixtures (with eight more matches tomorrow).
For an overview of the tournament (and to help you plan your next two months of relevant Tuesdays & Wednesday), see UEFA's fancy interactive tournament calendar.
Sunday's Liverpool-Arsenal match at Anfield is the marquee matchup of the weekend, but there
are a bunch of games worth checking in on if you're looking for something to watch. Â Especially if
any of the transfer activity shows up on the pitch.
Here are our picks a few games each from the Premier League, La Liga, and Serie A (plus one from
the Eredivisie):
Saturday, Sept 1
10:00am Tottenham Hotspur vs Norwich City Fox Soccer Channel, Fox Deportes
12:30pm Manchester City vs Queens Park Rangers Fox Soccer Channel, Fox Deportes
2:45pm Bologna vs Milan beIN Sport 1 USA, RAI Interna.
Another season of European club football is upon us, and so we here at CultFootball are back
from a couple-month hiatus. Over at PoliticalFootballs, John Lally has a Premier League preview
which runs to a few thousand words. And here on CultFootball, Rob Kirby devotes almost as many
words to just Arsenal's chances this season.
The group stage is behind us 60 goals in 24 matches over 12 days and now the quarterfinals of
Euro 2012 are upon us. Four matches in four days, starting with the first kicking off in a few
hours. Â Here are your fixtures, along with a link for each:
We've nearly reached the end of the Group Stage. Two matches to go in Group D today:
Sweden-France and England-Ukraine, which will determine the final two quarterfinalists. Already in
the final eight: Czech Republic, Greece, Germany, Portugal, Spain, and Italy.
The latter two claimed first and second in Group C with tense victories yesterday.
Though yesterday's Group of Death final day had the potential to surprise like Group A's did on
Saturday, it ultimately worked out according to form. Germany finished off the group with 3
victories, while Portugal showed how pathetic this edition of the Oranje were sending them to their
third straight defeat, and back to a very unhappy Holland.
The last day of the 2nd round of group stage games, with Group D in action today. Yesterday's
Group C matches were a contrast a tight match between Italy and Croatia that ended in a 1-1 draw,
followed by a blowout 4-0 win for Spain, eliminating Ireland.
On to today: France travels to far eastern Ukraine to take on the co-hosts (can Ukraine build on
King Sheva's fairytale first game, and continue his quixotic quest to the Kyiv final?
We're belatedly kicking off our Euro 2012 coverage with the tournament kicking off later today
with two matches in Poland, and continuing until the final on July 1 in Kiev. Â To help you get
ready for the next next 3+ weeks of international European football, we've got a few posts coming
up this morning, ahead of Poland-Greece kicking off at noon ET in Warsaw.
We're gearing up for Euro 2012 kicking off later today with two matches in Poland, and
continuing until the final on July 1 in Kiev. Â To help you plan the rest of your month, see below
for links to a couple nice interactive calendars and below them, the full fixture list. Â (And see
also our Part 2, consisting of links to tournament previews and continuing coverage.
We're gearing up for Euro 2012 kicking off later today with two matches in Poland, and
continuing until the final on July 1 in Kiev. Â To help you plan the rest of your month, see below
for links to a couple nice interactive calendars and below them, the full fixture list. Â (And see
also our Part 2, consisting of links to tournament previews and continuing coverage.
Last Friday was supposed to be the day when representatives of the six Hexagonal teams would come together in Miami to decide on the schedule for next year's matches. That plan was never going to work; national associations want schedules that give their teams the best chance to decide, and why should competing teams assist in that effort?
The six CONCACAF nations in the final round of World Cup qualifying have asked FIFA to decide a schedule for the hexagonal using a draw on Nov. 7. Representatives from each remaining federation – Costa Rica, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama [...]
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CONCACAF announced on Friday that the Hexagonal round of World Cup Qualifying will start on February 6th, concluding on October 15th. What they didn't announce was the schedule, with the confederation opting to let FIFA determine the draw. That will happen within the next thirty days.
Chicago Soul FC Announce Inaugural Season Schedule Home opener set for Friday, December 7 at Sears
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In a little under 2 months, the indoor soccer season kicks off at the Independence Events Center.
The Missouri Comets will start their third season in the MISL. Yesterday the league released the
schedule for the 2012-2013 season. Once again this year the league is a 7 team league, with the
Chicago Soul entering the league while the Norfolk Sharx go the way of the dodo.
Russia receive a suspended six-point deduction by Uefa, following the poor behaviour of their fans
at Euro 2012 http://t.co/7itrGdsu - Get your Euro 2012 Stadiums!
On Wednesday, March 13th, the Confederation of North, Central America, and the Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) announced the 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup groups and schedule, with Houston being awarded Group B games featuring El Salvador vs. Haiti and Honduras vs. Trinidad & Tobago at BBVA Compass Stadium on Monday, July 15th.
Katie Schoepfer, one of the Breakers leading scorers in 2012 is returning to the team this season. (Photo credit: Mark Gardner/Courtesy of the Boston Breakers)
By Kevin Koczwara
The National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) announced the 2013regular season schedules today.
Behind the Axe looks towards 2013 and key dates for player acquisition and the first fixtures of 2013 as the Portland Timbers will play in a pre-season tournament in Arizona during January and February 2013. While the rest of the schedule isn't known, there are rumors of another early season tournament here in Portland, while we know which MLS teams will be visiting JELD-WEN Field based upon the 2012 schedule.
Local Visita Hora Sab 27 de Oct de 2012 Aston Villa --- Norwich City 06:45 Arsenal --- QP Rangers 09:00 Stoke City --- Sunderland 09:00 Reading --- Fulham 09:00 Wigan Athletic --- West Ham United 09:00 Man.City --- Swansea City 11:30 Dom 28 de Oct de 2012 Everton --- Liverpool 08:30 Southampton --- Tottenham Hotspur 10:00 Newcastle --- WBA 10:00 Chelsea --- Man.
Alan Pardew has revealed today that Fabricio Coloccini has been treated by the Argentine medics of their National side, after he picked up the hamstring injury during the International break while training with the squad, and it looks like they've done a really good job, and Fab is returning ahead of schedule.
All the Spanish Football - Liga agents have agreed today & have finally settled the SPANISH LEAGUE
FIXTURE for season 2012- 2013. Below is a diagram in Spanish which gives a birds-eye view of the
big matches:- Start of LA LIGA ( Round 1 ) - 18/19 August - 1º leg of Spanish SuperCup - 23 August
- 2º leg of Spanish SuperCup - 30 August - Spanish Cup Final - 18 of May 2013 - End of LA LIGA (
Round
I hope you enjoy this upcoming weekend without a Sporting KC game, because it could be the last
light week in a little while for KC. Should KC make the finals of the US Open Cup, and the PSG
friendly is made official, KC will play 17 games in 56 days between June 16th and August 11th.
Twelve of those games are league games, 3 could be US Open Cup games, and 2 could be friendlies.
