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Scottish Premier League Recap 11 February 2012 - The 90th Minute Soccer Blog
Below is a recap of all the SPL matches on February 11, 2012.
Dunfermline 1-4 Rangers
Rangers get goals from four different players to keep pace in the title race. Dunfermline
remains last in the table with a -30 goal difference.
After nine matches away, El Pistolero was back in the Liverpool line up. The Uruguayan had been
watching in the stands as the mighty Reds gained excellent results against Manchester City and
Manchester United without him. Suarez came on as a substitute and could not inspire Liverpool
against a weakened Spurs team.
It is said that revenge is a dish best served cold. If temperature is a guide to the revenge
due then Blackburn are going to get roasted.
Our game at Ewood was a seriously depressing affair and one of the low points of this (and any)
season. To concede 4 goals from 3 Blackburn shots and to lose from being 2 up after 20 mins was
desperate for fans just recovering from the MU mauling.
It is said that revenge is a dish best served cold. If temperature is a guide to the revenge
due then Blackburn are going to get roasted.
Our game at Ewood was a seriously depressing affair and one of the low points of this (and any)
season. To concede 4 goals from 3 Blackburn shots and to lose from being 2 up after 20 mins was
desperate for fans just recovering from the MU mauling.
Henry to start?
Horrible is the word to describe our last meeting against Blackburn Rovers. Steve Kean's side
only had two shots on goal and still managed to beat us 4-3. That was a dark day in our season but
nothing compared to the run of form we are in now. The draw at Bolton was the first league point we
picked up this season and we're now facing an uphill battle to find our way back into Champions
League spots.
At half-time today, I admit that I feared the worst. We were losing 2-0 and staring in the face of
exit from a competition which, realistically, offered our best opportunity of silverware this
season. Fast forward 45 minutes, and Arsenal had completed one of the more memorable comebacks of
recent times.
With the pressure and excitement of each and every week's matches, it's sometimes easy to lose the
overall plot of how a season has evolved in the league as a whole. Since we are just past the
halfway point of the season, I thought I'd take a look at a couple of trends in teams' output in
the Premier League this season.
The Kansas Magic played their first game since December 10; their first game against a new
opponent; and their first road game other than Illinois Friday night in Cincinnati and came out on
the short end of a 9-4 score.
The Magic, making their first major road trip of the season, left Kansas City Thursday evening and
stopped overnight in Effingham, IL before continuing on to Cincinnati this morning.
Fox Sports has kicked off the Timbers' draft day with a bang, reporting that the Portland
Timbers have traded star striker Kenny Cooper to the New York Red Bulls for a reportedly large
amount of allocation money and a 2013 first round draft pick.
Timbers fans have had mixed feelings about the former US International, as he played below
expectations for much of the season, especially in terms of the number of goals he scored in a
Timbers kit, when compared to his performance with FC Dallas.
Match report Video and highlights -
It's rare that I sit here in the morning to write this blog and don't quite know where to begin.
This is one of those mornings.
I guess there's only one place, isn't there? The 79th minute of Arsenal's FA Cup tie against
Leeds. We've dominated the game, in terms of possession, in terms of shots on goal, in every
department, yet the game is heading towards a dreary, goalless conclusion.
Changing coaches often means changing playing styles, and the decision to hire Oscar Pareja as
head coach means the Colorado Rapids of 2012 may look quite different from the teams of
2010-11.
Giving Pareja the reins of his first MLS team is going to create a roster shakeup. The
Colombian, a veteran of MLS campaigns from 1998 through 2005, has already talked about the need to
find a Carlos Valderrama-type playmaker for the Rapids.
United are a top priced 1.75 with Paddy Power to bounce back from their humiliating defeat at
the hands of Blackburn and beat Newcastle at St James' tonight, and everything suggest they will do
just that.
New Year's Eve turned into a 70th birthday nightmare for Sir Alex when Steve Kean's men pulled off
the unthinkable, but if the past is anything to go by he will have read the riot act to the players
and they will respond with a victory.
Let's face it - we all love SZCZ. Since Jens was dropped in 2007 (in my opinion ill-advisedly)
we've had to put up with some of the less convincing goalkeepers in Arsenal's history, namely
Almunia, Fabianski and Mannone.
Another one stopped
The final outcome was a result that we did not need and with Tottenham winning their latter game
at Carrow Road, it makes me very uncomfortable with the gap that is opening up slightly between us.
This was a chance to move ahead of Chelsea into 4th spot. It ended up being as frustrating a match
to watch.
Another one stopped
The final outcome was a result that we did not need and with Tottenham winning their latter game
at Carrow Road, it makes me very uncomfortable with the gap that is opening up slightly between us.
This was a chance to move ahead of Chelsea into 4th spot. It ended up being as frustrating a match
to watch.
If you're a Blues fan, this just hasn't been a good month. Draw Spurs and now you are in 4th
looking up at Man City... Then, despite 12 shots on goal, you can only find the back of the net
once (thanks Torres for missing yet again), as Dempsey scores his 9th of the season to pull back a
point for Fulham at the Bridge no less.
Clint Dempsey got the goal for Fulham in a surprising 1-1 draw with Chelsea at Stamford Bridge.
Juan Mata opened the scoring two minutes into the second-half, and it was Dempsey with the
equalizer in the 56th. Chelsea put a dozen shots on goal to Fulham's five. "We've had good results
against Arsenal, Liverpool and Bolton recently and the only thing that's been disappointing was the
Manchester United game last week," Fulham manager Martin Jol.
What a result! Tough game, battling performance, well-earned points. Not vintage but victorious
nonetheless.
I was surprised to see Coquelin in the starting line-up at Right Back as Arsene has said in the
past the youngster doesn't isn't suited to the role. Perhaps it was due to Miquel's errors at
City.
What a result! Tough game, battling performance, well-earned points. Not vintage but victorious
nonetheless.
I was surprised to see Coquelin in the starting line-up at Right Back as Arsene has said in the
past the youngster doesn't isn't suited to the role. Perhaps it was due to Miquel's errors at
City.
Jonjo Shelvey made his first ever Barclays Premier League start for Liverpool at Villa Park and
recorded some impressive figures. Here are a selection of interesting statistics from the game
courtesy of Opta.
From 29 passes made the No.33 recorded an accuracy level of 82.8%, had the most shots during his 83
minute outing and also had an assist for the first goal which Craig Bellamy slotted home from a
corner.
What do commanding possession, similar number of shots and shots on goal, and a lower payroll get
you? A loss. Arsenal loses to a steam rolling Citeh on a 2nd half Silva goal. Can noone stop Citeh
right now?Video: FoxSports
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Oguchi Onyewu got the start and played 76 minutes in Sporting's 2-0 loss to Lazio. The result means
both teams advance to the next round of the Europa League. Lazio scored in the 43rd and 55th
minutes, limiting Sporting to three shots on goal. Schalke 04 won their group, beating Maccabi
Haifa 3-0 in Israel using an understrength squad without Jermaine Jones.
Bayern Munich are Autumn Champions. Barring a highly unlikely flurry of goals
for and against the right teams. More than the virtual trophy, Bayern will cherish the three-point
gap, they opened up at the top of the table, taking maximum advantage of the slip ups of both
Borussias.
Good to see Liverpool register a home win again after three draws at Anfield, thanks to a Luis
Suarez header on 47 minutes.
It was a game where Liverpool threatened to run riot only for the goalkeeping of Chezney to keep it
at 1-0.
Kenny Dalglish said after the game that Liverpool played fantastic football but he would like to
see them score an awful lot more goals.
With the College season coming to end this weekend it is time to take a look at how the U-23
Timbers faired in their respective college seasons. I know there were some older players and
international players, however I only included College players in this report.
Ricky Abrego
Not the best year for the UNLV Rebels as they went 3-12.
Sergio Roberto celebrates goal against BATE (Photo: REUTERS/Gustau Nacarino)
Barcelona's youngsters turned in a dominant performance, routing Belarus champions Bate Borisov
4-0 in the final round of Champions League group play.
With first place in Group H already wrapped up and el clasico just days away, Guardiola chose to
rest the majority of his senior team, letting a largely Barca B squad take the field for a taste of
European football.
By Joel Greenwaldt
The Baltimore Blast completed a perfect 5-0 road trip with a 10-4 victory over the Rochester
Lancers on Saturday evening at the Blue Cross Arena. The victory moved the Blast to 5-1 on the
season and 2 1/2 games ahead of the second place Lancers who are now 3-4.
Photo: Paul Rudderow
Editor's note: At the end of the 2010 season, we posted a series of season reviews of every
Philadelphia Union player. Over the next several weeks PSP continues with a review of the 2011
season.
Faryd Mondragon looked like the answer in 2011.
An unfortunate defeat at Craven Cottage, 1-0 at the hands of Martin Jol's Fulham.
It was a very open game with lots of shots on goal by either team as both Pepe Reina and Mark
Schwarzer were kept busy throughout the match.
The turning point in the game was the sending off of Jay Spearing for a crude tackle which was
deserving of a yellow card but the ref saw red and sent young Spearing off.
Turkey's U-17(16)'s started the match in very shaky grounds and sat in their half of the field
whole first half of the match and than after with ten men they played a lot more better in the
second half but lost the match in the last minutes of the match!
In 2010 ,Turkey beat USA, 2-1 and won the Nike International Friendlies Tournament.
With the 2011 Nike International Friendlies about to kick off in Lakewood Ranch, Fla., the U.S.
opens play against a rather familiar opponent in France.
The U.S. U-17s are playing this tournament coming off a three-week trip to Spain and France in
October, during which they had seven games, including one against France.
On paper, Man U should have had this. On paper, Man U dominated shots, shots on goal, possession,
and set pieces. Newcastle is thankful that things don't play out on paper. Demba Ba scores again,
as Newcastle walks away with a point.Video: FoxSports
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1-0 at half. Sodium had double digit shots but was only able to convert the one.
Guatemala had no shots on goal.
Go Sodium!!
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(Photo: Paul Rudderow)
Editor's note: At the end of the 2010 season, we posted a series of raves "Raves" about some
of our favorite Philadelphia players. They need not be the team's best players, but they're guys
and gals we like. Over the next two weeks, we continue the series again with some of the PSP
contributors favorite players of 2011.
Freshman foward Christian Volesky, right, with the ball during the College of Charleston match
on Sept. 18, 2011 @ CIBER Field.
The University of Denver's men's soccer team finished the season with, (5-3-11).
Freshman forward Christian Volesky had an extremely successful season with, six goals and one
assist.
By Joel Greenwaldt
Disappointment is really the only word that seems to come to mind when you think back on the 18-7
season opening loss the Baltimore Blast suffered at the hands of the Syracuse Silver Knights. The
game was eerily similar to last season's 16-7 championship game loss to the Milwaukee Wave.
By Joel Greenwaldt
Disappointment is really the only word that seems to come to mind when you think back on the 18-7
season opening loss the Baltimore Blast suffered at the hands of the Syracuse Silver Knights. The
game was eerily similar to last season's 16-7 championship game loss to the Milwaukee Wave.
Photo: Paul Rudderow
As noted in a recent post on the Philadelphia Union website, "Over the course of 34 games, opposing
teams averaged a mere 3.05 shots on goal this season, an all-time league record."
Over the course of the 2011 season, the Union held opponents to zero shots on goal twice, one
shot on goal 5 times, two shots on goal six times and three shots on goal 11 times.
The United States played another dull and creatively challenged game against France last night,
losing 1-0 in a game in which the U.S. managed just two shots on goal. The loss it the fourth in
six games under new coach Jurgen Klinsmann with all four losses coming by the same 1-0 scoreline.
The honeymoon period is quickly coming to an end for Klinsmann with the United States suffering
from a severe offensive drought having scored just two goals in six games.
Categories: U.S. Mens National Team
Tags: Jurgen Klinsmann, US Soccer, US Soccer News, USMNT
The United States played another dull and creatively challenged game against France last night,
losing 1-0 in a game in which the U.S. managed just two shots on goal. The loss it the fourth in
six games under new coach Jurgen Klinsmann with all four losses coming by the same 1-0 scoreline.
