Friday, August 18, 2017

Some Soccer News for Aug 18, 2017

It's Day 230 of 2017.


My new column for 1500ESPN - The New Loons are here! Rounding up and rating the newest members of Minnesota United.

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Sporting Kansas City has their 100th consecutive MLs home sellout this weekend. Before they opened their stadium they couldn't give tickets away. What a massive difference that place has made. The stadium has probably put a big chunk of money away toward paying for itself. Amazing.
  • The new ownership in 2006 used a long term plan to give fans a reason to come spend their money on this team. And it worked. By Sam McDowell for the Kansas City Star.
  • I am very happy for all the success they have had. Some very good people involved in SKC, inside the team and very much so in the stands.

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Opening Day Across Some Of Europes biggest leagues:

GERMANY SCHEDULE:
-Fri Aug 18
Bayern v Leverkusen
-Sat Aug 19
Schalke v Leipzig
Wolfsburg v Dortmund
Hoffenheim v Werder Bremen
-Sun Aug 20
Monchengladbach v Koln

SPAIN SCHEDULE:
-Sat Aug 19
Girona v Atletico Madrid
Sevilla v Espanyol
-Sun Aug 20
Barcelona v Real Betis
Deportivo La Coruna v Real Madrid

ITALY SCHEDULE:
-Sat Aug 19
Juventus v Cagliari
Hellas Verona v Napoli
-Sun Aug 20
Atalanta v Roma
Crotone v Milan
Inter v Fiorentina

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Best of luck to the University of Minnesota Gophers soccer team who open their new season today at Washington State, then come home on Mon Aug 21 v North Dakota State University.

dN

MINNESOTA UNITED





Schedule:
-Sun Aug 20
Seattle v Minnesota - 8:30pm CT on FS1
-Sat Aug 26
Chicago v Minnesota

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MLS

On the firing of head coach Pablo Mastroeni at Colorado Rapids, and the newly declared direction of the organization, with words by a few people including team captain Tim Howard. By Brian Straus for Sports Illustrated.

Q + A with Toronto GM Tim Bezbatchenko - the guy behind the scenes that has his hands deep in their reconstruction from doormat to powerhouse. By Scott French for Four Four Two.

Michael Bradley has strong family connections to Charlottesville and he is feeling the pain. By John Molinaro for Sports Net.

Week 24 Schedule:
(11 games) -Wed Aug 16
Montreal 3-0 Chicago
-Fri Aug 18
Portland v New York RB
-Sat Aug 19
Montreal v Salt Lake
Orlando v Columbus
Chicago v Toronto
KC v v Dallas
Colorado v DC
Vancouver v Houston
San Jose v Philadelphia
-Sun Aug 20
New York City v New England
Seattle v Minnesota

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USMNT

As I wrote about earlier this week the USA defense has a lot of injuries - here is a closer look. By Brian Sciaretta for American Soccer Now.

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All the young coaching talent in the Bundesliga keeps pushing the league's quality forward in new ways. By Rory Smith for the New York Times.

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BIG TEAMS + GAMES IN EUROPES TOP LEAGUES:

-Fri Aug 18
Metz v Monaco
-Sat Aug 19
Swansea v Manchester United
Stoke v Arsenal
Liverpool v Crystal Palace
Lyon v Bordeaux
St Etienne v Amiens
-Sun Aug 20
Tottenham v Chelsea
Marseille v Angers
PSG v Toulouse
-Mon Aug 21
Manchester City v Everton

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All of my columns for 1500ESPN.



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