As we await for some soccer action to come our way tomorrow, here is some of the latest news I have come across to keep you busy in the mean time.
- Cesc Fabregas Eye’s return to Barcelona
- Terry thanks Chelsea fans for support
Feb 08 2010
Afternoon Soccer Broadcast
Feb 08 2010
Sunil Gulati Re-elected as President of U.S. Soccer
After serving as the President of U.S. Soccer since 2006, Sunil Gulati was Re-elected on Saturday, Feb. 6th at the Hilton Riverside in New Orleans for a 2nd 4 year-term and is extremely happy and honored to be back for an other 4 years. Gulati has more than 30 years of experience at different levels of Soccer in the United States and has shared his part in helping the sport grow to an other level in the States.
Gulati went on to say the following :
“I am honored to continue to serve our US Soccer as President,” said Gulati. “We’ve seen significant growth of soccer in the United States in the past 25 years and we have the opportunity to continue that progress. I look forward to that process.”
Also as part of Saturday’s meeting, some new members were elected as some old members were replaced. Richard Groff and Tonya Antonucci were elected new members of U.S. Soccer Board of Directors as they replaced Brooks McCormick and Kevin Payne. In addition, Jeff Agoos and Danielle Fotopoulos were named New Athlete Representatives on the Board of Directors in which they replaced Peter Vermes and Amanda Cromwell.
Happy to see the changes made in the Board of Director’s? Think Gulati did a fine job in the past 4 years and continue to do so in the next 4? Feel free to share your thoughts on the following in the comments section below.
Feb 08 2010
MLS Veteran ‘Jesse Marsch’ among the Few to Retire
Jesse Marsch has decided it was finally team to end his career in the MLS and move on to an other part in the soccer world as he will now become the Assistant Coach of the U.S National Team.
Marsch has played more than 300 games in the MLS and has been part of Major League Soccer for a period of 14 years and is among the top 6 players to have played the most minutes in MLS. Enjoying a fine career in the league, he was practically won it all, 3 MLS Cups from 1996 -1998, 3 U.S Open Cups in 1998, 2000, and 2003 and also was part of the 2001 MLS -All-Star Team. Although he was never a regular for the U.S National Team, he was able to enjoy some success their as well as he earned 2 goals playing for the National Team.
Jesse Marsch went on to say the following :
“In the end, it wound up being not that difficult a decision. My body was letting me know that I was getting older and it wasn’t as easy to fulfill the requirements of being a professional soccer player every day. There were also some opportunities that came up in this offseason that were hard to refuse. So everything seemed to come together and it made sense for me and my family to move in this direction. I think we’re already very happy with the decision.”
Dec 11 2009
Premier League ‘Match Previews’ for Saturday, Dec. 12th
Some great action to catch tomorrow in the Barclays Premier League as we await some great games that will be taking place on Saturday, Dec. 12th. Below I will be posting a short preview for each of the matches and also where you will be able to catch the action on Live TV. Feel free to share your thoughts on the following matches in the comments section below. (Click continue for the list of matches and channel availability).
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Dec 10 2009
‘Soccer Afternoon Broadcast’ – ‘Essien to Miss 1 Month of Action’, Landon Donovan heading to Everton on Loan deal’ & More
What an exciting week was this week so far considering the action that took place the past 2 days in the UEFA Champions League. Here are some of the latest news I have come across today that is going around in the soccer world. Feel free to share your thoughts on the following topics in the comments section below.
- Chelsea Midfielder ‘Michael Essien’ will miss 1 month of action
- Carlos Vela sign’s new Arsenal deal
- U.S International Starter ‘Landon Donovan’ heading to Everton on Loan Deal.
Dec 09 2009
UEFA Champions League Match Results & Highlights for Tuesday, December 8th.
Some surprising results occurred yesterday in the UEFA Champions League as some teams that were expected to come out victorious were absolutely shredded. For instance, Juventus was one team that was expected to come out with a win yesterday having won their previous match against Inter Milan and the victory would have thought to gave them the confidence to actually defeat Bayern Munchen or at least come out with a draw for they can advance, but they were actually destroyed 4-1 by the Bundesliga club losing their hopes in qualifying to the next round.
Another surprising result has had to be the Manchester United Vs. VfL Wolfsburg match. With Manchester United missing a lot of their starting players, everyone would have figured that Wolfsburg would take advantage of the situation and shred United but that was definitly not the case as Michael Owen was able to net a hat-trick for United which was more than enough to help them come out with the win defeating the German Champions, 3-1.
Here are the match results for yesterday’s UEFA Champions League matches. Click to continue to watch the highlights of the matches.
Juventus – 1 VS. Bayern Munchen – 4
Maccabi Haifa FC – 0 VS Bordeaux – 1
Besiktas JK VS. CSKA Moskva – 2
VfL Wolfsburg – 1 VS. Manchester United – 3
FC Zurich – 1 VS. AC Milan – 1
Marseile 1 VS. Real Madrid – 3
Chelsea – 2 VS APOEL – 2
Atletico de Madrid – 0 VS. FC Porto – 3
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Dec 08 2009
‘Soccer Morning Broadcast’ – ‘Fabregas Wants a Physical Striker’, ‘Manchester City looking at Bayern Munchen Defender Lahm’ & More
Good Morning all, as we await the start of the UEFA Champions League matches this afternoon which would have some exciting matches, here are some of the latest news I have come across to get your day started off on the right foot. Feel free to share your thoughts on the following in the comments section below. (Click to continue to read on the following topics I will be listing).
- Fabregas wants Arsenal coach ‘Wenger’ to sign a Physical Striker
- Manchester City looking to add defender Phil Lahm to squad
- Striker Adrian looking to consider offer from the Premier League
- Milan still interested in striker Dzeko
Dec 07 2009
Nemanja Vidic to miss Manchester United VS Wolfsburg match
Manchester United defender ‘Nemanja Vidic’ has been listed out of Manchester Uniteds next match-up against Budesliga side VfL Wolfsburg as he is still sick from a recent ‘Flu Bug’ that already sat him out of United’s last match against West Ham on Saturday. Now Manchester United will only a one 1st team defender as ‘Wes Brown’ and ‘Gary Neville’ both will be out as they were injured in their last game and Rio Ferdinand, John O’Shea and Johnny Evans also will not be playing in the match. The only 1st team defender that will be able to play is French-man Patrice Evra.
Manchester United coach Sir Alex Ferguson has already made it known that he might be playing midfielder Michael Carrick in the central defense and also will maybe start Darren Fletcher in the back as well. But in addition to their defensive problems, Sir Ferguson has also made it known the possibility of leaving his starter strikers Wayne Rooney and Dimitar Berbatov at home meaning that his other options would be starting Michael Owen and Danny Welbeck as his only strikers for this match.
With all the problems Manchester United are facing and with VfL Wolfsburg unbeaten home streak this season, the task for Manchester United to come out victorious and finish on top of the league table seems un-manageable but also will have a chance finishing on top with Besiktas losing to CSKA Moscow. Paul Scholes is one player from United who feels this will not be easy for United to finish on top of the league table and went on to state the following :
“This was one of the toughest groups,” he said. “We had to go to Moscow, which is always difficult, especially on a plastic pitch, and it is the same in Turkey, yet we managed to win both games. CSKA and Besiktas went on to prove at Old Trafford that they are very capable teams and, when you take into account Wolfsburg are the German champions, we did well to qualify as early as we did. We want to win the game and finish top of the group. How much difference that makes to who we get in the next round, I am not too sure. There are lots of good teams at that stage of the tournament.”
Think Manchester United still have a chance of winning the game against VfL Wolfsburg and finishing on top of the league table? Feel free to share your thoughts in the comments section below.
Dec 07 2009
Souleymane Diawara states apology on Ronaldo Tackle
Souleymane Diawara, Marseille defender, has stated his apologies to Portugal star Cristiano Ronaldo for his tackle on him that sidelined Ronaldo for 2 months with an ankle injury. The tackle occurred on September 30th part of a Champions League match, and you can definitely notice the frustration in Diawara as he was sent off in that match picking up 2 yellow cards and felt that he needed to apologize to Ronaldo for his previous actions as they will meet again on Tuesday in a crucial Champions League match at ‘Stade Velodrome’. Diawara went on to state the following :
“It was in the heat of the game, nothing more, I’m not a violent player, I’ve never hurt anyone, I’ll greet him and tell him that I regret (what happened) but Ronaldo is a good person, a great footballer who knows very well that I didn’t want to hurt him.”
Dec 07 2009
UEFA Champions League ‘Match-Ups’ for 12/08
Some great action will be taking place in the UEFA Champions League this week as we await to witness some exciting matches tomorrow and Wednesday. Below is the list of matches that will taking place tomorrow December 8th, followed by a short summary of some of the matches and also the channel and time the game will be shown. Feel free to share your thoughts on the following matches and also which game you will be watching and who you will be rooting for in the comments section below.
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