Some Soccer News for Tue Jan 24, 2012
du Nord, January 24, 2012
STARTERSUS Soccer has named Clint Dempsey as the 2011 Male Athlete of the Year. And Brek Shea was named the Young Male Athlete of the Year.dNRichie Williams, the original Ankle Biter, has been named the new head coach of the USA U17 team. He had been serving as coach of the U18s, so I guess they are looking for a new boss now.DU NORD AT THE CONTROLSdu Nord at the Controls - Jan 24, 2012 - new music mix at Spotify.STORY OF THE DAYThis guy does not talk soccer often:Don Ruiz of The Tacoma News Tribune has a Q & A with Seattle Sounders owner Joe Roth.COPA LIBERTADORESThe Copa Libertadores begins today - Tue Jan 24 - with a home & away qualifying round for 12 teams to fill the final 6 places in the group stage. The next rounds begin on Feb 7.Mexican Apertura champions Tigres play on Wed night.Qualifying RoundMatches & Scores:1st Leg-Tue Jan 24Arsenal v Sport HuancayoEl Nacional v Libertad-Wed Jan 25Union Espanola v Tigres UANLReal Potosi v FlamengoInternacional v Once Caldas-Thu Jan 26Penarol v Caracas2nd Leg-Tu
People mentioned
- Alberto Quintero
- Amobi Okugo
- Andrew Wenger
- Benny Feilhaber
- Bill Hamid
- Blás Pérez
- Brad Evans
- Brek Shea
- Brian Perk
- Bruce Arena
- Chris Wondolowski
- Clint Dempsey
- Cordell Cato
- David Beckham
- Dilly Duka
- Eric Vasquez
- Freddy Adu
- Gabriel Gómez
- Geoff Cameron
- Gonzalo Higuaín
- Graham Zusi
- Heath Pearce
- Jack McInerney
- Jared Jeffrey
- Jeff Larentowicz
- Jeff Parke
- Jermaine Jones
- Joe Corona
- Jorge Villafaña
- José Valencia
- Jürgen Klinsmann
- Kasey Keller
- Kelyn Rowe
- Kofi Sarkodie
- Lionel Messi
- Lukas Podolski
- Mario Gómez
- Marvin Iraheta
- Matt Besler
- Matt Lampson
- Michael Bradley
- Michael Gspurning
- Michael Parkhurst
- Michael Stephens
- Mikkel Diskerud
- Nick Rimando
- Omar Gonzalez
- Pablo Mastroeni
- penalty kick
- Ricardo Clark
- Richie Williams
- Robert Lewandowski
- Sean Johnson
- Sebastian Lletget
- Sebastien Ibeagha
- Sheanon Williams
- Teal Bunbury
- Tim Ream
- Tony Taylor
- Wayne Rooney
- Zach Loyd
- Zac MacMath
- Zarek Valentin
- Zlatan Ibrahimović