Some Soccer News for Thu May 24, 2012
du Nord, May 24, 2012
STARTERS Fantastic news from Denmark as Michael Parkhurst & Nordsjaelland overtook the big boys from Kobenhavn in the penultimate round and then got another win last night in the season finale to seal the Superliga championship! Huge congrats to them! STORY OF THE DAY So much has happened since I was last able to make a proper post on Friday! 1. The Women's Professional Soccer league, WPS, has closed its doors permanently. More in the Story of the Day section below. 2. Montpellier pulled off one of the most amazing feats in modern football and won the Ligue 1 championship! 3. Santos Laguna and Herculez Gomez won the Mexican Primera Clausura championship! 4. Chelsea FC defeated FC Bayern Munchen to win the UEFA Champions League final! dN Alessandro Del Piero will hold a Press conference in a Turin hotel on Friday to announce his future plans. dN Pep Guardiola will coach Barcelona one last time tomorrow with they take on Athletic Bilbao in the Copa Del Rey Final. -Sid Lowe of the Guardian on Pep's last stand.
People mentioned
- Aaron Wheeler
- Alan Gordon
- Alejandro Guido
- Alessandro Del Piero
- Alfredo Morales
- Andrew Oliver
- Aritz Aduriz
- Barry Bannan
- Ben Spencer
- Brad Guzan
- Brian Dunseth
- Brian Span
- Carlos Bocanegra
- Charlie Mulgrew
- Christophe Berra
- Chris Wondolowski
- Clarence Goodson
- Clint Dempsey
- Colin Rolfe
- Conor Casey
- Craig Gordon
- Craig Mackail-Smith
- Daniel Antunez
- Danny Williams
- Darío Sala
- Didier Drogba
- Dillon Serna
- Dominic Oduro
- Don Cowie
- Edgar Castillo
- Emilio Rentería
- Eric Lichaj
- Erik Benjaminsen
- Estadio Mateo Flores
- Ethan Horvath
- Fabian Johnson
- Gary Caldwell
- Geoff Cameron
- Graham Zusi
- Héctor Jiménez
- Herculez Gómez
- Jack McBean
- James McArthur
- Jermaine Jones
- Je-Vaughn Watson
- Joe Corona
- Jordan Allen
- Josh Gatt
- Josh Saunders
- Jozy Altidore
- Juan Agudelo
- Juan Pablo Ángel
- Juan Román Riquelme
- Julie Foudy
- Justin Meram
- Justin Moose
- Kellyn Acosta
- Kenny Cooper
- Kenny Miller
- Kevin Garcia
- Khari Stephenson
- Kyle Beckerman
- Kyle Helton
- Kyle Martino
- Landon Donovan
- Lee Wallace
- Marco di Vaio
- Marco Pappa
- Marky Delgado
- Matt Hedges
- Matthew Dunn
- Matt Phillips
- Maurice Edu
- Michael Bradley
- Michael Gspurning
- Michael Lewis
- Michael Parkhurst
- Mike Banner
- Mike Magee
- Mobi Fehr
- Nick Rimando
- Oguchi Onyewu
- Omar Cummings
- Óscar Pareja
- Pablo Escobar
- penalty kick
- Pep Guardiola
- Phil Bardsley
- Rafa Márquez
- Reggie Lambe
- Rhett Bernstein
- Ricardo Clark
- Russell Canouse
- Russell Martin
- Ryan Miller
- San Antonio
- San Jose
- Scott Brown
- Sean Cunningham
- Sean Johnson
- Shaun Maloney
- Stefanos Stamoulacatos
- Steve Cherundolo
- Steve Clark
- Steven Lenhart
- Steven Whittaker
- Terrence Boyd
- Thierry Henry
- Tim Howard
- Yael Averbuch
- Zach Pfeffer