Some News for Tue May 24, 2011
du Nord, May 24, 2011
UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FINALCould erupting volcano Grimsvotn in Iceland wreak havoc on the final? Airports not far from London (Glasgow & Newcastle) are already closed and its just Tuesday.Match & Score:Barcelona v Manchester United - 1pm CT on FoxVenue: Wembley Stadium - LondonTEAM USAGold CupThe team will begin training Thu May 26 in Cary NC.Center Line Soccer has audio from Chris Wondolowski discussing his inclusion on the team.And once that happens the official blog will begin to fill up with the goods.CONCACAF GOLD CUPHere are all the team's rosters for the tournament.No Carlos Vela on the Mexico squad.STORY OF THE DAYPaul Tenorio of the Washington Post with an article on the growing influence of elite soccer academies on high school age players. (thanks to @ussoccer_ynt on Twitter for the link)There is one glaring sentence in this article that is just very wrong: "Supporters of the high school game point to the current U.S. national pool and the number of players who played not only high school soccer,
People mentioned
- Alan Shearer
- Ashley Cole
- Boyd Okwuonu
- Brad Davis
- Brad Evans
- Bryan Gallego
- Carlos Tévez
- Carlos Vela
- Charlie Davies
- Chris Rolfe
- Chris Wondolowski
- Clarence Goodson
- Conor Doyle
- Cristiano Ronaldo
- David Beckham
- Davide Chiumiento
- Didier Drogba
- Diego Cháves
- Edwin van der Sar
- Emilio Rentería
- Eric Lichaj
- Freddy Adu
- Gary Neville
- Jack Coleman
- Jack Jewsbury
- Jerzy Dudek
- John Terry
- Jonathan Bornstein
- Jonathan Spector
- Jonathan Top
- Jon Kempin
- Jordan McCrary
- Jose De Jesus Corona
- Josh Gatt
- Jozy Altidore
- Juan Agudelo
- Kalif Alhassan
- Khiry Shelton
- Kyle Porter
- Landon Donovan
- Luis Gil
- Marco Pappa
- Michael Bradley
- Michael Parkhurst
- Nemanja Vidic
- Oguchi Onyewu
- Paul Scholes
- Robbie Rogers
- Ryan Giggs
- San Jose
- Shalrie Joseph
- Simone Bracalello
- Steven Gerrard
- Thierry Henry
- Tim Ream
- Victor Pineda
- Walker Zimmerman
- Will Bruin
- Wil Trapp