Some Soccer News for Wed Feb 1, 2012
du Nord, February 1, 2012
BREAKING NEWS:Disaster in Egypt.Fans of Al Masry in Port Said stormed the field today after a big upset win over Al Ahli, and then all hell broke lose. As of this posting 73 people are reportedly dead and at least 1000 more injured. There has been little word yet on how the deaths occurred, but a stampede is being blamed for most of it.Al Jazeera with the most up to date information.Other games around the country were stopped and the league has been suspended.There have been stories of a huge fire outside a stadium in Cairo.Some readers had wondered if Egypt national team coach Bob Bradley was at the game, and info from Twitter has said he was not.STARTERSClint Dempsey strikes again! Another goal for Fulham today as they got a tie in the Premier League.-See the goal here while it lasts.dNIs the USA gonna play at Canada in early June? We will know soon enough if that is the case.dNThe African Cup of Nations Quarterfinals are all set for this weekend:Matches & Scores:-Sat Feb 4Zambia v Sudan - 10am CTVenue: Es
People mentioned
- Aurélien Collin
- Bob Bradley
- Brad Guzan
- Calen Carr
- Clint Dempsey
- Didier Drogba
- Diego Milito
- Edson Buddle
- Eric Lichaj
- Joel Lindpere
- John Terry
- Jozy Altidore
- Kyle Nakazawa
- Le Toux
- Luiz Camargo
- Luke Rodgers
- Manny Lagos
- Mauro Rosales
- Michael Ballack
- Michael Bradley
- Paul Bravo
- Peter Nowak
- Robbie Keane
- San Jose
- Sebastian Le Toux