Some Soccer News for Tue Aug 14, 2012
du Nord, August 14, 2012
STARTERS Columbus Crew president Mark McCullers with words on the passing of Kirk Urso. dN Chicago captain Logan Pause suffered two broken ribs and a collapsed lung in a collision with former teammate Bakary Soumare during the first half of the Fire game at Philadelphia on Sunday. He will be out up to 6 weeks. Wow. -The most amazing thing about this story is that he played nearly 20 more minutes after the collision. Unreal. -The injury was so bad he couldn't fly, so the team rented a van and Pause, head coach Frank Klopas, teammate Chris Rolfe, a trainer and an assistant coach rode 11 hours back to Chicago. STORY OF THE DAY Jonathan Wilson of the Guardian breaks down Brazil's failure in the Olympic final. -You need all that talent, but you also have to know how to play as a team. STINKIEST MLS GAME OF THE YEAR On Wednesday night we have to witness Toronto v Portland. Ugh. The two worst teams in the league "slug" it out. John Molinaro of Sports Net previews this ugliness. DU NORD AT THE CONTROLS du Nord at th
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- Adrian Aldrete
- Alan Gordon
- Aldo de Nigris
- Alexi Lalas
- Álvaro Saborío
- Andrés Guardado
- Andrés Iniesta
- Ángel Reyna
- Bakary Soumaré
- Brek Shea
- Chris Pontius
- Chris Rolfe
- Chris Wondolowski
- Cristiano Ronaldo
- DaMarcus Beasley
- Danny Koevermans
- Danny Williams
- David Beckham
- dos Santos
- Edgar Castillo
- Édgar Lugo
- Elías Hernández
- Enrique Pérez
- Fabian Johnson
- Francisco Rodríguez
- Frank Klopas
- Geoff Cameron
- Graham Zusi
- Greg Lalas
- Héctor Moreno
- Herculez Gómez
- Hugo Ayala
- Javier Hernández
- Javier Morales
- Jermaine Jones
- Jesús Zavala
- Jimmy Conrad
- Joe Corona
- Kenny Cooper
- Kirk Urso
- Kyle Beckerman
- Landon Donovan
- Lionel Messi
- Logan Pause
- Matt Besler
- Maurice Edu
- Nick Rimando
- Pablo Barrera
- Robbie Keane
- Saër Sène
- San Jose
- Sean Johnson
- Severo Meza
- Taylor Twellman
- Terrence Boyd
- Thierry Henry
- Tim Howard
- Will Bruin