Some Soccer News for Tue Sep 18, 2012
du Nord, September 18, 2012
STARTERS Positive results for all 3 Americans in the UEFA Champions League today - Kljestan, Jones and Onyewu. See details below in the Americans In Europe section. -And all Champions League results can be found below in the UEFA Champions League section. STORY OF THE DAY Brian Quarstad of IMSoccer News does an interview with NASL Commissioner David Downs. They talk about the future of the Minnesota Stars, and the direction of the NASL, ie the new schedule for 2013, and possible news teams etc, among other things. Part 1 - and - Part 2. In choosing a new format for next years schedule the league wanted to cut out the high cost of the playoffs, but having a single table champion over one long season would eliminate some teams very early and lose fan interest quickly. By essentially having 2 seasons (with the two winners playing for a trophy at the end of the 2nd season) they keep fan interest for a little longer twice a year. And cut out all those unknown costs. The new split schedule was initially vaguely ex
People mentioned
- Alan Gordon
- Aleksandar Kolarov
- Álvaro Saborío
- Andy Gruenebaum
- Benedikt Howedes
- Ben Olsen
- Brad Davis
- Chris Pontius
- Chris Wondolowski
- Cody Cropper
- Conor Doyle
- Cristiano Ronaldo
- David Viana
- Djamel Abdoun
- Edin Džeko
- Federico Higuaín
- Felipe Martins
- Fredy Montero
- Graham Zusi
- Javier Pastore
- Javier Saviola
- Jermaine Jones
- Jonathan Spector
- Karim Benzema
- Kenny Cooper
- Klaas-Jan Huntelaar
- Landon Donovan
- Luis González
- Lukas Podolski
- Marcus Hahnemann
- Mauro Rosales
- Michael Lewis
- Michael Parkhurst
- Miguel Veloso
- Oguchi Onyewu
- Robbie Keane
- Robert Lewandowski
- Saër Sène
- San Antonio
- San Jose
- Seb Hines
- Steven Defour
- Thiago Silva
- Thierry Henry
- Tim Ream
- Younes Belhanda
- Zak Whitbread