Some Soccer News for Thu May 31, 2012
du Nord, May 31, 2012
STARTERS The final 2 MLS teams joined the US Open Cup action last night and again their success rate was only 50% as Portland was taken down by amateur team Cal FC managed by Eric Wynalda in one of the biggest upsets in modern Open Cup history! Seattle, who bought their home game, got the win over Atlanta Silverback of the NASL. -A loss like that one last night for Portland is what gets a lot of coaches fired. dN Avi Creditor at Soccer By Ives writes that Terra in Mexico is reporting that 3 Guatemalan national team players are being investigated for match-fixing while playing for Municipal in the CONCACAF Champions League, and have been removed from the national team ahead of the upcoming World Cup qualifiers. -And those players are not nobodies either: Captain Gustavo Cabrera, former LA Galaxy player Pando Ramirez and Yoni Flores. dN Bob Bradley and Egypt begin World Cup qualifying tomorrow - Fri Jun 1 with a game against Mozambique. MINNESOTA STARS FC NASL Match and Score: -Sat Jun 2 San Antonio Scorpions
People mentioned
- Alexandre Pato
- Alexi Lalas
- Alex Sandro
- André Hainault
- Ante Jazic
- Ashtone Morgan
- Atiba Hutchinson
- Bob Bradley
- Brad Guzan
- Carlos Bocanegra
- Chris Wondolowski
- Clarence Goodson
- Clint Dempsey
- David Edgar
- Dwayne De Rosario
- Edgar Castillo
- Eric Wynalda
- Estadio Mateo Flores
- Fabian Johnson
- Geoff Cameron
- Gustavo Cabrera
- Herculez Gómez
- Iain Hume
- Issey Nakajima-Farran
- Jermaine Jones
- Joe Corona
- Josh Simpson
- Jozy Altidore
- Julian de Guzman
- Jürgen Klinsmann
- Kasey Keller
- Kenny Stamatopoulos
- Kevin McKenna
- Kyle Beckerman
- Landon Donovan
- Lars Hirschfeld
- Leandro Damião
- Maurice Edu
- Michael Bradley
- Michael Parkhurst
- Mike Klukowski
- Nick Rimando
- Nik Ledgerwood
- Oguchi Onyewu
- Olivier Occean
- Pando Ramirez
- Pedro Pacheco
- Rafael Santos
- Samuel Piette
- San Antonio
- San Jose
- Simeon Jackson
- Steve Cherundolo
- Terrence Boyd
- Thiago Silva
- Tim Howard
- Tosaint Ricketts
- Will Johnson