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December 4, 2008

Goooooooooch

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[Photo by the always fantastic Robert Absolonne - click for full size] Mr. Onyewu scored the middle goal in Standard's 3-0 UEFA Cup rout of Samdoria on Wednesday night. The Belgian champs are perfect through three group matches and assured of a place in the knockouts. Their European form could play a part in whether "Guchi" (as he is called around Sclessin) accepts the team's contract renewal Click to continue reading...
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Tags: , Americans Abroad, Belgium, Transfers, UEFA, Videos, by Greg Seltzer

December 3, 2008

A few things...

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Shuck and jive and all that jazz... #1 - Don't expect Michael Parkhurst to be unveiled at FC Nordsjælland until next week, but fear not. The deal is completely done, just shhhh don't tell anybody yet. The Wild Tigers head into the winter break after Monday's visit from Aarhus GF, and then we will see the erstwhile New England Rev presented by his new employers. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: , Americans Abroad, Denmark, Major League Soccer, NSC, Non-soccer, Transfers, by Greg Seltzer

December 1, 2008

Who likes goals?

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Let's do this damned thang... Let's start in the Eredivisie, where Stefan Nijland put a daft capper on a well-crafted PSV attack. Sulley Muntari caps a fine Inter Milan move. Apparently, some kid named Ronaldinho at AC Milan can hit free kicks pretty well. Also in UEFA Cup play from Thursday, Racing Santander's Gonzalo Colsa rings up PSG. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: , Italy, Spain, UEFA, Videos, Who likes goals?, by Greg Seltzer, the Netherlands

'Tis the season... again

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And no, I'm not referring to that infernal early Christmas Muzak at the mall. I don't have a mall, so why would it be that? I am referring to the silly season. Ho ho ho. Soon, girls and boys, clubs will unwrap their fancy new transfer presents - several of which are bound to be American-made. Since it's a busy day and I have someone distracting me like a distracting distracter from Click to continue reading...
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Tags: , Americans Abroad, Belgium, Denmark, Major League Soccer, NSC, Transfers, by Greg Seltzer

November 28, 2008

Homey don't play that.

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Somebody accused me of telling fibs about the improvised scratch mega-pumpkin pie. Erm... check yo'self, good sir (click pic for larger version). I'll have that Top 5 I hinted at some time tomorrow, and I should have a Greg Folk update around the same vague time. It seems I'd forgotten how sleep-inducing a Thanksgiving dinner can be. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: , Americans Abroad, NSC, Non-soccer, by Greg Seltzer

November 27, 2008

A few turkey and sage flavored things...

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Happy Thanksgiving to everyone back in the States. For the first time abroad, I will actually have a real Thanksgiving feast, thanks to some industrious/curious Dutch pals. I am bringing my Hall of Fame cornbread stuffing, some sweet taters and the first scratch pumpkin pie I ever tried. It's almost done. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: , Non-soccer, UEFA, US Men's National Team, by Greg Seltzer

November 26, 2008

Slowly, but slowly...

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Sometimes it takes a bike crash or two to remind us how good it feels to just... lay there. Nevertheless, the Colin Burns double update is up at Soccer365, and the World Cup '10 column will appear there in a couple of hours. For now, soothe yourself with a double dose of Lejo. Ahhhh, the Dutch... - Greg Seltzer Click to continue reading...
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Tags: , Non-soccer, Sweden, Videos, by Greg Seltzer

November 25, 2008

No things...

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I'm taking today off. Not only do I need a rare breather, but I also just "enjoyed" a hearty bike accident. Nothing broken, no concussion, just some scrapes, dizzies and bruises. I must fall well - because I only feel half-jacked up. Anyhoooo... I will have a story on Ljungskile keeper Colin Burns and a World Cup 2010 USMNT as-of-now depth chart column over at Soccer365 tomorrow. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: , Non-soccer, Sweden, US Men's National Team, by Greg Seltzer

November 24, 2008

Crew opens MLS Cup account

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The Columbus Crew have been duly crowned champions of MLS! If their Supporter's Shield margin wasn't enough evidence for the case, they went ahead and knocked out the formality of symbolically running away from their Sunday competition, the tamed New York Red Bulls. Apparently, "Olé!" also means "3-1". Click to continue reading...
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Tags: , Major League Soccer, by Greg Seltzer

November 23, 2008

Let's get ready to ruuuumble!!!

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We are about 90 minutes away from MLS Cup kicks off, so I may as well re-prove my foolishness by making a prediction. Before I go there, however, let's take a quick look a last look at some match-up notes. 2008 Head-to-Head: New York 2-1 All-Time Head-to-Head: New York 21-20-5 Leading scorers: Ángel 14 (NYRB), Moreno 9 (CLB) The Crew have surrendered the first goal 18 times this year, but Click to continue reading...
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Tags: , Major League Soccer, Videos, by Greg Seltzer

JayD is in the house

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Watford skipper Jay DeMerit is a guest on this week's Football League podcast. Give it a spin here. FYI: it was recorded before they beat QPR yesterday. - Greg Seltzer Click to continue reading...
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Tags: , Americans Abroad, England, by Greg Seltzer

November 22, 2008

Dude...

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I love Kirk Herbstreit. But dude... Columbus are the favorites. At least Lee Corso didn't chug a Red Bull. Nobody needs that. - Greg Seltzer Click to continue reading...
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Tags: , Major League Soccer, Non-soccer, Videos, by Greg Seltzer

MLS Best XI unveiled

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MLS has announced the 2008 Best XI, naturally headed by league MVP Guillermo Barros Schelotto of Columbus and Golden Boot winner Landon Donovan of Los Angeles. Get the full lowdown here. 2008 MLS Best XI GK: Jon Busch (Chicago Fire) D: Jimmy Conrad (Kansas City Wizards), Bakary Soumare (Chicago Fire), Chad Marshall (Columbus Crew) MF: Cuauhtémoc Blanco (Chicago Fire), Guillermo Barros Click to continue reading...
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Tags: , Major League Soccer, by Greg Seltzer

Zimmerman opens Superfund account

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Kapfenberg striker Preston Zimmerman has bagged his first Austrian T-Mobile Bundesliga goal. The young American raced from midfield on a breakaway to round the keeper, capping a stunning 5-2 triumph at tabletop Red Bull Salzburg. With the upset win, the team rise to eighth, but remain just two points above the trap door. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: , Americans Abroad, Austria, by Greg Seltzer

A few things...

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As promised, a very special MLS Cup episode of AFT... #1 - Daily News All-Star Michael Lewis lets us know that Juan Pablo Ángel's training knocks won't keep him out of the game. One can almost hear Red Bulls supporters collectively wiping their brow. #2 - Even as he leads the Crew to the final on Sunday, Columbus boss Sigi Schmid still has a 2009 status that reads "TBD". Click to continue reading...
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Tags: , Americans Abroad, Germany, Major League Soccer, Transfers, US Men's National Team, by Greg Seltzer

USMNT opens Hex against El Tri

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Yep, it's just about time for Gooch to get his glare on. The schedule for the final round of CONCACAF World Cup qualifying has been drawn, with the Red, White & Blue slated to host arch rivals Mexico on Matchday One, which is February 11th. The full USMNT dance card: Wednesday 11 February - USA v Mexico Saturday 28 March - El Salvador v USA Wednesday 1 April - USA v Trinidad & Tobago Click to continue reading...
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Tags: , CONCACAF, US Men's National Team, by Greg Seltzer

November 21, 2008

USMNT to host Sweden at HDC

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As was the case this year, the U.S. Men's National Team will open their 2009 slate with a Home Depot Center visit from Sweden on January 24th. Although the visitors will almost certainly arrive again with a less then full strength roster, coach Bob Bradley will be using this match to prepare for the start of final round CONCACAF World Cup qualifying, which begins February 11th. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: , Sweden, US Men's National Team, by Greg Seltzer

November 20, 2008

Bayern aims to borrow Donovan

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Bundesliga giants Bayern Munich have begun making a loan offer to MLS for Galaxy star Landon Donovan, who scored both first team goals in a win over the reserves on Wednesday. The base idea is to bring him over for a two months (a la Beckham-to-Milan), but with a view towards extending his stay until the end of the season - and if all goes well, presumably beyond. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: , Americans Abroad, Germany, Major League Soccer, Transfers, by Greg Seltzer

Cooper, Adu goals lift young 'Nats

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A largely green USMNT topped Guatemala 2-0 on Wednesday night. They got fine second half goals from Kenny Cooper and Freddy Adu, who bagged his first senior tally with a sneaky free kick. My U.S. Player Ratings will go up later today at Soccer365. I did catch it live, but having not taken my customary 'Nats stateside evening start time matchday nap, I was just too knackered to do a LIVE - in Click to continue reading...
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Tags: , CONCACAF, US Men's National Team, Videos, by Greg Seltzer

November 19, 2008

USMNT jr. v Guatemala

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We are less than five hours from kickoff as Guatemala invades Colorado for the final World Cup qualifier of the semifinal round. With the Red, White & Blue already through to final jeopardy, Bob Bradley has called a squad heavy on youngsters (and, of course, free of MLS finalists from Columbus and New York) The visitors arrived sans Carlos Ruiz, but with slim hopes of advancement. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: , CONCACAF, US Men's National Team, Videos, by Greg Seltzer

A few things...

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I was going to post this last night, then my interwebs went buhbye and (true to form) I said "*&%$ it" and went to bed. In any event, away we go... #1 - Cardinals slugger Albert Pujols is going to bat for the St. Louis MLS expansion team. And if you are wondering how such a scenario might end, please see photo. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: , Americans Abroad, Major League Soccer, Mexico, US Men's National Team, USWNT, by Greg Seltzer

November 18, 2008

Seriously... what the hell are they thinking?

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[Photo: Section 8 Chicago] I can't even imagine I'd need to say much about this one. I'd probably just fail to live up to the dignity displayed by Ben Burton and his Section 8 minions over at Toyota Park. But if it sells the drama, I'll go with a "What in the name of St. Peter Wilt are the Fire doing? Click to continue reading...
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Tags: , Major League Soccer, Seriously... what the hell are they thinking?, by Greg Seltzer

November 17, 2008

Bradley names 20 for Wednesday

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Michael Kammerman killed the radio star... in the alley... with cue cards. - Greg Seltzer Click to continue reading...
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Tags: , CONCACAF, US Men's National Team, by Greg Seltzer

MLS Playoffs - Matchday Three

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Sorry for the Sunday absence - pressing matters, pressing matters. And Ajax mudstomped PSV. And the video was late in going up. As you probably know by now, sad-luck Real Salt Lake saw their Rio Tinto dream go up in smoke against Cinderella MLS Cup entrant New York. The hosts were busy playing ring the post all night, leaving Dave van den Bergh's rebound clean-up job to stand as the winner. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: , Major League Soccer, by Greg Seltzer

November 15, 2008

Goal, goal... Serbia? (and Mikey scores!)

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Getting a lot of sleep for once, I was totally oblivious to domestic new outlet Agencije's report that Borussia Dortmund phenom and former U.S. youth international Neven Subotić had opted to play for Serbia until good pal Chris Courtney shot me a text message. As the story goes, the youngster will be in uniform for a March World Cup qualifier against Romania, provided FIFA approve the Click to continue reading...
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Tags: , Americans Abroad, Germany, US Men's National Team, Videos, by Greg Seltzer, national teams

November 14, 2008

Falkirk deny Pickens deal

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You may come across a Scottish Sun story claiming that Falkirk are planning to lock down out-of-contract American keeper Matt Pickens. However, a club exec just told me that this is not the case. He informed that Pickens had been on trial for 'just less than a week' and had already left. When asked if that was the end of their interest in the former Fire man, he replied with a stern 'Yes'. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: , Americans Abroad, Scotland, by Greg Seltzer

MLS Playoffs - Matchday Three

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Well, my prediction looked tenuously on track until the break... and, as you probably know by now, I added the adverb for a reason. Columbus rallied from a halftime deficit handed down by former star Brian McBride to top Chicago 2-1. If you haven't already, please enjoy the highlights... And while we're celebrating the Crew's first trip to MLS Cup, why not an interview with Coach of the Year Click to continue reading...
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Tags: , Major League Soccer, by Greg Seltzer

November 13, 2008

Final four picks!

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Oh, one of these days... I'm gonna have a party where everybody gets to smash this computer. I may even invite Samir to thunderkick it. In any event, I can now finally put my relatively meager MLS money where my mouth is again in order to call the semifinal clashes (home team listed first). And just in time, with the Crew & Fire set to kick off tonight. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: , Major League Soccer, by Greg Seltzer

November 12, 2008

Win a hybrid, visit FC Hollywood... full day!

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It's only Wednesday, but it's already been a big week for Galaxy star Landon Donovan, who started by netting his fifth Honda USMNT Player of the Year prize (for his sixth, maybe they should give him a new. larger garage?). The 26-year old finished with 297 voting points, while Tim Howard (who got my vote) garnered 249 points and Clint Dempsey ended up third with 176 points. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: , Americans Abroad, Germany, Major League Soccer, US Men's National Team, by Greg Seltzer

November 11, 2008

Bradley calls green 19 for Guatemala

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As expected, U.S. boss Bob Bradley has announced his squad for the final World Cup qualifier of the semifinal round. Unsurprisingly, the team list is quite heavy on MLS players not among the four remaining playoff teams. The coach has picked a largely inexperienced roster to face Guatemala next Wednesday just outside Denver, including six uncapped players (noted by italics in the listing below. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: , CONCACAF, US Men's National Team, by Greg Seltzer

November 10, 2008

A few things...

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I'm still kinda catching up on everything after my bout with a four-day headache (yeah, I know!), so a couple of these items are a couple days old... #1 - Another casualty of delay was my Luis Robles feature, but that is now up over at Soccer365. In case you aren't aware, the American keeper has been suddenly thrust into the starting role at Kaiserslautern, a club that seems on the way back to Click to continue reading...
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Tags: , Americans Abroad, England, Germany, Mexico, Norway, UEFA, US Men's National Team, Videos, World Cup, by Greg Seltzer

Who likes goals?

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And a one, and a two... Let's begin with a media player link to Hammarby closing day highlights to view Charlie Davies scoring a double to finish the season tied for fourth in the Swedish top flight (with Henrik Larsson, no less) on 14 goals. From Thursday's UEFA Cup action, Ronaldinho lifts Milan with a nasty swat. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: , Americans Abroad, England, Italy, Spain, Sweden, UEFA, Videos, Who likes goals?, by Greg Seltzer

November 9, 2008

MLS Playoffs - Matchday Two

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Holy flippin' gobsmack, Batman! New York - who looked dead in the water only a few weeks back - just drilled the repeat champs in their own house to advance to the final four. And just like that, only one club with an MLS Cup on the mantle remains. I will be back later with some comments and the other two highlight reels. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: , Major League Soccer, Videos, by Greg Seltzer

November 8, 2008

A few things...

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Sorry for flaking out for a couple of days, but I've been dominated by an exquisite neck/headache since Thursday night. Now that I can look at a computer screen for longer than seven seconds at a time, it's time for a rally... #1 - US Soccer has opened up fan nominations for five Best of 2008 categories, including (ahem) Best Soccer Blog. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: , Americans Abroad, Germany, Major League Soccer, NSC, US Men's National Team, by Greg Seltzer

November 5, 2008

Who likes goals?

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On this very special midweek episode of Blossom... A fine compilation of the best goals in MLS this season. Do not miss Lindsay Tarpley's sublime capper from the USWNT's weekend win over South Korea. And from the Champions League... Celtic's Scott McDonald v. ManU. Villarreal's Guillermo Franco v. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: , Denmark, Greece, Major League Soccer, Scotland, Spain, UEFA, USWNT, Videos, by Greg Seltzer
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