Archive: Libertadores
Morning Kickaround
*Argentina's Olympic roster is set. Looks a bit like the national team, eh? GKs: Oscar Ustari (Getafe), Sergio Romero (AZ Alkmaar). Ds: Pablo Zabaleta (Espanyol), Luciano Monzon (Boca Juniors), Ezequiel Garay (Real Madrid), Nicolas Burdisso* (Inter Milan), Federico Fazio (Sevilla), Lautaro Acosta (Sevilla). MFs: Fernando Gago (Real Madrid), Juan Roman...
By Steve Goff | July 3, 2008; 08:54 AM ET | Comments (54)
Late-Morning Kickaround
*LDU from Ecuador takes a two-goal lead into the second leg of the Copa Libertadores finals against Fluminense tonight at Maracana. Great quote from Fluminense's Washington: "LDU's best player, the altitude, is not coming." Away goals are not factored, so if the Brazilians win by two, regardless of the score,...
By Steve Goff | July 2, 2008; 11:28 AM ET | Comments (79)
Morning Kickaround
Top of the morning, lads. A variety of tasty items to share..... *Let's start with my United story in the print edition. Nothing you don't already know, but worth a read, nonetheless. *Chelsea really likes Raleigh. *Because of a scheduling conflict, the Red Bulls' U.S. Open Cup match Tuesday at...
By Steve Goff | June 26, 2008; 06:00 AM ET | Comments (53)
Morning Kickaround
*All of Germany will be watching today's European Championship semifinal between Die Nationalmannschaft and Turkey (2:30 ET, ESPN), but not all of Germany, the country, will be supporting Germany, the team. With between 2.5 million and 3 million residents of Turkish descent, German loyalities are splintered. Sort of like when...
By Steve Goff | June 25, 2008; 08:53 AM ET | Comments (33)
Morning Kickaround
*The second round of World Cup qualifying in CONCACAF began last night with Honduras crushing visiting Puerto Rico, 4-0. *Greenbelt United? Read this. *In a U.S. Open Cup qualifier, Kansas City defeated Colorado on penalty kicks following a 2-2 tie to reach the round of 16 starting July 1. Ivan...
By Steve Goff | June 5, 2008; 09:36 AM ET | Comments (41)
Morning Kickaround
*Click here to read my story about D.C. United's goalkeeping situation. *Weather outlook for Estadio RFK tonight: gloomy. *Attendance outlook: Maybe 15,000. *D.C. United's academy team wrapped up group play in a major youth tournament in Spain with an 8-0 loss to Partizan Belgrade. Yes, that score is correct. *Besides...
By Steve Goff | June 4, 2008; 09:19 AM ET | Comments (45)
Morning Kickaround
So I'm a little slow on this matter -- must've been that American University education! -- but after visiting BMO Field again this week I've finally formed an opinion on the streamers being tossed during TFC matches. The key word in that previous sentence is "during." It's gotta stop. Sorry,...
By Steve Goff | May 23, 2008; 08:40 AM ET | Comments (150)
Ramblin' Man
Tryin' to make a livin' and doin' the best I can Off to Los Angeles soon for DCU's match at Chivas USA tomorrow night. Before I depart, a few offerings..... *The USA player pool has been announced for the three upcoming friendlies against England, Spain and Argentina. The game-day roster...
By Steve Goff | May 16, 2008; 07:36 AM ET | Comments (80)
Morning Kickaround
*MLS tonight: Real Salt Lake (2-3-2) at Colorado (3-4, first place!), 9:30 p.m. ET (ESPN2). *The Celtic family loses Tommy Burns. *The transcript from my online chat yesterday. (Ignore the reference to Martin Palermo being from Mexico -- brain freeze.) *Joel Senior, a Howard University sophomore midfielder, was among 25...
By Steve Goff | May 15, 2008; 08:59 AM ET | Comments (11)
Morning Kickaround
*As your favorite soccer/culture blogger, I was trying to find the right music for D.C. United's back-to-back shutout losses over a recent five-day period. How about "Five Days in May" by Blue Rodeo, the countryish band from Toronto? (DCU does, in fact, play TFC twice next week.) Sometimes the world...
By Steve Goff | May 14, 2008; 06:00 AM ET | Comments (34)
Saturday in the Park
*Read about the USA women's team, about Gordon Bradley's memorial service and Heather O'Reilly's online chat. *Expecting to see Mike Wise's column about Ben Olsen and DCU in this morning's paper? It will appear in Sunday's editions instead. *The USA women's 18-player game-day roster for tonight's friendly against Canada at...
By Steve Goff | May 10, 2008; 07:19 AM ET | Comments (42)
Morning Kickaround
*I hear that D.C. United President Kevin Payne will join GM Dave Kasper in Argentina this weekend for the superclasico. Intriguing, no? Maybe a formal relationship with Boca? Are the Juan Sebastian Veron talks back on? How about a Martin Palermo signing after Luciano Emilio is transferred to a Central...
By Steve Goff | May 2, 2008; 08:59 AM ET | Comments (77)
