News Archives: 08/2013

It was a slow week of news in the football world, but we found some interesting topics to talk about! Anthony and Nate discuss USMNT hopeful Juan Agudelo’s loan to Stoke City and Clint Dempsey’s shock move from Tottenham to Seattle Sounders! Be sure to subscribe to us on YouTube: youtube.com/tbrfootball2012 and leave us a like/comment on the video!

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Real Esteli 0 Sporting Kansas City 2

Sporting got their CONCACAF Champions League Group 2 campaign off to a winning start as they broke an international losing run which dated back to a win against Mexican side Santos Laguna in the quarterfinals of the 2002 CONCACAF Champions Cup with this success in Nicaragua.

The diverse nature of the Premier League means regular viewers get to admire some of the most prestigious players from across the globe. Such is…

Chicago Fire 0 DC United 2

The visitors may be rooted at the basement of the MLS Eastern Conference but they will be looking to claim their third US Open Cup triumph as they eased in the Final. Dwayne De Rosario set them on their way a minute before half-time when he capitalised on a handling error by the Fire Goalkeeper Sean Johnson who failed to deal properly with a deflected shot from Nick DeLeon.

After Queens Park Rangers relegation to The Championship last season Adel Taarabt has decided to jump ship to London rivals Fulham on a season long…

Toronto FC V Seattle Sounders (Aug 10)

The hosts will be looking to gain their third straight win and extended their unbeaten run to four matches as they get set to face the Sounders for the first time this season. New signing Swiss defender Jonas Elmer may be in the squad if his international clearance comes through in time.

Manchester United’s search for a new midfielder could now be heading to David Moyes’ previous employers. As the pursuit of Barcelona’s Cesc Fabregas nears its…

In a previous article I predicted that despite in recent years Southampton, Norwich and West Ham all bucking the trend, that this term would see a return to normal with the Premier League’s Usual Suspects (http://footballtalklife.wordpress.com/2013/07/28/the-usual-suspects/) the main contenders for relegation; the promoted sides.

U.S. Men’s National Team captain Clint Dempsey’s recent move to the Seattle Sounders of MLS has been met with very mixed reactions. Some are disappointed that one of the U.S.’s top players, if not its top player, is no longer playing in Europe and has seemingly given up on his dream of playing Champions League football. Others are enthusiastic about what the switch means for MLS long-term, and its potential role in helping to improve the quality of the league.

The visitors registered back-to-back wins for the first time this campaign to extended their unbeaten run to three matches. It also avenged the 2-0 lost…

Los Angeles – The LA Galaxy will be going head to head with AC Milan for third place in the Guinness International Champions Cup Wednesday August 7th 2013 in Miami Florida. The LA Galaxy won their spot after convincingly defeating Juventus three – nil at Dodger Stadium while AC Milan lost to Chelsea FC two – nil at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey.

Luke Taylor has conducted an interview with South American football expert Paulo Freitas. Paulo is an enthusiast of Brazilian and Latin American football and shares this through his Twitter and his writing. He is a Sky Sports News correspondent and Brazil’s head researcher for Football Manager. He also writes for JustFootball and SambaFootEn.

This Wednesday the CONCACAF’s version of the Champions League gets underway. Four of the teams represent the USA and they are allocated spots in the following way. Winners of the MLS Cup 2012: LA Galaxy, Runners-up in MLS Cup 2012: Houston Dynamo, MLS Supporters Shield Winner 2012, (most points in the regular season games): San Jose Earthquakes and the US Open Cup Winners 2012: Sporting Kansas City.

Sporting Kansas City 2 New York Red Bulls 3

The visitors extended their unbeaten run to four games and gained revenged for the earlier season loss to Sporting as they moved to the top of the Eastern Conference with this victory. Jonny Steele gave the Red Bulls the lead after 27 minutes, but Kei Kamara leveled it for Sporting on the Stroke of halftime. Fabian Espindola claimed his third goal in his last two games to put the visitors back in front after 63 minutes and 6 minutes later Lloyd Sam increased it further. Dom Dwyer got one back for the home side 2 minutes into second half stoppage time but they could not find an equaliser and fell to their second consecutive defeat.

The MLS teams join the competition in the last 32. DC United were drawn away to Richmond Kickers (USL PRO) and had to survive a scare as they were taken all the way to penalties before winning the lottery 4-2. Chicago Fire were also on the road as they met the Charlotte Eagles (USL PRO) but had little trouble disposing of them 2-0. Portland had a home tie against Wilmington Hammerheads (USL PRO) which proved no problem at all as they advanced with a 5-1 success. Real Salt Lake were also given home advantage against Atlanta Silverbacks (NASL) but were pushed all the way before prevailing 3-2 after extra time.