8/23/05: Trofeo Santiago Bernabéu

[GPK]

Will Real Madrid game be too big a risk for MLS?-Daily Herald (http://www.dailyherald.com/sports/sportsstory.asp?id=85836)

Little at stake but national pride in United States-Mexico rematch-Daily Herald (http://www.dailyherald.com/sports/sportsstory.asp?id=85822)

MLS squad to take on potent Real Madrid-Dallas Morning News (http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/spt/soccer/stories/082405dnspomsllede.d1ca49f.html)

Galaxy’s road skid ends-Kansas City Star (http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/sports/soccer/mls/kansas_city_wizards/12449653.htm)

Galaxy interested in bringing in 3 new players-Carson Daily Breeze (http://www.dailybreeze.com/sports/articles/1792082.html)

MLS joins world stage-Press Enterprise (http://www.pe.com/sports/soccer/stories/PE_Sports_Local_D_mls_notes_23.e229a06.html)

Soccer notebook: Hall of Fame a fitting cap to Ramos' career-Star Ledger (http://www.nj.com/metrostars/ledger/index.ssf?/base/sports-0/1124777514178760.xml&coll=1)

Soccer Report-NY Times (http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/23/sports/soccer/23soccer.html)

Real Madrid a real test for MLS-Boston Globe (http://www.boston.com/sports/soccer/articles/2005/08/23/real_madrid_a_real_test_for_mls/)

Friendly a chance for RSL to develop rapport with additions-Standard Examiner (http://www2.standard.net/standard/sports/real%20Salt%20Lake/60038/)

[peledre]

Will Real Madrid game be too big a risk for MLS?-Daily Herald (http://www.dailyherald.com/sports/sportsstory.asp?id=85836)
Jeez Kent, talk about having absolutely no faith in our boys. An MLS select team would fair pretty well in the Primera division over the course of the year, and RM did lose a few games to Primera opponents last year. In the words of Herb Brooks, "If we played them 10 times, they might win 9, but not today, today, we are the greatest hockey [soccer] team on the face of the Earth.

[CrewDust]

Does anybody know how much $$$$$ Mls is getting for this.

[monster]

Hmmmm, Kent's lede looks very familiar.

Nathaniel Whalen's story from the Daily Southtown on Aug. 10 (http://www.dailysouthtown.com/southtown/dssports/pro/102sd6.htm)



For Chicago Fire midfielder Justin Mapp, it is the difference between playing in Rochester, N.Y., or in Madrid, Spain.

It is a choice between playing the Raging Rhinos of the USL First Division, a minor league in a minor-league country, or Real Madrid, one of the best soccer clubs in the world.

For Mapp, the choice was obvious, which is why he’s in Madrid today to play Real Madrid in the Trofeo Santiago Bernabeu tournament, a prestigious soccer event in Europe.

It would be easy for most people to decide if given the choice either of Madrid, Spain, or Rochester, N.Y., as travel destinations.

Fire head coach Dave Sarachan was presented with that choice, and for him, it was easy. Rochester all the way.

[paolodeluca]

Lack of cohesion playing together likely to be the biggest issue for the MLS team.

Enjoy Zidane while you can people. This man is a legend - one of the all-time greats.

http://www.delucasoccerblog.blogspot.com

[numerista]

Palencia speaks out ...


No me sorprendió el nivel de la liga porque lo había
observado anteriormente. Ya sabía lo que encontraría y
quedé satisfecho con mi primera presentación. Creo que
la liga ha crecido mucho, pero el arbitraje aún no. Si
quiere ser una liga competitiva debe corregir ese
renglón, yo no me quejo tanto de los dos penales, pero
sí de los cinco minutos que trató de reponer al final,
no se había perdido tanto tiempo. El arbitraje debe
estar a la altura de la liga”, confiesa.

I wasn't surprised by the level of play because I'd
seen it before. I knew what I'd find, and I was
satisfied with my first appearance. I believe that the
league has grown a lot, but the refereeing still
hasn't. If MLS wants to be a competitive league, it
should fix the situation. I'm not bothered so much by
the two penalties, but I am by the five minutes of
time added on at the end, because there wasn't that
much lost time. The refereeing ought to be at the
level of the league.

http://www.laopinion.com/deportes/futbol_mexicano/?rkey=00050822170601718537

[wonko389]

I never thought I would find myself agreeing with Palencia on anything, but he is right. The MLS/USSF needs to allay these concerns before they lose some high profile people like Guevara.

[MightyMouse]

http://www.mlsnet.com/MLS/news/mls_news.jsp?ymd=20050823&content_id=40724&vkey=news_mls&fext=.jsp

I particularly like this quote from Djorkaeff:

Added Djorkaeff: "I'm a European player, an international player and the more you play the better you are. If you looking for rest, you are not fit."


Geez, no wonder Landon can't cut it in z Europe. Djorkaeff, although hurt and most likely a bit exhausted, wants to play in this match. He knows what a rare chance this is to play in Madrid and against Real. I guess Landon just has absolutely NO DESIRE to show well in Europe which is discouraging to me. Only after the fact he's in Madrid does he change his tune.

[kingwho]

Lack of cohesion playing together likely to be the biggest issue for the MLS team.

ask fulham how that worked out for them a few weeks ago against the mls all stars

[uclacarlos]

Geez, no wonder Landon can't cut it in z Europe. Djorkaeff, although hurt and most likely a bit exhausted, wants to play in this match. He knows what a rare chance this is to play in Madrid and against Real. I guess Landon just has absolutely NO DESIRE to show well in Europe which is discouraging to me. Only after the fact he's in Madrid does he change his tune.
Has it occured to you that, b/c he's a pro and b/c he's competitive, that he's stepped up to the challenge?

Look: his club team is in a funk and they finally had a decent game. Theyfinally had some luck go their way, after 2 months of every frickin' ball/call (seemingly) going against them.

They're in the US Open Cup. Against their arch-rival. Against whom he had a bad game.

And they've got a critical match-up this weekend. Against their arch-rival. In their stadium. In front of the largest crowd of the season (at least 20K).

Maybe THAT has something to do w/ his reluctance to travel 11,000 miles and 9 time zones in 3 days.

[Pmoliu]

From AS.com, courtesy of Google Translation -

Selection MLS (Major League Soccer) landed yesterday in different turns and some of their players visited the Museum of the Prado and not the Museum of the Jamón, which honors to them. He is not frequent to see a soccer player in a pinacoteca. It is until unusual. After stopping a good short while before the Meninas, the Americans gave a return by the city in one of those convertible buses that are only taken in strange earth. The bad languages assure that they have come from tourism. If not outside by Djorkaeff and Donovan, it would be possible to be said that brightest of selection MLS it is in the bench. Steve Nicol, ex- of the mythical Liverpool of the 80, is the technician, helped by the Johnston Scot, a soccer player who caused a true religious argument when the Rangers (protestant) by the Celtic left (catholic). They will remember that trophy that threatened aplastarte.

[bing1985]

Crap on a cracker! - I've just been tapped for a mtg this afternoon right about game time. I had planned to sneak out to a bar for the afternoon... :(

Anyone know if MLS Net will post a delayed stream the way they do with some regular season matches?

[paolodeluca]

ask fulham how that worked out for them a few weeks ago against the mls all stars

Fulham vs. Real Madrid...are these teams comparable???? there are about 3 maybe 4 teams in the EPL that can compete with Real...the rest are kitty litter (including Fulham).

[LESTER]

He's got it backward...neither penalty was deserved, but there should have been more than 5 minutes at the end. There were several injuries, extensive time wasting and a mini-brawl.
Point taken, though...the MLS referees still suck.

Palencia speaks out ...



I wasn't surprised by the level of play because I'd
seen it before. I knew what I'd find, and I was
satisfied with my first appearance. I believe that the
league has grown a lot, but the refereeing still
hasn't. If MLS wants to be a competitive league, it
should fix the situation. I'm not bothered so much by
the two penalties, but I am by the five minutes of
time added on at the end, because there wasn't that
much lost time. The refereeing ought to be at the
level of the league.

http://www.laopinion.com/deportes/futbol_mexicano/?rkey=00050822170601718537

[Blong]

From AS.com, courtesy of Google Translation -

Selection MLS (Major League Soccer) landed yesterday in different turns and some of their players visited the Museum of the Prado and not the Museum of the Jamón, which honors to them. He is not frequent to see a soccer player in a pinacoteca. It is until unusual. After stopping a good short while before the Meninas, the Americans gave a return by the city in one of those convertible buses that are only taken in strange earth. The bad languages assure that they have come from tourism. If not outside by Djorkaeff and Donovan, it would be possible to be said that brightest of selection MLS it is in the bench. Steve Nicol, ex- of the mythical Liverpool of the 80, is the technician, helped by the Johnston Scot, a soccer player who caused a true religious argument when the Rangers (protestant) by the Celtic left (catholic). They will remember that trophy that threatened aplastarte.

I think the original text might be a little more useful. But thanks anyway.

[anderson]

After stopping a good short while before the Meninas, the Americans gave a return by the city in one of those convertible buses that are only taken in strange earth. The bad languages assure that they have come from tourism.Having once spent a good short while in Madrid with meninas and plenty of Mahou, strange earth and bad languages seem about right to me. :D

[Pmoliu]

I think the original text might be a little more useful. But thanks anyway.

Pido disculpas.

Paul

Articulo en AS.com (http://www.as.com/articulo.html?d_date=20050823&xref=20050823dasdaiftb_18&type=Tes&anchor=dasftbA00)

[uclacarlos]

La selección MLS (Major League Soccer) aterrizó ayer en diferentes turnos y algunos de sus jugadores visitaron el Museo del Prado y no el Museo del Jamón, lo que les honra. No es frecuente ver a un futbolista en una pinacoteca. Es hasta insólito. Después de detenerse un buen rato ante Las Meninas, los americanos dieron una vuelta por la ciudad en uno de esos autobuses descapotables que sólo se cogen en tierra extraña. Las malas lenguas aseguran que han venido de turismo.

MLS Select arrived yesterday at different times and some players visited the Prado Museum but not, to their honor, (the restaurant chain) the Museum of Ham. (NOTE: this is a place that has pigs legs, jamon serrano cured in a style similar to Italian prosciutto, hanging everywhere. It smells. Badly. But they serve great jamon serrano.)

Si no fuera por Djorkaeff y Donovan, se podría decir que lo más lustroso de la selección MLS está en el banquillo. Steve Nicol, ex del mítico Liverpool de los 80, es el técnico, ayudado por el escocés Johnston, un futbolista que provocó un verdadero altercado religioso cuando abandonó los Rangers (protestantes) por el Celtic (católicos).

If it weren't for Djorkaeff and Donovan, one could say that the most illustrious figure is on the bench. Steve Nicol, formerly of the mythical Liverpool of the 80s, is the coach, assisted by the Scotsman Johnston, a player who sparked a major religious scandal when he left Rangers (protestants) for Celtic (Catholics).

[peledre]

Jeez Kent, talk about having absolutely no faith in our boys. An MLS select team would fair pretty well in the Primera division over the course of the year, and RM did lose a few games to Primera opponents last year. In the words of Herb Brooks, "If we played them 10 times, they might win 9, but not today, today, we are the greatest hockey [soccer] team on the face of the Earth.
Ok, so it's probably more like 99 out of a 100 times, but still, there's a chance :)

[gherter]

Crap on a cracker! - I've just been tapped for a mtg this afternoon right about game time. I had planned to sneak out to a bar for the afternoon... :(

Anyone know if MLS Net will post a delayed stream the way they do with some regular season matches?

Since this is on FSC, then I would expect it to be rebroadcast two or three more times. The RM/LA Gals match was on a couple of times, too. Just check the listings, and try not to read anything with a [R] in the title until it shows up.