Games Today: AZ (Jozy Altidore) at Anzhi Makhachkala 12 Noon Eastern (has its own thread) Molde FK (Josh Gatt) vs Heerenveen 1 PM Eastern Rosenborg (Mikkel Diskerud) at Legia 1 PM Eastern Rapid Wien (Terrence Boyd) at PAOK 2:30 PM Eastern Hannover 96 (Steve Cherundolo) at Slask 2:45 PM Eastern Motherwell (Darren Randolph) vs Levante 2:45 PM Eastern Sporting CP (Oguchi Onyewu, out) at Horsens 3 PM Eastern Yesterday VfB Stuttgart played Dinamo Moskva and won 2-0 at home. Sakai and Keisewetter didn't play but honorary Yank Vedad Ibisevic scored both goals.
Jozy started for AZ. It's 0-0 at halftime. Mix to start for Rosenborg with the weird number 42, ostensibly at left mid. Gatt gets the start for Molde.
Frist I get busted for streaming games today...thanks Windows 7. Go home and get my laptop and no damn Molde streams are working on this craptastci network. I was looking forward to todays games all week. LAME!
Jozy and AZ lost 1-0. Jozy went 90. Molde are up 1-0 through Eikrem. Rosenborg are down 0-1. Boyd starts on the bench for Rapid Wien. Cherundolo starts and captains Hannover. Randolph starts for Motherwell. Gooch is not in the squad for Sporting (the starters are Boulahrouz and Rojo, Xandao on the bench).
Sorry.. needed context. Work computers just got upgraded to Windows 7. Apparently so did their employee monitoring software.
Gatt just busted down the gut of the dutch team for a 30m run, lays it off in the box, came to nothing. Only player I have ever seen for the US that could legitimately play for ManU. I say this because of the speed and quality while at full speed.
Ole Gunnar did recommend that Alex Ferguson keep an eye on him. I could see that move happening...maybe after he gives us a hell of a peformance at WC2014
I know it is idiotic to always proclaim this player or that player, but this is the first player based on combo of athleticism and skill that I could see playing for ManU. Dempsey sure because of his scoring and willpower, etc, but Gatt is the real deal.
Wow stong statement! Gatt is still veryy raw and inconsistent, I just hope he keeps improving. He veryy far off being a ManU level talent!
I agree, not ready yet but we also need to remember, this is Gatt's first action in over a month. Not bad form for someone who has missed this much time. All in all, he definitely proved he could play with and above today's competition.
At half- time Rapid is leading 1-0 against PAOK through a very good goal by Alar. Good result so far, especially considering the very hostile atmosphere.
Molde got a second goal at 90' through Mattias Mostrom. That's a huge result for them. Going down to Heerenveen will be difficult, but a two goal lead with no away goals conceded is massive.
Rosenborg tied 1-1 at Legia. Mix went 90. Rapid is tied 1-1 right now at PAOK. Boyd still on the bench. Hannover is 3-3 with Slask away right now.
Boyd coming on in the 81st. The Austrian commentator referred to him as the "21 yo American." No mention of German. Austrians are cool sometimes. PAOK goes up 2-1 despite being down a man.