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Check Fridays and Mondays for weekly team updates and match reports
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Over
There: Keller to get new coach Friedel
in overdue win; Bocanegra to Leeds? September 22, 2003 (CSA) – Welcome, readers. This Weekend’s Matches Claudio
Reyna: Fulham vs. Manchester City, 9/20 He is expected to play again for the reserves Monday evening. Brad
Friedel: Portsmouth vs. Blackburn Rovers, 9/20 Friedel didn’t see much threat on the day, but almost gave up a penalty when he and Portsmouth striker Yakubu Ayegbini collided. The goalkeeper dove to claim the ball at the feet of Ayegbini, taking out the forward - with the referee only giving a corner kick. Lucas Neill - set to miss the next three games due to suspension - and Andrew Cole were the goalscorers for victorious Blackburn, who only gave up a second-half header from Arjan De Zeeuw late to make things interesting. Portsmouth had consistent pressure in the second half, but didn’t muster too many chances. Kasey
Keller: Tottenham Hotspur vs. Southampton, 9/20 Keller’s had a poor day. He had little chance on the last two goals, especially James Beattie’s superb free kick that the keeper only could get a piece of before going in. But Beattie’s first of the day can be laid at the doorstep of Keller. Keller’s feet have always been a problem and his failure to make full contact to clear a ball gave Southampton a corner - from which Beattie planted a header into the net. Kevin Phillips scored the third for Southampton, and the former Sunderland striker should have had a second of his own as he rounded Keller only to see Stephen Carr get a piece of the shot, taking it onto the crossbar. Keller had no saves of note in the game, and now faces an uncertain future long term at Tottenham. Marcus
Hahnemann: Reading vs. Coventry City, 9/20 Steven
Cherundolo: Hannover 96 vs. Borussia Monchengladbach, 9/20 The right back started the attack that ended with him firing in a cross that neither a defender of the Gladbach keeper claimed, allowing Thomas Christiansen to finish off the eventual gamewinner in the first half. The clean sheet was not surprisingly the first of the season for Hannover, who are now sixth in the Bundesliga with 11 points from six games. Pellegrino
Matarazzo: HSV Amateurs vs. Preussen Munster, 9/20 Cory
Gibbs: Chemnitzer FC vs. St. Pauli, 9/20 John
van Buskirk: Sportfreunde Siegen vs. Stuttgarter Kickers, 9/20 Grover Gibson/Tim Lawson/Michael Mason: Schweinfurt 05 vs. SV Elversberg, 9/20 Russell Payne did not see time as the keeper was left on the substitutes bench, but the remaining three Americans all went the full 90 in a 1-1 draw at Schweinfurt. Gibson was booked in the draw. Oguchi
Onyewu: La Louviere vs. Mouscron, 9/20 Tim
Howard: Manchester United vs. Arsenal, 9/21 Howard really had little to do in the scoreless draw Sunday at Old Trafford. A couple of relatively simple saves, a couple of alert dashes off his line, and Howard’s day is summed up. The stuff outside the YA box gave this game its flavor, albeit a controversial and tabloid-ready taste. The aftermath will waste ink through England and other parts of the world for weeks. Patrick Vieira’s two yellow cards, quick in succession, was highlighted by his kick at Ruud van Nistelrooy and their reported postmatch shouting duel. Martin Keown’s foul on Diego Forlan in the second minute of added time was definitely a penalty, but his behavior after van Nistelrooy hit the bar with the resulting spot kick - getting in the Dutchman’s face - wasn’t needed. Neither was the fracas after the final whistles, where he and two other Arsenal players in the midst of going after van Nistelrooy, made physical contact with the United striker, but you can read all about that other places. United’s attack is definitely missing the skill of the injured Paul Scholes and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, and the need for less foot soldiers and more creators is easy to see. The defense in front of Howard is playing well, with Rio Ferdinand and Mikael Silvestre keeping Thierry Henry and Dennis Bergkamp pretty much quiet throughout Sunday’s action. Conor
Casey: Karlsruher SC vs. SVW Burghausen, 9/21 Gregg
Berhalter: RW Oberhausen vs. Energie Cottbus, 9/21 Joe
Enochs: VfL Osnabruck vs. Erzgebirge Aue, 9/21 Jacob
Thomas: Schalke 04 Amateurs vs. Eintracht Braunschweig, 9/21 Adam
Skumawitz: Odd Grenland vs. Aalesunds, 9/21 Luchi
Gonzalez/Leighton O’Brien: IF Sylvia vs. Bodens BK, 9/21 O’Brien tied the match up in the 31st minute from the spot, but his second game in second-half injury time to close his team’s deficit to a single goal. Reports in Sweden have O’Brien being looked at by several First Division clubs, and also have Bodens to take two of his Seattle Sounders teammates - Preston Burpo and Andrew Gregor - set for trials in the upcoming weeks. Robbie
Russell: Sogndal vs. Viking, 9/22 News, Rumors, and Potential Half-Truths As noted earlier, Glenn Hoddle was fired by Tottenham on Sunday after the team’s latest defeat gave Spurs their worst start in the Premiership. Since the start of the calendar year, Tottenham has only won six out of 24 games. Director of Football Operations David Pleat is the interim manager going into Wednesday’s Carling Cup match. Possible replacements are flying around: Chief among the names are Celtic manager Martin O’Neill, Radomir Antic, Blackburn’s Graeme Souness, and Charlton’s Alan Curbishley. O’Neill, of course, coached Keller at Leicester City. Souness and Rangers’ Alex McLeish already have put out the customary denial of interest. As this pertains to Keller, he will need of course to impress any new manager at White Hart Lane to prevent a new goalkeeping purchase. Hoddle stuck by Keller through thick and thin after he took the #1 role from Neil Sullivan (now at Chelsea). He probably has until the winter signing period in January before any new keeper would be brought in. The English tabloids linked Fire defender Carlos Bocanegra to Leeds United on Sunday. There are some positives and negatives to this rumor’s validity. “Breaking the story” was beat writer Alan Nixon, who has an excellent track record with material coming out of Elland Road. On the other side of the ledger, his story has Leeds talking with MLS - but Bocanegra’s contract is done come January 1, so unless there has been some kind of secret contract extension, he would be a free agent and any talks with MLS would be immaterial. Some good news this weekend: Eddie Lewis has started some light training (running), and will only miss a couple of weeks with his knee injury. This Week’s Games Kasey
Keller: Coventry City vs. Tottenham Hotspur, 9/24 Marcus Hahnemann: Oxford United vs. Reading, 9/24 Reading will want to wash the taste of their weekend loss out, and a trip to face Oxford United Wednesday evening could be the appropriate tonic for what ails ‘em. Hahnemann should remain in net for this one. Players Injured/Not Seeing First Team Action: Jovan Kirovski (Birmingham City), David Yelldell (Blackburn Rovers), Eddie Lewis (Preston North End), John Thorrington (Huddersfield Town), Tony Sanneh (Nurnberg), Chuck Kim (Alemannia Aachen), Adam Maurer (Wattenscheid 09), Russell Payne (Elversberg), Caleb Norkus (Sportfreunde Siegen), Jonathan Cummings (VfR Aalen), Wade Barrett (AGF Aarhus), Matt Jordan (OB Odense), John O’Brien (Ajax), Alexander Yi (Royal Antwerp), Daniel Hernandez (Necaxa) Aris
Ohanessian can be reached at
aris@cybersoccernews.com.
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Americans
Playing Abroad Wade
Barrett Gregg
Berhalter Conor
Casey Jonathan Cummins Steve
Cherundolo Joe
Enochs Brad
Friedel Cory
Gibbs Grover
Gibson Luchi
Gonzalez Marcus
Hahnemann Tim Howard Matt Jordan Kasey
Keller Chuck Kim Jovan
Kirovski Tim
Lawson Eddie
Lewis Eric Lukin Michael
Mason Pellegrino
Matarazzo Adam Maurer Stefani
Miglioranzi Caleb Norkus John
O'Brien Leighton O’Brien Oguchi
Onyewu Russell Payne Claudio
Reyna Robbir
Russell
Tony Sanneh Adam Skumawitz Jacob
Thomas John
Thorrington John
Van Buskirk Greg
Vanney
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Wagner David Yelldell Alex Yi |
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