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Greece vs. Turkey
Ireland vs. Wales
Czech Republic vs. Germany
Spain vs. Denmark
Netherlands vs. Romania
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Brazil vs. Chile
Sunday, March 25th
United States vs. Ecuador
Mexico vs. Paraguay
News:
PDL
The South Jersey Barons (previous Team Spotlight of the Week) and General Manager Neil Holloway have taken one step closer to being a premier force in the PDL. On the field, they already are, but off the field, there is much left to be desired. That, it seems, could change with the appointment of Mike Pellegrino as Barons head coach. This allows GM Holloway to focus on his duties in the front office. They look to expand their marketing in the South Jersey area and push their attendance figures above their previous average of approximately 450. Holloway had formerly been GM, Head Coach, and a midfielder for the Barons squad. In that time, they have made quite an impression on the Eastern Conference. Could one move make all the difference?
PDL squad Chicago Fire Premier have hired Larry Sutherland, a former Chicago Power player, as their head coach for the 2007 season. The former coach, Mike Matkovitch, has been plucked by Toronto FC to serve as an assistant coach.
USL-1
The Charleston Battery have unveiled new jerseys and signed a sponsorship deal with Saturn. I'd buy it. Simple but it gets the job done.
The Seattle Sounders will play Chivas USA on June 2nd, 7:00 PM at Qwest Field in Seattle.
In other news:
Fred, the Lyon version, has been handed a 3-game ban from UEFA for his elbow on Christian Chivu of AS Roma. This is funny mainly because it is normally the Romanian defender Chivu that gets the bans. Here is the elbow that did Fred in. Courtesy of YouTube.
Lille and Manchester United were both fined by UEFA due to their blowout earlier in the Champions League. Lille, the supposed victim, was fined 62,000 euros and Man Utd about 6,000. We can tell who UEFA thought was the victim. The quarrel? It was about a free kick taken apparently too early by Ryan Giggs of Man Utd. It wouldn't have been a problem had he not scored the lone goal of the game. Several Lille players though about walking off the pitch in protest. UEFA threw out a Lille appeal. No word on whether or not Lille will appeal the fine.
Here's the source of the problem. In this clip, again from YouTube, you can see Giggsy's goal and the ensuing protest.
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