Sunday, July 1, 2007

US U-20s underimpress against South Korea; Poland beats Brazil!

Montreal, Canada

United States 1, South Korea 1


The US U-20s started strong in Montreal but finished feebly. The Koreans outshot and outplayed the Nats for long stretches of the match and those that needed to perform, did so somewhat inadequately. Freddy Adu had several strong pushes, but never anything consistent or leading to production. Chris Seitz was the brightest spot of the U-20s who got a boost from Poland's result against tournament favorites Brazil. Should be an interesting next couple match-ups.

Match Report from Top Drawer Soccer


Poland 1, Brazil 0

Wow. Poland shot 50%. 2 shots, 1 goal and a win over heavy favorites Brazil. Alexandre Pato had several shots but nothing too threatening or definitive. Oh wait...Poland also had 10 men for a good amount of the game as Krzyzstof Krol was sent off in the 27th minute after accumulating two cautions.

Fifa.com's Match Report


Other Scores and Standings:

U-20 WC

Chile 3, Canada 0
Japan 3, Scotland 1
Jordan 1, Zambia 1
Spain 2, Uruguay 2
Nigeria 1, Costa Rica 0

Group A

TeamPlayedWonDrawLostFAPoints
Chile U20Chile1100303
Congo U20Congo0000000
Austria U20Austria0000000
Canada U20Canada1001030
Group B

TeamPlayedWonDrawLostFAPoints
Spain U20Spain1010221
Uruguay U20Uruguay1010221
Jordan U20Jordan1010111
Zambia U20Zambia1010111
Group C

TeamPlayedWonDrawLostFAPoints
Portugal U20Portugal0000000
New Zealand U20New Zealand0000000
Gambia U20Gambia0000000
Mexico U20Mexico0000000
Group D

TeamPlayedWonDrawLostFAPoints
Poland U20Poland1100103
Korea Republic U20Korea Republic1010111
USA U20USA1010111
Brazil U20Brazil1001010
Group E

TeamPlayedWonDrawLostFAPoints
Argentina U20Argentina1010001
Czech Republic U20Czech Republic1010001
Korea DPR U20Korea DPR1010001
Panama U20Panama1010001
Group F

TeamPlayedWonDrawLostFAPoints
Japan U20Japan1100313
Nigeria U20Nigeria1100103
Costa Rica U20Costa Rica1001010
Scotland U20Scotland1001130

Copa America 2007

Brazil 3, Chile 0 (Robinho scores a hattrick)
Mexico 2, Ecuador 1 (Nery Castillo keeps it going)

standings:
FIRST STAGE
Group A P MP W D L GF GA GD
Venezuela 4 2 1 1 0 4 2 2
Peru 3 2 1 0 1 3 2 1
Uruguay 3 2 1 0 1 1 3 -2
Bolivia 1 2 0 1 1 2 3 -1

Group B Pts MP W D L GF GA GD
Mexico 6 2 2 0 0 2 0 2
Brazil 3 2 1 0 1 3 2 1
Chile 3 2 1 0 1 3 4 -1
Ecuador 0 2 0 0 2 3 5 -2

Group C Pts MP W D L GF GA GD
Paraguay 3 1 1 0 0 5 0 5
Argentina 3 1 1 0 0 4 1 3
United States 0 1 0 0 1 1 4 -3
Colombia 0 1 0 0 1 0 5 -5

The USA take on Paraguay tomorrow, July 2nd at 6:35pm on GolTV.

MLS


Sunday, July 1st

Colorado 0, Chicago 0

A bore draw for the most part with very little brewing except for Bakary Soumare's ejection for a shove on Colin Clark in the last ten minutes of the deadlock. Erpen had a somewhat safe first appearance with the Rapids and both teams are just happy to grab a point.

MLSNet.com Match Report


Toronto FC 1, Kansas City 1

KC secured a point at home against the Reds coming away as the only top three Eastern Conference squad to get a point this weekend. A couple sitters weren't finished but Toronto will be happy to grab the point on a header by Danny Dichio. Todd Dunivant had a decent game for his new squad. The Reds worked the last 15 minutes without Andrew Boyens who was ejected after accumulating 2 yellow cards.

KCW: Harrington (3)
TFC: Dichio (5)

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