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This Week In Soccer

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Glendale HSWhat, already? That’s right, we are a week away from the start of practice for the Boys High School season and most college programs. The buzz I’m seeing on Facebook is the excitement of packing and preparing to head off to the dorms for the college freshman. For the upper class men, its the reality of the fitness tests. For me, it’s getting the schedules, and rosters, and trying to make some sense of it all once again this season.

We’ve got some great games to enjoy this week to prepare ourselves for the new season. The start of the Olympic games features soccer in advance of the formal opening of the games. There is also a Friendly between Red Bull NY and Barcelona. Here’s the lineup:

Wednesday – 6:30 am – US WNT vs Norway (MSNBC/UHD)
Wednesday – 6:00 pm – Barcelona vs Red Bull NY (ESPN2)
Thursday – 4:00 am – US MNT vs. Japan (MSNBC)
There will also be games between Honduras vs Italy as well as Argentina vs Ivory Coast
Saturday – 04:00 am – US WNT vs Japan (USA)
as well as Nigeria vs Germany (W – MSNBC), Brazil vs N Korea (W – MSNBC)
Sunday – 6:45 am – U.S. MNT vs. Netherlands (USA)
as well as Italy vs S Korea (MSNBC) and Argentina vs Australia (Telemundo)

Other opportunities this week include the USYSA National Championship Highlights Show that will be shown on Fox Soccer Channel at noon on Saturday. See the highlights of the games that were played in Little Rock two weeks ago.

In addition, the PDL Championship will be shown Saturday evening, at a time to be determined. The Thunder Bay Chill, regular visitors to Springfield as members of the Heartland Conference, will face the Laredo Heat. If I hear of a viewing party, I’ll let you know!

And if you’re looking for a final road trip, the KC Wizards will host Chivas USA on Saturday at 7:00 pm. Both teams lost this weekend and are stuck in the bottom half of the table in their respective Conference with 22 points each. Not a ringing endorsement of course but with only 12 games remaining there are only a few opportunities remaining to see our regional team and for them to begin moving up the table.

FC Barcelona vs Red Bulls on ESPN2

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From Soccer By Ives

ESPN has announced that ESPN2 and ESPN Deportes will air the August 6th (Wednesday) friendly between FC Barcelona and the New York Red Bulls at Giants Stadium. Game time is 6 pm Central.

Barcelona will be making its first appearance at Giants Stadium since defeating the Red Bulls in a friendly, 4-1, two years ago. Led by French star Thierry Henry and Euro 2008 standouts Xavi, Andres Iniesta and Carles Puyol, Barcelona’s star-studded squad is expected to draw more than 50,000 to the match.

Note – the US Women’s National team will open play at the Beijing Olympics that morning in a game against Norway scheduled for 6:30 am CDT. More on that later.

MLS Thursday Night Soccer At Coesters – KC Wizards vs Red Bull NY

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As a warm up to the Beijing Olympics, and to continue developing a local facility where the soccer community can come together to enjoy broadcast games, Coester’s and SGFsoccer.com is initiating MSL Thursday’s this week with a double-header!

KC Wizards LogoThe KC Wizards host Red Bull NY at 7:00 pm, available only on Direct Kick. Coester’s will be showing both this game as well as the weekly Thursday night game shown on HDnet (as in High Definition!) at 10:00 pm this week. It’s a battle for 1st place in the Western Conference between the LA Galaxy and Chivas US. I’m rooting for Lance Parker (MSU 2008) and his Chivas teammates!

There will be drink specials for the adults – any shot that includes Red Bull as an ingredient. There will also be a daily food special. Coester’s is a full-service, non-smoking restaurant that offers several seating areas and is family friendly. Bring your son or daughter out to enjoy the game with you, I know you’ll both have fun.

The Wizards lost in penalty kicks to the Seattle Sounders last night in their US Open Cup quarterfinal match. They made the decision to hold back the regulars to save them for the game against Red Bull which is coming off what Ives feels could be The Worst Week in Red Bulls/MetroStars History?

A blown lead on an absolutely embarrassing mistake, A 2-0 loss to a USL-2 team AND a 4-0 blowout loss on the 4th of July. These three events took place in a seven-day span, leading me to wonder if there is any way this wasn’t the worst week in the history of the club.

Good news for the Wizards who hope to continue their recent positive trend. Come out and join us!