What you missed while Neptune was turning one…
- Copa America roundup: Uruguay 1-1 Chile, Peru 1-0 Mexico, Brazil 2-2 Paraguay, Venezuela 1-0 Ecuador, Colombia 2-0 Bolivia.
- FIFA Women’s World Cup quarterfinals roundup: England 1-1 France (France won on penalties), Germany 0-1 Japan (aet), Sweden 3-1 Australia, Brazil 2-2 USA (USA won on penalties).
- MLS roundup: Sporting KC 1-1 Chivas USA, Colorado 2-1 Vancouver, RSL 2-0 FC Dallas, Los Angeles 2-1 Chicago, New York 0-1 DC United, San Jose 0-0 Philadelphia, Houston 2-0 Toronto, Portland 2-3 Seattle.
- Chelsea midfielder Michael Essien suffered a potentially serious knee injury in training on Friday.
- Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger believes that both Cesc Fabregas and Samir Nasri will remain at the club next season.
- Arsenal have signed Lille winger Gervinho for a transfer fee rumored to be something like £12 million.
- Arsenal striker Marouane Chamakh will only return to Bordeaux if he’s shipped back to France.
- Aston Villa have denied that they received an £18 million bid from Arsenal for winger Stewart Downing.
- Tottenham goalkeeper Brad Friedel is confident that Spurs can make the top four this season.
- Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish believes that both Steven Gerrard and Pepe Reina will be fit for the start of the season.
- It’s looking less and less likely that Liverpool will be able to renovate Anfield, which paves the way to a move away from the 119-year old stadium.
- West Brom manager Roy Hodgson would consider signing former Manchester United midfielder Owen Hargreaves on a “pay as you play” deal.
- Wolves have agreed to a £7 million fee for Birmingham defender Roger Johnson; the deal now hinges on Johnson agreeing to personal terms with Wolves.
- Wolves manager Mick McCarthy has played down rumors that Kevin Doyle is an Arsenal transfer target.
- Wigan striker Hugo Rodallega has revealed that he’s a transfer target of both Arsenal and Everton.
- Fininvest, a company owned by AC Milan president Silvio Berlusconi, has been hit with a €560 million fine; Milan vice president Adriano Galliani believes that this will hurt the club’s transfer budget.
- Roma have signed River Plate attacking midfielder Erik Lamela for a reported €12 million.
- Ligue 1 side Ajaccio have signed Clube America goalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa.
- Seattle striker Fredy Montero scored twice in Seattle’s come-from-behind win over archrival Portland.
Advertisement
SKC need to quit giving up the opening goal (COL & CHV). Bad switch-off by Harrington on that play. Fortunately, Bravo rescued a point at the very end. Dramatic moment, but we should have beat Chivas 3-0.
Sporting KC appears to be stuck in this Groundhog Day-esque loop where all they can do is draw matches.
Well, it’s really only like 50% draws. Last 9 reg season matches: 4W, 5D, 0L. Recently they beat Portland, Vancouver, San Jose, & Dallas. They’re not in Chicago territory yet. But scoring first would help. At some point they need to bump this unbeaten streak into a winning streak if they want to challenge the top of the East.
That’s better than I thought they’d been doing, actually; I only really notice them in the ALN recaps, and it was feeling like there were lots more draws than that.