Hats off to the Footy Blog at TheScore.com for finding this one...
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Impact wins in Portugal and other USSF D2 news..
-The Impact beat Portuguese 2nd division side SC Freamunde 5-1 (Were they playing their reserves?? Most probably, that's what happens when you play teams who are already in the midst of their season) today.
Roberto Brown, Filipe Soares, Pierre-Rudpolh Mayard, Rocco Placentino and Reda Agouram all scored for the Impact. According to CKAC Sports, the game was played in horrible weather conditions with rain and wind gusts up to 70 km/h.
-AC St-Louis announced this morning that the Edward Jones Dome in St-Louis will host a “The Rest of the World” vs. South America soccer game. More details here..
-The FC Tampa Bay Rowdies unveiled their new kits today, green and gold. Pics : Here , here and here.
-And for those of you who haven't seen this yet, Brian Quarstad of Inside Minnesota Soccer is reporting that apparently the United States Soccer federation has scolded the NASL and USL for being too proactive in promoting their respective brands. A good read.
Roberto Brown, Filipe Soares, Pierre-Rudpolh Mayard, Rocco Placentino and Reda Agouram all scored for the Impact. According to CKAC Sports, the game was played in horrible weather conditions with rain and wind gusts up to 70 km/h.
-AC St-Louis announced this morning that the Edward Jones Dome in St-Louis will host a “The Rest of the World” vs. South America soccer game. More details here..
-The FC Tampa Bay Rowdies unveiled their new kits today, green and gold. Pics : Here , here and here.
-And for those of you who haven't seen this yet, Brian Quarstad of Inside Minnesota Soccer is reporting that apparently the United States Soccer federation has scolded the NASL and USL for being too proactive in promoting their respective brands. A good read.
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Mascot unmasked...
I came across this funny/weird goal celebration today, Tak-Tik consider yourself warned...
Friday, February 19, 2010
Deroux set to return in March
The Impact finally announced that Stephen Deroux will be returning to Montreal on March 1st and will resume practicing with the team on March 9th.
I had sent an e-mail to director of communications Patrick Vallée yesterday, hoping to get some answers in regards to Deroux's absence for "personal reasons", so this definitely comes as good news.
He will definitely be penciled in as left back in our starting XI after a stellar 2009 campaign, in which he was named "Newcomer of the year" for the Impact.
The team needs to have all of its key players healthy to recapture what has practically become Montreal property, the Voyageurs cup.
Considering TFC's abysmal elimination in the 2009 Concacaf Champions League preliminary round to the Puerto Rico Islanders, Canada needs to regain some respect on the Concacaf club scene or risk being drawn against much tougher opposition in the preliminary round in future CCL editions.
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Update: Pre-season tour in Portugal
Details of the Montréal Impact pre-season tour of Portugal will be made available later today.
They will play 3 matches, including one against a first division club. FC Porto, Sporting?? (wishful thinking!?) ...
More later.
Update:
( From montrealimpact.com)
After four weeks of training camp in Montreal, the Impact will continue its winter preparation at the Training Center of Melgaço, located 150 km northeast of Porto. The Impact will fly to Portugal Sunday and will be back in Montreal on March 5.
During its stay in Europe, the Impact will play three exhibition games. The team should face off a second division club, SC Freamunde (League of Honour), Wednesday, February 24 at the Estadio Sport Clube Freamunde, a third division club, GD Ribeirao (Second division, Northern Zone), Saturday, Februray 27 at Estadio do Passal and finally, a first division club, Rio Ave FC (League 1), Wednesday, March 3 at Estadio dos Arcos.
Forward Peter Byers (knee), midfielder David Testo (abdomen) and defender Stephen deRoux (personal reasons) will not be joining the team overseas.
During its games in Portugal, the Impact will use training jerseys provided by its official technical supplier LEGEA. The official 2010 jerseys will be unveiled when the team returns home in March.
So, the first division club the Impact will face is Rio Ave, who currently sits 9th in the 16 club Portuguese D1 table. They will be trying to slip a few by goalkeeper Carlos Fernandes , who recently played for Angola at the 2010 African cup of Nations.
On another note, what's going on with Stephen De roux?? Training camp started on January 25th and he is still missing because of "personal reasons". You would think the club would give us a clue or an idea as to the length of his absence? I'm not implying anything at all here, but I really hope it's not rehab or anything like that. It would be a tremendous loss if he were not to come back.
The club also mentions they will reveal the new 2010 jerseys when the team gets back in March, so if your reading (which they probably are not..) please, please NO sky blue!
They will play 3 matches, including one against a first division club. FC Porto, Sporting?? (wishful thinking!?) ...
More later.
Update:
( From montrealimpact.com)
After four weeks of training camp in Montreal, the Impact will continue its winter preparation at the Training Center of Melgaço, located 150 km northeast of Porto. The Impact will fly to Portugal Sunday and will be back in Montreal on March 5.
During its stay in Europe, the Impact will play three exhibition games. The team should face off a second division club, SC Freamunde (League of Honour), Wednesday, February 24 at the Estadio Sport Clube Freamunde, a third division club, GD Ribeirao (Second division, Northern Zone), Saturday, Februray 27 at Estadio do Passal and finally, a first division club, Rio Ave FC (League 1), Wednesday, March 3 at Estadio dos Arcos.
Forward Peter Byers (knee), midfielder David Testo (abdomen) and defender Stephen deRoux (personal reasons) will not be joining the team overseas.
During its games in Portugal, the Impact will use training jerseys provided by its official technical supplier LEGEA. The official 2010 jerseys will be unveiled when the team returns home in March.
So, the first division club the Impact will face is Rio Ave, who currently sits 9th in the 16 club Portuguese D1 table. They will be trying to slip a few by goalkeeper Carlos Fernandes , who recently played for Angola at the 2010 African cup of Nations.
On another note, what's going on with Stephen De roux?? Training camp started on January 25th and he is still missing because of "personal reasons". You would think the club would give us a clue or an idea as to the length of his absence? I'm not implying anything at all here, but I really hope it's not rehab or anything like that. It would be a tremendous loss if he were not to come back.
The club also mentions they will reveal the new 2010 jerseys when the team gets back in March, so if your reading (which they probably are not..) please, please NO sky blue!
Friday, February 5, 2010
USSF D2 Schedule
The USSF D2 schedule is "expected" to be released Monday February 8th, according to this blurb from Crystal Palace Baltimore's website.
Thursday, February 4, 2010
Off to BMO April 28th..
The schedule for the Nutrilite Canadian Championship was announced today, as most of you already know, so here it is:
Wednesday April 28th 2010 – Montréal @ Toronto
Wednesday May 5th 2010 – Montréal @ Vancouver
Wednesday May 12th 2010 – Toronto @ Montréal
Wednesdayi May 19th 2010 – Toronto @ Vancouver
Wednesday May 26th 2010 – Vancouver @ Montréal
Wednesday June 2nd 2010 – Vancouver @ Toronto
Right away, I noticed the Impact features in the first 3 games of the tournament and plays its first 2 on the road. Montreal does not get to feature in the final game this year, courtesy of our dismal performance in last years tournament (I thought my selective memory had blocked that out by now!?).
Well, I could choose to look at the glass half empty or half full on this one, so I guess I'll stay positive and choose the latter.
Starting out on the road and coming home with 1-3 points could be viewed as an opportunity to finish strong at home and since the Impact's third game is on May 12th, we should know within the first 2 weeks of the tournament if we have a shot at winning the V-cup.
Hearing "Tic Tac Tabernak, who the fuck's the Impact?" and seeing the 10 year old girls sitting in front of the away supporters in section 104 following and chanting along to what has to be one of the lamest chants in soccer supporter history "This is our house" is always good for a laugh.
Should be nice to see the new grass at BMO and the Impact come away with a win.
It's our national championship and even though it's only 6 games and 3 teams, it's all we have for now and we should get excited about it.
Let the games begin! (Yes, I do realize the first game is 83 days away!)
Wednesday April 28th 2010 – Montréal @ Toronto
Wednesday May 5th 2010 – Montréal @ Vancouver
Wednesday May 12th 2010 – Toronto @ Montréal
Wednesdayi May 19th 2010 – Toronto @ Vancouver
Wednesday May 26th 2010 – Vancouver @ Montréal
Wednesday June 2nd 2010 – Vancouver @ Toronto
Right away, I noticed the Impact features in the first 3 games of the tournament and plays its first 2 on the road. Montreal does not get to feature in the final game this year, courtesy of our dismal performance in last years tournament (I thought my selective memory had blocked that out by now!?).
Well, I could choose to look at the glass half empty or half full on this one, so I guess I'll stay positive and choose the latter.
Starting out on the road and coming home with 1-3 points could be viewed as an opportunity to finish strong at home and since the Impact's third game is on May 12th, we should know within the first 2 weeks of the tournament if we have a shot at winning the V-cup.
Hearing "Tic Tac Tabernak, who the fuck's the Impact?" and seeing the 10 year old girls sitting in front of the away supporters in section 104 following and chanting along to what has to be one of the lamest chants in soccer supporter history "This is our house" is always good for a laugh.
Should be nice to see the new grass at BMO and the Impact come away with a win.
It's our national championship and even though it's only 6 games and 3 teams, it's all we have for now and we should get excited about it.
Let the games begin! (Yes, I do realize the first game is 83 days away!)
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Voyageurs cup
The Voyageurs Cup schedule will be announced this Thursday February 4th in Toronto.
Already looking forward to another road trip to BMO Field..
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