Tuesday, April 26, 2016

Some Soccer News for Apr 26, 2016

It's Day 117 of 2016.


How has head coach Diego Simeone of Atletico Madrid changed Spanish soccer? by Sean Ingle of the Guardian.

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UEFA Champions League Semifinals:
1st Leg
Today's game ended scoreless, and fairly dull, except for 2 excellent late chances for RM.
-Tue Apr 26
Manchester City 0-0 Real Madrid
-Wed Apr 27
Atletico Madrid v Bayern Munchen - 1:45pm on FS1
2nd Leg
-Tue May 3
Bayern Munchen v Atletico Madrid
-Wed May 4
Real Madrid v Manchester City

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CONCACAF Champions League Final:
America, holding a commanding lead, are heavy favorites to repeat and win their 7th CONCACAF Title. (Which would be a new record.)
2nd Leg
-Wed Apr 27
Club America v UANL Tigres (2-0) - 8:30pm CT on Univision Deportes + UniMas

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One of my favorite songs of all time, the very haunting and powerful Ghost Town by The Specials.

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Some really great stuff here! How a professional referee-instructor-assessor saw the Minnesota United v New York Cosmos game. From Northern Pitch.

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Kim Little of Seattle Reign has been named NWSL Player of the Week.
  • No, not Lil Kim.

Tyler Turner of Orlando City B has been named USL Player of the Week.

Christian Ramirez of Minnesota United has been named NASL Player of the Week.

Emmanuel Boateng of LA Galaxy has been named MLS Player of the Week.

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Does Christian Ramirez of Minn United have what it takes to compete at the national team level? Article by the excellent Frank Dell'apa of One World Sports.

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RIP Prince

An article on and interview with a completely unknown 18 year old kid from Minneapolis who is making musical demo tapes to send to the big record companies in 1977. By Lisa Hendricksson of the University of Minnesota's newspaper The Minnesota Daily. Really well written, very behind the scenes, and almost clairvoyant about his future.

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Jimmy Fallon tells the story of the night Prince challenged him to a game of ping pong! [VIDEO]

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For Prince, performing could be a blood sport. And he never lost! By Jody Rosen of the New York Times.

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A very good guide to Prince music beyond the big hits. From The Quietus.



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