CONCACAF Champions League Group Rd 1 Open Thread
by Dave Clark on Aug 18, 2010 4:26 PM PDT
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PrintFor those following the non-Sounders matches in the first round.
CONCACAF will have many matches available on the web HERE (further clicks needed)
Tuesday the 17th
Toronto FC hosts Cruz Azul on FSC at 5PM - Group A action (2-1)
Puerto Rico Islanders host Olimpia at 5PM - Group D action (1-1)
Monterey hosts Saprissa at 7PM - Group C Action (1-0)
Wednesday the 18th (hey, that's today - bumped)
Columbus Crew host Municipal on FSC at 5PM - Group B action
Joe Public host Santos (not that one) at 5PM - Group B Action
Real Salt Lake host Arabe Unido at 7PM - Group A action
FAS host Toluca at 7PM - Group D
Thursday is just us - that will have its own thread
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Toronto FC leads 1-nil
Getting home points against a Mexican team is VITAL.
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Now 2-0
You can watch all of these games for free on the CONCACAF website. Good quality too.
by adam sounders on Aug 17, 2010 5:52 PM PDT up reply actions
Anyone else having problems with the player on the CONCACAF site?
sigh It doesn’t like me.
That stream was a bit rough
You may need to update flash player for the CONCACAF site.
by adam sounders on Aug 17, 2010 5:53 PM PDT up reply actions
Is that his first goal for Toronto?
sigh Wish I would have seen it.
Seems odd they'd get less now than
for qualifying. Didn’t they have 18K for the qualifier?
I'll be honest I'm rooting for all MLS teams
as well as PRI in this tournament.
I want the Carib winner to get a Group Stage slot (they deserve it more than any non-Mex/CR team)
And, of course I want MLS to do well, until they face the Sounders
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Agreed completely.
All for MLS…until they play Seattle.
by adam sounders on Aug 17, 2010 6:11 PM PDT up reply actions
I still cant understand why more fans don’t attend CCL matches. This is great.
proud 4th line advocate
ECS Member
Especially for the games against Mexican sides
I can sort of understand being somewhat apathetic about a team from T&T or one of the other smaller countries, but if you’re willing to watch an MLS team play an MLS team, it would stand to reason that the quality of an MLS team against a Mexican team should be high enough for you.
Finally got that stupid plug in working
At least I’m set for future matches
BTW, are only some matches on here?
I don’t get FSC – can I get those games on here? Anyone know? It looks like the Marathon game is listed at least.
It looks like half or so are offered
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Why the heck was De Guzman crouching in teh wall on that goal?
Looks like the ball went in right over/past him.
Wow - the Azul player choke holds De Ro
and he and De Ro both get a yellow? What an idiotic call.
DeRo followed one player off the field as he collected the ball
It’s not unreasonable to consider him an instigator there. For my taste, the ref let too much non-soccer pushing and shoving go before that incident.
It's also on Telefutura
Channel 729 for me over Comcast in Seattle.
by ubelmann on Aug 17, 2010 7:03 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
It might be a little tough for me...
…since I don’t understand Spanish.
Artificial pitch
looks nice, pretty high quality for sure.
by MMAWrestling on Aug 17, 2010 7:06 PM PDT up reply actions
Zoomed in views...
Would put it on equal ground to a field turf a high school team would have up here. But for what I expected from a Central American team, you cannot complain. This is actually their first game on the turf, as it was just laid down last week I believe. It does appear that it was recently used for a football game though.
by MMAWrestling on Aug 17, 2010 7:12 PM PDT up reply actions
According to wikipedia...
…Monterrey doesn’t own Estadio Tecnologico. They rent it from Monterrey Institute of Technology, which apparently is something of a dynasty in Mexican collegiate gridiron football.
When MLS teams have deals like this (renting space, faded gridiron lines on the field, artificial turf), they are derided as second-rate. Interesting to see that that is the situation for a big club in Mexico.
That's because many American soccer fans have a massive inferiority complex
by Aaron Campeau on Aug 17, 2010 7:42 PM PDT up reply actions
Which is why they insist on calling it ‘football’ instead of ‘soccer’ as is our custom in these parts…
by jamesington on Aug 17, 2010 10:04 PM PDT up reply actions
I don't think that's at all indicative actually
by Aaron Campeau on Aug 17, 2010 10:16 PM PDT up reply actions
Then why not just call it ‘soccer?’ The FC at the end of the Sounder’s name is my least favorite thing about the team.
Because it's called football most other places in the world.
If you have no particular love for American football it makes plenty of sense to call it football.
by Aaron Campeau on Aug 18, 2010 7:59 PM PDT up reply actions
except
The rest of the nation will continue to confuse the two.
'FC' is just a traditional abbreviation
That’s all. Otherwise, it’s soccer. It’s annoying when people around the US call it football. Yeah we get it, it’s football in most everywhere else. But it’s soccer here, it’s part of us. I agree with Aaron Campeau, there seems to be some sort of inferiority complex going on.
by chrisperry1983 on Aug 19, 2010 8:07 AM PDT up reply actions
Huh
Three artificial surfaces in this group. Saprissa’s is notoriously bad, though.
Saprissa's old Turf is GONE
They just put in a brand new surface
Leo talked about it….
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That could cost Islanders big
They have to win at home.
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I'm assuming that in Group C...
…we are generally cheering for draws in non-Sounder games in addition to Sounder wins. At least until teams sort themselves out somewhat.
Any result against a Mexican club is good too
Think Draw first
Monterey Loss second
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Yeah, generally speaking I would think a Monterrey loss would be good
But if Monterrey comes out of the gate and wins two or three games, we probably are just as well off if they can keep Saprissa or Marathon from getting any more points.
Tonight a Monterey loss is the goal
We’ll worry a lot more about results later
For now the Sounders can define themselves.
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No Suazo for Monterrey in the starting lineup
Orozco starts in goal, though.
Monterrey up 1-0
I’d say Monterrey is generally dominating so far. Saprissa has had a couple of nice balls forward, but no real sustained pressure going forward.
Saprissa hasn't been looking that great in the back
Keeper stopped the ball more or less by sitting on it (pretty fortunate not to allow a goal) and then a bit later, an attempted clearance ricocheted off a defender for a corner kick (and near own goal.) I don’t know how much of that to attribute to Monterrey’s attack, though they should probably get a lot of the credit.
Impressive header even if it was off
Close either way
Definitely.
Replay made him look offside, but only by a hair’s breadth.
by Aaron Campeau on Aug 17, 2010 8:36 PM PDT up reply actions
And that's that
Monterrey takes care of business at home
30 minutes from another round of MLS and CCL Glory!
Crew and RSL both go tonight. After yesterday I’m believing that anything can happen.
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Nice footwork too
Ekpo certainly had a nice play getting in the box to get the shot. It’s too bad the Crew stadium is half empty. :-(
TFC had 15,000
Crew no where near that
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FYI - Live Streaming
The game is streaming live on the Concacaf website (www.concacaftv.premiumtv.co.uk)
Sorry - I should have mentioned that
The registration process is free and pretty quick at least. :-)
FSC is the worst soccer channel I've ever watched...Replays at horrible times. Not showing important replays. Horrible commentating. AHHHH
I fucking hate you Mariners
They contract with different outfits to produce each game, so you never know what you get. The camera work for the Toronto game was laughable at times, when the ball wasn’t even in the frame.
Sounders v Metapan away game?
Yikes. Looked like some fan had a home video camera in the stands. And the commentating…holy crap.
by chrisperry1983 on Aug 18, 2010 6:59 PM PDT up reply actions
I have to follow this one on matchtracker while I get dinner ready
but there’s an interesting thing.
The Crew foul basically as much in their offensive third as they do their defensive third, and only one in the middle (O’Rourke’s Yellow).
Muncipal is only fouling in their offensive third.
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Crew win 1-0
RSL about to see if MLS can go three straight. Probably a solid shot as well, considering they have a strong homefield advantage.
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I was just about to post "all action appears to be on Arabe's side"
That away goal could hurt RSL, they better step it up.
by chrisperry1983 on Aug 18, 2010 7:20 PM PDT up reply actions
There's definitely been a lot of sloppy play
But I’ve seen some good chances. Their D has done quite a few mindless punts. Arabe has not been too impressive though
by chrisperry1983 on Aug 18, 2010 7:27 PM PDT up reply actions
RSL is phoning this one in
Lots of plodding around the field. Almost no runs into space. The shape of the back line looks pretty bad.
Time for RSL to pile on the goals
Up a man for 60 minutes at altitude should be big.
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RSL isn't going to feel too good about themselves
if they tie this.
If only the goal were a little taller
How many has Espindola rocketed over in the past 5 mins?
Nice!! PK!!
Come on RSL! Wow, Arabe United is annoying. They totally deserve that PK.
Man, you can tell the ref is just as frustrated as we are
That was an absolute flurry of cards.
They won't have anyone after the next match
if they do the same thing then with a ref who doesn’t take crap like this guy.
Nice job Gravanovy
At least the announcers could know the names.
So I think every other MLS team has won their game in the group stage so far, right?
Come on Sounders! That would be huge if we could say the same (especially since the rest of the teams were at home).
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