Some Soccer News for Nov 28, 2017

It's Day 330 of 2017.


The draw for the World Cup is Friday. I hope this doesn't give any of you flashbacks. (9am CT)

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At the end of November its always interesting to see who sits in the drop zone of Europe's Big 5 Leagues:

• There is a team in Italy with no wins, no ties and therefore no points. They have scored 6 and allowed 34. How does a team that bad get into any top flight league?

Premier
10 West Ham
9 Swansea
8 Crystal Palace
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Bundesliga
11 Freiburg
8 Werder Bremen
2 Koln
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La Liga
7 Malaga
7 Las Palmas
6 Deportivo Alaves
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Serie A
10 SPAL
9 Hellas Verona
0 Benevento
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Ligue 1
14 Nice
12 Lille
4 Metz

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The ripples are quieter than people thought they would be, but sponsors have bailed on FIFA and not many are stepping up to fill the financial gaps. By Tariq Panja for the New York Times.

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MINNESOTA UNITED

MNUFC made roster moves yesterday.
Released:

• Bernardo Anor
• Ismaila Jome
• Justin Davis
• Thomas de Villardi
• Joe Greenspan
• Jermaine Taylor
• Kevin Venegas
• Patrick McLain
• Brandon Allen (back to NYRB)

Current Roster:

• G: Alex Kapp, Bobby Shuttleworth
• D: Michael Boxall, Marc Burch, Francisco Calvo, Vadim Demidov, Brent Kallman, Jerome Thiesson
• M: Sam Cronin, Ethan Finlay, Miguel Ibarra, Ibson, Jose Leiton (on loan until mid-July), Collin Martin, Kevin Molino, Sam Nicholson, Rasmus Schuller, Collen Warner, Johan Venegas
• F: Abu Danladi, Christian Ramirez

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Here are all of the MLS roster moves yesterday, listed by team. (Teams in the playoffs get extra time to decide.) From Soccer America.

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The 2nd annual Du Not list - coming soon.

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MLS

Media:

• Toronto - Giovinco, Giovinco, Giovinco - it's all about Giovinco. By Jeff Carlisle for ESPNFC.
• Columbus - The defense faces a much bigger task in the 2nd Leg. By Andrew Erickson for the Columbus Dispatch.
• Seattle - This will be the most important game the Sounders have ever played at home. By Geoff Baker for the Seattle Times.
• Houston - sadly nothing in the Chronicle this week. Its like they are resigned to losing and don't want to waste a penny covering it. Or maybe tomorrow they drop 4 articles on us.

Semifinal Schedule:
2nd Leg
-Wed Nov 29
Toronto v Columbus (0-0) - 6:30pm CT on FS1
-Thu Nov 30
Seattle v Houston (2-0) - 9:30pm CT on ESPN

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Tim Leiweke took a huge risk that turned Toronto FC into a real team and then walked away. In an interview he gives his thoughts on where the team stands today, and comments on another project of his - the David Beckham team in Miami. By Kurt Larson for the Toronto Sun.

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This new rock n roll song by Ty Segall is smokin'!!!

• My brother says that I am a sucker for punk rock saxophone. I fear he is correct.

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LIGA MX

Liguilla Semfinals Schedule:
1st Leg
-Wed Nov 29
America-3 v Tigres-2 - 8:55pm CT on Univision
-Thu Nov 30
Morelia-4 v Monterrey-1 - 7:00pm CT on Univ Deportes

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EUROPEAN NEWS

Arsenal has hired one of Barcelona's top football minds to help the London team move back to the elite ranks. By Simon Burnton for the Guardian.

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BIG TEAMS + GAMES IN EUROPES TOP LEAGUES

Midweek Schedule:
-Tue Nov 28
Watford v Man United
Leicester v Tottenham
-Wed Nov 29
Arsenal v Huddersfield
Chelsea v Swansea
Stoke v Liverpool
Lyon v Lille
Man City v Southampton
Metz v Marseille
Nantes v Monaco
PSG v Troyes



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