mls-rumors.net - 7/9/2008
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First there was a fight between he and team mate Wilman Conde, now this. According to multiple reports, Chicago Fire midfielder, Cuauhtemoc Blanco may finally have gone off the deep end in what many describe as an assualt on a stadium employee after being red carded in tonight's US Open Cup Quarterfinal match at DC United. We are still trying to gather more information on just what happened ...
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Debriefing for Match 13.C.02: Chicago Fire
The DCenters —
... MLSRumors, RumorMill: "According to multiple reports, Chicago Fire midfielder, Cuauhtemoc Blanco may finally have gone off the deep end in what many describe as an assualt on a stadium employee after being red carded in tonight's US Open Cup Quarterfinal match at DC United." ...
Cuauhtemoc Blanco is a Bad, Bad Boy
The Offside —
... Fire. The video above, at the end, appears to show Blanco delivering a hard punch to the gut of DC Player Clyde Simms. (It doesn’t show the retaliation by Marc Burch, but shows Blanco on the ground afterwards.) After that we start getting into rumors and BigSoccer posts, but several people are saying they then witnessed Blanco deliver a headbutt into the face of a DC official who was trying to get Blanco to leave the sidelines after getting sent off. You can read these accounts at MLS Rumors . Keep in mind that we’re all innocent until proven guilty, but this isn’t looking ...
Brog: Brand Never Saw Clips Near-Matching Offer
SPORTSbyBROOKS —
... Both locations are “about as far from Beijing as New York City is from Miami.” What about the Americans? I’d like to think the folks running our team aren’t your garden variety (Olympic) village idiots If a MLS player goes “beserk” on a team employee in the woods … Jim Souhan of the MINNEAPOLIS STAR-TRIBUNE works out with Vikings starting center Matt Birk . Excerpt: “There is a difference in our workouts. Birk, a surprisingly lean-looking 317 pounds, uses dumbbells the size of Mack truck tires. ...
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Last And Last News
dunord.blogspot.com 7/8/2008 — SuperLiga begins Saturday! ~and~ It's nice to have your own hotel . (Thanks to FS for the photo.) US Open Cup One last round before the tournament takes a month off. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 4th Round/Quarterfinal Matches & Scores: -Tue Jul 8 New England ...
U.S. Open Cup quarterfinals: DCU 2 - CHI 1 (OT)
behindthebadge.com 7/9/2008 — Goals from Francis Doe in the 77th and Bryan Namoff in the 99th completed a United come-from-behind 2-1 win over the visiting Chicago Fire. See the final stats here . Were you at the SoccerPlex? What did you think of the game? Post-game ...
Blanco Comes Up Swinging —
WVHooligan - Soccer Blog
As many of you have heard by now, Chicgo Fire midfielder and DP Blanco got a bit headed last night in the Fire’s 2-1 overtime loss to DC United in the US Open Cup. Blanco took his frustrations out on DC’s Clyde Simms and Marc Burch. The video highlights below (no audio) show the punch to Simms.
Blanco and Burch were both red-carded for violent conduct.
The league is looking ...
The Open Cup Punch —
TheOriginalWinger.com
While the video doesn’t show all of the alleged actions of Cuauhtemoc Blanco or what was happening off camera before the punch, the video speaks for itself.
Wonder if we’ll get to see the full video of the confrontation.
I think Clyde Simms handled that remarkably well.
The Blanco Video: When the Censorship Becomes the Story —
The Offside
A couple of days ago I posted this video that shows Chicago Fire Designated Player Cuauhtemoc Blanco punching DC United player Clyde Simms in the gut in a US Open Cup game. Blanco received a red card for the incident, then allegedly headbutted a DC United employee who was trying to get him to [...]
The latest on the Blanco-D.C. mess —
Soccer By Ives
If you are wondering what's new with the Cuauhtemoc Blanco situation, the Chicago Tribune's Luis Arroyave does a good job getting the Chicago take on the events of last Tuesday . He also put to rest growing rumors about Blanco having a run-in with a police officer at the game .
And those of you who were up in arms about MLS yanking the video of Blanco's punch thrown at Clyde ...
US Open Cup Semifinals Set —
CSRN - AMERICAN SOCCER SPOT
The defending US Open Cup Champion New England Revolution needed Penalty kicks to defeat USL-2 side Crystal Palace USA of Baltimore after the game was level 1-1 at the end of 120 minutes. The Revs will now play DC United in the semifinals. The Red and Black used an extra time goal from Brian Namoff to seal the victory.
In the match Cuauhtemoc Blanco and Marc Burch were both sent off for an ...
U.S. Open Cup quarterfinals: 2-2 —
The Netminder
Two MLS teams advanced, two USL-1 teams advanced, two games went to penalty kicks. Home teams listed first: - New England (MLS) 1, Crystal Palace Baltimore (USL-2) 1 ; New England advances on penalty kicks 5-3. The Revs fielded few starters but slipped through. - D.C. United (MLS) 2, Chicago (MLS) 1 , extra time. Each team used roughly two-thirds of their regulars. Cuauhtemoc Blanco and ...
Video: Rhinos recap —
Behind the Badge
As the team looks to its game tomorrow night against the Chicago Fire in the U.S. Open Cup quarterfinals, here's a look at last week's 2-0 win over the Rochester Rhinos. Lots more video on our YouTube page .
