WATCH THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE MATCH.......
The U.S. U-17 Men’s National Team finished the 2010 Nike International Friendlies with a 2-0 loss to tournament champion Turkey. Goals on either side of halftime from Ahmet Yilmaz Calik and Enver Cenk Sahin were enough to give Turkey the win and seven points from their three games.
After starting the tournament with a 2-1 win against Korea Republic, the U.S. put up a hard fought scoreless draw with Brazil on Friday evening. Coming into the final game, both teams knew that the winner would also win the trophy.
In front of more than 2,000 fans at the Reach 11 Sports Complex, both teams came out looking for the victory.
In the 16th minute, a Turkish counter attack led to the game’s first dangerous chance. Selahattin Ozcan fired a hard shot that forced U.S. goalkeeper Kendall McIntosh into an athletic save in his first appearance in Phoenix.
Just a minute later, Turkey broke through for the first goal of the game. From a corner kick taken from the left side, the ball fell to the near post, was flicked on and smacked off the far post. Calik was there for the rebound and got off a solid header that beat McIntosh.
Mario Rodriguez, who was dangerous in all three games, drew a number of fouls as the Turkish defense had clearly set out to shut down the U.S. striker. The most dangerous opportunity of the game for the U.S. came after Rodriguez was pulled down and Turkey defender Taha Can Velioglu was sent off for the challenge in the 61st minute.
Marc Pelosi stepped up to take the ensuing free kick and hit it hard toward the upper right corner of the goal, but goalkeeper Sercan Sen came up with a brilliant overhand save that got just enough of the ball to tip it into the crossbar. The rebound popped out to Nathan Smith, but his header toward the far post was picked off by Sen, who had recovered his position quickly after the impressive save.
With the U.S. pressing and keeping players forward, Turkey was able to pounce on a giveaway to start a counterattack. The ball moved forward to Sahin, who ran past the last U.S. defender on a dead sprint and moved around McIntosh to the left. His final shot was impressive, knocking the ball into the far side netting while moving the opposite direction.
The 2010 Nike International Friendlies marked the first time that the event, held annually since 2003, was played as a tournament and crowned a champion. With the loss, the U.S. finished in third place with a 1-1-1 record. Brazil finished second with one win and two draws and Korea Republic finished in fourth place with three losses.
Lineups
USA: 18-Kendall McIntosh; 3-Kellyn Acosta (13-Paul Arriola), 2-Andrew Souders, 6-Mobi Fehr, 4-Nathan Smith (19-Daniel Flores); 16-Dillon Serna (8-Esteban Rodriguez), 5-Tarik Salkicic, 7-Matt Dunn, 11-Marc Pelosi; 9-Mario Rodriguez
Subs not used: 1-Fernando Pina, 10-Alejandro Guido, 12-Joe Amon, 14-Alessandro Mion, 15-Luis Martir, 17-Andrew Oliver, 19-Daniel Flores
Head coach: Wilmer Cabrera
TUR: 1-Sercan Sen, 2-Selahattin Ozcan, 3-Aykut Guler, 4-Taha Can Velioglu, 5-Ahmet Yilmaz Calik, 7-Kadir Ari (17-Okan Deniz), 8-Okay Yokuslu, 9-Ibrahim Yllmaz (19-Berk Ismail Unsal), 10-Recep Niyaz (6-Hakan Calhanoglu), 14-Mehmet Erkut Senturk (13-Burak Yilmaz), 20-Enver Cenk Sahin (18-Tugay Kacar)
Subs not used: 12-Yusuf Mersin, 11-Beykan Simsek, 15-Ilkay Durmus, 16-Burak Kardes, 18-Tugay Kacar
Turkey U17 National Team Squad:
Burak YILMAZ
Beşiktaş A.Ş.
Kadir ARİ
Beşiktaş A.Ş.
Mehmet Erkut ŞENTÜRK
Beşiktaş A.Ş.
Sercan ŞEN
Bursaspor
Okan DENİZ
Bursaspor
Taha Can VELİOĞLU
Bursaspor
İbrahim YILMAZ
Büyükşehir Bld.Spor
Enver Cenk ŞAHİN
Büyükşehir Bld.Spor
Recep NİYAZ
Fenerbahçe
Beykan ŞİMŞEK
Fenerbahçe
Selahattin ÖZCAN
Gençlerbirliği
Ahmet Yılmaz ÇALIK
Gençlerbirliği
Okay YOKUŞLU
Altay
Tugay KACAR
Denizlispor
Aykut GÜLER
Gaziosmanpaşa
Berk İsmail ÜNSAL
Gaziosmanpaşa
Hakan ÇALHANOĞLU
Karlsruher SC
Yusuf MERSİN
Millwall
Burak KARDEŞ
PSV Eindhoven
İlkay DURMUŞ
TSG 1899 Hoffenheim
Source: ussoccer.com
Monday, December 6, 2010
Saturday, December 4, 2010
Turkey's Under 17 National Team plays against U.S Under 17 National Team for a Championship.
Turkey and United States ones again will face each other in the Nike Friendlies International Cup,which takes place in Phoenix, Arizona in the tournaments final match on Sunday at 5 PM, ET.
After both teams played for scoreless draw against soccer power Brazil's under 17 national team, Brazil was knock out from playing Championship match....
Turkey first draw with Brazil than beat S. Korea 2-1 on Friday ....
On the same note , Unites States under 17 national team did exactly what Turkey done....
Beat S, Korea and tied with Brazil on Friday night....
The United States U-17 national team out-performed its Brazilian counterparts in much of Friday
night's Nike International Friendlies tournament match at Reach 11 Sports Complex.
United States will play Turkey on Sunday in what has turned out to be the tournament championship game.
Turkey and Unites States end up with dead even 4 points in the standings...
Turkey's under 17 National team is coached by former Turkish National team player who use to play for Trabzonspor and Fenerbahce, Abdullah Ercan.
The match will be broadcast live on Fox soccer channel on Sunday at 5 PM.ET.
After both teams played for scoreless draw against soccer power Brazil's under 17 national team, Brazil was knock out from playing Championship match....
Turkey first draw with Brazil than beat S. Korea 2-1 on Friday ....
On the same note , Unites States under 17 national team did exactly what Turkey done....
Beat S, Korea and tied with Brazil on Friday night....
The United States U-17 national team out-performed its Brazilian counterparts in much of Friday
night's Nike International Friendlies tournament match at Reach 11 Sports Complex.
United States will play Turkey on Sunday in what has turned out to be the tournament championship game.
Turkey and Unites States end up with dead even 4 points in the standings...
Turkey's under 17 National team is coached by former Turkish National team player who use to play for Trabzonspor and Fenerbahce, Abdullah Ercan.
The match will be broadcast live on Fox soccer channel on Sunday at 5 PM.ET.
Thursday, November 4, 2010
Besiktas Returns From Porto with Golden Point!
We saw two diffrent Besiktas on the pitch again...
First half, really bad Besiktas and bad goal keepeing by Hakan Arikan!
But in the second half,after Holosko came in to the match, He made a huge diffrence, on team's attacking football...
Besiktas, I think , missed the three points...
Wood works, saved FC Porto on Thursday night...
In the 35th minute. Porto scored the goal thanks to Hakan Arikan!
HAKAN Arikan came out brought down Falcao and from the resulting penalty,
And Falcao took the kick and scored..
In the second half of the match, things livened up in the 59th minute when
a spat between Rodriguez and Ibrahim Uzulmez saw both players booked
That was Rodriguez's second time and he was shown the red.
Two minutes later Besiktas were level, Nihat picking the ball up from deep and launching a 30-yard rocket which left Helton with no chance.
The numbers were evened up by the 66th-minute dismissal of Ibrahim Toraman for a second booking.
So, for close to twenty minutes both of the teams played man down!
Bobo fired one over the bar for Besiktas in the 70th minute, I sware that could have been the "goal of the year" in the Europa League, if it went in!
Bob came even closer four minutes later when he smashed a volley against the bar from all of 35 yards....
All in all, Besiktas missed the oppurtunity to earn a win and three points but, this was a golden one point for Besiktas in Porto.
First half, really bad Besiktas and bad goal keepeing by Hakan Arikan!
But in the second half,after Holosko came in to the match, He made a huge diffrence, on team's attacking football...
Besiktas, I think , missed the three points...
Wood works, saved FC Porto on Thursday night...
In the 35th minute. Porto scored the goal thanks to Hakan Arikan!
HAKAN Arikan came out brought down Falcao and from the resulting penalty,
And Falcao took the kick and scored..
In the second half of the match, things livened up in the 59th minute when
a spat between Rodriguez and Ibrahim Uzulmez saw both players booked
That was Rodriguez's second time and he was shown the red.
Two minutes later Besiktas were level, Nihat picking the ball up from deep and launching a 30-yard rocket which left Helton with no chance.
The numbers were evened up by the 66th-minute dismissal of Ibrahim Toraman for a second booking.
So, for close to twenty minutes both of the teams played man down!
Bobo fired one over the bar for Besiktas in the 70th minute, I sware that could have been the "goal of the year" in the Europa League, if it went in!
Bob came even closer four minutes later when he smashed a volley against the bar from all of 35 yards....
All in all, Besiktas missed the oppurtunity to earn a win and three points but, this was a golden one point for Besiktas in Porto.
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
FC Porto v Besiktas Preview...
Besiktas will take on Fc Porto in Porto on Thursday night.
Besiktas allready lost to the Porto in Istnabul with 3-1 score.
Besiktas player Guti said Besiktas will be a better team in the second match.
Guti said: "We want to keep a clean sheet as that would help our ambition in this competition.
"We went through a bad spell with a lot of injuries. Now the team will have more options. It is important we go back to getting the kind of good results we achieved at the beginning of the season.''
Former Porto player now playing Besiktas Qarisma will not suit up for this match because of injury.
He did not play in the first match against Porto in Istanbul too..
A fourth straight win for Porto against Besiktas, will guarantee a place in the next stage of the competition.
Besiktas on second with six points,Rapid Vienna and CSKA Sofia occupying third and fourth place in Group L.
That is why,Besiktas can't afford to lose point or points in this match!
FC Porto 3 3 0 0 9
Besiktas 3 2 0 1 6
RapidVienna3 1 0 2 3
CSKA Sofia 3 0 0 3 0
Besiktas allready lost to the Porto in Istnabul with 3-1 score.
Besiktas player Guti said Besiktas will be a better team in the second match.
Guti said: "We want to keep a clean sheet as that would help our ambition in this competition.
"We went through a bad spell with a lot of injuries. Now the team will have more options. It is important we go back to getting the kind of good results we achieved at the beginning of the season.''
Former Porto player now playing Besiktas Qarisma will not suit up for this match because of injury.
He did not play in the first match against Porto in Istanbul too..
A fourth straight win for Porto against Besiktas, will guarantee a place in the next stage of the competition.
Besiktas on second with six points,Rapid Vienna and CSKA Sofia occupying third and fourth place in Group L.
That is why,Besiktas can't afford to lose point or points in this match!
FC Porto 3 3 0 0 9
Besiktas 3 2 0 1 6
RapidVienna3 1 0 2 3
CSKA Sofia 3 0 0 3 0
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
Manchester United beats Bursaspor 3-0
Manchester United beat Turkey’s Bursaspor 3-0 in Group C of the Champions League on Tuesday to move even closer to a place in the knockout stage.
Darren Fletcher, Gabriel Obertan and youngster Bebe, with a shot which deflected in off Ali Tandogan, all scored in the second half to give United a comfortable win over last-place Bursaspor. It tops the group with 10 points, three ahead of Valencia.
Bursaspor, making its debut in the competition, remains without a point from four matches and cannot now qualify for the knockout stage.
United suffered a setback with an early knee injury to Nani, but used its controlled passing game in midfield to build up a series of attacks. Manager Alex Ferguson gave a rare start to Obertan, supporting main striker Dimitar Berbatov and the combination came close to breaking the deadlock in the 10th minute. Obertan provided the flick and Berbatov supplied the volley—only for the Bulgarian’s effort to be saved by Bursa keeper Dimitar Ivankov.
Ertugrul Saglam’s team looked to hit United on the counter attack with the pace of Gokcek Vederson, Volkan Sen and Turgay Bahadir working the wings.
Bursa’s best chance of the first half came when Sercan put Bahadir through for a one-on-one with keeper Edwin Van der Sar, but the winger was unable to lob the ball over the Dutchman.
Shortly after, things looked to be turning in Bursa’s favor as Nani was replaced by Park Ji-sung after picking up a knee injury. However, neither side was able to break the deadlock.
United started the second half looking more committed and their efforts paid off in the 48th minute, when Michael Carrick found Fletcher unmarked on the right side of the box and his low shot eased past Ivankov on its way to the back of net.
Bursa almost mirrored United’s strike in the 52nd minute. However, Frederico Insua was unable to get a clear shot on goal after being put through by Sen and the Argentine’s effort was comfortably held by Van der Sar.
As Bursa surged forward in numbers, United looked more dangerous on the counter attack. On the 73rd minute Obertan caught Tandogan wrong footed after receiving a pass from Park and the Frenchman unleashed a thunderous strike to make it 2-0.
Just moments later, a clever through ball from Paul Scholes put Bebe through. The Portuguese youngster got to the ball just in time and his low shot got a slight touch from defender Tandogan before landing in the bottom corner of the net.
“We were successful with counter attacks, we got into positions and won corners. We did everything in the first half that could have been expected,” Saglam said.
“We improved from the previous games, we were finally able to get into multiple goal positions. There is of course a huge difference in player quality and football mentality between them and us,” he said.
Bursa will travel to the Mestella stadium next in search of its first goals and points against Valencia on Nov. 24, while United will hope for a speedy recovery for playmaker Nani ahead of their trip to Ibrox to face Rangers
Source: AP
Darren Fletcher, Gabriel Obertan and youngster Bebe, with a shot which deflected in off Ali Tandogan, all scored in the second half to give United a comfortable win over last-place Bursaspor. It tops the group with 10 points, three ahead of Valencia.
Bursaspor, making its debut in the competition, remains without a point from four matches and cannot now qualify for the knockout stage.
United suffered a setback with an early knee injury to Nani, but used its controlled passing game in midfield to build up a series of attacks. Manager Alex Ferguson gave a rare start to Obertan, supporting main striker Dimitar Berbatov and the combination came close to breaking the deadlock in the 10th minute. Obertan provided the flick and Berbatov supplied the volley—only for the Bulgarian’s effort to be saved by Bursa keeper Dimitar Ivankov.
Ertugrul Saglam’s team looked to hit United on the counter attack with the pace of Gokcek Vederson, Volkan Sen and Turgay Bahadir working the wings.
Bursa’s best chance of the first half came when Sercan put Bahadir through for a one-on-one with keeper Edwin Van der Sar, but the winger was unable to lob the ball over the Dutchman.
Shortly after, things looked to be turning in Bursa’s favor as Nani was replaced by Park Ji-sung after picking up a knee injury. However, neither side was able to break the deadlock.
United started the second half looking more committed and their efforts paid off in the 48th minute, when Michael Carrick found Fletcher unmarked on the right side of the box and his low shot eased past Ivankov on its way to the back of net.
Bursa almost mirrored United’s strike in the 52nd minute. However, Frederico Insua was unable to get a clear shot on goal after being put through by Sen and the Argentine’s effort was comfortably held by Van der Sar.
As Bursa surged forward in numbers, United looked more dangerous on the counter attack. On the 73rd minute Obertan caught Tandogan wrong footed after receiving a pass from Park and the Frenchman unleashed a thunderous strike to make it 2-0.
Just moments later, a clever through ball from Paul Scholes put Bebe through. The Portuguese youngster got to the ball just in time and his low shot got a slight touch from defender Tandogan before landing in the bottom corner of the net.
“We were successful with counter attacks, we got into positions and won corners. We did everything in the first half that could have been expected,” Saglam said.
“We improved from the previous games, we were finally able to get into multiple goal positions. There is of course a huge difference in player quality and football mentality between them and us,” he said.
Bursa will travel to the Mestella stadium next in search of its first goals and points against Valencia on Nov. 24, while United will hope for a speedy recovery for playmaker Nani ahead of their trip to Ibrox to face Rangers
Source: AP
IT IS TO BE OR NOT TO BE TIME FOR BURSA IN THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE!
The Strong Bursspor we see in the Turkish Super League is not the same Bursa we have seen in the UEFA's Champions League so far!
They played three matches and forget winning a match , they have yet to score a goal...
On Tuesday night they will face red hot Manchester United in Bursa..
This be very historical night for Bursaspor fans...
First time ever a big name like Alex Ferguson and his boys will play in the city of Bursa , Turkey!
Manchester United on top of the group with two points clear of second-placed Rangers and three ahead of Valencia at the halfway stage of the group, while Bursaspor have yet to get off the mark.
Despite not yet scoring a goal in the Champions League, Bursaspor's confidence will have been boosted by their domestic exploits as Ertugrul Saglam's side are unbeaten in the Turkish Super League and sit top of the standings.
Ertugrul Saglam said: "We believe we can get a result that will be written into the history books with golden letters."
Milan Stepanov and Ali Tandogan sustained knee and hamstring injuries respectively at Old Trafford but are now available for selection again.
Federico Insua also returning after recovering from a hamstring complaint.
So , this is a make it or brake it match for Bursa in the Champions League!
They played three matches and forget winning a match , they have yet to score a goal...
On Tuesday night they will face red hot Manchester United in Bursa..
This be very historical night for Bursaspor fans...
First time ever a big name like Alex Ferguson and his boys will play in the city of Bursa , Turkey!
Manchester United on top of the group with two points clear of second-placed Rangers and three ahead of Valencia at the halfway stage of the group, while Bursaspor have yet to get off the mark.
Despite not yet scoring a goal in the Champions League, Bursaspor's confidence will have been boosted by their domestic exploits as Ertugrul Saglam's side are unbeaten in the Turkish Super League and sit top of the standings.
Ertugrul Saglam said: "We believe we can get a result that will be written into the history books with golden letters."
Milan Stepanov and Ali Tandogan sustained knee and hamstring injuries respectively at Old Trafford but are now available for selection again.
Federico Insua also returning after recovering from a hamstring complaint.
So , this is a make it or brake it match for Bursa in the Champions League!
Trabzonspor captures the second place at the end of 10th week in Turkey.
Kayserispor only enjoyed the second place for a day!
On Monday, Trabzonspor beat Konya, in away match with the score of 1-2...
Trabzonspor and Kayserispor has same points but Trabzon's average is better...
So, Trabzonspor is on second place again at the end of tenth week, in the league.
Erdinc Yavuz put Konyaspor ahead in the 29th minute, but Umut Bulut tied the match four
minutes later and Egeman Korkmaz scored the winning goal for Trabzon.
Konyaspor ended the game with 10 men after substitute Ibrahim Ege was sent off in the 88th minute.
First time in a long time, after ten weeks Turkish giants, Besiktas , Galatasaray and Fenerbahce, are not in the top three of the Turkish Super League!
The teams like, Trabzon , Bursa and Kayseri are real and they have been real for a couple a years...
This is disgrace for the big three in Turkey but good for Anatolian teams that are building
strong soccer clubs with minimun budget!
Lastly, the gap on top, is only one point, between leaague leader Bursaspor and Trabzon and Kayseri!
Bursaspor is feeling the pressure ,,,,
in the comming weeks we will see a lot of good matches in the league....
Bursaspor will take on Manchester United on Tuesday..
They have yet to score a goal or earn a point in the Champions league...
On Tuesday, They could do this in front of their home fans in Bursa...
But, Manchester United will be looking for a win to secure their first place in the group.
On Monday, Trabzonspor beat Konya, in away match with the score of 1-2...
Trabzonspor and Kayserispor has same points but Trabzon's average is better...
So, Trabzonspor is on second place again at the end of tenth week, in the league.
Erdinc Yavuz put Konyaspor ahead in the 29th minute, but Umut Bulut tied the match four
minutes later and Egeman Korkmaz scored the winning goal for Trabzon.
Konyaspor ended the game with 10 men after substitute Ibrahim Ege was sent off in the 88th minute.
First time in a long time, after ten weeks Turkish giants, Besiktas , Galatasaray and Fenerbahce, are not in the top three of the Turkish Super League!
The teams like, Trabzon , Bursa and Kayseri are real and they have been real for a couple a years...
This is disgrace for the big three in Turkey but good for Anatolian teams that are building
strong soccer clubs with minimun budget!
Lastly, the gap on top, is only one point, between leaague leader Bursaspor and Trabzon and Kayseri!
Bursaspor is feeling the pressure ,,,,
in the comming weeks we will see a lot of good matches in the league....
Bursaspor will take on Manchester United on Tuesday..
They have yet to score a goal or earn a point in the Champions league...
On Tuesday, They could do this in front of their home fans in Bursa...
But, Manchester United will be looking for a win to secure their first place in the group.
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