Monday, December 31, 2007

As a "Warm Up" to Focus-on-Chelsea Week: Chelsea's U-16 Team Crashes Out at Disney

Chelsea Crash out
Just to note that "...[T]he Chelsea Under team 16 team that has been competing in the Disney Soccer Showcase in Florida won their semi-final 1-0 against Lonestar '92 Red but lost 2-1 in the final to CASL of North Carolina." Chelsea Official Site Report

And also from Chelsea Official Site - "CHELSEA INVITES TOP U.S. YOUTH PLAYERS TO COBHAM
" Eighteen of America's best youth players, named in Disney's Soccer Showcase All-Star Team on Sunday at Disney's Wide World of Sports, have been invited by Chelsea to train and compete at our Cobham training facilities.
The All-Star Team will compete in the inaugural Chelsea FC Youth Cup in August 2008, a tournament that will bring together teams from across the world for an international competition...." Chelsea

QPR Defeat Baffles Watford's American Captain, Defender Jay DeMerit

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Harrow Times/Simon Mail - DeMerit baffled by defeat

JAY DEMERIT described the team's performance at the start of the match on Saturday as "fantastic" despite Watford going on to lose 4-2 at home to QPR.
The Hornets were 3-0 down at half-time and goals from Damien Francis and Danny Shittu could not prevent another defeat at Vicarage Road. The reverse leaves Watford without a win at home for seven matches dating back to October 20.
But the Watford skipper said: "I felt for the first 20 minutes we were fantastic. I don't think they even got in our half. When they did they got a penalty and had the advantage. And unfortunately for us we found ourselves again in that situation where we are down.
At the moment we are finding it hard to come back from those. It's disappointing but there is obviously a long season left to play.
"It was funny. You look at that, we lost 4-2, but we totally dominated the game. They scored their four goals in their first five shots. We bombarded them and created all the chances but they scored the goals. But that's football sometimes.
"Sometimes balls don't bounce your way, and things like that happen. It was kind of an eerie feeling, it's not like we came in and had been played off the park. It was exactly the opposite."... Harrow Times

December 31 Update: Signings and Possible Signings

Further articles on QPR's victory and Watford and praise for Manager De Canio. QPR reportedly have completed the signing of Akos Buzsaky and allegedly are interested in Luton goalkeeper, Dean Brill.

- Ainsworth on His Feelings about QPR...QPR's Bright Future Under New Owners and Praise For Chairman Paladini

- QPR's Latest Signing: Watford's Gavin Mahon

- QPR's Supposedly Want Luton Goalie Dean Brill and Sign Akos Buzsaky

- The New QPR: QPR's Watford Victory - Further Reports and Comments

- QPR and the League Table today; One Year ago; Two Years ago

- Snippets: Gillingham's Varying Plans re QPR-Connected Players

Sunday, December 30, 2007

Other December 30 Posts

- Swedish Profile of QPR's New Ownership and Plans

- Argentina's Rusculleda Coming to QPR?

- Next Match: Leicester at Loftus Road, New Years Day Looking to Leicester

For American QPR Supporters: Chelsea USA Perspective

A certain reminder that QPR are playing Chelsea next Saturday (weather permitting! Someone posted on a messageboard there was a weather warning!)
For anyone interested in seeing Chelsea's American supporters perspective:
-- ChelseainAmerica
Also: Chelsea/USA Supporters Club
There are local Chelsea in America sites including:
-- Chelsea/Midwest --
-- Chelsea/Pacific Coast
-- Chelsea/New York
-- Chelsea/South East
-- Chelsea/Texas
Also - Chelsea in America's Messageboard

Chelsea in America Where Chelsea Fans Watch Games in the US
[Obviously other places as well)
CA, Santa Ana - The Olde Ship
IL, Chicago - Fado's Irish Pub
IL, Chicago - Fearon's Public House
MI, Rochester Hills - The Hamlin Pub
WV, Charleston - Cafe de Paris
Chelsea in America

Also: Earlier Details re TV showing of QPR/Chelsea Game

Watford 2 QPR 4: Match Reports - December 30, 2007

What better way to start a Sunday than to read match reports of a QPR victory!

- QPR's Win at Watford - Compilation of Match Reports

QPR are 11 points away from a playoff spot!

TABLE - BOTTOM EIGHT
Blackpool 25 30
Leicester 25 27
QPR 25 27
Norwich 25 27
Scunthorpe 25 26
Sheff Wed 23 25
Preston 25 24
Colchester 25 22
Championship League Table

Saturday, December 29, 2007

QPR Win at Watford - Reports and Comments

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QPR won 4-2 at Watford after taking a 3-0 half time lead and moved out of the bottom three: Reports and Managerial comments on QPR's Victory


TEAMS ANNOUNCED

WATFORD: Lee; Doyley, DeMerit (c), Jackson, Stewart; Smith, Williamson, Francis, McAnuff; Henderson, Ellington.
Subs: Mariappa, Shittu, King, O'Toole, Ainsworth.

QPR: Camp; Barker, Malcolm, Rehman, Stewart; Bolder (c), Rowlands, Ainsworth; Balanta, Blackstock, Nygaard.
Subs: Cole (gk), Moore, Walton, Buzsaky, Vine.

December 29 Activities: Reported Signing...Ex QPR Awarded MBE...Watford Game

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In the news today, as QPR get set to play Watford. QPR will soon be playing with a greatly stengthened defense. But not unfortunately today.

- Snippets: Ex-QPR Georges Santos Finds a New Club

- QPR Reportedly Sign Arsenal's Matt Connolly...Other Supposed Signings: Fritz Hall, Martin Taylor, Rowan Vine

- Former QPR Star, Ivor Powell Awarded MBE

Sunday, December 23, 2007

Welcome to QPR USA

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WELCOME TO QPR USA

Focused on Queens Park Rangers (QPR) Football Club. This site, which is completely unofficial and not connected to QPR or to any QPR Supporters Group, hopes to help link together the many hundreds - if not thousands - of QPR Fans in the United States, Canada, Central and South America.

Much more soon. In the interim:

For Daily News about QPR: Visit QPR Report For complete updated several times daily re news about QPR.

Also Visit QPR America or QPR USA

Contact QPR USA at QPRreport@hotmail.com

LINKS Welcome. If you have any links for British fans in America for QPR - or for any club, please send them to QPRReport@hotmail.com and they'll be added to the list of links

Thanks

If you are interested in adding your name to a forthcoming online listing or directory of QPR suporters in the USA (and Canada and in fact also South America, Central American, the Carribean), just send the information to QPRReport@hotmail.com. Provide as much or as little detail as you'd like. Just your name and city or state is fine. If you want to give more information, that would be great. If you'd like to have your email listed, let me know. If you don't want it included, it won't.