78 de los 368 futbolistas que jugarán la Eurocopa militan en algún club inglés, esto representa el 21% de los jugadores, las ligas que le siguen son: Bundesliga (49 futbolistas), la Liga BBVA (32) o la Serie A italiana (31).
Los clubes que mas aportan son Bayern Munich (12), Real Madrid (11), Chelsea, Shakhtar y Dinamo de Kiev con 9.

Guest article by our FIF Wes Burdine who attened his first game at Houston's new BBVA Compass Stadium.
Nothing seems to get American soccer fans, journalists, and the MLS brass more excited than soccer-specific stadiums these days. Sure the Dynamo beat the Galaxy, but did you see the stadium?

The battle at LIVESTRONG Sporting Park this weekend should be a good one. (Getty Images)

Talk about a wild start to the week. Just like that Toronto FC won the Canadian Cup (yet they are still winless in league play), San Jose shocks LA on the road, and Columbus continues to improve as they won on the road in Seattle of all places.

The Portland Timbers played against the Houston Dynamo yesterday in their brand new, sparkley stadium BBVA Compass Stadium. The good news here is that the Timbers did not, in fact, lose which is great! A draw away from home is actually an alright thing to get. Granted a win is always better and the Timbers are definitely in need of a solid three points from a game, but given the circumstances with the new stadium and everything I'll notch this closer to the "win" column.

Yes, I realize my truancy on the matter of the Grinder is glaring. I've been city hopping all weekend for work and haven't been able to level my gaze appropriately on MLS' doings. I hope to have something up later, but in the event that the day gets away from me, we'll start today with Brad Davis' howitzer to open BBVA (which will henceforth be known as The Bank) in style.

Last week the Houston Dynamo franchise was feeling the love as numerous media outlets in both the United States and outside of the United States gave positive reviews to the team's new stadium, BBVA Compass Stadium, and although the positive reviews were important they would ring hollow if the Dynamo failed to deliver when they hosted DC United for Saturday's inaugural match.

The Houston Dynamo's dream of a soccer stadium became a reality on Saturday, then Brad Davis provided the perfect capper to a historic day.

The Dynamo's brand new BBVA Compass Stadium opened on Saturday and Davis christened Major League Soccer's newest stadium with a beautiful goal to help Houston defeat D.

Monday, May 14th 8PM EDT – 5PM PDT Guests: Warren Jones Houston Dynamo supporter discusses the opening and the first match of BBVA Compas Stadium Ben Knight of Onward Soccer discusses the terrible start for Toronto FC in League Play ...
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One new stadium got the attention of MLS Commissioner Don Garber yesterday as he was talking to the media at the opening of another stadium, BBVA Compass Stadium in Houston, Texas. BBVA Compass is the newest soccer specific stadium in MLS, which is now the home of the Houston Dynamo. The Dynamo stadium is the [.

Geoff Cameron made it clear in an interview with Chron.com that the new BBVA Compass Stadium will not be a forgiving environment for opposition.

"There was some slight breeze at Robertson because there was that hole when you played the game. There is no wind in the new stadium, none.

Fresh off approval from the Houston City Council, the policies and procedures for tailing at the new BBVA Compass Stadium have been released. It appears you'll need to purchase parking passes ahead of time (no cash spots) and there will be limited space. Here are the highlights:

• All parking passes will be pre-sold.

People who are close to me know that I am a sucker for two things: soccer stadiums and city skylines. Combine the two and I am worthless as all I'll want to do is spend time looking at them together in all possible elements.

So here it is, thanks to the Houston Dynamo Twitter feed, the new BBVA Compass Stadium at night, with the downtown skyline in the background.

Valencia have announced that they have agreed to a post-season tour of the USA with games against the Portland Timbers on May 23 and the Houston Dynamo on May 31.

"This is another step forward for the expansion of the club in which we work," Valencia president Manuel Llorente said.

We learned quite a bit from Canetti from the live chat, and this just furthers my appreciation. He is very open and forthright about subjects, as he will tell you just as much as he can without getting in trouble. Anyways on to the bits of news.

• 3rd Jersey will arrive June 16 against FC Dallas
• Somewhere around 10,000 spots around the stadium
• They have sold "north of 10,000" season tickets sold
• There will be a "spacious" team store that will have exclusive items
• All seats will be installed in "another month or so"
• Dynamo have been close "on a number of occasions" to nabbing a DP and are still actively searching for one
• BBVA will host 2 Champions League games, 1 international Dynamo friendly, and hopefully international games without Dynamo and national team games
• The grass' "early growth is going well"
• Autograph Alley will continue
• ST will be mailed mid-April
• They are looking to add a U-23 to the Academy
• Menu is coming out soon
• They will change kits in 2013

The full live chat can be found here.

Dynamo News

• Dynamo team previews (SB Nation) (Houston Dynamo)
• Dynamo depth chart (Houston Dynamo)
• Ching truly loves Houston (FourFourTwo.com)
• BBVA Compass on track for opener (Houston Business Journal)
• Int. rugby match set for BBVA Compass (Rugby Mag)
• Davis is near full fitness (MLS Soccer)
• Cameron gives teammates wake-up call (Houston Dynamo)
• Brad Davis Interview (Houston Dynamo)
• Dynamo fall to Dallas in final preseason match (Houston Dynamo) and highlights (Houston Dynamo)
• Sarkodie wants to go to the Olympics with Porter (Houston Dynamo)
• Ching's final season?

By Chris Wright

While compatriot Pepe Reina is busying himself by starring in insurance commercials of questionable taste and virtue, Spain duo Iker Casillas and Andres Iniesta have starred in an altogether more wholesome advert campaign for La Liga BBVA which sees the pair taking to the streets and act their arses off with a bit of starry-eyed role reversal asking stunned members of the public for autographs, hugs and photographs.

Por snedecor
Suerte tenemos de que el icono de esta Copa del Rey trabaje para Caja Círculo y no para, es un decir, el Banco Santander, el BBVA o similar: a estas alturas tendríamos la publicidad del Súper Depósito Pablo Infante (habría que darle alguna vuelta más al nombre, lo sé) hasta en la sopa.

In Thursday's edition, Tony asks about multiyear contracts, why the Revolution have a flag on the front and back of their jerseys, weather in Toronto, and a new executive in Colorado. When you're watching La Liga, it is identified as ‘La Liga BBVA.‘ What exactly is BBVA? Now we know, it's a multinational bank (technically BBVA Compass) and the naming partner of the Dynamo's new stadium.

This BBVA Compass partnership is already paying dividens for the Dynamo.

Don't think so? Check out this video where arguably the best goalkeeper in the world, other than Tally Hall, congratulates the Dynamo on their partnership with BBVA and wishes us the best us luck in building a better Houston and growing the sport of soccer in the US.

So with the news that that the BBVA Compass name wil be pretty much dominant in our lives for the immediate future (Press conference today at 3 p.m.), let me just say for the record that I am thrilled that BBVA is sponsoring this stadium. That is the bank that provided financing for the deal waaaay back in 2007, and then stuck with the deal through all of the county and city shenanigans.

This afternoon the Houston Dynamo will officially announce a stadium rights naming deal with BBVA Compass, which means that come May 12, 2012, the Houston Dynamo will play their first home game at BBVA Compass Stadium in downtown Houston. Reports indicate that the deal between the Dynamo and BBVA Compass is for ten years at a cost of $20 million.

REAL MADRID
• Real Madrid, líder de la Liga BBVA, ha ganado los últimos 15 partidos consecutivos en todas las competencias en las que ha participado, igualando su récord histórico de 41 años.
• El Madrid no ha perdido puntos en más de dos meses y medio: su último tropiezo fue un empate en cero frente al Racing Santander el 21 de Septiembre de este mismo año.

By Chris Wright

As you may be aware, Fernando Torres has been dragged from pillar to post in sections of the media this weekend for supposedly calling his Chelsea teammates 'slow' during an interview with Liga BBVA while away on international duty with Spain with Torres claiming that his words had been mistranslated into Spanish and then back into English again.

I wrote earlier that former Real Madrid director general Jorge Valdano believes that Barcelona and Real Madrid will abandon La Liga for a European league if their dominance of La Liga continues.

The dominance of Barca and Real derives in part from their control of revenue from TV rights, which gives them a far bigger share of the pot than rivals in other major European leagues.

I wrote earlier that former Real Madrid director general Jorge Valdano believes that Barcelona and Real Madrid will abandon La Liga for a European league if their dominance of La Liga continues.

The dominance of Barca and Real derives in part from their control of revenue from TV rights, which gives them a far bigger share of the pot than rivals in other major European leagues.