STARTERS
The reason given for Portland having fake turf in their new stadium is that they will be sharing the place with Portland State Universities football team. So much for soccer specific or the Timbers being the primary tenant.
MLS
Frank Dell'apa on his blog Soccer Confidential tells us about the great coaching success happening right now for 2 former New England Revolution favorites - Leonel Alvarez and Mauricio Wright. Click to continue reading...

MLS playoffs on TeleFutura: Seattle - Houston at 3pm. ESPN2 has Chivas USA - Los Angeles at 7:30pm. EPL on Setanta: Hull - Stoke at 8:30am and Wigan - Fulham on Setana Xtra at 10am. On Fox Soccer Channel: Chelsea - Manchester United at 11am and West Ham United - Everton at 5pm. FA Cup on Fox Soccer: Northwich Victoria - Charlton at 7pm. Click to continue reading...

VfL Wolfsburg vs Besiktas

Last year's Bundesliga champions have been disappointing this season. They have only shown glimpses of the wonderful attacking football that we were all spoiled with this past year.

Grafite is back from a club-enforced break following his red card against Besiktas a fortnight ago.

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MLS on Fox Soccer Channel: New York - San Jose at 11pm. EPL on ESPN2: Bolton - Spurs at 10am. On Setanta: Wolves - Portsmouth at 10am and Burnley - Birmingham City at 5pm. On Fox Soccer: Hull City - Wigan Athletic at 10am and Manchester United - Sunderland at 12:30pm. Russian Premier League on Setanta: Krylia Sovetov - Spartak Nalchik at 6am. Click to continue reading...

Canada - United States Women at 3pm on ESPN. Gold Cup on TeleFutura: Guadeloupe - Costa Rica at 4pm. On Univision: Mexico - Haiti at 7pm. WPS on Fox Soccer Channel: Chicago - Sky Blue FC at 4:30pm. World Football Challenge on ESPN2: Inter Milan - Club America at 7pm. Russian Premier League on Setanta: Rubin - CSKA Moscow at 6:15am and Spartak Moscow - Krylia Sovetov at 8am. Click to continue reading...

MLS on TeleFutura: New York - Chicago at 3pm. WPS on Fox Soccer Channel: FC Gold Pride - Boston Breakers at 6pm. EPL on Setanta: Everton - Wigan at 10am. On Fox Soccer: Manchester United - Aston Villa at 11am. Russian Premier League on Setanta: Lokomotiv - Krylia Sovetov at 6am and Rubin - FC Moscow at 10pm. Click to continue reading...