Late again this week, but this time I'm blaming being busy in Buenos Aires, though I am. This
week, I'm blaming the off again/on again wifi that I have where I am living in Buenos Aires. I move
next week and I'm hoping it will improve then.
European club football takes the weekend off, so there are fewer much fewer matches this week
than in recent weeks.
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Win or Go Home
The deciding game of a two leg aggregate when the first leg ended in a tie of nil-nil. An
important reminder. There is no away goal rule, so if the 90 ends in a tie we go to extra time of
two 15 minute halves. From there it goes to PKs in the 5 and 5 format to start.
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The second participant in the MLS Eastern Conference finals will be decided today when the New
England Revolution face the Chicago Fire at Toyota Park.
That playoff game is just one of the highlighted match-up on this busy Saturday.
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The second participant in the MLS Eastern Conference finals will be decided today when the New
England Revolution face the Chicago Fire at Toyota Park.
That playoff game is just one of the highlighted match-up on this busy Saturday.
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The Barclays Premier League may be the most popular sports league in the world, but it is not
the most popular football league in the United States. That distinction would fall to the Mexican
League. But now, we have empirical data that the EPL is trailing our own top flight domestic
league, Major League Soccer in interest, awareness and support.
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The MLS playoffs will begin Thursday when the Seattle Sounders FC host the Houston Dynamo (TV:
ESPN2 and ESPN Deportes, live, 9 pm). According to Soccer America (I haven't bothered counting) of
the 11 games, 10 will be available on national television five on ESPN2 and ESPN Deportes, three on
Fox Soccer Channel and Fox Sports en Espanol, one on TeleFutura and MLS Cup 2009 on ESPN and
Galavision.
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The MLS playoffs will begin Thursday when the Seattle Sounders FC host the Houston Dynamo (TV:
ESPN2 and ESPN Deportes, live, 9 pm). According to Soccer America (I haven't bothered counting) of
the 11 games, 10 will be available on national television five on ESPN2 and ESPN Deportes, three on
Fox Soccer Channel and Fox Sports en Espanol, one on TeleFutura and MLS Cup 2009 on ESPN and
Galavision.
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Galaxy fans will be watching this one as closely as Chivas USA supporters given that the clubs
will meet next Sunday should Houston beat or tie the home team.
A half dozen changes for Preki today after Chivas USA's rather meek 1-0 loss to the Chicago Fire
last time out.
Carey Talley and Ante Jazic replace Mariano Trujillo and Jonathan Bornstein at full back
respectively, with Bornstein sliding into the middle in place of Shavar Thomas who drops to the
bench.
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Chivas USA (playing its third game in nine days) and the Houston Dynamo (eliminated from the
CONCACAF Champions League Wednesday) stagger to the MLS finish line at noon at Home Depot Center
with playoff seedings and pairings on the line for themselves and virtually every other club in MLS
it seems.
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MLS on TeleFutura: Houston - Chivas USA at 3pm. On ESPN2: New England - Columbus at 6pm. Under-17
World Cup on Galavision: Colombia - Holland at 2pm. EPL on Setanta: Bolton - Everton at 9:30am and
Manchester City - Fulham at noon. On Fox Soccer Channel: Liverpool - Manchester United at 10am and
West Ham United - Arsenal at noon.
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The Houston Dynamo's second foray into the CONCACAF Champions League has left their quarterfinal
chances to the very last matchday -- with their fate in some other club's hands. And unlike
yesterday's matches involving MLS squads, the Dynamo must get three points in El Salvador againstÂ
Isidro Metapan (10pm, FSC)Â in order to have any hope of finishing second in Group A.
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After not winning any Champions League games last year, United has won three in a row to give
itself a chance to advance to the quarterfinal round of the tournament. It will be a difficult task
though - United must try to get a win in Mexico, a feat never accomplished by an MLS team.
And Toluca will not make it easy.
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AC Milan is one of the most prestigious clubs in the world, but this season, things aren't going
quite so well.
The Rossoneri sit in 12th place in Serie A and will take on fellow strugglers AS Roma in one of
today's marquee match-ups.
With Oguchi Onyewu sidelined for up to three to four months, and with Milan now asking that
U.
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AC Milan is one of the most prestigious clubs in the world, but this season, things aren't going
quite so well.
The Rossoneri sit in 12th place in Serie A and will take on fellow strugglers AS Roma in one of
today's marquee match-ups.
With Oguchi Onyewu sidelined for up to three to four months, and with Milan now asking that
U.
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MLS on TeleFutura: Houston - Los Angeles at 3pm. EPL on Setanta: Blackburn - Burnley at 8am. On Fox
Soccer Channel: Wigan - Manchester City at 11am. Russian Premier League on Setanta: Lokomotiv -
Spartak Moscow at 6am. Serie A on Fox Soccer: Lazio - Sampdoria at 9am and Milan - Roma at 2:30pm.
La Liga on ESPN Deportes: Malaga - Almeria at 11am.
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The next-to-last weekend of MLS action sees the teams broken down into three groups:
1. In the playoffs, still alive for Supporters Shield
2. Not yet in the playoffs
3. Out of the playoffs
Every contending team has two games left except Chivas USA, which has three.
We'll update this glance as the day goes on, pressbox wi-fi permitting (wi-fi or not, check Twitter
updates).
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MLS on TeleFutura: Kansas City - Houston at 3pm. USL semifinals on Fox Soccer Channel at 7pm. EPL
on Setanta: Arsenal - Blackburn at 8:30am and Everton - Stoke at 1pm. On Fox Soccer: Chelsea -
Liverpool at 11am and West Ham United - Fulham at 5pm. Russian Premier League on Setanta: Lokomotiv
- Rubin at 6am.
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As I sit here watching the first game of the "weekend' - U.S.-Korea at the U-20 World Cup on
ESPN2, BTW and reshown on Galavision at 4 p.m. - I was struck by the paucity of quality games on
the tube this weekend (Liverpool-Chelsea at 8 a.m. Sunday on Fox Soccer Channel excepted).
Fox Soccer Channel is showing San Jose-New York on Saturday, for instance, on a weekend fraught
with playoff implications.
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The Netminder 30 September @ 11:08 AM EST
The MLS playoff race, as simplified as I can make it (point total at left, all times ET):
CONFERENCE LEADERS46 Columbus - They're in. With a five-point lead and game in hand over Chicago,
they're a good bet for the top seed in the East.
43 Houston - Can clinch a playoff spot with a win Sunday vs.
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Under-20 World Cup: Brazil - Czech Republic on Galavision at 12:30pm. UEFA Champions League on Fox
Soccer Channel: Manchester United - VfL Wolfsburg at 2:30pm (5pm - Setanta) and Real Madrid -
Marseilles at 5pm (6:45pm - Setanta). Setanta has Apoel - Chelsea at 2:30pm. CONCACAF Champions
League on Fox Soccer: San Juan Jabloteh - DC at 8pm and Pachuca - Houston at 10pm.
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After a 15-day break from League play - a time during which two Champions League games were
played - United returns to domestic action this afternoon with its 27th MLS match versus the
visiting San Jose Earthquakes. Though results from six League games last night largely went
United's way, the team finds itself a single point out of playoffs heading into today's a game.
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MLS on TeleFutura: San Jose - Dallas at 3pm. USL-1 quarterfinals on Fox Soccer Channel: Montreal -
Charleston at 7pm. Under-20 World Cup on Galavision: Brazil - Costa Rica at 10am. EPL on On Fox
Soccer: Sunderland - Wolves at 11am. Championship on Setanta: Plymouth - Forest at 8:10am. La Liga
on GolTV: Almeria - Racing at 11am, Real Zaragoza - Getafe at 1pm, and Deportivo La Coruna -
Villarreal at 3pm.
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MLS are like that handy man father or uncle. Whenever they are ready to fix things or have tools to
do it, expect an explosion of sorts.
Well you have to give Don Garber credit for his moxie, but his move to place the MLS Cup final
on primetime on Sunday is borderline insanity.
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The Philadelphia Union's introduction into MLS will come in the intense atmosphere of Qwest
Field as Major League Soccer's newest team will face its second newest in the league's 2010 season
opener on March 25th.
MLS announced the home openers for 15 of the league's 16 teams on Thursday, with
Philly-Seattle kicking off the season on Thursday, March 25.
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Today's another busy day in the world of soccer as there are several very high quality matches
going on, even as I type this entry.Some of the more marquee matchups include Manchester United v.
Manchester City (7:30 a.m. on Setanta Sports), Chelsea v. Tottenham (10 a.m. on FSC) and of course
Fire v.
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MLS on TeleFutura: Columbus - Chicago at 3pm. EPL on Setanta: Manchester United - Manchester City
at 8:30am. On Fox Soccer: Chelsea - Spurs at 11am and Everton - Blackburn at 7pm. Russian Premier
League on Setanta: Lokomotiv - FC Moscow at 4:15am and CSKA Moscow - Dinamo Moscow at 6am. Dutch
League on ESPN Deportes: Feyenoord - PSV Eindhoven at 8:30am.
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CLICK HERE to read my Examiner.com preview of Sunday's big Eastern Conference showdown between the
Columbus Crew and the host Chicago Fire. The game starts at 2 p.m. and will be televised on My50
and Telefutura. Columbus leads the East with 42 points and six regular-season games remaining.
Chicago has 39 points with five regular-season games to go.
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With only five regular season games left in their season, every remaining match is critical for
the Chicago Fire. Some matches, however, are more important than others and this Sunday's battle at
Toyota Park against the defending champion Columbus Crew (2 p.m. on My50/Telefutura) certainly fits
that description.
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D.C. United faces San Juan Jabloteh in Trinidad & Tobago tonight in the third matchday of the
Champions League group stage. United and San Juan are both winless in Group B so the match will be
an important one as at least one team will earn points.
After a month of playing two matches each week, United left behind some of the veteran players
and took a younger squad to T & T:
- Goalkeepers: Milos Kocic, Bill Hamid
- Defenders: Avery John, Julius James, Devon McTavish, Lawson Vaughn
- Midfielders: John DiRaimondo, Danny Szetela, Ely Allen, Tiyi Shipalane, Christian Gomez, Andrew
Jacobson, Clyde Simms, Rodney Wallace
- Forwards: Luciano Emilio, Chris Pontius
Tonight's game can be seen on Fox Soccer Channel or Telefutura at 8 p.
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Now, I know some of you may take a break from soccer on this first Sunday of the NFL season, but
if you still have the urge to watch some of the 'beautiful game' then today isn't a bad day to
watch.Some of today's better games include Fulham-Everton (10 a.m. on FSC), Genoa-Napoli (1:30 p.m.
on FSC), New England-Chivas USA (2 p.
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MLS on TeleFutura: New England - Chivas USA at 3pm. EPL on Setanta: Birmingham City - Aston Villa
at 7am. On Fox Soccer Channel: Fulham - Everton at 11am. Bundesliga on GolTV: Cologne - Schalke 04
at 11:30am. ESPN2 has a La Liga game scheduled for 11am, teams not available at press time. La Liga
on GolTV: Xerex - Athletico Bilbao at 3pm.
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