2-11-11

The Sounders had their first loss of the pre-season yesterday 3-0 against the Columbus Crew.

Erik Friberg is the newest Sounder signed over the winter and playing center midfield he looks to add something the sounders have missed.

Seattle Sounders Full Schedule, June the US Open Cup starts and July/August the CONCACAF Champions League starts.

Portland finally unveils their star player, former Manchester United player, former Dallas FC player, Kenny Cooper.

Lets look at the what the American's Abroad have in store for the weekend.

Here is your weekend listings for Soccer on TV (all times eastern)



Goals of the Week


Manchester United Class of 92 won't be one soon forgotten.

Borussia Monchengladbach 2 – Stuttgart 3 (Bundesliga, February 5, 2011)



Nostalgia runs deep with Thursday's release, at last, of the 2011 regular-season schedule. Portland’s arrival will reignite arguably the nastiest rivalry in American soccer history with arch rivals Seattle, and Vancouver’s addition turns that into a vicious hate triangle – not to mention a Canadian rival to Toronto FC’s as-yet unchecked dominance


Mexico 2 - Bosnia 0 (International Friendly February 9, 2010)


It's a new name for an old rivalry the "Cascadia Cup" will have it's pre-season version March 4th - 6th and then it will have it's regular season home and away brawls!

Cologne 3 – Bayern Munich 2 (Bundesliga, February 5, 2011)


Last Wednesday February 9th the USA was suppose to play Egypt in Egypt, but with the turmoil that country is under currently the game was cancelled. This could be what some American players needed.


Napoli 2 – Cesena 0 (Serie A, February 6, 2011)



The 5 things that stood out after MLS released the 2011 schedule were, road trips, international breaks, and the 2011 Gold Cup will all be affected.


Cagliari 1 – Juventus 3 (Serie A, February 5, 2011)



Recently the US government decided to shutdown websites that stream sports and for soccer fans such as myself who use these sites to watch games that I wouldn't otherwise be able to see it was very frustrating that the government chose to flex's it's muscle on this particular point. Luckily they can't stop them all!


Best Top Skill Vol. 24


The U20 Mens World Cup qualifying kicks off for the USA March 28th - April 10th, the USA has a very talented U20 team.



Saprissa 0 - Limon 3 (February 10, 2010 Costa Rican League)


The latest MLS news says that NY Redbulls could add a Finnish International to their squad, El Pescadito could make a splash back in the MLS, and other pre-season MLS notes.


Almere 2 – Maastricht 4 (Holland Jupiler League, February 7, 2011)



He is all but out of the spotlight now, but their was a time when "Ronaldo" was the man. He was a game changer, a goal scorer, and known around the world as "Il Phenameno", but in 1998 at the Final game of the World Cup it was something different.


Toulouse 2 – Monaco 0 (Ligue 1, February 6, 2011)