4-27-11

Are Seattle and Dallas out of the playoffs already, some think so after losing key members of their teams.


One local family just keeps producing soccer talent!

El Classico part tres gets underway today at noon, Real Madrid vs. Barcelona!

CONCACAF Final 7pm tonight on FSC Real Salt Lake vs. Monterrey!


The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly from Week 6 in MLS.

Schalke 0 – Manchester United 2 (Champions League semi-final 1st leg, April 26, 2011)



AC Milan midfielder Clarence Seedorf believes that footballers play an important role both on the pitch and off it as role models for fans.


Showboating!



When Real Salt Lake takes the field at Rio Tinto Stadium on Wednesday night in the CONCACAF Champions League Final (10 p.m. ET, FOXSoccer Channel), the best team in Major League Soccer will be playing for more than a championship trophy. RSL will be playing for its place in American soccer history and playing for the pride of a league.


Stoke 3 - Wolves 0 (EPL, April 26th, 2011)



Goal.com rewinds the clock to remember when MLS last won CONCACAF's premier international club competition, called the Champions' Cup when the LA Galaxy hoisted it.


Juventus 2 – Catania 2 (Serie A, April 23, 2011)



CONCACAF has submitted its proposal for 2014 World Cup qualifying to FIFA, and under the proposed set-up, the United States and the five other highest-ranked teams in the region according to the March FIFA world rankings will begin qualifying in the semifinal round in June, 2012


Brescia 0 – AC Milan 1 (Serie A, April 23, 2011)



After a break-out season culminated in his first international cap barely two months after his first-team debut, Timothy Chandler feels the experience and his new teammates have already left a strong mark on him.


Inter Milan 2 – Lazio 1 (Serie A, April 23, 2011)



Drawing on several months of research, travel, study – not to mention a decade-and-a-half of top-flight experience in Europe and MLS – the former US national team captain unveiled his first major initiative as youth technical director of the USSF. In doing so, Reyna has moved all of US Soccer a step in the right direction


Genoa 4 – Lecce 2 (Serie A, April 23, 2011)



Dutch footballer signed to professional contract - at the age of one and a half year old. Dutch footballer has shot his way to fame and a 10-year professional contract with his local champion's division football


Palermo 2 – Napoli 1 (Serie A, April 23, 2011)



Has he cracked? From the outside looking in, it seems as though Pep Guardiola may just have let Jose Mourinho’s barbs and burrs start to get under his skin – especially if his reaction at last night’s pre-’Champions League semi-final Clasico’ presser was anything to go by.


Feyenoord 3 – PSV 1 (Eredivisie, April 24, 2011)



Football and religion have always been intertwined; from teams such as Manchester City and Everton being formed as church teams to the likes of Gavin Peacock entering the church in their post-football careers. Indeed, many believe that football is a new religion, with star players being treated as deities and their importance within society being debated long into the night. One player, however, had doubts as to its significance.



Roda JC 5 – NAC Breda 1 (Eredevisie, April 23, 2011)



What turns Americans off soccer isn’t just the players, though; it’s the nature of the game. There is an element of chance, fatalism—even tragedy—to it. In a low-scoring sport, the better team is not guaranteed to win. One moment of bad luck and the whole game can be over. Referees’ inexplicably bad calls are not subject to review. There are few ways to decide a sports game that are more cruel and indifferent than penalty kicks. Ninety minutes of crescendo and decrescendo and you have to hope that once, your team is in the right place at the right time with the right man behind the ball



VVV Venlo 2 – Heerenveen 2 (Eredevisie, April 23, 2011)