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Sunday's TV

2009-11-21T17:00:00-05:00

MLS Cup on ESPN: Real Salt Lake - Los Angeles at 8:30pm. EPL on Setanta: Bolton - Blackburn at 8:30am. On Fox Soccer Channel: Stoke - Portsmouth at 11am and Spurs - Wigan at 5pm. Bundesliga on ESPN Deportes: Bayern Munich - Bayer Leverkusen at 9:30am. On GolTV: Hamburg - VfL Bochum at 11:30am. La Liga on ESPN Deportes: Malaga - Zaragoza at 1pm. On GolTV: Osasuna - Valencia at 4pm. Serie A on Fox...

Saturday's TV

2009-11-20T17:00:00-05:00

EPL on ESPN2: Liverpool - Manchester City at 7:30am. On Setanta: Chelsea - Wolverhampton at 9:30am, Burnley - Aston Villa at 5pm, and Birmingham City - Fulham at 8:30pm. On Fox Soccer Channel: Sunderland - Arsenal at 10am, Manchester United - Everton at 12:30pm, and Hull - West Ham United at 7pm. Championship on Setanta: Ipswich - Sheffield United at 12:10pm. Bundesliga on GolTV: Schalke 04 - Hannover 96 at 9:30am. La Liga on GolTV:...

Friday's Daily: Sunday Night Lineup

2009-11-20T10:15:00-05:00

With J Hutcherson -- And some eyes turn to Seattle. More than you would think if the Western Conference Final rating is an indication. That game was scheduled at an inconvenient time for the East Coast, so maybe prime time on Sunday works out. The major competition is NBC's Football Night In America. That's Philadelphia - Chicago. Relative competitiveness aside, this has been a Fall of high football ratings. Last week's game drew over 22...

FIFA Rankings: USA 14th

2009-11-20T09:00:00-05:00

The United States dropped three places to 14th in the latest FIFA Rankings. FIFA once again extended the rankings period, this time to include the playoffs for the final six World Cup slots. The United States played twice during the rankings period, losing to Slovakia and Denmark. Mexico moved up three places to 16th. Top Twenty

Galaxy Cancel German Tour

2009-11-19T18:11:40-05:00

The Los Angeles Galaxy will not be spending Thanksgiving in Kaiserlautern. The club's post-season tour has been canceled, reportedly after an additional game couldn't be arranged.

Donovan Named MVP

2009-11-19T17:35:41-05:00

After already winning the Honda MVP award for 2009's best US National Team player, Los Angeles Galaxy midfielder Landon Donovan is now Major League Soccer's Most Valuable Player. This is Donovan's first MLS MVP Award, and the second time a member of the LA Galaxy has won. MLS Most Valuable Players 2009: Landon Donovan – LA Galaxy 2008: Guillermo Barros Schelotto – Columbus Crew 2007: Luciano Emilio – D.C. United 2006: Christian Gomez – D.C....

Friday's TV

2009-11-19T17:00:00-05:00

Ligue 1 on Setanta: Marseille - PSG at 3pm. All Times Eastern

Playing Their Game

2009-11-19T16:00:00-05:00

By Graig Carbino - ALBANY, NY (Nov 19, 2009) USSoccerPlayers -- As someone watching a soccer game from the perspective of “analyst," it would be nice to always come up with spellbinding ideas of what worked and what didn’t. We’d all like to have our own unique take on what just happened, why and why not, and all that. Sometimes though, the game just doesn’t give you that freedom. Take yesterday in Aarhus for example....

LA And Real Salt Lake Were Built To Succeed

2009-11-19T14:00:00-05:00

By L.E. Eisenmenger - BOSTON, MA (Nov 18, 2009) USSoccerPlayers -- The Los Angeles Galaxy and Real Salt Lake didn’t kick into high gear until the end of the season, but it’s no real surprise they meet in the MLS Cup final. The combinations of players, coaches, stadiums, and marketing show these clubs built ships to survive bad weather and win races. Despite that both teams struggled in the middle of the table through most...

Preki Joins Toronto

2009-11-19T12:31:32-05:00

After parting ways with Chivas USA, Preki is now the coach of Toronto FC. “We are very excited to make this announcement today,” director of soccer Mo Johnston said. “Preki has everything we were looking for, and we feel he will be a perfect fit with our club. His resume with Chivas is impressive – having made it to the playoffs in every season he was there. His experience is what we need to take...

Happy Anniversary

2009-11-19T11:31:35-05:00

Thursday's Daily: Judgement Call

2009-11-19T10:15:00-05:00

With J Hutcherson -- So about that game in Denmark yesterday.... Look, I'm hardly the type to try to turn a disappointment into a suggestion of something better. The version of the United States on display against Denmark, and to a lesser extend Slovakia, ended up representative of the same old problems. The good thing for US fans is that those problems are minimized when first-choice is on the field. Sure, it would be nice...