Villarreal, down to 10 men for 37 minutes, lost 1-0 away to Sevilla to leave Barcelona eight points clear at the top of the Primera Liga on Sunday. Building on last weekend’s 4-3 away win over champions Real Madrid, Sevilla took the lead when Brazilian midfielder Renato scored from Frederic Kanoute’s flick on, just before […]
Barcelona opened up an eight-point cushion at the Primera Liga summit Saturday with a 2-0 victory in ‘El Clasico’ against Real Madrid, but it took two late goals from Samuel Eto’o and Lionel Messi to give gave Barcelona the dramatic win at the Nou Camp. It looked like Real Madrid was going to get a […]
A look at the week 17 winners and losers in the English Premier League. Winners Michael Owen Michael Owen might be the best center-forward available in the January transfer window. With 12 goals in his last 18 league starts, he is once again demonstrating his predatory skills. In three injury plagued season at Newcastle. Owen […]
Major League Soccer Commissioner Don Garber was in Portland recently and he told a city task force he wants Portland to be home to one of the league’s next franchises according to the Portland Business Journal. “We need to make a decision by March,” Garber said. “We want one of the teams to be in […]
The lineup for the last 16 of the UEFA Champions League has been finalized as Manchester United, Bayern Munich, FC Porto and Juventus each clinched their places in the first knockout round as winners of their respective sections. Group Winners AS Roma (ITA) Panathinaikos FC (GRE) FC Barcelona (ESP) Liverpool FC (ENG) Manchester United FC […]
It wasn’t pretty but Champions League holders were given a scare at home to AaB Aalborg as Sir Alex Ferguson’s side did just enough to stretch their unbeaten record in the competition to 19 games. Danish side Aalborg threatened to pull off a shock result at Old Trafford before reigning champions United came back to […]
It’s official. Sigi Schmid will not return as the Columbus Crew head coach in 2009. The Crew confirmed that Schmid had rejected their latest offer and the MLS coach of the year is looking for a new job. Columbus Crew President & General Manager Mark McCullers issued the following statement on Sigi Schmid’s status as […]