TV:
Friday October 23
2:25pm ET - Bundesliga - Bayer Leverkusen vs Borussia Dortmund - GolTV
2:40pm ET - English Football League "Championship" - Watford vs Sheffield Wednesday - ESPN360.com
8pm ET - Men's College - Evansville vs Drake - FOX Soccer Channel
9pm ET - Liga Mexicana - Estudiantes Tecos vs Toluca - Galavision

Saturday October 24
7:30am ET - EPL - Wolverhampton Wanderers vs Aston Villa - ESPN2 (HD)
9:25am ET - Bundesliga - Bayern Munich vs Eintracht Frankfurt - ESPN Deportes & ESPN360.com
9:30am ET - EPL - Tottenham vs Stoke City - Setanta Sports USA
9:55am ET - EPL - Hull City vs Portsmouth - Setanta Xtra (5pm ET SDD on Setanta Sports USA)
9:55am ET - EPL - Birmingham City vs Sunderland - FOX Soccer Channel & FOX Sports en Espanol
10:48am ET - FIFA U-17 World Cup - Honduras vs. Argentina - ESPN360.com
10:48am ET - FIFA U-17 World Cup - Mexico vs. Switzerland - ESPN360.com and Galavision
11:55am ET - La Liga - Atletico de Madrid vs Mallorca - ESPN Deportes & ESPN360.com
11:55am ET - Serie A - Sampdoria vs Bologna - RAI International
12:25pm ET - English Football League "Championship" - Derby County vs Queen's Park Rangers - Setanta Sports USA
12:25pm ET - EPL - Chelsea vs Blackburn Rovers - FOX Soccer Channel & FOX Sports en Espanol
12:55pm ET - Ligue 1 - Bordeaux vs Le Mans - TV5Monde USA
1:48pm ET - FIFA U-17 World Cup - Brazil vs. Japan - ESPN360.com
1:48pm ET - FIFA U-17 World Cup - Nigeria vs Germany - ESPN360.com
1:55pm ET - La Liga - Sporting de Gijon vs Real Madrid - GolTV
2:30pm ET - Serie A - Inter Milan vs Catania - FOX Soccer Channel, FOX Sports en Espanol & RAI International
2:55pm ET - Ligue 1 - Rennes vs Montpelier - Setanta Sports USA
3:55pm ET - La Liga - Sevilla vs Espanyol - GolTV
5pm ET (SDD) - EPL - Burnley vs Wigan Athletic - FOX Soccer Channel
5pm ET (SDD) - Serie A - Sampdoria vs Bologna - FOX Sports en Espanol
5:55pm ET - Brasileirao - Atletico Mineiro vs Vitoria - GolTV
5:55pm ET - Liga Mexicana - Jaguares vs Santos - Azteca America & ESPN Deportes
6pm ET - Liga Mexicana - Queretaro vs Cruz Azul - TeleFutura
7:55pm ET - Colombia - Millonarios vs Medellin - GolTV
7:55pm ET - Liga Mexicana - Tigres vs San Luis - Telemundo
8pm ET - Liga Mexicana - Pachuca vs Indios - TeleFutura
9pm ET - MLS - Real Salt Lake v Colorado Rapids - FOX Soccer Channel
9:55pm ET (SDD) - Liga Mexicana - Atlante vs Atlas - Telemundo

Sunday October 25
2am ET - A-League - Sydney vs Brisbane - FOX Soccer Channel
6:55am ET - Russian Premier League - CSKA Moscow vs FC Moscow - Setanta Sports USA
9:25am ET - EPL - Bolton Wanderers vs Everton  - Setanta Sports USA
9:25am ET - Dutch Eredivisie - AZ vs Ajax - ESPN Deportes & ESPN360.com
9:55am ET - Serie A - Siena vs Juventus - ESPN360.com
9:55am ET - Serie A - Roma vs Livorno - ESPN360.com
9:55am ET - Serie A - Fiorentina vs Napoli - RAI International
10am ET - EPL - Liverpool vs Manchester United - FOX Soccer Channel & FOX Sports en Espanol
10:48am ET - FIFA U-17 World Cup - Turkey vs Burkina Faso - ESPN360.com
10:48am ET - FIFA U-17 World Cup - Iran vs Gambia - ESPN360.com
10:55am ET - EPL - Manchester City vs Fulham - Setanta Xtra (12noon ET SDD on Setanta Sports USA)
11:25am ET - Dutch Eredivisie - NEC vs PSV - ESPN Deportes & ESPN360.com
11:55am ET - La Liga - Valladolid vs Deportivo La Coruña - GolTV
11:55am ET - La Liga - Racing de Santander vs Osasuna - DirecTV Ch 456
11:55am ET - La Liga - Getafe vs Athletic Club Bilbao - DirecTV Ch 457
11:55am ET - La Liga - Villarreal vs Malaga - DirecTV Ch 458
12noon ET - EPL - West Ham United vs Arsenal - FOX Soccer Channel & FOX Sports en Espanol
12:25pm ET - Bundesliga - Bochum vs Werder Bremen - ESPN360.com
1:48pm ET - FIFA U-17 World Cup - Costa Rica vs New Zealand - ESPN360.com
1:48pm ET - FIFA U-17 World Cup - Colombia vs Netherlands - ESPN360.com and Galavision
1:55pm ET - Brasileirao - Internacional vs Gremio - GolTV
1:55pm ET - Liga Mexicana - Pumas vs Monterrey - Telemundo
1:55pm ET - La Liga - Almeria vs Valencia - ESPN Deportes & ESPN360.com
2pm ET (SDD) - Ligue 1 - Lens vs Toulouse - Setanta Sports USA
3pm ET - Argentina - River Plate vs Boca Juniors - FOX Sports en Espanol (6pm ET SDD on FOX Soccer Channel)
3pm ET - MLS - Chivas USA vs Houston Dynamo - TeleFutura
3pm ET - Women's College - LSU vs South Carolina - ESPNU
3:30pm ET - Serie A - Chievo vs AC Milan - FOX Soccer Channel & RAI International
3:55pm ET - La Liga - Barcelona vs Zaragoza - ESPN2 (HD), ESPN Deportes & ESPN360.com
3:55pm ET - Ligue 1 - Marseille vs Paris St. Germain - Setanta Sports USA
4pm ET (SDD) - Bundesliga - Schalke 04 vs Hamburg - GolTV
5:55pm ET - Liga Mexicana - Puebla vs Monarcas - Azteca America
6pm ET - MLS - Columbus vs New England - ESPN2 (HD), ESPN Deportes & ESPN360.com
6:30pm ET - Liga Mexicana - Club America vs Chivas Guadalajara - Univision

Monday October 26
5am ET (2-day delay) - Ligue 1 - Bordeaux vs Le Mans - Setanta Sports USA
10:48am ET - FIFA U-17 World Cup - Uruguay vs. Korea Rep. - ESPN360.com
10:48am ET - FIFA U-17 World Cup - United Arab Emirates vs. Malawi - ESPN360.com
1:48pm ET - FIFA U-17 World Cup - Spain vs. USA - ESPNU & ESPN360.com
1:48pm ET - FIFA U-17 World Cup - Algeria vs. Italy - ESPN360.com
4pm ET - English Football League "Championship" - Reading vs Leicester City - Setanta Sports USA
4:10pm ET - Portugal - Benfica vs Nacional - ESPN360.com

(TV listings provided by soccer-on-tv authority Oliver Tse)

DAILY READS:
See www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTOURaRXgYE ">the trailer for Farenheit 2010, a look inside the South African World Cup

Kroenke says nothing at Arsenal AGM, as expected

Chicago Fire punch their ticket

I don’t think you can ask for much more excitement. The past two days of Champs League play have seen stunning upsets, wild comebacks, and goals galore. Yesterday, we recapped the Wednesday games; today we’ll do the same for yesterday’s fiesta.

But first: Speaking broadly, this was a good Matchday for the Italian and French sides; a poor one for the Germans, and a bit mixed for the English and Spanish teams.

Let’s start with the easy ones: Chelsea simply slaughtered Atletico, racking up a 4-0 win with ease. This shouldn’t be a shock considering that Atletico is miserable this season, having won only one game so far in their own league and none so far in the European Cup. Chelsea has likely locked up a slot in the knockout stage with 3 wins in three games, and they sit comfortably atop Group D after what amounted to little more than a training exercise. They are joined by Porto, who beat the surprising Cypriot side APOEL in a much more dogged affair. Porto finished the match with ten men after Gonzalez was ejected, but the blocky striker Hulk saved the day for the home team. They now sit on six points and would need to collapse not to progress.

Manchester United slogged through the Moscow gloom to pip CSKA 1-0 thanks to a late goal by Valencia, but the real takeaway is how awful the match was on that plastic pitch. No matter how advanced that stuff gets, the ball still dips, slips and bounces unnaturally. CSKA is still in it because Wolfsburg played to a scoreless draw against Turks Besiktas in the day’s snoozer. The lone bit of excitement came when the German’s top scorer, Grafite, was bounced for elbowing Ibrahim in the area.

The weird games were in Group A. How many times do you see a team miss two penalty kicks? That’s just what happened to Bordeaux, who squeezed out a 2-1 win over Bayern Munich despite the fact that the Germans had two men ejected in the game. Bayern will miss Muller and van Buyten, but they have to be thanking their lucky stars they only lost by a goal on the road. Likewise, Juventus made heavy work in heavy weather of what should have been a straightforward outing against Maccabi Haifa. Nope. Despite finishing the game against ten men when Dutra was tossed for a bad foul on David Trezeguet, Juventus could only manage one goal, and Haifa tested Gigi Buffon repeatedly in the net. Diego was the man of the match for the Old Lady, consistently dangerous on the night.

The big game of the day was in Group C, and no it was not in Switzerland. The Marseille win over FC Zurich game was what you would expect: Leaden and foul-ridden. Marseille got the win thanks to Gabriel Heinze, but the standout was Zurich keeper Johnny Leoni, who kept the Swiss in the game.

The barnburner was Real Madrid hosting AC Milan. After a slow first half, the game sparked to life when Milan keeper Dida failed to hold a save, allowing Raul to punch the ball past him into the net. Andrea Pirlo and Pato scored midway through the second half, only to see Drenthe level it up for Madrid, but it was The Duck, with a great first-time shot off as cross from Clarence Seedorf that decided it.

But the denoument might well be an examination of ref Frank de Bleeckere, who had a nightmarish game. He incorrectly disallowed a Milan goal late in the second half; incorrectly failed to award a penalty after Zambrotta hacked Karim Benzema down in the area; and made a serious of curious decisions throughout the game. (De Bleeckere, mind you, was the gent who sent off the Ghana player in the U-20 final this year… for a clumsy challenge at the halfway line. That could have been a caution instead, and his decision raised a lot of eyebrows.) Had AC Milan lost, they would have been rightly furious.


DAILY READS
Rangers hunt Edu abuser in racial incident

Champs League failure would wreck Liverpool’s finances

Silent Stan (Kroenke) will attend AGM for Arsenal; Still shy of takeover threshold

Ribery out for France

Dynamo out of CCL

TV
UEFA Europa League (Times EDT)

9 televised matches at 1255
Benfica vs Everton – GolTV and DTV 470
Lazio vs Villarreal - DirecTV 462 (SDD 2000 GolTV)
Athletic Bilbao vs Nacional - DirecTV 463
Austria Vienna vs Werder Bremen - DirecTV 464
Shakhtar Donetsk vs Toulouse - DirecTV 465
Steaua Bucharest vs Fenerbahce - DirecTV 466
PSV vs Copenhagen - DirecTV 467
BATE Borisov vs AEK Athens - DirecTV 468
FC Salzburg vs Levski Sofia  - DirecTV 469

9 televised matches at 1500
Fulham vs Roma - GolTV and DTV 470
Valencia vs Slavia Praha - DirecTV 462
Celtic vs Hamburg - DirecTV 463
Lille vs Genoa  - DirecTV 464
Galatasaray vs Dinamo Bucharest  - DirecTV 465
AFC Ajax vs Dinamo Zagreb  - DirecTV 466
Ventspils vs Sporting  - DirecTV 467
Panathinaikos vs Sturm Graz   - DirecTV 468
Hertha Berlin vs Heerenveen   - DirecTV 469
(TV listings courtesy of Oliver Tse)

Game day six and it's head-to-head in Group A with potentially interesting matchup in Moscow. Meanwhile, for Milan, the soap opera continues. You can, as always, follow along on our Twitter feed, @championsonfox, which will have all the goal flashes and other major news. If you cannot be near a TV today and want to watch on your laptop, visit www.championsonfox, where you can stream the games legally, for a small fee.

Yesterday’s games: What can you say about a day in which: Only one home team wins; you see two legit upsets and two unexpected stalemates; and you see a storied team collapse in nearly unutterable fashion? (OK, you can say a lot.)

Let’s start with the collapse: Rangers have now lost two games in a row by scores of 1-4 at home. Yesterday, it was the Romanians Unirea that picked the Glaswegians apart, but on the evidence, anyone could currently repeat the feat. Did we mention that the day saw a stunning flurry of goals?

Rangers looked horrid all over the pitch: Their set pieces were hopeful belters; their midfield interchange was non-existent, and their defending was ghastly. As is the case with the woeful Cubs of Chicago, Scottish fans still will pack Ibrox (and Parkhead, mind you) weekly in a world-famous show of support. There are signs this is starting to end and to be honest it must if this team’s going to improve.

Last night we were all treated to the grim sight of Ibrox emptying with 25 left to play, and the fans raining abuse down on their team. (Some of that abuse came toward our own Maurice Edu, who wrote on Twitter (a post he later removed) that said “It's sad n embarrassing that people follow me so they can write racist comments. It's '09, people, let's grow up n mature a lil bit."

Now the upsets: Who would have thunk that Rubin Kazan, a Russian debutante, would waltz into Camp Nou, overpower Bracelona, and walk away with a 2-1 win? Not I. And while that’s not exactly what happened, Rubinwas full value for their win.  This was one of the great upsets in European Cup history, and it was well-deserved. Rubin’s Aleksandr Ryazantsev gave the Russians a shock lead after two minutes and when Barcelona’s midfield coughed the ball up late in the second, Gokdeniz Karadeniz brought the hammer down. The real story of the game, though, was Rubin’s stout defense. Barcelona came out roaring to start the second half, but could not do anymore than get level. And when they did that, the expected Barca assault never materialized.

Then there’s Liverpool, who are enduring their worst start in 23 seasons. They followed up a freak loss to Sunderland with a game in which they were comprehensively outworked by Lyon. Now, you can say a lot of things about Liverpool, but “outworked?” Rarely. Yet, last night, that was the case.

Manager Rafa Benitez, who would surely be on the job line this morning if the club could afford to sack him (they cannot) gambled and failed with the introduction of Steven Gerrard. That backfired when the injured captain re-did his groin and had to come off after 25 ineffective minutes. That injury now means Gerrard is likely to miss Liverpool’s vital game against Manchester United on the weekend, to boot. It was a gamble Benitez obviously felt he had to take; when Gerrard walked off, Liverpool seemed to sink without a captain to guide the ship.

With the loss, Liverpool is staring at the abyss: They could effectively be out of the running for the Premiership title by Monday, and they sit in third place with just three points in Group E with one home game remaining.

Then there’s the underachievers: Did anyone think Jose Mourinho’s Inter Milan would be  dead last in Group F? No. But this one is proving to be the group of death as, like Rubin Kazan did to Barcelona, Dinamo Kyiv showed up last night and stonewalled the homers 2-2 at the San Siro. Kyiv was consistently the better team on the night, and were it not for a bit of great play from Walter Samuel, Inter would have been stuck with the loss.

Arsenal have to be hopping mad after conceding a stoppage-time goal to AZ Alkmaar, but the Gunners have no one to blame but themselves. They dominated the game effortlessly…and that lulled them into a false sense of security. Time after time, Arsenal had chances to end the match. They didn’t, and now see their lead atop Group H reduced to a single point. Note to Arsene Wenger: The Mannone experiment? Let’s end it.

Last but not least, the Hungarian goal-fest. Fiorentina scored four goal in the first half alone in a match that ended up 3-4 for the Italians over Debrecen. Talk about wild: Three goals in the first ten minutes as Debrecen and La Viola traded blows, then a late strike from Coulibaly that seemed tnearly tipped the game the homer’s way. This is one to re-watch.

The other games were easy: Squillaci and Jesus Navas made short work of Stuttgart as Sevilla cruised to a 3-1 win; Olympiakos got a late winner to down Standard 2-1 at home.

TODAY:
Maccabi Haifa is already bringing up the rear in Group A but the Israeli side may yet play a part in which two of three heavyweights advances from perhaps to toughest qualifying group. Bordeaux hosts Bayern tonight, the teams level on four points atop the section. Obviously, these are three points the French champions need badly if they are to maintain a challenge for a top two finish. Juventus, two points behind after draws in their first two games, needs to find its true Euro form against Maccabi in Torino to make sure they take three points and gain on someone -- maybe both -- from the other match. Which brings us back to the Israelis: any point they get from any game could be the one that alters the final balance.

Manchester United is already cruising ... they have taken over the top spot in their EPL title defense and have full points from their Group B start. Everything is lined up for Sir Alex Ferguson to have a nice cuppa Sunday night as long as his lads don't get jet-lagged or upset this week. The journey to Moscow is never easy and CSKA will be looking to tie for the group lead. But United has fared very well in such circumstances in the past. Then comes a little weekend trip to Anfield Road where the Red Devils could pretty much bury one of their big EPL rivals. United has not always looked pretty this season but SAF's bunch continues to get results.

Real Madrid is already in charge in Group C but things have not gone as expected elsewhere. Marseille is pointless, Milan lost at home last time out to FC Zurich and suddenly it is the Swiss who stand to profit tonight if they can beat the French side. You know about the hang-wringing in Milan; the questions are already there over the future of Leonardo as team boss and although it was totally to be expected that the Serie A club would seek compensation for the loss of Oguchi Oneywu the plain fact is that they probably could have used the big American somewhere in this CL group stage. The Galacticos will manage without Cristiano Ronaldo you imagine -- more openings for Kaka perhaps.

Group D already looks over. Chelsea can go to nine points by taking care of business against Atletico Madrid tonight while Porto would keep APOEL pinned to the bottom alongside the Spanish club if they win in Portugal. It's going to take something very strange to keep Chelsea and Porto from a smooth stride into the knockout stage.

TV
Today's pairings with Directv channels. All kickoffs are 14:45 Eastern except for the game in Moscow, which kicks at 12:30.
Group A
Bordeaux vs. Bayern Munich (DTV 462); Juventus vs. Maccabi Haifa (DTV 463)
Group B
CSKA Moscow vs. Manchester United (FSC/FSE, Setanta, DTV 469, 12:30 kickoff); Wolfsburg vs. Besiktas (DTV 465)
Group C
Real Madrid vs. AC Milan (Fox Soccer Channel, Fox Sports Espanol and DTV 467); FC Zurich vs. Olympique Marseille (DTV 464)
Group D
Chelsea vs. Atletico Madrid (Setanta, DTV 468); FC Porto vs. APOEL Nicosia (DTV 466)

DAILY READS:
Guardian banned from Leed United’s grounds

“Silly question, I’m not answering that”

Awful show in Glasgow sees crowd stream out

And: Edu abused by own fans

John Barnes bankrupt

Egypt and Algeria may play-off

Sixth Honda trophy for Donovan

   Matchday Three sees the pressure squarely on Liverpool, Inter Milan and Rangers. You can, as always, follow along on our Twitter feed, @championsonfox, which will have all the goal flashes and other major news. If you cannot be near a TV today and want to watch on your laptop, visit www.championsonfox, where you can (for a small fee) watch the games streamed, legally.

   OK, the goal went home off a beach ball and never should have been allowed Saturday at Sunderland.
   OK, Steven Gerrard and Fernando Torres didn't play.
   And, OK, Liverpool has a history of rising to the biggest of challenges.
   OK, Reds' fans: Here it is, challenge week.
   Lyon has six points in the bank and Liverpool has three, beaten away at Fiorentina on the last Group E match day in a strangely subdued performance. Since then the EPL challenge may well have gone onto life-support and the weekend's game is against somebody called Manchester United.
So tonight the Reds need three points not only to stay in the CL hunt, but also to bring some much-needed confidence to a side reeling no matter what boss Rafa Benitez says. Lyon, for sure, will no doubt be delighted with a draw but that's not usually their approach to Euro games.
   It has to be just as hot for The Special One, whose team has started with two unimpressive draws in the CL and is at home to Dynamo Kiev tonight. Since Barcelona figures to collect three points at home against Rubin Kazan, Inter will need a similar result to stay in touch with the defending European champions in Group F. The Ukrainians could take a huge step toward unexpected qualification if they can upset Jose Mourinho's team tonight in the San Siro.
   Then there's Rangers ... OK, we mention them because the represent the Auld Sod, but that's about all you can say, isn't it? Even boss Walter Smith has been making noises about the abject decline of Scottish football even as he trumpets the idea that his team and arch rival Celtic should be playing somewhere -- anywhere! -- else than the SPL. Tonight it's quite simple. Rangers host the outsiders from Romania and begin the evening five points behind leaders Sevilla in Group G. Failure to win at Ibrox would probably sentence Rangers to a sidelines seat next spring because they still face away games in Romania and Spain. VfB Stuttgart, only a point ahead of both Rangers and Unirea in the Group of Wimps, will be hoping to produce something against Sevilla to jump start their own challenge
   Group H can be all but locked up by Arsenal if they take their best form to Holland for the match against AZ. Suggestion to Arsene Wenger: don't use that "let's start two behind" approach which was unveiled earlier in Liege. It's set up for Olympiacos to strengthen it's bid, too. They host the unimpressive Belgians.

TV
Here's the lineup with Directv Channels. All of today's kicks are at 14:45 Eastern
Group E
Liverpool vs. Lyon (Fox regionals, DTV 469); Debrecen vs. Fiorentina (DTV 465)
Group F
Barcelona vs. Rubin Kazan (Fox Sports Espanol, DTV 462); Inter Milan vs. Dynamo Kiev (Fox Soccer Channel, DTV 467)
Group G
VfB Stuttgart vs. Sevilla (DTV 463); Rangers vs. Unirea (DTV 464)
Group H
AZ Alkmaar vs. Arsenal (Setanta, DTV 468); Olympiacos vs. Standard Liege (DTV 466)

DAILY READS:
Blatter to stand for re-election

An era ends: Henrik Larsson to retire

Man U supporters to be searched for beach balls at Anfield

England fans: Theo Walcott injured again

   The MLS has one week remaining in the regular season with seven teams chasing three playoff spots. Seattle booked their spot this weekend with a 3-2 win at home over KC that also eliminated the Wizards. They joined the Crew, Chivas, Houston and LA in the postseason. And, also this weekend, Montreal won the USL-1’s final championship, an all-Canadian affair that saw the Impact down Vancouver.
   The MLS games I tuned in to see were, in what may come as a shock our normally Euro-centric audience, well-played and action packed.
  They were also wretchedly refereed.
   One example: In the TFC-RSL match, Terry Vaughn, who has a reputation for abject horridness, blew a clear penalty call that might given a shot to tie the game, when TFC’s Adrian Serioux tackled Pablo Campos, NFL-style. In the game of soccer as it is normally played, that’s a red card (for last man) and a pk. Apparently not in MLS.
    This kind of crass and blatant disregard for the rules of the game is one reason so many folks tune MLS out. MLS refs have been awful for years. And yet, the league does nothing about it, and seems blithely ignorant to hits their credibility takes week in and week out. The recent FIFA Youth World Cup had no USA officiating presence. That's not a coincedence.
   Contrast that to the Premier League, a league about which folks kvetch, because it seems like the same four teams are always hogging the top slots. And yet, every game matters in that league, not least because of relegation and promotion. The other funny thing about the EPL is that when someone in the middle makes a howling error — as Mike Jones did with the “beach ball” goal this weekend at the Stadium of Light — they pay for it. Mr. Jones was swiftly demoted, and while Liverpool is going to have to lump the loss, it’s clear they got hosed.
   Now, another factor is that the MLS players — many of whom are being paid chump change — figure out pretty quickly that the heart of the season’s games end up as meaningless due to theplayoff structure. While it makes for nice marketing to have seven teams chasing three slots into the final week, this also means that the well-played, passionate games are staged in March and April, and September and October. That’s four other months of hum-drum soccer, for those of you keeping track at home.
    These problems could be fixed, but MLS doesn’t seem to want to. They could import refs from abroad, and give some of our more rustic MLSers a sense of what real international play allows. They could also deep-six the playoffs, and make the post-season a qualification-only “league cup.” That would make the mid-season games meaningful, albeit at the expense of a handful of games late in the season.
   I think that’s a fair trade. And I think soccer fans will agree.

DAILY READS

Draw for the UEFA WCQ playoffs:

Rev’s Paul Mariner returns to Plymouth Argyle

Martin Tyler on board for 2010 World Cup coverage

More on the possible USL breakaway

MLS’ “Uncle Phil” under the spotlight

Interesting: How giveaways affect baseball’s attendance


TV
MONDAY
Fulham vs Hull City, 1455, ESPN2
Santos vs Chivas, 2000, TeleFutura (moved from Sunday)

Tuesday
UEFA CL (ALL at 1430)
Liverpool vs Lyon - FSRSns
AZ vs Arsenal - Setanta Sports USA  (SDD 1700 FOX Soccer Channel)
Inter Milan vs Dynamo Kyiv - FOX Soccer Channel
Barcelona vs Rubin Kazan - DirecTV and FOX Sports en Espanol
Debrecen vs Fiorentina - DirecTV
Rangers vs Unirea - DirecTV
Stuttgart vs Sevilla - DirecTV
Olympiacos vs Standard de Liege – DirecTV

WEDNESDAY
UEFA CL (1430 except CSKA Moscow vs Man Utd at 1225)

CSKA Moscow vs Manchester United - 1225 – FSC/FSE/Setanta
Real Madrid vs AC Milan - FSC/FSE
Chelsea vs Atletico de Madrid - Setanta Sports USA  (SDD 1700 FOX Soccer
Channel)
Bordeaux vs Bayern Munich - DirecTV
Juventus vs Maccabi Haifa - DirecTV
Zurich vs Marseille - DirecTV
Porto vs APOEL - DirecTV
Wolfsburg vs Besiktas - DirecTV

THURSDAY
UEFA Europa League
9 televised matches at 1255

Benfica vs Everton - GolTV
Lazio vs Villarreal - DirecTV (SDD 2000 GolTV)
Athletic Bilbao vs Nacional - DirecTV
Austria Vienna vs Werder Bremen - DirecTV
Shakhtar Donetsk vs Toulouse - DirecTV
Steaua Bucharest vs Fenerbahce - DirecTV
PSV vs Copenhagen - DirecTV
BATE Borisov vs AEK Athens - DirecTV
FC Salzburg vs Levski Sofia  - DirecTV

9 televised matches at 1500
Fulham vs Roma - GolTV
Valencia vs Slavia Praha - DirecTV
Celtic vs Hamburg - DirecTV
Lille vs Genoa  - DirecTV
Galatasaray vs Dinamo Bucharest  - DirecTV
AFC Ajax vs Dinamo Zagreb  - DirecTV
Ventspils vs Sporting  - DirecTV
Panathinaikos vs Sturm Graz   - DirecTV
Hertha Berlin vs Heerenveen   - DirecTV

(w/thanks to Oliver Tse)