Some News for Fri Sep 25, 2009

CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

Official Web Site, and video highlights from all the games.

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Group Stage
Matchday 4:
-Tue Sep 22
Puerto Rico Islanders 1-1 Saprissa - PRI goal by Josh Hansen. Sap goal by Kenall Watson.
Metapan 0-4 Pachuca - Pac goals by Ulises Mendivil(2), Edy German Brambila & Edgar Benítez.
Houston Dynamo 5-1 Arabe Unido - HD goals by Eddie Robinson, Cam Weaver, Corey Ashe & Stuart Holden(2). AU goal by Orlando Rodriguez.
-Wed Sep 23
Columbus Crew 0-2 Cruz Azul - CA goals by Pablo Zeballos & Alejandro Vela.
Toluca 3-0 Jabloteh - Tol goals by Isaac Brizuela, Manuel Zarate & Nestor Calderon.
Comunicaciones 0-3 W Connection - WC goals all by Jonathan Farias.
-Wed Sep 24
DC United 3-0 Marathon - DCU goal by Luciano Emilio(2) & Jaime Moreno.
UNAM Pumas 4-0 Real Espana - UNAM goals by Victor Rosales, Ismael Iniguez, Maynor Martinez(OG) & Javier Cortes.

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Standings (with 4 Games Played):
Group A
9 Pachuca(4 GP)
7 Houston Dynamo(4 GP)
7 Arabe Unido(4 GP)
0 Metapan(4 GP)
Group B
12 Toluca(4 GP)
6 DC United(4 GP) [CORRECTED]
6 Marathon(4 GP)
0 San Juan Jabloteh(4 GP)
Group C
10 Cruz Azul(4 GP)
6 Columbus Crew(4 GP)
4 Saprissa(4 GP)
2 Puerto Rico Islanders(4 GP)
Group D
10 UNAM Pumas(4 GP)
6 Comunicaciones(4 GP)
4 W Connection(4 GP)
3 Real Espana(4 GP)

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Matchday 5 will be played on Sep 29, 30 & Oct 1.

USL FIRST DIVISION PLAYOFFS

Quarterfinal Round Playoffs
Matches & Scores:
1st Leg
-Thu Sep 24
Vancouver #7 1-0 Carolina #2 - Van goal by Randy Edwini-Bonsu.
Rochester #6 2-1 Puerto Rico #3 - Roc goals by Kenney Bertz & John Ball. PR goal by Nicholas Addlery.
Montreal #5 2-0 Charleston #4 - Mon goals by David Testo & Rocco Placentino.

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Ejections:
Cristian Arrieta - Puerto Rico - Red Card
Matt Bobo - Charleston - 2 Yellow Cards

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2nd Leg
-Sun Sep 27
Carolina v Vancouver (0-1)
Puerto Rico v Rochester (1-2)
Charleston v Montreal (0-2) - live at 6pm Central on FSC

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All the games can be seen at USLlive.com.

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#1 seed Portland Timbers have a buy to the next round.

MLS

Official Web Site

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Week 28
Matches & Scores
-Wed Sep 23
Colorado Rapids 1-1 San Jose Earthquakes - CR goal by Conor Casey(PK). SJE goal by Chris Wondolowski(PK).
Venue: Dick's Sporting Goods Park - Commerce City CO
Attendance: 6,234
-Sat Sep 26
Columbus Crew v Los Angeles Galaxy - 6:30pm Central on Direct Kick
Venue: Crew Stadium - Columbus OH
New England Revolution v Seattle Sounders FC - 6:30pm Central on Direct Kick
Venue: Gillette Stadium - Foxborough MA
Kansas City Wizards v Colorado Rapids - 7:30pm Central on Direct Kick
Venue: Community America Ballpark - Kansas City KS
FC Dallas v Real Salt Lake - 7:30pm Central on Direct Kick
Venue: Pizza Hut Park - Frisco TX
Chicago Fire v Toronto FC - 7:30pm Central on Direct Kick
Venue: Toyota Park - Bridgeview IL
Chivas USA v New York Red Bulls - 9:30pm Central on FSC & FSE
Venue: Home Depot Center - Carson CA
-Sun Sep 27
DC United v San Jose Earthquakes - 2pm Central on Telefutura
Venue: RFK Stadium - Washington DC

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Colorado lose midfielders #2 and #3 for the season. A month or so ago it was left winger Colin Clark with the blown out knee, and now it's right midfielder Jacob Petersonk, and Clark's replacement on the left ? Smith. Wow. They are in trouble.

USA U20 TEAM

Here we go with the U20 World Cup!

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US Soccer gives us lots of news and notes as the team prepares to open against Germany on Saturday.

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Official team blog

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Group Stage
Matches & Scores:
-Sat Sep 26
USA v Germany - 9am Central on ESPN Classic
-Tue Sep 29
USA v Cameroon - 11:45am Central on ESPN2
-Fri Oct 2
USA v South Korea - 11:45am Central on ESPN2

AMERICANS IN EUROPE

Nike on Dempsey.

BIG EUROPEAN CLUB MATCHES

-Sat Sep 26
Sampdoria v Inter
Hamburg v Bayern Munich
Porto v Sporting
-Sun Sep 27
Bordeaux v Stade Rennes - #1 v #4
AEK Athens v Panathinaikos

U20 WORLD CUP EGYPT 2009

FIFA.com's tournament news feed.

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Match schedule

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Group Stage
Matches & Scores:
-Thu Sep 24
Egypt 4-1 Trinidad & Tobago - Egy goals by Afroto, Hussam Arafat(2) & Mohamed Talaat. T&T goal by Jean Luc Rochford.
-Fri Sep 25
Paraguay 0-0 Italy
Nigeria 0-1 Venezuela - Ven goal by Yonathan Del Valle.
Spain 8-0 Tahiti - Spain goals by Aaron Niguez(2), Emilio Nsue(2), Fran Merida, Kike(2) & Ander Herrera.
-Sat Sep 26
USA v Germany
Cameroon v South Korea
Ghana v Uzbekistan
England v Uruguay
-Sun Sep 27
Brazil v Costa Rica
Czechia v Australia
UAE v South Africa
Honduras v Hungaria
-Mon Sep 28
Italy v Trinidad & Tobago
Egypt v Paraguay
Nigeria v Spain
Tahiti v Venezuela

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See all the games live on ESPN2, ESPN Classic or ESPN360.com.