Some News for Mon May 17, 2010

STARTERS

Barcelona are the Champions of La Liga in Spain again! Hooray Mahou Clasica!

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Inter Milan are the Champions of Serie A in Italy again! Hooray Peroni!

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Toluca & Santos Laguna will face off this week for the Mexican Championship.

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Argentinos Juniors are the Champions of Primera Division in Argentina again! Hooray Cerveza Quilmes!
-This is their first league title in 25 years.

BIG EURO LEAGUES TITLE RACE MATCHES

The champions have been crowned in Italy and Spain on their final day of games for this season.

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Barcelona are the champions of Spain!

Primera Division Final Standings:
99 Barcelona - Final: Sun May 16 W 4-0 v Valladolid
96 Real Madrid - Final: Sun May 16 D 1-1 at Malaga

And relegation is final too, as Santander leaped out and Valladolid fell in to the ugly last 3:
SAFE-39 Racing Santander - Final: Sun May 16 W 2-0 v Sporting Gijon
SAFE-37 Malaga - Final: Sun May 16 D 1-1 v Real Madrid
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OUT-36 Valladolid - Final: Sun May 16 L 4-0 at Barcelona
OUT-36 Tenerife - Final: Sun May 16 L 0-1 at Valencia
OUT-34 Xerez - Final: Sun May 16 D 1-1 at Osasuna

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Inter are again the Champions of Italy, for the 5th season in a row.

Serie A Final Standings:
82 Inter - Final: Sun May 16 W 0-1 at Siena
77 Roma - Final: Sun May 16 at Chievo

BIG EUROPEAN LEAGUE CUP FINALS

Chelsea have won the biggest cup tournament in England!

AND

Bayern have done the same thing in Germany!

Huge congrats to both of them.

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English FA CUP - Final
-Sat May 15
Chelsea 1-0 Portsmouth - Che goal by Didier Drogba.
Venue: Wembley Arena - London

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German DFB Pokal - Final
-Sat May 15
Werder Bremen 0-4 Bayern Munich - BM goals by Arjen Robben(PK), Ivica Olic, Franck Ribery & Bastian Schweinsteiger.
Venue: Olympic Stadium - Berlin

UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

The Grand Finale!

Saturday May 22nd at 1:30pm Central on Fox.

Football Club Internazionale Milano v Fussball-Club Bayern Munchen

BAYERN MUNICH & INTER MILAN: THE RACE FOR THREE

The two teams will meet in the Champions League Final, and they are both hoping to win the coveted triple - thats the three main trophies in one season: League, League Cup and European Cup. One of the two will achieve that huge goal.

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Bayern:

*Bundesliga - won the league championship on Sat May 8.

*DFB Pokal - won the league cup 4-0 over Werder Bremen on Sat May 15.

Champions League - In the final on Sat May 22 v Inter Milan.

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Inter:

*Serie A - won the league championship on Sun May 16.

*Coppa Italia - won the league Cup 1-0 over Roma on Wed May 5.

Champions League - In the final on Sat May 22 v Bayern Munich.

MLS WEEK 8

-Thu May 13
Real Salt Lake 3-1 Houston Dynamo - RSL goals by Robbie Findley & Alvaro Saborio(2). HD goal by Brian Mullen.
Venue: Rio Tinto Stadium - Sandy UT
Attendance: 12,945
-Sat May 15
Philadelphia Union 1-1 FC Dallas - PU goal by Danny Mwanga. FCD goal by Brek Shea.
Venue: Lincoln Financial Field - Philadelphia PA
Attendance: 25,038
New England Revolution 0-0 San Jose Earthquakes - 5pm Central on Direct Kick
Venue: Gillette Stadium - Foxborough MA
Attendance: 13,611
DC United 0-1 Colorado Rapids - CR goal by Mehdi Ballouchy.
Venue: RFK Stadium - Washington DC
Attendance: 13,570
Columbus Crew 1-0 Chivas USA - CC goal by Guillermo Barros Schelotto(PK).
Venue: Crew Stadium - Columbus OH
Attendance: 15,027
New York Red Bulls 0-1 Seattle Sounders FC - SS goal by Fredy Montero.
Venue: Red Bull Arena - Harrison NJ
Attendance: 17,900
Kansas City Wizards 2-2 Chicago Fire - KC goals both by Kei Kamara. CF goals by Julio Martinez & Brian McBride.
Venue: CommunityAmerica Ballpark - Kansas City KS
Attendance: 8,155
Los Angeles Galaxy 0-0 Toronto FC
Venue: Home Depot Center - Carson CA
Attendance: 20,007

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EJECTIONS:
-Maksim Usanov - Toronto - 2 yellow cards

USSF DIVISION 2

Matches & Scores:
-Fri May 14
Carolina RailHawks 1-2 Tampa Bay Rowdies
-Sat May 15
NSC Minnesota Stars 1-1 Miami FC Blues
Portland Timbers 1-1 AC St Louis
Vancouver Whitecaps 0-0 Montreal Impact
-Sun May 16
Austin Aztex 2-1 Crystal Palace Baltimore
-Wed May 19
Rochester Rhinos v Crystal Palace Baltimore
Austin Aztex v Tampa Bay Rowdies
Portland Timbers v Montreal Impact

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Standings (As of Mon May 17):
13 Austin - 6 played
11 Rochester - 6 played
11 Portland - 6 played
9 Vancouver - 6 played
8 Tampa Bay - 5 played
8 Montreal - 5 played
7 Minnesota - 8 played
6 Puerto Rico - 3 played
5 Carolina - 5 played
5 Miami - 5 played
4 Baltimore - 6 played
4 St Louis - 7 played

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Standings base on Points Per Game:
2.17 Austin
2.00 Puerto Rico
1.83 Portland
1.83 Rochester
1.60 Montreal
1.60 Tampa Bay
1.50 Vancouver
1.00 Carolina
1.00 Miami
0.88 Minnesota
0.67 Baltimore
0.57 St Louis

USA U20 TEAM

The USA U20's will participate in the Cor Groenewegen Tournamentin Netherlands beginning Sat May 22.

The start with a 2 game Warm-up.

Friendly Matches & Scores:
-Tue May 18
USA v Senegal
-Thu May 20
USA v South Korea

The tournament proper kicks off on Sat May 22.

AMERICANS IN EUROPE

Neither Eddie Johnson or Freddy Adu suited up for Aris in their 5th of 6 rounds of Greek Super League European Tournament Playoffs.

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Game Action: (only those that played are listed)

NORWAY - Eliteserien
Mikkel Diskerud - Stabaek - went the distance, got a yellow card, but won 1-3 at Stromsgodset.
Hunter Freeman - Start - went the full 90 and won at home 3-0 over Kongsvinger.
Clarence Goodson - Start - went the full 90 and won at home 3-0 over Kongsvinger.

SWEDEN - Allsvenskan Liga
Ryan Miller - Halmstad - played the entire game and they won 2-0 at home over Djurgarden.

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Coming Up: (all possible players are listed)

SWEDEN - Allsvenskan Liga
Alejandro Bedoya - Orebro - Mon May 17 v Trelleborg

GREECE - Super League European Tournament Playoffs:
Freddy Adu - Aris - Wed May 19 v PAOK in Round 6 of 6.
Eddie Johnson - Aris - Wed May 19 v PAOK in Round 6 of 6.

AMERICANS IN MEXICO

Primera Division - Clausura Playoffs
Jose Torres - Pachuca - Sat May 15 - went the full 90 but lost 1-0 at Toluca and were knocked out of the Mexican Primera Division playoffs 3-2 on aggregate.

MEXICO

Clausura 2010 playoffs:

Matches & Scores - Semifinals:
2nd Leg
-Sat May 15
Santos Laguna 7-1 Morelia - SL advance 10-4 on aggregate.
Toluca 1-0 Pachua - Tol advance 3-2 on aggregate.

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Matches & Scores - Final:
1st Leg
-Thu May 20
Santos Laguna v Toluca
2nd Leg
-Sun May 23
Toluca v Santos Laguna

ENGLAND

2 Championship division teams playoff for the one last promotion spot to the Premier League:
Final Matches & Scores:
-Sat May 22
Cardiff City v Blackpool
Venue: Wembley Arena

GERMANY

The final relegation/promotion place is decided by the 18th place team in Bundesliga 1 and the 3rd place team in Bundgesliga 2.
Matches & Scores:
2nd Leg
-Sun May 16
Augsburg 0-2 Nurnberg Nurnberg win the series 3-0 on aggregate and will stay in the top division for next season, leaving Augsburg to another season in the 2nd division.

ARGENTINA

Argentinos Juniors are the champions! Huge congrats to them!

Final Primera Division Standings (19 of 19 games played):
41 Argentinos Juniors - Final: Sun May 16 W 1-2 at Huracan
40 Estudiantes la Plata - Final: Sun May 16 W 1-4 at Colon de Santa Fe

COPA LIBERTADORES

Matches & Scores - Quarterfinals:
2nd Leg (with 1st Leg scores included)
-Tue May 18
Libertad v Guadalajara (0-3)
-Wed May 19
Sao Paulo v Cruzeiro (2-0)
-Thu May 20
Universidad de Chile v Flamengo (3-2)
Estudiantes de la Plata v Internacional (0-1)

GAZA WORLD CUP

Its the Gaza World Cup, read all about it.

France wins the first ever Gaza World Cup in Extra Added Time.

Final
-Sat May 15
France 2-1 Jordan

















ENDERS

R.I.P. Ronnie James Dio! I can't say that I was a fan, but so many people I know loved the guys music, and I know that soccer fans all over the world really dug the Dio! Horns Up!