Soccer Potpourri
MLS
- Jeremiah Oshan: MLS And Youth Development, Part 1 – MLS And Youth Development, Part 2
- Kyle McCarthy: Extended Development Academy season prompts concerns about its participants
- Brian Quarstad: Integrating MLS Reserve League into America’s Lower Divisions – Part 1
- Soccer By The Numbers: How Efficient Are Player Salaries in Major League Soccer? Data From 2011
- Brotherly Game: The Expansion Draft: A Broken System?
- Brian Quarstad: MLS Preseason Destination Grande Sports World; 3 Years Ago it Was a Desert
Interesting Reads
- SI.com: Huge soccer match-fixing trial begins in Turkey
- 3Four3: The Grand Conceit of American Soccer
- J Hutcherson: Anxiety Announcing
- Keir Radnedge: Financial fall-out from Warner power game haunts FIFA and all points west
- Paul Kennedy: Liverpool and Red Sox in a mess of trouble
- Nick Rosano: America and Chivas struggle to find solutions as Clausura rolls on
The Business of Soccer
- ESPNSoccernet: Rangers go into administration
- Independent: Portsmouth heading for administration
Tournaments
- Goal.com: Now the real show begins – How the Champions League knockout phase can make or break a club
- UEFA Champions League: UCL round of 16 underway
- Copa Libertadores: Copa Lib update
- Steve Goff: World Cup bonuses, employee salaries listed in U.S. Soccer Federation tax document
’12-’13 UEFA Champions League Contenders
| GP | W | D | L | GD | Pts | |
| EPL | ||||||
| Manchester City | 25 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 45 | 60 |
| Manchester Utd | 25 | 18 | 4 | 7 | 36 | 58 |
| Tottenham | 25 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 53 |
| Arsenal | 25 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 43 |
| Chelsea | 25 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 43 |
| Newcastle Utd | 25 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 42 |
| Bundesliga | ||||||
| Dortmund | 21 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 32 | 46 |
| Bayern Munich | 21 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 35 | 44 |
| Monchengladbach | 21 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 43 |
| Schalke | 21 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 41 |
| Werder Bremen | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | -1 | 33 |
| Bayer Leverkusen | 21 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 31 |
| Ligue 1 | ||||||
| PSG | 23 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 50 |
| Montpellier | 23 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 49 |
| Lille | 22 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 14 | 39 |
| Lyon | 23 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 39 |
| Rennes | 23 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 39 |
| Marseille | 22 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 38 |
| Serie A | ||||||
| AC Milan | 23 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 47 |
| Juventus | 21 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 20 | 45 |
| Lazio | 23 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 42 |
| Udinese | 23 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 40 |
| Inter | 23 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 36 |
| AS Roma | 23 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 35 |
| La Liga | ||||||
| Real Madrid | 22 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 54 | 58 |
| Barcelona | 22 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 47 | 48 |
| Valencia | 22 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 40 |
| Levante | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 32 |
| Espanyol | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | -1 | 32 |
| Atletico Madrid | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 31 |
| Champions League | ||||||
| Champions League Qualifying | ||||||