Soccer Potpourri
MLS
- Fake Sigi: Ethnicity, Sports, and MLS Expansion
- Dario Camacho: The Supporters’ Shield In 2012
- Atlanta Soccer: MLS Southeast Expansion & NASL Expansion
- FutFanatico: MLS – Boldly Going Where the NHL Has Already Gone Before?
Interesting Reads
- Colin Whyte: Confessions of a Eurosnob: Learning To Love MLS, One Team At A Time
- David Hills: Said and Done
- ESPNSoccernet: Cabanas Returns to Football
- Sid Lowe: Spain’s also-rans transform themselves into racing certainties for Europe
Player Development
- Leander Schaerlaeckens: Moving to a big club carries risk for American high-flyer Clint Dempsey
The Business of Soccer
- Reuters: Sky Pays Up to Tighten Grip on German Soccer
- SoccerLens: Moneyball in the Premier League – looking at Liverpool, Newcastle and Wigan
- Guardian: Manchester United top Forbes money list as world’s most valuable club
- David Conn: You don’t get rich from Champions League alone but it certainly helps
Tournaments
- UEFA Champions League: UCL Semifinals
- Copa Libertadores: Copa Lib update
- CONCACAF Champions League: Monterrey takes 2-0 lead in CCL Final
- AFC(Asia) Champions League: AFC Update
| GP | W | D | L | GD | Pts | |
| EPL | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manchester Utd | 34 | 26 | 4 | 4 | 54 | 82 |
| Manchester City | 34 | 24 | 5 | 5 | 58 | 77 |
| Arsenal | 34 | 20 | 4 | 10 | 24 | 64 |
| Tottenham | 33 | 17 | 8 | 8 | 19 | 59 |
| Newcastle Utd | 33 | 17 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 59 |
| Chelsea | 33 | 16 | 9 | 8 | 18 | 57 |
| Bundesliga | ||||||
| Dortmund | 31 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 46 | 72 |
| Bayern Munich | 31 | 20 | 4 | 7 | 49 | 64 |
| Schalke | 31 | 18 | 3 | 10 | 25 | 57 |
| Monchengladbach | 31 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 24 | 56 |
| Stuttgart | 31 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 18 | 49 |
| Bayer Leverkusen | 31 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 45 |
| Ligue 1 | ||||||
| Montpellier | 32 | 20 | 6 | 6 | 28 | 66 |
| PSG | 32 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 23 | 64 |
| Lille | 32 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 24 | 59 |
| Lyon | 32 | 16 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 53 |
| Toulouse | 32 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 53 |
| Stade Rennes | 32 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 51 |
| Serie A | ||||||
| Juventus | 32 | 18 | 14 | 0 | 35 | 68 |
| AC Milan | 32 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 36 | 67 |
| Lazio | 32 | 16 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 54 |
| Udinese | 32 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 51 |
| AS Roma | 32 | 15 | 5 | 12 | 10 | 50 |
| Napoli | 32 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 15 | 48 |
| La Liga | ||||||
| Real Madrid | 33 | 27 | 4 | 2 | 78 | 85 |
| Barcelona | 33 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 72 | 81 |
| Valencia | 33 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 52 |
| Malaga | 33 | 15 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 51 |
| Levante | 33 | 14 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 48 |
| Osasuna | 33 | 11 | 13 | 9 | -16 | 46 |
| Champions League | ||||||
| Champions League Qualifying | ||||||