Soccer Potpourri
MLS
- Howard Hamilton: MLS’ competitiveness in CONCACAF Champions League
- MLS Talk: MLS Supporters’ Shield Is Not Dead, It’s Growing Up: A Look At League History and an Idea for the Future
- Abram Chamberlain: MLS Allocation Flaws
- Dave Clark: Professionalism, MLS and “Europe”
- Kyle McCarthy: Familiar problems send Toronto FC sliding once again
- Andrew Wiebe: Opta stas on TFC’s Defensive Woes
- Best Eleven: Top 20 MLS SuperDraft Picks to Europe – 2000-2007
- Footiebusiness: Money and Performance in MLS Part 3
Interesting Reads
- Tom Dunmore: Beyond the Blog? The Future of American Soccer Journalism
- SoccerLens: We Get What We Deserve With Football Punditry
- David Hills: Said and Done
- Soccer America: Forbes Top 20 and more
- Tchau Vasco: Hunting White Elephants(The Dark Side of Futbol in Brasil)
- FourFourTwo: Zurich and Young Boys refused league licence
The Business of Soccer
- Guardian: SPL’s financial fair play model has Old Firm fans frothing at the mouth
- Reuters: Sky Pays Up to Tighten Grip on German Soccer
- Soccer America: Forbes’ Top 20, Red Bulls
- Ewan Murray: Clubs promoted to Premier League to face financial ‘Fair Play Tax’
- Guardian: Chelsea guaranteed record £45m TV windfall from Champions League
Tournaments
- UEFA Champions League: Chelsea Shocker UCL Semifinals, will face Bayern Munich in Final
- Copa Libertadores: Copa Lib update
- CONCACAF Champions League: Monterrey Repeats as Champion
- AFC(Asia) Champions League: AFC Update
Top Euro Leagues
| GP | W | D | L | GD | Pts | |
| EPL | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manchester Utd | 35 | 26 | 5 | 4 | 54 | 83 |
| Manchester City | 35 | 25 | 5 | 5 | 60 | 80 |
| Arsenal | 35 | 20 | 5 | 10 | 24 | 65 |
| Newcastle Utd | 34 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 62 |
| Tottenham | 34 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 18 | 59 |
| Chelsea | 34 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 18 | 58 |
| Bundesliga | ||||||
| Dortmund | 32 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 48 | 75 |
| Bayern Munich | 32 | 21 | 4 | 7 | 50 | 67 |
| Schalke | 32 | 18 | 4 | 10 | 25 | 58 |
| Monchengladbach | 32 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 22 | 56 |
| Stuttgart | 32 | 14 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 50 |
| Bayer Leverkusen | 32 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 48 |
| Ligue 1 | ||||||
| Montpellier | 33 | 21 | 6 | 6 | 29 | 69 |
| PSG | 33 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 28 | 67 |
| Lille | 33 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 26 | 62 |
| Lyon | 33 | 17 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 56 |
| Stade Rennes | 33 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 54 |
| St Etienne | 33 | 15 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 53 |
| Serie A | ||||||
| Juventus | 34 | 20 | 14 | 0 | 40 | 74 |
| AC Milan | 34 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 37 | 71 |
| Lazio | 34 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 55 |
| Napoli | 34 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 19 | 54 |
| Udinese | 34 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 52 |
| Inter | 34 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 52 |
| La Liga | ||||||
| Real Madrid | 34 | 28 | 4 | 2 | 79 | 88 |
| Barcelona | 34 | 25 | 6 | 3 | 71 | 81 |
| Valencia | 34 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 55 |
| Malaga | 34 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 52 |
| Levante | 34 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 49 |
| Athletic Bilbao | 34 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 48 |
| Champions League | ||||||
| Champions League Qualifying | ||||||