Saturday Soccer & a Belated Weekend TV Preview
When I told my wife about today's soccer schedule, she gave me on of those "so you want to remain married" looks?
No wonder. And this isn't a complete list of televised games, just my picks:
10 a.m. ESPN2 - Houston Dynamo at Toronto FC (the Western Conference leaders visit the Eastern Conference co-leaders;final was 1-1).
Noon ESPN2 - Chelsea at Seattle Sounders (in a game that will see the London EPL team go up against former Arsenal striker Freddie Ljungberg; Chelsea, of course, play in Pasadena Tuesday against Inter Milan).
2 p.m. KMEX - Canada-Honduras Gold Cup quarterfinal (can Canada make a run at the Gold Cup final for the first time since they won the trophy in the rain at the L.A. Memorial Coliseum in 2000?)
5 p.m. Fox Soccer Channel - U.S.-Panama Gold Cup quarterfinal
Good things ease up Sunday:
Noon ESPN - U.S. Women's National Team-Canada
3 p.m. KMEX - Mexico-Haiti Gold Cup quarterfinal
3 p.m. FSN - Chivas USA-New England Revolution
4 p.m. ESPN2 - World Football Challenge, Club America-Inter Milan
7 p.m. FSN - Galaxy-AC Milan (the game at Home Depot center is sold out).
Or not.
Enjoy the weekend.
Oh, and will ya look at Manchester United's mighty Michael Owen.
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No, Sweetstuff, that was my "...I don't think there's enough beer in the house" look. (o;
Nick, another EPL team is training here in Oxnard. I think you mentioned it before. Burnley Football Club. Here is the link.
http://www.venturacountystar.com/news/2009/jul/18/premiering-in-america/
Saludos!
Nick, here are the training times at Oxnard College if anyone is interested.
http://blogs.venturacountystar.com/curley/2009/07/burnley-fc-training-times-at-o.html
Burnley Football Club, 1-0 Promotion Final winners over Sheffield United last May, becomes the first English Premier League team to train in Ventura County in recent memory Friday morning.
Burnley will train for four days at Oxnard College before playing a friendly against the Ventura County Fusion Tuesday night at Buena High and a closed-doors training match Wednesday against the Los Angeles Galaxy at the Home Depot Center.
Here are the Clarets training times for Oxnard College --
Friday: 10:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.; 1:15 p.m. to 2:45 p.m.
Saturday: 10:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.; 1:15 p.m. to 2:45 p.m.
Sunday: 10:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.
Monday: 10:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.
Saludos!
I don't think the Milan/Galaxy is on FSC tomorrow. In fact I overheard they are delaying the broadcast until Monday. Any chance you can verify this? I'd love to watch it but it's not on their TV listing either.
Nick replies: The game is on FSN with the pregame beginning at 6:30 p .m. Additionally, the game will be rebroadcast nationally on Fox Soccer Channel at 5 p.m. and 8 p.m. (PT) on Monday, July 20 and at 7 p.m. on Fox Sports en Espanol.