Two MLS teams begin their quest for CONCACAF Champions League glory as the Seattle Sounders and Los Angeles Galaxy kick off group play. The Galaxy, who face Motagua in their opener, are in Group A, which has all of its teams in action tonight; Seattle, meanwhile, is stationed in Group D, where it will look to get a leg up on Comunicaciones in one if its three home matches during the group stage.
Here is the TV schedule for the first batch of CCL group games:
8 p.m. – Galavision/CONCACAF.com stream – Santos Laguna vs. Real Espana
10 p.m. – Fox Soccer Channel – Seattle Sounders vs. Comunicaciones
10 p.m. – CONCACAF.com stream (FSC tape delay at 12:30 a.m.) – Los Angeles Galaxy vs. Motagua
10 p.m. – Galavision – Alajulense vs. Morelia
SBI will be having a live commentary on both MLS-related Champions League matches (starting at halftime) so please feel free to join us. As always, you are welcome to share your own thoughts and opinions in the comments section below.
Enjoy the action (Commentary is after the jump):
Oddly enough the Chinese built them a new National stadium that has natural grass as jj said.
It was clearly across the goal line. I think the red was for an elbow to the head instead of dissent.
Disagree on the no goal call.
Definitely agree on the inane ramblings. Sullivan is awful.
Ouch. Atleast LA won 🙂 And SEA won.. nice 🙂
I don’t think the ball went all the way across, at least no replay was conclusive, despite the inane ramblings of the commenters on FSC. A proper goal line camera would have been conclusive, but alas, there appears to be no such camera…
De La Garza was cleated in the chest and the Motagua player was straight red carded.
how did that not go in??? hmmmm…. on the replay, i think the ball was across the line. and a red card for comunicaciones for dissent? goal line technology anyone?
He must be refering to the LA game. The legend that is Ivan Gurrerro was red carded.
3-1 in the 70th, SSFC looking pretty good with the unserious lineup. The ref may have had a pre-game joint as well. 9 cards already.
who…whaT?
Ouch, a De Jong kick to the chest. Straight red card!
3-1 sounders… mike fucito! and down a man!
nice fightback from Sounders. Fucito!
no way was that a red on Neagle. yellow would have been sufficient.
CR has a gorgeous new 35k national stadium with grass
Where are the fans? I have never seen Century Link so empty!
the same problems will bite them in CCL, lack of finishing and lack of central defending depth. It’s quite a shame, considering the quality they have in the midfield
Seattle’s forwards-Montero and Fucito-have done almost nothing so far. Really would have been nice if our FO would have picked someone up in the transfer window!!!(yes I know any new addition likely would not be playing tonight, but the point still stands)
Still waiting on the visa clearance.
Cristman is a waste of space. yeah, he had the goal (not a hard one), but other than that he’s been bad. he had all the time in the world at one point and made a horrible attempt on the ball, basically whiffed the whole thing. bleh.
they shouldnt
you got a problem with that?
Agudelo, Jones, Davies, Bedoya and company do not appreciate that comment
no
+420
is Keane playing?
Last time USMNT played in CR, they played on a green carpet – “green carpet” being a very generous term to describe the quality of that pitch.
You saying they’ve upgraded their field since then?
LA up 1 – nil. Nice pass from de la Garza to Cristman to the back of the net.
How did the goal go down? I saw the lineup and immediately thought, “wow, i thought seattle was taking this seriously?”
Youtube?
mother f*cking diving midget a$$ b!tches
Baseball is definitely where it comes from, for just that reason.
And it works fine even for soccer in the internet age when you can write it as Communicaciones @ Sounders. Save a valuable keystroke or two!
dude, that stuff is ILLEGAL.
Santos beat Real Espana’s starting line-up with nothing but subs…I hope Santos plays their full squad next time, I want to see some good quality futbol
Here we go again with Sigi taking CCL too lightly once again….Things never change with this guy
I’ve been watching USMNT vids on Youtube for the past hour smoking a joint, getting ready for some CCL
yes they are free
those concacaf streams free? i dont wanna register then tell me i have to pay at the very last step
Thanks, switched to that just in time to see Santos score (and was able to see what the score was!)
And just like that, Santos goes back on top, 3-2, with a golazo.
RE just tied it 2-2. Try watching it on justin tv. It’s the Galavision feed.
I think it probably comes from baseball where the visitors hit first, and are thusly on top of the box score.
I don’t get Galavision; I’m watching on concacaf.com and for some bizarre reason they are showing neither the score nor the time. Anyone care to fill me in?
When I first came to the US, the fact that away teams are always listed first struck me as very curious. In the UK, and also in all other countries I’ve ever visited, it’s the other way around. It took some getting used to. Almost 30 years later, I still think it’s an interesting demonstration of good manners to list visitors first. Although that probably has nothing to do with it.
The Costa Rican National team have their own stadium which has a grass pitch.
Goal RE!
Ok, thanks for the tip. Coulda sworn I’ve seen home sides listed second, but probably other sites being lazy, and looks like SBI has got it right.
Interesting to see Alajulense and Morelia will be played on artificial turf. So the Costa Rican national team plays on turf at Saprissa or on turf Alajulense. Definitely makes for a certain home field advantage, but I wonder how the players feel about it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estadio_Alejandro_Morera_Soto
when vs. is used it means the team listed first is the home team
The home teams are listed before the away sides.
Dear Ives/SBI writers: when listing games, I like the use of “at” instead of “vs.” Of course the reader knows the two teams listed are playing each other, so “vs.” adds nothing. But telling me who’s at home and who’s away, that’s actually useful.
Just an unsolicited tip.
(SBI- Home teams are always listed first.)