Call it the battle of the American star vs. the man who turned his back on the USA.
Neven Subotic and Borussia Dortmund take on Landon Donovan and Bayern Munich in one of today's top match-ups. Donovan isn't slated to start, but with Miroslav Klose recently suffering an injury that could limit his minutes, Donovan should make more than just a cameo in this key Bundesliga clash.
Today's other top match-up pits red-hot Manchester United against a streaking West Ham United squad as Carlos Tevez returns to Upton Park to face the team he helped escape relegation two years ago.
If you will be watching today's matches, please feel free to share your thoughts, opinions and some play-by-play in the comments section below. For today's full schedule of matches on TV, go to the jump.
Enjoy the action.
Sunday Soccer on TV
11am- FSC- Manchester United at West Ham United
11am- GolTV- Borussia Dortmund at Bayern Munich
1pm- GolTV- Sporting Gijon at Barcelona
1pm- Telemundo- Morelia at UNAM Pumas
1pm- Fox Sports Espanol- Toluca at Puebla
2:30pm- FSC- Napoli at Palermo
3pm- Setanta- Bordeaux at Marseille
3:30pm- GolTV- Colombia vs. Argentina (CONMEBOL Under-20)
5pm- GolTV- Colon vs. River Plate
5pm- Univision- Pachuca at Club America
5:30pm- GolTV- Brazil vs. Paraguay (CONMEBOL Under-20)
8pm- GolTV- Uruguay vs. Venezuela
That guy Altintop in the Bayern game is the worst player i have ever seen in my life
Posted by: AltiCooper
My little brother, after the left footed shot that nearly went for a throw in, said “I’ve never heard of that guy, but how can a guy who is that big of a ballhog and sucks so much play for a team like that?” He also conceeded a throw in in the early 80’s minute after Donovan played back to him and then started streaking up the line, giving Altintop a wide open through ball lane, instead he just shielded, poorly, and kicked it over the line…
In my opinion, Donovan WAS great. He was only out there for 15 minutes, so naturally he wouldn’t have few or no chances. I thought that all of Landon’s touches were excellent. Does Bayern have a cup game coming up? If so I believe Landon will start.
Donovan was fine. Some nice passing in tight space — especially with Ribery — and forced the other team to pick up a yellow. The fact that two goals were scored after he came on bodes well.
Klose is quite underestimated wouldn’t you say? He is amazing for Germany and plays brillantly for BM but still never even gets in top10 striker considerations when it comes to awards/press. why is that?
Budweiser touting its superior taste in commercials is like EJ touting his superior first touch. FSC needs to rotate its commercials. If it’s targeted advertising, we’re a bunch of acne-ridden alcoholics
93rd minute- Collison takes a shot from distance which goes wide, and that should end the game.
And the ref blows the whistle. Full Time.
I thought Donovan looked decent, didn’t get much service, but kept possession well and had some nice link up place with Ribery and Altintop…It would be nice if he could get more than 15 minutes to prove himself…
3-1 Bayern. Klose got the 2 late goals. Donovan looked good though.
Looks like Donovan will be staying at BM. I can imagine them signing him for a 3-4 year contract. I can imagine him getting some big money at BM. Not in the starting XI but 1st off the bench. Not bad. Will his wife stay in L.A.? I can’t imagine she will be moving to Berlin to act.
From what I watched of the game Donovan played decent. Nothing great really stood out, but he did the little things right. To me he does not look out of place at all at Bayern. Now he just needs to get off the mark with a goal.
92nd minute- West Ham have a cross cleared by Vidic, and West Ham have one minute to nick an equalizer.
Landon looked very good, fit in very well, the passing game almost went up since his inclusion.
SAY WHAT YOU WANT ABOUT RONALDO AND MESSI, BUT fRANK RIBERY IS JUST AS GOOD. UNFORTUNATELY HE DOESNT GET THE SAME PRESS BECAUSE HE IS IN GERMANY.
Donovan just wasn’t able to get very involved. Altintop and others were reluctant to give Donovan a through ball against the last line.
He’s going to have to score in Bundesliga and/or Champions League to convince Bayern to buy him.
FINAL- Bayern 3, Dortmund 1. Donovan leaves healthy for Mexico.
For those wondering, Donovan played up top as a forward this game, dropped back quite a bit and delivered several sharp passes. He didn’t get any chances on goal, but was in the area putting pressure on when Dortmund’s defense gave up the game-winner.
Donovan did fine… Not a lot to comment on
darn… that could’ve been donovan twice
ives, i know it’s your job to generate interest, etc., but you’re really trying too hard with the subotic stuff. truthfully, it also seems like an attempt to put him in the same boat as rossi, in the eyes of many US fans.
90th minute- Ronaldo earns a free kick from the outer range of shooting distance. Ronaldo is looking to have a shot.
The wall does its job, as they say.
91′ – Klose with a 2nd goal for the game on a sitter from Ribery…
Bayern 3-1 Dortmund
90th minute- Klose makes it 3-1 off a great set-up by Ribery. Oh, and he beat Subotic like a rented mule on the goal.
Klose 3-1
How is Donovan looking the gamecast is obviously hardly saying much
Klose gets another one on a fanastic cross by Ribery, Klose easily beats the traitor to make it 3-1…
91st minute- Klose scores Bayern’s 3rd after Ze Roberto passes to Ribery then Ribery to Klose
Behrami also came off for Diego Tristan for West Ham.
88th minute- Ronaldo denied a penalty claim. Maybe a foul, but I think it was a right call not to give it.
That guy Altintop in the Bayern game is the worst player i have ever seen in my life
Donovan didn’t set up Klose’s goal but he was in the area applying pressure on Santana, who’s error served up Klose on a platter.
Boateng with a harsh challenge on Donovan but he gets up and is fine.
Torres had his 8th in 14games for Liverpool yesterday. Only played 900mins all season so he’s scoring 1 almost every game or so.
With his return to form and with 13games left in the season, i can see him scoring another 7/8 for a final score for the season of 15/16. Not bad since he’s been injured for months.
Best strikers in the world are Torres, Villa, Ibrahimovic, Messi, Toni.
90th minute- Boateng gets a yellow for a hard challenge on Donovan
87th minute- Some good posession for United ends with Tevez sending the shot well over the goal.
Park also comes on for Tevez, who was cheered by both sets of supporters when he came off.
These guys won’t spring Donovan against the last defender.
No joke, the three seconds it took to write this, Bayern scored through Klose.
Klose scores a huge goal on a poor clearance on a ball headed toward Donovan by the DB defense…2-1 now…
Klose in the 87′ to make it Bayern 2-1 Dortmund
87th minute- Klose makes it 2-1 for Bayern
EJ. WTF?
What happened to him? He hasn’t scored a club goal since he left KC in 07. Though doesn’t help that he’s only getting 3mins a game. Though he did have 2 or 3 brillant matches toward the end of 2008 for Cardiff. He’s not PL material. I bet he could succeed in say Scandinavia or Belgium/Scotland.
Looks like Malmo FF out of Sweden wants him on loan. If he can be a success he might have a future in the national team or in Europe. If not, head to MLS.
84th minute- Berbatov makes a long run on the right but the ball ends up out for a goal kick.
I’m still waiting for West Ham to have a real threatening moment since they went down a goal.
I can see for the World Cup, Altidore/Donovan being paired up top. With Davies as a super sub and Cooper being cover for Altidore. But for sure we need Donovan to go the full 90. Ching can be our standby or 5th striker. But i don’t see him getting any mins. EJ might have a better chance.
I also see Bradley, Kljestan, Dempsey, Torres, Beasley, Adu, Szetela, Rogers.
Defenders – Pearce, Bocanegra, Gooch, Cherundolo, Califf, Wynne, Spector, Parkhurst.
80th minute- Giggs puts in a good tackle to stop a West Ham attack down the right. Other than the goal, he hasn’t done much offensively, but a lot of the game he’s spent doing some defensive work on Rafael’s many runs forward down that side.
Spain has Torres, Villa, Guiza and Krkic.
England has Rooney, Crouch, Defoe, Agbonlahor.
USA has Ching, Donovan, Altidore. But Cooper is coming along, a few more matches and he can be up to international quality for CONCACAF. Davies would be perfect as a super-sub.
Klose just missed a point blank shot, Donovan almost there with the put back, Donvoan was also well placed to finish the initial chance, but Klose decided to pull the trigger…
*ball not balls heh
80th minute- Ribery dribbles in to the box and the balls gets to Altintop eventually but he shoots it over
Thanks for the links!
I’m watching Donovan!!
77th minute- West Ham make a change, and its Noble coming off for Savio.
DONOVAN.
Howard in his best form for Everton.
With Boca and Gooch playing at their best.
Bradley getting full 90 every week with BMG. Altidore got loaned to a fierce 2nd division Spanish club.
Our players are coming together. We will annihilate Mexico 3-1.
78th minute- Landon’s hair recedes a bit more
75th minute- Manchester United were just playing around the ball looking to keep posession, but West Ham intercept, ending with Neill taking a long shot which went well over.
74th minute- Donovan takes a corner and Altintop gets a shot off from it
NM on Donovan, he just came on for Toni…