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Jozy Altidore and Jonathan Spector will be teammates at the 2010 World Cup, but today they'll be opponents in one of the day's most intriguing match-ups for American fans.

Altidore's Hull City takes on Spector's West Ham on a day with interesting, if not blockbuster matches. Hull and West Ham are battling relegation and a six-point swing could prove vital to the winner today (Altidore is on the bench today while Spector starts for West Ham).

They're not the only Americans in action in England. Marcus Hahnemann will look to stop Chelsea as Wolves take on the EPL leaders.

Looking for some more quality? Try Inter Milan vs. Sampdoria in a battle of Top Five Serie A squads.

If you will be watching today's action, please feel free to share your thoughts, opinions and some play-by-play in the comments section below.

Enjoy the action (Today's TV schedule is after the jump):

TODAY'S SOCCER ON TV

9:30am– ESPN Deportes/ESPN360.com- Nurnberg vs. Bayern Munich

9:45am– Setanta USA- Arsenal vs. Sunderland

10am– FSC/FSE- Wolverhampton vs. Chelsea

Noon– GolTV- Deportivo La Coruna vs. Xerez

Noon– ESPN360.com- Genoa vs. Udinese

12:30pm– FSC/FSE- Portsmouth vs. Stoke City

1pm– Setanta USA- St. Etienne vs. Montpelier

2:30pm– FSC/FSE- Inter Milan vs. Sampdoria

3pm– Setanta USA- Paris St. Germain vs. Toulouse

4pm– ESPN Deportes/ESPN360.com- Mallorca vs. Sevilla

5pm– Setanta USA- West Ham vs. Hull City (Delayed)

5pm– FSC- Genoa vs. Udinese (Delayed)

5:30pm– FSE- Jaguares vs. Pachuca

6pm– Telemundo- Monterrey vs. Queretaro

6:30pm– GolTV- Nacional vs. Junior

8pm– Telemundo/mun2- Chivas Guadalajara vs. Puebla

8pm– ESPN Deportes- Morelia vs. Toluca

8pm– FSE- Genoa vs. Udinese (Delayed)

8:30pm– GolTV- Millonarios vs. Cucuta

9:45pm– Telefutura- San Luis vs. Atlante

Comments

  1. Donovan was excellent, and if you look at the SKY Sport player ratings, the fans love him, too. But I groaned when He missed that chance from the 6-yard line.

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  2. I think after that tear you spoke of they just call him “Chicharo” now, lol. Many of my xicano futbol buddies swear up and down by this guy. I still think Franco, Vela, Dos Santos, and Guardado will comprise the Mexican attack.

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  3. Hey hey, Marquez scored a beauty of a goal for the best team in the world today! Alves is still hurt so Puyol played his usual back up role at RB and Marquez teamed up with Pique in the middle of the defense with Milito backing him up, Chriginsky is hurt so is Abidal!

    But yeah Dempsey and Donovan even Jozy are having much better seasons than Guardado, Vela, Guille Franco who had an assist today and Dos Santos.

    They guy people will be on the look out for Mexico is Chivas’ Javier “Chicharito” Hernandez, he went on a tear at the beginning scoring 6 goals the 1st 3 games, then 1 in each of the 4th and 5th games, then missed the 6th, the guy has 8 goals in 5 games, already pretty much at 1 goal every other game and he has 12 games left to play, he might miss today but the guy is on fire!

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  4. Today was a great day performing wise in the EPL for our Yankees. What can I say about Donovan, simply wow, he doesn’t stop the pace until the last whistle. Great job on the left side today.

    Guardado & Marquez?? Never heard of them, do they play soccer?

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  5. * DeMerit committed a handball in the box in injury time. The resulting penalty was converted with last kick of game and Watford match ended 2-2.

    * Cooper could not score in his 19-minute sub appearance and Plymouth Argyle tied 1-1 at home to stay deep in the relegation zone.

    As for non-Yanks, goals in Espana today for Andres Guardado (Depor) and Rafa Marquez (Barca). Barca was playing Racing, which featured new Algeria recruit Mehdi Lahcen, yet another French-born player for the Dessert Foxes.

    Looking ahead to tomorrow, Aris (EJ and Adu) are in Athens to play AEK, which will welcome back striker Refik Djebbour. He had been playing in the Algerian national team until injured.

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  6. hmmmm….

    would the race for the title still be a two-team race if it weren’t for Everton lately? Think about the results that Everton have pulled out while Landon Donovan’s been at Goodison: they set back Arsenal, Manchester City, Chelsea and now Manchester United. If anything, Donovan’s arrival seems to have brought a total sea change at Goodison, and with it EFC seems to be making a big, big impact on the top four and what they could look like at the end of the season.

    everton won’t take home the trophies this year, but I’ll be damned if they haven’t made things a little more interesting lately for those who will.

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  7. That’s more because he goes down whenever he’s touched. It’s easier than having to control the ball and do something with it.

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  8. Nonsense. If the ball goes to Drogba on the break, he gets around Howard without losing control of it…and scores. Rooney might be better in the air than Drogba, be he’s not a “more complete” player.

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  9. Jozy looked lively… Wish he had more time on the pitch with a full compliment of teammates. Hopefully, Zaki’s display pushed him back behind Jozy in the pecking order.

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  10. Altidore megs two defenders but loses the ball, tackles it back and shoots from about 20 out way high, still he did more in 15 minutes than the other two forwards did all match long. Brown missed the boat on this one.

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  11. Gardner down looks like he is done for the match. Brown already used all three subs 15 minutes ago looks like Hull is now down 2 men. Brown is….well lets just say he is mind numbing.

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  12. ridiculous call — Upson climbs all over Altidore’s back at top of box and ref calls Jozy for foul. Announcer says it is a poor call.

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  13. they’re both awesome. I think Drogba can be a bit more dominating but Shrek does some things deeper in the midfield. Then again,Drogs is a quality set piece defender.

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  14. jozy gets thru on a pass from Vennegoor of Hesselink. Upson bumps him in the area and Jozy still manages a shot that goes wide.

    Announcer asks, “What is in Phil Brown’s mind now?” I ask, “How can you assume he has a brain?”

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  15. Don’t blame Bradley when Cooper is not on the World Cup team. Paul Merriner, Plymouth coach, just took off his Kiwi starting striker Fallon and replaced him with some dude named Joe Mason. Kenny still on bench with score 1-1 in the 68th. I bet he is daydreaming about the Allianz Arena, or even Frisco.

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