The race for the final UEFA Champions League place in the English Premier League is as tight as can be and today will offer the top three contenders a chance to move into control.
Manchester City faces Aston Villa in the match of the day, while Tottenham looks to avoid the upset against Bolton to stay in range of fourth place.
In Spain, Barcelona looks to regroup from its Champions League disappointment with a win at Villarreal to stay ahead of Real Madrid in the La Liga standings.
If you will be watching today's action, please feel free to share your thoughts, opinions and some play-by-play in the comments secton below.
Enjoy the action (Today's TV Schedule is after the jump)
TODAY'S SOCCER ON TV
7:45am– ESPN2- Birmingham City vs. Burnley
9:30am– GolTV- Bayern Munich vs. VfL Bochum
9:30am– ESPN Deportes- Schalke 04 vs. Werder Bremen
10am– FSC/FSE- Manchester City vs. Aston Villa
10am– Fox Soccer Plus- Tottenham vs. Bolton
Noon– FSC/FSE- Portsmouth vs. Wolverhampton
Noon– GolTV- Deportivo La Coruna vs. Real Zaragoza
2pm– GolTV- Espanyol vs. Valencia
2:30pm– FSC/FSE- AC Milan vs. Fiorentina
4pm– MSG/Telefutura- D.C. United vs. New York Red Bulls
4pm– Fox Soccer Plus- Stoke City vs. Everton (Delayed)
4pm– GolTV- Villarreal vs. Barcelona
6pm– FSC- Sky Blue FC vs. FC Gold Pride
6pm– Univision- Pachuca vs. Monterrey
7:15pm– GolTV- Tolima vs. Independiente Medellin
7:30pm– Direct Kick- New England Revolution vs. FC Dallas
8:30pm– FSCFSE- Houston Dynamo vs. Kansas City Wizards
8:30pm– Direct Kick- Chicago Fire vs. Chivas USA
9pm– Direct Kick- Real Salt Lake vs. Toronto FC
9:30pm– GolTV- Atletico Nacional vs. Deportivo Pereira
10pm– Direct Kick- San Jose vs. Colorado Rapids
10:30pm– Direct Kick- Los Angeles Galaxy vs. Philadelphia Union
10:30pm– Direct Kick- Seattle Sounders vs. Columbus Crew
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Rico’s Eintracht Frankfurt give up 2 in the last 10 and lose 2-1.
Same as Hannover wins 4-2 over Schalke and then lose 7-0 the next week to Bayern.
Hannover really need to win and were playing at home. They’ll need at least a tie next week to stay out of the bottom 2.
Friedel with a great save on a Bellamy curler
What happened there? I’m happy that Hannover’s out of the drop, at least for now. But how do you go from drawing Bayern to losing 6-1 to Hannover?
Hannover wins 6-1 over ‘Gladbach
City’s keeper look VERY shaky…Villa just needs to put pressure on that guy and the second (and third) will come. Honestly though, they are looking like an Europa cup side much more than a CL side.
*60,000
Apparently Clark’s been doing well. Was just reading the ticker off of Bild.
Ashley young cross nearly goes in. Corner. It’s cleared.
Fair point. I think it’s because Feilhaber was getting European development and Holden wasn’t. Now that Holden is in one of the best leagues in the world, he’ll be very well developed.
Hoffenheim are now level with Frankfurt, with 10 min left.
Doesn’t it seem like USMNT fans cared a lot more about Feilhaber before Holden went to Bolton?
Feilhaber starts for Aarhus. Boy, there’s a team that needs a win.
6-1 now. They gave up 10 with no goals in their last 2 games and now…
MB scoring would be good, but Hannover might have to worry about goal differential. As it is ‘Gladbach just scored, 5-1.
two of the boys doing a favor for each other. i like it. Dolo just needs to let MB score a couple times and its a good trade.
Thankfully. Hannover’s had a rough season. Though they’ll probably need at least a tie next week to stay up. .
Anybody know any good places to get a Rangers-Dundee link?
nobody wants to pay his 80,000/week wage
How is Beasley playing?
Michael Bradley and ‘Gladbach are doing Steve Cherundolo and Hannover a major favor. This win would put them 4th from the bottom!
UTAKA just scored against Wolves? Made me want to barf. He should’ve been sold a long time ago.
The Villa LB disintegrates and gives City two easy chances.
Quick turnaround for City.
Hannover now 5-0 over ‘Gladbach.
Now I’m sure Oguchi Onyewu won’t be playing for AC Milan as they aim to secure Champions League Qualifications.
and JUST like that it’s Adebayor with another goal for City! 2-1! Vieira finds Johnson on the left side of the 6. Johnson faked his man, and found Adebayor sitting in front of the 6 yard box. Easy for the Togo international
friedel knew where it was going but couldn’t back it up with a save. Tough. 2 up now City…
Penalty. Tevez to take…Gets it!
1-1 in the 41st.
Villa nearly take back the lead on a great shot by I believe it’s Carew.
Villa nearly get a second with a James Milner shot skipping just wide. Deemed to have taken a deflection. Corner.
They’re probably taking a note out of Jose Mourinho’s book and absorbing pressure while picking appropriate times to get forward. You can’t blame them for sitting back, because with guys like Tevez and Bellamy in City’s attack, they could easily get caught on the counter.
*DMB
Edu starts for Rangers. DMV off the bench for an injured player.
Doubt it. Didn’t really think so when he was fit in the beginning of the season.
Yea Gooch will play in the WC, but Not for AC Milan
WIll Oguchi Onyewu play this season?
man, Aston Villa is really frustrating to watch today. They have the lead but are not showing any confidence. Ashley Young is the only player showing a sense of urgency. City’s keeper is looking really shaky. they need to get some pressure on him.
the US is insanely deep…but Hart is NASTY. I don’t know if he is better than our guys, but I would much rather prefer that they have David James in net.
HA HA HA! OH, how could anyone disagree with that. Yeah, Guzan and Kasey Keller could probably hold it down for the English, shoot, Calamity James was their #1…it’s a carousel of keepers over there.
Yes. I’m using iraqgoals. Any other sites that are better?
anybody else having trouble with the usual streams?
4-0 Hannover, still 1st half.
Holden isn’t dressed for Bolton…my hopes feel seriously dashed. Hope that he’s in the team next week.
Wow, Dolo’s Hannover is up 3-0 against MB’s Gladbach 30 minutes in.
guzan… hell england is so bad at keeper they would probably enjoy a little bouna time
Joe Hart could very well be the netminder for the 3 Lions vs US. Have a good look.
Yea or nay…We have 3 keepers, at least, who could easily suit of for the ENG NATS, Howard, Friedel, Hahnemann. Am I missing anyone else??
Today brought to you by the letter B, obviously. Why? Bolton brings back their badddass! (here’s hoping).
yah
Hopefully he’s done enough in training for them to pick up the option on his contract
There’s no way ESPN would’ve taken Birmingham v. Burnley if they had any choice in the matter, would they? Do they just get the early game no matter what it is?
great to see Ricardo Clark starting again.