Tottenham begins life as a Top Four Premier League team as it opens the new EPL season against the same Manchester City side it beat to become a Top Four Team.
Spurs and City square off today in the opening match of the Premier League season and the top match of the day. Major League Soccer will also feature some quality matches on this Soccer Saturday, with New York-Los Angeles and Real Salt Lake-Columbus the top battles on the slate.
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
7:45am– ESPN2/ESPN3.com- Tottenham vs. Manchester City
10am– Fox Soccer Channel/FSE- Aston Villa vs. West Ham
10am– Fox Soccer Plus- Blackburn vs. Everton
Noon– Fox Soccer Plus- Leceister City vs. Middlesbrough
12:30pm– Fox Soccer Channel/FSE- Chelsea vs. West Bromwich Albion
1:45pm– ESPN3.com- PSV Eindhoven vs. DeGraafschap
2pm– Fox Soccer Plus- Wolverhampton vs. Stoke City (Delayed)
2:30pm– Fox Soccer Channel- Bolton vs. Fulham (Delayed)
2:30pm– GolTV- River Plate vs. Defensor Sporting
4pm– Telefutura- Philadelphia Union vs. Colorado Rapids
5:30pm– GolTV- Palmeiras vs. Atletico Paranaense
6pm– Fox Soccer Channel- New York Red Bulls vs. Los Angeles Galaxy
6pm– Azteca America- Cruz Azul vs. Pachuca
8pm– Direct Kick- DC United vs. FC Dallas
8pm– Direct Kick- New England Revolution vs. Houston Dynamo
8pm– Telefutura- Santos Laguna vs. Jaguares
8pm– Telemundo- Chivas Guadalajara vs. Tecos
9pm– Direct Kick- Real Salt Lake vs. Columbus Crew
10pm- Direct Kick- San Jose Earthquakes vs. Kansas City Wizards
11pm– Direct Kick- Chivas USA vs. Seattle Sounders
Anybody watching Rangers? I’m not an SPL fan but I was checking on Mo and here is a fun fact: In the first half, Edu was not mentioned once in the line-by-line on Soccernet’s Gamecast. And the writer was a busy sort with 2-3 entries per minute. Wonder how he’s doing. Rangers are up 1-0, so he can’t be doing terribly.
Hopefully the Deuce will get loose in the 2nd half here
Soccernet has Mo Edu starting for Rangers. Hopefully he cements his role for club and the NATs this year.
I don’t know about that. Reid is having a great deal of difficulty with the speed of the game and he doesn’t have the crossing skills of Specs.
Apparently Blackpool is laying the wood to Wigan
Blackpool off to a dream return…3-0 before the half.
Freidel with a great save to keep a clean sheet so far after Villa goes up 2-0. West Ham looks butterfingers on the back line. It’s a good thing Spector is on the bench for this one.
Holden’s doing OK. I have been watching for about 20 min and seriously don’t think I’ve heard his name once, even though he’s in the middle of most things. He had a pretty hard tackle on Duff and that’s about the extent of it.
Maybe he was mentioned more in the early moments?
Yeah true that. Everton always sucks starting the season than around November their form improves dramatically and they finish in top 8. Amazing ain’t it.
how’s Holden doing? what about our other Yanks.
Oh did he. He snatched it from the air but dropped it when he landed giving the Rover forward an easy goal.
Everton is on FSC+. And Howard had a real howler – he dropped the ball right at the feet of the BB attacker who one-touched it into the empty net.
Ouch. Well Everton always starts slow anyway…
Gareth Bale looks like an elf in that picture Ives. Good choice.
Can’t see the Everton but apparently Howard just had a real howler that resulted in a goal.
Links? Its been awhile.
Villa looks great – don’t even think the ball has been down at Friedel’s end. Hammers look dreadful!
foxsoccer.tv has a free trial available. The Bolton feed looks good too.
That Man C game and Tottenham game was so boring. zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. The Hart saves were impressive though. 😀
My foxsoccertv isn’t working, anyone else having problems?
I think Fulham want Friedel actually and supposedly he wants to go there. That would open the door for Guzan at Villa
maybe he is just recovering. We can hope.
Ya, I always thought Hughes was trouble. Demps ONCE AGAIN has to prove his worth, it’s ridiculous, he should be in the starting XI for sure. He’s one of their best players, and that’s what the english fulham fans say.
Yeah, it is too bad really considering Dempsey is a midfielder. How many times does he get used to save that team, ie Juv in Europa. I am starting to hope he makes a move out of Fulham.
Hopefully he is just recovering from something..
Maybe Fulham will make a move for Guzan.
Bolton/Fulham — Holden starting, EJ not in the 18
More interesting is that Schwarzer is not in the squad. It looks like he is going to Arsenal.
I hope he gets some first team minutes this year. I really think he’s gonna play a big part in our national team future
Not looking forward to the Fulham thing this year. I don’t like Hughes as a coach (or as a player for that matter) and now Dempsey, who does nothing less than lead the f’n team in scoring for the last three years (in total) starts on the bench. Lovely.
Damn….. Dempsey not starting wow. I have a feeling EJ may be on the move again.
Holden starts for Bolton.
Yes he did
Stu starts, Deuce on the bench. Looking forward to this one.
Holden is starting, Johnson did not make the bench
Does anyone know if Lichaj made the bench for Villa?
Silva will be fine, just needs some time with these guys. He’s too good to be a total trainwreck. Mancini’s formation was a disaster today but he was very shrewd playing for a draw on the road. If they would have lost, the pressure would have started immediately. A scoreless draw may make the welcome mat for Balotelli a bit more…welcoming.
Cheers!
I have a feel in Eddie Johnson may not see the pitch, Duce we will see, and Holden may come on in the second half.
Is Holden starting? Did EJ make the bench?
Starting XI’s for Fulham vs Bolton, Dempsey on the bench…still resting, injured or not in favor with the manager?
this point in the game i’d take the height… you never know what kind of odd circumstances will call for it in the dying minutes
I’m getting pumped for the BOlton-Fulham game. To bad it’s on tape delay. Hopefully all available yanks see the field in that game
Looks like City came into this game just looking for 0-0. Barry, De Jong, and Yaya in central midfield is pure defensive.
Agree
Wow tevez looked real good why take him off?
Nice for CONCACAF, but neither would start over Bale or Lennon in most circumstances.
I have no idea what position Silva thinks he’s playing. He’s like a trequartista, only without any direction sense.
Donovan on one side and Dos Santos on the other….. Hmmmm
It is now looking like Man City chose the wrong player… Silva looks awful…. Silva for £24 mil or Donovan for £10 mil?
To be fair Silva may be trying to acclimate to the EPL and a bunch of over paid players, whose team is in a constant flux.
Not a big Man Citeh fan, but at least Yaya and Tevez look good.
Mancini with the 4-6-0 in the first half was terrible. Should have had Adebayour up top with Tevez and Adam Johnson on for SWP.
I’d take Donovan for Spurs, though we already have two solid wingers. He’d be great in the Champions League, though.
If Donovan is watching this game, he no longer wants to go to Man City. Completely terrible soccer.
Spurs should be up about 5-0. Hart is standing on his head