It's a big day for European-based American players, with as many as eight playing in games on TV today.
Steve Cherundolo and Hannover 96 face Bayern Munich in arguably the most important game of the day involving an American, as Hannover looks to fend off Bayern's challenge for third place in the Bundesliga, a place that holds a Champions League berth.
There are a few matches that will feature Americans on both sides as well, with Clint Dempsey's Fulham taking on Jermaine Jones' Blackburn and Stuart Holden's Bolton facing Michael Bradley's Aston Villa.
If you're looking for the best European match-up of the day, you could do worse than the Juventus-AC Milan rivalry, which will be rekindled today.
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- GolTV– Hannover 96 vs. Bayern Munich
10am- Fox Soccer Channel– Arsenal vs. Sunderland
10am- FoxSoccer.tv– Fulham vs. Blackburn
10am- Fox Soccer Plus– Newcastle vs. Everton
10am- FoxSoccer.tv– West Ham United vs. Stoke City
Noon- ESPN3.com– Mallorca vs. Valencia
Noon- Fox Soccer Plus– Fulham vs. Blackburn (Delayed)
12:20pm- FoxSoccer.tv– Cardiff City vs. Ipswich Town
12:30pm- Fox Soccer Channel– Manchester City vs. Wigan Athletic
12:30pm- GolTV- Bayer Leverkusen vs. VfL Wolfsburg
1pm- FoxSoccer.tv– Caen vs. Saint Etienne
1pm- FoxSoccer.tv– Lorient vs. Nancy
1pm- FoxSoccer.tv– Montpellier vs. Stade Rennes
1pm- FoxSoccer.tv– Nice vs. Lens
1pm- FoxSoccer.tv– Toulouse vs. Sochaux
1pm- FoxSoccer.tv- Valenciennes vs. Monaco
2pm- ESPN3.com– Barcelona vs. Real Zaragoza
2pm- Fox Soccer Plus- Cardiff City vs. Ipswich Town (Delayed)
2:45pm- Fox Soccer Channel- Juventus vs. AC Milan
3pm FoxSoccer.tv– Auxerre vs. Paris St. Germain
4pm- GolTV– Atletico Madrid vs. Villarreal
5pm- Fox Soccer Channel– Bolton vs. Aston Villa (Delayed)
6pm- Telemundo– Monterrey vs. Queretaro
6:20pm- GolTV– Nacional de Medellin vs. Junior Barranquilla
7:55pm- Telefutura– Santos Laguna vs. Club America
8pm- Telemundo– Chivas Guadalajara vs. Tigres UANL
10pm- Telefutura– Atlante vs. UNAM Pumas
10pm- Galavision– San Luis vs. Jaguares (Delayed)
Arsenal, LOL
Barca golazo!
Arsenal: winning nothing the right way since 2005.
Honestly though, it’d be great if ARS (or anyone for that matter) stood up to Man U this season. United just don’t strike me as a championship team this year….but the other contenders have pretty much handed them the trophy. I guess a close race would be too much to ask for.
arsenal tied at home if it was Man united everyone would come and bash on united.
im sure he doesnt
AV is run like the other team Randy Learner owns, The Cleveland Browns. Could be a long year.
And they are owned by an American.
Hey is anybody watching Twente? Is Gooch still playing left back?
Balotelli is a petulant little punk. I can’t help but root against him
Lol fair enough..
Dortmund have only conceded 14 goals all season!
Incredible.
Yeah. Houllier just clearly doesn’t seem to have it. At least not for AV. His win %? A dismal 35.
Some positive words for Mikey B at least: “In midfield you had three international players. Stiliyan Petrov is our captain. It was a debut for Michael Bradley but he has proven in training that he is getting there.”
Because I think its a clear penalty im a kid? ok that is good logic i guess…
Dempsey played well in central midfield today after Murphy went off. Great win for Fulham
Eh, after a minute or two I’d be upset at my team for not executing.
I don’t bother with offside calls unless they are obviously incorrect.
I think you may have missed a little sarcasm… or at least I hope so.
Like I said I don’t feel horrible either, but I am able to admit the Refs had a horrible final 15 mins. I mean what would you be saying if it were your team and not Arsenal?
More importantly are they any better for the moves? The easy answer is NO. The coach appears to be underminding the team with his stupidity.
Rob,
I’ve got no sympathy for a team that chokes for an entire game and then hangs their hat one missed call.
I really like Wenger, and as a Spaniard I like Cesc, but Arsenal did nothing to execute. If you cannot put any one of the many, many chances they had then you don’t deserve to win.
It happens more then you seem to realize. How many times do we get replays after a goal showing how close the player was offsides… I think it happens in almost every other game…
I want to know why are you so Anti-Arsenal? I mean I am no fan of the team, but I will admit when they get screwed.
The Old Firm games are like a war zone. Scotland has to get their society in line because that is ridiculous.
My favorite part is Bougherra grabbing the referee’s arm and throwing it down when he pulls the yellow card out.
Watched it twice. They were 5 yards away from the line on the field, and the camera angle was not down the line.
It is impossible to tell from what we saw if he was onside or offside. Only the linesman really knows.
I’m thinking over the entire game. He got a yellow for dissent on a foul that didn’t even involve him.
He is young, but I think that’s even worse that he has adopted that attitude early.
Glad that someone else was thinking that too. Granted, I’m not a Villa fan.
How often does that actually happen? The ref siding with the offensive player. Not too often.
So don’t expect it to magically begin here. But I agree that Arsenal have only themselves to blame for not putting away one of a dozen SOG from inside the box.
Man they have to be an entirely xenophobic team, hateful of Americans. Let’s start cheering against AV, because the player we want to see play is benched.
Really?
It was a very frustrating game for Arsenal. He didn’t seem overly angry to me. It’s also worth remembering how old he is.
Adrian – two things: 1) Travis is right; it is a penalty regardless of whether he goes down or not – even though he got the shot away. That is the rule. 2) You could tell he was onside by the lines on the field – watch it again.
Leaning offside? Really I’m no Arsenal fan, but if it is that close the ref is to side with the attacking player. It should have been a goal there. However, Arsenal should have put away one of those other attempts before.
he played on the left and in the center of midfield today
And by that, I mean I don’t think that it was OFFside.
AV loans Licaj and brings Bradley in only to sit on the bench. Maybe both moves are deserving but it’s nice to see them lose.
It’s much easier to cheer for Fulham and Bolton. go you yanks
You need to calm down kid and take some time to read what I wrote.
It’s a penalty if he goes down.
I think he was leaning offside, but how can anyone know since the angle they showed was very inconclusive.
The story of today’s match was Arsenal choking on dozens of opportunities.
His shot was rubbish cause he was falling over cause he got pushed, are you blind? Bramble has got both his arms extended into arshavin’s back
Come on Arshavin was on sides by a yard…. Thats the worst for me. Penalty probably should have been called, but Arshavin did get the shot off.
That’s just it, he wasn’t pushed over. He stayed on his feet and took the shot.
Sure it’s a penalty if he falls, but he took the contact and stayed up.
Wilshere is showing signs of that English player mentality.
That kid has anger issues.
Zamora from the spot! Fulham 3-2
Arshavin was pushed over, how was that iffy?
Iffy on the penalty call, but the only thing taking points away from Arsenal is Arsenal themselves.
They have been completely disjointed in the final third, and their defense has been very poor.
Muting FSC commentators is becoming something of a norm for me.
Can we at least pretend to be unbiased instead of just raving about whatever big club is playing?
The ref’s calls are just not on Arsenal’s side this game. Arshavin should have had a penalty earlier on, and I don’t think that that was onside.
This ref is awful in the Arsenal game, trying to take points away from them
Nasri hesitated, but kept playing. He knew that they need the goal and time is not on their side. Agree that it’s weird, but I can see his thought process.
And the refs are killing them
Wow Arsenal just got robbed…. Clearly onside
Arsenal’s keeper is saving them big time. Two point blank huge saves to keep it 0-0.
If Arsenal drop this I’m going to puke
That is one of the weirdest things I’ve seen.
Wilshere is down injured outside of Sunderland’s box, and Arsenal refused to kick the ball out trying to take advantage.