England's quest to qualify for the European Championships resumes today when the 'Three Lions' take on Switzerland in one of the day's premier match-ups.
The European Club season is over, but the day is loaded with international fixtures as well as a full slate of MLS matches. England-Swizerland leads the way in the Euro qualifiers, while the USA-Spain friendly will have the attention of American fans all over the country.
From a headlines standpoint, the Brazil-Netherlands friendly will be one to watch, while those yearning for some proper international club soccer can take in the Fluminense-Cruzeiro match from Brazil.
On the MLS front, new Chicago Fire head coach Frank Klopas leads his new team against the Seattle Sounders, while the Colorado Rapids- Philadelphia Union clash will be a tough battle.
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
11 a.m. - ESPN3.com/ESPN Deportes - Russia vs. Armenia (Euro qualifier)
11:45 a.m. - Fox Soccer Channel/Fox Deportes - England vs. Switzerland (Euro qualifier)
12:25 p.m. - GOLTV - France vs. China (Toulon Tournament)
12:30 p.m. - FoxSoccer.tv - Latvia vs. Israel (Euro qualifier)
2:30 p.m. - ESPN3.com - Greece vs. Malta (Euro qualifier)
2:30 p.m. - ESPN3.com - Montenegro vs. Bulgaria (Euro qualifier)
2:45 p.m. - ESPN3.com - Iceland vs. Denmark (Euro qualifer)
3 p.m. - ESPN3.com/Telefutura - Brazil vs. Netherlands (Friendly)
3:30 p.m. - ESPN3.com - Macedonia vs. Republic of Ireland (Euro qualifier)
4 p.m. - FoxSoccer.tv/ESPN3.com/ESPN Deportes - Portugal vs. Norway (Euro qualifier)
4:30 p.m. - ESPN/ESPN3.com/Telefutura - USA vs. Spain (Friendly)
5:30 p.m. - GOLTV - Fluminense vs. Cruzeiro
7 p.m. - MLS Direct Kick/MatchDay Live - Toronto FC vs. Sporting Kansas City
7:30 p.m. - MLS Direct Kick/MatchDay Live - New York Red Bulls vs. Columbus Crew
7:30 p.m. - GOLTV - Millonarios Bogota vs. La Equidad Bogota
8:30 p.m. - MLS Direct Kick/MatchDay Live - Chicago Fire vs. Seattle Sounders
8:30 p.m. - MLS Direct Kick/MatchDay Live - FC Dallas vs. New England Revolution
9 p.m. - MLS Direct Kick/MatchDay Live - Real Salt Lake vs. Vancouver Whitecaps
9 p.m. - MLS Direct Kick/MatchDay Live - Colorado Rapids vs. Philadelphia Union
10:30 p.m. - Galavision - San Jose Earthquakes vs. Houston Dynamo
Seagares… Goon
Neymar is diving all over the place.
Hart > Green. Hart is still a young player. Did you watch him play when he was on loan at Birmingham City? Some of these comparisons to far more experienced keepers are little iffy.
In fairness to Milner, he was recovering from the flu when England played us in the WC.
In the early part of the EPL season, Milner looked great for Aston Villa, and easily the most exciting young English midfielder. But once he went to City, he couldn’t really find his place. To be sure, he was usually in the starting 11, but he just didn’t have an effect on the matches. I guess that’s City in a nutshell: lots of expensive, talented players, difficulty finding a system that plays to all of their strengths. While he could have played better, it wasn’t entirely Milner’s fault.
No way…
ENG 2 SWIT 2
GER 2 AUS 1 (DYING MINUTE GOAL)
This is a sign of things to come.
The US might just make things happen today……
GO USA!!!!
Did you ever see Banks & Shilton in their prime or on a DVD? Hart is no Banks or Shilton who were arguably the best goal keepers in the world in their era’s..Banksy was amazing….no less than Pele said he was the best ‘keeper he ever faced…
seriously??? im a homer but damn is swiss really far superior to the nats????
Ends in a 2-2 draw…both countries really needed full points….but the Swiss it hurts more…
Switzerland with a near miss in the 91st minute…
He did I think, but it was going to take him way to long to get his green card so he decided against it.
Guess you are looking at a different guy than me…nothing star like about him at all this early in his career….
I’d take Howard anyday over Hart…and I follow both countries for obvious reasons…
To me hart seems to be a star
Watching Hart makes me glad we have Howard…and Milner is one of the more overrated guys in the EPL in my opinion….Charundalo owned him in the World Cup as you may recall and he got pulled after 30 minutes with a yellow card gained out of frustration on his part….spoke to my Uncle (my mom is English), who lives outside Nottingham, at half time and he thinks Hart is still the answer to England’s goal keeping problems, but far from a lockdown ‘keeper as they had for years with Banks, Shilton and Seaman…agree’s with me on Milner too..
Which flub is worse? Davies blown break away v. LA last night or Bent’s howler in front of net just now.
On paper the Swiss roster is far superior to USMNT.
Milner cross off a throw-in, chested down by Baines perfectly for a strike by Ashley Young into the lower corner.
Getting Vermaelen back could be the best present Arsenal receives during the summer silly (i.e., transfer) season. Arguably, he was the highest ROI buy by an EPL club for the 2009-2010 season.
How did England get the 2nd goal? Late getting back from halftime. 2-2, 55th.
On the England result so far, I still think England gets at least a point out of the game. Armenia was holding its own in the 1st half before Russia subdued them in the 2nd.
But you got to wonder whether it is the coaching — on paper, you’d think England would not be too worried about the Swiss at home. On the other hand, on paper, you’d never guess France would lose to Belarus in France and would have to come back to grab 1 point in Belarus.
Djourou is just not a quality center back. And I’m an Arsenal fan
haha Milner, nice job in the wall buddy
3:1 to Russia.
On a slighly different note, I am watching Russia leading Armenia 2:1, but wondering whether Yura Movsisian ever considered playing for the US. He looks pretty decent.
Wilshere drew the penalty, btw.
Penalty for England, it’s all happening. Lampard burries it, 2-1. Crazy 6 mins.
Goal Switzerland! 2-0, 35th at Wembley! Another terrible deadball goal, this time the 2 man wall splits to let it through, and it finds the bottom corner.
You can hear the panic from across the pond.
England looks worse than the Red Bulls on set pieces.
Another for the Swiss! ahahahahah!!!
England… LOL.
Ha ha! Goal Switzerland in embarrassing fashion, a free kick is sent in to be headed, no one touches it, bounces into goal. 1-0, 33rd.