By AARON CRANFORD
With only a few matches left in the EPL season, Arsenal and Liverpool meet in an important one that will ultimately determine who sits in the top four by season’s end.
In Germany, Borussia Dortmund hosts league leaders Bayern Munich. The leaders sit comfortably at the top of the table, 10 points ahead of second place Wolfsburg. BVB sit a staggering 31 points below Bayern, so although the game may not mean as much as in year’s past, BVB supporters would surely like to see their side steal a win against their foes.
Many games in Week 5 of MLS kick off, and the Vancouver Whitecaps host the Los Angeles Galaxy in the day’s most intriguing affair. Whitecaps forward Octavio Rivero, who has scored two game-winning goals this campaign, will look to grab another as Keane and Zardes both return to the fold after international call-ups kept them away from Week 4.
Meanwhile, the U.S. Women’s National Team is set to welcome New Zealand in Saint Louis. With the World Cup in the summer, each friendly leading up to the main event will have more and more meaning and value.
If you will be watching any of today’s action, feel free to leave your thoughts, opinions and some play-by-play in the comments section below.
Enjoy the action (today’s soccer on TV schedule after the jump):
TODAY’S SOCCER ON TV
6:30 a.m. — beIN Sports USA — Roma vs. Napoli
7:45 a.m. — NBCSN — Arsenal vs. Liverpool
9 a.m. — beIN Sports USA — Palermo vs. Milan
9:30 a.m. — GolTV USA — Wolfsburg vs. Stuttgart
10 a.m. — NBCSN — Manchester United vs. Aston Villa
10 a.m. — Premier League Extra Time — Everton vs. Southampton
10 a.m. — Premier League Extra Time — Leicester vs. West Ham
10 a.m. — Premier League Extra Time — Swansea vs. Hull
10 a.m. — Premier League Extra Time — West Brom vs. QPR
10 a.m. — beIN Sports en Espanol — Sevilla vs. Athletic Bilbao
11 a.m. — beIN Sports USA — Guingamp vs. Olympique Lyon
Noon — beIN Sports en Espanol — Cordoba vs. Atletico Madrid
12:30 p.m. — NBC — Chelsea vs. Stoke
12:30 p.m. — GolTV USA — Borussia Dortmund vs. Bayern Munich
12:30 p.m. — beIN Sports USA — Fiorentina vs. Sampdoria
1 p.m. — ESPN3 — Carolina RailHawks vs. Ottawa Fury
2 p.m. — beIN Sports en Espanol — Almeria vs. Levante
3 p.m. — DirecTV/MLS Live — Chicago Fire vs. Toronto FC
3 p.m. — beIN Sports USA — Juventus vs. Empoli
3 p.m. — GolTV USA — Wanderers vs. Nacional
4 p.m. — beIN Sports en Espanol — Malaga vs. Real Sociedad
4 p.m. — Fox Sports 1 — U.S. Women’s National Team vs. New Zealand
6 p.m. — ESPN3 — Atlanta Silverbacks vs. Indy Eleven
7 p.m. — DirecTV/MLS Live — New York Red Bulls vs. Montreal Impact
7 p.m. — DirecTV/MLS Live — Colorado Rapids vs. New England
7 p.m. — Univision — America vs. Cruz Azul
7 p.m. — ESPN Deportes — Puebla vs. Toluca
7:30 p.m. — ESPN3 — Fort Lauderdale Strikers vs. New York Cosmos
8:30 p.m. — ESPN3 — San Antonio Scorpions vs. Tampa Bay Rowdies
9 p.m. — Univision Deportes — Tigres vs. Veracruz
10 p.m. — DirecTV/MLS Live — Seattle Sounders vs. Houston Dynamo
10 p.m. — DirecTV/MLS Live — Vancouver Whitecaps vs. LA Galaxy
10:06 p.m. — Telemundo — Leon vs. Queretaro
10:30 p.m. — DirecTV/MLS Live — Portland Timbers vs. FC Dallas
11 p.m. — Univision Deportes — Atlas vs. Guadalajara
11 p.m. — UniMas — Chiapas vs. Pachuca
11 p.m. — ESPN Deportes — Tijuana vs. Monterrey
Watching the replay of Arsenal-Liverpool. Coquelin has been spectacular for Arsenal since he’s been starting for them, huge upgrade over Flamini.
i just lost tons of respect for Drogba. you’re winning in stoppage time and you go kick the ball away from the gk on a goal kick…. those are the twerps on the pick up field that get beat up. lol
It’s absurd that a ref will book a player for time wasting but not add any extra time afterwards. Players will take their yellow cards if it runs the clock out for the win. Honestly, they should just stop the clock when the ball isn’t in play like every other major sport. It would make so many frustrating time wasting tactics obsolete.
i woulda given him a red card just to make a point. the sport should be played proper. i understand taking your time to take a throw in when you’re up or something but the GK is about to kick his goal kick and you just run up and kick the ball out of bounds? Bush League…
No joke, Yellow for time wasting. Yellow for unsportsmanlike like conduct. Bam red card.
And to people who say you shouldn’t get suspended for something like that. Luiz Adriano got suspended treating a pass back after an injury like a live ball.
http://www.uefa.org/disciplinary/news/newsid=1899812.html
Dortmund fans throwing Bananas but its at Neuer. Soooo okay I guess. Apparently a tradition from throwing them a Kahn? Makes sense Oli Kahn was basically a gorilla….
Since I provide two links to a gfycat that weren’t allowed by the moderators, please do yourself a favor and look up Tim Howard’s saves today.
They were nothing short of the old Timmy…incredible.
Glorious really.
amazing. totally thought that first pelle shot just came back off the crossbar at first.
No one talking about Timmy? Made some pretty amazing saves today. Here are a few (links below):
A: http://gfycat.com/ElectricOffbeatKrill
B: http://gfycat.com/FixedBreakableItalianbrownbear
Having a rough season, but this is the Howard we all know.
goal of the season from everyone’s favorite pub league player. holy sh!t.
just to clarify for anyone not watching, i’m talking about charlie adam, not thomas muller.
Haha although you can”t say Muller isn’t. Every time people talk about Muller getting transfer I can’t think of where he would go. He doesn’t have skills that bring make teams like PSG or Chelsea want him.
Not fast. Can’t really Dribble. Passing Good but not great.
Lucky or great first touch but I can’t tell which.
The man just runs, scores goals and wins.
I would love to see him at Real Madrid just for the bizarre fact that he would be a huge success while having zero flash. So basically the opposite of a Glalactico.
Wow! Charlie Adam with great heads up play. Catches courtois to far off his line from 10 yards in his own half.
Huh, Pep relying on the quality of Muller and Lewe to score paid off. They scored pretty much on their own.
How did Alonso not get a yellow for that? I mean it wasn’t dangerous but pulling someone back like that tends to be a yellow…
cameron starting at right back for stoke against chelsea. guess i’ll pretend to keep an eye on that one while i’m really watching dortmund-bayern.
Bayern seem to be looking for balls over the top to Muller and Lewandowski…
Some of it is for Hold up so the rest of the team can move up but…
Bayern have a 5 man back line when Dortmund has the ball sometimes.
haven’t watched a lot of bayern this year. i’m assuming this is not their usual m.o.? guess having both ribery and robben out affects quite a bit.
Pretty much. Not having Robben is a big change.
This looks like width from wingbacks? Bernat does do a lot of attacking even with Robben around though.
Very defensive lineup for Bayern…. I guess they plan to hit Dortmund on transitions.
Or just sit on the ball and do nothing because its Guardiola…
Johnson seems to be having a good game. Drew a penalty.