Week 13 of the MLS season begins on Wednesday evening in a clash of two Eastern Conference sides, while the U.S. Men’s National Team continues their preparation for the upcoming Copa America Centenario.
After a narrow 2-1 defeat at PPL Park in April, Orlando City SC will be seeking revenge against the East-leading Philadelphia Union.
The USMNT will play their second of three Copa America warm-ups on Wednesday, as Jurgen Klinsmann’s squad takes on South American powerhouse Ecuador.
Guinea-Japan and Paraguay-England are on the docket as the Toulon Tournament continues in France. England currently sits atop Group B, although they are level on six points with Paraguay.
In the nightcap, Spanish side Eibar continues their tour of the United States when they take on the New York Cosmos.
If you will be watching today’s soccer, 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 below):
MLS
7:30 p.m. — MLS Live — Orlando City SC vs. Philadelphia Union
INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY
2 p.m. — ESPN Deportes/ESPN3 — Congo vs. Romania
8 p.m. — ESPN2/Univision Deportes/UniMas — USA vs. Ecuador
TOULAN TOURNAMENT
11:15 a.m. — beIN Sports Connect — Guinea vs. Japan
1:45 p.m. — beIN Sports USA/beIN Sports Connect — Paraguay vs. England
SPANISH SEGUNDA DIVISION
2:30 p.m. — beIN Sports Connect — Gimnàstic Tarragona vs. Osasuna
SWISS AXPO SUPER LEAGUE
2:30 p.m. — beIN Sports Connect — Basel vs. Grasshopper
2:30 p.m. — beIN Sports Connect — Zurich vs. Vaduz
VENEZUELAN PRIMERA DIVISION
7 p.m. — GOL TV USA — Deportivo Anzoátegui vs. Zamora
BRAZILIAN BRASILEIRAO
8:45 p.m. — GOL TV USA/GOL TV Espanol —Palmeiras vs. Fluminense
LFP WORLD CHALLENGE
9:55 p.m. — beIN Sports/beIN Sports Connect/beIN Sports en Espanol — Eibar vs. New York Cosmos
Seba commented on the Italy snub; defended MLS, which will surely raise his league popularity. This is what MLS needs, Europeans supporting the league
What would really help would be to bring a few friends over that are his age or younger. That and a salary cap that would allow NYCFC to sign five good players for 1 million each instead of 5 million for Lampard or Pirlo.
I concur, I see Seba as the trailblazer. Him doing well and getting rich will lead other euro talent to try MLS earlier in their career. In 5 years, with a marginal cap raise there could be a lot of European non superstars in MLS. Our goal should not be to get the biggest stars, but rather to add depth to all teams’ rosters so the median salary is not the same as an accountant (100k-ish)
I wish they’d set a DP salary cap so that teams that wanted to go buy multiple quality players for between 700,000 – 1 mil. could instead of only being able to use it on usually overpriced has beens. I think you’d need to increase international roster spots to do that though as well.
Do you have a link?
To what?
U17s in AIFF Cup Final vs S. Korea on youtube currently at halftime (11:20 Eastern) tied 1-1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpborO6TCOw
US down to 10 men after Acosta just walks up to a Korean and smacks him in the face. Korean throws on an act, but it at least according to the grainy video deserved a red.
Going to extra time tied at 1-1.
South Korea 2-1 in extra time, just too much to ask of the Americans to play half the match down a man in the heat in Goa for the second time in three days.