Saturday, June 28, 2008

This Weekend's Soccer on TV

This weekend will obviously be highlighted by the Euro 2008 Final at 2:45 Sunday afternoon, however there will be other games to catch to help get into soccer mode leading up to Sunday.
This weekend's action includes:

MLS- Colorado at Colombus, Saturday @ 7:30 EST (Fox Soccer Channel). The Crew at 2nd in the East look to win at home following a 3 goal performance in LA after a bit of a dry spell. Colorado lists Pablo Mastroeni, Christian Gomez and Jose Burciaga Jr. all as questionable for this match. I love Colombus at home here, and I'll go with 3-1.

NY Red Bulls at Chivas USA, Saturday @ 10:30 EST (MSG). The Red Bulls look to continue their good form from recent matches despite their lack of stars. Angel will still be missing, and Reyna is unlikely to return for this match, but a team that has put forth the total team effort in their past 3 matches (counting a friendly against Chivas Guadalajara) will look to continue their inspired play. Chivas USA will also be missing key players, including Alecko Eskandarian and Maykel Galindo. I like a 1-1 draw in this match.

LA Galaxy at DC United, Sunday @ noon EST (ABC). The match that leads you into the Euro finals should feature plenty of offense. David Beckham and a red hot Landon Donovan (and do I dare say a red hot Edson Buddle?) go into DC to take on a United team that is really on a role with Luciano Emilio suddenly playing like an MVP again. I'll choose a 2-2 draw here.

Euro 2008:

Germany vs. Spain, Sunday @ 2:45 EST (ABC). We now know Germany will face Spain in the final after Germany knocked off Turkey with the last goal in a series of late goals to win 3-2, and Spain dominated Russia 3-0. We also know that David Villa will not be available for Spain. Spain has several skill players in the attack, and we can expect Cesc Fabregas to get the start now. They feature a patient build-up with many options, but Germany features a disciplined enough side to stick with Spain. Spain has looked great, but I like Germany in big time games like this. This is a very difficult one to call, and my brain says Spain but my heart says Germany (yes, I'm Irish and German). Germany 2, Spain 1.

Share your thoughts below on these matches or any of the non-televised MLS matches.

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