The EPL has Man City fresh off their first EPL loss traveling to Tottenham Sat at 7:30 am on NBCSN, while US International looks to start Deandre Yedlin for Sunderland against Manchester United on NBCSN Sat at 10. Meanwhile Arsenal travels to Leicester City and Liverpool goes to meet US Keeper Brad Guzan and Aston Villa at 10 am on Extra.
MLS has some marquee matchups as Orlando City and Kaka travel to NY to face the NY Red Bulls looking to secure a playoff spot Friday night on UniMas, while Sunday features an MLS triple header with playoff seeding implications. Seattle and a healthy Clint Dempsey and Obafemi Martins have caught fire and travel to Sporting Kansas City Sunday at 5 pm on ESPN. Real Salt Lake and backstop Nick Rimando travel to San Jose battling for the last Western Conference playoff slot at 7 pm on Sunday on Fox Sports 1. Meanwhile the top game of the night features the LA Galaxy and the ultra hot Mexican striker Giovani Dos Santos at former Carmel High School star Matt Hedges and FC Dallas Sunday night at 9:30 pm.
Turning to the Women –The National Women’s Soccer League crowns its champion this Thursday Night on Fox Sports 1 at Portland with a matchup of teams stacked with World Cup winners. In a rematch of last year’s title game, Megan Rapinoe and Hope Solo lead Seattle against Kansas City’s Amy Rodriguez, Heather O’Reilly, Becky Sauerbrunn and Lauren Holiday. Holiday, the former Lauren Cheney from Indianapolis, will be playing the final game of her career – she’s to start a family with her husband, former 76ers guard Jrue Holiday.
LATE BREAKING NEWS
Blatter Under Investigation by Swiss on Criminal Preceedings – In my opinion they all should be arrested – clean out FIFA and Start over with a COMPLETELY New group of Leaders.
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#1 Ranked Carmel High School Girls Senior Night vs Westfield is Monday Night, Sept 28 7 pm at Murray Stadium.
# 3 Carmel High School Boys Soccer – “Pack the House Night” vs Columbus North – Fri, Oct 2 JV 6:30, V – 8 pm at Murray Stadium-Carmel FC and Carmel Dad’s Club Kids get in FREE with Jersey’s on to boys game!
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US Soccer
US U23 Roster presents Herzog with Challenge
US Women’s Forward Sydney Leroux Growing thru Soccer
Copa America Still a Chance for US? – Grant Wahl SI
US versus Mexico to be shown on Fanthom at Movie Theatres Across the US
American’s scoring goals in Europe
Champions League
Wenger – English Clubs Must improve in Europe ESPN FC
English Sides Underestimate UCL opponents ESPNFC
Champions League and Europa League Schedules
EPL and World
Bayern’s Robert Lewandowski scores record 5 goals In 9 minutes
Here are the Bayern’s Forward’s goals on SI
Leicester City Rides Wave of Eurphoria as they sit in 3rd in the EPL
Liverpool without Benteke, Firmino and Lovren
For Klopp would Liverpool be a Big Club or a Project?
FIFA sets 2022 World Cup Start for Nov 21.
EPL Table Man City, Man U, West Ham, Leicester in Top 4
Great Weekly Goalkeeper Saves
US Keeper Brad Guzan has 2 saves in top 5 of the Weekend in the EPL
NY Red Bulls Keeper Luis Robles with spectacular saves Sunday @ Portland.
MLS + Indy 11
Indy 11 Musings after Edmonton FC loss
MLS Expansion Outlook – Indy not even on long list
NWSL gets shot in Spotlight – The Goalkeeper
Congrats to the Carmel FC U14 Boys for winning the Hoosier FC Habig Tourney – Coach Matt Leinheiser Lienhasser (Right) and Asst Coach Bob Moorman. (Left)
Carmel FC U9 Girls White went undefeated in the Black Bracket at the Hoosier FC Habig Tourney this past weekend. Congrats to the girls and Assistant coaches Andy Gregory and Nikki Nace. (Missing Coach Matt Sinex)
GAMES THIS WEEK
Sat, Sept 26
7:45 am Tottenham vs Man City NBC Sports Network
9:30 a.m., Mainz vs. Bayern Munich Fox Sports 2:
9:30 a.m., VfB Stuttgart vs. Borussia Mönchen Fox Soccer Plus:
10 am Liverpool vs Aston Villa NBC Sports Extra
10 am Arsenal vs Leicester City NBC Sports Extra?
10 am Barcelona vs Las Palmas (Sp) beIn Sports
12:15 pm Real Madrid vs Malaga (Sp) beIn Sports
2:45 pm Napoli vs Juventus (Italy) beIn Sports
Sun, Sept 27
9:30 a.m. Eintracht Frankfurt vs. Hertha Berlin Fox Sports 1:
11:30 a.m. Borussia Dortmund vs. Darmstadt Fox Sports 2:
11 am Watford vs Cyrstal Palace NBCSN
2:45 pm Inter Milan vs Fiorentina beIn Sports
5 pm Sporting KC @ Seattle ESPN
7 pm San Jose vs Real Salt Lake Fox Sports 1
9:30 pm LA Galaxy vs FC Dallas Fox Sports 1
Mon, Sept 28
3 pm West Brom vs Everton NBCSN
Tuesday, September 29
UEFA Champions League (Group stage)
2:30 p.m., Fox Sports 1: Barcelona vs. Bayer Leverkusen
2:30 p.m., Fox Sports 2: Arsenal vs. Olympiakos
2:30 p.m., Fox Sports Net affiliates:, ESPN 3 Porto vs. Chelsea
2:35 p.m., Fox Soccer 2 Go, ESPN3 BATE Borisov vs. Roma, Bayern Munich vs. Dinamo Zagreb, Lyon vs. Valencia, Maccabi Tel Aviv vs. Dynamo Kiev, Zenit St. Petersburg vs. Gent
Wednesday, September 30
UEFA Champions League (Group stage)
2:30 p.m., Fox Sports 1: Manchester United vs. VfL Wolfsburg
2:30 p.m., Fox Sports 2: Borussia Mönchengladbach vs. Manchester City
2:30 p.m., Fox Sports Net affiliates: Malmö FF vs. Real Madrid
2:35 p.m., Fox Soccer 2 Go, ESPN3 Atlético Madrid vs. Benfica, CSKA Moscow vs. PSV Eindhoven, Juventus vs. Sevilla, Shakhtar Donetsk vs. Paris Saint-Germain
Thur, Oct 1 (Europa League)
1 pm Monaco vs Tottenham Fox Sports 1
3 pm Celtic vs Fenerbahce Fox Soccer Plus
3 pm Liverpool vs Sion Fox Sports 1
9 pm US –U23 vs Canada (WCQ) NBC Universal
9:30 pm Seattle Reign vs FC KC NWSL Womens Champ Fox Sports 1
Sat, Oct 3
10 am New Castle vs Man City NBC Sports Network
10 am Stoke vs Aston Villa NBC Sports Extra
12:30 Chelsea vs Southhampton NBC Sports Network?
5 pm US U23 vs Cuba (WCQ) Telemundo
Sun, Oct 4
7:30 am Tottenham vs Liverpool NBCSN
10 am Everton vs Man United NBCSN
10 am Chelsea vs Aston Villa NBC sports Extra?
5 pm Sporting KC @ Seattle ESPN
USA GAMES
Thur, Oct 1 US –U23 vs Canada (WCQ) NBC Universal 9 pm
Sat, Oct 3 US U23 vs Cuba (WCQ) Telemundo 5 pm
Sat, Oct 10 USMNT vs Mexico – Fox Sports 1 – Confed Cup Playoff 9:30 pm
Champions League and Europa League Schedules
Full EPL Schedule on NBC along with Capital One Cup + FA Cup
German Bundesliga Games on Fox Sports 1 + 2
Here’s the full U.S. U23- squad for the qualifiers:
GOALKEEPERS: Charlie Horton (unattached), Ethan Horvath (Molde), Zack Steffen (Freiburg)
DEFENDERS: Cameron Carter-Vickers (Tottenham Hotspur), Matt Miazga (New York Red Bulls), Eric Miller (Montreal Impact), Will Packwood (unattached), Dillon Serna (Colorado Rapids)
MIDFIELDERS: Fatai Alashe (San Jose Earthquakes), Gboly Ariyibi (Chesterfield), Luis Gil (Real Salt Lake), Emerson Hyndman (Fulham), Marc Pelosi (San Jose Earthquakes), Matt Polster (Chicago Fire), Wil Trapp (Columbus Crew), Gedion Zelalem (Rangers)
FORWARDS: Alonso Hernández (C.D. Juarez), Jerome Kiesewetter (VfB Stuttgart), Jordan Morris (Stanford University), Maki Tall (FC Sion)
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#1 Ranked Carmel High School Girls Senior Night vs Westfield is Monday Night, Sept 28 7 pm at Murray Stadium.
# 3 Carmel High School Boys Soccer – “Pack the House Night” vs Columbus North – Fri, Oct 2 JV 6:30, V – 8 pm at Murray Stadium-Carmel FC and Carmel Dad’s Club Kids get in FREE with Jersey’s on to boys game!
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