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AUG 23 RD , 2018 • VOL 25 • ISSUE 4
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So the new season has started for both In the 64th minute, Ronaldo took up a posi-
Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo tion on the left flank after Mario Mandzukic
but it will be the first time in nine years entered the frame at the Stadio Marc’Antonio
where the great rivals will not face off Bentegodi.
against each other.
During the match, the Portugal international
created two chances for his Juventus team-
Ronaldo’s sensational £100million move to mates and had a total of eight shots — four of
Juventus marked the end of the pair’s domi- which were on target.
nance over La Liga, leaving Messi to steal the
limelight once again in Spain. Ronaldo — brought in to help Juventus win
the Champions League — failed to bring his
shooting boots on his Serie A debut. His first
sighter from the edge of the area was dragged ter a brilliant chest down before slotting home
wide and that was followed by an optimistic past Fernando Pacheco in goal.
half-volley from a near-impossible angle.
Just like Ronaldo, Messi had eight shots —
Ronaldo then saw a free header fly straight at four of which were on target — and he made
Stefano Sorrentino before the Chievo goal- an impressive five chances for his team-mates.
keeper saved a stinging free-kick from him.
The Argentina international continues to
However, what Juventus fans may be most amaze with his dazzling feet and he caused
disappointed with is his struggle to success- Alaves’ defenders real problems during one-
On Saturday, Ronaldo began life at Juventus fully take the Chievo defenders on during the
in Serie A against Chievo. Here, Sportsmail on-ones.
Serie A clash. In four attempts at taking on his New season, same old Messi. The Argentine
has taken a look at how his performance com- man, Ronaldo failed to successfully pass him
pared to Messi’s against Alaves in their re- was again influential as Barcelona eased to In six dribbles attempted, unsurprisingly Mes-
on each occasion. victory against Alaves at the Nou Camp on si managed to successfully beat his man every
spective season openers...
Saturday night. single time.
While Ronaldo may not have got off to the
The five-time Ballon d’Or winner got off to a start he dreamed of, there were plenty of posi-
victorious start in Serie A with the Old Lady, Messi scored twice — his first being Barcelo- Just like last season, Messi will be hoping to
tive signs and he will inevitably improve and na’s 6,000th goal in La Liga — while Philippe end the season as top scorer... and he got off to
thanks to a last-gasp winner from Federico the link up with his team-mates will strength-
Bernardeschi. Coutinho also got his name on the scoresheet. the perfect start against Alaves with two great
en. Next up... Lazio. goals as he looks to lead Barcelona to a second
Ronaldo may not have got on the scoresheet or The five-time Ballon d’Or winner, who struck consecutive league title.
assisted on Saturday but there were signs that a fierce free-kick against the bar during a goal-
he will quickly find his feet in Italy despite his less first half, opened the scoring on 64 min- With Ronaldo finally out of his way, the
underwhelming display in front of goal. utes thanks to a brilliant free-kick — cleverly 31-year-old Messi is likely to hog the limelight
firing it underneath the wall and into the bot- yet again in Spain. His dominance doesn’t ap-
Ronaldo started as the lone striker, with Juan tom corner after . pear to be coming to an end anytime soon.
Cuadrado, Paulo Dybala and Douglas Costa
sitting behind him, playing balls through to Messi slotted home Barcelona’s third in inju-
ry-time, shrugging off the Alaves defence af- Read more great articles:
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The Spanish League’s plan to jump in front of
the Premier League and play one of their games
in the United States this season still has some
way to go in winning over players, clubs and
supporters.
News that La Liga has signed an agreement with sports
and entertainment group Relevent to promote football in
North America was announced last week. The sugges-
tion that the deal includes plans to play a game abroad
felt like a bold statement of intent from president Javier
Tebas.
Real Madrid appear cold on the idea and say they have
Relevent is behind the International Champions Cup, not been consulted. Barcelona president Josep Maria
the world’s largest summer club tournament, and its Bartomeu is very much in favour of pushing the club in
founder Stephen Ross is also the owner of Miami Dol- the United States, and the Catalan derby between Barca
phins. A La Liga match this season in Miami was im- and Girona in January has been put forward as a pos-
plied if not written in stone in the announcement. The sible fixture.
Premier League has long held the desire to stage a 39th
game of the season on foreign soil. Had La Liga jumped But the game, a home match for Girona, is wedged be-
ahead in terms of planning? The reaction suggests there tween cup quarter-finals and would be difficult if both
is still some way to go before the idea can be executed. sides are still in the competition.
The biggest hurdle will be gaining permission from The players’ union has also rejected the idea. ‘Foot-
Spain’s football association, who say they were not con- ballers are not bargaining chips that can be used to ben-
sulted ahead of the announcement last week. efit third parties,’ it said.
They will also need permission from Spain’s Foreign Long-haul flights in crucial weeks of the
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Regardless of the fact he has won fidence and to start in the right way, focused on
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lection with the Blues this season…
After last week’s win at Huddersfield, Maurizio
Having enjoyed a solid pre-season campaign, Sarri said he was pleased with the way in which
in which he scored in games against Perth Glo- his team controlled the game in the second half.
welcoming refreshing vibrant ry and Inter Milan, Pedro was impressive in last Naturally it will take time for the players to ful-
Saturday’s 3-0 win at Huddersfield, playing a ly understand exactly what the Italian expects
role in the move which led to N’Golo Kante’s from them, both individually and collectively,
Mon -Aug 27th opening goal, before completing the scoring but Pedro says the early indications are promis-
late on with a superb finish. ing.
Serie A
Roma vs Atalanta ‘It was a very good start for me and the team
because we played a very good game against
‘He’s a good coach with good ideas, he wants
us to play football and enjoy it. We have to run
2:30pm Huddersfield,’ said the Spaniard. a lot, but with ambition and with a clear idea
to press very high, recover the ball and cre-
Having followed that win up with Saturday’s ate chances while having good possession and
Sat 25-Aug 3-2 victory over Arsenal, Pedro and Chelsea finding space between the lines.’
find themselves with a maximum 6 points from
EPL their opening two games. Pedro has also spoken about his compatriot
12:30 PM Liverpool v Brighton & HA Kepa Arrizabalaga, Chelsea’s new goalkeeper
who joined the club just over a week ago and
La Liga ‘When you play against Arsenal it’s very dif- kept a clean sheet on his debut at Huddersfield.
2:15PM Atletico Madrid v R Vallecano ficult, they play very well with and without the
4:15PM R Valladolid v Barcelona ball.’ ‘I think he’s very young but with experience as
well,’ said Pedro. ‘He’s played a lot of games
Serie A Pedro has already won the Premier League and in Spain with Athletic Bilbao and also played
12:00 PM Juventus v Lazio FA Cup since moving to Stamford Bridge al- for the national team. He’s very clever and very
2:30 PM Napoli v AC Milan most exactly three years ago, having enjoyed good in the air, he’s fast when trying to save the
huge success at previous club Barcelona, as ball and for this reason he’s a good option for
Sun 26-Aug well as being part of the Spain squads which se- the team and he makes us stronger.
cured the World Cup and two European Cham-
EPL pionships’ prior to his arrival in SW6. ‘It’s very different [in England], I know that
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So, for a player who has achieved so much in corners it’s very difficult to defend them with
Serie A the game, how does he remain motivated at the the central defenders and strikers but he knows
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Pedro. ‘You fight for results, and to play in fi- as a player.’
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tions of the opposition but unable to find a ball back for Villa to volley under Robles. nerholm’s neck was only a yellow card
way past Robles. offense.
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tougher when Eloi Amagat was shown a card after VAR, with the officials judging cluding a golden opportunity for Rod-
straight red card for a challenge in the cen- that the Ghanaian deliberately stepped on ney Wallace to win it in stoppage-time,
ter of the pitch. Wright-Phillips’ achilles. before Unkel brought an end to the most
Despite the man disadvantage, NYCFC hotly-contested derby to date.
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FOR PLAY OFF PLACES FROM
With Tim Hall
101
With all teams around Major most of the season. Martinez has
League Soccer having about already tied - and will no doubt
10 games left to play in the break - the single season goal scor-
regular season, now things are ing mark of 27, presently held by
him and three others. Big crowds at
finally starting to take shape.
home and an offense that has earned
That may sound odd if you
the most penalty kicks in the league
watched the most recent Eng- (your choice if correlation equals
lish Premier League season, causation there) have pushed them
which was effectively done and to the top, but as a team in only their
dusted at the midway point, or second year of existence, the ques-
any of the last five or so cam- tion remains if they are either too
paigns in France or Italy or young as a unit, or so young as to
Germany which have been not be intimidated by the moment.
coronations largely.
Atlanta enter into this week’s slate
Here stateside, thanks to the par- of games three points ahead of, with
ity imposed by the salary cap and one more game played than, the
other similar roster rules, it is nigh New York Red Bulls. The Metros,
on impossible for any one team to as they have for the last few years,
run away with the honors, especially have gotten it done with a high tem- NY Red Bulls Bradley Wright-Phillips (99) celebrates scoring against DC United with midfielder Kaku (10)
not dynastically like the PSG’s or po, high pressure style that leads to and midfielder Derrick Etienne (7) Photo: Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sports
Juves of the world. And even if one fast breaks for Bradley Wright-Phil-
team could have walked to the top lips to score in bunches. What’s dif- City and Atlanta have maxed out But that’s just who is in the discus- Back east, thanks to their home sta-
spot since July the way Manchester ferent this time around is a midfield their head-to-head meetings this sion to end the regular season as the dium not opening until summer, DC
City did from Christmas last year, of Kaku, Tyler Adams and Sean Da- year, but Red Bulls play both down top seed with Supporters Shield. United played most of their games
because of the playoffs, all that vis that can get BWP the ball more the stretch, starting with the final Once that’s been lifted, the conver- in the first half of the season away,
would get you in MLS is Supporters regularly, and a defensive line of regular season Hudson River Der- sation changes again. Remember, and therefore have a backloaded
Shield, which while a lovely honor Kemar Lawrence, Tim Parker, Aar- by that will occur just after dead- the regular season means just this home schedule yet to play. That,
is still not considered the biggest on Long and Michael Amir Murillo line, so you folks reading this will side of nothing, and having been combined with Wayne Rooney,
prize in the domestic game. that can both thwart the opponent’s know how that’s turned out. (Hello, in the upper echelon most of the which if the viral video is to be be-
attack, and get the counter started. the future!) That leaves a tantaliz- season means almost bupkis come lieved has suddenly remembered
In truth, the first half to two-thirds What remains to be seen is if teams ing matchup in Harrison as Atlanta playoff time. Often, it is all about how to track back on defense, could
of the MLS season are effectively can successfully strangle the high comes to visit the Red Bulls Sep- who can get hot late in the regular help DC sneak above the red line at
pointless. Nobody wins the league press as they have in playoffs past, tember 30 in a match that may just season, sneak in to the playoffs, and the end.
by August, and only a handful of or if and when the team will suc- determine Supporters Shield. continue that momentum headed
teams truly lose it. Everybody else, cumb to the curses of old. into the winter. Also lurking about are the reigning
contender and pretender alike, A few teams out in the Western Con- champions Toronto. They’ll need to
merely try to tread water, not getting The third team in the Eastern mix ference can still play spoiler to all One such team is Seattle, the peren- suddenly find a form that has eluded
to far adrift to make a late surge, and is New York City FC. No surprise that if the teams in the East devour nial thorn in everyone’s side and them all season, but don’t count
not burning themselves out early to still that it’s David Villa as the straw each other. Tops among them are bane of the universe’s existence. In them out until they are dead and
fall victim to those teams that come that stirs the drink, but now as the FC Dallas, leaders most of the way. what seems to be something of an buried. And once they are buried,
on strong. lone focal point, Villa has made the But the road in for Dallas won’t be annual tradition now, the Sounders dig up the corpse and stab it a few
team his own with a good nucleus easy, as they made the decision to were a fair-to-middling side most of times for good measure.
But as the calendar now threatens of talent around him, in the forms transfer leading assist man Mauro the way only to rattle off six wins
to turn over to September again, of Ismael Tajouri-Shradi, Jesus Me- Diaz to Shabab Al-Ahli Dubai FC in a row and put themselves just on So there we have it. Easily a half
the picture starts to come a little bit dina and Maxi Moralez. However in the United Arab Emirates. And the outside looking in. The team just dozen teams that can win the whole
clearer about who’ll be in the mix when head coach Patrick Vieira left that “leading assist man” moniker is above them, Portland, is their op- thing, and even more that we didn’t
come the playoffs. for France midseason, that seems not an honorific: Diaz hasn’t played ponent on Sunday. In fact, the Cas- get to. Nobody knows who’ll win,
to have upset the apple cart in the for Dallas since June and still leads cadia trio of Portland, Seattle and even guessing who’ll make the
The Eastern Conference has been Big Apple, and City have been on the team in assists, and is fourth in Vancouver sit fifth through seventh playoffs at this point is a fool’s er-
a three-horse race at the top. We’ll shaky legs ever since. But City have goals. So Dallas feels like a team respectively, which should make for rand, and anyone who gambles on
start with Atlanta United, who’ve the talent to find their feet and give limping badly, but with the finish some extra short fingernails down Major League Soccer is a degener-
ridden the undeniable Most Valu- other teams trouble, especially on line in sight, just hoping to make it the stretch. ate and a reprobate. Enjoy the ride.
able Player performance of Josef the postage stamp they play on in before they get caught.
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SCOTTISH BRIAN P. DUNLEAVY
These ties will be decided on Au- are bigger-picture considerations as
gust 30th. Then comes first Celtic- well. The farther each Glasgow side A draw would probably be as good
Rangers match of the season, on advances, the better it is for Scot- as a win for Rangers. And, depend-
September 2nd, at Celtic Park. land’s UEFA coefficient. A higher ing on how Celtic perform on the
That’s just two days after Scotland’s coefficient could mean fewer quali- day, questions will be asked of the
transfer window closes, for those of fication rounds for European com- club’s transfer policy during the
you scoring at home. petition—in other words, one (or summer window, and whether or
more) less potential “banana skins” not Rodgers is still in good stead
Which means, by September 3rd, like AEK Athens just to get into the with its hierarchy—namely, major-
we should have answers to a num- Champions’/Europa leagues proper. ity shareholder Dermot Desmond.
ber of important questions:
Regarding the domestic front, put- In point of fact, both Celtic and
Will Scotland’s two biggest clubs ting a lot of emphasis on that Sep- Rangers will have at least 34 games
still be involved in European com- tember 2nd match-up at Parkhead left in their respective seasons after
petition? is probably unfair to both clubs, not September 2nd. Probably more. In
to mention Gerrard, who is still get- other words, plenty of time to still
Will Rangers be able to mount a ting his feet wet in Govan (are those end 2018-19 on a proverbial high
Celtic’s Moussa Dembele scores against Partick Thistle in the Betfred Cup challenge to Celtic for the Premier- “brown brogues” water-proof?). note.
ship title? After all, the match will be played
In her book, The Retribution, au- ment accurately, its significance for
three days after the former Liver- However, how they perform over
thor Val McDermid describes the Scottish teams has arguably never Can Steven Gerrard handle the pool legend and his players return the course of the next three matches
participation of the fictitious foot- been greater. unique pressures of the Glasgow from a long trip to Russia for the will likely determine the short- and
ball club Bradfield Victoria, home derby? second leg against Ufa. long-term futures of not just the two
team of the fictitious city of Brad- Indeed, it’s “early doors,” as they clubs but the Scottish Premiership
field, the setting for most of her say, but the next fortnight or so Will Dedryck Boyata still be a Celt- However, this is the nature of as well. As American football coach
novels, in the Europa League as will tell us a lot about the 2018-19 ic player for the foreseeable future? football in Scotland’s largest city. Vince Lombardi said, “Winning
follows: “Thursday night, Chan- season in Scotland, and will shape Should ’Gers win, half of the city isn’t everything. It’s the only thing.”
nel 5. Not football as such.” much of the campaigns to come Will the Celtic board provide man- will say the title chase is on, and In Scotland, that cliché has never
as well. With Hibs bowing out to ager Brendan Rodgers sufficient fi- that Gerrard is the man to lead the
nancial backing to bring in needed been truer than now.
McDermid, a Scot living in England Molde in the third round of quali- charge. Should Celtic win, Gerrard
reinforcements? will face his first serious criticism,
who supports Raith Rovers (like an- fying, Scotland’s hopes are pinned
other of our favorites, Ian Rankin), on Celtic, who face Lithuanian side even if it amounts to his first loss as
But wait, there’s more. Beyond the a top-flight manager (as of this writ-
will likely never see her team on the FK Suduva, and Rangers, who take
obvious short-term benefits—both ing the Ibrox side are undefeated in
European stage. But while she has on Russians FC Ufa in the playoff
probably characterized the conti- round of the tournament.
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6 Bournemouth 2 2 0 0 4 1 3 6 10 Nottingham Forest 4 1 3 0 5 4 1 6
7 Everton 2 1 1 0 4 3 1 4 11 Derby County 4 2 0 2 6 7 -1 6
8 Leicester City 2 1 0 1 3 2 1 3 12 Sheffield United 4 2 0 2 5 7 -2 6
9 Manchester United 2 1 0 1 4 4 0 3 13 Bristol City 4 1 2 1 6 5 1 5
10 Crystal Palace 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 3 14 Millwall 4 1 2 1 5 5 0 5
11 Brighton and HA 2 1 0 1 3 4 -1 3 15 Norwich City 4 1 1 2 8 8 0 4
12 Newcastle United 2 0 1 1 1 2 -1 1 16 Hull City 4 1 1 2 5 7 -2 4
13 Southampton 2 0 1 1 1 2 -1 1 17 Sheffield Wednesday 4 1 1 2 5 7 -2 4
14 Wolverhampton W 2 0 1 1 2 4 -2 1 18 Preston North End 4 1 1 2 3 5 -2 4
15 Burnley 2 0 1 1 1 3 -2 1 19 Rotherham United 4 1 0 3 4 10 -6 3
16 Cardiff City 2 0 1 1 0 2 -2 1 20 Birmingham City 4 0 2 2 2 4 -2 2
17 Arsenal 2 0 0 2 2 5 -3 0 21 Ipswich Town 4 0 2 2 3 6 -3 2
18 Fulham 2 0 0 2 1 5 -4 0 22 Stoke City 4 0 2 2 4 9 -5 2
19 West Ham United 2 0 0 2 1 6 -5 0 23 Reading 4 0 1 3 3 6 -3 1
20 Huddersfield Town 2 0 0 2 1 9 -8 0 24 Queens Park Rangers 4 0 0 4 2 13 -11 0 CONTEMPORARY IRISH CUISINE
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3 Rangers 2 1 1 0 3 1 2 4 3 Real Madrid 38 22 10 6 94 44 50 76
4 Kilmarnock 2 1 1 0 2 0 2 4 4 Valencia CF 38 22 7 9 65 38 27 73
5 Aberdeen 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 4 5 Villarreal 38 18 7 13 57 50 7 61
6 Celtic 2 1 0 1 3 2 1 3 6 Real Betis 38 18 6 14 60 61 -1 60
7 St. Mirren 2 1 0 1 2 3 -1 3 7 Sevilla 38 17 7 14 49 58 -9 58
8 Hamilton Academical 2 1 0 1 2 4 -2 3 8 Getafe 38 15 10 13 42 33 9 55
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GP W D L F A GD P 15 Levante 38 11 13 14 44 58 -14 46
3 Barnsley 4 3 1 0 10 0 10 10 3 Colchester United 4 2 2 0 9 1 8 8
1 Atlanta United FC 25 15 6 4 53 29 +24 51 16 Athletic Club 38 10 13 15 41 49 -8 43 4 Sunderland 4 3 1 0 10 3 7 10 4 Stevenage 4 2 2 0 6 3 3 8
2 New York Red Bulls 25 15 4 6 48 26 +22 49 17 Leganés 38 12 7 19 34 51 -17 43 5 Walsall 4 3 1 0 8 4 4 10 5 MK Dons 4 2 2 0 4 2 2 8
18 Deportivo de La Coruña 38 6 11 21 38 76 -38 29
3 New York City FC 26 14 6 6 49 34 +15 48 19 Las Palmas 38 5 7 26 24 74 -50 22 6 Fleetwood Town 4 2 1 1 9 3 6 7 6 Carlisle United 4 2 1 1 6 6 0 7
4 Columbus Crew SC 25 11 6 8 32 32 0 39 20 Málaga 38 5 5 28 24 61 -37 20
5 Philadelphia Union 24 10 3 11 34 39 -5 33
7 Doncaster Rovers 4 2 1 1 6 3 3 7 7 Swindon Town 4 2 1 1 9 10 -1 7
6 Montreal Impact 26 10 3 13 33 42 -9 33 8 Accrington Stanley 4 2 1 1 6 6 0 7 8 Newport County 4 2 1 1 5 6 -1 7
7 New England Revolution 24 7 8 9 38 40 -2 29 9 Gillingham 4 2 0 2 7 7 0 6 9 Forest Green Rovers 4 1 3 0 6 3 3 6
8 DC United 22 7 6 9 39 39 0 27 ITALY - SERIE A
P W D L F A GD PTS 10 Bradford City 4 2 0 2 2 4 -2 6 10 Mansfield Town 4 1 3 0 6 3 3 6
9 Toronto FC 24 6 6 12 40 45 -5 24 1 Juventus 38 30 5 3 86 24 62 95 11 Blackpool 4 1 2 1 3 2 1 5 11 Port Vale 4 2 0 2 5 4 1 6
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Orlando City SC 24 7 2 15 37 57 -20 23 2 Napoli 38 28 7 3 77 29 48 91
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Chicago Fire 26 6 5 15 36 51 -15 23 3 Roma 38 23 8 7 61 28 33 77 12 AFC Wimbledon 4 1 2 1 2 3 -1 5 12 Yeovil Town 4 1 2 1 6 3 3 5
4 Internazionale 38 20 12 6 66 30 36 72 13 Southend United 4 1 1 2 5 6 -1 4 13 Oldham Athletic 4 1 2 1 5 4 1 5
5 Lazio 38 21 9 8 89 49 40 72 14 Charlton Athletic 4 1 1 2 4 5 -1 4 14 Tranmere Rovers 4 1 2 1 5 5 0 5
MLS Western Conference 6 Milan 38 18 10 10 56 42 14 64
GP W D L F A GD P 7 Atalanta 38 16 12 10 57 39 18 60 15 Luton Town 4 1 1 2 4 5 -1 4 15 Grimsby Town 4 1 2 1 5 6 -1 5
1 FC Dallas 24 13 6 5 39 30 +9 45 8 Fiorentina 38 16 9 13 54 46 8 57 16 Coventry City 4 1 1 2 2 4 -2 4 16 Crewe Alexandra 4 1 1 2 6 7 -1 4
2 Sporting Kansas City 24 12 6 6 45 30 +15 42 9 Torino 38 13 15 10 54 46 8 54
3 LAFC 25 12 6 7 49 39 +10 42 10 Sampdoria 38 16 6 16 56 60 -4 54 17 Rochdale 4 1 1 2 5 11 -6 4 17 Bury 4 1 1 2 3 4 -1 4
4 Real Salt Lake 26 11 5 10 36 44 -8 38 11 Sassuolo 38 11 10 17 29 59 -30 43 18 Scunthorpe United 4 1 1 2 3 10 -7 4 18 Crawley Town 4 1 1 2 4 6 -2 4
12 Genoa 38 11 8 19 33 43 -10 41
5 LA Galaxy 26 10 7 9 48 47 +1 37 13 Chievo 38 10 10 18 36 59 -23 40 19 Bristol Rovers 4 1 0 3 5 7 -2 3 19 Cambridge United 4 1 1 2 5 9 -4 4
6 Portland Timbers 23 10 7 6 35 34 +1 37 14 Udinese 38 12 4 22 48 63 -15 40 20 Burton Albion 4 1 0 3 3 6 -3 3 20 Morecambe 4 1 0 3 1 9 -8 3
7 Seattle Sounders FC 24 10 5 9 31 26 +5 35 15 Bologna 38 11 6 21 40 52 -12 39
8 Vancouver Whitecaps 25 9 7 9 40 49 -9 34 16 Cagliari 38 11 6 21 33 61 -28 39 21 Plymouth Argyle 4 0 2 2 3 5 -2 2 21 Northampton Town 4 0 2 2 4 6 -2 2
9 Minnesota United FC 25 9 2 14 38 50 -12 29 17 SPAL 38 8 14 16 39 59 -20 38 22 Shrewsbury Town 4 0 2 2 1 3 -2 2 22 Cheltenham Town 4 0 1 3 1 4 -3 1
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Houston Dynamo 24 7 6 11 40 36 +4 27 18 Crotone 38 9 8 21 40 66 -26 35 23 Wycombe Wanderers 4 0 2 2 2 6 -4 2 23 Macclesfield Town 4 0 1 3 4 9 -5 1
19 Verona 38 7 4 27 30 78 -48 25
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Colorado Rapids 25 6 6 13 31 42 -11 24 20 Benevento 38 6 3 29 33 84 -51 21 24 Oxford United 4 0 0 4 3 13 -10 0 24 Notts County 4 0 1 3 4 10 -6 1
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10AM Derby County vs Preston North End
Spanish Primera División 10AM Norwich City vs Leeds United Spanish Primera División English Carabao Cup
2:15 PM Getafe vs Eibar 10AM Queens Park Rangers vs Wigan Athletic 12:15 PM Espanyol vs Valencia
10AM Sheffield Wednesday vs Ipswich Town 2:30 PM Swansea City vs Crystal Palace
4:15 PM Leganes vs Real Sociedad 2:15 PM Sevilla FC vs Villarreal
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10AM Swansea City vs Bristol City 2:45 PM AFC Wimbledon vs West Ham United
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2:30 PM Bayern Munich vs TSG Hoffenheim
9:30 AM Mainz vs VfB Stuttgart 2:45 PM Brentford vs Cheltenham Town
French Ligue 1 English League One 12PM Borussia Dortmund vs RB Leipzig 2:45 PM Brighton & Hove Albion vs Southampton
2:45 PM Lyon vs Strasbourg 10AM AFC Wimbledon vs Sunderland 2:45 PM Burton Albion vs Aston Villa
10AM Blackpool vs Accrington Stanley Italian Serie A 2:45 PM Cardiff City vs Norwich City
English League Championship 10AM Bradford City vs Wycombe Wanderers 12PM SPAL vs Parma 2:45 PM Doncaster Rovers vs Blackpool
2:45 PM Middlesbrough vs West Bromwich Albion 10AM Bristol Rovers vs Southend United 2:30 PM Cagliari vs Sassuolo 2:45 PM Fulham vs Exeter City
10AM Charlton Athletic vs Fleetwood Town 2:30 PM Fiorentina vs Chievo Verona 2:45 PM Hull City vs Derby County
Major League Soccer 10AM Doncaster Rovers vs Portsmouth 2:30 PM Frosinone vs Bologna 2:45 PM Leeds United vs Preston North End
8PM Orlando City SC vs Atlanta United FC 10AM Gillingham vs Coventry City 2:30 PM Genoa vs Empoli 2:45 PM Leicester City vs Fleetwood Town
10:30 PM LA Galaxy vs LAFC 10AM Luton Town vs Shrewsbury Town 2:30 PM Internazionale vs Torino 2:45 PM Middlesbrough vs Rochdale
10AM Oxford United vs Burton Albion 2:30 PM Udinese vs Sampdoria
10AM Plymouth Argyle vs Peterborough United 2:45 PM Newport County vs Oxford United
2:45 PM Queens Park Rangers vs Bristol Rovers
Saturday August 25th 10AM Rochdale vs Walsall
10AM Scunthorpe United vs Barnsley
French Ligue 1 2:45 PM Sheffield Wednesday vs Wolves
9AM Lille vs Guingamp
2:45 PM Walsall vs Macclesfield Town
English Premier League 11AM Bordeaux vs AS Monaco
English League Two 3PM Marseille vs Stade Rennes 2:45 PM Wycombe W vs Forest Green Rovers
7:30 AM Wolves vs Manchester City 3PM Stoke City vs Huddersfield Town
10AM Cambridge United vs Cheltenham Town
10AM AFC Bournemouth vs Everton
10AM Carlisle United vs Crewe Alexandra English League Championship 3PM West Bromwich Albion vs Mansfield Town
10AM Arsenal vs West Ham United
10AM Colchester United vs Northampton Town 7:30 AM Rotherham United vs Millwall
10AM Huddersfield Town vs Cardiff City
10AM Crawley Town vs Bury
10AM Southampton vs Leicester City
12:30 PM Liverpool vs Brighton & Hove Albion
10AM Forest Green Rovers vs Swindon Town Scottish Premiership Wednesday August 29th
10AM Lincoln City vs Notts County 7:15 AM Motherwell vs Rangers FC
10AM Macclesfield Town vs Mansfield Town 10AM Celtic vs Hamilton Academical UEFA Champions League
Spanish Primera División 10AM Milton Keynes Dons vs Exeter City
12:15 PM Alavés vs Real Betis 3PM PSV Eindhoven vs BATE Borisov
10AM Morecambe vs Oldham Athletic Major League Soccer
2:15 PM Atletico Madrid vs Rayo Vallecano 3PM FC Salzburg vs Red Star Belgrade
10AM Newport County vs Grimsby Town 7PM New York Red Bulls vs DC United
4:15 PM Real Valladolid vs Barcelona 10AM Tranmere Rovers vs Port Vale 3PM PAOK Salonika vs Benfica
9:30 PM Portland Timbers vs Seattle Sounders FC
10AM Yeovil Town vs Stevenage
German Bundesliga English Carabao Cup
9:30 AM Fortuna Düsseldorf vs FC Augsburg Scottish Premiership 2:45 PM Everton vs Rotherham United
9:30 AM Hertha Berlin vs Nurnberg 10AM Hibernian vs Aberdeen
Monday August 27th 2:45 PM Millwall vs Plymouth Argyle
9:30 AM SC Freiburg vs Eintracht Frankfurt 10AM Kilmarnock vs Heart of Midlothian 2:45 PM Nottingham Forest vs Newcastle United
9:30 AM VfL Wolfsburg vs Schalke 04 English Premier League
10AM St Johnstone vs Dundee 3PM Reading vs Watford
9:30 AM Werder Bremen vs Hannover 96 3PM Manchester United vs Tottenham Hotspur
10AM St Mirren vs Livingston
12:30 PM B Monchengladbach vs Bayer Leverkusen Major League Soccer
Major League Soccer Spanish Primera División
2:15 PM Levante vs Celta Vigo 8PM New York Red Bulls vs Houston Dynamo
Italian Serie A 7PM Philadelphia Union vs NE Revolution
12PM Juventus vs Lazio 4PM Athletic Bilbao vs Huesca 8PM DC United vs Philadelphia Union
8PM Toronto FC vs Montreal Impact 10:30 PM Portland Timbers vs Toronto FC
2:30 PM Napoli vs AC Milan 8:30 PM Sporting KC vs Minnesota United FC
Italian Serie A 10:30 PM San Jose Earthquakes vs FC Dallas
9PM Colorado Rapids vs Real Salt Lake
French Ligue 1 10PM San Jose vs Vancouver Whitecaps 2:30 PM AS Roma vs Atalanta
11AM Paris Saint-Germain vs Angers CONMEBOL Copa Libertadores
2PM Montpellier vs Saint-Etienne Mexican Liga BBVA Bancomer 6:30 PM River Plate vs Racing Club
2PM Nantes vs Caen 6PM Pachuca vs Puebla 8:45 PM Corinthians vs Colo Colo
2PM Nice vs Dijon FCO 8PM América vs Pumas UNAM 8:45 PM Cruzeiro vs Flamengo
2PM SC Amiens vs Stade de Reims 9:30 PM Veracruz vs Tijuana
2PM Toulouse vs Nimes 10PM Necaxa vs U.A.N.L
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