FIFA World Club Championship

On Saturday night, (at least here on the west coast) Barcelona came from behind to defeat Estudiantes in the final of the FIFA World Club Championship. That brought their trophy count to six for the year. Not too shabby if you ask me.

Barcelona vs Xerez Highlights

Barcelona vs Real Madrid Highlights

The first video is the quick and dirty. The second video has your full highlights.

Mourinho vs Guardiola

Inter Milan will face Barcelona today in the UEFA Champions League. Hear what the coaches have to say going in to the match.

Barcelona vs Mallorca Highlights

Barcelona vs Getafe

UEFA Super Cup Highlights

It looked like this was going to penalty kicks in Monaco.

Friday Roundup

There's a lot going on today and I haven't done a good job of keeping everybody updated. So we're going to just blow through some stories that I find interesting.

First off, Juan Carlos Osorio has resigned as the head coach of MLS's worst team.

Steven Goff has a look at the U.S. coaching salaries. I think anything over minimum wage is paying Bob Bradley too much.

The New York Times sat down for a little Q&A with Gooch.

Staying in the Big Apple, rumors have surfaced that Barcelona are interested in purchasing the Red Bulls.

There are reports out of France that Landon Donovan maybe heading to PSG.

The Houston Dynamo have signed their first Designated Player, Luis Angel Landin of Cruz Azul. Don't be surprised to see him in orange as soon as Sunday in the Dynamo's clash against the Sounders.

To add further intrigue, Freddie Ljungberg may now suit up for the Sounders as he has been diagnosed with hypoglycemia. The Sounders are a different team with him on the field.

A ton of new FIFA Soccer 10 screenshots have dropped on the German site Video Games Zone.

Barcelona vs Man City (Friendly)

Sounders vs. Barcelona Recap

The Sketch above was done by Gabriel Campanario, a Seattle resident and Barcelona native. You can check out more sketches from the game here.

Here is ESPN's recap with John Harkes and JP Dellacamera.

Barcelona vs. Sounders FC Highlights

Highlights from the game last night.


Seattle Soccer Examiner's video of the whole night including the pre-game festivities. Watch for the ECS making fun of themselves at the 4:05 mark.

Barcelona vs Sounders Tonight!

The day has finally arrived! The Sounders will face off against Barcelona tonight at 7:30 PM at Qwest Field. If you don't have tickets to the game you can catch it on ESPN2/ESPN360. Here is some video of Lionel Messi's trip to the Space Needle yesterday.

Barca Training

Jose Romero of the Seattle Times posted these videos of Barcelona training today at the University of Washington. He also clears up the Henry to Seattle rumors that circulated a while back. Hopefully in two years MLS will have added more DP spots or raised the salary cap to allow an Arsenal reunion for Ljungberg and Henry.

Since I'm A Bit Upset Right Now

I'm still trying to get over the Sounders poor performance against the Earthquakes right now, so I figured I would post David Beckham's great goal last night against Barca. I know we already posted the highlights of the game, but this really is THE highlight.

FC Barcelona vs LA Galaxy

This says it all.

Barcelona showed exactly why they have dominated every aspect of their Spanish Primera campaign. Goals from Samuel Eto'o (10) and Lionel Messi (70) broke Manchester United hearts as they stripped away any hopes of a back to back Champions League title. What do you think of the game? Was it absolute brilliance of Barcelona or was it a United side that failed to show up to the game? Was the absence of Fletcher felt? Was this Sir Alex's best 11? Questions I will be asking for a long time, as the performance by the Red Devils was the poorest I have seen in a long time. Any team that show's up for a final against Barcelona and play's the way Man U did will always get this result. Bravo, Barcelona... Back to the drawing board Manchester.