There was a lot of soccer action this weekend, plenty of goals were scored in the MLS and Tottenham was finally able to get a much needed win.
For Tottenham, it could not have come at a better time or against a better opponent. 2-0 was the score line at Anfield against a Liverpool side chasing Europa league qualification, Tottenham needed to win the game to stay ahead of Liverpool on points and keep their 5th spot intact. The game started bright for Tottenham, they were controlling possession and looking like the team that was going to get on the board. VDV scored from a failed clearance off a corner kick, it was a beautiful right footed shot that took a little deflection off the Liverpool defender and floated right over Pepe Reina’s head. From there the game opened up for a little bit with Liverpool grabbing the majority of possession, they did not really threaten but looked more relaxed going forward. Soon after the half, Liverpool conceded a penalty on a clumsy challenge from Flanagan. Modric stepped up to make it 2-0 Tottenham, The game ended with Liverpool pushing for a goal but for the first time in a long time Spurs kept a clean sheet.
Ledley King made the starting line-up and looked like he hadn’t missed a day of training, keeping the likes of Suarez and Carroll at bay is no easy task. I love that King is back and healthy, but for how long is the question. Between the knee and the hamstring you never know when he will go down, and when he does it will be for a long time. My thoughts are to let him go and fill the void with someone who is less injury prone, I love King but he misses more games than he plays and it hurts the back line. Birmingham is the last game of the season; hope to wrap it up on a positive note going into next season with the Europa League to look forward to.
Who looked good in the MLS this weekend? Well I did not get to watch all the games but mlssoccer.com has really good highlights of all the action and I spend some time in the morning catching up that way.
Donovan and Beckham were both on target for the Galaxy as they went on to route SKC at the Home Depot Center. The highlight of this game was the David Beckham free kick, that is about all he is good for these days. Columbus fell apart defensively against the Earthquakes in San Jose, the Stephenson Strike from distance put the nail in the coffin so to speak. Chivas USA slowed down the red hot Red Bulls with Justin Braun leading the way with 3 goals, check out the game highlights here – NY vs ChivasUSA. This was probably the best game of the weekend, Chivas would go on top and then NY would equalize until the final goal in the 56 minute. NY pushed for the equalizer, but Chivas USA was able to hold off for the away win. Rounding off the rest of the weekend: Dallas beat Philidelphia 2 0 at home with goals from Shea and Castillo, New England got the home win against Vancouver 1-0, Real Salt Lake and Houston battled it out to a 0-0 draw in Utah, DC hosted Colorado and lost both Charlie Davies and Josh Wolf to injuries, the game ended 1-1, and Portland traveled into Seattle for a huge derby match that ended up 1-1.
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