Here is the table at press time, for the Premier League. This is just one league, so add your own interest in your team/league, too. I'm interested in learning really good teams.
1. Chelsea 77 points
2. Man Utd 73
3. Arsenal 71
4. Man City 69
Chelsea 80 points
Man United 79
Arsenal 72
It's coming down to the wire now.
What other teams/championships do you watch?
Hubby and I got interested in it with the arrival of the Seattle Sounders of MLS. It's a lot of fun, but there's some really stupid idiots who feel they HAVE to be thugs about it and have attacked fans of other teams. Not cool, we wouldn't dream of attacking, say, a Texas Rangers fan at a Mariner's game, or a 49'ers fan at a Seahawks game, but all of a sudden it's "cool" to beat up someone cheering against the team we've only had for two seasons?
"A black cat crossing your path signifies that the animal is going somewhere." - Groucho Marx
That's just wrong, to beat someone up over darn sports. What do you think of the USA's chances in the World Cup, CQ?
It's the last weekend of regular season for the Premier League, Bundesliga, and others. It all comes down to this now.
I've been a ManU fan since I got into international soccer right before World Cup 1994. I've been following MLS since it launched in 1996, and root for my home area team, the New England Revolution.
Yet, to be honest, I really only get excited about soccer when it's time for the World Cup......or when ManU and Chelsea play each other.
"Nos laetus epulor qui would domito nos. (We gladly feast on those who would subdue us.)"
"Nil satis nisi optimum. (Nothing but the best will do.)"
"I hate it when things don't go my way. It makes me so...horny." - Sarah Michelle Gellar (Kathryn, Cruel Intentions)
"Sex is just alone time with someone else there." - Taint on The Lex And Terry Show, 11/11/09
"Stupidity isn't a crime, so you're free to go."
"I am The Devil, too. There can only be one devil. One of us must go." - Ozzy Osbourne at the end of his cover of "Sympathy For The Devil"
"Your ego is not your amigo." - Nikki Sixx, The Heroin Diaries
"It's my world. I'm just letting you live here." - Mandy, The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy
Even though some of the world's best play the sport...I don't like it
Didn't the USA make it to the finals one year? I remember watching them, and they were beating the odds. Maybe it was during semifinals, etc.
Let's hear some more about World Cup and other soccer teams. I have a lot to learn.
There I was, watching Universidad de Chile vs Alianza Lima, and the action was pretty good. I noticed the pitch was rather rough, and there was chain-link fence at the end of the zones. These teams really know how to play.
Near the end of the game, a beautiful goal was made and was contested. Chaos ensued. It was incredible. Riley saw it, too. Police in riot gear, complete with helmets and shields, protected the referees.
Look below.
I didn't know Van Persie was in Netherlands. I wish I could've seen that game.
Mexico is a good team. I'll start watching Netherlands now.
Who are your favorites in the first round?
Yeah there are many websites which let you set up groups which friends can join. Everyone in the group fills in the expected outcomes for each match and points are being given based on how close your predictions are. Great fun to beat your friends on one day.... until they beat you the next one and retaliate in making fun of you haha.
I'm not well acquainted with most teams so my predictions would be shite. Usually it's the well-known soccer nations plus 1 surprise country who advance to the semi-finals.
And the Germany-Hungary match was terrible haha. I'm half Hungarian so it's with some sense of sadness that I have to say they looked like a bunch of amateurs. Hideous, the lot of them.
Germany tried out a lot of new players to determine which ones will be cut and which 23 lucky Germans will be given tickets to participate in the World Cup. So kinda hard to say much about their performance. People say them missing Ballack will cost them dearly but Germany is a terrific tournament team. Meaning that they usually grow a lot in a tournament, become an even tighter team and often play for result.
They don't have the talent that we the Dutch have but look at where Germany stranded at the last few European Cups and World Cups, and compare that to where the Dutch stranded. For instance, in 2002 we didn't even qualify for the World Cup after making it to semi-finals in 1998. In contrast, Germany made it to the finals game against Brazil in 2002.
Nuff said.
Insert typical super smart ass comment courtesy of thepainter here.
I haven't been paying much attention to EPL, but they did steal a lot of my favorite german players. I think it's Chelsea to the end. They've been virtually unstoppable with their lineup ever since Man U lost Ronaldo to RM. 
