Soccer Watch
By Nick Barbaro, Fri., Nov. 27, 2015
The local college soccer season ended last Thursday, as the St. Edward's women were knocked out of the NCAA Div. II tournament by a 1-0 Sweet 16 loss to Dallas Baptist – their fourth loss of the season to their Heartland Conference rivals. The NCAAs – men and women, across three divisions – continue this weekend and next.
It was first blood to the underdogs in the first leg of the Major League Soccer Conference finals on Sunday. The Columbus Crew got a goal just 10 seconds in, and went on to beat regular season champion New York Red Bulls, 2-0, while the Portland Timbers beat Western top seed FC Dallas, 3-1. Return legs are this Sunday, Nov. 29 – in Dallas at 4pm on ESPN, New York at 6:30pm on FS1.
As we go to press a day early for Thanksgiving, only half of this week's European Champions League games have been played. Little was decided on Tuesday, but it was a good day for Londoners, as Arsenal kept alive their hopes of surviving the group stage, and Chelsea improved theirs with a win in Tel Aviv. The group stage will conclude Dec. 8-9, with the distinct possibility that teams from England and Spain will make up eight of the final 16.
