This Saturday, May 25, 2013, the soccer world will turn its attention to the battle of Germany happening in London’s Wembley Stadium. The game is being played there to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the English Football Association’s (FA) existence. This is the 58th installment of the UEFA Champions League final.
The English Premier League (EPL) is the world’s most popular soccer league. It also has a very long season, stretching from August to May. On Sunday, May 19, 2013, the EPL soccer season concluded with Manchester United as the champions.
Two German teams made the final for the first time in European Cup and UEFA Champions League history dating back to 1955! The fact that the top German teams beat the top Spanish teams speaks to the high skill level of soccer in Germany and the strength of the German Bundesliga league in recent times.
A loyal soccer fan will claim their team’s dominance in the face of every statistic and every shred of logic. Today, Real Madrid fans can point to at least one way in which their team is objectively superior to all others. They make more money.
The final 8 teams of the UEFA Champions League 2013 produced the following aggregate home and away results:
The US Men’s soccer team got a big win and three valuable points in a very memorable game with near white out conditions in Denver, Colorado on Friday night, March 22, 2013.
