The Soccer Thread (IV)

Ooooh, England and Wales together.

That could be fun.

Disappointingly, Scotland gets a pretty tough draw.

Eslewhere, Arsenal cannot stop Didier Drogba.

 

Portsmouth 3, Man United 2!

OK, not really. But Portsmouth did score three times ...

 

As I've told you before, I would love to spend my birthday at that watch party.

 

So, set your clocks for the Weekend of Saturday, April 3.

Not been moved yet, but you can bet Manchester United vs. Chelsea will be the following day at 11 a.m., quite possibly to decide the championship.

 

Beckham Academy in L.A. shuts down.

http://www.dailybreeze.com/news/ci_14348986?source=rss

The announcement of its opening is still one of the most surreal press conferences I've ever attended. Beckham goes to scratch his nose, and 40 shutters click.

 

RUGBY JACK!

BBC America is showing five of the Six Nations games, mostly involving England, live.

Next up, Ireland vs. France.

http://www.bbcamerica.com/content/394/match-schedule.jsp

 

Matt Damon is a Chelsea fan!?! I'll root against Bourne from now on.

http://sports.yahoo.com/soccer/blog/sow_experts/post/Matt-Damon-approves-of-Didier-Drogba-domination?urn=sow,218111

 

From Jozy Altidore's Twitter feed, regarding Pierre Garcon:

 

Maybe France's top player will be called for a handball.

 

He will score a try after knocking-on that will be allowed to stand.

 

Absolutely. I didn’t forget about you. As soon as it is all nailed down, I’ll let you know location and travel arrangements. We’re sorting out some shuttle ideas to make it all easier on commuters.

 

FSC rumored to be switching to HD on DirecTV this week. Hooray!