Closing Day Of Major League Soccer Regular Season

Action Sunday in Major League Soccer as the MLS Regular Season came to a close:

At Washington:
In a battle of two playoff-bound Eastern Conference clubs, the Chicago Fire racked up a 3-2 road win over DC United. Goals from Gonzalo Segares (21'), Nate Jaqua (24'), and Andy Herron (74') paced the visitors. Christian Gomez scored both DC United goals (34', 82'). Details here.

At Carson, California:
Jafet Soto knocked in the equalizer in the 89th minute to lift Real Salt Lake to a season-ending 1-1 road draw with playoff-bound Chivas USA. Details here.

Soccer Sunday In The Netherlands

In Sunday action in the Dutch Eredivisie:

At Rotterdam:
Cedric van der Gun's tally in the 45th minute was all the scoring in FC Ultrecht's 1-0 road win against Excelsior, before a measly crowd of 2,835 fans at Rotterdam. Details here.

At Eindhoven:
Davy De Fauw scored in the 4th minute for Roda JC Kerkrade, giving the visitors a 1-0 lead. All PSV Eindhoven did in the second half was notch four goals (Jefferson Farfan in the 75th minute, Alex in the 77th, and Ismail Aissati and Roy Beerens in the 90th minute) to pound their guests 4-1. Details here.

At Waalwijk:
Feyenoord Rotterdam came back from a 2-0 deficit to gain a 2-2 road draw with RKC Waalwijk. Ali Boussaboun (38') and Theo Lucius (PK-45') scored the tying goals. Details here.

At Almelo:
Everton popped in the only goal in the match, a penalty kick in the 34th minute, to lift SC Heracles Almelo to a 1-0 home win over SC Heerenveen. Details here.

Le Mans, Nancy Draw; Lens and Marseille Likewise

Two games in France's Ligue 1 on Sunday:

At LeMans:
LeMans and visiting AS Nancy Lorraine battled to a 0-0 draw. Details here.

At Lens:
Aruna Dindane scored the tying goal, a successful penalty kick in the 80th minute, to enable Lens to gain a 1-1 home draw with Marseille. Details here.

Big Comeback For Hearts As They Gain Draw With Hibs

At Edinburgh:

Despite playing with ten men, visiting Hearts came back from a two-goal deficit to gain a 2-2 road draw with Hibernian in Sunday's only Scottish Premier League contest. Andius Velicka scored both goals (28', 72') for the visitors. Details here.

Dortmund Victorious; Nurmberg, Arminia Bielefeld Draw

Two games on the Sunday Bundesliga calendar:

At Cottbus:
Markus Brzenska scored twice (2', 57') and Alexander Frei notched the game winner (59') as Borussia Dortmund held off Energie Cottbus for a 3-2 road win. Details here.

At Nuremberg:
1. FC Nurmberg settled for a 1-1 home draw with Arminia Bielefeld. Details here.

Busy Sunday in Italia Serie A

Eight games were played Sunday in Italy's top soccer division:

At Ascoli:
Despite ending up with only ten men, visiting Livorno still racked up a 2-0 win over Ascoli. Tomas Danilevicius (23') and Antonio Filippini (63') provided the scoring. Details here.

At Parma:
Vincenzo Iaquinta scored twice (PK-11', 66') to lead Udinese to a 3-0 road win over Parma. Details here.

At Empoli:
Adrian Mutu (67') and Luca Toni (77') scored second-half goals as Fiorentina handed Empoli their first home loss of the season, 2-1. Details here.

At Reggio Calabria:
Nicola Amoruso's goal in the 47th minute was the only tally of Reggina's 1-0 home win over AS Roma. Details here.

At Milan:
Inter Milan moved to the top of the Serie A standings as Dejan Stankovic scored twice (29', 76') to lead the Nerozzurri to a 2-0 home win over Catania Calcio. Details here.

At Turin:
Thanks to Roberto Stellone's 48th-minute tally, Torino picked up their first win of the Serie A season, 1-0 at home against Chievo Verona. Details here.

At Palermo:
Atalanta, with three different goal scorers, knocked off Palermo on the road 3-2. Fernando Tissone scored the game winner in the 56th minute. Details here.

At Rome:
Lazio and visiting Cagliari battled to a 0-0 stalemate. Details here.

Mighty Busy Sunday In Spain

Eight games were played Sunday in Spain's La Liga:


At Vigo:
Celta Vigo held on for a 3-2 home win against Valencia. Details here.

At San Sebastian:
Alberto Diego Milto scored twice (PK-34', 59') as Real Zaragoza came from behind for a 3-1 road win over Real Sociedad. Details here.

At Tarragona:
Athletic Bilbao raced to a 3-0 lead, as Francisco Yeste (PK-11'. 50') scored twice, then held off Gimnastic de Tarragona for a 3-2 road win. Details here.

At Villarreal:
Villarreal had to settle for a 0-0 home deadlock with Espanyol. Details here.

At Barcelona:
Ronaldinho scored twice (PK-28', 39') as FC Barcelona got revenge on Sevilla, who defeated them for the UEFA Super Cup, by beating the guests 3-1. Details here.

At Valencia:
Juan Arango scored the only goal (22') of Mallorca's 1-0 road win over Levante. Stats here.

At Pamplona:
Felipe Melo's successful penalty kick in the 53rd minute lifted previously winless Racing Santander to their first win, a 1-0 road triumph over Osasuna. Details here.

At Seville:
Robert De Pinho's last gasp equalizer, a 90th-minute penalty kick, lifted homestanding Real Betis to a 1-1 draw with Deportivo La Coruna. Details here.

Trotters Come Back To Top Magpies

At Newcastle, England:

In Sunday's lone English Premiership match, El-Hadju Diouf scored twice (55' and 57') to pace Bolton Wanderers to a come-from-behind 2-1 road win over Newcastle United. Details here.

Red Bulls, Rapids Clinch Playoff Berths

Four games were on the Major League Soccer docket on Saturday:

At East Rutherford, New Jersey:

Amado Guevara scored a hat trick as the New York Red Bulls defeated the visiting Kansas City Wizards 3-2, thus overtaking the Wizards to clinch the fourth and final Eastern Conference playoff berth. Details here.

At Houston:

Jacob Peterson scored the equalizer in the 88th minute to give the Colorado Rapids a playoff-berth-clinching 3-3 road draw against the playoff-bound Houston Dynamo. The Colorado draw eliminated Real Salt Lake from playoff contention. Details here.

At Foxborough (or is it Foxboro), Massachusetts:

Khano Smith, in the 87th minute, scored his first goal of the season, and the only goal in the playoff-bound New England Revolution's 1-0 home win over the Columbus Crew. Details here.

At Carson, California:

Not playing like a team whose playoff hopes ended last week, the homestanding Los Angeles Galaxy put on an offensive barrage, with Landon Donovan scoring twice and Cobi Jones scoring once and assisting twice in the Galaxy's 5-2 season-ending win over Western Conference regular season winners FC Dallas. Details here.

Ajax, AZ, NEC, and Vitesse Come Up Winners

And now, a rundown of the four Saturday Dutch Eredivisie matches:

At Amsterdam:

Ryan Babel popped in two goals (51' and 74') and Urby Emanuelson added one in the 80th minute as Ajax Amsterdam won a hotly fought 3-2 victory over visiting FC Groningen. Details here.

At Breda:

Romano Denneboom scored both goals (17' and 21') in NEC Nijmegen's 2-0 road blanking of NAC Breda. Details here.

At Rotterdam:

AZ Alkmaar kept Sparta Rotterdam winless on the Eredivisie season by beating the hosts 2-0. Gretar Steinsson (55') and Danny Koevermans (79') provided the scoring. Details here.

At Arnhem:

Onur Kaya's goal in the 45th minute lifted Vitesse Arnhem to a 1-0 home win over Willem II Tilburg. Details here.

Busy Saturday In Ligue 1

A busy Saturday in France's top soccer division:

At Lyon:

Juninho's goal in the 89th minute enabled Lyon to pick up a 2-1 home win against St. Etienne. Details here.

At Paris:

Despite being reduced to ten men in the first half, Paris Saint Germain popped in three second-half goals to brush aside visiting Sedan 4-2. Details here.

At Bordeaux:

Bordeaux picked up a 1-0 home win over struggling AS Monaco, thanks to Edixon Perea's 70th-minute goal. Details here.

At Rennes:

John Utaka scored twice (38' and 80') to help lead Rennes to a 3-1 home win against Auxerre. Details here.

At Nantes:

Thanks to goals from Rabiu Afolabi (27') and Alvaro Santos (PK-49'), Sochaux sent homestanding Nantes to the bottom of the Ligue 1 standings 2-0. Details here.

At Toulouse:

Toulouse used three different goal scorers as they whitewashed visiting Valenciennes 3-0. Details here.

At Nice:

David Bellion scored twice ( 13' and 51') to lead Nice to a nice 3-0 home win over Lorient. Bakari Kone added one in the 77th minute. Details here.

At Troyes:

Troyes and visiting Lille played to a 1-1 deadlock. Details here.

Five Games On SPL Saturday Slate

Five games Saturday in the Scottish Premier League:

At Dundee:

Noel Hunt scored in the 5th minute for Dundee United. The rest was all visiting Celtic, as Shunsuke Nokamura scored thrice (44', 48' 58') and Jan Vennegoor of Hasselink added one (52') as the Bhoys handled The Terrors 4-1. Details here.

At Glasgow:

Graham Bayne scored the only goal (71') in Inverness Caledonian Thistle's stunning 1-0 road victory over Rangers. Details here.

At Falkirk:

Anthony Stokes scored the equalizer in the 81st minute, allowing homestanding Falkirk FC to gain a 1-1 home draw with St. Mirren. Details here.

At Kilmarnock:

Gary Wales scored the only goal (69') in Kilmarnock FC's 1-0 home win against Aberdeen. Details here.

At Motherwell:

Sub David Clarkson scored the game winner in the 84th minute as Motherwell defeated visiting Dunfermline 2-1. Details here.

AC Milan, Sampdoria Draw; Siena Tops Messina

Two games in Italy's Serie A:

At Genoa:

AC Milan wound up salvaging a 1-1 road draw with Sampdoria, thanks to Kahka Kaladze's 84th minute equalizer. Details here.

At Siena:

AC Siena picked up a 3-1 home win against Messina, thanks to goals from Abdoulay Konko (45'), Mario Frick (89'), and Francesco Cozza (90') as they came from a 1-0 deficit. Details here.

Getafe Stun Real Madrid

Two games on the Saturday La Liga schedule:

At Madrid:

Alexis Ruano scored the only goal (59th minute) in Getafe's 1-0 home stunner over previously unbeaten Real Madrid. Details here.

At Madrid:

Atletico Madrid, on goals from Fernando Torres (PK-72') and Sergio Aguero (78'), came from behind to defeat visiting Recreativo Huelva 2-1. Details here.

A Six-Pack In Germany

Highlighting Saturday's play in the German Bundesliga:

At Munich:

With four different goal scorers, FC Bayern Munich doubled up visiting Hertha Berlin 4-2. Details here.

At Stuttgart:

With goals from three different scorers, VfB Stuttgart won at home for the first time this season, at Bayer Leverkusen's expense, 3-0. Details here.

At Mochengladbach:

Spotting visiting VfL Wolfsburg an early 1-0 lead, Borussia Mochengladbach, thanks to three different goal scorers, came roaring back to win 3-1. Details here.

At Bochum:

Werder Bremen went into town and demolished VfL Bochum 6-0, with six different players scoring for the winners, five of the goals were scored in the final half-hour. Details here.

At Hamburg:

Visiting Schalke 04 kept Hamburg SV winless with a 2-1 road win. Marcelo Jose Bordon scored the game winner in the 53rd minute. Details here.

At Hannover:

Hannover 96 and visiting Eintracht Frankfurt battled to a 1-1 draw. Stats here.

Busy Saturday In The EPL

Yessiree, it's time for a wrapup of Saturday's English Premier League action:

At Wigan:

Manchester United came back from a 1-0 halftime deficit to defeat Wigan Athletic on the road 3-1. Details here.

At London:

Arsenal continued its' climb up the Premiership standings with an easy 3-0 home win against still-winless Watford. Details here.

At Birmingham:

Gareth Barry's equalizer in the 81st minute enable Aston Villa to gain a 1-1 home draw with Tottenham Hotspur. Details here.

At Liverpool:

Craig Bellamy notched the equalizer in the 64th minute as Liverpool salvaged a 1-1 home draw with Blackburn. Details here.

At Manchester:

Sheffield United picked up their first point away from home this Premiership season, thanks to a 0-0 draw at Manchester City. Details here.

At Middlesbrough:

Middlesbrough, thanks to goals from Yakubu (PK-27') and Mark Vikuda (71'), held off Everton for a 2-1 home win, handing the Toffees their first setback of the EPL season. Details here.

At Portsmouth:

Portsmouth FC, on goals from Nwankwo Kanu (24') and Andy Cole (82'), downed strugging West Ham United at home 2-0. Details here.

At Reading:

Ivar Ingimarsson scored the only goal of the match in the 45th minute. Unfortunately for Ivar, he deflected Frank Lampard's free kick into his own goal, thus enabling visiting Chelsea to defeat Reading 1-0. It was the Royals' first ever home defeat playing in a top-flight division or league. Details here.

No Dutch Treat For ADO

At The Hague:

In the lone Friday match in the Dutch Eredivisie, Twente Enschede, thanks to goals from Blaise N'Kuto (PK-58') and Kennedy Bakircioglu (74'), came from behind to defeat still-winless ADO Den Haag, 2-1, on the road. Details here.

Aachen-----Sittin' On Top Of The Bundesliga

At Mainz:

In the lone Bundesliga Friday match, promoted side Alemannia Aachen moved into the top spot in Germany's top soccer division with a 3-1 road win over FC Mainz 05. Details here.

Wednesday EURO 2008 Qualifying

Time now for a rundown of Wednesday action in EURO 2008 qualifying:

GROUP A:

At Brussels:

Belgium, on goals from Timmy Simons (PK-24'), Kevin Vandenbergh (47'), and Moussa Dembele (81'), easily handled visiting Azerbaijan 3-0. Details here.

At Almaty, Kazakhstan:

Finland, paced by goals from Jari Litmanen (27') and Sami Hyypia (65') picked up a 2-0 road win against Kazakhstan. Details here.

At Belgrade, Serbia:

Serbia picked up a 3-0 home victory over Armenia as they sit atop Group A. Details here.

At Chorzow, Poland:

Thanks to two first-half goals from Euzebiusz Smolarek (9' and 18'), Poland picked up a 2-1 win at home over Portugal. Details here.


GROUP B:

At Kiev, Ukraine:

Andriy Shevchenko converted a penalty kick in the 89th minute for the insurance goal as Ukraine defeated visiting Scotland 2-0. Details here.

At Tbilisi, Georgia:

Italty defeated 10-man Georgia on the road 3-1. Details here.

At Sochaux, France:

David Trezeguet came off the bench to score twice as homestanding France belted the Faroe Islands 5-0. Details here.


GROUP C:

At Zenica, Bosnia-Herzegovina:

Paced by four different goal scorers, visiting Greece clobbered Bosnia-Herzegovina 4-0. Details here.

At Valletta, Malta:

Malta knocked off visiting Hungary 2-1 for only their fourth official win, and their first since 1993 (a qualifyer for the 1994 World Cup in which they blanked Estonia 1-0). Details here.

At Frankfurt, Germany:

At what was designated a home game for Turkey, since they were barred from hosting this match back home because of trouble stemming from World Cup qualifying Switzerland, the Turks put a big time hurt on Moldova, as Hakan Sukor popped in four goals. Details here.


GROUP D:

At Dublin, Ireland:

Two minutes after Kevin Kilbane scored to give homestanding Republic of Ireland a 1-0 lead, Jan Koller, in the 64th minute, scored the equalizer, enabling the Czech Republic to end the game with a 1-1 draw. Details here.

At Bratislava, Slovakia:

Lukas Podolski scored twice to lead Germany to a 4-0 road hammering of Slovakia. Details here.

At Cardiff, Wales:

Wales racked up a 3-1 home win over Cyprus. The three points were the principality's first in European Championship qualifying. Details here.


GROUP E:

At Zagreb, Croatia:

Thanks to two miscues by England's goalkeeper Paul Robinson, Croatia picked up a 2-0 home win over The Three Lions. Details here.

At Moscow:

New head coach Guus Hiddink picked up his first competitive win as Russia's head coach as the host nation shut out Estonia 2-0. Details here.

At Andorra La Vella, Andorra:

Macedonia, on first-half goals from Goran Pandev, Nikolce Noveski, and Ilco Naumoski, handled homestanding Andorra 3-0. Details here.


GROUP F:

At Reykjavik, Iceland:

Christian Wilhelmsson scored the game-winner in the 59th minute, lifting Sweden to a 2-1 come-from-behind road win against Iceland. Details here.

At Vaduz, Liechtenstein:

Jon Dahl Tomasson scored twice (51' and 64') to lead Denmark to an easy 4-0 road win over Liechenstein. Details here.

At Belfast, Northern Ireland:

David Healy scored the only goal (35') in Northern Ireland's 1-0 home win over Latvia. Details here.


GROUP G:

At Minsk, Belarus:

Sergei Kornilenko scored twice to lead Belarus to a 4-2 home win versus Slovenia. Details here.

At Luxembourg City, Luxembourg:

Aleksandar Tunchev's first international goal (26') was the only goal in Bulgaria's 1-0 road win over Luxembourg. Details here.

At Amsterdam:

Robin van Persie scored in the 14th minute, as the Netherlands picked up a 2-1 home win against Albania. Details here.

Major League Soccer Action, Saturday, October 7

Here now, boys and girls, is a rundown of Saturday's Major League Soccer action:


At Washington:

Taylor Twellman scored the winning goal in the 47th minute, leading the New England Revolution to a 2-1 road win over DC United in a battle of playoff-bound teams. Details here.


At Kansas City:

Jose Burciaga, Jr. scored the winning goal in the 74th minute, leading the Kansas City Wizards to a 2-1 home win over Chivas USA, helping their Eastern Conference playoff chances. Details here.


At Columbus, Ohio:

Four different goal scorers led the Columbus Crew to a 4-1 home win over the playoff-bound Chicago Fire. Details here.


At Frisco, Texas:

FC Dallas, with goals from Carlos Ruiz (30') and Kenny Cooper (47'), eliminated the defending MLS champion Los Angeles Galaxy from the playoffs with a 2-1 home win, which clinched the Western Conference regular season title for FC Dallas. Details here.


At Salt Lake City:

Mehdi Ballouchy's goal in the 60th minute enabled Real Salt Lake to gain a 1-1 home draw with the playoff-bound Houston Dynamo. Details here.


At Denver:

Amado Guevara scored in the 60th minute, enabling the New York Red Bulls to gain a 1-1 road draw with the Colorado Rapids. Details here.