Weekend Tidbits

While I did not see many of the matches this weekend as I would have liked, there were some interesting results in the EPL and other places in the soccer world:

• Fulham lost again on a controversial goal by West Ham's Solano. Fulhamerica definitely had their chances to score throughout the match. Dempsey squandered a lovely chance to dink one over Green in the second half, at least two hand balls could have been called on West Ham in the box and Eddie Johnson even got a chance towards goal in his first appearance for the Cottagers. Relegation looms unless they can pull a performance similar to the Hammer's great escape from last year.

• Eduardo suffered a horrible broken leg in the 3rd minute of Arsenal's clash against Birmingham City. I saw several photos of it and it was ghastly. Martin Taylor deservedly received a straight red card and will likely sit out a few additional games. I just don't see how he was actually going for the ball on a challenge that hit Eduardo in the middle of his lower leg, studs up. I know he said he felt horrible about it, but he shouldn't have gone in like that in the first place. Hopefully Eduardo will be able to recover from a potentially career ending injury. This match ended in a 2-2 tie, opening the door for Man U and Chelsea to pick up some points on the Gunners.

• Tottenham stunned Chelsea in the Carling Cup final at Wembley on Sunday with a 2-1 win. Johnathan Woodgate put in the decisive goal in overtime to give the Spurs the cup. It seems as though the front office of Tottenham made the right choice in hiring Ramos and in his signing of Woodgate in the transfer window from Middleborough. In the words of the Dilbs and many Tottenham fans, "Come on you Spurs!!"

• Man Utd mopped up Kevin Keagan's Newcastle side 5-1. Things aren't looking good for the Magpies and Man Utd gains some ground on Arsenal. The race for the EPL title is heating up.

• In Germany, league leaders Bayern Munich stumbled as they drew with Hamburg SV 1-1. In the big picture though they didn't lose any ground thanks to second place Werder Bremen's loss on Saturday. Still, it was an opportunity squandered.
  

• Houston got smashed in the Pan Pacific Championship finals by Gamba Osaka, 6-1. LA beat Sydney FC 2-1 in the third place match. Who really cares about this anyways...