Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Soccer Power Rankings

 New set of ESPN's Soccer Power Rankings came out today. Here's the new Top Ten:

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#1 Barcelona - 20-1-1 - Spain (1)
#2 Real Madrid - 17-2-3 - Spain (2)
#3 Manchester United - 15-1-9 - England (1)
#4 Inter Milan - 13-5-5 - Italy (3)
#5 Borussia Dortmund - 16-2-3 - Germany (1)
#6 AC Milan - 14-3-7 - Italy (1)
#7 FC Porto - 17-0-2 - Portugal (1)
#8 Arsenal - 15-5-5 - England (2)
#9 Napoli - 14-6-4 - Italy (2)
#10 Liverpool - 11-10-5 - England (6)

Lots of shuffling, but only one newcomer this week as Liverpool bumps Bayern Munich from the Top Ten following their 3-2 loss at FC Cologne on Satuday. Liverpool's move into the rankings is impressive considering the loss of their leading scorer Fernando Torres who was transferred to rival Chelsea however Liverpool pulled off the shocking 1-0 upset over Torres and Chelsea on the road on Sunday. Spain now boasts the top two teams in the world as Manchester United took a hit when they lost their first league match of the year at Wolverhampton on Saturday 2-1 leaving Portugal's FC Porto as the only unbeaten team in the Top Ten.

Here's the schedule for these teams for the remainder of the week:

Saturday 2/12

Manchester City at Manchester United - League Match, 7:45 AM EST
Wolverhampton at Arsenal - League Match, 10 AM EST
Wigan Athletics at Liverpool - League Match, 10 AM EST
Parma at AC Milan - League Match, 12 PM EST
Borussia Dortmund at Kaiserslautern - League Match, 12:30 PM EST
Barcelona at Sporting Gijon - League Match, 2 PM EST
Napoli at AS Roma - League Match, 2:45 PM EST

Sunday 2/13

Inter Milan at Juventus - League Match, 2:45 PM EST
Real Madrid at Espanyol - League Match, 3 PM EST
FC Porto at Braga - League Match, 3:15 PM EST

Link to ESPN's Power Rankings

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