Friday, February 18, 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 Real Madrid - 18-2-3 - Spain (2)
#2 Barcelona - 20-1-2 - Spain (1)
#3 Manchester United - 16-1-9 - England (1)
#4 Arsenal - 16-5-5 - England (2)
#5 Inter Milan - 14-6-5 - Italy (3)
#6 FC Porto - 18-0-2 - Portugal (1)
#7 Borussia Dortmund - 16-2-4 - Germany (1)
#8 Napoli - 15-6-4 - Italy (2)
#9 Tottenham Hotspur - 13-5-8 - England (4)
#10 AC Milan - 15-3-7 - Italy (1)

There's a new number one this week as Arsenal defeated Barcelona in the first leg of the Champions League Round of 16 match. Barca's loss allows Real Madrid to slip into the top spot with Barcelona falling to #2. With the win Arsenal makes the biggest jump in the rankings going from #8 to #4. Arsenal wasn't the only English Premier League team making waves in the Champions League this week though as Tottenham Hotspur climbed back into the rankings with a 1-0 win over AC Milan. Liverpool drops out of the Top Ten following their 1-1 draw with Wigan Athletic. They didn't help their cause any by drawing 0-0 with Sparta Prague in Europa League play yesterday.

ESPN Power Rankings


Here's the schedule for these teams for next week:

Saturday 2/19

St. Pauli at Borussia Dortmund, League Match, 9:30 AM EST
Crawley Town at Manchester United, FA Cup, 12:45 PM EST
Levante at Real Madrid, League Match, 2 PM EST
Cagliari at Inter Milan, League Match, 2:45 EST

Sunday 2/20 

AC Milan at Chievo Verona, League Match, 9:00 AM EST
Arsenal at Leyton Orient, FA Cup, 11:30 AM EST
Catania at Napoli, League Match, 2:45 PM EST
Athletic Bilbao at Barcelona, League Match, 3 PM EST

Tuesday 2/22

Real Madrid at Lyon, Champions League Round of 16, 2:45 PM EST
Tottenham Hotspur at Blackpool, League Match, 3:00 PM EST

Wednesday 2/23

Sevilla at FC Porto, Europa League, 12:00 PM EST
Stoke City at Arsenal, League Match, 2:45 PM EST
Manchester United at Marseille, Champions League, 2:45 PM EST
Bayern Munich at Inter Milan, Champions League, 2:45 PM EST

Thursday 2/24

Napoli at Villareal, Europa League Match, 3:05 PM EST

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