Soccer Power Rankings

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

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#1 Barcelona - 23-1-2 - Spain (1)
#2 Real Madrid - 20-2-4 - Spain (2)
#3 Borussia Dortmund - 19-2-4 - Germany (1)
#4 FC Porto - 19-0-2 - Portugal (1)
#5 Inter Milan - 16-6-5 - Italy (2)
#6 Manchester United - 17-2-9 - England (1)
#7 Arsenal - 17-5-5 - England (2)
#8 AC Milan -17-3-7 - Italy (1)
#9 Napoli - 16-7-4 - Italy (3)
#10 Bayern Munich - 12-6-6 - Germany (4)

Barcelona remains in the top spot on the strength of a pair of road wins- 3-0 at Mallorca and 1-0 at Valencia. Real Madrid remains at #2 bouncing back from a 0-0 against Deportivo la Coruna to blast Malaga 7-0. Borussia Dortmund made the biggest jump beating Bayern Munich this week 3-1 and moving all the way into the #3 spot. England's top two clubs both dropped this week when Arsenal lost the Carling Cup final to Birmingham and Man U got beat 2-1 by Chelsea.

ESPN Power Rankings


Here's the Champions League/Europa League Schedule for the Top Ten over the next two weeks:

Tuesday March 8

Arsenal at Barcelona - Champions League - 2:45 PM EST

Wednesday March 9

AC Milan at Tottenham Hotspur - Champions League - 2:45 PM EST

Thursday March 10

FC Porto at CSKA Moscow - Europa League - 1:00 PM EST

Tuesday March 15

Inter Milan at Bayern Munich - Champions League - 3:45 PM EST
Marseilles at Manchester United - Champions League - 3:45 PM EST

Wednesday March 16

Lyon at Real Madrid - Champions League - 3:45 PM EST

Thursday March 17

CSKA Moscow at FC Porto - Europa League - 4:05 PM EST