0 comments by Pauly Kwestel on 1/10/2017
If you know someone who is a Spurs fan – specifically an American one – then you know the only thing they disdain more than Arsenal is non-league matches. While some fans unfortunately see cup matches as an unnecessary burden, they specifically target the Europa League as for some reason they deem a Thursday-Sunday turnaround […]
0 comments by Josh Espinal on 5/18/2016
The road to Basel, Switzerland has been a long one, but finally two teams have emerged and will battle it out for the Europa League title. Liverpool from the English Premier League will take on back-to-back Europa League champions Sevilla representing La Liga at St. Jakob-Park for the Europa League final. Sevilla look for an unprecedented […]
0 comments by Josh Espinal on 5/17/2016
Sevilla is truly an enigma in the footballing world. Three years ago they qualified to the Europa League as a ninth place team because two teams ahead of Sevilla got hit with bans from UEFA, so they were thrust into the European spotlight. Who knew that Sevilla, a team who many thought had no business […]
0 comments by Josh Espinal on 5/5/2016
The Europa League is drawing closer to its conclusion and Basel is awaiting the finalists as the semifinals conclude this week. Liverpool and Villarreal will have the deciding fixture at Anfield, meanwhile Shakhtar and Sevilla will try and break their 2-2 deadlock in Seville. The Shakhtar and Sevilla matchup will be an interesting one as […]
0 comments by Phillip Bupp on 4/15/2016
The semifinal draw for the UEFA Champions League and Europa League should yield some great final matchups regardless of who advances. It can also include the possibility of something we have never seen, one country with all four final spots among the two competitions. On the Champions League side, Manchester City will square off against […]
0 comments by Randy Capps on 4/14/2016
Liverpool’s best shot at earning a spot in next year’s Champions League is on the line today as it welcomes Borussia Dortmund to Anfield for the second leg of their Europa League quarterfinal tie (2:30 p.m. ET, FOX Sports 1). The tie is level at 1-1, but thanks to Divock Origi’s tally last week, the […]
0 comments by Pauly Kwestel on 3/16/2016
Manchester United’s up and down season finally looked like it was going to get back on track. They had scored three goals each in back to back games against Derby County and Stoke City before drawing at Stamford Bridge. But of course just like it has all year, whenever things seemed like they started to […]
0 comments by Jeff Snyder on 3/10/2016
Europa League Showdown to End All Showdowns Let’s start this preview off with a crazy fact. This is the first time in the over 100 year history of this rivalry that Liverpool and Manchester United are playing each other in a European competition. I kid you not. While these two giants of English soccer have […]
0 comments by Randy Capps
Two clubs chasing domestic championships will take a break from that challenge to meet in the first leg of a Round of 16 Europa League tie today. Borussia Dortmund, five points behind Bayern Munich in the Bundesliga, will entertain Tottenham Hotspur, which is also five points off the top of the table in England against […]
0 comments by Jeff Snyder on 2/19/2016
A look at the teams still in the Europa League will surprise anyone who hasn’t paid attention to the league in the last few years. Don’t feel bad, most of the soccer-watching public doesn’t pay attention to that league. But a quick run down of the teams look like this: Liverpool, Manchester United, Tottenham, Dortmund, Porto, […]
0 comments by Pauly Kwestel on 2/17/2016
Wayne Rooney is set to miss the next two months after picking up a knee ligament injury in training this week. The news was broken when United landed in Denmark ahead of their Europa League match against FC Midtjylland on Thursday. The team had previously announced that Rooney was not in the traveling 18 man squad […]
0 comments by Jeff Snyder on 11/27/2015
Neil O’Donnell, the manager of a popular Celtic fan pub, was attacked last night by Ajax fans after the Celtic/Ajax Europa League match. The match was also marred by several scenes of violence by fans. The game ultimately ended 2-1 in Ajax’s favor and knocked Celtic out of the Europa League. While it is uncertain why […]
0 comments by Josh Espinal on 11/5/2015
You never know what you are gonna see in football, and in today’s Europa League matches there was truly a sight to behold. Rapid Wien, from Austria, was taking on Viktoria Plzeň, from the Czech Republic, in a Europa League Group E match. The score was all level at one with 77 minutes played and Rapid […]
0 comments by Pauly Kwestel
SC Braga arrived for their Europa League match against Marseille at the Stade Velodrome only to find their shooting boots missing. Literally. The club was shocked to discover that every pair of boots, which they have said was three pairs per player, had been stolen from their dressing room following Wednesday nights training session. UEFA […]
0 comments by Phillip Bupp on 9/17/2015
Liverpool is in the UEFA Europa League playing French team Bordeaux in their first game in the group stage. Within 13 minutes, Liverpool defender Kolo Toure went down injured holding his hamstring. To add insult to injury, it also appeared that his teammate, goalkeeper Simon Mignolet, stepped on Toure’s ankle as he was on the […]
