American striker Jozy Altidore made a rare start for Villarreal against Huelva tonight in a 2-1 win to put the Yellow Submarine in second place behind Barcelona. Altidore caused trouble for the Huelva defense early, creating a chance of his own which was stopped by keeper Riesgo.

Ironically, Recreatico Huelva was the destination for a possible January loan for Altidore but such talk died down in mid October. Click to continue reading...

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Don't touch the ref. For most of the bright readers 'round these parts, this isn't exactly a revelation. Actually, if one was to take a poll at a local zoo, you probably wouldn't find too many wide eyes until stumbling upon the lemur cage. Not the case for Oleksandr Aliev, who pushed the ref away and [. Click to continue reading...

There are two people who think any foul on C-Ron is a red card offence One is Cristiano Ronaldo. The other is Italian referee Roberto Rosetti who dismissed Villarreal's Joan 'Crawford' Capdevila for this pretty routine foul on the Portuguese flyer. It's a foul, yeah. Give him a yellow card too by all means. Click to continue reading...

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Manchester United v. Villarreal
UEFA Champions League – Match Day 5
2:45 EST, El Madrigal Stadium, Spain

Last four matches in the competition:

Manchester United – 8 Points (First in Group E)

November 5th: Manchester 1 – Celtic 1
October 21st: Manchester 3 – Celtic 0
September 30th: Manchester 3 – AaB 0
September 17th: Manchester 0 – Villarreal 0

Villarreal – 6 Points (Second in Group E)

November 5th: Villarreal 2 – AaB 2
October 21st: Villarreal 6 – AaB 3
September 30th: Villarreal 1 – Celtic 0
September 17th: Manchester 0 – Villarreal 0

Random Thoughts Prior to Kickoff

1 – Fergie left Van der Sar at home, so it will either be Kuszack or Foster between the sticks at kickoff.

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There are some pivotal battles to be fought in the upcoming Matchday and while some groups look to have clear patterns emerging, others could go down to the wire. Let's take a whirlwind tour of the current state of the groups along with my speculations on the ties on Matchday 5. Group A A win for Chelsea [. Click to continue reading...

Following a leg injury against Aston Villa on Saturday, Cristiano Ronaldo was doubtful for Tuesdays Champions League match against Villarreal. However, Ronaldo did train with the group on Monday and had no problems. Therefore, Ronaldo will be making the trip to Spain and will likely start. United traveled without Edwin Van der Sar, who is being [. Click to continue reading...

Tomorrow Manchester United take on Villarreal out in Spain and one or both of the two teams will definitely go through to the knockout stages. If Manchester United go win they go through and win the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] Click to continue reading...

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Real Madrid have suffered another major injury blow as striker Ruud van Nistelrooy's season looks to be over after it was announced that he will undergo an operation to correct a problem with his right knee. The reigning Spanish champions already have Arjen Robben and Mahamadou Diarra out of action due to calf and thigh [. Click to continue reading...

News out of Villarreal today is that Joseba Llorente has torn a muscle in his thigh.  The injury came in last weekends 2-2 draw with Malaga and now the striker is facing a month on the sideline.  While this may be bad news for Llorente and Villarreal, it could be nice for Altidore who suffers [...] Click to continue reading...

Bob Bradley released the roster for the Guatemala game this Wednesday and Jozy and Freddy are the only boys to venture over from Europe.  John Thorrington (Why Gody Why) and Chris Role (Kill Me Now) are the new domestic additions.  Take a peek: GOALKEEPERS Brad Guzan, Troy Perkins, Matt Pickens DEFENDERS Jonathan Bornstein, Sean Franklin, Cory Gibbs, Clarence Goodson, [. Click to continue reading...

No entendía porque Guillermo "Guille" Franco no era convocado por Ericksson para la selección mexicana.  Pero después de leer estas declaraciones que hizo el día de ayer por la tarde lo entiendo, veamos: "Luego de que no fui llamado a los dos últimos juegos, me aguité un poquito y esta tercera vez dije que no me [. Click to continue reading...

No entendía porque Guillermo "Guille" Franco no era convocado por Ericksson para la selección mexicana.  Pero después de leer estas declaraciones que hizo el día de ayer por la tarde lo entiendo, veamos: "Luego de que no fui llamado a los dos últimos juegos, me aguité un poquito y esta tercera vez dije que no me [. Click to continue reading...

The prospect of a fixture congestion has loosened its grip on several of Europe's household names as the continent's heavyweights bowed out of their domestic cup competitions. The phenomenon of the underdog has struck again in Spain, France and England as the reigning champions of each nation have been crushed in their search for their first silverware of the season. Click to continue reading...

Let's omit the small talk and just get down to brass tacks: Real Madrid: Knocked out of the Copa del Rey by Segunda B side (third tier) Real Union on away goals (6-6 aggregate) after giving up 3 - f@#$ing THREE - at the Bernabeu, including a 90th minute tie decider. This their second incredibly disappointing [. Click to continue reading...

I thought I would share with you some of the articles that have caught my eye over the past couple of days: Kartik of Major League Soccer Talk argues that Landon Donovan's trial with Bundesliga giants Bayern Munich is a good move for the player. Kudos to Werder Bremen for taking a tough stance on extremist fans Congrats [. Click to continue reading...

Want to keep up with all of the latest news and info on your favorite La Liga club? Want to read up on your club's opponent ahead of a big league clash? We've compiled links to the official club sites and news, squad, fixtures/results, and NewsNow sections for each La Liga club so that you [...] Click to continue reading...

El defensa mexicano Héctor Moreno esta en la mira del futbol español, para ser mas exactos de el Villarreal, todo esto según lo dio a conocer el diario español El Mediterráneo. Este diario español menciona que el Villarreal sigue muy de cerca al jugador de 20 años quien milita en el futbol holandés con el AZ [. Click to continue reading...

El defensa mexicano Héctor Moreno esta en la mira del futbol español, para ser mas exactos de el Villarreal, todo esto según lo dio a conocer el diario español El Mediterráneo. Este diario español menciona que el Villarreal sigue muy de cerca al jugador de 20 años quien milita en el futbol holandés con el AZ [. Click to continue reading...

Villarreal's American attacker Jozy Altidore turned 19 today just a few days after becoming the first American to score a goal in the Spanish Primera. Chances are good that he'll suit up for this Sunday's match against 11th place Almeria and try to score his second.
As LFV (not to mention our readers in a recent poll) have mentioned previously, chances are strong that Altidore may be loaned out to another club in January (probably not Huelva). Click to continue reading...

On Sunday, Jozy Altidore subbed into the game into the 90th minute for Villarreal, and then promptly put the ball into the back of the net for his first goal on Spain's biggest stage. Villarreal had already put the game away against Athletic Bilboa, but it was nice to see Jozy get a goal, even if [. Click to continue reading...

Young forward Jozy Altidore became the first American ever to score in the Spanish top flight yesterday, opening his scoring account last night in a 4-1 romp over cellar dweller Bilbao. His fellow New Jersey native Giuseppe Rosssi opened scoring for the Yellow Submarine in the 22nd minute before Bilbao managed to equalize five minutes later, a score which stood until the half. Click to continue reading...

Some cracking action in La Liga this past weekend with Villarreal and Atlético Madrid splitting eight goals down the middle at the Madrigal. Atlético were two up through Simao and Forlan after 22 minutes, only for Villarreal to swing things around to lead 4-2 going into the last ten minutes with goals from Marcos Senna, [. Click to continue reading...

El Depor La Coruña de los mexicanos Andrés Guardado y Omar Bravo, sufrió su primer revés en casa al caer de manera sorpresiva 3-0 ante Sporting de Gijón, en la octava fecha de la Liga de España. El mediocampista mexicano Andrés Guardado saltó como titular en el once de Miguel Angel Lotina y disputó todo el [. Click to continue reading...

El Depor La Coruña de los mexicanos Andrés Guardado y Omar Bravo, sufrió su primer revés en casa al caer de manera sorpresiva 3-0 ante Sporting de Gijón, en la octava fecha de la Liga de España. El mediocampista mexicano Andrés Guardado saltó como titular en el once de Miguel Angel Lotina y disputó todo el [. Click to continue reading...

Every weekend we tend to find ourselves with random junk on our computers which isn't quite worth throwing away, but isn't quite worth posting about. Problem, meet solution. Are you a woman? Do you like football? Do you really like football? Your accessories have arrived. * - Not that you have to be a woman. Click to continue reading...

Ayer martes fue jornada de la liga de campeones de Europa, pero ¿Y eso que tiene que ver?, pues mucho ya que algunos jugadores mexicanos tuvieron actividad en esa liga importante. Veamos ¿cómo les fue? Villarreal vs   Aalborg El Villarreal de España, equipo donde juega Guillermo Franco, recibió al Aalborg danés. Click to continue reading...

Ayer martes fue jornada de la liga de campeones de Europa, pero ¿Y eso que tiene que ver?, pues mucho ya que algunos jugadores mexicanos tuvieron actividad en esa liga importante. Veamos ¿cómo les fue? Villarreal vs   Aalborg El Villarreal de España, equipo donde juega Guillermo Franco, recibió al Aalborg danés. Click to continue reading...

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Bundesliga BOCHUM 2 BMG 2 Michael Bradley went 90 minutes in today's 2-2 draw between BMG and Bochum and he looked alright!  He was guilty of some suspect marking in the 50th minute on Bochum's first goal, as you can see below: In any case, thank god he's getting some minutes, and hopefully this is a sign of [. Click to continue reading...

With World Cup qualifying on, its been a little slow for UEFA club competition news but here are some stories around the web that I thought you'd find interesting. ESPN Soccernet details the problems at Fenerbahce Bundesliga Talk has posted a quick update on every club in the league Owen Slot, Chief Sports Reporter for the Times, offers [. Click to continue reading...

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With a budding career in Europe and increasing role with the U.S. national team taking up his thoughts, you wouldn't blame Jozy Altidore if he didn't have time to think about the club where it all began.

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