Soccer Watch
State high school championships, Man U goes for a double, and more
By Nick Barbaro, Fri., April 11, 2008
State high school championships are this Thursday-Saturday at the Round Rock ISD Athletic Complex, 10211 W. Parmer. There are two local entries in the 4A bracket – the Dripping Springs girls (playing at 11am Friday, against Wichita Falls Rider) and Cedar Park Vista Ridge boys (6pm Friday). Games are each day at 11am, 1, 4, & 6pm: 5A semifinals on Thursday, 4A semifinals on Friday, and finals on Saturday. See www.uil.utexas.edu/athletics/soccer for more info.
For the second straight year, England has three of the four semifinalists in the European Champions League. Liverpool finally broke through to beat Arsenal, 4-2, in the pair's third game in seven days. Other winners: Manchester United, Chelsea, and Barcelona.
Manchester United will be trying for a double; they lead the English league by 3 points and a huge goal differential, with five games to play.
And with just four games to go in the second division, Stoke has slipped to third place, with eight or nine teams still in the hunt for three promotion spots.
As we go to press, the Houston Dynamo is in Costa Rica facing Saprissa, and D.C. United is playing host to Mexico's Pachuca in the CONCACAF Champions' Cup semifinals.
