The Austin Lightning host the Dallas Tornados this Saturday, May 21, 7:30pm at Noack Field, 5300 Crainway, just east of 183 and Springdale – the first of four meetings between the I-35 rivals this season. www.austinlightningsoccer.com.
Breakfast of the Week: Irish Breakfast at Fadó, Saturday, May 21, 9am. Chelsea clinched the premiership weeks ago, and in record style; but it’s Arsenal vs. Manchester United in the FA Cup Final, the single biggest game on the English football calendar. It’s exclusively on pay-per-view, hence the breakfast recommendation …
Man U fans will be there in force, protesting the takeover of their beloved Red Devils by Tampa Bay Bucs owner Malcolm Glazer, who’s spent more than $1 billion to buy more than 75% of the world’s most valuable sports team, and is now expected to take them private.
The Champions League final is the other climax of the European season; it’s in Istanbul, next Wednesday, May 25, 1:30pm, live on ESPN2. After Liverpool‘s inspired semifinal win over Chelsea, and with AC Milan looking tired in a grueling schedule down the stretch (they’ll fail to defend their Italian league title), it’s easy to imagine the Merseysiders pulling the upset.
CSKA Moscow lifted the UEFA Cup Wednesday night, roaring from behind to stun Sporting Lisbon, 3-1, in Lisbon. And France won the first-ever FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup last weekend in Rio de Janeiro, beating Portugal in penalty kicks in the final.
This article appears in May 20 • 2005.