The UT Lady Longhorns cap off their spring exhibition slate by playing Tec de Monterey at 1pm Sunday, April 9, at the intermural fields at 51st and Guadalupe. Free.
Houston Dynamo started off the MLS season (and their own existence) with a bang last weekend: four goals from striker Brian Ching, and a 5-2 win over the Colorado Rapids. ESPN2’s game of the week: Chivas USA at DC United, 3pm Saturday, April 8.
The U.S. men continue their World Cup preparations with a game against Jamaica at Cary, N.C., Tuesday, April 11 at 6pm; it’s live on ESPN2.
European Champions League quarterfinals were decided this week to set up a pair of contrasting semifinals in two weeks. On one side, Villarreal and Arsenal, each well down in the standings in their own leagues, rather easily handled Italian powers Inter Milan and Juventus, respectively. The other side matches Ronaldinho and Barcelona, probably the best team on the continent over the past couple of years, against AC Milan, who’ll be in the final four for the third time in four years but needed two dramatic goals in the last five minutes to get there past French champs Lyon.
This article appears in April 7 • 2006.