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Carling Cup Draw – Quarterfinals Today & Tomorrow

November 30, 2010 — by Suman — 1

The Carling (i.e., League) Cup is certainly a lesser competition in England than the FA Cup, but it’s hardware nonetheless.  The quarterfinals just kicked off in a matter of minutes, with two matches today (West Ham-Man U & Arsenal-Wigan), and two more tomorrow (Birmingham City-Aston Villa & Ipswich Town-West Bromwich Albion).  All games start at 7:45pm in England (which corresponds to 2:45pm ET).

One match each day is available for viewing here in the US.  Today, West Ham-Man U is on FSP, as well streaming on foxsoccer.tv.  Tomorrow, the same goes Birmingham City-Aston Villa.

Carling Cup Quarterfinals

Tuesday 30th November

Arsenal vs Wigan Athletic FC
Kick-off at 19:45 at Emirates Stadium
West Ham United vs Manchester United
Kick-off at 19:45 at Upton Park

Wednesday 1st December

Birmingham City vs Aston Villa
Kick-off at 19:45 at St. Andrews
Ipswich Town vs West Bromwich Albion
Kick-off at 19:45 at Portman Road

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A Bad Weekend for American Goalkeepers in England

November 28, 2010 — by Suman

Americans Tim Howard and Brad Friedel–generally considered among the stronger goalkeepers in the Premier League–had weekends to forget, as each gave up four goals Saturday in front of their home fans.

Howard’s Everton side lost at home to West Brom 4-1, while Friedel’s Aston Villa side lost 4-2, also at home, to Arsenal:

Video: PL Highlights: Everton/West Brom

Video: PL Highlights: Aston Villa/Arsenal

A much better performance and result for another American abroad in England: midfielder Clint Dempsey continued his strong play and scoring for Fulham, getting the equalizer for them against Birmingham City. Dempsey is playing aggressively and with confidence–watch the way he wins the header for the goal, and follows that up with a cracker that almost goes in for a 2nd goal, if not for a great save by the Birmingham ‘keeper:

<a href="http://msn.foxsports.com/video/?vid=21c556fb-1549-4387-8ea0-676ba993258f&#038;from=IV2_en-us_foxsports_videocentral_player" target="_new" title="PL Highlights: Fulham/B&#39;ham">Video: PL Highlights: Fulham/B&#39;ham</a>