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du Nord, June 25, 2008
The first Euro 08 Semifinal is today with Germany v Turkey. The other Semi, Russia v Spain is Thursday. See all the details below in the UEFA European Championship section.~and~The first leg of the Copa Libertadores Final is tonight with LDU Quito hosting Fluminense. I will be watching the game at the Charlys Polleria, and Ecuadorian place at 29th & Central in Minneapolis. Where will you be watching from? See details below in Copa Libertadores section~and~Grahame Jones of the LA Times, one of the most experienced & crabbiest journalists covering American soccer, calls MLS "strange, perhaps even foolhardy" for putting the DC v LA game on ABC right before the Euro final on Sunday. He figures it will expose the leagues weak quality of play. I beg to differ. I think it will show that MLS is not that far off from the top squads of the world, and if we get the kind of ultra conservative final that big tournaments tend to spawn, then we may even see something very exciting before the big game. That NY v LA game las