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Quarter-finals: Second Leg 6 Apr 2012 | 09:01 am
The second leg of the Europa League quarter finals always seems to be alive with possibilities, probably because they occur the day after the Champions League quarter finals when the usual clubs have ...
Quarter-Finals: First Leg 30 Mar 2012 | 09:11 am
With only eight teams remaining, we have reached the latter stages of this season’s Europa League. It’s wide open, as all of the remaining clubs will harbor realistic dreams of the final in Bucharest ...
Round of 16: Second Leg 16 Mar 2012 | 10:12 am
The Europa League is down to its last eight teams. Manchester United’s visit to Athletic Bilbao was the first match on the slate for US television. To reiterate from last week, the Red Devils can cou...
Round of 16: First Leg 9 Mar 2012 | 12:10 pm
The Europa League now stands at sixteen participants vying for eight spots in the next round. We’ve reached the point in the competition where all the remaining clubs can harbor, at the least, semi-re...
Round of 32: Second Leg 24 Feb 2012 | 12:47 pm
The Europa League was whittled down to 16 teams tonight. With the exception of Metalist Kharkiv’s 4-0 demolition of Red Bull Salzburg, the first leg matches were relatively evenly matched, so most tea...
Porto Embarrass Themselves 24 Feb 2012 | 07:30 am
In case you missed among yesterday’s Champions League matches, Manchester City comprehensively ended Porto’s reign as Europa League title holders (this so awkward to phrase compared to UEFA Cup holder...
Round of 32: First Leg 17 Feb 2012 | 12:04 pm
It’s mid-winter, the labyrinthine group stage has been left by the wayside, and we can get down to the business of the Europa League knockout rounds. (Actually, business kicked off on Tuesday thanks t...
Stoke City are ugly. So what? 17 Feb 2012 | 07:05 am
In a couple of hours, Stoke City will host Valencia in a Europa League round of 32 match. There’s more hype in the air than usual for a match between a mid table Premier League side and a Spanish club...
Group Stage: Match Day 6 Groups A, B, C, G, H, I 16 Dec 2011 | 12:24 pm
There definitely wasn’t a whole lot going on in the final batch of group stage matches. There were a couple of spots that would have been up in the air had some extraordinary results taken place, but ...
Group Stage: Match Day 6 Groups D, E, F, J, K, L 15 Dec 2011 | 12:29 pm
Well, the final match day of the Europa League group stage is upon us. With many clubs already qualified, and the Champions League drop-in clubs established (hi Manchester United,) Wednesday and Thurs...
