Not sure where it came from,but I'm suddenly really interested in Soccer. I watched the English Premier League Championship last week (woohoo Manchester United) and it was just so exciting to see the game ended on Penalty kicks! Now I am watching the D.C. United vs. New England Revolution game on ESPN 2!

I can't wait for the Euro 2008 tournament which ESPN is going to broadcast!

Glad you're about to become a big fan of "soccer"
You'll be able to watch Argentina in a couple of days, they'll be facing Mexico in USA I think, on June 4th

Sweet, will it be on TV in the US?

I suppose, because (up to what I know) the match will be played in USA. Argentina played a couple of times there in the past years.

All I know is the USA team is a mess.

if you are interested in soccer i recommend this web for watch free soccer matchs. http://www.rojadirecta.com

hernant are you from Argentina?

Good to see another soccer fan!

Next Wednesday @ 5:30 PM EST the USA plays Spain on ESPN 2.

Wow thanks! I will have to check that out!

sweet! I will have to watch that. Sadly, the US is terrible.

Actually this game was the Champions League final It's a continental tournament for the best club sides in Europe. It's not usual that teams from the same country meet in the final tough so I can totally understand that you confused it with an english league game.

Soccer is so confusing

Give it some time and you'll get even more into it

I was the same way with Hockey a few years ago so I should be ok.

Glad to see you like soccer. If you need any clarification on the EPL then give me a shout and i'll see what I can do. I don't really follow any other european leagues, but the EPL is by far the 'premier league' in the world!!

Exactly!

Do you have to download something in order to watch them? If so, please provide a link for it. Thanks for the site!

Wait....how many Europian Leagues are there?

si eres de argentina te lo cuento mejor en español para que me entiendas, en esa pagina puedes ver gratis en directo todos los partidos de las mejores ligas de casi todos los deportes, segun el partido que quieras ver necesitas un programa u otro, pero casi siempre son los mismos 2 o 3 programas, a veces hay enlaces p2p para los que no necesitas ningun programa, en esa misma pagina tienes los links para descargarte los programas

ufff i think more than 50

but the best european leagues are spanish league,english league and italian league

English please?

Woah!

Why so many? They should just combine all of the teams into 1 league.

europe have 46 countries, each country has its own league, and the best teams of all diferent leagues plays the champions league of europe and the league of his country

That's so confusing

Muchas gracias, despues voy a ver si veo alguno de los partidos de Argentina.

John,

You out to join the Soccer Box Break! Need a couple more people last I looked.

Wat's the confusing part of it? Best 2-3 teams from each country play a yearly competition; easily the best tournament in the world.

What tournament is that?

There are thousands of teams, they can't combine them all into one league.

Put the 30 or so best in 1 league? and contract the rest

John you have FIFA which is the world body
UEFA - european body

& every country has it's own governing body.

Would you have american football teams from all over the world join the NFL???

The Champions league, John. Come on, it's not that difficult! You're not used to this because NBA, NFL and MLB don't have this system but it's very common.

Exactly, that wouldn't mean a lot of money spent on trips to different countries and football would almost disappear

As others have said, pritty much every country within europe has its own league. However some leagues in Poland or Wales for example, are very small in european popularity compared to the main 4 to 5 leagues. If you wish to follow soccer other than the MLS, I would go for the EPL. Definately the best league in europe!! But La Liga in Spain, Serie A in Italy, the SPL in Scotland and the German league (not sure what it's called!!) are also popular and prestigious leagues.

Don't less this confuse you!! Just think of it as Minor League Baseball. In the minors you get the southern league, Florida State league and the New York-Penn league just to name afew. These leagues spilt the US in areas and the teams within each league play each other. It's just like that in european soccer, each area (country in this case) has its own league where the teams all play each other.

I wouldn't try following all of the european leagues as the volume of info would be huge!! But if you need any more help then give me a shout!

German league is called Bundesliga

You should definitely follow the EPL, it's the best league in the world; great players and fair play (there are some exceptions but well, in general it's the cleanest league).

for me the premier league is not the best league (this season yes), and the league of Scotland is bad in my opinion.
For me the best leagues are La Liga (Spain), Premier League (England) and Calcio (Italy)

Spanish league used to be the best, so did the Italian, but the corruption cases blew part of its reputation. As regards to EPL, they have definitely progressed a lot in its beauty and quality of games, that's why I chose it over the Spanish.

I do like MLS. I just wish they would show it on TV more often.

By the way, it's European, not Europian.

Premier League is good quality but realistically only 3 teams have a chance.
Scottish is a mickey mouse league if your not Celtic or Rangers forget it

I forgot to say that the Scottish league must be one of the less competitive leagues in the world, only 2 clubs have a chance to be champions: Glasgow Rangers and Celtic. They have won most of its titles in history.

I obvioulsy have some bias involved living in england, the same way you have to Spain and Madrid!! However with my previous post, I was stating the 4 to 5 most well followed and popular leagues in Europe, in which order they come depends on your preferences. I was just helping out 'baseballcardguy' with potential leagues to watch and follow in europe.

Thanks for the help.

You guys are all wrong! The best is of course the norwegian league

I'm a soccer freak....my fav player is cristiano ronaldo...i play for chicago fire juniors..GO PORTUGAL IN EURO 2008!
Happy Watching...

Glad to hear you like soccer. Sounds great that you are a Chicago Fire Junior! I've watched one or two of the Chicago Fire first team games online in the past.

Do you really play in the juniors of that team? Show us some pics of your team. Which position do you play in?

It would be nice to see some pics if possible. But 'hernant15' your comments sound abit as if your acusing him of not playing in the team! Why would he say he does play in the Chicago Fire's junior team if he dosen't?!!