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SI.com: Greg Lalas: Americans need to get on field in European tournamentsupdated: Mon Sep 14 2009 14:03:00

This week, the European continental competitions -- the Champions League and the newly re-christened Europa League -- kick off, and I keep thinking of Allen Iverson.

SI.com: World Soccer: National-team coach Löw sizes up German gameupdated: Wed Aug 05 2009 17:07:00

Is German soccer in trouble? A German club hasn't won the Champions League in eight years, and success in the UEFA Cup (now the Europa League) has been few and far between as well. World Soccer chats with German national-team coach Joachim Löw, who explains the need for speed at the top level, not just in the legs, but in the mind, too.

SI.com: Gabriele Marcotti: Is Shakhtar's UEFA Cup win part of a Soviet revival?updated: Thu May 21 2009 15:34:00

Shakhtar Donetsk became the third former Soviet club to win the UEFA Cup in the past five years, following CSKA Moscow in 2004-05 and Zenit St. Petersburg last season.

SI.com: Luis Bueno: With Atlante's title, Champions League tournament needs tweakingupdated: Wed May 13 2009 12:14:00

With Atlante's scoreless draw over Cruz Azul in the second leg of the CONCACAF Champions League final on Tuesday, los Potros punched a ticket to the FIFA Club World Cup, where they could meet either Manchester United or Barcelona come December.

SI.com: World Soccer: Why is Italy failing so miserably in Champions League?updated: Mon May 04 2009 11:02:00

Serie A's status suffered another blow with the failure of any Italian clubs to make the last eight of this season's Champions League. Is Italian soccer on the slippery slope of irreversible decline and fall? The question inevitably asks itself in the wake of Serie A interest in the Champions League being ended by teams from the English Premier League for a second successive season.

SI.com: The Limey: Chelsea, Liverpool set for Champions League war againupdated: Fri Mar 20 2009 15:22:00

Ordinarily, Manchester United making a trip to Craven Cottage isn't much of a story. Fulham hasn't beaten United at home in league play since 1964. But an unusually high amount of attention is focused on this weekend's encounter.

SI.com: Luis Bueno: USL earned spot at CONCACAF table in Champs Leagueupdated: Fri Mar 06 2009 13:16:00

The way Francisco Marcos saw it, all he wanted was a chance. For years, the president and founder of the United Soccer Leagues felt his supposed second-tier teams deserved respect and recognition instead of banishment and obscurity. All they needed was a platform on which to perform.

SI.com: Luis Bueno: MLS' elite learn harsh realities of schedule congestionupdated: Fri Nov 07 2008 13:05:00

When Major League Soccer sent four clubs to the CONCACAF Champions League, there was a glimmer of hope that the teams would compete and possibly bring an international trophy to American soil.

SI.com: World Soccer: Once-proud Dutch league is struggling to competeupdated: Wed Sep 10 2008 12:50:00

Holland gave everything to Euro 2008. The team played dazzling soccer against France and world champion Italy. Pundits swooned over an updated version of total football and praised the individual skills of Wesley Sneijder, Rafael van der Vaart & Co.

SI.com: Grant Wahl: Five things we learned from the Champions League finalupdated: Wed May 21 2008 19:49:00

Five things we learned while watching Manchester United's win on penalty kicks over Chelsea (after a 1-1 tie) in Wednesday's Champions League final from our lair in Baltimore, aka Moscow-on-the-Patapsco:

SI.com: Greg Lalas: Champions League minnows looking to play spoilersupdated: Mon Feb 18 2008 12:53:00

Behold, the Underdog. Overlooked, underpaid and unloved except by his local fans who dwell in ancient backwaters on the edges of Europe, like Istanbul or Athens or Oporto.

SI.com: Luis Bueno: CONCACAF Champions League is an ill-bred conceptupdated: Fri Feb 01 2008 12:40:00

Europe has the UEFA Champions League, South America has the Copa Libertadores. Almost by default, North America also has to hold an international club tournament that pits champion against champion.

SI.com: Gregory Sica: Inter is legitimately rolling thanks to Latin coreupdated: Wed Jan 16 2008 16:41:00

After years of ups and downs, it finally seems like Inter Milan has reached its full potential. The Italian Serie A leaders have been sensational this season, and if they continue their outstanding form, there's little doubt they'll cruise to their third successive Scudetto in May.

SI.com: Gavin Hamilton: Looking back on the year in soccer around the worldupdated: Tue Jan 01 2008 12:37:00

Twelve months is a long time in soccer. In 2006, Italy demonstrated the international game's ability to triumph in adversity. A year later, the club game fought back and reasserted itself over national-team concerns.

SI.com: Greg Lalas: Why I'm rooting for the enemy in the Champions Leagueupdated: Mon Dec 10 2007 12:55:00

Since the day my Uncle George -- who was a panty-hose wholesaler and walked with a limp from a boyhood accident -- took me to my first Panathinaikos game, I've bled green.

SI.com: Gavin Hamilton: Riquelme deserves awards, but will likely be ignoredupdated: Wed Nov 28 2007 12:10:00

It's that time of the year when attention turns to the annual individual player awards.

SI.com: World Soccer: AC Milan coach Ancelotti says his team has all it needsupdated: Mon Nov 05 2007 12:51:00

If you suggest to AC Milan coach Carlo Ancelotti that his side is too old and that perhaps the club has failed to adequately strengthen itself with new signings this summer, he just smiles. In fact, as he sits at the boardroom table at Milan's lair, Milanello, he sounds very upbeat about the new season.

SI.com: Gavin Hamilton: Old guard will still rise above in Champions Leagueupdated: Wed Oct 10 2007 16:59:00

Two rounds into this season's Champions League group stages and already some of the big guns are floundering -- or so their critics would have us believe.

SI.com: Greg Lalas: Guide to playing hooky for Champions Leagueupdated: Tue Sep 18 2007 01:28:00

Trying to explain the Champions League to your typical cheesesteak-loving, MGD-swilling American sports fan is like trying to explain the infield fly rule to a Prussian aristocrat. Something gets lost in translation.

SI.com: Gavin Hamilton: Platini's drastic Champions League plan takes shapeupdated: Tue Aug 28 2007 02:53:00

The draw for the group stage of the Champions League takes place on Thursday in Monte Carlo as the movers and shakers of European soccer congregate for their annual get-together, organized by governing body UEFA.

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