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Wednesday's TV

Champions League on Fox Soccer Channel: Manchester United - Milan at 2:30pm and Real Madrid - Lyon at 5pm (2:30pm on Fox Soccer Plus). EPL on Fox Soccer Plus: Burnley - Stoke City at 7pm. Copa Libertadores on Fox Sports en Espanol: Once Caldas - Monterrey at 5:30pm and Medellin - Corinthians at 7:30pm. All Times Eastern

Donovan Talks About Last Game At Goodison

With Landon Donovan's final game on loan to Everton away to Birmingham City, he spoke to evertonTV about what scoring in front of the home crowd on Sunday meant to him.  

"It has been fantastic and I could never have expected when I got here that it would turn out like this," he said. "The fans want you to play as hard as you can when you are out there. That is what I like to give when I am out there and they want to see the team win. As nice as it was to score against Hull it is much nicer to win and when you have that in common with the fans I think there is a connection there."

Donovan is scheduled to return to the Los Angeles Galaxy next week as the club prepares for the start of the 2010 Major League Soccer season. 

Former Watford Keeper Ian Joyce Joins Rapids

The Colorado Rapids have signed former Watford and Southend United goalkeeper Ian Joyce, the club announced on Tuesday.  Joyce, a New Jersey native, holds an Italian passport and will fill a senior roster slot.  Colorado also released forward Facundo Diz.

Tuesday's Daily: London And Columbus

With J Hutcherson -- Champions League Tuesday, also known as the day of the 2-1 reversal. Well, at least if you're buying the pre-game talk from Arsenal and Fiorentina. Both are playing at home, and both are heavily plain up their chances of advancing.

Bayern Munich went up in the opener on a very late first-half penalty. Fiorentina were back in it with an equalizer five minutes into the second-half. Miroslav Klose gave Bayern a goal lead a minute from time. In the first-half, Bayern were the better team. That's a difficult argument to make for the second-half, and Bayern knows it.

Danish League Resumes

In a game that could've featured three Americans, none were involved with AaB beating FC Nordsjaelland 2-1 on Monday.  Chris Rolfe was on the bench for AaB.  Marcus Tracy wasn't in the squad.  Michael Parkhurst wasn't involved for Nordsjaelland. Louay Chanko put AaB up in the 43rd minute. Nickie Nielsen equalized in the 55th. Michael Jakobsen converted a 61st-minute penalty for the win.

Hartman Officially Joins Dallas

After being out of contract with Kansas City, goalkeeper Kevin Hartman is now a member of FC Dallas.  Hartman failed to come to terms with the Wizards on a new contract, meaning he needed another Major League Soccer club to trade for his rights before he could sign with them.  Dallas sent a second round 2012 SuperDraft pick to the Wizards in return for the MLS rights to Hartman.

“I’m excited to be in Dallas,” Hartman said. “It’s the place where I won the 2005 championship with the Galaxy and it’s always held a place in my heart. I’m excited to be here to play in front of the Dallas fans and excited to start a new chapter in my soccer career.”

Tuesday's TV

Champions League on Fox Soccer Channel: Fiorentina - Bayern Munich at 2:30pm, Arsenal - Porto at 5pm (2:45pm on Fox Sports en Espanol). EPL on Fox Soccer Plus: Sunderland - Bolton at 2:30pm and Portsmouth - Birmingham City at 7pm. Copa Libertadores on Fox Sports en Espanol: Catolica - Universidad de Chile at 7pm and Deportivo Cuenca - Morelia at 9:30pm. CONCACAF Champions League on Fox Soccer Channel: Columbus - Toluca at 8pm.  All Times Eastern

US Women's Roster Announced

The United States Soccer Federation has released the roster for the US Women's friendlies later this month.  The US plays Mexico on March 28th in San Diego (5pm - FSC) and March 31st in Sandy, UT (9pm - ESPN2).

What Do You Think Of Our Site Changes?

It's been two months since we revamped US Soccer Players.  What do you like about the new design.  What would you like to see changed?  Basically, what's working for you and what isn't.  Let us know in the comments or by email. 

Monday's Daily: Bundesliga And Premier

With J Hutcherson -- Picking up the story from a few weeks ago on Hannover 96's relegation struggle.... Steve Cherundolo made his return from injury over the weekend, and Hannover won for the first time since October 31st. Unfortunately for Hannover, Nurnberg also took three points.

The Nurnberg result was a shocker, tagging Bayer Leverkusen with their first loss of the season. Had Nurnberg lost as expected, the Hannover result would have meant the two teams swapping places. As it stands, Nurnberg are 15th and Hannover is a point behind at 16th.

Barring a ridiculous collapse higher up the table, Hannover's real competition for keeping their topflight status will be against Nurnberg and 18th-place SC Freiburg, currently trailing Hannover on goal differential. There's a six-point gap between 15th and 14th, significant when talking about clubs that just got their fifth win of the season.

American Abroad: Strong Showings From Bocanegra, Donovan, And Gomez

First Star: Coming off a midweek performance for the United States where he had the only goal in a 2-1 loss to Holland, Carlos Bocanegra was the difference for Stade Rennes. Bocanegra's 28th-minute goal was the only one in the game with Rennes getting the 1-0 result over Monaco at Stade de la Route-de-Lorient. Just like in Amsterdam, Bocanegra scored with a header from a freekick. Nicolas Douchez got the shutout for Rennes with one save.

Second Star: If this really was the last time we see Landon Donovan in an Everton uniform at Goodison Park, he made his half hour count. Coming on in the 70th, he scored in the 82nd for Everton's fourth goal in their 5-1 win over Hull City. Tim Howard picked up in the win. Fellow US National Team player Jozy Altidore subbed in at the 62nd-minute mark for Hull.

"It was a terrific performance," Everton manager David Moyes said. "Some of our football was excellent at times and we were very worthy of the scoreline today, I felt. I thought overall we made several chances which could have resulted in more goals.

Monday's TV

EPL on ESPN2: Wigan - Liverpool at 3pm. La Liga on GolTV: Valencia - Racing Santander at 3pm.  All Times Eastern

Sunday's TV

FA Cup on Fox Soccer Plus: Chelsea - Stoke at 11am. On Fox Soccer Channel: Reading - Aston Villa at 5pm. EPL on FSC: Everton - Hull at 11am.

Serie A on FSC: Bologna - Napoli at 9am and Inter Milan - Genoa at 2:30pm. Bundesliga on GolTV: Nuremberg - Bayer Leverkusen at 10:30am. La Liga on ESPN Deportes: Bilbao - Real Valladolid at 1pm. On GolTV: Real Zaragoza - Atletico Madrid at 3pm.

Saturday's TV

FA Cup on Fox Soccer Plus: Portsmouth - Birmingham at 7:30am. On Fox Soccer Channel: Fulham - Spurs at 5pm. EPL on Fox Soccer Plus: Arsenal - Burnley at 10am. On FSC: West Ham United - Bolton at 10am and Wolverhampton - Manchester United at 12:30pm.

Bundesliga on ESPN Deportes: Cologne - Bayern Munich at 9:30am and Borussia Dortmund - Borussia Moenchengladbach at 4pm. On GolTV: Werder Bremen - VfB Stuttgart at 9:30am. Serie A on Fox Soccer Plus: Fiorentina - Juventus at noon. On FSC: Roma - Milan at 2:30pm. La Liga on Deportes: Deportivo - Tenerife at noon and Almeria - Barcelona at 2pm. On GolTV: Real Madrid - Sevilla at 4pm. Eredivisie on Deportes: NEC Breda - PSV Eindhoven at 6pm.

Friday's Daily

Europe

The Capello conundrums: scores yet to be settled -- from The Independent's Sam Wallace: Some positions are better served than others.

Michael Owen ruled out for rest of season -- from BBC Sport: "I am determined to come back at the start of next season in peak condition."