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Video: Week 11 Highlights

Tuesday's TV: Club vs Country

ESPN Deportes has the Bayern Munich - Holland friendly at 2:30pm ET.

Upside: That Final

Their Words

“I went through it all in 1999, when we lost so dramatically in Barcelona. That was unbelievably brutal, but I almost have the impression this evening is somehow even more bitter, brutal and basically also unnecessary. The pain is unbelievable." Bayern Munich CEO Karl-Heinz Rummenigge. 

Other Sources

Dynamo's Cameron called back for shot at U.S. team - from The Houston Chronicle's Jose de Jesus Ortiz: "I hope he performs well in camp and we don't see him in three weeks."

Brek Shea Blog: Dealing with suspension and it's mailbag time - from Goal.com: Beat the other teams.

Corner: The Better Team

Once again, Chelsea walked away with a win at the highest level of club soccer while the other team was the one who took the ceremonial title of 'better.'  Yes, Chelsea was out shot, out possessed, and out opportuned (not a word, but you know what we mean) by Bayern Munich, a continuation on a theme from their series with mighty Barcelona.  Yet it was Chelsea taking that oddly long walk to what passes for a tribune at Allianz Arena as winners. 

Chelsea aren't the first team to win while the commentators and pundits praise the losers.  They're not the first team to get a result with an overly defensive strategy that the nominally 'better' team simply couldn't break down.  What's at work when this happens is what we really mean by 'better.' 

De Rosario Wins POTW

Those of you sensing a trend in Player of the Week voting won't be surprised that the winner comes from a club that played twice.  Congratulations to DC United's Dwayne De Rosario, who scored three goals over two games in Week 11.  De Rosario's first goal came in the 2-0 win over Colorado on Wednesday. He scored twice in Saturday's 3-1 win over Toronto.  As the press release lets us know, De Rosario is now two goals away from the century mark in Major League Soccer. Six players have scored more than 100 goals in the League's history, with only Landon Donovan (117) still active in MLS.

Donovan: "I'm looking forward to the opportunity"

FIFA.com interviews US National Soccer Team player Landon Donovan.

FIFA.com: Considering the attacking players in the Galaxy’s squad, it would be the envy of many teams across the globe. Is that a sign of your attempt to capture a second MLS Cup?
Landon Donovan: Well in our league, and particularly in LA, we have an owner here who is very committed to not only winning but to making sure we are putting an exciting product on the field. Most places around the world it’s just about the football, but we are still trying to build our game, so we need to have, hopefully, an exciting product that people want to pay money to come see. We’re fortunate that we’ve got an owner and a coach who are committed to that and it’s fun for me as an attacking player because I get to play alongside some of these great, talented players.

DC United To Play Juventus

A long-rumored friendly was finally comfirmed on Monday, with DC United announcing they will play Serie A champions Juventus on July 28th at RFK Stadium.  “Juventus is the most storied club in Italian soccer history, winning the league championship a record 28 times,” United president and CEO Kevin Payne said in a press statement. “As the all-time leader in MLS Cup championships, it will be an honor for us to play against Juve. This match affords fans of D.C. United and international soccer an opportunity to see a terrific match right here in DC, and we hope all of our fans will come out to show their support for top-level soccer in the Nation's Capital.”  Juventus will also play PSG in Montreal on July 31st and Real Madrid in Las Vegas on August 5th.

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Santos Laguna 2 - Monterrey 1 (3-2 agg)

Santos Laguna won Mexico's Clausura title on Sunday night in front of their home fans at the Nuevo Estadio Corona, taking the title 3-2 on aggregate.  With the series tied 1-1 after the opening leg, Daniel Luduena started the scoring in the 5th minute for Santos with Oribe Peralta doubling the lead in the 64th.  Monterrey pulled a goal back in the 78th minute, but with Santos holding the tiebreaker Monterrey needed two more for the win.  Instead, the score stayed 2-1 on the night and the title went to Santos Laguna.  Herculez Gomez was on the bench for Santos.

MLS Week 11: The Score Draw

In a weekend where most soccer fans were focused on the Champions League final, Major League Soccer pushed ahead with eight Saturday games and one on Sunday.  The highlight of the weekend?  How about the quickly revamped Chivas USA beating the Los Angeles Galaxy 1-0 on Saturday night.  LA was reduced to 10-men in the 70th minute when Junior Lopes was sent off for a handball in the box.  Chivas USA's Jose Correa converted the penalty for the win.  Both of Chivas USA's new editions - Danny Califf and Juan Agudelo - started. 

“It’s kind of been the same old story," LA midfielder Landon Donovan said. "First half was not great for either side. They had the one chance off the post, but not a lot of chances. I thought we played really well in the beginning of the second half, and had some chances to score and didn’t. And then one kind of weird play and that determined the game and that’s kind of how’s it’s been all year.”

National Teamers Abroad: Superliga

Oguchi Onyewu got the start for Sporting in their 1-0 Portuguese Cup final loss to Academica.  The game's only goal came in the 3rd minute when Marinho Correia headed in the winner.  In Denmark, Michael Parkhurst's Nordsjaelland beat Clarence Goodson's Brondby 1-0 with Parkhurst assisting on the goal.  Norway, and Ricardo Clark's Stabaek were shutout 2-0 by Haugesund.

Roster Set For USA

On Sunday, US National Team coach Jurgen Klinsmann Named the rest of his roster for the upcoming friendlies and World Cup Qualifiers. “When you go into a training camp period like this you have additional players for several reasons," Klinsmann explained. First you want to see where they are at, you want to put them through testing, and you want to cover your bases. In our camps, because of the high intensity training sessions we always have the risk that somebody gets injured, so you need to understand where the pool of players is in case you have to make a change."

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