For an English Premiership team there are 4 possible trophies you can end up with at the end of the season. 3 of which are domestic, the other is the biggest of them all the UEFA Champions League, or king of all of Europe. Well with only a month and a half remaining in the European Soccer season the month of May could loom where Chelsea and Manchester United clash 3 times once to decide a single trophy.
Premiership
After today's draw versus Middlesborough, Manchester United sits 4 points ahead of Chelsea in the premiership standings, with Chelsea having a game in hand, aka they play tomorrow and Man U does not. So if Chelsea wins tomorrow in Newcastle they will close the gap to a single point. And create a massive race down the stretch for the most coveted English trophy, the winner of the league. Unlike American sports, in European Soccer their is no post season / playoffs. After you play each team twice in the Premiership the team with the most points is the Champion of the League. Man U currently has 4 games remaining, Chelsea has 5. On May 9th Manchester United will travel to Stamford Bridge, Chelsea's pitch, for their clash and this match could easily be the deciding factor of the premiership.
FA Cup
Instead of Playoffs the English and the other European clubs have these sort of side tournaments. The FA Cup is the most storied of the two tournies. Basically if your a soccer club in England, it pretty much doesn't matter what level of competetion your at, as long as you are associated with the English Football Association you can get into the tournament. Well every other English team has been widdled down and all that remain are you guessed it, Chelsea and Manchester United who will play the FA Cup Championship on May 19th.
Champions League Final
This is the only one of the three that isn't guaranteed right now. Currently the Champions League is in the semi final stages. Chelsea will play Liverpool in a two match set starting this week, and Manchester United is set to play AC Milan. If both can win their semifinal matchups they will face for the final time of the season for the biggest prize of them all on May 25th.
So if your a fan of either Chelsea or Man U you are in for one hell of an exciting month. And if your American tune in for your own good.
Note: Chelsea won the 4th English Trophy, the Carling Cup, which is a tournament like the FA Cup but the team entrants are limited to the Premiership clubs and teams from the other Football Leagues. Wikipedia states that the Carling Cup had 92 entrants this year while the FA cup had a whopping 674.
Premiership
After today's draw versus Middlesborough, Manchester United sits 4 points ahead of Chelsea in the premiership standings, with Chelsea having a game in hand, aka they play tomorrow and Man U does not. So if Chelsea wins tomorrow in Newcastle they will close the gap to a single point. And create a massive race down the stretch for the most coveted English trophy, the winner of the league. Unlike American sports, in European Soccer their is no post season / playoffs. After you play each team twice in the Premiership the team with the most points is the Champion of the League. Man U currently has 4 games remaining, Chelsea has 5. On May 9th Manchester United will travel to Stamford Bridge, Chelsea's pitch, for their clash and this match could easily be the deciding factor of the premiership.
FA Cup
Instead of Playoffs the English and the other European clubs have these sort of side tournaments. The FA Cup is the most storied of the two tournies. Basically if your a soccer club in England, it pretty much doesn't matter what level of competetion your at, as long as you are associated with the English Football Association you can get into the tournament. Well every other English team has been widdled down and all that remain are you guessed it, Chelsea and Manchester United who will play the FA Cup Championship on May 19th.
Champions League Final
This is the only one of the three that isn't guaranteed right now. Currently the Champions League is in the semi final stages. Chelsea will play Liverpool in a two match set starting this week, and Manchester United is set to play AC Milan. If both can win their semifinal matchups they will face for the final time of the season for the biggest prize of them all on May 25th.So if your a fan of either Chelsea or Man U you are in for one hell of an exciting month. And if your American tune in for your own good.
Note: Chelsea won the 4th English Trophy, the Carling Cup, which is a tournament like the FA Cup but the team entrants are limited to the Premiership clubs and teams from the other Football Leagues. Wikipedia states that the Carling Cup had 92 entrants this year while the FA cup had a whopping 674.
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