THE SOCCER REPORT
Manchester City win the Premier League, Bundesliga down to final day
May 14, 2019, 3:46 pm
THE SOCCER REPORT
🏆 The 2019 #UCLfinal is set! 🏆 Tottenham 🆚 Liverpool #UCL— UEFA Champions League (@UEFA Champions League) 1557350034.0
FC Barcelona and Ajax were in the driver's seat after their first leg leg semi-final wins but it will be Liverpool and Tottenham who headline the final in Madrid. Liverpool, without top attacking players in Mohamed Salah and Roberto Firmino, overcame an 0-3 deficit with a four-goal win at Anfield - shocking Lionel Messi's Barcelona who had an embarrassing night. Young Ajax, meanwhile, were up on the scoreboard at home before Tottenham fired up a comeback to take the series on away goals and advance to their first UCL final.
Semifinals - second leg results:
🏆 The 2019 #UELfinal is set! 🏆 Chelsea 🆚 Arsenal #UEL https://t.co/7GRc8uErR5— UEFA Europa League (@UEFA Europa League) 1557438625.0
The Europa Legue final will also be headline by two Premier League clubs as Arsenal and Chelsea found their way to the final. Arsenal had no problem doing away with Valencia while Chelsea left it up to a dramatic penalty shootout win at home in what will likely end up being Eden Hazard's final home match for the club.
Semifinals - second leg results:
Back 2 Back Premier League Champions! 🏆🏆 We reigned and we retained! 💪 🔵 #mancity https://t.co/stX3wPtV4P— Manchester City (@Manchester City) 1557676184.0
After falling 0-1 early at Brighton and Hove Albion, Manchester City stopped any dramatic finish with four unanswered goals to crown themselves the 2018/19 Premier League Champions. City are the first champions to repeat in over a decade since rivals United in the 2008-09 season.
Final top six: 1. (C) Manchester City (95), 2. Liverpool (97), 3. Chelsea (72), 4. Tottenham (71), 5. Arsenal (70), 6. Manchester United (66)
Top scorer: 22 - Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) / Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Arsenal) / Sadio Mané (Liverpool)
Most assists: 15 - Eden Hazard (Chelsea FC)
One day left in the Spanish league as three teams vie for the last Champions League spot.
Top six: 1. (C) - FC Barcelona (86), 2. Atlético Madrid (75), 3. Real Madrid (68), 4. Valencia (58), 5. Getafe (58), 6. Sevilla (56)
Scoring leader: 34 - Lionel Messi (FC Barcelona)
Assists leader: 13 - Lionel Messi (FC Barcelona) / Pablo Sarabia (Sevilla)
Bayern Munich were held at Leipzig but still depend only on themselves to win the title on the last weekend. Dortmund need to win combined with a Bayern loss to finish as champions.
Top six: 1. Bayern Munich (75), 2. Dortmund (73), 3. RB Leipzig (66), 4. Monchengladbach (55), 5. Bayer Leverkusen (55), 6. Eintracht Frankfurt (54)
Scoring leader: 22 - Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich)
Assists leader: 14 - Jadon Sancho (Dortumund)
After 615 games and 18 years at Roma, Daniele de Rossi will play his final game for the club this weekend 👏 https://t.co/lbRWl6bJh8— ESPN FC (@ESPN FC) 1557824412.0
Top six: 1. (C) - Juventus (89), 2. Napoli (76), 3. Inter Milan (66), 4. Atalanta (65), 5. A.C. Milan (62), 6. Roma (62)
Scoring leader: 26 - Fabio Quagliarella (Sampdoria)
Assists leader: 10 - Alejandro Gomez (Atalanta) / Dries Mertens (Napoli) / Suso (A.C. Milan)
Top six: 1. (C) - PSG (88), 2. Lille (72), 3. Lyon (66), 4. Saint-Étienne (62), 5. Montpellier (58), 6. Marseille (55)
Scoring leader: 30 - Kylian Mbappé (PSG)
Assists leader: 13 - Teji Savanier (Nimes)
Robin van Persie walked off to a guard of honour and standing ovation after his final game as a footballer 👏 https://t.co/3kqDPzppZQ— ESPN FC (@ESPN FC) 1557750600.0
Top three: 1. Ajax (83), 2. PSV Eindhoven (80), 3. Feyenoord (62)
Championship Round: 1. Genk (50), 2. Club Brugge (47), 3. Antwerp (39), 4. Standard Liege (36), 5. Anderlecht (31), 6. Gent (29)
Top four: 1. Benfica (84), 2. Porto (82), 3. Sporting CP (74), 4. Braga (64)
Championship: 1. (C) Celtic (84), 2. Rangers (78), 3. Kilmarnock (64), 4. Aberdeen (64)
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East top seven: 1. Philadelphia (23), 2. D.C. United (23), 3. Montreal (20), 4. NYCFC (18), 5. Atlanta (17), 6. Toronto (16), 7. Columbus (16)
West top seven: 1. LAFC (27), 2. LA Galaxy (22), 3. Seattle (22), 4. Houston (19), 5. FC Dallas (17), 6. Minnesota (15), 7. Real Salt Lake (13)
Scoring leader: 12 - Carlos Vela (LAFC)
Assists leader: 6 - Alejandro Pozuelo (Toronto FC) / Diego Valeri (Portland Timbers) / Nicolas Lodeiro (Seattle Sounders FC) / Carlos Vela (LAFC)
Clausura 2019 quarter-finals results:
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Standings: 1. Houston Dash (10), 2. Utah Royals (9), 3. Chicago Red Stars (8), 4. North Carolina Courage (8), 5. Portland Thorns (8), 6. Washington Spirit (7), 7. Seattle Reign (3), 8. Sky Blue FC (2), 9. Orlando Pride (1)
Scoring leader: 4 - Crystal Dunn (North Carolina) / Samantha Kerr (Chicago)
Assists leader: 3 - Yuki Nagasato (Chicago)
#NOTA: @TigresFemenil son Campeonas de la #LIGAMXFemenil, vencieron 3-2 a Rayadas en el global y consiguieron el se… https://t.co/I4FO8oG8Vl— LIGA MX Femenil (@LIGA MX Femenil) 1557805414.0
Tigres UANL crowned themselves champions of Mexico's top women's division after a 2-1 win at rivals Monterrey. The title marks a second for Tigres, making the northerners the club with the most championships in the four season history of the league - both wins coming against their cross-town rivals.
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Tuesday, May 14
2:00 p.m. - [English Championship playoffs semifinal] West Brom vs. Aston Villa (ESPN+)
7:00 p.m. - [Copa Superliga Argentina] River Plate vs. Tucuman (fanatiz)
Wednesday, May 15
12:30 p.m. - [Eredivisie] De Graafschap vs. Ajax (ESPN+)
1:45 p.m. - [English Championship playoffs semifinal] Leeds United vs. Derby County (ESPN+)
1:45 p.m. - [Serie A] Lazio vs. Atalanta (ESPN+)
7:00 p.m. - [Club Friendly] New England Revolution vs. Chelsea FC (FS1)
7:30 p.m. - [MLS] Houston Dynamo vs. Portland Timbers (KUBE 57)
7:30 p.m. - [Liga MX Playoffs] Club America vs. Leon (Univision Deportes)
9:30 p.m. - [Liga MX Playoffs] Monterrey vs. Tigres UANL (Univision Deportes)
Thursday, May 16
7:00 p.m. - [International Friendly] U.S. Women's National Team vs. New Zealand (ESPN2)
7:30 p.m. - [Copa Superliga Argentina] Boca Juniors vs. Velez (fanatiz)
9:00 p.m. - [MLS] LAFC vs. FC Dallas (ESPN2)
Saturday, May 18
8:30 a.m. - [Budesliga] Bayern Munich vs. Frankfurt (FOX)
8:30 a.m. - [Budesliga] Monchengladbach vs. Dortmund (FS1)
11:00 a.m. - [FA Cup Final] Manchester City vs. Watford (ESPN+)
7:30 p.m. - [MLS] Houston Dynamo vs. D.C. United (KUBE 57)
Sunday, May 19
5:00 p.m. - [NWSL] Houston Dash vs. Chicago Red Stars (YahooSports.com)
Houston center fielder Jake Meyers was removed from Wednesday night’s game against Cleveland during pregame warmups because of right calf tightness.
Meyers, who had missed the last two games with a right calf injury, jogged onto the field before the game but soon summoned the training staff, who joined him on the field to tend to him. He remained on the field on one knee as manager Joe Espada joined the group. After a couple minutes, Meyers got up and was helped off the field and to the tunnel in right field by a trainer.
Mauricio Dubón moved from shortstop to center field and Zack Short entered the game to replace Dubón at shortstop.
Meyers is batting .308 with three homers and 21 RBIs this season.
After the game, Meyers met with the media and spoke about the injury. Meyers declined to answer when asked if the latest injury feels worse than the one he sustained Sunday. Wow, that is not a good sign.
Asked if this calf injury feels worse than the one he sustained on Sunday, Jake Meyers looked toward a team spokesman and asked "do I have to answer that?" He did not and then politely ended the interview.
— Chandler Rome (@Chandler_Rome) July 10, 2025
Lack of imaging strikes again!
The Athletic's Chandler Rome reported on Thursday that the Astros didn't do any imaging on Meyers after the initial injury. You can't make this stuff up. This is exactly the kind of thing that has the Astros return-to-play policy under constant scrutiny.
The All-Star break is right around the corner, why take the risk in playing Meyers after missing just two games with calf discomfort? The guy literally fell to the ground running out to his position before the game started. The people that make these risk vs. reward assessments clearly are making some serious mistakes.
The question remains: will the Astros finally do something about it?