CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
Today the teams found out who they would be facing in the knock-out phase of the Champions League soccer tournament. The draw is as follows:
Full Champions League draw:
Real Madrid v Juventus
FC Porto v Inter Milan
Barcelona v Chelsea
Werder Bremen v Lyon
Liverpool v Bayer Leverkusen
PSV v Monaco
Manchester United v AC Milan
Bayern Munich v Arsenal
The Champions League, for those new to it, is a tournament of the best club soccer sides in Europe. A team has to finish in the top 3 spots in the country's hightest league (i.e., in England it is the Premiership, in Italy the Serie A, in France the Ligue Un, in Holland the Eredivisie and so on). These teams are then thrown into a hat and play a home and away game, with winners moving into this next phase. It is the best of the best. Imagine the competition we have during the Olympic Games, but instead of countries playing, you had The Lakers playing the best team from Yugoslavia.
Tuesday, December 14, 2004
UCSB Men's Soccer
UCSB made it to the final four of the NCAA tournament. They met Duke in the semifinal and destroyed them 5-0. Indiana knocked out Maryland in a hardfought 3-2 battle that ended seconds before the end of the 2nd overtime period. On Sunday, UCSB met Indiana and outplayed them. They beat them to the ball, won more challenges, held possession but at the end of regular time it was 1-1. After two overtime periods it was down to PKs. As is often the case, bad luck and good luck are fickle creatues, and UCSB lost on kicks. This is still a great win for UCSB, for the first time in their history they achieved 2nd place in the tournament. Next year, it's ours.
UCSB made it to the final four of the NCAA tournament. They met Duke in the semifinal and destroyed them 5-0. Indiana knocked out Maryland in a hardfought 3-2 battle that ended seconds before the end of the 2nd overtime period. On Sunday, UCSB met Indiana and outplayed them. They beat them to the ball, won more challenges, held possession but at the end of regular time it was 1-1. After two overtime periods it was down to PKs. As is often the case, bad luck and good luck are fickle creatues, and UCSB lost on kicks. This is still a great win for UCSB, for the first time in their history they achieved 2nd place in the tournament. Next year, it's ours.
Mars Mystery
Mars is nothing but a great ball of mystery. BBC News has a story about Mars' largest moon, Phobos. Phobos will eventually crash into Mars. There are theories that it is either a captured asteroid, or maybe it and Deimos are the remnants of a large moon that was destroyed... by what? There are a series of grooves that run from the equator to the north pole... caused by what? Mystery!
Mars is nothing but a great ball of mystery. BBC News has a story about Mars' largest moon, Phobos. Phobos will eventually crash into Mars. There are theories that it is either a captured asteroid, or maybe it and Deimos are the remnants of a large moon that was destroyed... by what? There are a series of grooves that run from the equator to the north pole... caused by what? Mystery!