Happy Thanksgiving! 2012

Keep your spirits alive. Spend time with family and friends. Happy Thanksgiving!

MLS Preview: Seattle Sounders FC - LA Galaxy

After winning its first-ever playoff matchup, Seattle faces a heavy three-goal deficit in the Western Conference final.

PROBABLE LINEUPS

Seattle Sounders FC (4-4-2): Gspurning; Johansson, Parke, Hurtado, Scott; Rosales, Alonso, Evans, Tiffert; Montero, Johnson.     

INJURY REPORT

OUT: FW Babayele Sodade (R knee ACL surgery); DF Andrew Duran (L ACL surgery)

QUESTIONABLE: MF Mauro Rosales (R hamstring strain); DF Leo Gonzalez (R hamstring strain); DF Patrick Ianni (R calf strain)

LA Galaxy (4-4-2): Saunders; Franklin, Meyer, Gonzalez, Dunivant; Wilhelmsson, Beckham, Sarvas, Magee; Keane, Donovan.    

INJURY REPORT

OUT: DF A.J. DeLaGarza (L knee sprain); DF Leonardo (R knee inflammation); MF Kyle Nakazawa (back spasms)

QUESTIONABLE: FW Edson Buddle (L plantar inflammation); FW Landon Donovan (R hamstring tightness); MF Juninho (R Achilles inflammation)

Celtic's historic 2-1 win over Barcelona highlights

Celtic's historic and unexpected 2 - 1 win over Barcelona in their champions league group stage tie at Celtic Park, Parkhead.

Celtic beat Barcelona 2 - 1 with goals from Victor Wanyama (21) and Tony Watt (83) inflicting Barcelona's first group stage defeat in 3 years.

Lionel Messi scored a late consolation (91) to make the finish a nerve jangler.

Soccer-La Liga results and standings

Nov 9 (Infostrada Sports) - Results and standings from the La Liga matches on Friday

Friday, November 9

Real Betis 1 Granada CF 2

Standings P W D L F A Pts
1 Barcelona 10 9 1 0 32 12 28
2 Atletico Madrid 10 8 1 1 22 11 25
3 Real Madrid 10 6 2 2 25 7 20
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4 Real Betis 11 6 1 4 18 17 19
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5 Malaga 10 5 3 2 14 7 18
6 Levante 10 5 2 3 12 14 17
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7 Sevilla 10 4 3 3 12 11 15
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8 Real Valladolid 10 4 2 4 15 11 14
9 Valencia 10 4 2 4 13 12 14
10 Getafe 10 4 1 5 12 16 13
11 Rayo Vallecano 10 4 1 5 13 23 13
12 Real Zaragoza 10 4 0 6 9 15 12
13 Real Mallorca 10 3 2 5 10 15 11
14 Athletic Bilbao 10 3 2 5 14 20 11
15 Granada CF 11 3 2 6 11 18 11
16 Celta Vigo 10 3 1 6 11 14 10
17 Deportivo Coruna 10 2 4 4 15 20 10
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18 Real Sociedad 10 3 1 6 10 15 10
19 Espanyol 10 2 3 5 12 15 9
20 Osasuna 10 1 2 7 8 15 5
1-3: Champions League / EC I
4: Champions League preliminary round
5-6: Europa League
7: Europa League depending on domestic cup
18-20: Relegation
Next Fixtures (GMT):
Saturday, November 10
Rayo Vallecano v Celta Vigo (1500)
Espanyol v Osasuna (1700)
Real Zaragoza v Deportivo Coruna (1900)
Malaga v Real Sociedad (2100)
Sunday, November 11
Real Valladolid v Valencia (1100)
Athletic Bilbao v Sevilla (1500)
Real Mallorca v Barcelona (1650)
Atletico Madrid v Getafe (1845)
Levante v Real Madrid (2030)

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Next Fixtures (GMT):
Saturday, November 10

Rayo Vallecano v Celta Vigo (1500)
Espanyol v Osasuna (1700)
Real Zaragoza v Deportivo Coruna (1900)
Malaga v Real Sociedad (2100)
Sunday, November 11
Real Valladolid v Valencia (1100)
Athletic Bilbao v Sevilla (1500)
Real Mallorca v Barcelona (1650)
Atletico Madrid v Getafe (1845)
Levante v Real Madrid (2030)

Barack Obama re-elected as president of the United States

Barack Obama re-elected as president of the United States

Breaking News

Barack Obama will be re-elected as president of the United States defeating Mitt Romney, CNN projects.

Soccer: Real Salt Lake and Sounders FC Scoreless

The Real Salt Lake goalkeeper Nick Rimando saves five, and Seattle Sounders' Michael Gspurning had four saves and the game ended in a scoreless draw in the first leg of their MLS Western Conference semifinal playoff series.

Rimando was injured on the play, but stayed in the match, the first of a two-match aggregate game, which finished with a score of 0-0.