O'Brien's Pub – San Diego, CA

There is some great soccer coming up at the pub in the next ten days.   The EPL starts back up today and both FA Cup replays will be on FSC on Monday afternoon.  EURO 2008 Qualifying resumes next weekend, the 24th and continues through the 28th.  The Champions League will pick back up on the 3rd and 4th of April with 4 quarterfinal matches, all of which will be shown live.  If you are into Rugby, Setanta is giving a lot of airtime to the Six Nations Tournament.   FSC is showing the semi-finals of the Champions Cup (CONCACAF’s version of the Champions League) this week with two MLS teams still alive.  And there are UEFA Cup matches, the CIS Cup Final and Copa del Rey quarterfinals on as well.  And finally in the world of live soccer, Chelsea will be in Los Angeles July 17-21 to play two games, one against the LA Galaxy (most likely with David Beckham).

So here are the upcoming games (all games on Setanta unless noted):

Wed, 3/14:
12:40 pm – LIVE -Aston Villa v. Arsenal – also at 7 pm
1 pm – LIVE – Chelsea v. Manchester City – FSC
5 pm – Bayer Leverkusen v. Lens – UEFA Cup
5:30 pm – LIVE – Houston Dynamo v. Pachuca (Mex) – Champions Cup – FSC

Thurs, 3/15:
11:30 am – LIVE – Shaktor Donetsk v. Sevilla – UEFA Cup – also at 6 pm
5 pm – LIVE – DC United v. Chivas (Mex) – Champions Cup – FSC

Sat, 3/17 (St. Patrick’s Day):
Noon – LIVE – Recreativo v. Barcelona – Time subject to change, Gol TV – Also on Tape
12:30 pm – Tottenham v. Watford – also at 8 pm – FSC
1:30 pm – Middlesbrough v. Manchester City
3 pm – Reading v. Portsmouth – FSC
5 pm – Blackburn v. West Ham United – FSC
5 pm – Manchester United v. Bolton
7 pm – Chelsea v. Sheffield United

Sun, 3/18:
Noon – CIS Cup Final – Hibernian v. Kilmarnook
On Tape – Aston Villa v. Liverpool, Ascoli v. Inter Milan and Everton v. Arsenal
We will likely show the Liverpool game on tape at noon and Inter at 2 pm

Mon, 3/19 (FA Cup 6th Round Replays):
1 pm – LIVE – Tottenham v. Chelsea – also at 6 pm – FSC
3 pm – Manchester United v. Middlesbrough – also at 9 pm – FSC

Tues, 3/20:
1 pm – LIVE – Real Betis v. Sevilla – Copa del Rey quarterfinal – Gol TV – also at 6 pm

Wed, 3/21:
Noon – PSV Eindhoven v. Ajax – Dutch League
4:45 pm – Falkirk v. Celtic – SPL

Sat, 3/24 (EURO 2008 Qualifying games):
11:30 am – LIVE – Estonia v. Russia – FSC
12:30 pm – LIVE – Czech Republic v. Germany – also at 7 pm
1:30 pm – Norway v., Bosnia – FSC
3:15 pm – Portugal v. Belgium
5 pm – Brazil v. Chile – Friendly – FSC
5:15 pm – Lithuania v. France
8 pm – U21 England v. Italy – Friendly

Sun, 3/25 (EURO 2008 Qualifying games):
Noon – Poland v. Azerbaijan
2 pm – Croatia v. FYR Macedonia
4 pm – Greece v. Turkey

Mon, 3/26:
On Tape – Ireland v. Wales (from Sunday 3/25)

Wed, 3/28:
12:10 – LIVE – Serbia v. Portugal
2:15 pm – Turkey v. Norway

UEFA Champions League Quarterfinals – All LIVE
Tues, 4/3:
11:30 am – AC Milan v. Bayern Munich
11:30 am – Liverpool v. PSV Eindhoven – ESPN2
Wed, 4/4:
11:30 am – Chelsea v. Valencia
11:30 am – Manchester United v. Roma – ESPN2

And I am assuming that this will be the schedule the for the return legs:
Tues, 4/10:
11:30 am – Roma v. Manchester United
11:30 am – Valencia v. Chelsea – ESPN2
Wed, 4/11:
11:30 am – PSV Eindhoven v. Liverpool
11:30 am – Bayern Munich v. AC Milan – ESPN2

On the beer front, we will have Alpine Pure Hoppiness back this Friday, the 16th.  Thursday the 15th we have 2 casks – Port Carlsbad Poor Man’s IPA and Alpine Captain Stout both at 5 pm.  Friday and Saturday we will have Corned Beef and Cabbage, Irish Stout Stew and Corned Beef Sandwiches to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day.  Friday night we tap casks of Ballast Point Sculpin IPA and Alpine Captain Vanilla Stout both at 5 pm.  We will also feature casks all day Saturday including Alpine McIllhenny”s Irish Red and Captain Stout, along with kegs of Harp, Guinness, Port Truck Stout and draft kegs of Alpine’s Irish Red and Captain Stout.  Next weekend is the Belgian Beer Party at Pizza Port Carlsbad from 11 am to 11 pm on the 24th.