After starting the week with a loss to relegation-threatened Wigan, Liverpool will be looking to rebound against last-place Portsmouth on Monday in the Premier League. Liverpool, which also lost 1-0 to Lille in the first leg of the Europa League's last 16, is sixth in the league and its hopes of qualifying for the Champions League by finishing in the top four are fading.

Everton manager David Moyes says a possible Major League Soccer players' strike could enable Landon Donovan to extend his loan at the Premier League club. Everton's match against Birmingham on Saturday is expected to be the last of Donovan's 10-week loan from the Los Angeles Galaxy. But MLS players voted Thursday to strike if a new labor contract isn't agreed on before the season...