France Soccer

Well this year at least we had an exciting finish.  The France soccer season has come to an end as Lyon has won the title yet again.  The club’s seventh title in a row came as the team defeated Auxerre 3-1.  Girondins Bordeaux could manage nothing more than a 1-1 draw at Racing Lens, but it was a moot point anyway.  Lyon will now face nearly relegated Paris Saint-Germain for the French Cup.

In more top of the Ligue excitement, Marseille earned a spot in the Champions qualifying tournament as AS Nancy Lorraine dropped another match and it managed to stay ahead of Strasbourg.  Neither team finished all that strong in France soccer play.

The final standings indicate that Lens, Strasbourg, and Metz will all be relegated to Ligue 2. Le Havre, Nantes, andGrenoble will be moving into Ligue 1.