The UEFA Europe League 2014 tournament is streaming live online on Thursday and the schedule picks up with live streams from around the tournament, as teams like Hull City, Aberdeen, Torino, Real Sociedad, Dinamo Moscow, FK Sarajevo and many others are in action in the early rounds of Europe's secondary major tournament and games are live from 1 pm ET through the afternoon.
Hull City comes into their game for Leg 2 against AS Trencin with a 0-0 score on aggregate and that gives the team a chance to get things done, while Lyon and Mlada are also playing and that score is 4-1 coming into this match. Dinamo Moscow starts their match early in the afternoon, while Real Sociedad and Aberdeen are playing and the aggregate there right now is 0-2 coming into this matchup.
The European League is into its 44th season and last year the tournament was very competitive and this year the final of the tournament will be in Poland at Stadion Narodowy in Warsaw and Sevilla comes in as the reigning champs of the tourney. The tournament dates run from July through the end of August for qualifying and then the regular competition opens up with groups and then the playoffs from September through May 27 of next year and that is when the finals will be.
Hull city is a team to watch, as they are coming into the Premier League season with some expectations and they are hoping to move up after the way they played last season. The team played strong defense, but they were near the bottom overall in goals scored and they ended up finishing in 16th place last season.
World events have made an impact, as UEFA has barred Ukrainian and Russian teams from playing each other with all that's going on there and the winners of this tournament will be into next year's UEFA Champions League, which also has started up. Celtic was beaten in the UCL and they ended up losing to Legia Warsaw in the qualifying round and this year there are numerous teams in the mix to move along and now Zenit St. Petersburg, Copenhagen, Ludogorets Razgrad and Red Bull Salzburg have advanced into the next stage of the tournament.
There are also playoff teams in Arsenal and Athletic Bilbao as well as Porto, Napoli and Bayer Leverkusen and the latter team was into the finals a couple years ago. Real Madrid won the UCL tournament this past year against Atletico Madrid and they will be looking for a repeat.
Check here for the UEFA Europe League live coverage from the main organization website.
