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CONCACAF's two places in the women's soccer tournament at this summer's Olympics will be determined Friday night, as the U.S. women look to maintain their stretch of dominance and clinch a place in London with a win over Costa Rica. Canada and Mexico duel it out in the nightcap at BC Place, where one of the region's powers will end up missing out on the summer festivities.
FA Cup action dominates the slate in England, with Liverpool-Manchester United and Arsenal-Aston Villa being among the more attention-grabbing games of the weekend. The Queens Park Rangers-Chelsea bout will also be one to watch, as it pits Anton Ferdinand against John Terry for the first time since their incident that resulted in the latter being criminally charged with racial abuse.
Italy's top match of the weekend involves two top-three teams, as Juventus and Udinese tangle with major Serie A implications on the line. Real Madrid and Barcelona return to league action in Spain after their heated Copa del Rey encounter, and highlighting the action in Mexico, the American contingent at Tijuana goes up against Herculez Gomez and Santos Laguna.
Here is this weekend's soccer on TV:
THIS WEEKEND'S SOCCER ON TV
FRIDAY
8 p.m. – Universal Sports Network, CONCACAF.com stream – USA vs. Costa Rica (women's Olympic qualifier)
9:10 p.m. – Fox Deportes/Azteca America – Morelia vs. Monterrey
9:30 p.m. – GOLTV – Correcaminos UAT vs. Veracruz
10 p.m. – CONCACAF.com stream – Canada vs. Mexico (women's Olympic qualifier)
SATURDAY
7 a.m. – Fox Soccer Plus/FoxSoccer.tv – Queens Park Rangers vs. Chelsea
7:45 a.m. – Fox Soccer Channel – Liverpool vs. Manchester United
9:30 a.m. – ESPN3.com – Bayern Munich vs. Wolfsburg
10 a.m. – Fox Soccer Channel – Derby County vs. Stoke City
10 a.m. – Fox Soccer Plus/FoxSoccer.tv – Leicester City vs. Swindon Town
12 p.m. – Fox Soccer Plus – Catania vs. Parma
12 p.m. – ESPN3.com – Espanyol vs. Mallorca
12 p.m. – GOLTV – Rayo Vallecano vs. Athletic Bilbao
12:15 p.m. – Fox Soccer Channel – Brighton & Hove Albion vs. Newcastle
1 p.m. – FoxSoccer.tv – Auxerre vs. Nancy
1 p.m. – FoxSoccer.tv – Brest vs. Paris-St. Germain
1 p.m. – FoxSoccer.tv – Lorient vs. Sochaux
1 p.m. – FoxSoccer.tv – Lyon vs. Dijon
1 p.m. – FoxSoccer.tv – Nice vs. Montpellier
1 p.m. – FoxSoccer.tv – Toulouse vs. Caen
2 p.m. – ESPN Deportes – Sao Paulo vs. Sao Caetano
2 p.m. – GOLTV – Real Madrid vs. Real Zaragoza
2:45 p.m. – Fox Soccer Channel – Juventus vs. Udinese
4 p.m. – ESPN3.com/ESPN Deportes – Villarreal vs. Barcelona
6 p.m. – Azteca America/ESPN Deportes – Jaguares vs. Puebla
8 p.m. – Galavision – Tigres UANL vs. Estudiantes Tecos
8 p.m. – Telefutura – Pachuca vs. Queretaro
10 p.m. – Galavision – Atlante vs. Cruz Azul
10 p.m. – Telefutura – San Luis vs. America
SUNDAY
1 a.m. – Fox Soccer Channel – Adelaide United vs. Perth Glory
6 a.m. – DirecTV – Real Betis vs. Granada
6:30 a.m. – Fox Soccer Plus/ESPN3.com – Fiorentina vs. Siena
6:30 a.m. – ESPN3.com/ESPN Deportes – Feyenoord vs. Ajax
8:30 a.m. – Fox Soccer Plus/FoxSoccer.tv – Sunderland vs. Middlesbrough
9 a.m. – Fox Soccer Channel – Lecce vs. Inter Milan
9 a.m. – ESPN3.com – Roma vs. Bologna
9 a.m. – ESPN3.com – Chievo Verona vs. Lazio
10 a.m. – DirecTV – Levante vs. Getafe
10 a.m. – DirecTV – Real Sociedad vs. Sporting Gijon
11 a.m. – Fox Soccer Channel – Arsenal vs. Aston Villa
11 a.m. – FoxSoccer.tv – Valenciennes vs. Ajaccio
11 a.m. – FoxSoccer.tv – Evian Thonon Gaillard vs. Bordeaux
11:30 a.m. – GOLTV – VfB Stuttgart vs. Borussia Monchengladbach
12 p.m. – ESPN3.com/ESPN Deportes – Racing Santander vs. Valencia
1 p.m. – Univision – Pumas UNAM vs. Chivas de Guadalajara
2:15 p.m. – ESPN3.com – Gil Vicente vs. Porto
2:45 p.m. – Fox Soccer Channel – AC Milan vs. Cagliari
3 p.m. – Azteca America – Tijuana vs. Santos Laguna
3 p.m. – FoxSoccer.tv – Stade Rennes vs. Marseille
3:30 p.m. – GOLTV – Malaga vs. Sevilla
8:30 p.m. – Fox Deportes – Boca Juniors vs. River Plate
The only Bundesliga match on ESPN3 is:
German Bundesliga
1/28 9:30 AM EST Bayern Munich vs. VfL Wolfsburg
No Hoffenheim.
Go live in a 3rd world country where being a macho moron is acceptable
I hate US womens soccer team … I hate women playing soccer …what a turn off!!
There I said it!!
making plays all over the field now, too. Good for her after that foul.
And goooooooooal de Carli Lloyd! A Wambach shot is cleared but everyone forgets about Lloyd waiting on the outside of the penalty box, and she screams it right past 5 or 6 CR defenders who look on helplessly. USA 2-0 CRC
Carli Lloyd, 2-0! 72nd minute.
agree, hard to remember another positive touch from her
Morgan in for Tobin Heath, who, despite scoring the goal, has provided little life in drawing away attention from Abby Wambach
ever since that hard foul early on Lloyd, she’s not been in there. give Costa Rica credit.
Leroux (sp) might do well in this physical game
And nevermind. Started to work.
I’ve got sound but no picture on concacaf tv. Anyone else having that problem??
When you’re signing in, although the box says “e-mail address” they do NOT want your e-mail address, they actually want your username.
I don’t know about registering, though. I didn’t have a problem with that when I signed up.
Expect to turn down the volume if watching this USA Costa Rica game. Canadian color team–>>>HORRIBLE
anybody else having trouble signing in and/or registering on the concacaf website? It won’t accept my email address when i register…..
One of the Costa Ricans just straight up slapped Cheney across the face after a tussle in the midfield and nothing from the ref (though a free-kick was awarded)
+1
+1
I am satisfied by Costa Rica’s #19 for now
Goooooooool de Tobin Heath! Finished the rebound from a header off a corner kick. 16th minute, 1-0.
Christopher Walken wants more cowbell but I could go for some more Alex Morgan, please
I could be wrong but I think the match is on ESPN3.
I wish GolTV showing Hoffenheim this week, Gyau may finally be joining Johnson and Williams on the first team.