Soccer action will be scarce this weekend due to international break, but the competition on the ledger will nevertheless provide some importance and entertainment for fans.
With World Cup, Africa Cup of Nations and Olympics qualifying all taking place this weekend, the marquee match — apart from the U.S. — will be one featuring Brazil and Uruguay in CONMEBOL qualifying.
Uruguay currently sits in second place in the CONMEBOL standings and three points behind Ecuador, while Brazil trails two points behind in third. Both sides are coming off respective 3-0 victories on Matchday 4 back in November, with La Celeste defeating Chile and the Seleção getting past Peru.
Other notable international matches this weekend include friendlies between Netherlands and France, Germany and England and Portugal and Bulgaria on Saturday, and then Romania and Spain on Sunday.
On the domestic side, while the U.S. Men’s National Team and the U.S. Under-23 Men’s National Team square off against Guatemala and Colombia, respectively, the MLS season continues with three matches on Friday, beginning with a matinee pitting New York City FC against New England Revolution.
Here is a rundown of all the soccer action on TV this weekend:
FRIDAY
WORLD CUP QUALIFYING
3:30 p.m. — beIN Sports USA/beIN Sports Connect — St. Vincent and the Grenadines vs. Trinidad and Tobago
7 p.m. — beIN Sports USA/beIN Sports Connect — Haiti vs. Panama
8 p.m. — beIN Sports Connect — Jamaica vs. Costa Rica
8:45 p.m. — beIN Sports en Español/beIN Sports Connect — Brazil vs. Uruguay
9:06 p.m. — Telemundo/beIN Sports Connect/NBC Deportes en Vivo Extra — El Salvador vs. Honduras
10:06 p.m. — beIN Sports USA/beIN Sports Connect/NBC Universo/NBC Deportes en Vivo Extra — Guatemala vs. United States
10:08 p.m. — Univision Deportes/UniMás — Canada vs. Mexico
INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY
3:30 p.m. — ESPN Deportes/ESPN3 — Slovakia vs. Latvia
3:45 p.m. — beIN Sports en Español/beIN Sports Connect — Netherlands vs. France
4:45 p.m. — beIN Sports Connect — Portugal vs. Bulgaria
AFRICA CUP OF NATIONS QUALIFYING
11 a.m. — beIN Sports Connect — Nigeria vs. Egypt
12:30 p.m. — beIN Sports USA/beIN Sports Connect — Ivory Coast vs. Sudan
12:30 p.m. — beIN Sports Connect — Mauritania vs. Gambia
1 p.m. — beIN Sports Connect — Tunisia vs. Togo
1 p.m. — beIN Sports Connect — Guinea vs. Malawi
3:30 p.m. — beIN Sports Connect — Algeria vs. Ethiopia
OLYMPICS QUALIFYING
5 p.m. — Fox Sports 1/Fox Sports Go/Fox Soccer 2Go/Univision Deportes — Colombia vs. United States
SATURDAY
MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER
3 p.m. — YES Network/MLS Live — New York City FC vs. New England Revolution
5:30 p.m. — MLS Live — D.C. United vs. FC Dallas
11 p.m. — MLS Live — Vancouver Whitecaps vs. Houston Dynamo
INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY
Noon — ESPN Deportes/ESPN3 — Russia vs. Lithuania
Noon — ESPN3 — Austria vs. Albania
12:30 p.m. — beIN Sports Connect — Poland vs. Finland
3:45 p.m. — ESPN2/ESPN Deportes — Germany vs. England
AFRICA CUP OF NATIONALS QUALIFYING
10:30 a.m. — beIN Sports USA/beIN Sports en Español/beIN Sports Connect — Cameroon vs. South Africa
1 p.m. — beIN Sports USA/beIN Sports en Español/beIN Sports Connect — Cape Verde Islands vs. Morocco
SUNDAY
INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY
2:45 p.m. — beIN Sports USA/beIN Sports en Español/beIN Sports Connect — Romania vs. Spain
Spain v. Italy is on right now.