The Italian Serie A and French Ligue 1 titles have already been decided, but the Spanish La Liga race continues to go down to the wire.
Barcelona, Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid all kick off on Saturday. Los Blancos arguably face the toughest task this weekend, playing Real Sociedad on the road.
In England, Arsenal-Norwich City takes center stage, with both sides needing all three points for different reasons. The Gunners are trying to keep their UEFA Champions League qualification spot, while the Canaries need points to avoid relegation.
Seattle Sounders-Columbus Crew and Fort Lauderdale Strikers-Tampa Bay Rowdies headline matches Stateside.
If you will be watching today’s soccer, please feel free to share your thoughts, opinions and some play-by-play in the comments section below.
Enjoy the action (Today’s TV schedule is below):
MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER
4 p.m. — MLS Live — Montreal Impact vs. Colorado Rapids
4 p.m. — YES Network/MLS Live — New York City FC vs. Vancouver Whitecaps
4 p.m. — MLS Live — Seattle Sounders vs. Columbus Crew
4 p.m. — MLS Live — Philadelphia Union vs. San Jose Earthquakes
5 p.m. — CSN Chicago/MLS Live — Chicago Fire vs. D.C. United
7:30 p.m. — MLS Live — New England Revolution vs. Orlando City SC
9:30 p.m. — MLS Live — Real Salt Lake vs. Houston Dynamo
NASL
2 p.m. — WatchESPN/ESPN3/NASL Live — Ottawa Fury vs. Miami FC
7 p.m. — One World Sports/WatchESPN/NASL Live — Fort Lauderdale Strikers vs. Tampa Bay Rowdies
8 p.m. — beIN Sports USA/beIN Sports Connect/WatchESPN/NASL Live — Rayo OKC vs. Indy Eleven
ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE
10 a.m. — NBCSN/NBC Sports Live Extra — Everton vs. Bournemouth
10 a.m. — NBCSN/NBC Sports Live Extra/NBC Deportes en Vivo Extra — Stoke City vs. Sunderland
10 a.m. — USA Network/NBC Sports Live Extra/NBC Universo/NBC Deportes en Vivo Extra — Newcastle United vs. Crystal Palace
10 a.m. — NBC Sports Live Extra — Watford vs. Aston Villa
10 a.m. — NBC Sports Live Extra — West Bromwich Albion vs. West Ham United
12:30 p.m. — NBC/NBC Sports Live Extra/NBC Universo/NBC Deportes en Vivo Extra — Arsenal vs. Norwich City
SPANISH LA LIGA
10 a.m. — beIN Sports USA/beIN Sports en Español/beIN Sports Connect — Real Sociedad vs. Real Madrid
12:15 p.m. — beIN Sports USA/beIN Sports en Español/beIN Sports Connect — Atlético Madrid vs. Rayo Vallecano
2:30 p.m. — beIN Sports USA/beIN Sports en Español/beIN Sports Connect — Real Betis vs. Barcelona
4:05 p.m. — beIN Sports en Español/beIN Sports Connect — Granada vs. Las Palmas
GERMAN BUNDESLIGA
9:30 a.m. — Fox Sports 2/Fox Sports Go/Fox Soccer 2Go — Bayern Munich vs. Borussia Mönchengladbach
9:30 a.m. — Fox Soccer Plus/Fox Soccer 2Go — Borussia Dortmund vs. VfL Wolfsburg
9:30 a.m. — Fox Deportes/Fox Soccer 2Go — Darmstadt 98 vs. Eintracht Frankfurt
9:30 a.m. — Fox Soccer 2Go — Hoffenheim vs. FC Ingolstadt
9:30 a.m. — Fox Soccer 2Go — Hannover 96 vs. Schalke 04
9:30 a.m. — Fox Soccer 2Go — Mainz 05 vs. Hamburg SV
12:30 p.m. — Fox Sports 1/Fox Sports Go/Fox Deportes/Fox Soccer 2Go — Bayer Leverkusen vs. Hertha Berlin
ITALIAN SERIE A
Noon — beIN Sports Connect/RAI International — Udinese vs. Torino
2:45 p.m. — beIN Sports Connect/RAI International — Chievo Verona vs. Fiorentina
FRENCH LIGUE 1
11 a.m. — beIN Sports Connect — Saint-Étienne vs. Toulouse
PORTUGUESE PRIMEIRA LIGA
1:30 p.m. — Univision Deportes — FC Porto vs. Sporting CP
MEXICAN LIGA MX
6 p.m. — Univision Deportes/Univision — Club América vs. Monterrey
8 p.m. — Univision Deportes — Tigres UANL vs. Veracruz
9:06 p.m. — NBC Universo/NBC Deportes en Vivo Extra — Club León vs. Pachuca
9:30 p.m. — Azteca America — Morelia vs. Santos Laguna
ENGLISH LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP
7:30 a.m. — beIN Sports USA/beIN Sports Connect — Bolton Wanderers vs. Hull City
SWISS SUPER LEAGUE
11:45 a.m. — beIN Sports Connect — Grasshopper vs. Young Boys
In what many would consider bad news, Ventura Alvarado went 90 minutes for Club America and Edgar Castillo saw his first action in sometime subbing in at halftime for Monterrey apparently recovered from his toe injury.
I can see why Klinsmann wants guys going to Europe if for no other reason then it makes his job easier. Trying to pick a group of MLS players seems so hard because everyone is so streaky. I watch nearly every match and have less and less of idea what teams are good much less what players. Possession actually seems to hurt some sides rather then help them. It’s interesting and fun but just seems so random at times.
Good point. I wonder out of curiosity what percentage of goals in MLS are scored off a counter
i think the “parity” thing in mls might have something to do with that, both in perception and reality.
take our bundesliga players, for example: morales has played way more games than pulisic and is considered one of the leaders of the team. however, (one of the reasons) that pulisic is considered a lock for the copa america roster while morales is not, is that ‘everyone knows’ that dortmund is way better than ingostadt (although they’re only separated by 7 places in the table atm), and so pulisic’s accomplishments are considered more impressive.
with mls, since talent is spread relatively evenly throughout the league, (a) it’s harder to get on a roll against a string of pushover opponents, and (b) an observer doesn’t have the benefit of an obvious hierarchy.
Well, the thing about that comparison is that Morales hadn’t seen the field as much recently, while Pulisic’s appearances–fewer as they may be–were, until a week ago, all more recent.
he was injured, but again, that was just an example; i think the perception would be the same even had morales been playing those games.
Rapids in a real gut check type of situation come from behind twice on the road to get a result in a difficult place.
breaking news, Jordan morris scores LEFT footed goal
I’ll believe it when I see it, sir!! lol jk. That news makes me happy
Just saw the highlight and he looked like he was swinging a piece of dead meat at the ball…. Fortunate deflection BUT….. A goal is a goal! Good job Jordan!
Morales went 90 again for Ingolstadt today…given that we’re in the market for a #6 post-Beckerman/Jones shouldn’t we be seeing more of him? Yes I know he hasn’t impressed with the national team in the past but he only has 12 caps and would be in his prime (28) at the next WC.
Danny Williams was back in the lineup playing CAM for Reading.
Is this where I insert an “out of position” comment? I’m just trying to be nonsensical like the others have told me to be
I’m just presenting the information what someone else wants to do with it is up to them.
for the record, i think williams might be able to do a job as cam against a middling 2nd division team like pne. however, this would not be the game i’d choose to defend ‘outside-the-box’ lineups (i understand your comment was in jest–just saying): from the match reports and blogs, it apparently was the worst they’ve looked all year, and williams in particular was poor–just a whole lot of aimless running out of him with no end product, and the midfield was weak as a result of him being too far up the field.
SUNDERLAND…….L…….O…….L…….
Why?
Really?….. Because Sunderland stole a late point only to still go down into the relegation zone….. Do I really need to explain the humor there?
It’s annoying and dumb
U mad bro?….
Not at all. But you should know you’re shtick is tired. Just stop.
And what if it’s not a stick and merely a human commenting on a blog at no ones expense?…….
Congrats on the tie! Well earned points today, you roker.
Give this up.
Give up commenting on a public soccer blog? There’s no reason to do that.
You never have to agree with my posts but unless I say something negative or incorrect there’s I no reason for you to ask me to stop… lol…
I hope you have a fantastic day!!!
Give up your stupid shtick. It’s not an unreasonable request.
+1. Give it up.
Bryan, please refer to my above response to Commish for further clarification.
I read it. That was annoying too.
How about we broker a deal, when people stop the Pulisic, Dempsey, Wood at CB or GK jokes, DLOA will stop his Sunderland L…O…L,?
At least ONE PERSON, gets the bigger picture of my “schtick”…. Lol
Believe it or not, DLOA, you are still not the smartest person in the room.
Quote me saying that, please, sir. I’ll wait…..
I think you are a smart person, for the record.
I didn’t get to watch the game, how did Howard do?
Decent enough. The goal did slip in under his elbow as he was going down for the save, but not necessarily his fault. Might have been a foul by the offense a couple passes before the goal, which had all the Everton players a little miffed.
only caught the second half of stoke-sunderland (god damn you geoff cameron), but yedlin looked good. didn’t get forward too much, but very solid on defense. he really has made great progress this season.
Definitely. He still needs to improve on crossing, but his positioning and decision-making are better.
Yes. His defending is noticeably better compared to earlier in the season. And he still has the pace on the wing to come up when needed. Wonder where he will be next season?
Yedlin on phone with Geoff this morning: ” hey bro if it’s late in the game and your team is up by one, can you give up a PK so we can get the point to help stay up ?”
Geoff: “I got you, bruv.”
Of course Newcastle won so back into relegation zone for Sunderland.
Yea a point behind with a game at hand helps tho
Geoff Cameron helping Sunderland stay up
Wt…fufufug Geoff. Nnnnnot….. smart.
well they are not safe yet, still a pretty good chance of going down
Was there an SBI predictions of the preliminary 40 man copa roster
No, but Ives wrote a projection of the 23 for his paying job a couple weeks ago, if you add in the just misses and dark horse it would be close to 40. It was written April 6 so some things have changed.
http://www.goal.com/en-us/news/1679/us-national-team/2016/04/06/22066272/projecting-the-usa-copa-america-squad?ICID=SP
and some outsiders from another Ives article last week
http://www.goal.com/en-us/news/66/united-states/2016/04/27/22849752/on-american-soccer-players-klinsmann-should-consider?ICID=SP
Arriola, Moreno, Requejo, and Orozco all started for Tijuana last night. I believe it was Moreno’s first start and Requejo’s first minutes of any kind.this season.
Yedlin with a solid 1st half 0-0 a few good blocks and aerials won. Arnautovic (sp?…) beat him once for a chance in the box but that’ll happen here or there.
As I typed that stole scored. Yedlin not involved at all. Terrible in-box defending by Kone and Kaboul
Pulisic on the bench.
BvB has used all their subs no CP22 today.
So Bayern can win the league today and against an American field player and Fox doesn’t at least put that on FS1? Instead they are showing replays of racing. They sure are trying to maximize their investment into the Bundesliga.