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This Weekend’s Soccer on TV

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The only two undefeated teams remaining in the English Premier League will square off in a top-of-the-table clash this weekend.

Tottenham, after picking up a 2-1 victory over Middlesbrough last weekend, has a chance to overtake Manchester City when it hosts Pep Guardiola’s squad at White Hart Lane on Sunday. Two points currently separate the two and Spurs have the recent bragging rights after completing the double over City last season by a combined scored of 6-2.

Manchester United looks to build off its momentum from last weekend’s rebounding performance — a 4-1 rout of reigning champions Leicester City — when it hosts Stoke City. Arsenal, meanwhile, will look to keep pace atop the league when it travels to take on Burnley.

In Germany, the still-perfect Bayern Munich will try to slow down the upstart Cologne — which currently stands third in the Bundesliga — in a home fixture. Borussia Dortmund, on the other hand, hopes to take advantage by getting a result on the road at Bayer Leverkusen.

As for the action in Spain, the three table leaders, Real Madrid, Barcelona and Atlético Madrid will take on Eibar, Celta de Vigo and Valencia, respectively.

Stateside, MLS’ Eastern Conference will see an exciting weekend with several playoff contenders vying to improve their standings. Toronto FC and the New York Red Bulls will host D.C. United and the Philadelphia Union, respectively, while New York City FC travels to face the Houston Dynamo.

In the Western Conference, a couple of marquee matchups will see FC Dallas take on the LA Galaxy and the Vancouver Whitecaps face their Cascadia rivals, the Seattle Sounders.

Meanwhile, the NWSL semifinals will begin, with the Washington Spirit taking on the Chicago Red Stars and the Portland Thorns hosting Western New York Flash.

Also in action will be the 2016 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup in Jordan. The United States will kick off its campaign on Saturday against Paraguay.

Here is a rundown of all the soccer action on TV this weekend, with all times Eastern:

FRIDAY

ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE

3 p.m. — NBC Sports Live Extra — Everton vs. Crystal Palace

SPANISH LA LIGA

2:45 p.m. — beIN Sports en Español/beIN Sports Connect — Real Sociedad vs. Real Betis

GERMAN BUNDESLIGA

2:30 p.m. — Fox Sports 2/Fox Sports Go/Fox Soccer 2Go — RB Leipzig vs. FC Augsburg

FRENCH LIGUE 1

2:45 p.m. — beIN Sports USA/beIN Sports Connect — Stade Rennes vs. Guingamp

MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER

8 p.m. — MLS Live/UniMás/Univision Deportes — Houston Dynamo vs. New York City FC

NCAA MEN

7 p.m. — ACC Network/WatchESPN — Wake Forest vs. Clemson

7 p.m. — ACC Network/WatchESPN — Duke vs. NC State

7 p.m. — ACC Network/WatchESPN — Notre Dame vs. Pittsburgh

NCAA WOMEN

7 p.m. — ESPN3/WatchESPN — Tiffin vs. Grand Valley State

7 p.m. — SEC Network +/WatchESPN — Vanderbilt vs. Tennessee

8 p.m. — SEC Network +/WatchESPN — Georgia vs. Arkansas

8 p.m. — SEC Network +/WatchESPN — Alabama vs. Mississippi State

8 p.m. — Longhorn Network/WatchESPN — Oklahoma State vs. Texas

8 p.m. — ESPN3/WatchESPN — Lamar vs. Stephen F. Austin

NWSL

8 p.m. — Fox Sports 1/Fox Sports Go/YouTube — Washington Spirit vs. Chicago Red Stars

SCOTTISH PREMIER LEAGUE

2:45 p.m. — Fox Soccer Plus/Fox Soccer 2Go — Motherwell vs. Heart of Midlothian

FIFA U-17 WOMEN’S WORLD CUP

8 a.m. — Fox Sports 2/Fox Sports Go/Fox Soccer 2Go — Venezuela vs. Germany

10 a.m. — Fox Sports 2/Fox Sports Go/Fox Soccer 2Go — Mexico vs. New Zealand

11 a.m. — Fox Soccer Plus/Fox Soccer 2Go — Cameroon vs. Canada

1 p.m. — Fox Soccer Plus/Fox Soccer 2Go — Jordan vs. Spain

SATURDAY

ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE

7:30 a.m. — NBCSN/NBC Sports Live Extra — Swansea City vs. Liverpool

10 a.m. — NBCSN/NBC Sports Live Extra — Hull City vs. Chelsea

10 a.m. — NBC Sports Live Extra — Sunderland vs. West Bromwich Albion

10 a.m. — NBC Sports Live Extra — Watford vs. Bournemouth

10 a.m. — NBC Sports Live Extra — West Ham United vs. Middlesbrough

SPANISH LA LIGA

10:15 a.m. — beIN Sports en Español/beIN Sports Connect — Sevilla vs. Deportivo Alavés

12:30 p.m. — beIN Sports en Español/beIN Sports Connect — Osasuna vs. Las Palmas

2:45 p.m. — beIN Sports en Español/beIN Sports Connect — Deportivo La Coruña vs. Sporting Gijón

GERMAN BUNDESLIGA

9:30 a.m. — Fox Sports 2/Fox Sports Go/Fox Soccer 2Go — Bayern Munich vs. Cologne

9:30 a.m. — Fox Soccer 2Go — Hertha Berlin vs. Hamburg SV

9:30 a.m. — Fox Soccer 2Go — FC Ingolstadt vs. Hoffenheim

9:30 a.m. — Fox Soccer 2Go — Darmstadt 98 vs. Werder Bremen

9:30 a.m. — Fox Deportes/Fox Soccer 2Go — Freiburg vs. Eintracht Frankfurt

12:30 p.m. — Fox Sports 2/Fox Deportes/Fox Sports Go/Fox Soccer 2Go — Bayer Leverkusen vs. Borussia Dortmund

FRENCH LIGUE 1

11 a.m. — beIN Sports USA/beIN Sports Connect — Paris Saint-Germain vs. Bordeaux

ITALIAN SERIE A

2:45 p.m. — beIN Sports USA/beIN Sports Connect — Udinese vs. Lazio

MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER

7 p.m. — MSG +/MLS Live — New York Red Bulls vs. Philadelphia Union

7:30 p.m. — MLS Live — Toronto FC vs. D.C. United

7:30 p.m. — MLS Live — Columbus Crew vs. Chicago Fire

7:30 p.m. — MLS Live — New England Revolution vs. Sporting Kansas City

9 p.m. — MLS Live — Colorado Rapids vs. Portland Timbers

9 p.m. — MLS Live — FC Dallas vs. LA Galaxy

10:30 p.m. — KMYU Utah/MLS Live — San Jose Earthquakes vs. Real Salt Lake

NASL

7:30 p.m. — ESPN3 — Tampa Bay Rowdies vs. Miami FC

8 p.m. — ESPN3 — Minnesota United vs. Jacksonville Armada

NCAA MEN

5 p.m. — SEC Network +/WatchESPN — Charlotte vs. Kentucky

7 p.m. — ESPN3/WatchESPN — Green Bay vs. Cleveland State

7 p.m. — ESPN3/WatchESPN — Missouri State vs. Evansville

7 p.m. — ESPN3/WatchESPN — Belmont vs. Wright State

7 p.m. — ACC Network/WatchESPN — Florida State vs. Pittsburgh

NCAA WOMEN

1 p.m. — ESPN3/WatchESPN — Milwaukee vs. Detroit Mercy

1 p.m. — ESPN3/WatchESPN — Manhattan vs. Canisius

1:30 p.m. — ESPN3/WatchESPN — Lincoln Memorial vs. Wingate

2 p.m. — ACC Network/WatchESPN — Florida State vs. Pittsburgh

4 p.m. — ESPN3/WatchESPN — Northern Kentucky vs. Cleveland State

7 p.m. — ACC Network/WatchESPN — Clemson vs. Virginia Tech

7 p.m. — ACC Network/WatchESPN — Notre Dame vs. Louisville

MEXICAN LIGA MX

6 p.m. — Univision Deportes — Cruz Azul vs. Veracruz

8 p.m. — Univision/Univision Deportes — Monterrey vs. Club América

10 p.m. — Univision/Univision Deportes — Guadalajara vs. Morelia

ENGLISH LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP

12:30 p.m. — beIN Sports USA/beIN Sports Connect — Wolverhampton Wanderers vs. Norwich City

FIFA FUTSAL WORLD CUP

3:20 p.m. — Fox Soccer 2Go — Russia vs. Argentina

FIFA U-17 WOMEN’S WORLD CUP

9 a.m. — Fox Sports 1/Fox Sports Go/Fox Soccer 2Go — Nigeria vs. Brazil

9 a.m. — Fox Soccer Plus/Fox Soccer 2Go — Ghana vs. Japan

Noon — Fox Soccer Plus/Fox Soccer 2Go — United States vs. Paraguay

Noon — Fox Soccer 2Go — England vs. North Korea

DUTCH EREDIVISIE

1:45 p.m. — Univision Deportes — Heerenveen vs. PSV Eindhoven

SCOTTISH PREMIER LEAGUE

7:15 a.m. — Fox Soccer 2Go — Dundee vs. Celtic

SUNDAY

ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE

7 a.m. — NBCSN/NBC Sports Live Extra/Telemundo — Manchester United vs. Stoke City

9:15 a.m. — NBC Sports Live Extra — Leicester City vs. Southampton

9:15 a.m. — NBCSN/NBC Sports Live Extra/Telemundo — Tottenham vs. Manchester City

11:30 a.m. — NBCSN/NBC Sports Live Extra/Telemundo — Burnley vs. Arsenal

SPANISH LA LIGA

6 a.m. — beIN Sports en Español/beIN Sports Connect — Valencia vs. Atlético Madrid

10:15 a.m. — beIN Sports USA/beIN Sports en Español/beIN Sports Connect — Real Madrid vs. Eibar

12:30 p.m. — beIN Sports en Español/beIN Sports Connect — Espanyol vs. Villarreal

12:30 p.m. — beIN Sports en Español/beIN Sports Connect — Málaga vs. Athletic Bilbao

2:45 p.m. — beIN Sports USA/beIN Sports en Español/beIN Sports Connect — Celta de Vigo vs. Barcelona

GERMAN BUNDESLIGA

9:30 a.m. — Fox Sports 1/Fox Sports Go/Fox Soccer 2Go — VfL Wolfsburg vs. Mainz 05

11:30 a.m. — Fox Sports 2/Fox Deportes/Fox Sports Go/Fox Soccer 2Go – Schalke 04 vs. Borussia Mönchengladbach

ITALIAN SERIE A

Noon — beIN Sports USA/beIN Sports Connect — Milan vs. Sassuolo

MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER

1 p.m. — ESPN/ESPN Deportes/MLS Live — Orlando City SC vs. Montreal Impact

8 p.m. — Fox Sports 1/Fox Deportes/Fox Sports Go/Fox Soccer 2Go/MLS Live — Vancouver Whitecaps vs. Seattle Sounders

NASL

4 p.m. — One World Sports — New York Cosmos vs. Fort Lauderdale Strikers

7 p.m. — beIN Sports USA — Rayo OKC vs. Carolina RailHawks

NWSL

5 p.m. — Fox Sports 1/Fox Sports Go — Portland Thorns vs. Western New York Flash

NCAA MEN

Noon — Big Ten Network — Michigan vs. Penn State

2 p.m. — Big Ten Network — Ohio State vs. Michigan State

4 p.m. — Pac-12 Network — Oregon State vs. USC

6 p.m. — Pac-12 Network — UCLA vs. Oregon State

8 p.m. — Pac-12 Network — Stanford vs. California

NCAA WOMEN

1 p.m. — WatchESPN — North Carolina vs. Virginia

1 p.m. — ESPN/WatchESPN — South Dakota vs. Western Illinois

2 p.m. — ESPN/WatchESPN — Northern Iowa vs. Evansville

2 p.m. — ESPN/WatchESPN — Loyola-Chicago vs. Missouri State

2 p.m. — ESPN/WatchESPN — McNeese vs. Stephen F. Austin

2 p.m. — Longhorn Network/WatchESPN — Kansas vs. Texas

2 p.m. — ACC Network/WatchESPN — Wake Forest vs. Miami

3 p.m. — WatchESPN — Oklahoma vs. West Virginia

3 p.m. — ESPN3/WatchESPN — Wright State vs. Youngstown State

6 p.m. — SEC Network — Mississippi vs. Arkansas

7 p.m. — ACC Network/WatchESPN — Syracuse vs. Duke

SCOTTISH PREMIER LEAGUE

7 a.m. — Fox Soccer Plus/Fox Soccer 2Go — Hibernian vs. Dundee United

Comments

  1. I know my complaining won’t accomplish anything, but I wish Fox would do their programming with the US audience in mind. For example, they show the Bayern game, but Hertha Berlin vs. Hamburg, which should feature a US international on each team, is only on Fox 2Go. Then, for the Under 17 Women’s WC, they show Nigeria vs. Brazil on Fox Sports 1, but the US game is on Fox Sports Plus, which is much less available.. This happens almost every week where they seem to ignore what teams have Americans on them.

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