With the European season winding down and teams fighting desperately for championships, European places and survival in the top flight, this week of soccer action promises to be one of the most intense yet.
There are also some marquee rivalries that will be on display this weekend, including Boca-River and the Milan Derby. Oh, and there’s also Christian Gomez’s first match against D.C. United.
Here are the Top Five games to watch this weekend:
1. Inter Milan vs. AC Milan. The Milan Derby is always intense and always competitive.
2. Boca Juniors vs. River Plate. Not only is this always a great match with unreal atmosphere, it always features some young players who are a few years away from being worldwide stars.
3. Birmingham City at Fulham. Fulham MUST win to keep its hopes of avoiding relegation alive.
4. Everton at Arsenal. Tim Howard’s Toffees need a win here to hold on to its UEFA Cup place.
5. D.C. United at Colorado Rapids. Christian Gomez faces D.C. Unit
ed for the first time. Be there.
Here are the rest of this weekend’s matches on TV:
SATURDAY
- 7:30am- Setanta USA- West Ham United at Manchester United
- 9:30am- GolTV- Hannover 96 at Schalke 04
- 9:45am- Setanta USA- Birmingham City at Fulham
- 10am- FSC- Tottenham at Reading
- 11:30am- GolTV- Eintracht Frankfurt at Stuttgart
- Noon- FSC- Sunderland at Bolton
- 2pm- GolTV- Recreativo Huelva at Atletico Madrid
- 2:30pm- FSC- Portsmouth at Middlesbrough
- 3pm- Setanta USA- Derby County at Blackburn
- 4pm- Deportivo La Coruna at Real Zaragoza
- 5pm- FSC- Women’s Soccer- Australia vs. USA
- 7:15pm- GolTV- Atletico Nacional at Deportivo Pasto
- 7:30pm- FSC- Kansas City Wizards at Columbus Crew
- 8:30pm- HDNet- Chivas USA at Houston Dynamo
SUNDAY
- 8:30am- Setanta USA- Everton at Arsenal
- 9am- FSC- Inter Milan at AC Milan
- 11am- FSC- Manhcester City at Liverpool
- 11am- GolTV- Bayern Munich at Wolfsburg
- Noon- Setanta USA- Lille at St. Etienne
- 1pm- GolTV- Valencia at Barcelona
- 2pm- FSC- River Plate at Boca Juniors
- 3pm- Telefutura- D.C. United at Colorado Rapids
- 3pm- GolTV- Real Madrid at Osasuna
- 3pm- Setanta USA- Bordeaux at Marseille
- 4pm- FSC- Fiorentina at Cagliari
- 5pm- GolTV- Getafe at Villarreal
- 5:15pm- Setanta USA- Leceister at Stoke (Coca Cola Championship)
- 7pm- GolTV- Millonarios at Once Caldas
- 11pm- Setanta USA- Hull at Ipswich
Fulham absolutely blows me away. What a fight.
COYW’s!
The AR of the Fulham game has to be getting paid off. He called 3 offsides that visibly wasn’t. And then the center called a handball on Dempsey that hit where your shoulder connects to your chest. Fulham should be able to pull it out though.
Hey look, a picture of Sal Zizzo.
Yeah, I know…I just thought it just meant this “round” of matches, not just those over the weekend.
USAManUtd, the Newcastle/Chelsea game is not until Monday. But Man Utd/West Ham should at least be in the top five games to watch this weekend. If ManU drop any points things get very very interesting.
How come you never list Mexican league games that are on Telefutura and Univision on the weekends? Atlas is playing Cruz Azul at 10:00pm on Saturday.
How come you never list Mexican league games that are on Telefutura and Univision on the weekends? Atlas is playing Cruz Azul at 10:00pm on Saturday.
DC has its chance this weekend to show some consistency. I call it 2-1 DC.
Reading and the spurs should be great. Everything on the line for Marcus and Bobby and yes – I predict Bobby starts.
Man that Q&A went fast- by the time i saw it, it was already closed. Guess I’ll hold my Q until next time.
Agreed with Matt & USAManUtd. West Ham always play Man U tough, especially when the game is of big importance!
COME ON YOU IRONS!!!
Good choices, but the United-WH game and the Chelsea-Newcastle came should be there ahead of the MLS match and the Everton-Arsenal match
VAMO’ RIVER CARAJO!!!! A GANAR SI O SI!!!
What about ManU-West Ham? Not worth a look?
Come on Fulham!!!