Good morning all. Today is shaping up to be another one of those days where you can feel free to grab the remote and watch good soccer all day long. There are matches galore, from South America to Europe, to keep you entertained.
Where to begin? You can start with Tim Howard and Everton facing Howard's former club, Manchester United, which is the second hottest team in the world right now, behind Barcelona. You also have some entertaining South American Under-20 matches that could help you catch a glimpse of the next generation of South American stars.
Here are today's Top Five matches to watch:
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Everton at Manchester United. Can Tim Howard stop the red-hot Red Devils?
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Udinese at Napoli. Two exciting teams with more star power than you realize.
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West Ham at Arsenal. London derbies are always fun to watch.
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Uruguay vs. Brazil (Under-20). Five years from now you'll be glad you watched.
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Portsmouth at Fulham. Can Clint Dempsey get hot before the Mexico match?
As always, feel free to share your thoughts, opinions and some play-by-play in the comments section below.
The rest of today's soccer TV schedule is after the jump. Enjoy the action:
Saturday soccer TV schedule
10am- Setanta- West Ham at Arsenal
10am- FSC- Wigan at Aston Villa
11:30am- GolTV- Bayer Leverkusen at Borussia Dortmund
12:15pm- FSC- Birmingham at Sheffield Wednesday
12:30pm- FSC- Everton at Manchester United
2:30pm- FSC- Cagliari at Juventus
3:30pm- GolTV- Paraguay vs. Argentina (CONMEBOL Under-20)
4:30pm- FSC- Udinese at Napoli
5pm- Setanta- Tottenham at Bolton
5:30pm- GolTV- Uruguay vs. Brazil(CONMEBOL Under-20)
6:45pm- Setanta- West Brom at Hull
8pm- GolTV- Paraguay vs. Venezuela(CONMEBOL Under-20)
8pm- FSC- Portsmouth at Fulham
10pm- GolTV- Real Madrid vs. Numancia
11pm- FSC- Gimnasia at Independiente
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Tim Howard is probably the MVP for Everton.
Those saying Dolo is out with an injury…… how long? Meaning, will he be available for Mexico?
Krista, thats the OTHER Ronaldo.
if an everton guy was tripped in the box like that would it be a penalty then? dude got beaten and left his leg out for they guy to trip on. is that not a foul?
Why is it that United always get those lame penalty calls at Old Trafford? Teams have to play 11 on 12 to beat them.
ugh. i want to hit ronaldo with one of his hookers.
Is this online anywhere?
Is this a US vs England thread?
Everton are parking the bus in their goal. This could be a long 90 minutes…
Ja. and we have Altidore, Donovan, Davies, Cooper and Ching. Ching probably won’t even make it to the roster of the last few games of qualifying much less the World Cup. Davies and Cooper need more games to shake their rusty look and emerge. Davies would be a great super-sub though. Each game Altidore becomes more of the striker we truly need him to be.
Com’on Red Devils! Champions of England, Champions of Europe!
terrible offside call there. i think they screwed everton on one earlier too.
England has the following strikers who can be used for WC qualifying or for the WC.
Wayne Rooney
Peter Crouch
Jermaine Defoe
Darren Bent
Gabriel Agbonlahor
and on the periphery you have Michael Owen and Dean Ashton.
Not too shabby. I imagine Rooney/Agbonlahor will be partnered up top with Defoe/Crouch being super subs.
Remember when Tony Meola was the best goalie in the world for a day against England?
Remember when Tim Howard was the best in the world for a day against Argentina?
Hes on his way to a second day like that with three great reflex, close range saves already.
damn. i want united to win but tim howard is a friggin boss. what a good save.
Bradley went the full 90 for BMG but they lost again. IT will be a long enduring season if they are going to keep from being relegated. They need a goal scorer cause Rob Friend just ain’t cutting it. 5 goals in 20 matches already.
krista: the guardian liveblog says man united is wearing them because of the anniversary of the munich air disaster but every game ive seen today both teams are wearing it so i dont know what else it is unless theyre all wearing them for that.
why are the players wearing black armbands?
Come on everton (one of the few times you will ever hear that from me…
If only EJ could play 15 or 20mins in the game against Arsenal, maybe he could score a goal. Sounds kinda sad but i still hold hope for that guy. If he could score some goals, he could be a possible standby for the World Cup. He has speed and he creates chances for the team. Just like Brian Ching, though neither of them can actually score against decent competition.
Was it the game against Poland where both struggled endlessly to score against Poland? Shite.
Nevland is a hero for Fulham. I have a feeling Zamora just lost his starting spot to him. And Dempsey shows his form again as usual. About time AJ has scored again. He hasn’t scored in the Premier League since November i believe. His 5th league goal in 20games.
Brad Guzan is a solid no.2 for AV and should be getting tons more time as the FA Cup winds on down and the UEFA Cup turns the heat up. Though i would like him to get a loan to maybe a Championship team to get PT, i think him sticking with AV and ajusting is the best.
Friedel is 1 of the top20 GK’s in the world. But it seems only the English or us Americans know it.
come on guys i;m gonna stay on the sacha to italy bandwagon hoping him or his people religiously read the comments on sbi. SACHA TO ITALY.
Kljestan is heading to Dutch or German club this summer.
Davies is moving up to a French or German club.
Gooch is heading to Marseille or PSG
Freddy Adu is probably heading back to Benfica or maybe a loan to a Dutch club.
Things are getting done.
jdd: i hope you’re right. that would mean lil brad would hopefully get alot more pt and that would be awesome.
I’m praying for Timmy to keep a cleansheet and for someone at Everton to score the winning goal against Man U. Liverpool needs to win to take the lead of the league. Come on Reds. Help out Everton.
Steve Cherundolo is a LEGEND at Hannover. Been part of the team for a decade now and still has 5 quality years in him. Just hope they can rise again and get back in UEFA Cup football.
Arsenal will not be in the Champions League next season. Say Hello to the CL, Mr. Friedel and Mr. Guzan.
haha i cant belive they did it. great game.
now it’s time for the big one of the day
Come on Wigan, hold on!
Who’s watching villa-wigan? Wigan throwing their bodies at the ball in their box. Crazy!
i just woke up and have been watching the villa game for about 20-30 minutes. this has been friggin intense! the indirect free kick in the box and about 15 other chances villa’s had have all been turned back by wigan. so awesome.
Fulham 3-0 80th minute
wow. villa has had some great chances. this match is crazy. carew must have lost a bet or something. that hair cut is ridic.
Jemal Johnson with a brace.
Jemal Johnson scores a 2nd goal
holy crap! how did villa not score just then????
Bradley goes the full 90, but Monchengladbach loses again, keeping them in the cellar of the Bundesliga table…
Extended weather forecast for Columbus: hi 50, low 33, rain
sorry diego the link i did find isn’t working. sucks.
anyone watching MB play?
cherundolo is injured. Not sure when he will be back, but he is injured. Good to see Zizzo on the bench, and bradley with a start is nice.
Freidel with a great save to end the half.
Julio, I took the schedule off the GolTV website. If you have the correct schedule please pass it along.
Bradley and Szetela both started and are playing for their respective teams…
Dempsey assist in first half.
Stevie Cherundolo is injured.
JEMAL JOHNSON with a GOAL for MK Dons!!!
Dude the schedule is all wrong….Col. vs Venz play today in the Sub 20 at night the other games are on Sunday. Who screwed this up!??!??!!?
anybody got a link to the fulham game?
Anybody know why Steve Cherundolo isn’t starting for Hannover? It looks like the RB who started in his stead scored the opening goal in their mad… This makes me nervous.
Spector will be on the bench for West Ham today.