by GIANFRANCO PANIZO
Get your DVRs ready and set them accordingly because the English Premier League season is about to begin.
Everton-Arsenal, Manchester United-Birmingham City, Blackburn-Manchester City are some of the key matches to view this weekend, and with some of the games happening simultaneously, you just might have to record a few to watch them all.
While the EPL will grab most of the spotlight this weekend, there is still lots more to choose from. MLS action continues as does the Mexican league. There is also Brazilian, Colombian and even Australian soccer sprinkled into this weekend's soccer on TV.
Here is a complete rundown of this weekend's full slate of televised games:
FRIDAY
- 8pm- FSC- Miami FC Blues vs. Minnesota Thunder
SATURDAY
- 9:30am- GolTV- Hamburg SV vs. Borussia Dortmund
- 10am- FSC- Stoke City vs. Burnsley
- 10am- Setanta Sports- Fulham vs. Portsmouth
- 10am- Setanta Sports- Blackburn vs. Manchester City
- 10am- FSC, FSE- Aston Villa vs. Wigan Athletic
- 12:20pm- Setanta Sports- Newcastle United vs. Reading
- 12:30pm- GolTV- FC Koln vs. VfL Wolfsburg
- 12:30pm- FSC, FSE- Everton vs. Arsenal
- 3pm- Setanta Sports- Toulouse vs. Saint-Etienne
- 4pm- Direct Kick, Telefutura- D.C. United vs. Toronto FC
- 5pm- GolTV- Palmeiras vs. Botafogo
- 5pm- Setanta Sports- West Ham vs. Wolves
- 6pm- FSC, FSE- Real Salt Lake vs. Houston Dynamo
- 6pm- Telemundo- Monterrey vs. CD Toluca
- 7pm- Direct Kick- Columbus Crew vs. FC Dallas
- 7pm- MSG- New York Red Bulls vs. Chivas USA
- 7:30pm- GolTV- Millonarios Bogota vs. Nacional Funchal
- 8pm- Telemundo- Chivas Guadalajara vs. Queretaro FC
- 9:30pm- GolTV- Medellin vs. Envigado
- 9:45pm- Telefutura- Pachuca vs. San Luis
- 11pm- Direct Kick- Los Angeles Galaxy vs. Seattle Sounders
SUNDAY
- 3:30am- FSC- Sydney FC vs. Adelaide United FC
- 4am- Setanta Sports- Portsmouth vs. Fulham
- 6am- FSC- Blackburn vs. Manchester City
- 8:30am- Setanta Sports- Manchester United vs. Birmingham City
- 11am- FSC, FSE- Tottenham vs. Liverpool
- 11am- Setanta Sports- Nice vs. Rennes
- 11:30am- GolTV- Schalke 04 vs. VfL Bochum
- 1pm- FSE- Morelia vs. Indios
- 1pm- Telemundo- Pumas UNAM vs. Tigres UANL
- 1pm- Setanta Sports- Olympique Lyon vs. Valenciennes
- 2pm- Setanta Sports- Marseill vs. Lille
- 2:30pm- GolTV- Napoli vs. Salernitana
- 3pm- Telefutura- Kansas City Wizards vs. Chicago Fire
- 4:30pm- GolTV- Gremio vs. Flamengo
- 5pm- Telefutura- Santos Laguna vs. Cruz Azul
- 5pm- Univision- America vs. Atlas
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What matches are you most looking forward to watching? Pumped for the start of the EPL season?
Share your thoughts below.
What channel is FSE?
(SBI-Fox Sports Espanol)
wooo hooo! too excited to sleep!
Isn’t PSV playing Ajax this Sunday?
You know, Futbol Hollandes?
Just asking.
Jozy’s twitter indicates he won’t be there.
Switching the subject really quickly, it might be worth watching Tigres y Pumas on Sunday to see more of Edgar Castillo.
Late breaking news: Jozy won’t play according to his agent. The match wil be on ESPN 2 as previously stated. But much of the interest without Jozy in gone now.
Take it for what it’s worth, but the ESPNEWS ticker has Chelsea-Hull on ESPN2 at 7:45 a.m.
ok Confirmed from EPL Talk epltalkBREAKING: ESPN2 to show Chelsea v Hull City live at 7:45am ET Saturday!!!
I know that’s not saying much!
Posted by: AdamTheRed | August 14, 2009 at 07:51 PM
Awwwwww riiiiiight……
ok Confirmed from EPL Talk epltalkBREAKING: ESPN2 to show Chelsea v Hull City live at 7:45am ET Saturday!!!
I know that’s not saying much!
ON Twitter some ESPN SAP announcer said Hull v Chelsea will be on tom.
What the f–k is going on?!
Apologies, I meant Sat morn & Mon afternoon games (US time).
The ESPN sublicense agreement to show early Sat morn & Sat afternoon game was completed this afternoon, but it was too late for PL to ratify deal (due to time difference) before their (business) office closed for the weekend. Expect an official announcement on Monday. Unfortunately this means no live US tv coverage of Chelsea – Hull.
F%$^
You guys, you can watch at Justin.tv
That’s where I usually watch World Cup qualifiers and Premier League/La Liga games.
It’s free and lots of links/videos streaming.
Confirmation and a correction, 8 footie related murders, sorry. http://www.independent.ie/national-news/riot-police-ready-for-rowdy-polish-fans-1206644.html
Went to my first Legia game at 4 years old, Dad had to run me out of there when a riot started.