No, the United States won't be playing Egypt on Wednesday, but the day's international fixture slate is still ripe with tantalizing matchups.
Among the headliners is the Argentina-Portugal tilt that will pit La Liga rivals Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo against each other for the first time on the international stage. Although both have had more individual success on the club level than on the international level, expectations are high that the two most-recent FIFA players of the year will put on a show in Geneva.
Other high-profile matches on the docket include a rematch of the 1998 World Cup final, as France and Brazil do battle in Paris, and a matchup between European powers Germany and Italy.
Looking to do a little Gold Cup scouting? CONCACAF is represented on the schedule as well, with Canada facing Greece, Mexico meeting Bosnia-Herzegovina in Atlanta, Costa Rica squaring off with Venezuela and Honduras going up against Ecuador.
Here's the schedule (TV listings as well) for all of Wednesday's international friendlies:
WEDNESDAY'S INTERNATIONAL FIXTURE SCHEDULE
7 a.m. – San Marino vs. Liechtenstein
9 a.m. – Andorra vs. Moldova
10 a.m. – Armenia vs. Georgia
10 a.m. – Belarus vs. Kazakhstan
10 a.m. – Greece vs. Canada
11 a.m. – Iran vs. Russia
11 a.m. – Latvia vs. Bolivia
11:30 a.m. – Macedonia vs. Cameroon
11:45 a.m. – Croatia vs. Czech Republic
12 p.m. – Azerbaijan vs. Hungary
1 p.m. – Israel vs. Serbia
1 p.m. – Turkey vs. South Korea
1:35 p.m. – South Africa vs. Burkina Faso
2 p.m. – Albania vs. Slovenia
2 p.m. – Estonia vs. Bulgaria
2:15 p.m. – Denmark vs. England – ESPN3.com
2:15 p.m. – Luxembourg vs. Slovakia
2:30 p.m. – Netherlands vs. Austria – ESPN3.com
2:30 p.m. – Belgium vs. Finland
2:30 p.m. – Malta vs. Switzerland
2:30 p.m. – Poland vs. Norway
2:45 p.m. – France vs. Brazil – ESPN2/ESPNDeportes/ESPN3.com
2:45 p.m. – Germany vs. Italy – ESPN3.com
2:55 p.m. – Argentina vs. Portugal – GOLTV
3:30 p.m. – Spain vs. Colombia – ESPN3.com
7:30 p.m. – Venezuela vs. Costa Rica
8 p.m. – Mexico vs. Bosnia-Herzegovina – Telefutura
8:30 p.m. – Honduras vs. Ecuador
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