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The U.S. women's national team is a win away from completing its mission.
With a win over Japan on Sunday, the U.S. women would capture their first World Cup championship since 1999 and third overall. Sunday's final of the Women's World Cup highlights this weekend's slate of soccer across the world, which also includes the Copa America quarterfinals, the World Football Challenge and a full complement of Major League Soccer matches.
Domestically, the Seattle-Colorado tilt lost a bit of its luster with the word that Brian Mullan won't be making the trip, but it still features two postseason contenders in the Western Conference. The Houston-Sporting Kansas City battle is important considering the standings in the Eastern Conference, and Columbus and San Jose meet in a clash of teams that both made trades with Toronto FC this week.
Here is this weekend's soccer on TV:
THIS WEEKEND'S SOCCER ON TV
FRIDAY
11 p.m. – Fox Soccer Channel – Los Angeles Blues vs. Dayton Dutch Lions
SATURDAY
5:30 a.m. – Fox Soccer Channel – Malaysia All-Star XI vs. Liverpool
11:30 a.m. – ESPN2/ESPN3.com – Sweden vs. France (WWC third-place game)
3 p.m. – Univision/YouTube – Colombia vs. Peru (Copa America)
4 p.m. – Fox Soccer Channel – Seattle Sounders vs. Colorado Rapids
4 p.m. – MLS Direct Kick/MatchDay Live – Vancouver Whitecaps vs. Real Salt Lake
5:30 p.m. – GOLTV – Coritiba vs. Fluminense
6:15 p.m. – Univision/YouTube – Argentina vs. Uruguay (Copa America)
6:30 p.m. – Fox Soccer Channel – Orlando City vs. Rochester Rhinos
7:30 p.m. – MLS Direct Kick/MatchDay Live – Columbus Crew vs. San Jose Earthquakes
8 p.m. – Telefutura – Club America vs. Manchester City
8:30 p.m. – MLS Direct Kick/MatchDay Live – Chicago Fire vs. Portland Timbers
8:30 p.m. – MLS Direct Kick/MatchDay Live – Houston Dynamo vs. Sporting Kansas City
9 p.m. – MLS Direct Kick/MatchDay Live – FC Dallas vs. D.C. United
10 p.m. – ESPN2/ESPN3.com – Los Angeles Galaxy vs. Real Madrid
10:30 p.m. – Galavision – Chivas USA vs. New York Red Bulls
SUNDAY
2:45 p.m. – ESPN/ESPN3.com/Galavision – USA vs. Japan (WWC final)
3 p.m. – GOLTV – Botafogo vs. Corinthians
3 p.m. – Univision/YouTube – Brazil vs. Paraguay (Copa America)
6 p.m. – Fox Soccer Channel – Sky Blue FC vs. Western New York Flash
6:15 p.m. – Univision/YouTube – Chile vs. Venezuela (Copa America)
7 p.m. – MLS Direct Kick/MatchDay Live – New England Revolution vs. Philadelphia Union