This weekend, all eyes are on Camp Nou.
Barcelona and Real Madrid clash in another edition of El Clasico that has plenty of Spanish title ramifications. This match might not be the last between the star-studded rivals this season. If both can overturn one-goal deficits in the UEFA Champions League semifinals next week, then the next Clasico will have the ultimate prize on the line: A European championship.
There are plenty of noteworthy games happening across the globe outside of Spain as well, as Chelsea and Arsenal meet in a London derby with major table implications; Tim Howard and Everton look to spoil Manchester United's march to the Premier League title; and AS Roma aim to get back in the Champions League fold by dealing Italy-leading Juventus their first loss.
In Mexico, Santos Laguna have their eye on overturning their CCL final deficit to Monterrey, but before that Herculez Gomez' second-place side has a shot to go top of the table in their meeting with league-leading Tigres UANL.
In MLS, rivals D.C. United and the New York Red Bulls meet for the first time this season, while the San Jose Earthquakes and Real Salt Lake clash with first place in the Western Conference on the line.
Here is this weekend's soccer on TV:
THIS WEEKEND'S SOCCER ON TV
FRIDAY
9 p.m. – Azteca America/ESPN Deportes – Morelia vs. Atlante
SATURDAY
7:30 a.m. – Fox Soccer Plus – St. Johnstone vs. Dundee United
7:45 a.m. – ESPN2/ESPN3.com/ESPN Deportes – Arsenal vs. Chelsea
9:30 a.m. – GOLTV – Werder Bremen vs. Bayern Munich
10 a.m. – Fox Soccer Channel – Newcastle vs. Stoke City
10 a.m. – Fox Soccer Plus/FoxSoccer2Go – Aston Villa vs. Sunderland
10 a.m. – FoxSoccer2Go – Blackburn vs. Norwich City
10 a.m. – FoxSoccer2Go – Fulham vs. Wigan Athletic
10 a.m. – FoxSoccer2Go – Bolton vs. Swansea City
10 a.m. – FoxSoccer2Go – Bristol City vs. Barnsley
10 a.m. – FoxSoccer2Go – Heart of Midlothian vs. Rangers
12 p.m. – Fox Soccer Plus/FoxSoccer2Go/ESPN3.com – Chievo vs. Udinese
12 p.m. – ESPN3.com – Benfica vs. Maritimo Funchal
12 p.m. – DirecTV – Sporting Gijon vs. Rayo Vallecano
12:20 p.m. – FoxSoccer2Go – Middlesbrough vs. Southampton
12:30 p.m. – Fox Soccer Channel – Queens Park Rangers vs. Tottenham
1 p.m. – FoxSoccer2Go – Brest vs. Stade Rennes
1 p.m. – FoxSoccer2Go – Caen vs. St. Etienne
1 p.m. – FoxSoccer2Go – Dijon vs. Lille
1 p.m. – FoxSoccer2Go – Evian Thonon Gaillard vs. Toulouse
1 p.m. – FoxSoccer2Go – Montpellier vs. Valenciennes
1 p.m. – FoxSoccer2Go – Nice vs. Auxerre
2 p.m. – GOLTV/ESPN3.com/ESPN Deportes – Barcelona vs. Real Madrid
2:45 p.m. – Fox Soccer Channel/ESPN3.com – Napoli vs. Novara
3 p.m. – FoxSoccer2Go – Bordeaux vs. Marseille
3:30 p.m. – NBC Sports Network – Toronto FC vs. Chicago Fire
4:30 p.m. – DirecTV – Sevilla vs. Levante
6 p.m. – Azteca America – Cruz Azul vs. Estudiantes Tecos
6 p.m. – Telefutura – Queretaro vs. Toluca
6 p.m. – Univision Deportes – San Luis vs. Tijuana
7:30 p.m. – MLS Live/Direct Kick – Columbus Crew vs. Houston Dynamo
8 p.m. – Telemundo – Chivas de Guadalajara vs. Atlante
8 p.m. – Univision Deportes – Santos Laguna vs. Tigres UANL
9 p.m. – MLS Live/Direct Kick – Colorado Rapids vs. Los Angeles Galaxy
10 p.m. – MLS Live/Direct Kick – Vancouver Whitecaps vs. FC Dallas
10 p.m. – Univision Deportes – Monterrey vs. Pachuca
10:30 p.m. – MLS Live/Direct Kick – Portland Timbers vs. Sporting Kansas City
10:30 p.m. – MLS Live/Direct Kick – San Jose Earthquakes vs. Real Salt Lake
10:30 p.m. – MLS Live/Direct Kick – Chivas USA vs. Philadelphia Union
SUNDAY
6 a.m. – ESPN3.com/ESPN Deportes – Real Sociedad vs. Villarreal
6 a.m. – DirecTV – Granada vs. Getafe
6:30 a.m. – Fox Soccer Plus/FoxSoccer2Go/ESPN3.com – Fiorentina vs. Inter Milan
7:30 a.m. – Fox Soccer Channel – Manchester United vs. Everton
9 a.m. – Fox Soccer Plus/FoxSoccer2Go/ESPN3.com – AC Milan vs. Bologna
9 a.m. – ESPN3.com – Lazio vs. Lecce
9:30 a.m. – GOLTV – Augsburg vs. Schalke
10 a.m. – ESPN3.com – Racing Santander vs. Athletic Bilbao
10:30 a.m. – ESPN3.com – Ajax vs. Groningen
11 a.m. – Fox Soccer Channel – Wolverhampton vs. Manchester City
11 a.m. – Fox Soccer Plus/FoxSoccer2Go – Liverpool vs. West Brom
11 a.m. – FoxSoccer2Go – Paris St. Germain vs. Sochaux
11 a.m. – FoxSoccer2Go – Ajaccio vs. Nancy
11:30 a.m. – ESPN3.com – Hannover 96 vs. Freiburg
12 p.m. – GOLTV – Atletico Madrid vs. Espanyol
1 p.m. – Univision – Pumas UNAM vs. Jaguares
2:45 p.m. – Fox Soccer Channel – Juventus vs. Roma
3:15 p.m. – Fox Soccer Plus/FoxSoccer2Go – Lyon vs. Lorient
3:30 p.m. – GOLTV – Valencia vs. Real Betis
5 p.m. – Azteca America – Puebla vs. America
6 p.m. – ESPN2 – D.C. United vs. New York Red Bulls
6 p.m. – GOLTV – Belgrano vs. Boca Juniors
AZ and Jozy desperately need a win. Although 2nd, they’re just a point from dropping to 6th in the tight top of the table.
Another Classsico? These things are about as common as the Old Firm. *yawn*
Atletico Madrid v Espanyol on Sunday. Someone in La Liga has a sense of humor. And if you don’t get GolTV or ESPNDeportes may I suggest firstrowsports.eu….
Aren’t all the soccer games that were scheduled for Galavision moving to the new Univision Deportes channel (which is unfortunately only available on Dish Network)?
Try MO/TAV the issue is your time and doubt anything is opened up in SLO at that time. Give them a try though.
Oh, it was moved TO Saturday April 21…
http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2012/apr/09/barcelona-real-madrid-date-el-clasico
Just checked the soccernet.com homepage and the ‘ESPN Matches of the Week’ has the Classico listed at Saturday – 2pm.
Cheers
Didn’t the Barcelona – Real Madrid game get moved from Saturday to Sunday?
It’s still listed as Saturday above…
Anyone know of a good bar/pub in San Luis Obispo where I can catch an EPL game Sunday morning? My girl is running the marathon (6AM start), so I will be in need of a spot to watch the games and have a drink reall early.
I swear when I checked ESPN TV Guide last week the game was scheduled to show on ESPN2. Oh well, ESPN3.com is not a bad option since I have my computer connected to my TV.
Thanks for the explanations guys still a bummer though(also don’t have Goltv).
Because ESPN doesn’t have the English language rights to that game, GOLTV does.
GolTV owns English-language TV rights, ESPN has Spanish and internet.
I believe the games that appear on ESPN2 on occasion have to be sub-licensed from Gol. And they sure as hell ain’t giving this one up…
GolTV has the TV rights…it is weird they gave the spanish TV rights to ESPN Deportes though, but I’m sure they paid a lot for it. And naturally GolTV doesn’t mind giving internet rights to ESPN3 for this game since they don’t have a streaming service.
No Galavision MLS game this weekend and no Sounders game either. Not the usual 5 games, I might just save my marriage for another week.
Why isn’t Barcelona/Madrid not on ESPN or ESPN2?(I don’t have ESPN3 or ESPN Deportes) They showed games on those channels the last two weeks and they have Gruden Camp and World Strongest Man showing at those times.