The FA Cup will be narrowed down to two finalists this weekend at Wembley Stadium, and each of the semifinal matches has a special twist to it. Tim Howard and Everton will look to topple Merseyside rival Liverpool. If that result happens, and Tottenham bests Chelsea in the all-London semifinal, then Howard and Brad Friedel could take center stage in the final.
Elsewhere around the world, Barcelona and Real Madrid each have one more match before their anticipated Clasico, with Real Madrid nursing a four-point edge heading into the weekend's match against Sporting Gijon. All eyes will be on Cristiano Ronaldo, not only for his goal-scoring exploits, but because if he receives a yellow card in the game, he'll be suspended for the grudge match with Barcelona.
In MLS, some of the biggest games of the season are on tap, with Sporting Kansas City hosting Real Salt Lake in a meeting of the league's top two teams; Colorado's Brian Mullan returning to Seattle for the first time with the since his tackle of Steve Zakuani; and New York's high-octane attack going up against San Jose's much-improved defense.
Here is this weekend's soccer on TV:
THIS WEEKEND'S SOCCER ON TV
FRIDAY
2:30 p.m. – GOLTV – Stuttgart vs. Werder Bremen
2:45 p.m. – Fox Soccer Plus/FoxSoccer2Go – Southampton vs. Reading
7 p.m. – Univision – Estudiantes vs. Colon
9 p.m. – ESPN Deportes/Azteca America – Jaguares vs. Tijuana
9 p.m. – Univision Deportes – Estudiantes Tecos vs. Puebla
9:30 p.m. – GOLTV – Correcaminos UAT vs. Irapuato
SATURDAY
3 a.m. – Fox Soccer Channel – Central Coast Mariners vs. Perth Glory
7:30 a.m. – Fox Soccer Channel – Liverpool vs. Everton
7:45 a.m. – ESPN2/ESPN3.com – Norwich City vs. Manchester City
9:30 a.m. – GOLTV – Schalke vs. Borussia Dortmund
10 a.m. – Fox Soccer Channel – Swansea City vs. Blackburn
10 a.m. – Fox Soccer Plus/FoxSoccer2Go – West Brom vs. Queens Park Rangers
10 a.m. – FoxSoccer2Go – Sunderland vs. Wolverhampton
10 a.m. – FoxSoccer2Go – West Ham vs. Brighton & Hove Albion
12 p.m. – Fox Soccer Channel/ESPN3.com – AC Milan vs. Genoa
12:30 p.m. – ESPN3.com – Bayern Munich vs. Mainz 05
12:45 p.m. – ESPN3.com/ESPN Deportes – PSV Eindhoven vs. AZ Alkmaar
2 p.m. – GOLTV – Real Madrid vs. Sporting Gijon
2:45 p.m. – Fox Soccer Channel/ESPN3.com – Udinese vs. Inter Milan
3 p.m. – Fox Soccer Plus/FoxSoccer2Go – Lyon vs. Marseille
3:30 p.m. – NBC Sports Network – Philadelphia Union vs. Columbus Crew
4 p.m. – ESPN/ESPN3.com – Levante vs. Barcelona
4 p.m. – MLS Live/Direct Kick – Seattle Sounders vs. Colorado Rapids
4 p.m. – MLS Live/Direct Kick – New England Revolution vs. D.C. United
4:30 p.m. – MLS Live/Direct Kick – Toronto FC vs. Chivas USA
5:15 p.m. – GOLTV – River Plate vs. Huracan
6 p.m. – Univision Deportes – Queretaro vs. San Luis
6 p.m. – Telefutura – America vs. Santos Laguna
7 p.m. – MLS Live/Direct Kick – New York Red Bulls vs. San Jose Earthquakes
8 p.m. – Univision Deportes – Tigres UANL vs. Chivas de Guadalajara
8 p.m. – Telefutura – Pachuca vs. Morelia
8:30 p.m. – MLS Live/Direct Kick – Sporting Kansas City vs. Real Salt Lake
8:30 p.m. – MLS Live/Direct Kick – FC Dallas vs. Montreal Impact
9:30 p.m. – Galavision – Atlas vs. Monterrey
10 p.m. – Univision Deportes – Atlante vs. Pumas UNAM
10:30 p.m. – MLS Live/Direct Kick – Los Angeles Galaxy vs. Portland Timbers
SUNDAY
6 a.m. – ESPN3.com/ESPN Deportes – Espanyol vs. Valencia
6:30 a.m. – Fox Soccer Plus/ESPN3.com – Novara vs. Lazio
9 a.m. – Fox Soccer Channel/ESPN3.com – Cesena vs. Juventus
9 a.m. – ESPN3.com – Lecce vs. Napoli
9:30 a.m. – ESPN3.com/ESPN Deportes – Borussia Monchengladbach vs. FC Cologne
11 a.m. – Fox Soccer Channel – Manchester United vs. Aston Villa
11 a.m. – FoxSoccer2Go – Sochaux vs. Dijon
11 a.m. – FoxSoccer2Go – Nancy vs. Bordeaux
11 a.m. – FoxSoccer2Go – Lorient vs. Montpellier
11 a.m. – FoxSoccer2Go – Valenciennes vs. Evian Thonon Gaillard
11 a.m. – FoxSoccer2Go – St. Etienne vs. Brest
11 a.m. – FoxSoccer2Go – Lille vs. Ajaccio
12 p.m. – GOLTV – Athletic Bilbao vs. Mallorca
1 p.m. – Univision – Toluca vs. Cruz Azul
1 p.m. – Fox Soccer Channel – Tottenham vs. Chelsea
2:45 p.m. – FoxSoccer2Go/Fox Deportes/ESPN3.com – Roma vs. Fiorentina
3 p.m. – GOLTV – Ponte Preta vs. Corinthians
3 p.m. – Fox Soccer Plus/FoxSoccer2Go – Auxerre vs. Paris-St. Germain
3:30 p.m. – ESPN3.com/ESPN Deportes – Rayo Vallecano vs. Atletico Madrid
7 p.m. – Galavision – Chicago Fire vs. Houston Dynamo
7 p.m. – GOLTV – Tigre vs. Boca Juniors
This Weekend’s Soccer on TV. The significance might be lacking more than usual this time of year but that does not mean that the final
Ronaldo with two rockets from distance….so far.
No top ten list?
RSL/SKC only on Direct Kick? These teams need a TV deal
he is not human…
I was thinking The Thing:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thing_%28comics%29
Hopefully opposing fans don’t tell him he’s not incredible.
That’s what I thought, too.
Tim Howard: American Badass
Sunderland vs Wolves will be on FOX Deportes. FOX is going 3 wide on Saturday at 10am ET.
Estudiantes-Colon will be on TyC Sports USA, not Univision.
Am I the only one who thinks Tim looks like he’s about to turn into the Hulk in this picture?!?
te-boh-WING… painful.
Dumb and Dumber 3: the revenge of Dumb and Dumber 2
Completely random but….this happened
http://espn.go.com/espnradio/play?id=7779245
‘Big Head, Red Head, a podcast of Taylor Twellman and Alexi Lalas’….
boy these Timmy Howard photos from that stopped penalty sequence just get freakier and freakier