By FRANCO PANIZO
If you are in the mood to watch some mouth-watering matches, this weekend’s Americans Abroad action is perfect for you.
Several Americans will be involved in intriguing, high-profile matches this weekend, including Clint Dempsey. Dempsey and Tottenham will take on Manchester City on Sunday and a win for Spurs at White Hart Lane would be huge, as it could potentially move Tottenham into fourth place and give them the Premiership’s UEFA Champions League qualifiers spot ahead of Arsenal.
Another interesting game that will take place in England will go down on Monday. Brad Guzan is aiming to lead Aston Villa as they try and grab a result on the road against Manchester United, but the Red Devils will be keen on taking all three points so as to try and secure that the Premiership crown is theirs.
If that is not enough to satisfy your cravings, Saturday has a fixture worth watching. Jozy Altidore and AZ Alkmaar host third-placed PSV Eindhoven and the U.S. Men’s National Team striker will try to add to his impressive scoring total while trying to help lead AZ to victory.
Here is who the Americans Abroad play this weekend:
FRIDAY
Michael Parkhurst and FC Augsburg play Borussia Moenchengladbach. (Parkhurst is out injured.)
Joe Gyau and St Pauli play VfL Bochum.
Herculez Gomez, Benji Joya and Santos Laguna play Monterrey.
Geoff Cameron, Brek Shea and Stoke City play Queens Park Rangers.
Tim Howard and Everton play Sunderland.
Sebastian Lletget and West Ham United play Wigan Athletic.
Jonathan Spector, Will Packwood and Birmingham City play Leeds United. (Spector and Packwood are out injured.)
Tim Ream and Bolton Wanderers play Middlesbrough.
Zak Whitbread and Leicester City play Crystal Palace.
Conor Doyle and Derby County play Peterborough United.
Stuart Holden and Sheffield Wednesday play Ipswich Town.
Frank Simek and Carlisle United play AFC Bournemouth.
Mike Grella and Scunthorpe United play Milton Keynes Dons.
Oguchi Onyewu and Malaga play Valencia.
David Yelldell and Bayer Leverkusen play Fabian Johnson, Danny Williams and TSG 1899 Hoffenheim.
Jermaine Jones and Schalke 04 play Eintracht Frankfurt. (Jones is out injured.)
Steve Cherundolo and Hannover 96 play Bayern Munich.
Bobby Wood and TSV 1860 Munich play FSV Frankfurt.
Jozy Altidore and AZ Alkmaar play PSV Eindhoven.
Terrence Boyd and Rapid Vienna play Austria Vienna.
Josh Gatt and Molde FK play Odd.
Joe Corona, Edgar Castillo, Greg Garza and Club Tijuana play Morelia.
Jose Torres, Jonathan Bornstein and Tigres UANL play Pachuca.
Ventura Alvarado and Club America play Pumas UNAM.
SUNDAY
Clint Dempsey, Brad Friedel and Tottenham Hotspur play Manchester City.
Carlos Bocanegra and Racing Santander play Villarreal.
Michael Bradley and AS Roma play US Pescara.
Timmy Chandler and FC Nurnberg play SpVgg Greuther Furth.
Alfredo Morales, John Anthony Brooks and Hertha Berlin play Andrew Wooten and SV Sandhausen.
Caleb Patterson-Sewell and Vitoria Setubal play Tony Taylor and Estoril Praia.
Maurice Edu and Bursaspor play Antalyaspor.
Sacha Kljestan and RSC Anderlecht play Zulte-Waregem in the Belgian playoffs.
Charlie Davies and Randers FC play Conor O’Brien and FC Nordsjaelland.
Clarence Goodson and Brondby IF play Silkeborg IF.
Alejandro Bedoya and Helsingborg IF play Brommapojkarna.
Steve Clark and Honefoss BK play Sandnes Ulf.
Mix Diskerud and Rosenborg BK play Haugesund.
DaMarcus Beasley, Michael Orozco Fiscal and Puebla play Atlante.
MONDAY
Brad Guzan, Eric Lichaj and Aston Villa play Manchester United.
Eugene Starikov and FK Rostov play Terek Grozny.
Brian Span and Djurgarden IF play Elfsborg.
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Which of these games are you most looking forward to? How will Tottenham and Dempsey fare vs. Manchester City? Think Guzan and the Villans have any chance against Manchester United?
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