By FRANCO PANIZO

A special few days could be made even more so for Rubio Rubin this weekend.

Fresh off of earning his first two caps for the U.S. Men’s National Team, Rubin will return to club action on Sunday when FC Utretcht host Cambuur Leeuwarden. Utretcht are currently even on points with Cambuur, but one place lower in the Eredivisie standings because of their goal differential. Should Rubin and Utrecht emerge victorious, they would more than likely jump into a UEFA Europa League play-off spot while also moving closer to an automatic place in that competition.

Tigres UANL are also looking to rise in their respective league’s table as Liga MX’s Apertura campaign comes to a close. Toluca visit Tigres in a battle of the second and third-placed clubs on Saturday, and Jose Torres and Herculez Gomez’s side will be keen on winning for a number of reasons. In addition to trying to move up and obtain a higher seed – possibly first – ahead of the start of the Liguilla, Tigres will want to assure themselves of a place in the 2015 Copa Libertadores. Torres and Gomez’s roles in the match are unclear, but they both could see the field given their lengthy experience in Mexico’s top flight.

A pair of Americans who might also see time in the same game, though not alongside one another, are Fabian Johnson and Timmy Chandler. The two veteran fullbacks will look to get back into their club’s respective lineups, as Johnson’s Borussia Moenchengladbach plays hosts to Chandler’s Eintracht Frankfurt on Saturday. Both Johnson and Chandler are coming off lengthy cameos in the U.S.’s lopsided loss to the Republice of Ireland, so there is a chance the end up being utilized as bench players instead of starters.

Here is who the Americans Abroad battle this weekend:

FRIDAY

Emerson Hyndman and Fulham play Brentford.

Danny Williams and Reading play Cardiff City.

Andrew Wooten and SV Sandhausen play Heidenheimer SB.

Joe Corona, Greg Garza, Paul Arriola, Alejandro Guido, Fernando Arce Jr, Amando Moreno, John Requejo and Club Tijuana play Club Leon. (Corona is out injured.)

SATURDAY

Tim Howard and Everton play West Ham United.

Jozy Altidore and Sunderland play Leicester City.

Geoff Cameron and Stoke City play Burnley.

Tim Ream and Bolton Wanderers play Blackpool.

Oguchi Onyewu and Charlton Athletic play Millwall.

Jonathan Spector, Will Packwood, Brek Shea and Birmingham City play Rotherham United. (Spector is out injured.)

Zak Whitbread and Derby County play Watford.

Eric Lichaj and Nottingham Forest play Wigan Athletic.

Fabian Johnson and Borussia Moenchengladbach play Timmy Chandler and Eintracht Frankfurt.

David Yelldell and Bayer Leverkusen play Hannover 96.

Joe Gyau and Borussia Dortmund play SC Paderborn 07. (Gyau is out injured.)

John Brooks and Hertha Berlin play FC Cologne.

Bobby Wood and TSV 1860 Munich play FC Union Berlin.

Aron Johannsson and AZ Alkmaar play Vitesse Arnhem.

Sacha Kljestan and RSC Anderlecht play Royal Charleroi SC.

Conor O’Brien and FC Magna Wiener Neustadt play Wolfsberger AC.

Ventura Alvarado and Club America play Edgar Castillo and Atlas.

Michael Orozco and Puebla play Santos Laguna.

Herculez Gomez, Jose Torres and Tigres UANL play Toluca.

Gabriel Farfan and Jaguares de Chiapas play Jonathan Bornstein and Queretaro. (Bornstein is out injured.)

SUNDAY

Brad Friedel and Tottenham Hotspur play Hull City.

Julian Green and Hamburg SV play Werder Bremen.

Alfredo Morales and FC Ingolstadt 04 play Nurnberg.

Terrence Boyd and RP Leipzig play St Pauli.

Alejandro Bedoya and FC Nantes play St Etienne.

Rubio Rubin and FC Utrecht play Cambuur Leeuwarden.

Freddy Adu and FK Jagodina play Cukaricki.

Alonso Hernandez and Monterrey play Pumas UNAM.

MONDAY

Brad Guzan and Aston Villa play Cody Cropper and Southampton.

Jann George and SpVgg Greuther Furth play Fortuna Dusseldorf.

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Which of these matches are you most anticipating? Think Rubin is going to head back to Utrecht full of confidence? Expecting both of Johnson and Chandler to be back in action for their respective team?

Share your thoughts below.