By ADAM TROXTELL
Everton will hope to put up a better defensive effort in week two of English Premier League action with a trip to face Southampton.
The Toffees and goalkeeper Tim Howard will try to work past Leighton Baines’ injury and John Stones’ distraction by the Chelsea transfer saga to bounce back from a 2-2 draw against promoted Watford last weekend. Southampton also drew in their opening weekend game against Newcastle, though strikers Graziano Pelle and Shane Long started their seasons off by getting on the score sheet.
The Bundesliga is back starting this weekend with a host of games today. Bayer Leverkusen start their top-four quest against Hoffenheim, while Werder Bremen and Schalke square off elsewhere. Later, Dortmund starts what it hopes will be a much improved campaign by hosting Borussia Monchengladbach.
Cruz Azul and Club Tijuana start off the day’s Liga MX action. Further north, Jozy Altidore returns to his roots when Toronto FC travels to face the New York Red Bulls in MLS action.
If you will be watching any of today’s action, feel free to leave your thoughts, opinions and some play-by-play in the comments section below.
Enjoy the action (today’s soccer on TV schedule after the jump):
7:30am – BeIN Sports USA – Burnley vs. Birmingham City
7:45am – NBC Sports – Southampton vs. Everton
9:30am – Fox Sports 2 – Bayer Leverkusen vs. Hoffenheim
9:30am – Fox Soccer Plus – Werder Bremen vs. Schalke 04
9:30am – FoxSoccer2Go.com – Augsburg vs. Hertha Berlin
9:30am – FoxSoccer2Go.com -Darmstadt 98 vs. Hannover 96
9:30am – FoxSoccer2Go.com -Mainz 05 vs. Ingolstadt
10am – NBC Sports – Tottenham vs. Stoke City
10am – DirecTV/NBC Sports Live Extra – Sunderland vs. Norwich City
10am – DirecTV/NBC Sports Live Extra -Swansea City vs. Newcastle United
10am – DirecTV/NBC Sports Live Extra -Watford vs. West Bromwich Albion
10am – DirecTV/NBC Sports Live Extra -West Ham United vs. Leicester City
10am – BeIN Sports USA – MK Dons vs. Preston North End
11am – BeIN Sports Espanol – Saint-Etienne vs. Bordeaux
12:30pm – Fox Sports 2 – Borussia Dortmund vs. Borussia Moenchengladbach
1:45pm – Univision Deportes – Ajax vs. Willem II
2pm – BeIN Sports – Guingamp vs. Olympique Lyon
3:45pm – Univision Deportes – FC Porto vs. Vitoria Guimaraes
6pm – Univision Deportes – Cruz Azul vs. Club Tijuana
6pm – GolTV – Necaxa vs. San Luis
7pm – MLS Direct Kick – New York Red Bulls vs. Toronto FC
7pm – ESPN3/One World Sports – New York Cosmos vs. San Antonio Scorpions
7pm – ESPN3 – Ottawa Fury vs. Minnesota United
7:30pm – Azteca America – Morelia vs. Leon
7:30pm – MLS Direct Kick – New England Revolution vs. Houston Dynamo
7:30pm – ESPN3 – Fort Lauderdale Strikers vs. Tampa Bay Rowdies
7:30pm – ESPN3 – Jacksonville Armada vs. Atlanta Silverbacks
8pm – Univision Deportes – Tigres UANL vs. Chiapas
9pm – MLS Direct Kick – FC Dallas vs. LA Galaxy
9pm – MLS Direct Kick – Sporting Kansas City vs. Vancouver Whitecaps
9pm – Telemundo – Pachuca vs. UNAM Pumas
9:30pm – Azteca America – Atlas vs. Puebla
10pm – MLS Direct Kick – Real Salt Lake vs. Portland Timbers
10pm – ESPN Deportes – Dorados vs. Monterrey
really great weekend so far
cant wait for Sunday and Monday!
whats Mourinho going to do next! haha
Go Galaxy!
Fabian Johnson gets the start against Borussia Dortmund at left midfield on FS2. But they are down 3-0 after 45 minutes as Dortmund looks like their title contending selves.
Johnson hasn’t been great but neither has his team.
Fabian and all the BMG attackers had little to work with.
Dortmund took this game from the opening whistle and never let it go. That’s what they call putting on a clinic.
I don’t think you can say much of anything about Fabian based on this game. Dortmund were that dominant.
When are Terrance Boyd and Joe Gyau expected to return from their injuries?
Yeah mine was messed up from the start but couldnt get anything in the second half
NBC Live Extra stopped working at halftime for tons of people. I still don’t understand how other apps cannot keep up with the Watch ESPN app. it has never failed. NBC sucks, Foxgo sucks, MLS Live is streaky. just buy the ESPN software developers out and use their system, lol
Screw the haters. That new everton kit is pure sex
the shade of green is a little too pukey for my liking, i give them credit for using green but they need to adjust the RGB lol
It may also present a challenge under certain lighting conditions for the tv cameras to pickup enough contrast with the grass.
Everton look like Park Rangers. They just need the smokey bear hats.
Cameron went 90 at CB for stoke. A must add for the Confed Cup playoff if he keeps this up.
Ream looks to be moving to Fulham instead of QPR.
*semicolon* *right facing parenthesis*
Ethan Horvath might be a lock for u-23 GK
Alfredo Morales and Aron Johannsson both made their Bundesliga debuts, Alfredo went 90 in Ingolstadt’s 1-0 win over Mainz and Johannsson came on in the 57′ minute in Werder Breman 3-0 loss to Schalke.
That’s good news!
morales got an assist!
Newcastle down a goal and down a man. Janmat with two yellow cards, both done needlessly, both from midfield. As you were watching that game you could tell a second yellow was just waiting to happen. Absolutely pathetic from a full international to do something like that.
Sunderland sucks……….
SUNDERLAND……L…………..O………..L…………….
Sunderland fans were leaving the stadium even before halftime. that team is terrible.
I kinda thought that fox would improve the bundesliga viewing experience over that of goal tv, but I guess not
Seems pretty good for me, although I am viewing from my tablet.
Now 3-0 Everton in the 83rd … at Southamton at that.
And that’s it … a clean 3-0 sheet away for Timmie and Everton.