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This Weekend’s Soccer on TV

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Jose Mourinho may not be worried about his job security, but with rumors continuing to swirl about an imminent exit for the Chelsea manager, the Blues will face a tough task ahead in Liverpool on Saturday to headline the weekend’s soccer action.

Chelsea had won just once over its last four English Premier League outings and is coming off of a penalty shootout loss to Stoke City in the Football League Cup Round of 16 on Tuesday. Liverpool, meanwhile, picked up its first victory under Jurgen Klopp with a 1-0 win over Bournemouth while extending its unbeaten streak across all competitions to 10.

In other EPL action, Manchester United and Manchester City will take on Crystal Palace and Norwich City, respectively, while a Sunday matchup could feature two U.S. Men’s National Team members squaring off. DeAndre Yedlin, who had a full outing last week for Sunderland in a 3-0 win, will travel to Goodison Park to take on Tim Howard and Everton.

Elsewhere, Real Madrid fans may see their team regain some of its star power as James Rodriguez, Karim Benzema and Pepe are all likely to make their returns from respective injuries. Los Blancos remain the lone undefeated team in La Liga and will take on 18th-place Las Palmas at Santiago Bernabeu on Saturday.

On the same day in the Bundesliga, Hertha Berlin-Borussia Mönchengladbach and VfL Wolfsburg-Bayer Leverkusen provide two of the more enticing fixtures in German soccer this weekend.

At the international level, the FIFA U-17 World Cup continues to roll on as a pair of quarterfinals matchups will take place on Sunday in Brazil-Nigeria and Croatia-Mali.

Rounding out the weekend will be a quadruple-header of MLS Playoffs action as the first leg of the conference semifinals gets underway.

Here is a full rundown of this weekend’s soccer action on TV.

FRIDAY

GERMAN BUNDESLIGA

3:30 p.m. — Fox Sports 2/Fox Sports Go — Eintracht Frankfurt vs. Bayern Munich

SPANISH LA LIGA

3:30 p.m. — beIN Sports en Español/beIN Sports Connect — Deportivo La Coruña vs. Atlético Madrid

FRENCH LIGUE 1

3:30 p.m. — beIN Sports USA/beIN Sports Connect — Rennes vs. Paris Saint-Germain

MEXICAN LIGA MX

9:30 p.m. — Univision Deportes — Querétaro vs. Monterrey

11:30 p.m. — Azteca America — Tijuana vs. Pumas UNAM

ENGLISH LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP

3:45 p.m. — beIN Sports Connect — Brentford vs. Queens Park Rangers

NASL

7:30 p.m. — ESPN3/WatchESPN — Carolina RailHawks vs. Indy Eleven

NCAA MEN

7 p.m. — ESPN3 — Wake Forest vs. Louisville

7 p.m. — ESPN3 — Clemson vs. NC State

7 p.m. — ESPN3 — Green Bay vs. Northern Kentucky

8 p.m. — ESPN3 — Cleveland State vs. Valparaiso

9 p.m. — Pac-12 Network — Washington vs. California

NCAA WOMEN

2 p.m. — ESPN3 — Stetson vs. Kennesaw State

3 p.m. — ESPN3 — Wright State vs. Detroit

5 p.m. — Pac-12 Network — Colorado vs. Arizona

7 p.m. — Pac-12 Network — Oregon vs. Washington State

7 p.m. — ESPN3 — Virginia Tech vs. Notre Dame

7 p.m. — ESPN3 — North Florida vs. Jacksonville

7 p.m. — ESPN3 — Youngstown State vs. Oakland

SATURDAY

ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE

8:45 a.m. — NBCSN/NBC Sports Live Extra/Telemundo — Chelsea vs. Liverpool

11 a.m. — NBCSN/NBC Sports Live Extra — Crystal Palace vs. Manchester United

11 a.m. — NBC Sports Live Extra — Manchester City vs. Norwich City

11 a.m. — USA Network/NBC Sports Live Extra — Swansea City vs. Arsenal

11 a.m. — NBC Sports Live Extra — West Bromwich Albion vs. Leicester City

11 a.m. — NBC Sports Live Extra — Watford vs. West Ham United

11 a.m. — NBC Sports Live Extra — Newcastle United vs. Stoke City

SPANISH LA LIGA

11 a.m. — beIN Sports USA/beIN Sports en Español/beIN Sports Connect — Real Madrid vs. Las Palmas

1:15 p.m. — beIN Sports en Español/beIN Sports Connect — Villarreal vs. Sevilla

1:15 p.m. — beIN Sports Connect — Valencia vs. Levante

3:30 p.m. — beIN Sports USA/beIN Sports en Español/beIN Sports Connect — Getafe vs. Barcelona

5:05 p.m. — beIN Sports en Español/beIN Sports Connect — Real Sociedad vs. Celta de Vigo

GERMAN BUNDESLIGA

10:30 a.m. — Fox Sports 2/Fox Sports Go/Fox Soccer 2Go — Werder Bremen vs. Borussia Dortmund

10:30 a.m. — Fox Soccer Plus/Fox Deportes/Fox Soccer 2Go — Schalke 04 vs. Ingolstadt

10:30 a.m. — Fox Soccer 2Go — Hertha Berlin vs. Borussia Mönchengladbach

10:30 a.m. — Fox Soccer 2Go — Augsburg vs. Mainz 05

10:30 a.m. — Fox Soccer 2Go — Cologne vs. Hoffenheim

1:30 p.m. — Fox Sports 2/Fox Sports Go/Fox Deportes/Fox Soccer 2Go — VfL Wolfsburg vs. Bayer Leverkusen

FRENCH LIGUE 1

Noon — beIN Sports Connect — Saint Étienne vs. Reims

3 p.m. — beIN Sports Connect — Bastia vs. Caen

3 p.m. — beIN Sports Connect — Troyes vs. Lyon

3 p.m. — beIN Sports Connect — Gazélec Ajaccio vs. Bordeaux

ITALIAN SERIE A

1 p.m. — beIN Sports USA/beIN Sports Connect — Juventus vs. Torino

MEXICAN LIGA MX 

7 p.m. — Univision Deportes — Cruz Azul vs. Veracruz

9 p.m. — Univision Deportes — Tigres UANL vs. Santos Laguna

10 p.m. — NBC Universo/NBC Deportes En Vivo Extra — León vs. Atlas

10:30 p.m. — Azteca America — Morelia vs. Dorados

11 p.m. — Univision Deportes — Chiapas vs. Puebla

ENGLISH LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP

8:30 a.m. — beIN Sports USA/beIN Sports en Español/beIN Sports Connect — Birmingham City vs. Wolverhampton Wanderers

11 a.m. — beIN Sports Connect — Sheffield Wednesday vs. Nottingham Forest

2 p.m. — beIN Sports Connect — Preston North End vs. Bolton Wanderers

SCOTTISH PREMIER LEAGUE

8:30 a.m. — beIN Sports Connect — Fox Soccer Plus/Fox Soccer 2Go — Celtic vs. Aberdeen

NASL

4 p.m. — ESPN3/WatchESPN — Atlanta Silverbacks vs. Ottawa Fury

7 p.m. — ESPN3/WatchESPN/One World Sports — New York Cosmos vs. Tampa Bay Rowdies

8 p.m. — ESPN3/WatchESPN — Minnesota United vs. San Antonio Scorpions

NCAA MEN

1 p.m. — ESPN3 — Milwaukee vs. Detroit

5 p.m. — Big Ten Network — Michigan vs. Michigan State

7 p.m. — ESPN3 — Pittsburgh vs. Notre Dame

7 p.m. — ESPN3 — Manhattan vs. Canisius

7 p.m. — ESPN3 — San Diego State vs. Wright State

7 p.m. — SEC Network + — Old Dominion vs. South Carolina

NCAA WOMEN

7 p.m. — ESPN3 — North Carolina vs. Miami

SUNDAY

MLS

3 p.m. — ESPN — D.C. United vs. New York Red Bulls

5 p.m. — ESPN — Portland Timbers vs. Vancouver Whitecaps

7 p.m. — Fox Sports 1/Fox Sports Go/Fox Soccer 2Go — Montreal Impact vs. Columbus Crew

9:30 p.m. — Fox Sports 1/Fox Sports Go/Fox Soccer 2Go — Seattle Sounders vs. FC Dallas

ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE

8:30 a.m. — NBCSN/NBC Sports Live Extra — Everton vs. Sunderland

11 a.m. — USA Network/NBC Sports Live Extra — Southampton vs. Bournemouth

SPANISH LA LIGA

6 a.m. — beIN Sports Connect — Eibar vs. Rayo Vallecano

10 a.m. — beIN Sports en Español/beIN Sports Connect — Espanyol vs. Granada

12:15 p.m. — beIN Sports en Español/beIN Sports Connect — Sporting Gijón vs. Málaga

2:30 p.m. — beIN Sports en Español/beIN Sports Connect — Real Betis vs. Athletic Bilbao

GERMAN BUNDESLIGA

9:30 a.m. — Fox Sports 2/Fox Sports Go — VfB Stuttgart vs. Darmstadt 98

11:30 a.m. — Fox Sports 1/Fox Deportes/Fox Sports Go — Hamburg vs. Hannover 96

FRENCH LIGUE 1

8 a.m. — beIN Sports Connect — Nice vs. Lille

11 a.m. — beIN Sports USA/beIN Sports Connect — AS Monaco vs. Angers

3 p.m. — beIN Sports Connect — Nantes vs. Marseille

ITALIAN SERIE A

6:30 a.m. — beIN Sports USA/beIN Sports en Español/beIN Sports Connect — Fiorentina vs. Frosinone

9 a.m. — beIN Sports USA/beIN Sports Connect — Genoa vs. Napoli

9 a.m. — beIN Sports Connect — Carpi vs. Hellas Verona

9 a.m. — beIN Sports Connect — Bologna vs. Atalanta

9 a.m. — beIN Sports Connect — Udinese vs. Sassuolo

2:45 p.m. — beIN Sports USA/beIN Sports Connect — Lazio vs. Milan

MEXICAN LIGA MX

1 p.m. — Univision Deportes/Univision — Toluca vs. Club América

6 p.m. — Univision Deportes/UniMás — Guadalajara vs. Pachuca

FIFA U-17 WORLD CUP

2 p.m. — Fox Sports 1/Fox Sports Go/NBC Deportes En Vivo Extra — Brazil vs. Nigeria

5 p.m. — Fox Sports 2/Fox Sports Go/NBC Deportes En Vivo Extra — Croatia vs. Mali

SCOTTISH LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP

7:30 a.m. — Fox Soccer Plus/Fox Soccer 2Go — Hibernian vs. Rangers

NASL

3 p.m. — ESPN3/WatchESPN — Jacksonville Armada vs. Fort Lauderdale Strikers

NCAA MEN

1 p.m. — Big Ten Network — Penn State vs. Northwestern

3 p.m. — ESPN3 — Boston College vs. Florida State

4:30 p.m. — Pac-12 Network — Oregon State vs. California

NCAA WOMEN

6:30 p.m. — Pac-12 Network — Stanford vs. UCLA

Comments

  1. Curious to finally watch Alfredo Morales with his club team. Plus he’s playing a bit out of position for them as a wide midfielder, so it will be interesting to see how he’s been adapting (although I still think he is a #6 for us/USMNT).

    Reply
    • Woah…be careful! People will jump all over you for promoting players for playing in different positions. According to some on this board, a manager playing a player in a different position is a sign of incompetence even though it happens in EVERY professional league I know of in world soccer.

      Reply
      • Chill your woah. It’s one thing where your coach asks you to play in a position where you are practicing it with the team daily, and he explains how he wants you to play tactically.

        It’s another thing completely to just toss a guy on the field in a spot he has never played in his life without preparing or saying anything to them before they go on.

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