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Soccer Friday: Your Running Commentary

Photo by Gary Rohman/USA Today Sports
Photo by Gary Rohman/USA Today Sports

 

International friendlies take over the schedule on Friday afternoon, while one match will be played around MLS in the nightcap.

Sporting Kansas City and D.C. United will be shorthanded when they kickoff the MLS weekend, with key players like Matt Besler and Steve Birnbaum away on U.S. Men’s National Team duty.

In NASL, the lone match of the day sees the Ottawa Fury host the Fort Lauderdale Strikers.

CONMEBOL powers Argentina and Uruguay continue their preparations for next month’s Copa America Centenario when they meet Honduras and Trinidad & Tobago, respectively. Meanwhile, England takes on Australia as the Three Lions prepare for Euro 2016.

Two teams will punch their ticket to the Toulon Tournament semifinals on Friday, when Group B play comes to a conclusion. With all four teams mathematically alive, Japan will face England, while Portugal and Paraguay do battle.

If you will be watching today’s soccer, please feel free to share your thoughts, opinions and some play-by-play in the comments section below.

Enjoy the action (Today’s TV schedule is below):

MLS

7 p.m. — Univision Deportes/UniMas — Sporting KC vs. D.C. United

NASL

7 p.m. — ESPN3/Watch ESPN/NASL Live — Ottawa Fury vs. Fort Lauderdale Strikers

INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY

12 p.m. — ESPN3/Watch ESPN — Czech Republic vs. Malta

2:45 p.m. — Fox Sports 1/Fox Sports 2Go/Fox Deportes — England vs. Australia

2:45 p.m. — beIN Sports Connect — Northern Ireland vs. Belarus

7:10 p.m. — GOL TV USA — Uruguay vs. Trinidad & Tobago

7:30 p.m. — ESPN3/Watch ESPN — Argentina vs. Honduras

TOULAN TOURNAMENT

11 a.m. — beIN Sports Connect — Japan vs. England

1:30 p.m. — beIN Sports USA/beIN Sports Connect — Portugal vs. Paraguay

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