Barcelona has control of its own fate this Saturday.
Win or draw, and the Catalans will be crowned Spanish La Liga champions for the 24th time. A loss, however, could see Real Madrid pull off the stunning season-long comeback to steal the crown.
The two sides — separated by a point — will be on the road in their season finales with Barça taking on Granada and Real facing Deportivo La Coruña. Both clubs won big in their respective first meetings with their opponents this weekend by the scores of 4-0 and 5-0 back in January.
No such drama will ensue elsewhere in Europe as all major leagues have already crowned their winners. All there’s left to do is wrap up the season and sort out the UEFA Champions League participants for next season.
In England, however, an enticing match pitting champion Leicester City against previous title-holder Chelsea will take place at Stamford Bridge while the Football Championship will determine the two finalists in the promotion playoffs.
Domestically, MLS will see D.C. United-New York Red Bulls, Sporting Kansas City-Orlando City SC and Portland Timbers-New York City FC get national coverage.
Here is a rundown of all the soccer action on TV this weekend with all times Eastern:
FRIDAY
MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER
7 p.m. — Univision Deportes/UniMás/MLS Live — D.C. United vs. New York Red Bulls
USL
9 p.m. — ESPN3 — Colorado Springs vs. Portland Timbers II
SPANISH LA LIGA
2:30 p.m. — beIN Sports Connect — Valencia vs. Real Sociedad
ENGLISH LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP
2:45 p.m. — beIN Sports USA/beIN Sports en Español/beIN Sports Connect — Sheffield Wednesday vs. Brighton & Hove Albion (promotion playoffs semifinals)
SATURDAY
MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER
5 p.m. — MLS Live — Montreal Impact vs. Philadelphia Union
7:30 p.m. — MLS Live — Columbus Crew vs. Colorado Rapids
7:30 p.m. — MLS Live — Toronto FC vs. Vancouver Whitecaps
7:30 p.m. — CSN Chicago/MLS Live — New England Revolution vs. Chicago Fire
8:30 p.m. — MLS Live — Houston Dynamo vs. Real Salt Lake
9 p.m. — MLS Live — FC Dallas vs. Seattle Sounders
NASL
7 p.m. — ESPN3/NASL Live — Fort Lauderdale Strikers vs. Indy Eleven
7:30 p.m. — ESPN3/NASL Live — Tampa Bay Rowdies vs. Rayo OKC
7:30 p.m. — One World Sports/NASL Live — Carolina RailHawks vs. Miami FC
8 p.m. — beIN Sports USA/beIN Sports Connect/NASL Live — Minnesota United vs. Jacksonville Armada
SPANISH LA LIGA
11 a.m. — beIN Sports USA/beIN Sports Connect — Deportivo La Coruña vs. Real Madrid
11 a.m. — beIN Sports en Español/beIN Sports Connect — Granada vs. Barcelona
1:30 p.m.— beIN Sports Connect — Atlético Madrid vs. Celta de Vigo
1:30 p.m. — beIN Sports Connect — Athletic Bilbao vs. Sevilla
ITALIAN SERIE A
2:45 p.m. — beIN Sports en Español/beIN Sports Connect — Napoli vs. Frosinone
2:45 p.m. — beIN Sports USA/beIN Sports Connect — Milan vs. AS Roma
GERMAN BUNDESLIGA
(All games also available on Fox Sports 2’s multi-cast)
9:30 a.m. — Fox Sports Go/Fox Deportes/Fox Soccer 2Go — Bayern Munich vs. Hannover 96
9:30 a.m. — Fox Sports Go/Fox Soccer 2Go — Borussia Dortmund vs. Cologne
9:30 a.m. — Fox Sports Go/Fox Soccer 2Go — Bayer Leverkusen vs. FC Ingolstadt
9:30 a.m. — Fox Sports Go/Fox Soccer 2Go — VfL Wolfsburg vs. VfB Stuttgart
9:30 a.m. — Fox Sports Go/Fox Soccer 2Go — FC Augsburg vs. Hamburg SV
9:30 a.m. — Fox Sports Go/Fox Soccer 2Go — Werder Bremen vs. Eintracht Frankfurt
9:30 a.m. — Fox Sports Go/Fox Soccer 2Go — Hoffenheim vs. Schalke 04
9:30 a.m. — Fox Sports Go/Fox Soccer 2Go — Mainz 05 vs. Hertha Berlin
9:30 a.m. — Fox Sports Go/Fox Soccer 2Go — Darmstadt 98 vs. Borussia Mönchengladbach
FRENCH LIGUE 1
3 p.m. — beIN Sports USA/beIN Sports Connect — Paris Saint-Germain vs. FC Nantes
MEXICAN LIGA MX
10 p.m. — NBC Universo — Club León vs. Morelia
ENGLISH LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP
7:30 a.m. — beIN Sports USA/beIN Sports en Español/beIN Sports Connect — Derby County vs. Hull City (promotion playoffs semifinals)
SUNDAY
MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER
3:30 p.m. — ESPN/ESPN Deportes/MLS Live — Sporting Kansas City vs. Orlando City SC
7:30 p.m. — Fox Sports 1/Fox Sports Go/Fox Deportes/Fox Soccer 2Go/MLS Live — Portland Timbers vs. New York City FC
NASL
4 p.m. — One World Sports/ESPN3/NASL Live — FC Edmonton vs. New York Cosmos
ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE
10 a.m. — NBC Sports Live Extra — Arsenal vs. Aston Villa
10 a.m. — NBC Sports Live Extra — Manchester United vs. Bournemouth
10 a.m. — NBC Sports Live Extra — Southampton vs. Crystal Palace
10 a.m. — NBC Sports Live Extra — Chelsea vs. Leicester City
10 a.m. — NBC Sports Live Extra — West Bromwich Albion vs. Liverpool
10 a.m. — NBC Sports Live Extra — Swansea City vs. Manchester City
10 a.m. — NBC Sports Live Extra — Everton vs. Norwich City
10 a.m. — NBC Sports Live Extra — Watford vs. Sunderland
10 a.m. — NBC Sports Live Extra — Newcastle United vs. Tottenham
10 a.m. — NBC Sports Live Extra — Stoke City vs. West Ham United
SPANISH LA LIGA
6 a.m. — beIN Sports Connect — Málaga vs. Las Palmas
1 p.m. — beIN Sports Connect — Espanyol vs. Eibar
1:30 p.m. — beIN Sports en Español/beIN Sports Connect — Sporting Gijón vs. Villarreal
1:30 p.m. — beIN Sports Connect — Real Betis vs. Getafe
1:30 p.m. — beIN Sports Connect — Rayo Vallecano vs. Levante
ITALIAN SERIE A
2:45 p.m. — beIN Sports USA/beIN Sports Connect — Udinese vs. Carpi
2:45 p.m. — beIN Sports en Español/beIN Sports Connect — Palermo vs. Hellas Verona
MEXICAN LIGA MX
9 p.m. — NBC Universo — Pachuca vs. Santos Laguna
SCOTTISH PREMIER LEAGUE
7:30 a.m. — Fox Soccer 2Go/Fox Soccer Plus — Celtic vs. Motherwell
so close bob Bradley, so close
Um, Barcelona needs to win to have control of its own fate, not win or draw as the writer says here. 1 pt ahead of RM – if Barca draws and Real wins, Real wins the league.
Barca can lose the title with a draw.
Most likely won’t be a big deal as Barca and RM will most likely both hammer their opponents on Sunday, but that statement is incorrect. Come on guys.
This Univision MLS Friday night thing is killing me. At 8:30 ET they move the MLS match to Unimas and put on Mexican league match. Don’t have Unimas so can’t watch the last 30 min.
Unimas is usually a broadcast channel for most markets. Try using a digital antenna instead of cable for that and you might be able to find it (check your local listings).
Liga MX is in the playoffs so there are no MX matches tonight.
Why are there no games on NBCSN or FS1 this weekend? That makes zero sense.
There are games on the NBC family of networks this week. It was announced after the Sunderland-Everton game that the the schedule would be this for Sunday:
10:00 a.m., NBC and NBC Universo: Swansea City vs. Manchester City
10:00 a.m., NBCSN and Telemundo: Manchester United vs. Bournemouth
10:00 a.m., USA Network: Newcastle United vs. Tottenham Hotspur
10:00 a.m., CNBC: Chelsea vs. Leicester City
10:00 a.m., MSNBC: West Bromwich Albion vs. Liverpool
10:00 a.m., Syfy: Arsenal vs. Aston Villa
10:00 a.m., Bravo: Stoke City vs. West Ham United
10:00 a.m., E!: Southampton vs. Crystal Palace
10:00 a.m., Esquire: Everton vs. Norwich City
10:00 a.m., Oxygen: Watford vs. Sunderland