
With both Copa American and Euro 2016 all wrapped up, Major League Soccer regains most of the attention in the soccer world this weekend.
Headlining this weekend’s contests will be a Cascadia showdown between the Portland Timbers and the Seattle Sounders. Both sides are under the playoff line at the moment but intense action is to be expected anytime these two clubs square off.
Also getting national coverage will be a fixture between two of the top three teams in the Eastern Conference when the Philadelphia Union welcome the New York Red Bulls. The visitors will be playing their second game of the week after they got back to their winning ways on Wednesday with a 2-0 result at home against Orlando City SC, while the hosts are coming off a 3-0 win over D.C. United last Saturday.
The conference leaders New York City FC and FC Dallas, meanwhile, will take on the Montreal Impact on the road and Chicago Fire at home, respectively.
Here is a rundown of all the soccer action on TV this weekend, with all times Eastern:
FRIDAY
MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER
11 p.m. — UniMás/Univision Deportes — LA Galaxy vs. Houston Dynamo
MEXICAN LIGA MX
10 p.m. — Azteca America — Tijuana vs. Morelia
SATURDAY
MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER
7:30 p.m. — MLS Live/MLS Direct Kick/DirecTV/TWCSC Ohio/CW Columbus — Columbus Crew vs. D.C. United
9 p.m. — MLS Live/MLS Direct Kick/DirecTV/Altitude Sports/KMCI-38 Kansas — Colorado Rapids vs. Sporting Kansas City
9 p.m. — MLS Live/MLS Direct Kick/DirecTV/KTXA Dallas/CSN Plus — FC Dallas vs. Chicago Fire
10 p.m. — MLS Live/MLS Direct Kick/DirecTV/CSN New England/KMYU Utah — Real Salt Lake vs. New England Revolution
10 p.m. — MLS Live/MLS Direct Kick/WRDQ TV 27 — Vancouver Whitecaps vs. Orlando City SC
10:30 p.m. — MLS Live/MLS Direct Kick/DirecTV/CSN California — San Jose Earthquakes vs. Toronto FC
NASL
7 p.m. — ESPN3/NASL Live/TWCSN — Fort Lauderdale Strikers vs. Carolina RailHawks
7:30 p.m. — CBS Sports Network/NASL Live — Tampa Bay Rowdies vs. Puerto Rico
8 p.m. — beIN Sports USA/beIN Sports Connect/NASL Live — Minnesota United vs. Indy Eleven
8 p.m. — ESPN3/NASL Live — Miami FC vs. Jacksonville Armada
9 p.m. — ESPN3/NASL Live/One World Sports — Rayo OKC vs. New York Cosmos
MEXICAN LIGA MX
6 p.m. — Univision Deportes — Querétaro vs. Veracruz
8 p.m. — Univision Deportes/Univision — Monterrey vs. Puebla
10 p.m. — Univision Deportes/Univision — Club América vs. Chiapas
10 p.m. — UniMás — Necaxa vs. Cruz Azul
CLUB FRIENDLY
7:55 a.m. — ESPN3 — Everton vs. Jablonec
10:55 a.m. — ESPN Deportes/ESPN3 — PSV Eindhoven vs. FC Sion
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S FRIENDLY
3 p.m. — beIN Sports Connect — France vs. China
SUNDAY
MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER
3 p.m. — Fox/Fox Sports Go/Fox Soccer 2Go — Portland Timbers vs. Seattle Sounders
5 p.m. — ESPN/ESPN Deportes/WatchESPN — Montreal Impact vs. New York City FC
7 p.m. — Fox Sports 1/Fox Sports Go/Fox Deportes/Fox Soccer 2Go — Philadelphia Union vs. New York Red Bulls
NASL
4 p.m. — ESPN3/NASL Live — FC Edmonton vs. Ottawa Fury
MEXICAN LIGA MX
1 p.m. — Univision Deportes/Univision — Pumas UNAM vs. Guadalajara
7 p.m. — Univision Deportes — Santos Laguna vs. Tigres UANL
CLUB FRIENDLY
10:55 a.m. — ESPN3 — AS Roma vs. Terek Grozny
Thinks it’s probably a bit of wishful thinking to believe that MLS has the attention of most of the soccer world this weekend. I’d guess that at this time of year most of the soccer world’s attention is on things besides soccer.
Might want to ring up Fox and ask them why are they putting the Sounders vs Timbers on national tv and broadcasting at 12:30 Pacific time?
Clyde, contrary to your soccer world, it is a big deal in the Pacific Northwest. It has been for a while and will continue to be a big deal for a long time to come
Get the FotMob app. It will show you that there are plenty of leagues around the world playing regular season soccer this weekend.
It is nice to think about Sky Sports showing MLS now though, so there may be a good handful of brits getting their MLS on….
Go Sounders