In dramatic fashion, LA Galaxy picked up its first win of the season over El Tráfico rival LAFC on Saturday, and they will need to rise to a big occasion once again if they want to begin catching up to the leaders of the Western Conference.
On Wednesday, the Galaxy will deal with the Seattle Sounders, who are fresh off a big 3-0 Sunday night win over the Portland Timbers.
Freshly-minted English Premier League champion Liverpool opens up the preseason campaign with a friendly against Jesse Marcsh’s Red Bull Salzburg on Tuesday.
Also of European interest, the UEFA Women’s Champions League semifinals play out across the week, headlined by PSG’s attempt to prevent Lyon’s quest for a fifth straight UWCL title.
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Here are this week’s soccer viewing options:
Monday
Liga MX
10 p.m. –fuboTV, TUDN USA – Pachuca vs Mazatlán
Major League Soccer
7 p.m. -ESPN+, fuboTV – NYCFC vs Columbus Crew
Super League
6 a.m. –ESPN+– Henan Jianye vs Shanghai Shenhua
Club Friendly
12 p.m. -ESPN Deportes, ESPN Deportes+ – Schalke 04 vs Würzburger Kickers
Liga MX Femenil
5 p.m. –fuboTV, TUDN USA – América vs Atlético San Luis
8 p.m. -Fox Sports 2 Cono Norte – León vs Pachuca
Tuesday
Major League Soccer
7 p.m. –ESPN+, fuboTV – DC United vs New England Revolution
7:30 p.m. –ESPN+– Chicago Fire vs FC Cincinnati
7:30 p.m. –ESPN+, fuboTV – Philadelphia Union vs New York Red Bulls
8 p.m. –ESPN+– Montreal Impact vs Vancouver Whitecaps
8:30 p.m. –ESPN+, fuboTV – Sporting Kansas City vs Houston Dynamo
UEFA Womens Champions League
2 p.m. -CBS All Access – Wolfsburg vs Barcelona
Canadian Premier League
8 p.m. -Fox Sports 2, fuboTV – Pacific vs Valour
Primera A
TBA –fuboTV – Emelec vs LDU Portoviejo
Club Friendly
10 a.m. -ESPN Deportes, ESPN Deportes+ – Feyenoord vs Arminia Bielefeld
10 a.m. -B/R Live – Salzburg vs Liverpool
2 p.m. -ESPN Deportes, ESPN Deportes+ – Villarreal vs Tenerife
Liga de Expansión MX
6 p.m. -Fox Sports 2 Cono Norte – Celaya vs Correcaminos UAT
8:05 p.m. -Fox Sports 2 Cono Norte – Atlético Morelia vs Pumas Tabasco
10:05 p.m. -TUDN USA – Alebrijes de Oaxaca vs Dorados
USL Championship
10 p.m. -ESPN Deportes, ESPN Deportes+ – Las Vegas Lights vs Orange County SC
Wednesday
Major League Soccer
7:30 p.m. –ESPN+– Orlando City SC vs Nashville SC
8 p.m. –ESPN+, fuboTV– Inter Miami vs Atlanta United
8:30 p.m. –ESPN+– FC Dallas vs Colorado Rapids
9:30 p.m. –ESPN+– Real Salt Lake vs LAFC
10:30 p.m. –ESPN+– LA Galaxy vs Seattle Sounders FC
10:30 p.m. –ESPN+– San Jose Earthquakes vs Portland Timbers
UEFA Womens Champions League
2 p.m. -CBS All Access – PSG vs Lyon
Copa do Brasil
8:30 p.m. -Fox Soccer Plus, fuboTV – Goiás vs Vasco da Gama
Canadian Premier League
1 p.m. -Fox Soccer Plus, fuboTV – York9 vs Forge
8 p.m. -Fox Sports 2, fuboTV– Edmonton vs HFX Wanderers
Super League
6 a.m. –ESPN+ – Shanghai SIPG vs Chongqing Dangdai Lifan
Liga de Expansión MX
5 p.m. -TUDN USA – Tlaxcala vs Atlante
8:05 p.m. -TUDN USA, ESPN2 Norte – Venados vs Tapatío
10:05 p.m. -ESPN2 Norte – Tampico Madero vs Tepatitlán
USL Championship
7 p.m. –ESPN+– Charlotte Independence vs North Carolina
7:30 p.m. –ESPN+– Charleston Battery vs Miami FC
8 p.m. –ESPN+– Louisville City vs Indy Eleven
9 p.m. -ESPN App- Colorado Springs vs Austin Bold
10:30 p.m. –ESPN+– Portland Timbers II vs LA Galaxy II
USL League One
7 p.m. –ESPN+– New England II vs Greenville Triumph
Thursday
Canadian Premier League
8 p.m. -Fox Sports 2, fuboTV – Atlético Ottawa vs Cavalry
Liga de Expansión MX
10 p.m. -TUDN USA- Cimarrones de Sonora vs Cancún
Liga MX Femenil
5 p.m. -TUDN USA- Toluca vs Guadalajara
Primera Division
7 p.m. –fuboTV – Peñarol vs Cerro Largo
I don’t understand why no MLS games are being picked up by ESPN, E3SPN 2, or Fox Sports 1 or 2. It’s not like there is a whole lot of other major live events. While I have signed up for ESPN+, I find the quality not to be as good.
I couldn’t agree more, Gary. It seems to me like ESPN in particular are shooting themselves in the foot by deliberately making it harder, not easier, to watch soccer. That is absolutely not the way to grow viewership for a sport.
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It’s all the crazier at a time when soccer is the sport that has been offering the most live games for months now. Some network executives seem to think US sports fans prefer talk shows to actual sports. If true, it would be a sad commentary on our society.
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I hope we won’t look back at the 2010s as a window when US soccer viewership was growing for a while, but then shrank as the top networks essentially cut back on featuring the sport, despite its growth around the rest of the world and its continuing popularity among younger Americans.
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