We are now at the strange part of the season. The last week of club action before the 2022 World Cup takes center stage in Qatar. The break leaves several teams, namely in Europe, scrambling to leave themselves in the best possible positions before a two-month break.
That’s exactly what is on the line when Atalanta and Inter Milan square off on Sunday.
Heading into the break, neither is in Serie A’s UEFA Champions League picture, and looking to change that. Atalanta, the darlings of the 2020 UCL tournament, has held down a respectable campaign up until Wednesday’s stunning loss to Lecce which places them as losers of two straight.
Inter, on the other hand, hasn’t finished outside the top four since the 2014-2015 campaign and could have been weighed down by an unenviable UCL schedule the last couple of weeks. Sunday’s contest could see the potential winner land right where they want to be before the two-month pause.
The U.S. women’s national team is losing power by the day it seems, and Thursday’s loss to Germany didn’t do head coach Vlatko Andonovski any favors with his plummeting popularity. The Americans get to run back the 2-1 defeat on Sunday and might need a convincing win to settle a fanbase accustomed to dominance.
The USL Championship final also goes down on Sunday. San Antonio FC hosts Louisville City on Sunday to battle for the 11th title under its current format. Louisville already has two previous championships, and a third would make it the all-time leader in league history.
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Here is a look at This Weekend’s Top 5 Matches to Watch, as well as a full rundown of This Week’s Soccer on TV and Online:
This Weekend’s Top 5 Matches to Watch
- Atalanta vs Inter Milan – The peace of mind to be had in reaching the elite tier in Italy can not be taken lightly.
- USWNT vs Germany – Is it too early to think Andonovski’s chair is getting hot?
- San Antonio vs Louisville City – USL’s banner day will mark the third different champion in the league’s last three seasons.
- Wolverhampton vs Arsenal – While some are fighting for positioning, Arsenal leads the Premier League and signs off on a true trap game.
- Juventus vs Lazio – These two are in Serie A’s top four, and the latter has pulled it together in a timely fashion but could still sink below the line with a loss.
This Weekend’s Soccer on TV and Online
Friday
German Bundesliga
2:30 p.m. – ESPN+ – Borussia Monchengladbach vs Borussia Dortmund
Italian Serie A
2:45 p.m. – Paramount+ – Empoli vs Cremonese
French Ligue 1
3 p.m. – beIN SPORTS, fuboTV – Olympique Lyonnais vs Nice
Belgian First Division A
2:45 p.m. – ESPN+ – OH Leuven vs Sérésien
English Championship
3 p.m. – ESPN+ – Birmingham City vs Sunderland
German Bundesliga 2
12:30 p.m. – ESPN+ – Holstein Kiel vs Hannover 96
Women’s Friendly
2 p.m. – ESPN 3, Watch ESPN – Netherlands vs Costa Rica
10:45 p.m. – ESPN+ – Australia vs Sweden
Italian Serie B
2:30 p.m. – Fox Soccer Plus, fuboTV – Ascoli vs Frosinone
Dutch Eredivisie
2 p.m. – ESPN+ – Sparta Rotterdam vs Twente
Scottish Championship
2:45 p.m. – Paramount+ – Hamilton Academical vs Ayr United
Turkish Super Lig
12 p.m. – beIN SPORTS, fuboTV – Ankaragücü vs Trabzonspor
NCAA Men’s Soccer
4 p.m. – ESPN+ – San Jose St. vs Tba
7 p.m. – ESPN+ – Air Force vs Tba
10 p.m. San Diego St. vs UCLA
NCAA Women’s Soccer
3 p.m. – ESPN+ – Clemson vs Vanderbilt
4 p.m. – ESPN+ – Mississippi St. vs New Mexico St.
5 p.m. – ESPN+ – Florida St. vs FGCU
6 p.m. – ESPN+ – Ohio St. vs Bucknell
6 p.m. – ESPN+ – Georgia vs Samford
6 p.m. – ESPN+ – Michigan St. vs Milwaukee
6 p.m. – ESPN+ – Texas vs Texas A&M
6 p.m. – ESPN+ – Tennessee vs Xavier
6:30 p.m. – ESPN+ – LSU vs Lamar University
7 p.m. – ESPN+ – Alabama vs Jackson St.
7:30 p.m. – ESPN+ – Arkansas vs Missouri St.
8 p.m. – ESPN+ – BYU vs Utah Valley
8 p.m. – ESPN+ – TCU vs UTSA
9 p.m. – ESPN+ – UCLA vs Northern Ariz.
10 p.m. – ESPN+ – Stanford vs San Jose St.
Saturday
English Premier League
7:30 a.m. – USA, fuboTV – Manchester City vs Brentford
10 a.m. – Peacock – AFC Bournemouth vs Everton
10 a.m. – USA, fuboTV – Liverpool vs Southampton
10 a.m. – Peacock- Nottingham Forest vs Crystal Palace
10 a.m. – Peacock- Tottenham Hotspur vs Leeds United
10 a.m. – Peacock – West Ham United vs Leicester City
12:30 p.m. – NBC, fuboTV – Newcastle United vs Chelsea
2:45 p.m. – USA, fuboTV – Wolverhampton Wanderers vs Arsenal
German Bundesliga
9:30 a.m. – ESPN+ – Bayer Leverkusen vs Stuttgart
9:30 a.m. – ESPN+ – Hoffenheim vs Wolfsburg
9:30 a.m. – ESPN+ – Augsburg vs Bochum
9:30 a.m. – ESPN+ – Hertha BSC vs Köln
9:30 a.m. – ESPN+ – Werder Bremen vs RB Leipzig
12:30 p.m. – ESPN+ – Schalke 04 vs Bayern Munich
Italian Serie A
9 a.m. – Paramount+ – Napoli vs Udinese
12 p.m. – Paramount+ – Sampdoria vs Lecce
2:45 p.m. – Paramount+ – Bologna vs Sassuolo
Portuguese Primeira Liga
1p.m. – fuboTV – Arouca vs Rio Ave
3:30 p.m. – fuboTV – Boavista vs Porto
French Ligue 1
11 a.m. – beIN SPORTS, fuboTV – Lens vs Clermont
3 p.m. – beIN SPORTS, fuboTV – Rennes vs Toulouse
Spanish Copa del Rey
10 a.m. – ESPN+ – Fuentes vs Osasuna
10 a.m. – ESPN+ – Barbadás vs Real Valladolid
12:30 p.m. – ESPN+ – Alcora vs Elche
12:30 p.m. – ESPN+ – Autol vs Mallorca
3 p.m. – ESPN+ – Santa Amalia vs Villarreal
3 p.m. – ESPN+ – Rincón vs Espanyol
4 p.m. – ESPN+ – Almazán vs Atlético Madrid
English Championship
10 a.m. – ESPN+ – Hull City vs Reading
French Ligue 2
9 a.m. – fuboTV – Saint-Étienne vs Rodez
1 p.m. – fuboTV – Bordeaux vs Pau
Honduran Liga Nacional
8 p.m. – fuboTV, FOX Deportes – Honduras Progreso vs Olimpia
Men’s International Friendly
12:30 p.m. – fuboTV, FOX Deportes – Ecuador vs Iraq
Italian Serie B
8 a.m. – Fox Soccer Plus, fuboTV – Parma vs Cittadella
10:15 a.m. – Fox Soccer Plus, fuboTV – Ternana vs Brescia
Dutch Eredivisie
12:45 p.m. – ESPN+ – Emmen vs Ajax
3 p.m. – ESPN+ – PSV vs AZ
Peruvian Primera Division
8 p.m. – fuboTV – Alianza Lima vs Melgar
Portuguese Segunda liga
1 p.m. – fuboTV – Benfica II vs Penafiel
Turkish Super Lig
9 a.m. – beIN SPORTS, fuboTV – Fenerbahçe vs Giresunspor
12 p.m. – beIN SPORTS, fuboTV – İstanbul Başakşehir vs Galatasaray
NCAA Men’s Soccer
1 p.m. – ESPN+ – Harvard vs Dartmouth
1 p.m. – ESPN+ – Akron vs Western Mich.
4 p.m. – ESPN+ – Cornell vs Columbia
4 p.m. – ESPN+ – Princeton vs Penn
5 p.m. – ESPN+ – Brown vs Yale
5 p.m. – fuboTV – California vs Stanford
6 p.m. – ESPN+ – UNC Greensboro vs Mercer
6 p.m. – ESPN+ – Campbell vs High Point
7 p.m. – ESPN+ – Navy vs American
8 p.m. – ESPN+ – Lipscomb vs Central Ark.
10 p.m. – ESPN+ – UC Riverside vs UC Santa Barbara
NCAA Women’s Soccer
1 p.m. – ESPN+ – Georgetown vs Hofstra
2 p.m. – ESPN+ – Saint Louis vs Memphis
2 p.m. – ESPN+ – Notre Dame vs Omaha
2 p.m. – ESPN+ – Northwestern vs SIUE
4 p.m. – ESPN+ – Santa Clara vs California
4 p.m. – ESPN+ – Southern California vs UC Irvine
5 p.m. – ESPN+ – Harvard vs New Hampshire
6 p.m. – ESPN+ – Rutgers vs Brown
6 p.m. – ESPN+ – South Carolina vs Wake Forest
7 p.m. – ESPN+ – Pittsburgh vs Buffalo
7 p.m. – ESPN+ – North Carolina vs Old Dominion
7 p.m. – ESPN+ – Duke vs Radford
10 p.m. – ESPN+ – Portland vs Arizona St.
Sunday
English Premier League
9 a.m. – USA, fuboTV – Brighton & Hove Albion vs Aston Villa
11:30 a.m. – USA, fuboTV – Fulham vs Manchester United
German Bundesliga
9:30 a.m. – ESPN+ – Mainz 05 vs Eintracht Frankfurt
11:30 a.m. – ESPN+ – Freiburg vs Union Berlin
Italian Serie A
6:30 a.m. – CBS Sports Network, Paramount+ – Atalanta vs Inter Milan
9 a.m. – Paramount+ – Hellas Verona vs Spezia
9 a.m. – Paramount+ – Monza vs Salernitana
9 a.m. – Paramount+ – Roma vs Torino
12 p.m. – Paramount+ – Milan vs Fiorentina
2:45 p.m. – Paramount+ – Juventus vs Lazio
French Ligue 1
7 a.m. – beIN SPORTS, fuboTV – PSG vs Auxerre
9 a.m. – fuboTV- Nantes vs Ajaccio
9 a.m. – beIN SPORTS, fuboTV – Lille vs Angers SCO
9 a.m. – fuboTV- Montpellier vs Reims
9 a.m. – fuboTV- Brest vs Troyes
11:05 a.m. – beIN SPORTS, fuboTV – Strasbourg vs Lorient
2:45 p.m. – beIN SPORTS, fuboTV – Monaco vs Olympique Marseille
Spanish Copa del Rey
6 a.m. – ESPN+ – Mollerussa vs Rayo Vallecano
6 a.m. – ESPN+ – Quintanar del Rey vs Girona
10 a.m. – ESPN+ – Velarde vs Sevilla
10 a.m. – ESPN+ – Algar vs Celta de Vigo
12:30 p.m. – ESPN+ – Real Unión vs Cádiz
12:30 p.m. – ESPN+ – San Roque de Lepe vs Getafe
1 p.m. – ESPN+ – Cazalegas vs Real Sociedad
3 p.m. – ESPN+ – Arenteiro vs Almería
3 p.m. – ESPN+ – Alzira vs Athletic Club
Women’s International Friendly
5 p.m. – ESPN, fuboTV – United States vs Germany
USL Championship
8:30 p.m. – ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN Deportes, fuboTV – San Antonio vs Louisville City
Portuguese Primeira Liga
1 p.m. – fuboTV – Benfica vs Gil Vicente
Austrian Bundesliga
8:30 a.m. – fuboTV – Austria Klagenfurt vs Salzburg
Belgian First Division A
7:30 a.m. – ESPN+ – Club Brugge vs Antwerp
12:30 p.m. – ESPN+ – Anderlecht vs Genk
Brasileirão
2 p.m. – Paramount+ – América Mineiro vs Atlético Goianiense
2 p.m. – Paramount+ – Flamengo vs Avaí
2 p.m. – Paramount+ – RB Bragantino vs Fluminense
2 p.m. – Paramount+ – Corinthians vs Atlético Mineiro
2 p.m. – Paramount+ – Santos vs Fortaleza
2 p.m. – Paramount+ – Internacional vs Palmeiras
2 p.m. – Paramount+ – Ceará vs Juventude
2 p.m. – Paramount+ – Goiás vs São Paulo
2 p.m. – Paramount+ – Cuiabá vs Coritiba
2 p.m. – Paramount+ – Athletico-PR vs Botafogo
Ecuadoran Primera A
6 p.m. – fuboTV – Aucas vs Barcelona
English Championship
7:30 a.m. – ESPN+ – Burnley vs Blackburn Rovers
German Bundesliga 2
7:30 a.m. – ESPN+ – Nürnberg vs Paderborn
Honduran Liga Nacional
5 p.m. – FOX Deportes – UPNFM vs Marathón
Dutch Eredivisie
10:45 a.m. – ESPN+ – Feyenoord vs Excelsior
Turkish Super Lig
12 p.m. – beIN SPORTS, fuboTV – Beşiktaş vs Antalyaspor
Copa Uruguay
2 p.m. – fuboTV – Defensor Sporting vs La Luz
NCAA Women’s Soccer
12 p.m. – ESPN+ – NC State vs UCF
1 p.m. – ESPN+ – West Virginia vs Virginia Tech