The English Premier League is back and it kicks off with a handful of juicy season-opening match-ups.
Tottenham and Manchester City faced off in a great battle for fourth place last season and this time around Manchester City will be looking to take care of unfinished business. Liverpool will begin its climb back to the Top Four on Sunday with a key battle against Arsenal. Those of you hoping to watch some Americans in action can see Clint Dempsey and Stuart Holden square off in the Fulham-Bolton clash.
The best weekend soccer action isn't just in England. Major League Soccer's marquee match-up features the New York Red Bulls playing host to the Los Angeles Galaxy, though some MLS fans would argue that the real MLS Cup preview is being played at Rio Tinto Stadium between Real Salt Lake and the Columbus Crew on Saturday night.
These are just some of the weekend's prime matches. Here is a rundown of This Weekend's Soccer on TV:
THIS WEEKEND'S SOCCER ON TV
SATURDAY
7:45am- ESPN2/ESPN3.com- Tottenham vs. Manchester City
10am- Fox Soccer Channel/FSE- Aston Villa vs. West Ham
10am- Fox Soccer Plus- Blackburn vs. Everton
Noon- Fox Soccer Plus- Leceister City vs. Middlesbrough
12:30pm- Fox Soccer Channel/FSE- Chelsea vs. West Bromwich Albion
1:45pm- ESPN3.com- PSV Eindhoven vs. DeGraafschap
2pm- Fox Soccer Plus- Wolverhampton vs. Stoke City (Delayed)
2:30pm- Fox Soccer Channel- Bolton vs. Fulham (Delayed)
2:30pm- GolTV- River Plate vs. Defensor Sporting
4pm- Telefutura- Philadelphia Union vs. Colorado Rapids
5:30pm- GolTV- Palmeiras vs. Atletico Paranaense
6pm- Fox Soccer Channel- New York Red Bulls vs. Los Angeles Galaxy
6pm- Azteca America- Cruz Azul vs. Pachuca
8pm- Direct Kick- DC United vs. FC Dallas
8pm- Direct Kick- New England Revolution vs. Houston Dynamo
8pm- Telefutura- Santos Laguna vs. Jaguares
8pm- Telemundo- Chivas Guadalajara vs. Tecos
9pm- Direct Kick- Real Salt Lake vs. Columbus Crew
10pm- Direct Kick- San Jose Earthquakes vs. Kansas City Wizards
11pm- Direct Kick- Chivas USA vs. Seattle Sounders
SUNDAY
8:15am- Fox Soccer Plus- Nottingham Forest vs. Leeds United
11am- Fox Soccer Channel/FSE- Liverpool vs. Arsenal
1pm- Azteca America- Puebla vs. Atlante
1pm- Telemundo- Toluca vs. Tigres
3pm- GolTV- Sao Paulo vs. Cruzeiro
3pm- Fox Soccer Plus- Lille vs. Paris St. Germain
3:15pm- ESPN3.com- Benfica vs. Academica de Coimbra
5:30pm- Univision- America vs. Atlas
6pm- Fox Soccer Channel- Boston Breakers vs. Sky Blue
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Which matches will you be watching? What do you think is the most intriguing match-up of the weekend?
Share your thoughts below.
You could argue that RSL-Columbus is the marquee match-up in MLS, especially with all the trash talk Columbus has been spewing this week.
I cannot wait for tomorrow! Let’s go you Whites!
For those of you who want a legal way to watch games online, there’s foxsoccer.tv. It’s $15/month, which I think is pretty pricey, but they’re showing a ton of games, and many of their television, tape-delayed games are live on their website.
Another great way is veetle.com. They tend to have quality feeds (including an FSC channel) and cover all the big matches.
oh, and it’s free :-p
What a beautiful sight this is.
Stu vs. Clint? Count me in.
I know E.J. was in contention for a spot on the bench, but when will we know if he made it?
so bradley quit and is taking over the aston villa job?
About an hour before the game tomorrow. Ives, stop tweeting about your HD experience, it is killing me to watch the same programs in low D.
Red Bulls-Galaxy on Saturday, followed by Arsenal-Liverpool on Sunday?? Pure bliss!
So veetle is a safe place to watch the games?
This is a great feature of the blog! I don’t believve FS+ is offered on Cablevision so I won’t see any of those games. Here are my plans:
SATURDAY
7:45am- Tottenham vs. Manchester City
10am- Aston Villa vs. West Ham
6pm- New York Red Bulls vs. Los Angeles Galaxy
SUNDAY
11am- Liverpool vs. Arsenal
3pm- Sao Paulo vs. Cruzeiro
5:30pm- America vs. Atlas
Most intriguing matchup – Liverpool vs. Arsenal
i have not had any problems. plus your able to watch other shows.
Are people watching Fulham vs Bolton online or on the tape delay? I want to see it live but would rather watch it on tv :\
also any chance they will reveal the score of Fulham-Bolton during the Chelsea – WBA match on FSC?
And it’s legal?
I hear ya, I’m in the same boat as you. Hopefully foxsoccer tv picks it up the Fulham game. I have a Mac and can’t get some or most of the veetle or myP2P broadcasts.
Galaxy-Red Bulls…what a matchup, and it’s going down in the USA??? oh yeah baby!
It would be nice if we could add ET or CT on the time schedules. I’m just saying..
As far as I can tell, yes.
FSC itself won’t– ie during the halftime show– but I don’t know about the in-game commentary.
Everything on SBI is always Eastern time.
Thanks for mentiong veetle.com you guys. I usually use Justin.tv but usually those feeds die after 25mins or so.
I sure hope Holden will start for Bolton or at least on the bench.
De Jong had his first ugly tackle at the 1 minute mark. Consistent SOB, isn’t he?
the spurs/city game is as entertaining as any game I have seen in quite some time. City certainly has a “keeper” with Hart. It’s like the City goal has an invisible shield in front of it’
St. Etienne vs Sochaux! No Bocanegra. No Davies.