Tottenham's start to the 2011-2012 Premier League season hasn't been an enviable one. After having their first game postponed because of the London riots, Spurs dropped a result to Manchester United last week only to have come back and face Manchester City in a marquee matchup Sunday morning.
United and Arsenal go head-to-head in another bigtime game in England, Bayer Leverkusen and Borussia Dortmund clash in a meeting of German participants in the UEFA Champions League, and the Spanish league season gets underway after the conclusion of the players' strike to highlight the European slate for the weekend.
Even though Hurricane Irene has already forced the postponement of three MLS games, there are still plenty of intriguing matchups on the league slate, with Sporting Kansas City-FC Dallas and Seattle-Columbus squaring off in matchups of postseason contenders while Chivas USA and Real Salt Lake do battle in a key Western Conference match.
Here is this weekend's soccer on TV:
FRIDAY
2:30 p.m. - ESPN3.com/ESPN Deportes - Hertha Berlin vs. Stuttgart
2:45 p.m. - Fox Soccer Channel - Barcelona vs. Porto (UEFA SuperCup)
6 p.m. - Fox Soccer Channel - College of Charleston vs. South Carolina
SATURDAY
7 a.m. - ESPN2/ESPN3.com - Aston Villa vs. Wolverhampton
7:30 a.m. - Fox Soccer Plus/FoxSoccer.tv - Wigan Athletic vs. Queens Park Rangers
9:30 a.m. - GOLTV - Kaiserslautern vs. Bayern Munich
10 a.m. - Fox Soccer Channel - Chelsea vs. Norwich City
10 a.m. - Fox Soccer Plus/FoxSoccer.tv - Swansea City vs. Sunderland
10 a.m. - FoxSoccer.tv - Blackburn vs. Everton
10 a.m. - FoxSoccer.tv - Crystal Palace vs. Blackpool
12 p.m. - ESPN3.com/ESPN Deportes - Sporting Gijon vs. Real Sociedad
12:30 p.m. - Fox Soccer Channel - Liverpool vs. Bolton
12:30 p.m. - ESPN3.com - Bayer Leverkusen vs. Borussia Dortmund
1 p.m. - FoxSoccer.tv - Auxerre vs. Ajaccio
1 p.m. - FoxSoccer.tv - Evian Thonon Gaillard vs. Dijon
1 p.m. - FoxSoccer.tv - Lorient vs. Nancy
1 p.m. - FoxSoccer.tv - Nice vs. Brest
1 p.m. - FoxSoccer.tv - Valenciennes vs. Bordeaux
2 p.m. - GOLTV - Valencia vs. Racing Santander
3 p.m. - FoxSoccer.tv - Lyon vs. Montpellier
4 p.m. - MLS Direct Kick/MatchDay Live - Seattle Sounders vs. Columbus Crew
5 p.m. - GOLTV - Fluminense vs. Botafogo
7 p.m. - MLS Direct Kick/MatchDay Live - Vancouver Whitecaps vs. Houston Dynamo
7 p.m. - MLS Direct Kick/MatchDay Live - Toronto FC vs. San Jose Earthquakes
8 p.m. - Telemundo - Monterrey vs. Santos Laguna
8 p.m. - Telefutura - Pachuca vs. America
8 p.m. - GOLTV - Irapuato vs. Altamira
8:30 p.m. - MLS Direct Kick/MatchDay Live - Chicago Fire vs. Colorado Rapids
8:30 p.m. - MLS Direct Kick/MatchDay Live - Sporting Kansas City vs. FC Dallas
9:30 p.m. - Galavision - Atlas vs. Tigres UANL
10 p.m. - Telefutura - San Luis vs. Chivas de Guadalajara
10:30 p.m. - Fox Soccer Channel - Chivas USA vs. Real Salt Lake
11:30 p.m. - Galavision - Atlante vs. Estudiantes Tecos
SUNDAY
8 a.m. - Fox Soccer Plus/FoxSoccer.tv - Newcastle vs. Fulham
8:15 a.m. - FoxSoccer.tv - Nottingham Forest vs. West Ham
8:30 a.m. - Fox Soccer Channel - Tottenham vs. Manchester City
10 a.m. - Fox Soccer Plus/FoxSoccer.tv - West Brom vs. Stoke City
10 a.m. - DirecTV - Athletic Bilbao vs. Rayo Vallecano
10:30 a.m. - ESPN3.com - PSV Eindhoven vs. Excelsior
11 a.m. - Fox Soccer Channel - Manchester United vs. Arsenal
11 a.m. - FoxSoccer.tv - Stade Rennes vs. Caen
11 a.m. - FoxSoccer.tv - Sochaux vs. St. Etienne
11 a.m. - FoxSoccer.tv - Toulouse vs. Paris-St. Germain
12 p.m. - ESPN3.com - Mallorca vs. Espanyol
12 p.m. - DirecTV - Getafe vs. Levante
1 p.m. - Telemundo - Pumas UNAM vs. Cruz Azul
2 p.m. - GOLTV - Real Zaragoza vs. Real Madrid
3 p.m. - Fox Soccer Plus/FoxSoccer.tv - Lille vs. Marseille
4 p.m. - GOLTV - Sevilla vs. Malaga
6 p.m. - Fox Soccer Channel - Western New York Flash vs. Philadelphia Independence (WPS final - repeat)
7 p.m. - Azteca America/Fox Deportes - Morelia vs. Puebla
