The obvious draw this weekend for American soccer fans is Sunday's MLS conference final slate, with the winners of the Los Angeles-Salt Lake and Kansas City-Houston matches advancing to the 2011 MLS Cup final.
There are plenty of matches around the world that should capture your attention as well, though, beginning in Mexico, where a game remains in the Apertura regular season. DaMarcus Beasley and Puebla are among those in a muddled middle of the table fighting for a spot in the eight-team Liguilla. Puebla sits two points out of a playoff spot and needs a victory over Tigres UANL to entertain any thoughts of a league championship.
Other highlights of the weekend schedule include Tim Howard and Everton trying to put a halt to unbeaten Newcastle's blistering start in the Premier League, Clint Dempsey's Fulham clashing with Brad Friedel's Tottenham and Napoli meeting Juventus in a duel of Italian powers.
Here is this weekend's soccer on TV:
FRIDAY
3:30 p.m. - ESPN3.com/ESPN Deportes - Mainz 05 vs. Stuttgart
10 p.m. - Azteca America/Fox Deportes - Morelia vs. Jaguares
10 p.m. - Fox Soccer Channel - UC Santa Barbara vs. Cal Poly
SATURDAY
8:45 a.m. - ESPN2/ESPN3.com/ESPN Deportes - Newcastle vs. Everton
10:30 a.m. - GOLTV - Borussia Dortmund vs. Wolfsburg
11 a.m. - Fox Soccer Channel - Blackburn vs. Chelsea
11 a.m. - Fox Soccer Plus/FoxSoccer.tv - Manchester United vs. Sunderland
11 a.m. - FoxSoccer.tv/Fox Deportes - Arsenal vs. West Brom
11 a.m. - FoxSoccer.tv - Aston Villa vs. Norwich City
11 a.m. - FoxSoccer.tv - Liverpool vs. Swansea City
11 a.m. - FoxSoccer.tv - Hull City vs. West Ham
1 p.m. - Fox Soccer Plus - Palermo vs. Bologna
1 p.m. - GOLTV - Mallorca vs. Sevilla
1:20 p.m. - FoxSoccer.tv - Middlesbrough vs. Watford
1:30 p.m. - Fox Soccer Channel - Queens Park Rangers vs. Manchester City
1:30 p.m. - ESPN3.com/ESPN Deportes - Bayer Leverkusen vs. Hamburg SV
3:45 p.m. - Fox Soccer Channel - Novara vs. Roma
4 p.m. - FoxSoccer.tv - Lille vs. Evian Thonon Gaillard
5 p.m. - ESPN3.com/ESPN Deportes - Levante vs. Valencia
5 p.m. - GOLTV - Botafogo vs. Figueirense
7 p.m. - Telefutura - Queretaro vs. Estudiantes Tecos
7 p.m. - Telemundo - Monterrey vs. Atlante
7:20 p.m. - GOLTV - Real Cartagena vs. Atletico Nacional
9 p.m. - Telefutura - Santos Laguna vs. Atlas
9 p.m. - Telemundo - Chivas de Guadalajara vs. Pachuca
11 p.m. - Telefutura - San Luis vs. Toluca
SUNDAY
1 a.m. - Fox Soccer Channel - Sydney FC vs. Gold Coast United
6:30 a.m. - Fox Soccer Plus/FoxSoccer.tv/ESPN3.com - Genoa vs. Inter Milan
8:30 a.m. - Fox Soccer Plus/FoxSoccer.tv - Wolverhampton vs. Wigan Athletic
8:30 a.m. - ESPN3.com - AZ Alkmaar vs. ADO Den Haag
9 a.m. - ESPN3.com - Lazio vs. Parma
9 a.m. - Fox Soccer Channel/ESPN3.com - AC Milan vs. Catania
9:30 a.m. - GOLTV - Real Madrid vs. Osasuna (delayed)
10 a.m. - FoxSoccer.tv - Bolton vs. Stoke City
10 a.m. - ESPN3.com/ESPN Deportes - Real Zaragoza vs. Sporting Gijon
11 a.m. - Fox Soccer Channel - Fulham vs. Tottenham
11 a.m. - FoxSoccer.tv - Auxerre vs. Toulouse
11 a.m. - FoxSoccer.tv - Caen vs. Dijon
11 a.m. - FoxSoccer.tv - Lorient vs. Ajaccio
11 a.m. - FoxSoccer.tv - Marseille vs. Nice
11 a.m. - FoxSoccer.tv - Nancy vs. Brest
11 a.m. - FoxSoccer.tv - Stade Rennes vs. Valenciennes
11 a.m. - FoxSoccer.tv - St. Etienne vs. Montpellier
11 a.m. - FoxSoccer.tv - Sochaux vs. Lyon
11:30 a.m. - GOLTV - Augsburg vs. Bayern Munich
12 p.m. - DirecTV - Rayo Vallecano vs. Real Sociedad
12 p.m. - DirecTV - Espanyol vs. Villarreal
1 p.m. - Telemundo - Pumas UNAM vs. Tijuana
1 p.m. - ESPN3.com - Sporting Braga vs. Benfica
1 p.m. - Azteca America - Puebla vs. Tigres UANL
2 p.m. - ESPN3.com/ESPN Deportes - Athletic Bilbao vs. Barcelona
2 p.m. - GOLTV - America Mineiro vs. Corinthians
2:45 p.m. - Fox Soccer Channel - Napoli vs. Juventus
3 p.m. - Fox Soccer Plus/FoxSoccer.tv - Bordeaux vs. Paris-St. Germain
4 p.m. - GOLTV - Getafe vs. Atletico Madrid
5:30 p.m. - Fox Soccer Channel - Sporting Kansas City vs. Houston Dynamo
9 p.m. - ESPN - Los Angeles Galaxy vs. Real Salt Lake
