Messi and Ronaldo. Guardiola and Mourinho. Barcelona and Real Madrid.
Anyway you slice it, El Clasico is the marquee match of the weekend and will command the eyes of soccer fans around the world. Real Madrid is currently in the driver's seat in La Liga, leading Barcelona by three points, placing added significance on a match that doesn't need any extra luster.
That is hardly the only match of great importance this weekend, though. The College Cup semifinals and final take place in Hoover, Ala., with North Carolina, UCLA, Creighton and Charlotte vying for the NCAA championship.
The final leg of the Mexican Apertura championship between Santos Laguna and Tigres UANL and the quarterfinals of the FIFA Club World Cup also take place on Sunday to cap off a wild weekend across the globe. CONCACAF representative Monterrey kicks off its quest for the world's club title against host Kashiwa Reysol.
Here is this weekend's soccer on TV:
FRIDAY
6 p.m. - ESPNU/ESPN3.com - Creighton vs. Charlotte
8 p.m. - ESPNU/ESPN3.com - UNC vs. UCLA
SATURDAY
7:45 a.m. - Fox Soccer Plus/FoxSoccer.tv - Southampton vs. Blackpool
9:30 a.m. - GOLTV - Werder Bremen vs. Wolfsburg
10 a.m. - Fox Soccer Channel - Arsenal vs. Everton
10 a.m. - Fox Soccer Plus/FoxSoccer.tv - Liverpool vs. Queens Park Rangers
10 a.m. - FoxSoccer.tv - Bolton vs. Aston Villa
10 a.m. - FoxSoccer.tv - West Brom vs. Wigan Athletic
10 a.m. - FoxSoccer.tv - Swansea City vs. Fulham
10 a.m. - FoxSoccer.tv - Norwich City vs. Newcastle
10 a.m. - FoxSoccer.tv - Reading vs. West Ham
10 a.m. - ESPN2/ESPN3.com - Manchester United vs. Wolverhampton
12 p.m. - Fox Soccer Plus/FoxSoccer.tv/ESPN3.com - Lecce vs. Lazio
12 p.m. - GOLTV - Levante vs. Sevilla
12:20 p.m. - FoxSoccer.tv - Barnsley vs. Ipswich Town
1 p.m. - FoxSoccer.tv - Nancy vs. Ajaccio
1 p.m. - FoxSoccer.tv - Stade Rennes vs. Brest
1 p.m. - FoxSoccer.tv - St. Etienne vs. Caen
1 p.m. - FoxSoccer.tv - Sochaux vs. Paris-St. Germain
1 p.m. - FoxSoccer.tv - Toulouse vs. Evian Thonon Gaillard
1 p.m. - FoxSoccer.tv - Valenciennes vs. Montpellier
1:30 p.m. - ESPN3.com - Beira-Mar vs. Porto
2 p.m. - DirecTV - Real Betis vs. Valencia
2:45 p.m. - Fox Soccer Channel - Inter Milan vs. Fiorentina
2:45 p.m. - ESPN3.com - PSV Eindhoven vs. NAC Breda
3 p.m. - FoxSoccer.tv - Marseille vs. Bordeaux
4 p.m. - GOLTV/ESPN3.com - Real Madrid vs. Barcelona
SUNDAY
2 a.m. - Fox Soccer Channel - ES Tunis vs. Al-Sadd (Club World Cup)
5:30 a.m. - Fox Soccer Channel - Kashiwa Reysol vs. Monterrey (Club World Cup)
8:30 a.m. - Fox Soccer Plus/FoxSoccer.tv - Sunderland vs. Blackburn
9 a.m. - Fox Soccer Channel - Bologna vs. AC Milan
9 a.m. - ESPN3.com - Udinese vs. Chievo
9:30 a.m. - ESPN3.com - Borussia Dortmund vs. Kaiserslautern
10 a.m. - ESPN3.com/ESPN Deportes - Villarreal vs. Real Sociedad
11 a.m. - Fox Soccer Channel - Stoke City vs. Tottenham
11 a.m. - FoxSoccer.tv - Lille vs. Dijon
11:30 a.m. - GOLTV - VfB Stuttgart vs. Bayern Munich
12 p.m. - DirecTV - Real Zaragoza vs. Mallorca
12 p.m. - DirecTV - Malaga vs. Osasuna
1:45 p.m. - GOLTV - Athletic Bilbao vs. Racing Santander
2:45 p.m. - Fox Soccer Channel - Novara vs. Napoli
3 p.m. - Fox Soccer Plus/FoxSoccer.tv - Lorient vs. Lyon
4 p.m. - ESPNU/ESPN3.com - UNC vs. Charlotte (College Cup Final)
3:30 p.m. - ESPN3.com/ESPN Deportes - Espanyol vs. Atletico Madrid
5:10 p.m. - GOLTV - Boca Juniors vs. All Boys
6:30 p.m. - Telemundo - Tigres UANL vs. Santos Laguna
7:15 p.m. - GOLTV - River Plate vs. Patronato
