Soccer fans in the United States have quite the full weekend ahead of them. As usual, there are a plethora of international matches airing on television on both Saturday and Sunday. We are also in the middle of the Major League Soccer playoffs. Four different MLS playoff matches will air over the upcoming weekend. With the proper planning and enough caffeine, you could easily watch over 12 total hours of live soccer over the next three days.
FOX Soccer: FOX Soccer kicks off the channel's weekend with a men's college soccer match. H igh Point takes on Virginia Commonwealth Friday evening, and the game starts at 7:00 pm.
FOX Soccer Plus, GolTV and ESPN have no live matches this coming Friday.
FOX Soccer: The former FSC begins Saturday's schedule with Manchester City vs. Wolverhampton. That match starts at 10:00 am. West Brom then take on Liverpool at 12:30 pm. A Serie A contest, Inter Milan vs. Juventus, kicks off at 2:30 pm. The day ends with an MLS playoff game.Real Salt Laketakes on theSeattle Soundersat 10:00 pm.
FOX Soccer Plus: Sunderland vs. Aston Villa starts at approximately 9:53 am. The station's second live match of the day, Roma vs. AC Milan, then immediately follows at 11:55 am.
GolTV: GolTV gives fans three live soccer games this Saturday. A La Liga contest, Barcelona vs. Mallorca, starts at 2:00 pm. Santos vs. Atletico-PR immediately follows at 4:00 pm. The channel's day concludes with Mexican soccer action. Irapuato takes on Leones Negros at 8:00 pm.
ESPN2: The ESPN2 Premier League match of the week, Chelsea vs. Arsenal, begins at 7:30 am.
FOX Soccer: Plan a late-night/early morning soccer viewing party. Coverage of Gold Coast United vs. Newcastle Jets, an A-League contest, begins at 2:00 am. Those interested in watching soccer when the sun is up can wait for Udinese vs. Palermo to begin at 10:00 am. Tottenham vs. Queens Park Rangers airs at noon. Cagliari takes on Lazio in Serie A action at 3:30 pm. According to theMLS Soccer website, an MLS playoff match involvingSporting KC(opponent not known as of the writing of this piece) finishes the channel's weekend at 7:00 pm.
FOX Soccer Plus: FSP has two live games this Sunday. Siena vs. Chievo starts at 7:25 am. Valenciennes FC faces LOSC Lille Métropole at 3:55 pm.
GolTV: Two Bundesliga games begin GolTV's Sunday. Cologne takes on Augsburg at 10:00 am. Hamburg vs. Kaiserlautern then begins at 12:30 pm. Two La Liga matches end the station's weekend. Atl. Madrid vs. Zaragoza starts at 3:00 pm. Malaga faces Espanyol at 5:00 pm.
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