Weekend Soccer Television Schedule - 17/18 October

I attribute it to the fact that I got on this late this week, but ESPN has its schedules up, so the list below should be pretty thorough.

As we return to club action this weekend (Thank God!!!), we have a large set of great games and most of them are going to take place on Saturday. Unfortunately, that is going to result in three of the best matches taking place at the same time. Decisions, decisions . . .

The top matches that aren’t in that cluster take place early on Saturday morning when Aston Villa hosts top-ranked Chelsea on ESPN2 and late in the afternoon, when Valencia hosts second-ranked Barcelona. The big midday group includes matches from Germany (Bayer Leverkusen at Hamburger SV), Italy (Fiorentina at Juventus), and Spain (Sevilla at Deportivo La Coruna).

All-in-all, eighteen clubs from the current WCR Top 25 Clubs in the World will be broadcast somewhere or another this weekend. I hope you’ve been looking forward to it as much as I have. Have a great weekend!!!

Top Five Matches of the Weekend

1. Bayer Leverkusen at Hamburger SV (Saturday, 12:30 pm (EDT), GolTV)

2. Sevilla at Deportivo La Coruna (Saturday, 12 noon, ESPND, ESPN 360)

3. Chelsea at Aston Villa (Saturday, 7:30 am, ESPN2)

4. Barcelona at Valencia (Saturday, 4:00 pm, GolTV)

5. Fiorentina at Juventus (Saturday, 12 noon, FSC)

Saturday, October 17, 2009

7:30 am – (1) Chelsea at Aston Villa (ESPN2)

9:30 am – Bayern Munich at Freiburg (GolTV)

9:30 am – (20) Schake 04 at VfB Stuttgart (ESPND, ESPN 360)

10:00 am – Liverpool at Sunderland (FSC)

10:00 am – (23) Tottenham Hotspur at Portsmouth (FSE)

10:00 am – Bolton Wanderers at (9) Manchester United (Setanta USA)

12 noon – Fiorentina at (17) Juventus (FSC)

12 noon – (10) Sevilla at (21) Deportivo La Coruna (ESPND, ESPN 360)

12:30 pm – (5) Bayer Leverkuse at (11) Hamburger SV (GolTV)

12:45 pm – Willem II at (25) Ajax (ESPN 360)

1:45 pm – AZ Alkmaar at (22) Twente (ESPN 360)

2:00 pm – Real Valladolid at (3) Real Madrid (ESPND, ESPN 360)

2:30 pm – (4) Inter Milan at Genoa (FSE, ESPN 360)

2:45 pm – Heerenveen at PSV Eindhoven (ESPN 360)

3:00 pm – Stade Rennes at Lille (Setanta USA)

4:00 pm – (2) Barcelona at Valencia (GolTV)

6:00 pm – Atletico Mineiro at Sao Paolo (GolTV)

6:00 pm – Chicago Fire at New England Revolution (FSC)

8:00 pm – Independiente Santa Fe at Millonarios (GolTV)

8:00 pm – Jaguares at Monterrey (Telemundo)

8:00 pm – Atlante at Indios (ESPND)

8:30 pm – Birmingham City at (13) Arsenal (Delayed) (Setanta USA)

10:00 pm – Queretaro at Atlas (Telemundo)

10:00 pm – UNAM Pumas at San Luis (TeleFutura)

10:15 pm – Wolverhampton at Everton (Delayed) (Setanta USA)

Sunday, October 18, 2009

2:00 am – Perth Glory at Gold Coast United (FSC)

4:15 am – Khimki at Rubin Kazan (Delayed) (Setanta USA)

6:00 am – Spartak Moscow at Lokomotiv (Setanta USA)

8:00 am – Burnley at Blackburn (Setanta USA)

9:00 am – (12) Sampdoria at Lazio (FSC, FSE, ESPN 360)

11:00 am – (6) Manchester City at Wigan Athletic (FSC, FSE)

11:00 am – Almeria at Malaga (ESPND, ESPN 360)

1:00 pm – Sporting Gijon at Athletic Bilbao (GolTV)

1:00 pm – Tigres at Toluca (Telemundo)

1:00 pm – Borussia Monchengladbach at VfL Wolfsburg (Delayed) (ESPND, ESPN 360)

2:30 pm – Roma at AC Milan (FSC, FSE)

3:00 pm – Atletico Madrid at Osasuna (GolTV)

3:00 pm – Paris St.-Germain at Toulouse (Setanta USA)

3:00 pm – Los Angeles Galaxy at Houston Dynamo (TeleFutura)

3:00 pm – UAG Tecos at Cruz Azul (ESPND)

5:00 pm – Flamengo at (19) Palmeiras (GolTV)

5:00 pm – River Plate at Huracan (Delayed) (FSC, FSE)

5:30 pm – Puebla at Club America (Univision)

Monday, October 19, 2009

6:00 am – Marseille at Nancy Lorraine (Delayed) (Setanta USA)

7:45 am – Lens at Monaco (Delayed) (Setanta USA)

3:00 pm – Hull City at Fulham (ESPN2)

8:00 pm – Chivas de Guadalajara at Santos Laguna (TeleFutura)

Non-Televised Matches Involving WCR Top 25 Clubs

Sat., 1:00 pm – Sochaux at (14) Lyon

Sat., 1:00 pm – (19) Bordeaux at Auxerre

Sat., 4:15 pm – (7) Sporting Braga at Rio Ave

Sun., 9:00 am – (24) Fenerbahce at Gaziantepspor

Sun., 4:15 pm – Academica Coimbra at (16) Porto

Sun., 6:15 pm – (15) Estudiantes at Newell’s Old Boys

Mon., 4:15 pm – Nacional at (8) Benfica