Friday, October 30, 2009

Weekend Soccer Television Schedule - 31 October/1 November

I know this is kind of late, but things have been busy here in Buenos Aires. Look for the Stadium Tour entries to continue as I was able to attend the Boca Juniors / Chacarita Juniors match at La Bombonera on Thursday.

Putting together this list just keeps getting more and more frustrating. And it’s not ESPN’s fault, completely, this time. It’s the stupid November time change in the United States that gets it completely off-kilter over the weekend. I’ve tried to get all of the times right for the matches below. If I’m off by an hour here are there, I apologize, but the data I’m getting from “official” sites is inconsistent. Either ESPN Deportes is showing all of their matches from one to three hours delayed on Sunday, or the website is not taking daylight savings into consideration. Since I have already documented on many occasions the fact that ESPN’s website with respect to its weekend schedule is piss-poor, I’m going out on a limb and guessing the matches are being broadcast live and that the website is incorrect.

Anyway, daylight savings and all, here is this weekend’s schedule to the best of my ability. Have a great weekend!!!!

Top Five Matches of the Weekend:

1. Benfica at Sporting Braga (Saturday, 5:15 pm (EDT), ESPN 360)
2. Tottenham Hotspur at Arsenal (Saturday, 8:30 am, ESPN2)
3. Monaco at Bordeaux (Sunday, 10:15 am (EST), delayed, Setanta USA)
4. Bayer Leverkusen at Schalke 04 (Sunday, 11:00 am, delayed, GolTV0
5. Chivas USA at Los Angeles Galaxy (Sunday, 5:00 pm, ESPN2, ESPND, ESPN 360)

Saturday, October 31, 2009

7:00 am – Zenit St. Petersburg at FC Moscow (Setanta USA)
9:30 am – (23) Tottenham Hotspur at (7) Arsenal (ESPN2)
10:30 am – Bayern Munich at VfB Stuttgart (GolTV)
10:30 am – Liverpool at Fulham (Setanta USA)
10:30 am – Borussia Monchengladbach at (11) Hamburger SV (ESPND, ESPN 360)
11:00 am – (1) Chelsea at Bolton Wanderers (FSC, FSE)
1:00 pm – Getafe at (4) Real Madrid (ESPND, ESPN 360)
1:30 pm – Blackburn Rovers at (6) Manchester United (FSC, FSE)
3:00 pm – (2) Barcelona at Osasuna (GolTV)
3:00 pm – (12) Sevilla at Deportivo Xerez (ESPND, ESPN 360)
3:30 pm – Parma at AC Milan (FSC, FSE)
4:00 pm – Lyon at St. Etienne (Setanta USA)
5:00 pm – Atletico Madrid at Athletic Bilbao (GolTV)
5:00 pm – Vitesse at (21) PSV Eindhoven (Delayed) (ESPND, ESPN 360)
5:15 pm – (8) Benfica at (9) Sporting Braga (ESPN 360)
6:00 pm – Napoli at (19) Juventus (Delayed) (FSC)
6:00 pm – Aston Villa at Everton (Delayed) (Setanta USA)
7:00 pm – Monterrey at San Luis (TeleFutura)
7:15 pm – Junior Barranquilla at Atletico Huila (GolTV)
8:00 pm – West Ham United at Sunderland (Delayed) (FSC)
9:00 pm – UAG Tecos at Tigres (Telemundo)
9:00 pm – Puebla at Indios (ESPND)
9:15 pm – Santos at Flamengo (Delayed) (GolTV)
9:30 pm – Wolverhampton Wanderers at Stoke City (Delayed) (Setanta USA)
11:00 pm – Pachuca at Atlas (Telemundo)
11:15 pm – Wigan Athletic at Portsmouth (Delayed) (Setanta USA)

Sunday, November 1, 2009

2:00 am – Wellington Phoenix at Sydney FC (FSC)
6:00 am – Rostov at Spartak Moscow (Setanta USA)
6:30 am – Feyenoord at (22) Ajax (ESPND, ESPN 360)
9:00 am – (3) Inter Milan at Livorno (FSC, FSE, ESPN 360)
9:00 am – Bologna at Roma (ESPN 360)
10:15 am – Monaco at (13) Bordeaux (Delayed) (Setanta USA)
11:00 am – (5) Bayer Leverkusen at Schalke 04 (Delayed) (GolTV)
11:00 am – (16) Manchester City at Birmingham City (FSC, FSE)
1:00 pm – Corinthians at Palmeiras (GolTV)
1:00 pm – Queretaro at Tolcua (Telemundo)
1:00 pm – Almeria at Real Zaragoza (ESPND, ESPN 360)
2:00 pm – Chicago Fire at New England Revolution (FSC, FSE)
3:00 pm – Sporting Gijon at Deportivo La Coruna (GolTV)
3:00 pm – Paris St.-Germain at Sochaux (Setanta USA)
3:00 pm – Atlante at Cruz Azul (ESPND)
4:00 pm – Lanus at River Plate (Delayed) (FSE)
5:00 pm – Cerro at Nacional (Delayed) (GolTV)
5:00 pm – Jaguares at Club America (Univision)
5:00 pm – Chivas USA at Los Angeles Galaxy (ESPN2, ESPND, ESPN 360)
7:00 pm – Genoa at Palermo (Delayed) (FSC)
9:00 pm – UNAM Pumas at Santos Laguna (TeleFutura)

Monday, November 2, 2009

5:00 am - Valenciennes at Stade Rennes (Delayed) (Setanta USA)

Non-Televised Matches Involving WCR Top 25 Clubs

Fri., 4:15 pm – Os Belenenses at (15) Porto
Sat., 10:30 am – (14) Werder Bremen at Nurnberg
Sat., 2:45 pm – (17) Twente at Roda JC
Sun., 9:00 am – Bari at (10) Sampdoria
Sun., 12 noon – PAOK at (24) Panathinaikos
Sun., 12 noon – Iraklis at (25) Olympiakos
Sun., 3:00 pm – (20) Valencia at Malaga