Okay, I’m getting close to just throwing up my hands on ESPN, especially ESPN Deportes, who refuse to post schedules more than several hours ahead of time for the weekend. I know ESPND is likely to broadcast both German and Spanish football this weekend, but I don’t know which matches. I could guess, for example I find it hard to believe that between GolTV and ESPND, nobody is going to broadcast the Barcelona match, but as of the moment I’m writing this, nobody claims to be – but then ESPND isn’t “claiming” to have determined anything it’s showing this weekend, so who the Hell knows?
So that’s my beef.
What about the matches we know will be on. There are plenty of those. Two of them, both on Sunday, feature a pair of WCR Top 25 clubs. The first to take place will happen at Stamford Bridge when Chelsea hosts Liverpool in a match on Fox Soccer Channel. On GolTV, a few hours later, Sevilla will host Real Madrid in a battle to determine if the Primera Division will be a two-horse race.
There are plenty of other great matches. Let’s not forget the Glasgow derby between Rangers and Celtic, also on Sunday. Monday will feature a battle between Aston Villa and Manchester City. At this point, I can’t find anybody broadcasting these matches in the United States, but ESPN2 does show Premier League matches and, as discussed above, they are incompetent when it comes to producing a schedule, so anything is possible. Below is the weekend’s schedule, including best guesses for the ESPN (Manson) family of networks.
(Ed: I found some additional information. It still isn't from ESPN, but it's the best I can do for now. Unfortunately, I won't be following ESPN's scheduling people on a 24-hour vigil, so this likely is the final update for the weekend.)
Top Five Matches of the Weekend:
1. Real Madrid at Sevila (Sunday, 3:00 pm (EDT), GolTV)
2. Liverpool at Chelsea (Sunday, 11:00 am, FSC)
3. Celtic at Rangers (Sunday, 7:30 am, Not Televised)
4. Manchester City at Aston Villa (Monday, 3:00 pm, Not Televised)
5. Udinese at Inter Milan (Saturday, 2:30 pm, FSC)
Friday, October 2, 2009
2:30 pm – Eintracht Frankfurt at Schalke 04 (GolTV)
9:00 pm – Atlas at UAG Tecos (Galavisiton)
11:00 pm – Chicago Fire at Los Angeles Galaxy (ESPN2, ESPND, ESPN 360)
Saturday, October 3, 2009
3:30 am – North Queensland Fury at Perth Glory FC (FSC)
6:00 am – Spartak Halchik at Krylia Sovetov (Setanta USA)
9:30 am – Nurnberg at (13) Bayer Leverkusen (GolTV)
9:30 am - Cologne at Bayern Munich (ESPND)
9:45 am – (25) Tottenham Hotspur at Bolton Wanderers (ESPN2)
10:00 am – Portsmouth at Wolverhampton (Setanta USA)
10:00 am – Wigan Athletic at Hull City (FSC, FSE)
12 noon - Deportivo La Coruna at Tenerife (ESPND)
12:30 pm – Sunderland at (2) Manchester United (FSC, FSE)
1:00 pm – (9) Bordeaux at St. Etienne (Setanta USA)
2:00 pm - Almeria at (3) Barcelona (ESPND)
2:30 pm – Udinese at (15) Inter Milan (FSC, FSE)
3:00 pm – (22) Lyon at Lens (Setanta USA)
4:00 pm – Real Zaragoza at Atletico de Madrid (GolTV)
4:00 pm - NAC Breda at AZ Alkmaar (Delayed) (ESPND)
5:00 pm – Catania at Bari (Delayed) (FSC)
5:00 pm – Birmingham at Burnley (Delayed) (Setanta USA)
6:00 pm – Atletico Paranaense at Corinthians (GolTV)
6:00 pm – Indios at Queretaro (TeleFutura)
6:00 pm - UNAM Pumas at Jaguares (ESPND)
8:00 pm – Atletico Nacional at Deportivo Cali (GolTV)
8:00 pm – Club America at Pachuca (TeleFutura)
8:00 pm – Monterrey at Chivas de Guadalajara (Telemundo)
10:00 pm – Monarcas at Atlante (Telemundo)
11:00 pm – New York Red Bulls at San Jose Earthquakes (FSC, FSE)
Sunday, October 4, 2009
6:00 am – Rubin Kazan at Lokomotiv (Setanta USA)
6:30 am – (24) Ajax at Roda JC (ESPN 360)
8:30 am – Blackburn Rovers at Arsenal (Setanta USA)
8:30 am – (19) PSV Eindhoven at Utrecht (ESPND, ESPN 360)
9:00 am – Napoli at Roma (FSC, FSE)
9:00 am – AC Milan at Atalanta (ESPN 360)
10:30 am - Werder Bremen at VfB Stuttgart (ESPND)
11:00 am – (17) Mallorca at Sporting Gijon (GolTV)
11:00 am – (14) Liverpool at (4) Chelsea (FSC, FSE)
1:00 pm – (5) Hamburger at Hertha Berlin (Delayed) (GolTV)
1:00 pm – Stoke City at Everton (Delayed) (Setanta USA)
1:00 pm – San Luis at Toluca (Telemundo)
1:00 pm – Valencia at Racing Santander (ESPN2, ESPND, ESPN 360)
2:30 pm – (12) Juventus at Palermo (FSC)
3:00 pm – (1) Real Madrid at (8) Sevilla (GolTV)
3:00 pm – Monaco at Marseille (Setanta USA)
3:00 pm – Kansas City Wizards at Houston Dynamo (TeleFutura)
3:15 pm – (20) Porto at Olhanense (ESPN 360)
4:00 pm – Santos Laguna at Puebla (FSE)
5:00 pm – (23) Palmeiras at Santos (GolTV)
5:00 pm – Fulham at West Ham United (Delayed) (FSC)
6:00 pm – Futbol de Argentina – Clubs TBD (FSE)
Monday, October 5, 2009
5:00 am – Lorient at Toulouse (Delayed) (Setanta USA)
3:00 pm - (11) Manchester City at Aston Villa (ESPN2)
Sat., 9:00 am – Parma at (6) Sampdoria
Sat., 9:30 am – (18) TSG Hoffenheim at Mainz 05
Sat., 1:00 pm – (16) Estudiantes at Argentinos Juniors
Sat., 4:15 pm – Vitoria Setubal at (10) Sporting Braga
Sun., 7:30 am – (21) Celtic at Rangers
Mon., 3:15 pm – (7) Benfica at Pacos de Ferreira
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