Weekend Soccer Television Schedule - 30 April, 1 May 2011

The most important matches still are the midweek matches as many of the continental championship tournaments close in on the finals.  Still, we have numerous domestic leagues that are coming to and end.  Although the champions of many of them are foregone conclusions, save the French Ligue Un, there are still battles for relegation going on in all of the top leagues.  But do you really want to watch those matches?  Yes, if your club is involved.  I remember following Newcastle United a lot closer two seasons ago when it was mired in relegation hell.  So, in that sense this weekend’s matches are very important.

In another sense, however, there aren’t many matchups between top clubs this weekend.  There are two matches involving a pair of clubs in the WCR Top 25, though.  In England, Manchester United takes on Arsenal at Emirates Stadium on Sunday in a match that looked extremely important a few weeks ago, but the Gunners’ recent stumbles have minimized the importance of the matchup.  In Germany, Bayern Munich hosts Schalke 04, but in the big scheme of things, this match has nothing to do with who wins the German Bundesliga.

I’ll watch Manchester United and Arsenal anyway, as I guess you will as well, and probably a few of the others.  I’ve got nothing better to do.  For those of you who also have nothing better to do, below is a list of the matches being broadcast this weekend en los Estados Unidos.  Have a great weekend!!!

Top Five Matches of the Weekend:

1.  Manchester United at Arsenal  (Sunday, 9:00 am (EDT), FSC, FoxD)

2.  Schalke 04 at Bayern Munich  (Saturday, 12:30 pm, ESPN3)

3.  Tottenham Hotspur at Chelsea  (Saturday, 12:30 pm, FSC)

4.  Shakhtar Donetsk at Dynamo Kyiv  (Sunday, 10:30 am, Not Televised)

5.  Juventus at Lazio  (Monday, 2:45 pm, FSC, FoxD, ESPN3)

Friday, April 29, 2011

2:30 pm – Wolfsburg at Werder Bremen  (ESPND, ESPN3)

8:30 pm – D.C. United at Houston Dynamo  (FSC, FoxD)

9:00 pm – Santos Laguna at UAG Tecos  (Galavision)

Saturday, April 30, 2011

9:30 am – Nürnberg at (6) Borussia Dortmund  (GolTV)

10:00 am – Aston Villa at West Bromwich Albion  (FSC, FoxD)

10:00 am – Fulham at Sunderland  (ESPN2, ESPND, ESPN3)

10:00 am – Everton at Wigan Athletic  (FSP)

12 noon – (9) Inter Milan at Cesena  (FSP, ESPN3)

12 noon – Real Zaragoza at (3) Real Madrid  (ESPND, ESPN3)

12:30 pm – Tottenham Hotspur at Chelsea  (FSC)

12:30 pm – (25) Schalke 04 at (22) Bayern Munich  (ESPN3)

2:00 pm – (2) Barcelona at Real Sociedad  (GolTV)

2:00 pm – Stoke City at Blackpool  (Delayed) (FSP)

2:30 pm – Genoa at (16) Genoa  (FSC, ESPN3)

4:00 pm – Santos at São Paulo  (Delayed) (GolTV)

4:00 pm – Atlético Madrid at Deportivo La Coruña  (ESPND, ESPN3)

6:00 pm – Querétaro at Jaguares  (ESPND, Azteca)

7:15 pm – Millonarios at Envigado  (GolTV)

8:00 pm – Monterrey at Chivas de Guadalajara  (Telemundo)

8:00 pm – Necaxa at Pachuca  (Galavision)

10:00 pm – Toluca at Atlante  (Galavision)

10:00 pm – Cruz Azul at San Luis  (Telefutura)

Sunday, May 1, 2011

7:00 am – Newcastle United at Liverpool  (FSC)

7:00 am – Wolverhampton Wanderers at Birmingham City  (FSP)

8:30 am – Ajax at Heerenveen  (ESPND, ESPN3)

9:00 am – (1) Manchester United at (8) Arsenal  (FSC, FoxD)

9:00 am – Bologna at (4) AC Milan  (FSP, ESPN3)

9:00 am – Cagliari at Catania  (ESPN3)

11:00 am – Sevilla at Almeria  (GolTV)

11:00 am – West Ham United at (15) Manchester City  (FSC, FoxD)

11:00 am – Mallorca at Racing Santander  (ESPND, ESPN3)

1:00 pm – Getafe at (24) Villarreal  (GolTV)

1:00 pm – Bolton Wanderers at Blackburn Rovers  (Delayed) (FSP)

1:00 pm – Monarcas Morelia at Puebla  (FoxD, Azteca)

1:00 pm – Club América at UNAM Pumas  (Telemundo)

2:45 pm – Roma at Bari  (FSC, FoxD, ESPN3)

3:00 pm – Corinthians at Palmeiras  (GolTV)

3:00 pm – Monaco at St. Étienne  (FSP)

3:15 pm – (7) Porto at Vitória Setúbal  (ESPN3)
7:00 pm - Los Angeles Galaxy at FC Dallas  (Galavision)

Monday, May 2, 2011

2:45 pm – Juventus at Lazio  (FSC, FoxD, ESPN3)