Weekend Soccer on TV - 14/15 May 2011

This time of the year often brings exciting matches as clubs play for championships and continental tournament spots.  There’s not a lot of that going on this weekend as most of the bigger leagues in Europe have already either crowned a champion or are damned close to doing so.  One notable exception to this is the Netherlands where the Eredivisie where Sunday’s battle between Ajax and Twente in Amsterdam will determine the league’s title.  Ajax needs a win; Twente just a draw.  The weight of the results of this match make it the number one Match of the Weekend despite the fact that neither club is currently in the WCR Top 25 Clubs in the World and despite the fact that the match will be broadcast in the United States only en español.

Another title that will be decided this weekend will be the FA Cup in which surprising Stoke City and Manchester City will face off in the final at Wembley Stadium.  Of course, there’s a ton of matches that are important with respect to relegation but my club (NUFC) is involved in it for a change, so I don’t really want to waste a lot of ink on the worst clubs in Europe.  If your club sucks, though, and you are interested in the relegation battle, check below to see when the match is being played and where you can watch it.  Most of all, have a great weekend!!!

Top Five Matches of the Weekend:

1.  Twente at Ajax  (Sunday, 8:30 am (EDT), ESPND, ESPN3)

2.  Inter Milan at Napoli  (Sunday, 2:45 pm, FSC, FoxD, ESPN3)

3.  Manchester City vs Stoke City  (Saturday, 10:00 am, FSC, FoxD)

4.  Real Madrid at Villarreal  (Sunday, 5:00 pm (Delayed), GolTV)

5.  Tottenham Hotspur at Liverpool  (Sunday, 11:00 am, FSC, FoxD)

Saturday, May 14, 2011

7:30 am – Wolverhampton at Sunderland  (FSC)

7:30 am – Bolton Wanderers at Blackpool  (FSP)

7:45 am – (1) Manchester United at Blackburn Rovers  (ESPN2, ESPND, ESPN3)

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

9:30 am – VfB Stuttgart at (13) Bayern Munich  (ESPND, ESPN3)

9:30 am – (16) Bayer Leverkusen at Freiburg  (ESPN3)

10:00 am – (17) Manchester City vs Stoke City  (FSC, FoxD)

12 noon – Genoa at Lazio  (FSP)

12:30 pm – Everton at West Bromwich Albion  (FSC, FoxD)

2:45 pm – Cagliari at (4) AC Milan  (FSC, FoxD, ESPN3)

2:45 pm – (8) Lille at Paris St.-Germain  (ESPN3)

3:15 pm – (7) Porto at Maritimo  (ESPN3)

4:00 pm – Nacional at Pereira  (GolTV)

9:00 pm – Houston Dynamo at Real Salt Lake  (FSC)

11:00 pm – Portland Timbers at Seattle Sounders  (ESPN2, ESPND, ESPN3)

Sunday, May 15, 2011

6:30 am – Bologna at Fiorentina  (FSP, ESPN3)

8:30 am – Newcastle United at (5) Chelsea  (FSC, FoxD)

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

9:00 am – Roma at Catania  (FSP, ESPN3)

9:00 am – (24) Udinese at Chievo Verona  (ESPN3)

9:00 am – Juventus at Parma  (ESPN3)

11:00 am – Tottenham Hotspur at (22) Liverpool  (FSC, FoxD)

11:00 am – Aston Villa at (11) Arsenal  (FSP)

1:00 pm – West Ham United at Wigan Athletic  (Delayed) (FSP)

1:00 pm – Chivas Guadalajara at Pumas UNAM  (Telemundo)

2:45 pm – (9) Inter Milan at (18) Napoli  (FSC, FoxD, ESPN3)

3:00 pm – Corinthians vs Santos  (GolTV)

3:00 pm – (20) Marseille at Lorient  (FSP)

3:00 pm – Deportivo La Coruña at (2) Barcelona  (ESPND, ESPN3)

3:00 pm – Real Sociedad at Sevilla  (ESPN3)

3:00 pm – Racing Santander at Sporting Gijón  (ESPN3)

5:00 pm – (3) Real Madrid at (25) Villarreal  (Delayed) (GolTV)

5:00 pm – Fulham at Stoke City  (Delayed)

7:00 pm – Espanyol at Real Zaragoza  (Delayed) (GolTV)
7:00 pm - Chivas USA at New York Red Bulls  (Galavision)

9:00 pm – Cruz Azul at Morelia  (Azteca)