It is Friday, which means it is time to prepare for non-stop action from Spain with La Liga back in the fray. After an intense week of World Cup qualifying playoffs, the focus turns back to the domestic responsibilities.

The times listed are Eastern Standard Time (EST) and include the pregame pleasantries, although sometimes the matches on the DIRECTV La Liga specific channels may not go to match coverage until right before kickoff.

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With the confusing TV schedules for La Liga in the United States every week, it is quite difficult to figure out who is playing when and on what channel. Every Friday, I will lay out the TV schedule so that every fan of La Liga has a place to go to see when and where their favorite team will play.

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While our local squads have either finished their season (Drury) or will now play on the road as long as they keep winning (Missouri State), there is plenty of good women's college soccer available on TV this week. Here's the calendar, by day, with the Missouri Valley Conference Championship game scheduled for Sunday.

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Man United scored a late one through Antonio Valencia to beat CSKA Moscow 1-0 in Russia. The rest of today's matches, including Kaka's return to AC Milan with Real Madrid are taking place right now. If you can find a TV, tune it to Fox Soccer Channel or the sports section on DirecTV. Click to continue reading...

Kaka faces AC Milan and Bordeaux takes on Bayern Munich in today's marquee match-ups in the UEFA Champions League.

Here is today's TV schedule:

2:45pm- FSC/FSE- Real Madrid vs. AC Milan

2:45pm- Setanta USA- Chelsea vs. Atletico Madrid

4:45pm- Setanta USA- Real Madrid vs.

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Kaka faces AC Milan and Bordeaux takes on Bayern Munich in today's marquee match-ups in the UEFA Champions League.

Here is today's TV schedule:

2:45pm- FSC/FSE- Real Madrid vs. AC Milan

2:45pm- Setanta USA- Chelsea vs. Atletico Madrid

4:45pm- Setanta USA- Real Madrid vs.

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The UEFA Champions League has kicked off with some crazy early scores as Barcelona and Inter Milan both fell behind in the opening moments. Ives is doing a running commentary at SBI, or you can watch the games yourself on Fox Soccer Channel (or their auxiliary channels on DirecTV). If neither of those works for you, check out the live scores at Soccernet. Click to continue reading...

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The UEFA Champions League returns to action today with eight matches that will go a long way in clarifying the picture as team's battle for position mid-way through the group stage.

Liverpool is in crisis mode and needs a win against Lyon today to stop the bleeding and establish itself as a team capable of advancing out of its group.

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2:45pm, live in the US on Comcast Sports Northeast and MSG. The game is on Fox Sports regional networks. I've got DirecTV, and the game is on channels 630 or 635. And it's in HD! I wish I could be more help to those with cable. At the least, it's delayed on FSC at 10pm.
Last 3 matches:
Liverpool: 0-1 Sunderland (a); 0-2 Chelsea (a); 0-2 Fiorentina (a)
Lyon: 0-2 Sochaux (h); 2-0 Lens (a); 4-0 Debrecen (a)
Group Stage:
Liverpool: 0-2 Fiorentina (a); 1-0 Debrecen (h)
Lyon: 4-0 Debrecen (a); 1-0 Fiorentina (h)
Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (SPA)
Guess at a squad:
Reina
Johnson Carragher Agger Insua
Lucas Mascherano
Benayoun Gerrard Riera
Kuyt
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The match-up most of us have been waiting for is here and highlights the second day of Matchday One in the UEFA Champions League.

FC Barcelona, the reigning champions, take on Inter Milan, in a match-up chock full of sub-plots and juicy match-ups. Samuel Eto'o looks to show Barcelona that it made a mistake by letting him go while Zlatan Ibrahimovic faces former Inter teammates who aren't too thrilled with him taking all the credit for the three Serie A titles they win with him at striker.

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DIRECTV will officially be on every North American soccer fans Christmas wish list this year, after they just announced that they have exclusive rights over major soccer matches. DIRECTV has announced today that they are partnering with major European sports networks to deliver more soccer games than any other TV provider.

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Today marked the debut of the UEFA Champions League, the world's premier club event on the FOX networks.

FOX's pre game coverage was outstanding with Max Bretos, Bobby McMahon and Warren Barton enhancing the previous coverage we were accustomed to from ESPN in the United States.

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I had a discussion last week with a veteran of the soccer television industry, and I asked him whether soccer schedules these days were more or less confusing than how they used to be five or even 10 years ago. His response was a laugh followed by a definitive answer. Things are much more complicated now.

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One more reminder of all the ways to watch the game. Make sure to get somewhere in time for kickoff. Better yet, get somewhere in time to watch the pre-game show at 2:30 p.m. CT on ESPN.
The Wizards and Budweiser are hosting watch parties at both area 810 Zone locations for the World Cup Qualifier between the United States and Mexico at famed Estadio Azteca in Mexico City. Click to continue reading...

ESPN may still be reeling from losing the rights to the UEFA Champions League, but that isn't stopping it from building up its collection of soccer offerings.

According to EPL Talk, ESPN has added the English Premier Leagueand will show up to two matches a week, starting next week. The network initially made some waves when it secured rights to EPL games in England, a move that was part of ESPN's plan to launch an ESPN UK channel, but now ESPN appears set to show EPL games here in the United States.

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ESPN may still be reeling from losing the rights to the UEFA Champions League, but that isn't stopping it from building up its collection of soccer offerings.

According to EPL Talk, ESPN has added the English Premier League and will show up to two matches a week, starting next week.

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Champions League Talk has received a rumor that DirecTV has acquired the TV rights to the debut season of the UEFA Europa League on US television.

The semi-finals of the 2009 Europa League, previously known as the UEFA Cup, as well as the quarter-finals and final will be shown on DirecTV.

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Various sources (not to be confused with Various Styles) are reporting this morning that on August 12, the day of the United States - Mexico game, Telemundo affiliate mun2 (mun dos) will be offering a "Free Preview" of their channel.
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TELEVISION NETWORKS AGREE TO INCREASE AVAILABILITY OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE BROADCAST OF USA-MEXICO MATCH

Several weeks ago I brought you news that a little known network called mun2, a English language Hispanic based network, would be the only carrier of the US v Mexico World Cup qualifier on August 12, at Azteca Stadium in Mexico City.

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TELEVISION NETWORKS AGREE TO INCREASE AVAILABILITY OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE BROADCAST OF USA-MEXICO MATCH

Several weeks ago I brought you news that a little known network called mun2, a English language Hispanic based network, would be the only carrier of the US v Mexico World Cup qualifier on August 12, at Azteca Stadium in Mexico City.

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On August 12, 2009, the U.S. National Team will be travelling to Azteca Stadium in Mexico City to play Mexico in their first match of the second half of the CONCACAF Hex for World Cup Qualificiation. Since the match is at Azteca, the television broadcast rights are not held by ESPN but by Telemundo, part of NBC Universal. Click to continue reading...

So, the usual suspects are commenting on Facebook about yesterday's 5-0 loss to Mexico. There are plenty of theories and thoughts about what the result means in the bigger picture World Cup 2010.

Me I think Mexico was a very enjoyable team to watch with their passing and finishing and the result reminded me of why I didn't get very excited following the US win in the Confederation's Cup over Spain.

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So, the usual suspects are commenting on Facebook about yesterday's 5-0 loss to Mexico. There are plenty of theories and thoughts about what the result means in the bigger picture World Cup 2010.

Me I think Mexico was a very enjoyable team to watch with their passing and finishing and the result reminded me of why I didn't get very excited following the US win in the Confederation's Cup over Spain.

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The USA-Mexico World Cup qualifier on Aug. 12 in Mexico City is going to be broadcast in English.

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The USA-Mexico World Cup qualifier on Aug. 12 in Mexico City is going to be broadcast in English.

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I was reading Football Filter recently (which I recommend, by the way) and came across a link to this Flickr pool devoted to soccer postcards. The pool does exactly what it says on the box, and currently consists of 275 images of football related postcards. Some are images of stadiums, some of players, some are part [. Click to continue reading...

For those of you who have had a chance to experience Setanta-i the new broadband video service from Setanta Sports, you should be now sold on how incredible the interface is plus the quality of the video and the array of features available (read the product review here).

But after experiencing Setanta-i no matter how it's improved leaps and bounds compared to Setanta Broadband there are still some enhancements which would take it into the next stratosphere.

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How many times have you read comments or discussion threads about how the public hate their cable company? Customer Service departments at cable companies probably hate it. Before the Internet, it was difficult to discern how many others had the same passion of hatred as you did. Now it's relatively easy to find those insults [. Click to continue reading...

Slowly but surely, it's getting easier and easier to subscribe to Setanta Sports via your cable and satellite provider. Just last week, Comcast in Boston, Massachusetts added Setanta Sports to its selection of channels to choose from. Comcast now carries Setanta Sports in Allston, Back Bay, Beacon Hill, Brighton, Brookline, Charlestown, Downtown Financial, East Boston, Fenway, Jamaica [. Click to continue reading...

Setanta Sports is now available on AT&T U-Verse, as of this week. U-Verse is AT&T's Internet protocol television (IPTV) solution that starts at $44 per month and is available nationwide. Setanta Sports is available for $15 per month. U-Verse also offers Fox Soccer Channel and GolTV, so if you're unable to get DirecTV and you want to [. Click to continue reading...

As of October 15, 2008, DirecTV customers who subscribe to Setanta Sports will find Setanta Xtra on channel 622. The main Setanta Sports channel will continue to remain on channel 621. The change was made by DirecTV to better organize its channels. Bookmark to: Click to continue reading...

As of October 15, 2008, DirecTV customers who subscribe to Setanta Sports will find Setanta Xtra on channel 622. The main Setanta Sports channel will continue to remain on channel 621. The change was made by DirecTV to better organize its channels. Related Posts Click to continue reading...

If you're like me and subscribe to DirecTV for its unsurpassed soccer options (Dish has dropped Gol TV and cable TV customer service is abysmal) you'll be heartened to learn that DirecTV and TiVo have renewed a once deteriorating relationship and will offer TiVo DVR's as an option again.

Ever since my TiVo died I've been forced to use the clunky, not particularly intuitive DirecTV DVR.

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DISH customers can practically kiss their chances goodbye of seeing GolTV back on their satellite provider. The 24/7 soccer network says that it doesn't see any compromise with DISH being reached in the near future and is recommending that DISH customers select an alternate source such as DirecTV. On August 1st, DISH Network dumped GolTV from its [. Click to continue reading...

Gol TV has my favorite soccer announcer, Phil Schoen.
Problem is, it's not that easy to find the channel any more.
It's only on DIRECTV.
And as far as what's only on GolTV - the upcoming 2010 World Cup qualifying matches and exclusive TV coverage of Spain's La Liga. Click to continue reading...