Soccer calendars vary by state, primarily due to the local climate. Yet many soccer parents chuckle at the concept of 'Spring' soccer, because the weather can get pretty wild (and cold) some years. Still, the idea of 'Spring' soccer generally meant the bulk of the season was played in... the Spring.

Soccer calendars vary by state, primarily due to the local climate. Yet many soccer parents chuckle at the concept of 'Spring' soccer, because the weather can get pretty wild (and cold) some years. Still, the idea of 'Spring' soccer generally meant the bulk of the season was played in... the Spring.

In our final week before the next international break, I count forty-three matches being broadcast in the United States this weekend, so there's definitely something for everybody. The only match between two ranked clubs takes place on Saturday from a league that is used to such matchups but including a pair of unlikely suspects as Levante hosts Valencia on ESPN Deportes.

After a few very exciting weekends of football, this one seems a little mundane. There are no matches between WCR Top 25 Clubs. Once again, the highlight is a matchup between English powers, but let's face it – these days Chelsea/Arsenal pales in comparison to United/City. Still, it is an important London derby and should be fun for supporters of both clubs.

As usual, there is plenty of action taking place on U.S. television this weekend, but let's face it, there's one match that dominates the schedule. This past weekend, Manchester United faltered and dropped to second in the English Premier League behind intercity rival Manchester City and also lost the top spot to its hated adversary in the latest WCR Top 25 Clubs in the World.

Thank goodness that international crap is over for a while and we can get back to what we like best, club football. Of course, the match that everybody is looking forward to this weekend is Saturday's Liverpool – Manchester United matchup. Manyoo has been on a roll recently and will look to keep that up at Anfield.

It's that time of year again. Most of the domestic league action is on hiatus so the world can enjoy international football. Here, we're not particularly adverse to international football, although we are know much more for our fondness of domestic league action.
There will be some club action in the Western Hemisphere and you can find much of that on GolTV and, in the case of Mexican league play, on the Spanish-language channels in the United States.

This coming Monday will be a big week in the rankings as Italy and Spain reach the point in the season where all of last season's data is dropped out of the computations. Leading up to that are some great matches this weekend that will have a large say in how next week's rankings play out.

This weekend should be a great one for football but in a less traditional way. There are no Manchester United/Chelsea or Barcelona/Real Madrid matches going on but there are some matches in other countries that might be considered the local equivalent at the moment. The three in particular that I will have my eye on are Porto/Benfica on Friday, Shakhtar Donetsk/Dynamo Kyiv on Saturday and Twente/Ajax, also on Saturday.

Unlike last weekend, this weekend is just chock full of potentially exciting matches all up and down the schedule. In fact, Roma at Inter Milan and Bayern Munich at Schalke 04 are just a pair of matches that highlight the list of matches that didn't even qualify for the Top Five Matches of the Week list.

Fortunately, now that the strikes are over, we finally have a full slate of action in world football, featuring the return of the Italian Serie A to the television stage. At this point, for the first time in a long time, all of the major domestic leagues in the world are in action at the same time.

It's an extremely light weekend on television this week in the United States, unless you count ESPN3 (which isn't really television) because it's mostly international action and most of those matches are going on at the same time (Friday, 2:45 EDT). Therefore, we are foregoing our Top Five Matches of the Weekend until next week while we work on the Monthly International Rankings and watch a little international football.

First it looked like the Spanish clubs weren't going to play, but now they are. And then it looked like the Italian clubs were going to play, but not maybe they'll go on strike. It's really difficult to tell what's going on from one day to another, but we're going ahead as if everybody is playing this weekend because that's the way I like it.

It's time to bring you another listing of weekend soccer action on American television. As I've said before, I started compiling this list just so I could figure out what I want to watch each weekend. Now, that I'm living in Argentina, this list is pretty irrelevant to me, but we will continue to bring it to you on a timely basis.

For months, the biggest question on the lips of every football fan around the world is whether the Weekend Soccer on Television entries will return to World Club Rankings even though the head office has moved to Buenos Aires, Argentina. Rest your worried mind, sports fans of all ages. We're back.

There are some interesting ones here as transcribed from Sky Sports:Opening day fixtures Blackburn v WolverhamptonFulham v Aston VillaLiverpool v SunderlandMan City v SwanseaNewcastle v ArsenalQPR v BoltonStoke v ChelseaTottenham v EvertonWest Brom v Man UtdWigan v Norwich Boxing Day fixtures (Dec 26th for all those who don't know) Arsenal v WolverhamptonBolton v NewcastleChelsea v
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We've finally reached the final WCR Soccer on Television entry of the season. And to be perfectly honest, I'm not sure there's a reason to post it this week. Oh, sure, there's some match being playing at Wembley Stadium tomorrow, but if you have any interest in that, then I'm pretty sure you already know how and where you are going to watch it.

We've finally reached the final WCR Soccer on Television entry of the season. And to be perfectly honest, I'm not sure there's a reason to post it this week. Oh, sure, there's some match being playing at Wembley Stadium tomorrow, but if you have any interest in that, then I'm pretty sure you already know how and where you are going to watch it.

Well, here we are. The final regular season weekend of the season, at least as far as most of Europe is concerned. The top three leagues in Europe, and probably the world, all conclude this weekend with Spain's La Liga finishing on Saturday and the English Premier League and Italian Serie A closing out on Sunday.

Well, here we are. The final regular season weekend of the season, at least as far as most of Europe is concerned. The top three leagues in Europe, and probably the world, all conclude this weekend with Spain's La Liga finishing on Saturday and the English Premier League and Italian Serie A closing out on Sunday.

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.

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.

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.

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.

I'm not going to lie to you. This weekend isn't going to be the most exciting weekend on the world football stage. That's not to say, though, that there won't be some good matches. The only match involving of pair of clubs in the WCR Top 25 takes place in Valencia, where Real Madrid returns to the scene of its recent Copa del Rey triumph for a matchup of two of the top three clubs in Spain.

I'm not going to lie to you. This weekend isn't going to be the most exciting weekend on the world football stage. That's not to say, though, that there won't be some good matches. The only match involving of pair of clubs in the WCR Top 25 takes place in Valencia, where Real Madrid returns to the scene of its recent Copa del Rey triumph for a matchup of two of the top three clubs in Spain.

With all of the midweek action going on, especially in domestic cup competitions, it seems like this is a good week to bring back the scoreboard/schedule feature. The highlights of the week all seem to take place on Wednesday when Real Madrid and Barcelona play in the finals of the Copa del Rey, Benfica and Porto face off in the semifinals of the Taça da Portugal and Real Salt Lake and Monterrey begin their two-leg CONCACAF Champions League final.

With all of the midweek action going on, especially in domestic cup competitions, it seems like this is a good week to bring back the scoreboard/schedule feature. The highlights of the week all seem to take place on Wednesday when Real Madrid and Barcelona play in the finals of the Copa del Rey, Benfica and Porto face off in the semifinals of the Taça da Portugal and Real Salt Lake and Monterrey begin their two-leg CONCACAF Champions League final.

I really meant to talk about this a couple days ago when weather in Dallas was really like the photo above. Still better late than never when there is still snow in my front yard and a nice layer of ice underneath it. In fact I Steve Davis got me thinking about it again.

But the thought of ever moving the Major League Soccer calendar to a winter schedule terrifies the living hell out of me.

There's a full slate of matches this weekend so if you don't care about the Super Bowl or if you do like the Super Bowl but you're looking for ways to fill up the rest of your weekend, there's plenty of fútbol for you to watch.

There's no matches this weekend between WCR Top 25 Clubs but there are still some potentially exciting matches.

There's a full slate of matches this weekend so if you don't care about the Super Bowl or if you do like the Super Bowl but you're looking for ways to fill up the rest of your weekend, there's plenty of fútbol for you to watch.

There's no matches this weekend between WCR Top 25 Clubs but there are still some potentially exciting matches.

Everybody is back in action now. Well, not everybody, but almost everybody that is normally televised in America. You know, except the Americans. And the Argentines, I suppose. Still, most everybody is back now. The television schedule is pretty full up again, anyway.

Despite the fact that almost everybody is back, there are no matches this weekend between WCR Top 25 Clubs.

Everybody is back in action now. Well, not everybody, but almost everybody that is normally televised in America. You know, except the Americans. And the Argentines, I suppose. Still, most everybody is back now. The television schedule is pretty full up again, anyway.

Despite the fact that almost everybody is back, there are no matches this weekend between WCR Top 25 Clubs.

The description of this week's matches has to be somewhat abbreviated because I'm busy packing for a week-long trip to Washington and New York City. We will tell you, though, that there are two matches bookending this weekend that feature a pair of ranked clubs. On Friday, the German Bundesliga returns with a bang as Bayer Leverkusen hosts leader Borussia Dortmund.

The description of this week's matches has to be somewhat abbreviated because I'm busy packing for a week-long trip to Washington and New York City. We will tell you, though, that there are two matches bookending this weekend that feature a pair of ranked clubs. On Friday, the German Bundesliga returns with a bang as Bayer Leverkusen hosts leader Borussia Dortmund.

As we continue to gear up to full action, we do have some high profile matches this weekend for your viewing enjoyment. First off, let's discuss who is back. At midweek, Serie A came back in Italy and Primera Division will return in Mexico on Friday night. La Liga had already returned, there is cup action in France and England this weekend and Portugal's Liga Sagres is back on ESPN3 on Sunday.