Waiting for the Weekend
How busy will this weekend be for soccer on TV?
Colorado and San Jose get things under way at 8 p.m. on ESPN2 in a rare Friday evening game.
Oh, and last night the UCLA men beat their Cal State Fullerton counterparts, 2-1. Game story.
For an exhaustive listing of every available game click the live soccer TV link to the right.
But here are my picks for the games to watch, followed by the local college action you can see live this weekend:
Saturday
7 a.m. Fox Soccer Channel Aston Villa-Portsmouth
9:30 a.m. FSC West Ham United-Liverpool
Noon FSC Seattle Sounders-Chivas USA
1 p.m. GolTV Barcelona-Athletico Madrid
7:30 p.m. Prime Galaxy-Toronto
Sunday
5:25 a.m. Setanta Manchester United-Manchester City (I don't usually list games on this pay TV service, but Setanta is having a free preview - at least on DirecTV - that ends Sunday).
-8 a.m. FSC Chelsea-Tottenham Hotspur
10 a.m. ESPN2 Xerez-Real Madrid
Noon Telefutura Chicago Fire-Columbus Crew
College games
4 p.m. today Matador Field Cal State Northridge women-Hawaii
4 p.m. today George Allen Field Cal State Long Beach-Pepperdine
4:30 p.m. today Loyola Marymount-Missouri followed at 7 p.m. by UCLA-Utah at Drake Stadium (UCLA Women's Cup)
11 a.m. Sunday UCLA-Missouri followed at 1 p.m. by Loyola Marymount-Utah at Drake Stadium
1 p.m. Sunday Tari Frahm Rokus Field Pepperdine-Cal State Sacramento (AYSO teams can get free admission to the game. Call 310-506-6018)
About 100 Percent Soccer
Sportswriter Nick Green has written the 100 Percent Soccer column since 2005 for the Daily News, Daily Breeze and other Los Angeles area newspapers. The blog of the same name began in 2007. A native of England, he began writing about soccer in the mid-1980s and in 2000 permanently exchanged a seat in the stands for one in the press box. He lives six miles from Carson's Home Depot Center, home of the Los Angeles Galaxy, Chivas USA and the training headquarters for U.S. Soccer and is married to a long-suffering soccer widow. Join Nick on FaceBook and follow him on Twitter.
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