Yet again, this weekend wouldn't be a bad weekend to lose your remote.  Well, you might want to find it sometime between 9 pm Saturday and 9 am Sunday and switch from GolTV to Fox Soccer Channel.  If you can do that without your remote, I'm impressed.

 GolTV definitely will have the better of the matches on Saturday, beginning at 11:30 am when the clubs that are at second and third in the Bundesliga will take on each other as Bayer Leverkusen hosts Bayern Munich.

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Once again, as we always do here at WCR, we have scoured the intertubes to deliver to you a schedule of all of the football action on American television over the weekend. If you only have a limited amount of time, and your remote control is broken, might I suggest that you tune in to FSC on Saturday morning and just veg for several hours. Click to continue reading...

There are no real classic matches this week, but there are plenty of good ones. Although there are no matches featuring a pair of WCR Top 25 Clubs this weekend, clubs that have seen some time in the rankings recently, such as Aston Villa, Roma and Schalke 04, will be facing ranked opponents. There are enough of these to fill out a Top Five Matches of the Weekend, any way. Click to continue reading...

With three matches involving a pair of WCR Top 25 Clubs, this weekend's choice for Match of the Weekend was not an easy one. Actually the tough decision came down to two. Normally, a matchup between two of England's big four is a non-brainer. This week, a rejuvenated Manchester United plays a slumping Arsenal in such a matchup. Click to continue reading...

The season continues in high gear this week, with two matches involving two WCR Top 25 Clubs. On Saturday, the top two clubs in the Eredivisie face off as NAC Breda hosts FC Groningen. Unfortunately, I have not been able to find a broadcast option for this match. On Sunday, AC Milan hosts Napoli in what I anticipate should be one of the best matches of the weekend. Click to continue reading...

Sometimes the world teases you. Perhaps it's the current freakiness in the WCR Top 25 Clubs ranking that throws things off. I don't know. I do know, however, that with all of the matches on television or the intertubes this weekend, there are still eleven matches involving Top 25 clubs that aren't televised, and that's sad. Click to continue reading...

Not only is club football back this weekend, it's back with the vengeance of a stock market correction. We have a Superclassico from Argentina, derbies in Spain and battles for the top in the Netherlands and Germany. We also have some English matches but, for a change, they are not at the top of the excitement list. Click to continue reading...

What do we like here at World Club Rankings?  Club football.  What do we have this weekend?  International football.  Don't get me wrong, I do love international football . . . come World Cup time.  The qualifiers, however, often are powerhouse vs. minnow and can make for good drama, at times, but also sometimes appear to be exhibition matches.

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Thanks to the wonder that is ESPN 360, you can now pretty much watch live football 24 hours a day either online or on television. Oh, the glory of the times we live in. And what else are you going to do? The economy's gone straight to hell. You have or are about to lose your job. Your savings have turned to dust. Click to continue reading...

This week should prove to be another great derby week, with inter-city rivalry matches taking place in Milan, Liverpool and Barcelona, among others. The only match between two current WCR Top 25 Clubs takes place on Sunday afternoon, where AC Milan and Inter Milan will battle for dominance of the city. Click to continue reading...

It's been a tough stretch for Manchester United. After going to Liverpool (and losing) and going to Spain (and tying), the past WCR Top 25 Number One Club has to go to London to face the current WCR Top 25 Number One Club, Chelsea. Their challenge is our pleasure, however, as we get to watch the match on Sunday morning. Click to continue reading...

Thank goodness, club football is back. I have nothing against international football, I'll even blog about it when I have nothing else to talk about, but I do love me some club football.

All of the WCR Top 25 Clubs in the World are in action this weekend. The most anticipated matches are taking place on Saturday morning and coming out of England, where Manchester United takes on Liverpool and Robinho-riffic Manchester City hosts Robinho-less Chelsea. Click to continue reading...

Here at World Club Rankings, you know what we like – Club Football. Unfortunately, we will not get very much of that this weekend as almost every top domestic league in the world goes into a little hiatus for World Cup 2010 qualifiers. That means that only one club form the most recent WCR Top 25 is in action (Gremio) and the only club matches on television here in the States are MLS matches. Click to continue reading...

Hail, hail the gang's all here!!! Finally, all of the top domestic leagues are under way and all of the WCR Top 25 Clubs are in action this weekend except for Manchester United, who plays Zenit St. Petersburg in the UEFA Super Cup on Friday, so you can't hold that against the weekend.

Not only are all of the clubs in action this weekend, more than half of them will be on American television. Click to continue reading...

Somebody, please correct me because I hope I'm wrong, but it appears that the Italian Super Coppa isn't being televised anywhere in the U.S. How is a match between Inter Milan and Roma not televised? Sad, sad, sad. Maybe it is somewhere, but I can't find it.

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We are not yet at full strength in world club action, but we are well on our way as the top domestic league in the world begins this weekend when Arsenal hosts West Brom at Emirates Stadium. Between FSC and Setanta, all of the top English clubs will be on a television near you this weekend. In addition to the premier of the Premiership, the beginning of the Bundesliga season occurs this weekend, giving GolTV something other than South American action to broadcast. Click to continue reading...

There are a ton of great friendly matches this weekend involving WCR Top 25 clubs and, as usual, you can find them on . . . ESPN 360. Wait, what? Yes, ESPN 360. In addition to Russian and Japanese matches, ESPN 360 this weekend is broadcasting a plethora of friendlies, including PSV/Everton, Inter/Ajax, Roma/Tottenham, and Sevilla/Arsenal. Click to continue reading...

So many great games coming up that it seems like the regular season must be here. Well, it's not, at least not in most places. Nevertheless, since we're on the verge of the Weekly Rankings returning – the pre-season WCR Top 25 comes out this week – and since there are so many matches are going on this weekend that it feels like it's time to re-introduce the WCR Top 5 Matches of the weekend. Click to continue reading...

The action begins to pick up this weekend, though it is still a far cry from what we will see in another few weeks or so. Where should we start . . .? How about with a question. Why does it seem that there are never any good MLS matchups over the weekend? There are four MLS games on this weekend and none of them match up teams that would make the playoffs if the season ended today. Click to continue reading...

Last week, I believe I said that the Superliga was the most exciting thing going on over the weekend. Even though the group stage of the Superliga concludes this weekend, now that D.C. United has been all but mathematically eliminated from the tournament, I'm not so excited about it. TeleFutura will be broadcasting the last matchdays of the group stage on Saturday and Sunday, but I'm more excited about the Uruguayan Copa Artigas, which concludes this weekend, so we will soon learn which Uruguayan teams advance to the 2008 Copa Sudamericana and which advance (in addition to Defensor Sporting) to the 2009 Copa Libertadores. Click to continue reading...

Another weekend, another light set of summer club football action. The most intriguing games of the weekend are those in the Superliga, which will be televised on Saturday and Sunday on TeleFutura. As always, there are a handful of MLS games around the dial and the internet – the best of which promises to be the battle between the Columbus Crew and Real Salt Lake, which will be televised on HDNet on Saturday night. Click to continue reading...

Last week, I stated that for what the weekend soccer schedule lacked in quantity, it made up for in quality. Now that Euro 2008 is complete, it is a little harder to make that argument. That is not to say that there is nothing, however. The game of the week has to be the second leg of the Copa Mustang final in Boyaca, Colombia, where Chico hosts America de Cali. Click to continue reading...

What the weekend lacks for in quantity, it makes up for in quality as the Euro 2008 tournament draws to a conclusion as Germany takes on either Spain or Russia in the final. As I've been saying for weeks now, Go Germany!!! I'll be watching the game at Estadio RFK in Washington, immediately following United's hosting of the Los Angeles Galaxy. Click to continue reading...

I will be the first to admit that I have been a little lax recently in my posts. What can I say? This is a club soccer site and there's not much going on in the club world at the moment, although the Copa Libertadores finals start next week and should give us something to talk about.

That doesn't mean there's nothing on television, though. Click to continue reading...

Things are slowing down to a crawl on the WCR Top 25 schedule, where only one team faces a ranked opponent this week on television. That team, River Plate hosts Olimpico on FSC on Sunday.

Of course, the biggest games of the week are international matches – and the biggest of those take place in Euro 2008 on Saturday on the ESPN family of networks. Click to continue reading...

The list is getting easier to compile as the number of games available keeps shrinking. Since I will have to work this weekend, this is a mixed blessing for me. You can decide whether it is for you.

The matches available this weekend can be lumped into three categories: International Friendlies, MLS and South American Club matches. Click to continue reading...

This is what we're left with. Normally, I wouldn't list non-top division games, but there's not a lot to list, so I will. Normally, I wouldn't list under-23 matches, but there's not a lot to list, so I will. It's not that there's not a lot left going on in the world of football after the Champions League final, but the best competition going on right now is the Copa Libertadores and it takes place during the week. Click to continue reading...

Sometimes you have to wonder why rain always seems to come when you have lots of soccer matches scheduled. Click to continue reading...

This is the way the season ends.
This is the way the season ends.
This is the way the season ends.
Not with a bang but a whimper.

I believe that was written by Tottenham Spurs Eliot.

The season doesn't quite end with a whimper, but the games to watch are becoming few and far between as many of the WCR Top 25 teams have completed their seasons. Click to continue reading...

This week is a week of teams fighting for championships, European spots and to avoid relegation. Nevertheless, there are not very many games in which international powerhouses are facing each other. There are no matchups between WCR Top 25 teams this weekend, as those were held during the week with Real Madrid embarrassing Barcelona 4-1 yesterday and San Lorenzo taking on River Plate this evening in the Copa Libertadores. Click to continue reading...

This weekend the schedule is dominated by two massive games on Fox Soccer Channel on Sunday. At 9:00, the day starts in Milan as AC hosts Internazionale. Not only is it a battle of two great teams, it's an important game for both as Inter seeks to lock up another Serie A title and AC tries to fight its way into the final Italian Champions League spot. Click to continue reading...

Some weeks it's difficult to pick the game of the weekend. This week, that isn't the case – and there are some really good matches this weekend. For the first time this season, however, the top two ranked teams in the WCR Top 25 face off as Manchester United travels to Stamford Bridge to face Chelsea. Click to continue reading...

Dozens of people responsible for youth soccer schedules across North Carolina starting screaming in unison. Why you ask? Because we just had another weekend of soccer rained out - the third weekend this season... so far. Travel teams are looking at 1-2 weeks before the end of season tournaments/seedings begin and many still have 3-4 [. Click to continue reading...

With over forty games being broadcast in the States this weekend, if you can't get your fill, you probably should get your stomach stapled. In fact, if you spend that much time watching television, you probably need your stomach stapled anyway.

Lots of great games this week, highlighted by the sole match of the weekend between Top 25 teams as Liverpool host their cross-town rivals Everton in a battle for the final Champions League spot out of England. Click to continue reading...

For the past few weeks, I have been bemoaning the lack of good games scheduled over the weekend. It's nobody's fault, just the way the round ball bounces sometimes, but it has been a little disappointing.

This week, that all changes as the airwaves are chock full of quality games involving Top 25 teams. Click to continue reading...