Weekend Football

Here are some of the games that caught my eye. All times are Eastern Standard Time and the home team is listed first. The most important game is USA vs. Honduras on Saturday at 7 P.M. of course!

Saturday
English Premier League
Derby vs. Manchester United (11:00): Wow, this will be pure domination. Who doesn't love a 6-0 match?
Liverpool vs. Reading (11:00): American goalkeeper Marcus Hahnemann will shut down Liverpool! (ok probably not).
West Ham vs. Blackburn (11:00): Jonathan Spector is in action for West Ham and Brad Friedel for Blackburn.
Arsenal vs. Middlesbrough (13:15): Arsenal needs to start playing well again to stay at the top of the table.

Scottish Premier League
Motherwell vs. Celtic (8:00): Go Motherwell!

Spanish Primera División
Deportivo La Coruña vs. Real Madrid (15:00): Easy win for Real.
Valencia vs. Sevilla (17:00): Sevilla wants to maintain or improve their spot in European competition.

Italian Serie A
Roma vs. AC Milan (15:30): Roma is trying to remain in 2nd place while AC is trying to move into the top 4 so they can play in Champions League next year.

German Bundesliga
Hannover 96 vs. Arminia Bielefeld (10:30): Cherundolo in action for Hannover.
Energie Cottbus vs. Bayern Munich (10:30): The best team in Germany against the worst. This will not be pretty!
Hamburg vs. Borussia Dortmund (10:30): Hamburg is trying to maintain or improve their position in 3rd place.

Sunday
Fulham vs. Everton (9:30, English Premier League): Fulham really needs to beat Tim Howard and Everton.

Dundee United vs. Rangers (11:00, CIS Insurance Cup Final): Rangers have won this cup more than any other team; winning it 24 times (last in 2005). Dundee United has won it twice; the last time being 1981. Only 3 of the last 12 finals have been decided by one goal so don't expect a close game.

Almeria vs. Barcelona (14:00, Spanish Primera División): Barcelona needs wins and Almeria needs points to qualify for the UEFA Cup.

Inter Milan vs. Palermo (10:00, Italian Serie A): Inter trying to maintain their spot at the top of the table while Palermo is battling for a UEFA Cup spot.

German Bundesliga
Werder Bremen vs. VfL Wolfsburg (12:00): 2nd place Bremen needs to be perfect to jump Munich.
Bayer Leverkusen vs. Nurnberg (12:00): 4th place Leverkusen looking to improve their position and under-achieving Nurnberg are looking to climb out of relegation.

Dutch Eredivisie
Ajax vs. Willem II Tilburg (9:30): 2nd place Ajax are looking to get closer to jumping PSV and Willem is battling relegation.
Roda JC Kerkrade vs. PSV Eindhoven (9:30): PSV is looking to increase their lead at the top of the table over Ajax. Roda is looking to secure their place in UEFA Cup qualification playoffs.