Weekend Matches: August 18-19

Yay! The return of my weekly Friday column, ‘Weekend matches.’ That can only mean that there is some fun and meaningful football on this weekend. Highlights include Bayern Munich (with their own collection of galacticos to rival the gang at Barca) and that old-tyme galactico David Beckham doing his thing for the Galaxy. The best matches again are on Sunday (as it has been for the past few weeks) highlighted by a Manchester derby that has lost a little luster and the Liverpool-Chelsea clash. Should be fun.

Saturday

9:30am Werder Bremen vs Bayern Munich GolTv

10:00am Reading vs Everton FSC

12:00pm Newcastle vs Aston Villa FSC

2:30pm Birmingham vs West Ham Setanta Sports

2:30pm Wigan vs Sunderland FSC

7:30pm New York Red Bulls vs LA Galaxy FSC


Sunday

8:30am Manchester City vs Manchester United Setanta Sports

11:00am Liverpool vs Chelsea FSC

4:00pm Real Madrid vs Sevilla Telemundo

5:00pm San Lorenzo vs River Plate FSC