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Midweek
action is here. All kickoff times are in EST. MLS games are available on MLS Season Pass on Apple TV, in addition to any other options listed. Let’s get into it!
Monday
- Galatasaray vs Venezia, 12p: It looks like Gianluca Busio was not in Venezia’s squad for their 3-0 friendly win over Turkish club Galatasaray.
Tuesday
- Lens vs Crystal Palace, 1p: Chris Richards and Palace meet French club RC Lens in a friendly.
- PSV vs FC Eindhoven, 2p: Ricardo Pepi, Sergiño Dest, and PSV meet cross-town FC Eindhoven in a traditional preseason friendly known as the Lichtstadderby (Light City Derby).
- Rosario Central vs Racing, 8:15p on FOX Deportes, FOX One, Fubo, ViX, TyC Sports: Matko Miljevic and Racing Club meet Rosario Central in the second matchday of Argentina’s top league.
- El Salvador U20 vs USA U20, 10p on FS2, FOX One, Fubo: Dino Klapija, Nimfa Berchimas, Christopher Cupps, and the U20s meet El Salvador at the Concacaf U20 Championship.
Wednesday
- Cerezo Osaka vs Dortmund, 6a: Mathis Albert could feature for BVB again in this friendly, after scoring for the senior team last week.
- Hoffenheim vs Holstein Kiel, 12p: John Tolkin and Holstein Kiel meet TSG Hoffenheim in a friendly.
- Real Betis vs Lyon, 2p on Onefootball, beIN Sports Connect, Fubo: Tanner Tessmann and OL have a friendly with Betis.
- MLS All-Stars vs Liga MX All-Stars, 8p: This year’s MLS all-stars include Sebastian Berhalter, Zavier Gozo, Julian Hall, Tim Ream, Matt Freese, Max Arfsten, and Jackson Ragen. Alex Zendejas is not on the Liga MX team; former US youth player Brian Gutiérrez is there.
Thursday
- Augsburg vs Bournemouth, 10a: Hopefully Tyler Adams is preparing his best recruiting pitch as he and the Cherries meet up with Noahkai Banks and Augsburg in this friendly.
- Parma vs Arezzo, 11a: Benja Cremaschi and Parma have a friendly with Arezzo, who earned promotion from Serie C this past season and will be playing in Serie B this fall.
- Pafos vs Hajduk Split, 1p: Rokas Pukštas and Split are up 2-0 on Pafos after the first leg of their Europa League qualifier.
- Ferencváros vs Twente, 2:30p: Taylor Booth and FC Twente trail Hungarian club Ferencváros 1-2 after the first leg of their Europa League qualifier.
- Panathinaikos vs Paksi SE, 12p on ESPN Select, Fubo: Erik Palmer-Brown and Panathinaikos are up 2-1 after the away leg, and will be feeling good heading into this Conference League qualifier.
- Leeds vs Sunderland, 7:30p on ESPN2, Fubo: Brenden Aaronson and Leeds United meet Sunderland in a friendly.
Friday
- Juventus vs Nice, 12p: Weston McKennie and Juve have a friendly with French side OGC Nice.
- Toulouse vs Real Sociedad, 1p: Mark McKenzie and Toulouse meet Spanish club Sociedad in a friendly.
- LASK vs Grazer AK, 1:30p on Onefootball: George Bello and LASK Linz open their Austrian Bundesliga season against Grazer.
- NYCFC vs Toronto FC, 7:30p: Josh Sargent and the Reds meet Matt Freese, James Sands, and the Pigeons in MLS.
- USA U20 vs Cuba U20, 10p on FS1, FS2 (it’s probably not on both networks, but it’s listed on both at time of writing), FOX One, Fubo: The U20s go again in the Concacaf U20 Championship, this time against Cuba.
That’s it! Did I miss anything that matters? Let me know in the comments below. Let’s see who stands out this week!
