ElClásico, Emirates FA Cup Quarter Finals, MLS and Bundesliga exclusively on ESPN+ this weekend

● LaLiga’s ElClásico exclusively on ESPN+ featuring an alternative multi-camera viewing experience and traditional match coverage

● Emirates FA Cup Quarter Finals exclusively on ESPN+ in English and Spanish on Sat. and Sun: Chelsea FC, Manchester City FC , Liverpool FC

● 12 out-of-market MLS games on ESPN+ on Sat. and Sun: No. 1 LAFC, No. 2 Real Salt Lake, No. 1 Columbus Crew, No. 2 Philadelphia Union

● 9 Bundesliga games streaming live on ESPN+ including No 1. FC Bayern München, No. 2 Borussia Dortmund, No. 3 Bayer 04 Leverkusen, No.4 RB Leipzig

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LALIGA EXCLUSIVELY ON ESPN+

In Sunday’s ElClásico, league leaders Real Madrid host Xavi’s resurgent FC Barcelona for the third rivalry match of the season at Santiago Bernabéu stadium in Spain. Real Madrid won the season’s first meeting 2-1 in October 2021, at Camp Nou. The rivals met again in January 2022 in the Supercopa de España semifinals, with Real Madrid defeating FC Barcelona in extra time 3-2 to extend their ElClásico winning streak to five games in all competitions. The much anticipated clash kicks off live and exclusively on ESPN+ at 4 pm. ET. Coverage begins at 3 p.m. ET with pregame editions of ESPN FC on ESPN+ and Fuera de Juego on ESPN+ and the ESPN App. Click here for more details.

Studio Coverage on ESPN+

ESPN kicked off its multiplatform coverage of ElClasico yesterday on ESPNPlus English- and Spanish-language studio shows – ESPN FC, Jorge Ramos y Su Banda, Fuera de Juego, and Futbol Americas. Highlights:

Today at 8 p.m., ESPN FC will include a sit-down interview with U.S. Men’s National Team and FC Barcelona defender Sergiño Dest
LaLiga president Javier Tebas interview will stream on Jorge Ramos y Su Banda (4-7 p.m.) today.
Power Rankings with Dan Thomas

Futbol Americas highlights this week:
Monday, Mar. 21 at 8:30pm ET | ESPN+

Futbol Americas “USMNT’s Road to Qatar” Series: a Sam Borden exclusive interview with Paul Arriola”
ElClásico Real Madrid vs Barcelona
The Good, Bad, and Ugly from MLS weekend games
De Klassieker between Ajax of Amsterdam and Feyenoord of Rotterdam

Wednesday Mar. 23 at 8:30pm ET | ESPN+

Futbol Americas goes on the road to Mexico City and will air live from El Pinché Gringo BBQ featuring a “night before” party with U.S. National team fans
Tyler Adams interview in Leipzig, Germany with Alexis Nunes focused on the USMNT World Cup Qualifiers

Thursday Mar. 24 at 12 a.m. ET | ESPN+

Mexico vs. USA World Cup Qualifier post-game analysis from Estadio Azteca with Herculez Gomez, Sebastian Salazar and Mauricio Pedroza

This week’s ESPN+ Soccer Schedule

EMIRATES FA CUP QUARTER FINALS EXCLUSIVELY ON ESPN+

Top three English Premier League teams – No. 1 Manchester City FC, No. 2 Liverpool FC and No. 3 Chelsea FC – compete in this weekend’s FA Cup quarter finals in hopes to advance to the semifinals played on April 16.

Highlights include:

Saturday

Middlesbrough vs Chelsea at 1:15 p.m. ET | ESPN+

Sunday

Crystal Palace vs Everton at 8:30 a.m. ET | ESPN+
Southampton vs Manchester City at 11 a.m. ET | ESPN+
Nottingham Forest vs Liverpool at 2 p.m. | ESPN+

MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER

MLS Live on ESPN+ heads into its fourth action-filled weekend with live stream of the top two teams in each conference: Western Conference No. 1 LAFC takes on the Vancouver Whitecaps on Sunday; and No. 2 Real Salt Lake hosts Nashville SC on Saturday. Eastern Conference leaders Columbus Crew go head-to-head with New England Revolution, and No. 2 Philadelphia Union travel to play against New York City FC in a rematch of the 2021 Eastern Conference Championship game – both matches on Saturday.

Highlights on ESPN+ include:

● Saturday:

○ FC Cincinnati vs Inter Miami CF | 1 p.m. ET

○ New York City FC vs Philadelphia Union | 1 p.m. ET

○ Toronto FC vs D.C. United | 3 p.m. ET

○ Atlanta United FC vs CF Montréal | 4 p.m. ET

○ Chicago Fire FC vs Sporting Kansas City | 6 p.m. ET

○ Charlotte FC vs New England Revolution | 7 p.m. ET

○ Minnesota United FC vs San Jose Earthquakes | 8 p.m. ET

○ FC Dallas vs Portland Timbers | 8:30 p.m ET

○ Houston Dynamo FC vs Colorado Rapids | 8:30 p.m. ET

○ Real Salt Lake vs Nashville SC | 9:30 p.m. ET

● Sunday:

○ New York Red Bulls vs Columbus Crew | 2 p.m. ET

○ LAFC vs Vancouver Whitecaps | 10 p.m. ET

BUNDESLIGA

1. FC Köln vs Borussia Dortmund on Sunday at 2:30 p.m. ET exclusively on ESPN+
No. 2 Borussia Dortmund and forward Erling Haaland travel to RheinEnergieStadion in Cologne to go head-to-head with 1 FC Köln on Sunday.

Additional Highlights on ESPN+

● Hertha Berlin vs Justin Che and TSG Hoffenheim at 10:30 a.m ET on Saturday

● Mainz vs George Bello and Arminia Bielefeld at 10:30 a.m. ET on Saturday

● VfB Stuttgart vs Ricardo Pepi and FC Augsburg at 10:30 a.m. ET on Saturday

● Bayern Munich vs 1. FC Union Berlin at 1:30 p.m. ET on Saturday

● Tyler Adams and RB Leipzig vs Eintracht Frankfurt at 10:30 a.m. ET on Sunday

● Kevin Paredes and VfL Wolfsburg vs Bayer 04 Leverkusen at 12:30 p.m. ET on Sunday

SOCCER ON ESPN.COM

● Post-Roman Abramovich, assessing how Chelsea’s squad might look (ESPN+ Premium Content)

● USMNT World Cup qualifier vs. Mexico: Who should replace McKennie? Who starts up front? (ESPN+ Premium Content)

SOCCER EN ESPAÑOL

● Uniformes osados de Real Madrid y Barcelona, alejados de los tradicionales blanco y azulgrana