The Week in Soccer
El Salvador vs. Argentina 4:20 p.m. Saturday (beIN Sports, beIN Sports Español) Lionel Messi, Sergio "Kun" Agüero, and the rest of Argentina's stars have traveled to the United States for a pair of exhibition games. First up is a meeting with El Salvador at FedEx Field in Landover, Md. While La Albiceleste have the big names, keep an eye on La Selecta midfielder Darwin Cerén of Major League Soccer's Orlando City.
El Salvador vs. Argentina
4:20 p.m. Saturday
(beIN Sports, beIN Sports Español)
Lionel Messi, Sergio "Kun" Agüero, and the rest of Argentina's stars have traveled to the United States for a pair of exhibition games. First up is a meeting with El Salvador at FedEx Field in Landover, Md. While La Albiceleste have the big names, keep an eye on La Selecta midfielder Darwin Cerén of Major League Soccer's Orlando City.
Brazil vs. Chile
9:50 a.m. Sunday
(beIN Sports, beIN Sports Español)
The stars will be out as well in London for this clash between South American powers. Chilean dynamo Alexis Sánchez gets to play on his home turf at Arsenal's Emirates Stadium against a Brazilian squad led by Neymar, Thiago Silva, and two other London residents: Chelsea's Oscar and Willian.
Serbia at Portugal
2:45 p.m. Sunday
(ESPN2, ESPN Deportes)
Most attention in Europe this weekend will be on qualifying matches for the 2016 European Championships. This is one of the biggest. Cristiano Ronaldo leads Portugal, which puts the pressure on Serbia's defense, led by Chelsea's Branislav Ivanovic and Manchester City's Aleksandar Kolarov.
Toronto FC at Real Salt Lake
7 p.m. Sunday
(Fox Sports 1, Fox Deportes)
MLS still plays games during FIFA's international windows, when national teams summon dozens of the domestic league's stars away from their clubs. Ideally, this contest would feature Toronto's Jozy Altidore and Michael Bradley against RSL's Kyle Beckerman and Nick Rimando. But of those four marquee Americans, only Beckerman remained home. The rest are in Europe with Jurgen Klinsmann and the U.S. team. At least Toronto will still have Italian playmaker Sebastian Giovinco. His duel with Beckerman should be fun to watch.
United States at Switzerland
Noon Tuesday (Fox Sports 1, UniMás)
After blowing a 2-1 lead in a 3-2 loss to Denmark on Wednesday, the Americans head to Zurich to face a Swiss side led by Inter Milan's Xherdan Shaqiri and Napoli's Gökhan Inler. They'll pose a tough test.
Iran at Sweden
1:30 p.m. Tuesday (ESPN3.com)
Sweden's superstar striker, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, and his Blågult teammates host an Iran squad whose captain, midfielder Javad Nekounam, has played 150 games for his country.
- Jonathan Tannenwald