WEEKEND WATCH guide

ICC: Chelsea vs. Real Madrid, 2 p.m. Saturday, ESPN. Chelsea won't be part of the Champions League this season, so this is Blues fans' only chance to see them take on the giants of Europe this year. For Real, Zinedine Zidane's first full season as manager begins with sky-high expectations. Last year Madrid started poorly and couldn't recover; it can't happen again this year.

Liga MX: Tigres at Club America, 9 p.m. Saturday, Univision. Club America has made a perfect start to the fall season, winning both games and attacking with abandon. Tigres, meanwhile, has played out two scoreless draws. France striker Andre-Pierre Gignac is still recovering from the Euros, hurting Tigres' offensive form. Can America continue its freewheeling start to the year?

MLS: Portland at Sporting KC, 1 p.m. Sunday, Ch. 9. Portland's had a wobbly season, and now the Timbers will be without both starting center backs; Nat Borchers is out for the season with an injury, and Liam Ridgewell is suspended after missing the MLS All-Star game with an injury of his own. Kansas City will hope to take advantage down the center of the field.

MLS: Los Angeles at Seattle, 3 p.m. Sunday, ESPN. As predicted last weekend in this space, Seattle's loss cost long-tenured coach Sigi Schmid his job, as the Sounders look for anything that will reverse the team's season-long malaise. Interim coach Brian Schmetzer won't have an easy first game, as the Galaxy's star-studded lineup comes to town with the intent of putting Seattle further in a hole.