This month, ESPN will present “Football February” – a month-long series of soccer competitions – available across ABC, ESPN+, ESPN, and ESPN Deportes.

It will begin Friday with FA Cup fourth round matches on ESPN+.

The series includes: topline La Liga matches highlighted by the first Real Madrid game on ABC, ESPN+, and ESPN Deportes; Bundesliga matches featuring US Men’s National Team stars on ESPN+; the kickoff of Major League Soccer’s 27th season on ESPN platforms; and the 2021-22 Carabao Cup Final – Chelsea vs. Liverpool in Wembley Stadium on ESPN+.

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The 141st season of England’s FA Cup – the world’s oldest soccer club competition – continues with all 16 matches in the fourth round streamed on ESPN+ in English and Spanish, beginning Friday with Cristiano Ronaldo and Manchester United vs. Middlesbrough at 3 p.m. ET.

This round features nine of the current top-10 teams in the English Premier League standings – Manchester City, Liverpool, Chelsea, Manchester United, West Ham United, Tottenham Hotspur, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Brighton & Hove Albion and Leicester City.

FA Cup 4th round schedule:

Date
Time (ET)
Matchup
Fri, Feb 4
3 p.m.
Manchester United vs. Middlesbrough

Jon Champion and Taylor Twellman

Fernando Palomo and Mario Kempes

Sat, Feb 5
7:30 a.m.
Kidderminster Harriers vs. West Ham United

Champion and Twellman

7:30 a.m.
Chelsea vs. Plymouth Argyle
10 a.m.
Manchester City vs. Fulham
10 a.m.
Peterborough vs. Queens Park Rangers
10 a.m.
Wolverhampton Wanderers vs. Norwich City
10 a.m.
Huddersfield vs. Barnsley
10 a.m.
Everton vs. Brentford
10 a.m.
Stoke City vs. Wigan Athletic
10 a.m.
Southampton vs. Coventry
10 a.m.
Crystal Palace vs. Hartlepool
12:30 p.m.
Cambridge United vs. Luton Town
3 p.m.
Tottenham Hotspur vs. Brighton & Hove Albion
Sun, Feb 6
7 a.m.
Liverpool vs. Cardiff City
11 a.m.
Nottingham Forest vs. Leicester City
1:30 p.m.
Bournemouth vs. Boreham Wood

Front Row Soccer editor Michael Lewis has covered 13 World Cups (eight men, five women), seven Olympics and 25 MLS Cups. He has written about New York City FC, New York Cosmos, the New York Red Bulls and both U.S. national teams for Newsday and has penned a soccer history column for the Guardian.com. Lewis, who has been honored by the Press Club of Long Island and National Soccer Coaches Association of America, is the former editor of BigAppleSoccer.com. He has written seven books about the beautiful game and has published ALIVE AND KICKING The incredible but true story of the Rochester Lancers. It is available at Amazon.com.