Isco tipped for weekend return to be ready for Clasico encounter 

The international break has been quite handy for Real Madrid. 

The ailing Spanish side will have gone two whole weeks without losing. Which is quite a handy achievement for under-pressure Julen Lopetegui, whose team has won just the one in five in La Liga. 

The break in domestic hostilities also gave Madrid a chance to get some of the team's wounded back in action head of a crucial Clasico clash in the Camp Nou on Sunday 28th October. It's a game that could seal Lopetegui's fate as coach of Real Madrid - or save him. 

The front pages of both Marca and AS today are as pleased as punch that Isco might well be in action for the Levante game on Saturday. The Spanish midfielder was back in training on Tuesday and Isco's return is seen a solution to Madrid's goalscoring drought which currently stretches to four games. 

No word yet on what is currently ailing Gareth Bale or which particular muscle is misbehaving for the Welsh winger. 

Tune into the very live edition of Sports Burst on our beIN SPORTS USA Facebook page at 12PM ET / 9AM PT for an early look at the weekend's big games and a lot more stuff and nonsense. 

Liverpool waiting on a crocked quartet 

There will be some very irate club managers on Wednesday as they work out which of their star players have come back cropped from international break. 

None more so than Jurgen Klopp at Liverpool who is waiting on Mohamed Salah, Sadio Mane, Virjil van Dijk and now Naby Keita. 

All could be absent in the weekend's visit to Huddersfield on Saturday. Which is really going to mess up Sports Burst's fantasy team. Probably not a priority for Klopp though.

Juventus will be thoroughly probing Paulo Dybala after the Argentinean suffered a knee injury midway through his country's 1-0 defeat to Brazil on Tuesday. Juve's next games are Genoa and then Manchester United. 

And speaking of United, Jose Mourinho will also have to be checking on the fitness of Marouane Fellaini.

Get the latest on all the injury news on the XTRA at 7PM ET / 4PM PT with Kevin Egan and all-round legend, Carlos Ruiz. 

USA and Canada face off in women's Concacaf final 

A very big night awaits in the region today for soccer-heads. If such a term exists. It does now. 

The final of the CONCACAF women's championship is taking place in a rainy Frisco, Texas and it puts the US and Canada together. 

Both sides have already qualified for the 2019 World Cup and have been in fearsome form, with Aly Wagner calling the USWMNT "the most talented we've ever seen." And that's saying something. 

Before that clash kicks off, the third-place play-off will take place. But rather than being a throw-away game, the winner will book at automatic spot in the World Cup. The loser will go into a play-off against Argentina for qualification. 

DC United continue late play-off push 

There are three clashes in MLS with the league reaching the business end and the race for play-off spots. 

Wayne Rooney's DC United - the new official name - has a must-win match against the very failing Toronto FC to stay in the play-off zone. 

Seattle Sounders can all but secure a play-off spot with a victory at Orlando in a 2554-mile away trip. In today's third clash, Vancouver Whitecaps can boost their own play-off hopes with a victory against visiting Sporting KC.