Much of the world has its mind on football this weekend as countries face off against each other in World Cup 2010 qualification matches.
The United States of America plays El Salvador tonight at 5:00 PM in Sandy, Utah.
Below you'll find a sampling of photos from around the globe and links to match details.
See all the latest scores and match reports at www.Fifa.com View hundreds of AP photos from today's matches here.
Switzerland's Stephane Grichting, right, fights for the ball with Greece?s Dimitrios Salpingidis, left, during the World Cup 2010 Group 2 qualifying soccer match between Switzerland and Greece, at the St. Jakob-Park stadium in Basel, Switzerland, Saturday, Sept. 5, 2009. (AP Photo/Keystone, Patrick Straub) Details: Switzerland 2:0 Greece
Maksim Bordachev, right, of Belarus fights for the ball with Darijo Srna of Croatia during their World Cup group 6 qualifying soccer match at Maksimir stadium in Zagreb, Croatia, Saturday, Sept. 5, 2009. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic) Details: Croatia 1:0 Belarus
Italian national soccer team's Mauro Camoranesi, second left, is challenged by Georgia's players during their World Cup group 8 qualifying soccer match at the Boris Paichadze National Stadium in Tbilisi, Georgia, Saturday, Sept. 5, 2009. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) Details: Georgia 0:2 Italy
Fans of Colombia's soccer team cheer prior to the World Cup 2010 qualifying game against Ecuador in Medellin, Colombia, Saturday, Sept. 5, 2009. (AP Photo/Luis Benavides) Details: Columbia 2:0 Ecuador
Northern Ireland's Maik Taylor,left, and Grant Mccann and Poland'sEbi Smolarek,right, fight for the ball during their World Cup group 3 qualifying soccer match in Chorzow,near Katowice, Poland, Saturday, Sept. 5, 2009.( AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski) Details: Poland 1:1 Northern Ireland
France's Bakary Sagna, right, is challenged by Romania's Lulian Apostol during their World Cup 2010 group 7 qualifying soccer match at Stade De France stadium in Saint Denis, near Paris, Saturday Sept. 5, 2009. (AP Photo/Francois Mori) Details: France 1:1 Romania
Denmark's wall blocks a shot from Portugal's Christiano Ronaldo during their World Cup group 1 qualifying soccer match against Denmark at Parken in Copenhagen, Denmark, Saturday Sept. 5, 2009. Portugal badly needed a victory in Copenhagen to have a realistic chance of qualifying for next year's World Cup in South Africa. The Portuguese team has won just two of its six qualifying matches and drew another.(AP Photo/Tariq Mikkel Khan/POLFOTO) Details: Denmark 1:1 Portugal
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